Terms and Conditions
General
These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are effective as of 1 January 2021. By accessing or using the Community Website, the mobile app (urbanOvation) that can be downloaded through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, or by logging into the site with your allocated User ID (the “Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. The Service is owned and operated by the Urban Innovation Network Ltd acting by and through urbanOvation.
Please review these Terms of Use carefully prior to using the Service. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use the Service.
The Service comprises a suite of online services provided by Urban Innovation Network Ltd, including but not limited to:
an online urbanOvation Community Directory
the Community Messaging Service class emailer,
Life-Long Email Forwarding Address service (“LEFA”),
a User-to-User Community Messaging service, and
the urbanOvation Community Clubs service.
These Terms of Use govern your use of each component of the Service.
Copyright; Rules for Submission of Content
The Service and any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, works of authorship, applications, links, and other content or materials (collectively, the “Service Content”) are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. As between you and Urban Innovation Network Ltd, Urban Innovation Network Ltd owns the intellectual property rights in the Service and the Service Content.;You may use the Service and the Service Content only in the manner and for the purposes specified in these Terms of Use.;Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use and and as permitted by the Google Play Store and App Store terms of service, you may not modify, transmit, produce, distribute, display, sell, license, broadcast, or otherwise make available in any form or by any means any part of the Service or the Service Content without the express written permission of Urban Innovation Network Ltd.
You retain ownership of all of your intellectual property rights in any content created, posted, or shared by you, on or through the Service and any personal data, (the “User Content”). Urban Innovation Network Ltd does not claim ownership of your User Content.
You represent and warrant that: (i) you own your User Content; (ii) the posting and use of your User Content on or through the Service will not violate, misappropriate or infringe on the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights; (iii) you shall pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed by reason of your User Content; and (iv) you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use in your jurisdiction.
Rules of Conduct
You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully competent, to use the Service and to enter into and comply with these Terms of Use.
You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, disturbing, pornographic, or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service.
You may not defame, stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate people or entities and you must not post private or confidential information via the Service, including, without limitation, your or any other person's credit card information, social security or alternate national identity numbers, non-public phone numbers or non-public email addresses.
You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You agree to comply with all laws, rules and regulations (for example, federal, state, local and provincial) applicable to your use of the Service and your User Content, including but not limited to, copyright laws.
You must not interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature.
You must not create accounts with the Service through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper.
You must not attempt to restrict another user from using or enjoying the Service and you must not encourage or facilitate violations of these Terms of Use.
You may only make non-commercial uses of the Service and Service Content.;Use of Service or the Service Content for any commercial, public or political purpose is strictly prohibited.;Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to: (1) activities that are illegal or fraudulent; (2) use that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by Urban Innovation Network Ltd (or any individual officer or employee of Urban Innovation Network Ltd); (3) use that can be confused with official communications of Urban Innovation Network Ltd or its officers or employees; and (4) print or electronic mass mailings (sometimes known as "spamming"), solicitations for commercial services.
Certain areas of the Service provide tools for the exchange of ideas and information between users, including in the form of direct messaging. Urban Innovation Network Ltd is not responsible or liable for any content, including User Content, that is posted or distributed pursuant to such user to user exchanges. The views and opinions expressed by users are theirs alone, and are not endorsed by, and should not be ascribed to Urban Innovation Network Ltd.;You are solely responsible for all User Content you post, and you assume all risks relating to its use by others and others´ reliance on its accuracy.
You acknowledge and agree that Urban Innovation Network Ltd has no obligation to display, monitor, or take any action with respect to Service Content or User Content.;Urban Innovation Network Ltd reserves the right, without the obligation, to edit the Service and to edit, remove, delete or refuse any User Content for any reason without notice to users. If User Content violates the above standards or any other provision of these Terms of Use, Urban Innovation Network Ltd reserves the right to terminate the applicable user’s account and right to use the Service, in addition to any other rights or remedies available. Urban Innovation Network Ltd does not approve or endorse any User Content, and you agree that Urban Innovation Network Ltd will have no responsibility or liability in connection with your use of any User Content.
Privacy; Confidentiality
Urban Innovation Network Ltd agrees to use your User Content in compliance with the privacy policy of the Service, together with any Service-specific data use policies, privacy statements and privacy notices (collectively, “Privacy Policies”).
Urban Innovation Network Ltd will treat your User Content as confidential information in accordance with Urban Innovation Network Ltd;policies, and only use and disclose it in accordance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies.
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
THIS SERVICE AND ALL ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. URBAN INNOVATION NETWORK LTD DOES NOT APPROVE OR ENDORSE ANY USER CONTENT. URBAN INNOVATION NETWORK LTD IS NOT LIABLE TO USERS OR VISITORS FOR ANY DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, SERVICE CONTENT, OR USER CONTENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER URBAN INNOVATION NETWORK LTD;HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Urban Innovation Network Ltd and its officers, fellows, governing board members, directors, employees and agents, from and against all claims, actions, suits, damages, liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) arising from or relating to your use of the Service or any of the Service Content or your User Content, and/or your failure to comply any provision of these Terms of Use.
User Accounts; Account Termination Policy
You agree to provide accurate and complete information when creating or updating your account. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your user account, and you must keep your account password secure. You agree to notify us immediately at ([email protected]) of any unauthorized use of your account or other breach of security. You may not use another’s account without permission. Urban Innovation Network Ltd may terminate your account if you violate any provision of these Terms of Use or fail to comply with requests concerning your account. User accounts may not be shared, transferred, or sold to other parties, nor are they to be used by or made available to any person or entity except the registered user.
The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by you of these Terms of Use, unless Urban Innovation Network Ltd otherwise specifically agrees in writing, but the other provisions of these Terms of Use will survive any such termination. Urban Innovation Network Ltd reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to cease providing any Service Content, to change or discontinue any aspect or element of the Service, or to cease making the Service available.
Miscellaneous
Links to Other Services. Urban Innovation Network Ltd may provide links to websites operated by third parties, including but not limited to, websites operated by Urban Innovation Network Ltd as a convenience for our users. Urban Innovation Network Ltd does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content or the use of third-party websites. If you use third-party sites, you do so solely at your own risk. Links do not imply that Urban Innovation Network Ltd is affiliated or associated with any linked site.;
Use of urbanOvation Names. Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not use or register any name, logo or insignia of Urban Innovation Network Ltd or any of its schools or subdivisions for any purpose except with our prior written approval and in accordance with any restrictions required by Urban Innovation Network Ltd.
Governing Law. These Terms of Use, and any claim or dispute that arises from or relates to your use of the Service, will be governed by the laws of England and Wales without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved exclusively in courts sitting in England and Wales. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you for this purpose, and waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in such courts (including any defence or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).;;
Change of Terms of Use. Please note that these Terms of Use are subject to change without notice from time to time. Any changes will be posted to this page. Your use of this Service or any Service Content after any changes have been made will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use.;
Severability; Entire Agreement. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision, to the extent unenforceable, shall be struck, and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. Your rights under these Terms of Use are personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define or limit the scope or extent of any provision of these Terms of Use. Urban Innovation Network Ltd’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Use, nothing herein shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. These Terms of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and Urban Innovation Network Ltd with respect to the subject matter hereof.
PRIVACY POLICY
Please read this privacy policy carefully
This privacy policy applies between you, the User of the urbanOvation Platform and Urban Innovation Network Ltd, the owner and provider of this Platform. Urban Innovation Network Ltd takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Platform.
Definitions and interpretation
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data - collectively all information that you submit to Urban Innovation Network Ltd via the Platform. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;
Data Protection Laws - any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK;
GDPR - the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 20016-679;
urbanOvation, we, us - Urban Innovation Network Ltd,
Member, User, You - any third party that accesses the Platform and is not either (i) employed by Urban Innovation Network Ltd and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Urban Innovation Network Ltd and accessing the Platform in connection with the provision of such services; and
Platform - the Platform you are currently using, urbanOvation, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
references;to sub-clauses, classes, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
“including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”;
reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.
Scope of this privacy policy
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Urban Innovation Network Ltd and Users with respect to this Platform. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Platform including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Urban Innovation Network Ltd is the “data controller”. This means that Urban Innovation Network Ltd determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.
How we collect Data
We collect Data in the following ways:
data is given to us by you; and
data is collected automatically.
Data that is given to us by you
Urban Innovation Network Ltd will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:
when you contact us through the Platform, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
In each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Data that is collected automatically
To the extent that you access the Platform, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:
we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Platform. This information helps us to make improvements to Platform content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Platform and the way you use and interact with its content.
Keeping Data secure
We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:
access to your account is controlled by a password and a user name that is unique to you.
we store your Data on secure servers.
Technical and organisational measures include:
measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this email address: [email protected]
If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and any other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.
Data Retention
Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.
Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
Your rights
You have the following rights in relation to your Data;
Right to access – the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is “manifestly unfounded or excessive”. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
Right to correct – the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erase – the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems.
Right to restrict our use of your Data – the right to “block” us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
Right to data portability – the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.
Right to object – the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this e-mail address: [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO’s contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk/.
It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during he period for which we hold it.
Links to other websites
This Platform may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
Changes of business ownership and control
Urban Innovation Network Ltd may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Urban Innovation Network Ltd. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.
We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.
In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.
General
You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.
If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provision of this privacy policy will not be affected.
Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
Changes to this privacy policy
Urban Innovation Network Ltd reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Platform and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Platform following the alterations.
You may contact Urban Innovation Network Ltd by e-mail at [email protected]
Last updated: 05/04/2021