INTRODUCTION

1.1         These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and PR Dispatch, the owner and operator of this Website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.

1.2         In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by PR Dispatch and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to PR Dispatch and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services

1.3         PR Dispatch reserves the right to change or update these Terms, or any other of our policies or practices, at any time, and will notify users by posting such changed or updated Terms on this page. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to www.prdispatch.com. Your continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to abide by the Terms as changed. Under certain circumstances we may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to our Terms by additional means, such as pop-up or push notifications within the website or by email.

2.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ACCEPTABLE USE

2.1         All Content included on the Website, unless uploaded by Users, is the property of PR Dispatch, our affiliates or other relevant third parties. In these terms and conditions, Content means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website, including any such content uploaded by Users. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such Content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner's prior written permission

 

2.2         You may only use our Website for lawful purposes. You may not use our Website:

(a) in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;

(b) in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;

(c) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material (including Contributions) which does not comply with the Standards (as defined in Clause 5);

(d) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or

(e) to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material (including Contributions) that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information or adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware

2.3      The intellectual property rights and all other rights in the resources purchasable from our website remain our property. We grant you a non-exclusive licence to use such rights in the resources you purchase, but only for the purposes for which they are provided to you and subject to the paragraph below. This licence may not be transferred to third parties and does not carry the right to create sub-licences.

 

You agree:

(a) not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our Website or content contained therein save where expressly permitted to do so by these Terms and Conditions or any Additional Terms; 

(b) not to copy or otherwise transmit any Database content into any file, database or program outside of the Database; and

(c) not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

(i) any part of our Website;

(ii) any equipment or network on which our Website is stored;

(iii) any software used in the provision of our Website; or

(iv) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

3.    PROHIBITED USE

3.1         You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:

a.     in any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Website;

b.     in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, governmental order;

c.     making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

3.2    You may not copy or otherwise transmit the Database content into any external file, database, or program. 

4.    REGISTRATION

4.1         You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete.

4.2         You must inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provide when registering by updating your personal details to ensure we can communicate with you effectively.

4.3         We may suspend or cancel your registration with immediate effect for any reasonable purposes or if you breach these terms and conditions.

4.4         You may cancel your registration at any time by informing us in writing to the address at the end of these terms and conditions. If you do so, you must immediately stop using the Website. Cancellation or suspension of your registration does not affect any statutory rights.

4.5    You are only able to change the category of your PR membership you are registered for once during the lifetime of your membership.

5.    LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP

5.1    To access the Lifetime Membership you must have had a continuous and uninterrupted PR Dispatch membership for at least 24 consecutive months and not have cancelled with us at any point within those 24 months.

5.2    The Lifetime Membership price will not be backdated and no refunds will be given for any months after the 24 month period to the date you activate your Lifetime Membership.

5.3    Once activated, your Lifetime Membership will start on the next planned payment for your membership.

5.4    £40/mo will be billed either £450 +vat annually or £120 +vat quarterly based on your existing membership pricing plan.

5.5    Should a Lifetime Membership be cancelled and subsequently the member wishes to rejoin at a later date, they will lose their right to the discounted Lifetime Membership and be required to pay the full membership fee for another 2 consecutive years to reach Lifetime Membership status once more.

5.6    If a member does cancel their membership but then decides to renew the same within the 7 days after the membership’s expiry date then for the purposes of the 24-month threshold it will be deemed that this cancellation never took place. I.e. Any months of continuous membership accrued will still be included towards the Lifetime Membership 24-month threshold.

6.    PASSWORD AND SECURITY

5.1         When you register on this Website, you will be asked to create a password, which you should keep confidential and not disclose or share with anyone.

5.2         If we have reason to believe that there is or is likely to be any misuse of the Website or breach of security, we may require you to change your password or suspend your account.

7.    MEMBERSHIP FEES

7.1         Membership fees will be taken on a recurring basis. For each month / quarter / year that your subscription is active, you acknowledge and agree that PR Dispatch is authorized to charge you. The monthly / quarterly / yearly  renewal subscription fees will continue to be billed to the Payment Method provided, automatically until cancelled. You must cancel your subscription before it renews each month / quarter / year in order to avoid billing of the next period’s subscription fee to the Payment Method you provided. Refunds cannot be claimed for any subscriptions paid for or in partial-month period.

7.2     All sales (to both UK and rest of world) are marked up by 20% inline with UK VAT. Purchases made within the UK will be eligible for a 20% VAT breakdown invoice. Sales made outside the UK will show the 20% mark up with a 0% VAT rate. In this instance this additional charge is retained by PR Dispatch to cover associated administration of rest of world transactions. We do not offer reverse VAT or VAT refunds. Location is based on your IP address of where you are when you first sign up to become a member. 

7.3        You will only have access to the membership content while your membership is active and subsisting.  You pay the membership fee to have access to the database and course content but don't own it. 

Christmas Gift Guide members will have access to the Christmas gift guide database and course content until the 24th December 2022 and no access will be given after that point. 

7.4         Except where required by law, we’re afraid that we cannot issue refunds for any resources purchased or subscriptions.

7.5         You can cancel your subscription at any time as follows:

a.Log in to your PR Dispatch course

b. Select My account and then  Billing

c. Click the cancel button next to the subscription you wish to cancel.

7.6 Any additional category discounts can only be used if a full-price membership is active. If your full-price membership is cancelled you will loose access to all additional discounted memberships.

8.    USE OF OUR FACEBOOK COMMUNITY

8.1         Membership provides a user interactive services through access to the PR Dispatch Facebook group “PR Dispatch: The community”

8.2         We are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any Interactive Service we provide, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Interactive Service by a user or from the Contributions posted or uploaded to any Interactive Service by another user whether the Interactive Service is moderated or not.

9.    CONTENT STANDARDS

The content standards set out in this Clause 7 ("Standards") apply to any and all Contributions, and to any Interactive Service associated with them.

9.1         Any Contributions will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your Contributions, but you are required to grant us and other users of the Website a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us are described in Clause 6 (Grant of Licence to Use Contributions).

9.2         You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards.

9.2.1      Contributions must:

(a) be accurate (where they state facts);

(b) be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and

(c) comply with applicable law.

9.2.2      Contributions must not:

(a) contain any material which is trade libellous or defamatory of any person;

(b) contain any material which is obscene, pornographic, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;

(c) promote violence or promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;

(d) be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;

(e) be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;

(f) be likely to deceive any person;

(g) infringe any intellectual property rights, other proprietary rights or the privacy or confidential information of any person;

(h) be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;

(i) advertise any goods or service or be for a commercial purpose;

(j) give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or

(k) advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

9.3         Suspension and Termination

If we determine, in our absolute discretion, that you have breached this Clause 5 we may immediately take all or any of the following actions:

(a) temporarily or permanently withdraw your right to use the Website;

(b) temporarily or permanently remove any Contribution uploaded by you to our Website;

(c) issue a warning to you;

(d) issue legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;

(e) take further legal action against you; and/or

(f) disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary to do so.

9.4         We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any Contributions posted by you or any other user of our Website.

9.5         You acknowledge that your breach of this Clause 5 may cause damage or loss to us and PR Dispatch and you agree to indemnify us and PR Dispatch in full against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage including consequential losses, incurred as a result of such a breach. If you are a consumer, this means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of this Clause 5.

9.6         We may provide your identity to a third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. You also acknowledge that we may be required to hand over such information by order of a court of law.

9.7         Complaints

If you wish to complain about any Contribution posted to an Interactive Service, please e-mail us at [email protected] setting out full details of your complaint. We will then review the Contribution and decide whether it complies with the Standards.

10.    LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

10.1         This Website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of PR Dispatch or that of our affiliates.

10.2         We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them.

10.3         The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

11. PRIVACY POLICY AND COOKIES POLICY

11.1      Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, which are incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference. To view the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, please click on the following: Holding link and Holding link.

12. AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE AND DISCLAIMERS

12.1      Any online facilities, tools, services or information that PR Dispatch makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility and satisfactory quality. PR Dispatch is under no obligation to update information on the Website.

12.2      Whilst PR Dispatch uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website is secure and free of errors, viruses and other malware, we give no warranty or guaranty in that regard and all Users take responsibility for their own security, that of their personal details and their computers.

12.3      PR Dispatch accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website.

12.4      PR Dispatch reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

13.1      Nothing in these terms and conditions will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from our or your negligence, as applicable; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) limit or exclude any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.

13.2      To the extent that the Website and Content are provided free of charge, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind.

13.3      We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of events beyond our reasonable control.

13.4      To the maximum extent permitted by law, PR Dispatch accepts no liability for any of the following:

a.     any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill or commercial opportunities;

b.     loss or corruption of any data, database or software;

c.     any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

13.5      We always endeavour to ensure that our subscriptions are all up to date at the time of posting. However our often change their positions and details so we do not provide any warranty or representation as to accuracy.

14. GENERAL

14.1      You may not transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these terms and conditions where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

14.2      These terms and conditions may be varied by us from time to time. Such revised terms will apply to the Website from the date of publication. Users should check the terms and conditions regularly to ensure familiarity with the then current version.

14.3      These terms and conditions together with the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements or agreements that might have taken place in relation to the terms and conditions.

14.4      The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms and conditions and no third party will have any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these terms and conditions.

14.5      If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these terms and conditions (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 provisions of these terms and conditions will not be affected.

14.6      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.

14.7      This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales and all disputes arising under the Agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

15. PR DISPATCH DETAILS

PR Dispatch is a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 10921386 whose registered address is 219 Peckham Levels, Rye Lane, London, SE15 4ST and it operates the Website www.prdispatch.com.

You can contact PR Dispatch by email on [email protected].