Humanimal Hub

Humanimal Hub Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are effective as of 1 December 2018. By accessing or using the Community Website (the “Service”), or by logging into the site with your allocated User ID, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. The Service is owned and operated by Humanimal Trust, acting by and through the Humanimal Hub.

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 Humanimal Trust, including but not limited to:

an online Humanimal Trust Community Directory
the Community Messaging Service class emailer
a User-to-User Community Messaging service, and
the Humanimal Trust Community Clubs service

These Terms of Use govern your use of each component of the Service whether or not it’s listed above.

1. 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 Humanimal Trust, the Trust 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, 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 Humanimal Trust.

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”). Humanimal Trust 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.

2. 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, 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 unauthorised 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 unauthorised 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 Humanimal Trust (or any individual officer or employee of Humanimal Trust); (3) use that can be confused with official communications of Humanimal Trust 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. Humanimal Trust 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 the Trust . 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 Humanimal Trust has no obligation to display, monitor, or take any action with respect to Service Content or User Content. Humanimal Trust 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, the Trust 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. Humanimal Trust does not approve or endorse any User Content, and you agree that the Trust will have no responsibility or liability in connection with your use of any User Content.

3. Privacy; Confidentiality.

Humanimal Trust 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”).

Humanimal Trust will treat your User Content as confidential information in accordance with Trust policies, and only use and disclose it in accordance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies.

4. Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

THIS SERVICE AND ALL ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

HUMANIMAL TRUST DOES NOT APPROVE OR ENDORSE ANY USER CONTENT.

HUMANIMAL TRUST 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 THE TRUST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Humanimal Trust 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.

5. 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 unauthorised use of your account or other breach of security. You may not use another’s account without permission. Humanimal Trust 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 Humanimal Trust otherwise specifically agrees in writing, but the other provisions of these Terms of Use will survive any such termination. Humanimal Trust 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.

6. Miscellaneous

Links to Other Services. Humanimal Trust may provide links to websites operated by third parties, as a convenience for our users. Humanimal Trust 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 Humanimal Trust is affiliated or associated with any linked site.

Use of Humanimal Trust Names. Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not use or register any name, logo or insignia of Humanimal Trust nor any of its subdivisions for any purpose except with our prior written approval and in accordance with any restrictions required by Humanimal Trust.

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 the UK 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 the UK. 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. Humanimal Trust’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 Humanimal Trust with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Privacy Statement

Introduction

This privacy statement describes how Humanimal Trust processes, stores and protects any information that you give us.

Humanimal Trust is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, or by any other means, such as orally or in written form, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The Trust takes a proactive approach to user privacy and ensures the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users when they visit our website or whenever they are asked to share their personal details. This website complies with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Humanimal Trust may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. Please check this page from time to time to ensure that you are aware of any changes. This policy is effective from 21 May 2018.

We will not rent, swap or sell personal information to other organisations for them to use in their own marketing activities.

The legal basis that we rely on for processing personal data will depend upon the circumstances in which it is being collected and used, but will in most cases fall into one of the following categories:

where consent has been provided to allow us to use your data in a certain way
where the processing is necessary to carry out for the performance of a contract
where the processing is necessary in order for us to comply with a legal obligation; or
where it is in our legitimate interests to perform our functions, for example, processing donations or sending administrative communications where our legitimate interest is to raise funds and/or to deliver our charitable purposes

What We Collect and How We Use it

Whilst using our website, software applications or services, you may be required to provide personal information (name, address, email, bank account details, etc.). We will use this information to administer our website, supporter databases and marketing material or to process orders and/or donations. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Further, by providing telephone and email details, you consent to Humanimal Trust contacting you using that method.

We will contact you by email, storing details on MailChimp, to discuss details of our organisation following a form submission. We may contact you from time to time via MailChimp regarding our activities where you have given consent via opt in.

You have the right at any time to request a copy of the personal information we hold on you. Should you wish to receive a copy of this, or would like to be removed from our database, or change your contact preferences, please contact us at [email protected]

How do we Collect Information?

Humanimal Trust collects information in two possible ways:

1. When you directly give it to us (“Directly Provided Data”)

When you sign up for our website, enter a competition we are running, purchase our products or communicate with us, you may choose to voluntarily give us certain information – for example, by filling in text boxes or completing registration forms.

We may also collect personal details provided to us on paper or via email (for example, in response to fundraising or other correspondence), or orally, by giving us your details at a function or event, or by telephone.

2. When you give us permission to obtain from other accounts (“User Authorised Data”)

Depending on your online settings or the privacy policies for other online services, you may give us permission to obtain information from your account with those other services. For example, this can be via social media or by choosing to send us your location data when accessing our website from your smartphone.

Data profiling and analysis

We, and/or with the help of third-party specialist agencies, may also carry out analysis of the personal information we collect about individuals and add publicly available information to create a profile of interests, preferences, and ability to support us, including the amount or level of potential donation or legacy someone may be able to give.

This is so we can contact people in the most appropriate way and with the most relevant information, which enables us to raise funds more quickly and cost-effectively.

This information is compiled from sources such as public registers (e.g. listed Directorships), the electoral roll, newspaper articles and social media posts.

Anyone who does not wish their data to be processed in this way can do so by contacting us via [email protected] or by calling us on 01483 791725.

How long do we keep your Data for?

Humanimal Trust will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary to carry out the purpose for which it was given. We will hold onto the information you provide either while your account is in existence, or as needed to be able to provide services to you. We may also keep trend data from, for example, fundraising mailings, emails and phone calls.

If legally required or if it is reasonably necessary to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our Terms and Conditions, we may also retain some of your information for a limited period of time as required, even after it is no longer needed to provide services to you.

How we use your Data

Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

We may use cookies to remember personal settings you have chosen at our website. In no other context do we use cookies to collect information that identifies you personally.

We use anonymous session cookies to help you navigate the website and make the most of the features. If you log into the website, application or a course as a registered user, your session cookie will also contain your user ID so that we can check which services you are allowed to access.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.

Should users wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

Choosing how we use your Data

We understand that you trust us with your personal information, and we are committed to ensuring you can manage the privacy and security of your personal information yourself.

Recognising that it is your choice to provide us with your personal details we commit to the following as your rights:

You can verify the details you have submitted to Humanimal Trust by contacting us at [email protected] or by calling 01483 791725. You can access your data and supplementary information. You have the right to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of data processing. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we reveal information, including your e-mail address and possibly your address

You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data, including: our purposes for processing your personal data, our retention periods for that personal data, and who it will be shared with

You can restrict processing or suppress of your personal data. You can make a request for restriction verbally or in writing

You can object to processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest, or direct marketing

You can also contact us by the same method to change, correct, or delete your personal information controlled by Humanimal Trust regarding your profile at any time. Please note though that, if you have shared any information with others through social media channels, that information may remain visible, even if your account and personal details are deleted

You are free to close your account through our account settings. If you do so, your account will be deactivated. However, we may retain archived copies of your information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes (including to help address fraud and spam)

You can always update us on your details at any point by contacting us at [email protected] or by calling 01483 791725

You can unsubscribe from receiving marketing emails from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email. Once you do this, you will no longer receive any emails from us

You can request a readable copy of the personal data we hold on you at any time. To do this, please contact us at [email protected] or by calling 01483 791725

View Humanimal Trust’s Data Protection Policy

Competition Entries – young people’s data

We are committed to protecting the privacy of young people who enter our competitions, such as our Creative Awards.

Our competitions may request specific information about the age of participants, so their entry is placed into the correct age category. Competition entries can only be made by an adult over the age of 18 - on behalf of a young person - and consent, where appropriate, will be sought from a parent, guardian or carer before collecting information about young people under 16. If the entry is from an education institution, that institution is responsible for gaining consent from the parent, guardian or carer of the young person. Where we process your data on the basis of your consent you can withdraw that consent at any time in line with our above policy by emailing us via [email protected].

Entrants agree to Humanimal Trust using their details in post-competition publicity. Consent will be requested prior to this information being published. If requested the winner may be published as anonymous. The winner’s details (including first name, age and country where appropriate) will not be used for any other purpose, or passed onto any third parties, unless specified.

Winner’s details, including address, may be shared securely with a third party in order to fulfil the dispatch of competition prizes. Where the sharing of this information could present a safeguarding concern, some or all of these details may be withheld upon request.

By logging into your account, you accept the Terms of Use and acknowledge the Privacy Policy

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