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Acceptance of Terms

For the purpose of these conditions we refer to https://veganbusinessnetworking.com also known as VBN or The Vegan Business Networking Directory and its database collectively known as "the website" or "we".

The Vegan Business Networking Directory provides its service to you, subject to the following conditions which may be updated from time to time without notice. You are advised to check back regularly, as our terms and conditions of service may change.

By using the website either as a registered user, guest and viewer, you demonstrate that you accept these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these conditions, please do not use or log on to the website.

We process information about you in line with our Privacy Policy. By using the website, you agree to the way in which we process your personal information.

Access to our Website

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our website without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Using the Website

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access this website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

This website may only be used for lawful purposes. You cannot Use the website

  • for any unlawful purpose;

  • To promote any illegal activity, violence and sexually explicit material

  • To promote any form of discrimination

  • to harm, threaten, defame abuse or harass another person

  • in a way that invades someone's privacy or is (in our reasonable opinion) offensive or unacceptable

  • to create, check, confirm, update or amend someone else's databases, records, directories, customer lists, mailing or prospecting lists;

  • to provide any kind of customer lists or commercial information service;

  • as a source of material or contact data for any kind of marketing activity;

  • to tamper with, update or change any part of the website;

  • in a way that affects how it is run;

  • in a way that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden on the websites technical systems as determined by us; or

  • using any automated means to monitor or copy the website or its content, or to interfere with or attempt to interfere with how the website works.

  • Providing material to the Vegan Business Networking Directory

  • If you provide any material to the website, you agree to grant us permission, free of charge, to use your material in any way we want (including altering and adapting it for operational or editorial reasons) in any media worldwide. In certain circumstances, we may share your material with other trusted organisations.

After posting or emailing your material to the website, you continue to own that material, and you continue to have the right to use your material in any way you choose.

Please choose carefully any information you post on the website, as it will be available for public viewing. By providing any material to the website, and for us to be able to use it, you confirm that:

  • your material is your own original work or you are authorised to provide it to the website;

  • your material is not defamatory (that is, it does not damage someone's good reputation), does not take away or affect any other person's privacy rights, copyright, contract rights or any other rights, and does not otherwise break any laws of England and Wales; and

  • that you have the right to give us permission to use it for the purposes specified above.

  • You acknowledge that we do not have a duty to publish any material you have provided.

We have the right to:

  • reject or refuse to post any material you have provided;

  • remove any material from the website, whether or not the material goes against any of these conditions; or

  • restrict, suspend or stop your access to all or any part of the website at any time.

  • We will usually display your name with your material on the website, unless you ask us not to (as long as it is possible to do this). We may need to contact you for administrative purposes or to make checks on your material. For full details of when and how we may contact you, please see our Privacy Policy.

If you do not want to grant us the permission set out above on these terms, please do not provide any material to the website.

Listing on the Vegan Business Networking Directory

All free listings are for an initial 6 month period. We reserve the right to charge a nominal fee for listings after this time, you will be contacted if this is applicable and you have the right to cancel your listing at any time. The prices and the terms of payment for a listing and entry in the Vegan Business Networking Directory will be displayed on this website, when chargeable listing is released, including the point where you choose to make a purchase. Chargeable listings will be for a 12 month term.

The subscriber understands and agrees that upon purchasing a listing for their business, said listing will automatically renew on the date of expiration except where the subscriber notifies termination thereof to the Vegan Business Networking Directory prior to the subscription's expiration date. In such cases, the renewal shall be performed in accordance with the manner of payment originally chosen by the subscriber, at the price rate of the original subscription. A listing for one company cannot be substituted for a listing for another.

Subscribers can cancel their subscription at any time by contacting us, with termination taking effect from the end of the validity period covered by the last annual payment made. For instances where a subscriber requires a listing to be removed immediately, please contact us. A refund for the remaining subscription period will not be offered. If a subscriber removes their listing within the 12 month period any reinstatement of the said listing will be charged at the price rate of the original subscription.

Please Note: Any hyperlinks to external websites included within paid for subscriptions will be non-indexable.

Data Retention

You have the right to delete your listing at any time. All data from the listing will remain in our database for 60 days, enabling your account to be reactivated will all the original data, at your request. After 60 days all the data will be permanently deleted from our database with no information remaining.

Subscribers

Your dealings with subscribers or Companies and any entity whatsoever as found through this Directory and this service are solely between you and such Company, Partnership or entity. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of such dealings or as the result of the presence of a listing on this Service.

Emails & Telephone

You agree to be contacted only in relation to the service we have provided you via the email or telephone number provided at submission of your listing

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the Vegan Business Networking Directory, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Sites you submit, or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the Terms and Conditions, or your violation of any rights of another.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You expressly understand and agree that:

  • Your use of the service is at your sole risk. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

  • we make no warranty that (i) the service will meet your requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, and (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations.

  • no information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Vegan Business Networking Directory or through the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the terms and conditions.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that we shall not be liable for any damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses resulting from (i) the use of the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; or (iv) any other matter relating to the service.

Trademark Information & Intellectual Property Rights

The Vegan Business Networking Directory trademarks and service marks, and other Vegan Business Networking Directory logos and product and service names are trademarks of The Vegan Business Networking Directory. Without our prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Vegan Business Networking Directory Marks.

Copyrights

The Vegan Business Networking Directory respects the intellectual property of others, and we expect our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been infringed or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide us with the following information:

  • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;

  • a description of the infringed copyrighted work;

  • a description of where the infringing material is located on the site;

  • your address, email address, and telephone number;

  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

  • a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

  • Notice of claims of copyright infringement should be emailed to:

    Chaos Into Calm Ltd,
    Apt 7,
    269A Spring Road,
    Southampton,
    SO19 2AB

The Whole Agreement

These conditions make up the whole agreement between you and us in how you use the website. If a court decides that a condition is not valid, the rest of the conditions will still apply.

The Law

The laws of England and Wales apply to your use of the website and these conditions. We control the website from within the United Kingdom. However, you can get access to the website from other places around the world. Although these places may have different laws from the laws of England and Wales, by using the website you agree that the laws of England and Wales will apply to everything relating to you using the website and you agree to keep to these laws. We have the right to take you to court in the country you live in.