CIVIL SOCIETY NOW
Website Terms & Conditions
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
What’s in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website, http://www.civilsocietynow.org (our site).
Who we are and how to contact us
http://www.civilsocietynow.org is a site operated by People In Need (PIN) UK (“we”). We are a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England and Wales under charity number 1181344 and have our registered office at 7 – 14 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YR. We are regulated by the Charity Commission.
To contact us, please email csn.contact@pin-uk.global.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
Our Privacy Policy.
Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
If you purchase membership services from our site, our Membership Agreement will apply to the sales.
We may make changes to these terms
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure that you understand the terms that apply at that time.
We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products or services, our users’ needs, our business priorities, or to make changes that may be required by applicable laws. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge, though there are certain ‘Members-only’ areas which you need a subscription to access.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available, be fully functional, or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
We may transfer this agreement to someone else
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
You should comply with your local laws
We do not represent or warrant that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in your jurisdiction. You should make sure that you comply with any local laws that may apply to you.
You must keep your account details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at csn.contact@pin-uk.global.
How you may use material on our site
With the exception of information or materials provided via Third Party Links (as defined below), we, or our affiliate entities, are the owners or the licensees of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. All works on our site are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may use, modify, adapt, print and download any content and/or page(s) from our site for your use in connection with developing your own systems to access and manage international donor funding (the “Purpose”), and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes or for purposes other than the Purpose without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, download, share or re-post any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
No text or data mining, or web scraping
You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.
The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790) and any applicable national implementing legislation.
This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.
Do not rely on information on this site
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. We recommend that you obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date, or that utilising the content on our site will guarantee any particular outcome.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties (“Third Party Links”). These links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
We do not make any statements, warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the information provided via Third Party Links, and are not liable to you or to any third party for any claims or losses arising out of our in connection with the information or materials available via Third Party Links.
How to complain about content uploaded by other users
If you wish to complain about content uploaded by other users, please contact us csn.contact@pin-uk.global.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors, and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products or services to you (including membership services), which will be set out in our Membership Agreement. If you do not have a Membership Agreement with us, and subject to the exclusions and restrictions set out below, we will not be liable to you for any amounts in excess of Fifty British Pounds Sterling (£50 GBP).
We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
use of, or inability to use, our site; or
use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
In particular, we will not be liable for:
loss of profits, sales, business, revenue, grants or donor income;
business interruption;
loss of anticipated savings;
loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
Rules about linking to our site
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact csn.contact@pin-uk.global
Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Using our branding
You are not permitted to use our name, logo or any of our brand assets without our approval unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under the section headed How you may use material on our site of these terms of use.
You should not use our name, logo or any of our brand assets to imply any kind of partnership, endorsement, joint venture, or commercial relationship between us and you.