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The 8000 International Business Club Ltd

Terms and conditions

The following are a summary of the Terms and Conditions of use of The 8000 International Business Club website. A company limited by shares and Registered in England Number 08825498.

The 8000 International business Club (The 8000 IBC) will operate world wide

1. This Website is operated and maintained by or on behalf of The 8000 IBC and its group companies (“The 8000 IBC” or “We ” or “Us“).

By using the Website and/or using The 8000 IBC Service, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms“). If you do not agree with these Terms, you should leave the Website and stop using The 8000 IBC Service immediately.

2. ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION: In order to make use of certain parts of The 8000 IBC Service, you will need to register an account with Us. In order to do so, you must (a) satisfy the minimum age requirement; (b) provide Us with complete and accurate registration information; (c) ensure your use of The 8000 IBC Service is in accordance with these Terms and any Applicable Laws (as defined in paragraph 3, below); and (d) select a username and password. By registering an account with Us you warrant that: (a) you meet the minimum age requirement, which will be specified on the registration pages; (b), you have given complete and accurate registration information, and will keep that information updated; and (c) your use of The 8000 IBC Service does not violate these Terms or breach any Applicable Laws. You acknowledge that you will be responsible for all activities which take place under your username and for keeping your password secure. If you become aware of any actual, threatened or suspected unauthorised use of your username and/or any other breach of security, you agree to notify Us immediately. You may cancel your account with Us at any time by following the instructions on the registration pages. We may terminate your account with Us for any or no reason, at any time, with or without notice and without liability.

In order to use The 8000 IBC Service, you will require access to the world-wide web. You are responsible for any connection, service and other fees associated with such access and for providing all equipment necessary to enable you to connect to the world-wide web (including a computer and modem or other access device).

3. MEMBERSHIP: (1). Honorary Members are strictly those who have been nominated or put forward by a person/persons other than themselves, or invited by The 8000 IBC to join The 8000 IBC as Honorary Members. Honorary Members may not appoint themselves. The designation ‘Honorary’ implies that the person put forward for Membership of this category be of a certain standing, hold a certain position or possess a certain status (Titled or otherwise) in Society, the Arts, Politics, etc. to which the designation ‘Honorary’ may legitimately be applied. (2.) Club Guest Members are designated as those who have not registered as a fully paid member of The 8000 IBC and are therefore given only limited access to The 8000 IBC Website. Club Guest Members (including any guests they invite) are also obliged to pay the full cost, without expectation of Discounted or otherwise reduced rates, to attend all Events to be held by The 8000 IBC. Club Guest Members will attend all Events as Guest Members only and will be considered as separate from the Full Members. (3.) Full Members, on the other hand, are those designated as paid, Registered Members of The 8000 IBC and are therefore granted access to the whole site. Full Members can also expect to receive Discounted or otherwise reduced rates to some, but not all, of the Events to be held by The 8000 IBC.

4. GENERAL RULES RELATING TO CONDUCT: The 8000 IBC Service is made available for your business or your own personal use. The 8000 IBC Service must not be used for any illegal or unauthorised purpose. When you use The 8000 IBC Service you must comply with all applicable UK laws relating to online conduct (including, without limitation, content which can be posted online) and with any applicable international laws, including the local laws in your country of residence (together referred to as “Applicable Laws“).

5. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO THE WEBSITE: You are responsible for any information, data, text, music, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other content (“Content“) which you post or upload and/or display (in public or privately) to our website. The 8000 IBC may (but shall not be obliged to) delete, edit, lock, move or remove any Content without notice and for any reason and/or to record the IP address from which any Content is posted, uploaded and/or displayed without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, Content which, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is or may be irrelevant, out of date, inappropriate or objectionable in any way whatsoever, or in respect of which The 8000 IBC receives any complaint (whether justified or not). By posting, uploading and/or displaying any Content to the Website you warrant that: (a) you own all intellectual property and proprietary rights in such Content or that you have a licence from the owner of such rights to post, upload and/or display such Content on the Website; and (b) the posting, uploading and/or displaying of such Content on the Website and the grant of the licence to The 8000 IBC and its group companies (on the terms set out below) will not infringe the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party.

If you upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to the Website, you automatically: (a) grant other users of the Website and The 8000 IBC Service the right to access the same and use it in accordance with these Terms, and (b) grant The 8000 IBC and its group companies a non-exclusive, royalty free, sub-licensable, perpetual, world-wide licence to use, modify, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such Content: (i) on and through the Website and The 8000 IBC Service and in all promotional materials relating thereto; and (ii) in any other form or medium (including but not limited to other The 8000 IBC publications) provided that We have obtained your prior permission to do so. You continue to own the Content after it is posted to the Website.

You acknowledge that The 8000 IBC may not screen or otherwise check any Content which is submitted by you or any other user of The 8000 IBC Service before it is posted, may not monitor yours or any person’s use of The 8000 IBC Service. As such, you as the user of the Website are responsible for any Content you submit to the Website and the manner in which The 8000 IBC Service is used under your username. You must ensure that no pornography or cartoon or animated depictions thereof is posted on this site. If you post any porn to this site your membership will be terminated and no refund will be made to you. You may take down any Content you have submitted to the Website at any time. If you become aware of any misuse of The 8000 IBC Service by any person including (without limitation) any posting of Content which violates these Terms, please contact us by sending an email.

6. SPECIFIC RULES RELATING TO CONDUCT: You agree that when using The 8000 IBC Service you will comply with all Applicable Laws (as defined in paragraph 4), these Terms and you acknowledge that you are responsible for all acts and omissions which occur under your user-name. In particular, but without limitation, you agree not to:

1. Upload, post or otherwise display Content which is or promotes behaviour which violates the rights (including, without limitation, the intellectual property rights) of a third party or which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, flaming, hateful, offensive (whether in relation to sex, race, religion or otherwise) harassing, hateful, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 years, or contains any illegal content; or

2. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content which contains software viruses or any other files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Website or The 8000 IBC Service or any server or networks connected to the Website or another’s computer, or that contains any chain letters, pyramid-selling schemes, bulk mail, junk mail or similar; or

3. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content containing a photograph of another person unless you have obtained that person’s consent;

4. Harvest or collect any IP addresses or email addresses or other contact information of any members of the Website, by electronic means or otherwise; or

5. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content depicting graphic mutilation of the Human Body unless included in a licensed format such as a Film or Video and must conform to International Law

6. Restrict or in any way inhibit any other person’s use of the Website or The 8000 IBC Service; or

7. Upload, post or otherwise display any Content which is false, misleading, un-necessary and/or repetitive including any Content which is inaccurate, out of date or repeats that previously uploaded, posted or displayed by you or another visitor, unless absolutely necessary; or

8. Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content to a part of the Website which is irrelevant to the subject matter of the Content; or

9. Register an account with us under more than one user name and/or user account number; or

10. Use the Website or The 8000 IBC Service in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and/or any Applicable Laws in force from time to time or in a manner which promotes or encourages illegal activity; or

11. Breach the terms of any suspension or ban or seek alternative access; or

12. In the interests of free speech, bring any action for defamation against The 8000 IBC, or any of the companies in the same group; or

13. Use or solicit any other account holder’s personal data for any purpose other than establishing lawful contact that such account holder would reasonably expect to welcome; or

14. Submit Content owned by a third party without consent from that third party or submit Content in a manner which expressly or impliedly infers that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by the 8000 IBC; or

15. Use the Website in any unlawful manner or in a manner which promotes or encourages illegal activity or in a manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website or the Website Service; or

16. Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website or any networks, servers or computer systems connected to the Website; or

17. Modify, adapt, translate or reverse engineer any part of the Website or use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other device to retrieve or index any part of the Website or re-format or frame any portion of the web pages comprising the Website, unless permitted by law; or

18. Remove or obstruct from view any advertisements and/or any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices contained on or in the Website; or

19. Contact any other user of the Website if they have expressly asked you not to; or

20. Attempt to impersonate any other user or account holder of the Website or The 8000 IBC Service; or

21. Use the username and/or password of any other account holder of the Website or disclose your password to any other person; or

You agree to indemnify The 8000 IBC and its group companies in full and on demand from and against any loss, damage, costs or expenses which they suffer or incur directly or indirectly as a result of your use of the Website and/or The 8000 IBC Service, and any use of the same under your username other than in accordance with these Terms or Applicable Law.

7. CONTENT: The copyright in all material contained on, in, or available through the Website including all information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics and video messages, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all source code, software compilations and other material (“ Material“) is owned by or licensed to The 8000 IBC or its group companies. All rights are reserved. You can view, print or download extracts of the Material for your own personal use but you cannot otherwise copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit, disseminate in any form whatsoever or use the Material (other than Content posted by you) without express permission of The 8000 IBC. You must not frame or link to the Website or any part of it without our permission.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Trade Marks“) contained on or in the Website are owned by The 8000 IBC or its group companies or third party partners of The 8000 IBC. You cannot use, copy, edit, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, commercially exploit or disseminate the Trade Marks without the prior written consent of The 8000 IBC or the relevant group company or the relevant third party partner of The 8000 IBC.

8. LINK TO THIRD PARTIES: The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties (“Third Party Websites“). The 8000 IBC may monetise some of these links through the use of third party affiliate programmes. Notwithstanding such affiliate programmes, The 8000 IBC does not have any influence or control over any such Third Party Websites and, unless otherwise stated, is not responsible for and does not endorse any Third Party Websites or their availability or contents.

9. The 8000 IBC PRIVACY POLICY: We take your privacy very seriously. The 8000 IBC will only use your personal information in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and comply to the laws of England and Wales. By using the Website you acknowledge and agree that you have read and accept the terms of our privacy policy and these Terms.

10. DISCLAIMER / LIABILITY: USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE AND THE 8000 IBC SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (A) The 8000 IBC DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE; AND (B) ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE (WHETHER IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) ANY WARRANTY, TERM OR CONDITION AS TO ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR ANY SPECIAL PURPOSE, AVAILABILITY, NON INFRINGEMENT, INFORMATION ACCURACY, INTEROPERABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND TITLE ARE, AS BETWEEN THE 8000 IBC AND YOU, HEREBY EXCLUDED. IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER AND/OR ACCOUNT HOLDER OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE; ANY ERROR, DELAY OR FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS AND/OR ACCOUNT HOLDERS; ANY TECHNICAL FAILURE OF THE INTERNET, THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE; OR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY TO USERS OR THEIR EQUIPMENT AS A RESULT OF OR RELATING TO THEIR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE. YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED.

The 8000 IBC will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with the Website and/or The 8000 IBC Service, for any: (i) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or (ii) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (iii) special or indirect or consequential loss.

IF THE 8000 IBC IS LIABLE TO YOU DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE 8000 IBC SERVICE, THAT LIABILITY (HOWSOEVER ARISING) SHALL BE LIMITED TO: (A) TEN POUNDS STERLING (£10.00); OR (B) THE SUMS PAID BY YOU UPON REGISTERING AN ACCOUNT WITH US; OR (C) THE SUMS PAID BY YOU UPON RECEIVING THE 8000 IBC SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Nothing in these Terms shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of The 8000 IBC or its group companies for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by English law.

11. ACCESS RESTRICTION AND SERVICE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION: The 8000 IBC reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny you access to the Website and/or The 8000 IBC Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice and for any reason including, without limitation, if you fail to comply with any clause 5 (Member Conduct) or any other provision of these Terms. In particular, The 8000 IBC may deny you access to the Website and/or The 8000 IBC Services if The 8000 IBC exercises its right to delete, edit, lock or remove any Content posted, uploaded or displayed by you. The 8000 IBC reserves the right to suspend or cease providing all or any of The 8000 IBC Service, without notice, and shall have no liability or responsibility to you in any manner whatsoever if it chooses to do so.

12. ADVERTISERS ON THE WEBSITE: We accept no responsibility for adverts posted on the Website. If you agree to purchase goods and/or services from any third party who advertises on the Website, you do so at your own risk. The advertiser, not The 8000 IBC, is responsible for such goods and/or services and if you have any queries or complaints in relation to them, your only recourse is against the advertiser.

13. ONLINE COMPETITIONS: If you take part in any competition which is run on or through the Website (“Competition“), you agree to be bound by the rules of that competition and any other rules specified by The 8000 IBC from time to time (“Competition Rules“) and by the decisions of The 8000 IBC, which are final in all matters relating to the Competition. The 8000 IBC reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner in its absolute discretion without notice in accordance with the Competition Rules.

15. REFUND POLICY: No refunds or repayments of any kind will be made by or on behalf of The 8000 IBC for any fees paid by you, either for enrolment in or Paid Membership of The 8000 IBC; or for verification of your Company/Business by The 8000 IBC; or for tickets you have purchased for Events arranged by The 8000 IBC, unless otherwise stated (SEE BELOW: EVENTS); or for payments for Games accessed by you via The 8000 IBC Website; or for Sponsorship (whether in part or whole) you have paid for an Event arranged and held by the 8000 IBC; or for Sponsorship of your Company/Business on The 8000 IBC Website. All of the above applies to both Members and Non-Members alike.

16. EVENTS: Attendance of all Social and Networking Events advertised, arranged and held by The 8000 IBC is strictly by ticket only. A ticket for an Event is for that Event only and does not include travel costs to and from the Venue where the Event is being held or for accommodation before or after the Event, all such costs being the sole responsibility of the ticket-holder. If you or a third party acting on your behalf purchases a ticket for an Event held by The 8000 IBC and you subsequently fail to attend the Event, you, or the third party purchasing on your behalf will not be eligible for a refund for the ticket by The 8000 IBC. If an Event arranged by The 8000 IBC is, for whatever reason, cancelled, refund will only be made for the purchase price of the ticket for said Event and not for any expenses incurred by you for travel or accommodation. If an Event arranged by The 8000 IBC is, for whatever reason, postponed, the date of said Event will be rescheduled and any ticket held by you for a postponed Event will remain valid for the rescheduled Event. If, for whatever reason, the date of a specified Event is changed at short notice, Ticket Holders for said Event will be notified by The 8000 IBC within forty-eight hours from the time The 8000 IBC becomes aware of the necessity of altering the original date. All of the above applies to both Members and Non-Members alike.

17. ACCOUNT HOLDER INTERACTION: You are responsible for how you interact with other account holders and users of the Website and the 8000 IBC Service. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor how you interact with those persons.

18. GENERAL: These Terms (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and The 8000 IBC concerning your use of the Website and The 8000 IBC Service and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and The 8000 IBC in relation to such matters.

The 8000 IBC reserves the right to update these Terms from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this the Website and your continued use of The 8000 IBC Service following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms so that you are aware of any changes to them. No other variation to these Terms shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative on behalf of The 8000 IBC.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts in relation to any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms and/or your use of the Website and/or The 8000 IBC Service.

If any provision(s) of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties (as reflected in the provision(s)) and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

The 8000 IBC failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by The 8000 IBC in writing.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than you, The 8000 IBC and its group of companies.

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