Terms & Conditions

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Communilife’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions at any time and for any reason.

We will alert you about any changes when you first log in following any change and by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms and Conditions, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change apart from in this way.

The term ‘Communilife’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is 19 Maltby Way, Lower Earley, Reading, England, RG6 4AE. Our company registration number is [13566536 ]. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

RULES & REGULATIONS

The following are the rules and regulations governing the operation of Communilife UK Ltd.

Objective

• The objective of Communilife is to bring local people together through their local businesses and community groups in a way that boosts the local economy whilst giving support to local good causes.

Management Structure

• The management committee consists of a chairman, secretary and a treasurer.
• The affairs of Communilife are managed by the chairman.
• In addition to the managing committee Communilife has a committee elected via the membership. The committee will consist of one member per region. Members are offered the opportunity to vote for committee members via the Good Media forums.

Financial

• Communilife UK Ltd has the authority to operate a bank account to control income and outgoings, power to borrow and to provide security. The Chairman will have the authority to oversea all financial arrangements with the treasurer and the appointed accountants.
• Communilife accounts will be audited yearly by the appointed independent accountants.
• The authorisation of any outgoings will require a signature from one of either the treasurer or the chairman along with company accountant.
• Payments at community level will be authorised by the community manager and signed off by the company accountant.

AGMs

• Communilife will hold a yearly AGM. Each Community will have one vote which is conveyed to the meeting by the Community Managers.
• The committee reserve the right to hold Extraordinary AGMs where they deem it necessary.
• Management and the committee reserve the right to veto any vote if they believe it is not in the best interest of Communilife and its membership.
• All voting will be decided by a majority vote and in the event of a tie the Chairman will have the casting vote.

Membership

• Membership is free for local businesses and personal members. All members must be over the age of 16.
• In addition, there is a paid for Premium Membership available via a yearly fee. Changes to the fee must be agreed by the committee.
• Members can be suspended for violation of these terms and conditions of membership and the Good Media rules.
• In extreme cases members will have their membership terminated, Premium members will not be entitled to any refunds.
• Members are at liberty to cancel their membership at any time via their online account. Premium members will not be entitled to any refunds.

Changes to the operation

• Any alterations to the terms and conditions will be presented to the members one month prior to coming into effect.
• In the event Committee decide to dissolve Communilife then it will be put to the membership for a vote.

TERM OF USE

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do not allow cookies to be used it may affect your usage of the site. We will not share any of your personal details to any third parties without your explicit agreement.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services, or information available through this website meet your specific requirements. Communilife shall not be held responsible for any products, service or information provided by our Business Partners or National Advertisers.
• This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited without prior agreement by Communilife or relevant Members.
• All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
• Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights.

The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:

1. All registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete.
2. You will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information, as necessary.
3. You have the legal capacity, and you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
4. You are not under the age of 16 *
5. You will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise.
6. You will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
7. Your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

* Age Restriction

Communilife membership is only available to those aged 16 or over. We reserve the right to:

• Suspend or reject membership for anyone discovered to be under this age.
• Ask for proof of identification/age at our discretion.

USER REGISTRATION

You are required to register with the Site. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

Prize Draw and sign-up discounts

In the event that a member has used any methods to improve their chances above those of other members then Communilife reserves the right to refuse their prize/discount and cancel their membership on a non-refundable basis.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Site, you agree not to:

1. Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
2. Make any unauthorised use of the Site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretences.
3. Other than through our house sales and buy and Sell sections you may not use the Site to advertise or offer to sell goods and services unless registered as a Business Member.
4. Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and/or the Content contained therein.
5. Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site.
6. Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
7. Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
8. Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
9. Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site.
10. Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
11. Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
12. Use any information obtained from the Site to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
13. Use the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavour or commercial enterprise apart from Business Member rights.
14. Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site.
15. Attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site.
16. Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to you.
17. Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
18. Copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
19. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site.
20. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).
21. Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.
22. Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.
23. Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.

MOBILE APPLICATION LICENSE

Use License

If you access the Site via a mobile application, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile application on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms and Conditions.

You shall not:

1. Decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the application.
2. Make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the application.
3. Violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the application.
4. Remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark) posted by us or the licensors of the application.
5. Use the application for any revenue generating endeavour, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended.
6. Make the application available over a network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple devices or users at the same time.
7. Use the application for creating a product, service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive with or in any way a substitute for the application.
8. Use the application to send automated queries to any website or to send any unsolicited commercial e-mail.
9. Use any proprietary information or any of our interfaces or our other intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture, licensing, or distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with the application.

Apple and Android Devices

The following terms apply when you use a mobile application obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an “App Distributor”) to access the Site:

1. The license granted to you for our mobile application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service.
2. We are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application as specified in the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms and Conditions or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application.
3. In the event of any failure of the mobile application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with its terms and policies, will have no warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application.
4. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the mobile application, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then you must not be in violation of their wireless data service agreement when using the mobile application.
5. You acknowledge and agree that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms and Conditions, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms and Conditions against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT

The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”).

Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content.

Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms and Conditions no longer govern.

You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Site. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party.

You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.

ADVERTISERS

Business Partners will display their advertisements within the directory section of the site. If you are an advertiser, you shall take full responsibility for any advertisements you place on the Site and any services provided on the Site or products sold through those advertisements.

Further, as an advertiser, you warrant and represent that you possess all rights and authority to place advertisements on the Site, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, publicity rights, and contractual rights.

Business Partners must fulfil their obligations to furnish all members purchasing good or services with them with their agree discount/offer.

SITE MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

1. Monitor the Site for violations of these Terms and Conditions.
2. Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms and Conditions, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities.
3. In our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof.
4. In our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems.
5. Otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site.