Terms and Conditions
Your access and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreement between you and The Corporate Confidante Limited concerning the subject matter hereof are superseded and of no force or effect.
You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted, and may not be used without the written permission of The Corporate Confidante Limited except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or the text on the Site.
By submitting information, you are stating that you are eligible to use the Service and that you agree to be bound by all of these Terms and conditions.
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as required by the type of data requested for submission and (b) maintain and promptly update the data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete or The Corporate Confidante Limited has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, The Corporate Confidante Limited has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
Your use and browsing of the Site are at your risk. Neither The Corporate Confidante Limited nor any party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site or any of the material or information contained on the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site.
Without limiting the preceding, everything on the Site is provided to you “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
While The Corporate Confidante Limited uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Site, The Corporate Confidante Limited also assumes no responsibility for and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.
Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, The Corporate Confidante Limited, unless otherwise noted. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorised by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorised use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
You agree not to promote events, companies, individuals or initiatives/projects without seeking and gaining written permission from The Corporate Confidante Limited to do so. This particularly relates (but is not limited) to The Corporate Confidante Discussion Forums.
All trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of The Corporate Confidante Limited. Nothing contained on the Site or in these Terms and Conditions should be construed as granting, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without written permission of The Corporate Confidante Limited or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site is strictly prohibited.
While The Corporate Confidante Limited uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Site, The Corporate Confidante Limited makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy, timeliness, or completeness. The Corporate Confidante Limited assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content on the Site.
The Corporate Confidante Limited has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your following of any links to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.
Although The Corporate Confidante Limited may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, The Corporate Confidante Limited is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy in any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or otherwise violate any law.
By registering on the discussion forum, you understand and agree to our terms of use and that how this service is managed and conducted is at the sole discretion of The Corporate Confidante Limited. Competitive behaviour, blatant promotions and/or elements that we consider in any way to be detrimental to our business will not be allowed. Without limiting the preceding, The Corporate Confidante Limited and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the Terms and conditions or which is otherwise in our opinion, objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. The Corporate Confidante Limited reserves the right to terminate your participation in the Services.
Registration Data and certain other information about you are subject to our privacy policy. For more information, please see our full privacy policy.
The Corporate Confidante Limited may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.
Links To Other Sites
Linking to other sites is an integral part of the functionality of the Internet and therefore of The Corporate Confidante sites. Any link to a page which displays a URL of a non-The Corporate Confidante site in the address window of your browser is a link to a site outside of our service. These links may be found throughout our site, for informational purposes. These other sites may send their own cookies to you, collect data or solicit personal information. Although we monitor the sites that we link to and make every attempt to ensure their quality, we cannot guarantee and are not responsible for the content of outside sites.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information on other Web sites, that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know. While The Corporate Confidante strives to protect our visitors’ personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security and privacy of any information you disclose at other Web sites, and you do so at your own risk.
Email Links
We use email links located on our various “contact us” pages to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments you may have. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly to every one. This information is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information. Your personal information is not shared with third parties, except where noted for legal purposes or when legally required.
General Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. At no time will you be asked to provide information of a personal nature beyond an email address, except when making inquiry for information or membership. All information submitted to www.thecorporateconfidante.com electronically via our website is discarded once interaction that requires given information is completed. No outside organisation or entity will be given access to personal information while it is in the possession of The Corporate Confidante except where it is legally required.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Site, you signify your assent to The Corporate Confidante Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these policies, please refrain from using the www.thecorporateconfidante.com website. Your continued use of The Corporate Confidante www.thecorporateconfidante.com or www.thecorporateconfidante.co.uk websites following a reasonable notice of changes to these terms means you accept those changes and the policy as stated.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Web site’s privacy statement and/or terms of use, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Event Booking Conditions, Terms Of Payment And Cancellation Policy
Please note these ‘Terms and Conditions’ may be subject to change without notice.
Booking
•For current event costs and dates, please refer to our website, www.thecorporateconfidante.com
Where stated prices quoted are exclusive of Vat. Vat will be applied at the prevailing rate at the time payment is processed.
The overall price must be paid when stated at the time of order, before the date of the event.
•Before booking onto the event, please ensure you have read the event programme and content, to ensure the event will meet your needs.
•If an event registration/booking form is completed by an individual other than the named delegate, it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure the delegate is authorised and able to attend the event on the employer’s behalf.
•Upon receipt of your registration/booking form and subsequent payment, your place(s) will be confirmed.
•Important note: The Corporate Confidante’s acceptance of your booking brings into existence a legally binding contract between us on these terms and conditions. Any term sought to be imposed by you in any purchase order, or correspondence will not form part of the contract.
Invoicing And Payment
•Delegate fees (including any card processing and/or booking fees applicable) are payable upon booking unless a valid, authorised Purchase Order is provided and accepted.
•For online bookings paid at the time of booking, invoices/receipts will be issued electronically from the booking website on completion of the booking.
•For bookings accepted with purchase orders, invoices will be sent via post to the name and address provided on the booking form and must be paid within 30 days of the invoice date or not later than 1 working day prior to the start of the event, whichever date occurs soonest (the “due date”).
•Payment must be made in Pounds Sterling by cheque, credit/debit card or BACS.
•If any amount properly due to The Corporate Confidante under or in connection with these terms and conditions remains outstanding beyond the due date The Corporate Confidante may:
a. charge interest on the overdue amount above the base rate of Santander Bank PLC from time to time (which interest will accrue daily until the date of actual payment, be compounded quarterly, and be payable on demand); or
b. claim interest and statutory compensation according to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998).
Event Attendance
•Delegates will receive joining instructions via email to the email address provided on the booking form.
•It is the responsibility of the individual completing the event registration/booking form to ensure joining instructions are received by the delegate. Instructions will be sent via email to the email address provided on the booking form.
•If the joining instructions are not received, it is the responsibility of the individual who completed the event registration/booking form to contact The Corporate Confidante Events department to arrange for them to be reissued.
•Failure to attend the event will result in the full cost being incurred. No refund shall be given.
•Failure to attend an event at which a free or concessionary rate place was given may at The Corporate Confidante’s sole discretion result in the delegate becoming ineligible for such places at future event(s).
•The Corporate Confidante will send all correspondence primarily via email to the email provided on the booking form. If alternative details are received after the booking form has been submitted, they will supersede the original details and all future correspondence will be sent to the new address.
•It may be necessary, for reasons beyond the control of The Corporate Confidante, to change the content and timing of the programme, the date, the venue or the speaker(s).
Cancellations And Amendments Or Variations
•All requests for cancellations and/or transfers must be received in writing to events@thecorporateconfidante.com.
•Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
All bookings are subject to a seven day cancellation period, from the date of booking. No refunds will be given after this period fully in accordance with the relevant laws.
Any request by the client for a variation to a booking must be made in writing by email sent to The Corporate Confidante to events@thecorporateconfidante.com, all variations are subject to availability, and at the discretion of The Corporate Confidante.
•For employer bookings only, in the event of a delegate named on the booking form being unable to attend, we will accept the substitution of another delegate on the condition that written notification again as detailed above, of the substitution has been received by us before the event date.
•In the event of there being insufficient numbers booked onto an event, The Corporate Confidante reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event.
•In the event of cancellation of an event by The Corporate Confidante, we will endeavour to inform all delegates a week before the event is due to take place, although please be aware that this is not always possible. All event fees paid will be reimbursed in full, or the payment will be transferred in full to another The Corporate Confidante event. The Corporate Confidante shall not accept liability for any consequential loss and shall have no liability to reimburse any other costs that may have been incurred, including transport costs, accommodation, etc.
Should an event for any reason be cancelled or rescheduled, The Corporate Confidante will strictly only be liable for the value of the event place.
Event Provisions
• Organising and financing accommodation and travel are the responsibility of the delegate.
•Where food and refreshments are to be provided, this will be stated on the event details, and the cost included in the price quoted. Any special dietary requirements need to be notified in writing to The Corporate Confidante in advance of the event, as specified in the event details.
Alterations To Advertised Packages
All advertised packages are subject to availability.
Every reasonable effort will be made to adhere to the advertised packages, but any packages may be altered or omitted or dates changed either before or after confirmation of the booking. Where such alterations, omissions or changes of date occur before the confirmation of the booking, The Corporate Confidante accepts no contractual liability. Where such alterations, omissions or changes of dates occur after confirmation of the booking, The Corporate Confidante agrees to use reasonable endeavours (such reasonable endeavours to be strictly subject to the organisers/promoters of events and/or other third parties making alternative packages available and further subjects to The Corporate Confidante’s right to change the price applicable) to provide a reasonable alternative package and the client agrees to accept such reasonable alternative package.
Force Majeure
•The Corporate Confidante shall not be liable for refund of fees or any other penalty should the event be cancelled due to war, fire, strike lock-out, industrial action, tempest, accident, civil disturbance or any other cause whatsoever beyond their control.
Entire Agreement
•These terms and conditions, together with the current The Corporate Confidante website prices, event details and The Corporate Confidante contact details, set out the whole of our agreement relating to the event. These terms and conditions cannot be varied except in writing signed by a Director of The Corporate Confidante. In particular, no terms and conditions incorporated within your purchase order and nothing said by any person on behalf of The Corporate Confidante should be understood as a variation of these terms and conditions or as an authorised representation about the nature or quality of any goods offered for sale by The Corporate Confidante. The Corporate Confidante shall have no liability for any such representation being untrue or misleading.
The contract of these terms and conditions shall be governed by English Law and The Corporate Confidante and the client hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts in all matters regarding the contracts and these Terms and Conditions.