Terms and Conditions of Membership, Using the Site and attending Events

The following terms and conditions cover the following

using the SpinLondon website (the "Site") which is owned by Spin London Networks Limited; membership of SpinLondon;participating in any activities or event organised by SpinLondon ("Event").

The terms and conditions apply whenever you access the Site on whatever electronic device, attend an Event, apply to attend an Event or become a Member.



1. Permitted Use

 Non-photographic material from the Site or distributed at an Event may only be downloaded, printed or copied electronically (not photocopied) for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. Photographic material from the Site may not be downloaded, printed or copied in any way. Other use (in particular, any copying or distribution of material from the Site for any commercial purpose) requires the prior written agreement of SpinLondon.

You agree that you will not use the Site or do anything at an Event:

for the purposes of posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material or the making of comments which infringes the rights of any person or which is unlawful in any other respect; in any way which is abusive, defamatory or obscene or which will harass, distress or inconvenience any person or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Site or an Event by or for any person; which will compromise the privacy or data protection rights of any person; for the posting, uploading, emailing, dissemination or other transmission of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of solicitation or commercial exploitation; for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded from the Site; to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Site or an Event to any third party; in any way that might bring SPIN London or any of its related companies, advisers, officers or employees into disrepute.



2. Membership and Events

When applying to be a Member, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested by SpinLondon. You agree to maintain and promptly update the information and records of SpinLondon to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. Members will be asked to fill in personal details such as name, e-mail address, membership type (individual or corporate), services they offer, phone number and website details.

You further agree that Spinlondon shall have the right to cancel your Membership and/or refuse you access to the Site and Events at any time and for any reason without giving you any advance notice and SpinLondon shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of SpinLondon or its employees) arising from your inability to access any of the pages on the Site or an Event.

In these terms and conditions the following words shall bear the following meaning:

Event Fee means the fee for attendance at a particular Event as noted on the Site or otherwise notified to you.

Member means any member of Spinlondon or any person or persons intending to or who have applied for membership of Spin London upon the terms and conditions contained herein and Membership shall be construed accordingly.

Membership Fee the annual membership fee as noted on the Site or otherwise notified to you and is revised annually.

Membership Year - Membership Year is valid for the year  in which Member joins Spinlondon.

In order to complete a registration to be a Member, you must pay the Membership Fee which is noted on the Site. Spinlondon reserves the right at all times and in its absolute discretion to determine who becomes a Member and who does not and may accept or reject applications for Membership as it feels fit.

All Membership Fees are payable in sterling. Payment can be made online, Payment can also be made by cash or by cheque.

Following registration as a Member, you will receive a receipt for your Membership Fee. Please note that due to the low price of our Membership Fees and the administrative costs of refunding Membership Fees, Membership Fees once paid will not be refunded.

Membership is to be renewed annually. Spinlondon will email each Member once the membership is coming up to renewal. If a Member does not pay the Membership Fee then the membership is not continued and the Member will not have the benefit of Membership.

Members and non-Members may be invited to Events (Invitees).

You will be informed of forthcoming Events by email or on the Site and will be required to pay the Event Fee prior to the Event. Invitees can sign up to an event via the Site. All Event Fees are payable in sterling. Payment can be made online. Payment can also be made by cheque.

Invitees shall not hold Spinlondon responsible or liable in any way whatsoever for the cancellation for whatever reason of an Event and please note that due to the low price of our Event Fees and the administrative costs of refunding Event Fees, Event Fees once paid will not be refunded. Invitees will not be refunded Event Fees if they are not able to attend the Event.



3. Photographs at Events

Spinlondon shall have the right to take images, photographs or other representations or licence the taking of images, photographs or other representations of attendees at its Events on the Site and by attending an Event, you agree to waive all copyright, moral rights and other forms of intellectual property over such images, photographs or other representations.

Further you agree that Spinlondon shall have the right to publish the photos on its Site and on other materials to be used for Events and for marketing purposes generally.

Spinlondon shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Spinlondon or its employees) arising from the use of images, photographs or other representations.

If you object to the publication of any material placed on the Site please let Spinlondon know by calling +44 (0) +44 2079934228 or by sending an appropriately worded email to Spinlondon and they will take whatever action they deem appropriate.



4. Rights Clearances

The copyright, and other rights, in some of the material appearing on the Site may belong to a third party. It is your responsibility to obtain any licences or permissions that may be required to use such material and you agree to pay any costs or expenses incurred by Spinlondon which arise as a result of your failure to obtain such licences and permissions.

5. Content

If you submit material for publication on parts of the Site or use at an Event or make comments on the Site or at an Event, we accept no liability in respect of such material or comment and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy. If you want to submit material to Spinlondon for publication on the Site or make comments on the Site or at an Event, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

Spinlondon may publish and make available to the public by any means any material that you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to the Site at their sole discretion and they shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication. You hereby grant Spinlondon a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and worldwide licence to republish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to the Site in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format. You hereby waive all of the moral rights that you have under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to Spinlondon or to the Site. Publication of any material you submit to us will be at Spinlondon's sole discretion. Spinlondon reserves the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication You warrant to Spinlondon that any material you submit to the Site or in respect of an Event is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights You warrant that the material you submit, comment you make and the language that you use is not obscene, abusive, hateful, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal You agree not to post material or make any comment which is deliberately intended to upset other users, to breach confidence, to compromise privacy or to process personal data in an unauthorised manner.You agree not to post material or make any comment which may encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawfulYou agree not to place any links on the Site where those links take users to unlawful material or material that contravenes these terms.You agree that, except where expressly permitted by Spinondon (see Section 7 below), you will not to place on the Site advertisements nor make commercial solicitations nor use the Site for any commercial purposes (which would include using the Site to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services).You acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause Spinlondon damage or loss and you agree to indemnify Spinlondon in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.

6. Liability

Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information provided by Spinlondon and its advisers and its employees in these pages, the contents of the Site reflect the opinions of the writers, they do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Spinlondon or any of its brands, they are personal to the writer and are naturally subject to change from time to time. It is the responsibility of users to check the accuracy of relevant facts and take appropriate professional advice before entering into any commitment based upon them.

Spinlondon can not guarantee that information provided on the Site or at an Event will be free from error. Spinlondon, its directors, its employees and its representatives exclude, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility for any damages (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Spinlondon or its officers) including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages, damages for loss of opportunity or chance, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of, or in connection with, any information provided on the Site or at or in relation to an Event.

7. Sponsors

We invite businesses to sponsor Spinlondon and become our Sponsors. We have different rates for different sizes of Sponsors and our fees are available on request. Sponsors are listed on our Site and this information is provided to our Members at each Event.

Our Sponsors are entitled to one individual Members and their Membership Fees will be waived.

We also, for an additional linkage fee, invite our Sponsors to have their logos or other links on our Site. These links are included to give users the opportunity to access our Sponsors' pages. Spinondon is not responsible for the content of these sites.

Should an owner of a website request the link be removed, Spinlondon shall endeavour to do this within a reasonable period but it, its directors, its employees and its representatives shall not be liable or responsible for any damages. Spinlondon shall be reasonably entitled to rely on information and authority provided by a representative of the owner of the site.

8. Viruses

Whilst effort has been taken to ensure that the pages of the Site are free from viruses, Spinlondon gives no warranties that they are indeed free from viruses and users are responsible for ensuring that they have installed adequate virus checking software.

Spinlondon excludes, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Spinlondon or its officers) for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or other material transmitted with or as part of (a) the pages on the Site or any other Internet sites; or (b) any material downloaded from the Site or any other sites.

9. Intellectual Property

The names, images and logos identifying Spinlondon or third parties and their products and services, are the proprietary marks of Spinlondon, and/or may be the proprietary marks of third parties. Any use made of these marks may be an infringement of rights in those marks and Spinlondon reserves all rights to enforce such rights that it might have.

10. Variations

These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Site after any variation has been posted.

11. Severability

If any of these terms and conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from the terms and conditions and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

12. Jurisdiction

The Site has been created with UK users in mind and therefore its content may not be appropriate or lawful outside of the UK. Users from outside of the UK should therefore verify for themselves whether or not it is appropriate for them to access the Site. The terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from matters relating to the Site shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

13. Spinlondon Network Limited

SPIN London Network Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under number 7236681 whose registered office is at 145 - 157 St. John Street | London | EC1V 4PW | United Kingdom. 

14. Privacy and Data Protection

Spinlondon is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be processed by us as the data controller of your personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act"). Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how they will be treated by us. Information we may collect from you. We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on the site. This includes information provided at the time of registration or at the time of posting material or requesting further services.If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Spinlondon may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes although you do not have to respond to them. Details of your visits to the site and the resources that you access. Details of your attendance and non-attendance at Events.

15. IP Addresses and Cookies

We may collect information about your computer including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. These are data about our users' browsing actions and patterns and do not identify any individual. For the same reason we may obtain information about your general Internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. Cookies and the information contained in your IP address enable us:

to estimate our audience size and usage pattern; to store information about your preferences and so allow us to customise the Site according to your individual interests; to speed up your searches; to recognise you when you return to the Site.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies over which we have no control.

16. Transfer of Personal Data Outside of the EU

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area where the laws on data protection are not necessarily as strong as they are within the EU. By submitting your personal data you agree to this transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

17. Risks Involved in Transmitting Personal Data Over the Internet

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. So, whilst SPIN London will do its best to protect your personal data, we cannot ensure the security of data transmitted by you to the Site. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information we will use security procedures and features to prevent unauthorised access to it.

18. Uses made of the information

We may use information held about you in the following ways:

to ensure that the Site's content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer; to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you; to invite you to Events or other events of related third parties;to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service where you choose to do so; to notify you about changes to our service.

We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

in the event that we offer to sell any assets in which case we may disclose your personal data to the potential purchaser of such assets; if substantially all of Spinlondon's assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be transferred to such third party; if we are required to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions or any other agreement; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Spinlondon, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for protection against credit risk and fraud.

We may also use your data or permit selected third parties to use your data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you unless you have notified us that you do not wish to receive such information.

We do not disclose individual information to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target. We would comply with our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience using the personal data we have collected from you and from others.

19. Your rights

You have the right to request us not to disclose any of your personal data or information or to pass information to third parties. We will usually inform you before collecting your data, if we intend to disclose your information to any third party and you can exercise that right by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also notify us by contacting us at info@spinlondon.co.uk.

The site may from time to time contain links to and from partner and/or affiliate websites. If you follow a link to their sites, please note that these sites have their own privacy policy and that Spinlondon does not accept any responsibility or liability for protection of personal data which you may submit to a third party's site. You are recommended to check the wording of the relevant privacy policies before you submit any personal data to those sites.

20. Access to information

The Act gives you various rights including the right to access information held about you. Questions about this privacy policy can be addressed to info@spinlondon.co.uk