terms & conditions

These terms and conditions are the contract between you and illustratedworldseries.com (“us”, “we”, etc). By visiting or using Our Website, you agree to be bound by them.  And are designed to protect your rights as well as ours.

We are illustratedworldseries.com, part of ‘The London Talent Platform Ltd’ a company registered in the UK number: 07023372 - VAT Number: 202 9994 92

You are: Anyone who uses Our Website.

Please read this agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave Our Website immediately.  Continued usage of our website indicates compliance with the Terms & Conditions as stipulated below.

We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. You will be notified one week prior to any update or amend, your continued use of the Website and or Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

These are the agreed terms:

“Content”

means the textual, visual or aural content that is encountered as part of your experience on Our Website. It may include, among other things: text, images, sounds, videos and animations.nt”

“Intellectual Property”

means intellectual property owned by us, of every sort, whether or not registered or registrable in any country, including intellectual property of kinds coming into existence after today; and including, among others, patents, trademarks, unregistered marks, designs, copyrights, software, domain names, discoveries, creations and inventions, together with all rights which are derived from those rights.

“Our Website”

means any website or service designed for electronic access by mobile or fixed devices which is owned or operated by us [or any member of the The London Talent Platform Ltd group of companies]. It includes all web pages controlled by us.

“Post”

means place on or into Our Website any Content or material of any sort by any means.

“Services”

means all of the services and or subscription models available from Our Website, whether free or charged.

“Visitor”

means anyone who visits Our Website.

In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:

2.1. a reference to a person includes a human individual, a corporate entity and any organisation which is managed or controlled as a unit.

2.2. a reference to a person includes reference to that person’s successors, legal representatives, permitted assigns and any person to whom rights and obligations are transferred or passed as a result of a merger, division, reconstruction or other re-organisation involving that person.

2.3. in the context of permission, “may not” in connection with an action of yours, means “must not”.

2.4. the headings to the paragraphs and schedules (if any) to this agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation.

2.5. any agreement by either party not to do or omit to do something includes an obligation not to allow some other person to do or omit to do that same thing;

2.6. a reference to an act or regulation includes new law of substantially the same intent as the act or regulation referred to.

2.7. this agreement is made only in the English language. If there is any conflict in meaning between the English language version of this agreement and any version or translation of this agreement in any other language, the English language version shall prevail.

3.1. We do not offer the Services in all countries. We may refuse to provide the Services if you live in a country we do not serve.

3.2. In entering into this Usage Contract you have not relied on any representation or information from any source except the definition and explanation of the Services given on Our Website.

3.3. Subject to these terms and conditions, we agree to provide to you some or all of the Services described on Our Website at the prices we charge from time to time.

3.4. Some of our Services are now or may in future, be available to you only subject to additional terms. Those terms will be set out on Our Website. You now agree that if you choose to use any such service, the relevant terms will become part of this agreement.

3.5. You acknowledge that you understand exactly what is included in the Services and you are satisfied that the Services are suitable and satisfactory for your requirements;

• 3.5.1 We take steps to verify the credentials and company status of our users and vet all new subscribers periodically (“the vetting process”);
• 3.5.2 We collect and collate feedback from users by means of feedback (“monitoring”);
• 3.5.3 Results of recommendations, vetting and monitoring processes (if overtly negative) can result in users being blocked from the website without warning;

3.6. So far as we allow use of our Intellectual Property, we do not automatically grant a licence to you unless set out in a separate agreement.
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3.7. We may change this agreement and or the way we provide our Services, including delivery dates and scheduling at any time. If we do:

• 3.7.1 The change will take effect when we Post it on Our Website.
• 3.7.2 You agree to be bound by any changes. If you do not agree to be bound by them, you should not use Our Website or the Services.
• 3.7.3 If you make any payment for any Services now or in the future, you will do so under the terms Posted on Our Website at that time.

4.1. When you visit Our Website, you accept responsibility for any action done by any person using your name, account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.

4.2. You agree that you have provided accurate, up to date, and complete information about yourself and company. We are not responsible for any error made as a result of such information being inaccurate.

4.3. You agree to notify us of any changes in your information immediately it occurs. If you do not do so, we may terminate your account and or involvement.

4.4. You agree the Website and associated content may not always be available. We are not liable to you if for any reason if the Website becomes unavailable or interrupted.

4.5. We take significant steps to protect our users but are unable to guarantee Our Website is free from bugs or viruses.  We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, or any other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, data, computer programs or other proprietary material due to your use of Our Website.

4.6. You agree to use the website for lawful purposes only and not;

• 4.6.1 In any way that breaches local, national or international law or regulation;
• 4.6.2 In a way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• 4.6.3 For the purposes of harming or attempting to harm any person, business or entity in anyway.
• 4.6.4 To undermine the purpose and provision of Services.
• 4.6.5 To gain an unfair or unlawful competitive advantage over any businesses in your sector.
• 4.6.6 To violate the privacy of others.
• 4.6.7 To transmit, or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of solicitation.
• 4.6.8 To reverse engineer, decompile, dissemble, decipher or otherwise derive the code used on the Website.
• 4.6.9 To use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Website; or to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sub-licence, broadcast, distribute, sell, re-brand or re-sell any part of Our Website without our express consent.

We take care to make Our Website safe for you to use and operate using the highest level of EV SSL encryption.  We are registered with the ICO and Trustwave.

5.1. Card payments are not processed on a page controlled by us. We use one or more online payment service providers who will encrypt your card or bank account details in a secure environment.

5.2. If you have asked us to remember your credit card details for your next purchase or subscription, we will securely store your payment details on our systems. These details will be fully encrypted and only used to process your automatic monthly payments or other transactions which you have initiated (including bolt-on purchases).

6.1. Our privacy policy is strong and precise. It complies fully with current UK law incorporating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

6.2. If you Post Content to any public area of Our Website it becomes available in the public domain. We have no control over who sees it or what anyone does with it.

6.3. Even if access to your text is behind a user registration it remains effectively in the public domain because someone has only to register and log in, to access it. You should therefore avoid Posting unnecessary confidential information.

6.4. Posting content of any sort does not change your ownership of the copyright in it. We have no claim over it and we will not protect your rights for you.

6.5. You understand that you are personally responsible for your breach of someone else’s intellectual property rights, defamation, or any law, which may occur as a result of any Content having been Posted by you;

6.6. You accept all risk and responsibility for determining whether any Content is in the public domain and not confidential.

6.7. We reserve the right to edit uploaded content to amend spelling, grammar, punctuation, length, for the purposes of clarity.

6.8. Please notify us of any security breach or unauthorised use of your account.

We invite you to Post Content to Our Website in several ways and for different purposes. We have to regulate your use of Our Website to protect our business and our staff, to protect other users of Our Website and to comply with the law. These provisions apply to all users of Our Website.

We do not undertake to moderate or check every item Posted, but we do protect our business vigorously. If we believe Content Posted breaches the law, we shall co-operate fully with the law enforcement authorities in whatever way we can.

You agree that you will not use or allow anyone else to use Our Website to Post Content or undertake any activity which is or may:

7.1. be unlawful, or tend to incite another person to commit a crime;

7.2. consist in commercial audio, video or music files;

7.3. discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age

7.4. be obscene, offensive, abusive, threatening, violent, malicious, defamatory or invasive.

7.5. be sexually explicit or pornographic;

7.6. be likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity, age or affiliation with any person;

7.7. request or collect passwords or other personal information from another user without their permission, nor Post any unnecessary personal information about yourself;

7.8. be used to sell any goods or services or for any other commercial use not intended by us, for yourself or for any other person. Examples are: sending private messages with a commercial purpose, or collecting information with the intention of passing it to a third party for his commercial use;

7.9. facilitate the provision of unauthorised copies of another person’s copyright work, or infringe the copyright or any intellectual property rights of any person or company unless necessary consents and authorisations have been obtained;

7.10. link to any of the material specified in this paragraph;

7.11. Post excessive or repeated, irrelevant or off-topic messages to any forum or group;

7.12. sending age-inappropriate communications or Content to anyone under the age of 18

In connection with the restrictions set out below, we may refuse or edit or remove a Posting which does not comply with these terms.

In addition to the restrictions set out above, a Posting must not contain:

8.1. hyperlinks, other than those specifically authorised by us;

• 8.1.1 You acknowledge and agree that we have no control over third party links as are not responsible for the content or availability of any such websites.
• 8.1.2 You may link to Our Website’s homepage, provided you do so in a fair and legal manner and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
• 8.1.3 Unless expressly agreed, you must not establish a link as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement where none exists.
• 8.1.4 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

8.2. keywords or words repeated, which are irrelevant to the Content Posted.

8.3. the name, logo or trademark of any organisation other than that of you or your client.

8.4. inaccurate, false, or misleading information;

9.1. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph is addressed to any person who comes on Our Website for any purpose.

9.2. We are under no obligation to monitor or record the activity of any Visitor or customer for any purpose, nor do we assume any responsibility to monitor or police Internet-related activities. However, we may do so without notice to you and without giving you a reason.

9.3. If you are offended by any Content, the following procedure applies:

• 9.3.1 Your claim or complaint must be submitted to hello@illustratedworldseries.com
• 9.3.2 we shall remove the offending Content as soon as we are reasonably able;
• 9.3.3 after we receive notice of a claim or complaint, we shall investigate so far as we alone decide;
• 9.3.4 we may re-instate the Content about which you have complained or not.

9.4. In respect of any complaint made by you or any person on your behalf, whether using our form of complaint or not, you now irrevocably grant to us a licence to publish the complaint and all ensuing correspondence and communication, without limit.

9.5. You now agree that if any complaint is made by you frivolously or vexatiously you will repay us the cost of our investigation including legal fees, if any.

10.1. If you violate Our Website we shall take legal action against you.
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10.2. You now agree that you will not, and will not allow any other person to:

• 10.2.1 modify, copy, or cause damage or unintended effect to any portion of Our Website, or any software used within it.
• 10.2.2 link to Our Website in any way that would cause the appearance or presentation of Our Website to be different from what would be seen by a user who accessed Our Website by typing the URL into a standard browser;
• 10.2.3 download any part of Our Website, without our express written consent;
• 10.2.4 collect or use any product or service listings, descriptions, or prices;
• 10.2.5 collect or use any information obtained from or about Our Website or the
• 10.2.6 aggregate, copy or duplicate in any manner any of the Content or information available from Our Website, other than as permitted by this agreement or as is reasonably necessary for your use of the Services;
• 10.2.7 share with a third party any login credentials to Our Website;

10.3. Despite the above terms, we now grant a licence to you to:

• 10.2.1 create a hyperlink to Our Website for the purpose of promoting an interest common to both of us. You can do this without specific permission. This licence is conditional upon your not portraying us or any product or service in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark of ours as part of the link without our express written consent.
• 10.2.2 you may copy the text of any page for your personal use in connection with the purpose of Our Website or a Service we provide.

11.1. We may, from time to time, set a limit on the number of messages you may send, store, or receive through the Service. We may delete messages in excess of that limit. We shall give you notice of any change to your limit, except in an emergency.

11.2. We assume no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store or deliver email or other messages.

11.3. You accept that we cannot be liable to you for any such deletion or failure to deliver to you.

11.4. We maintain reasonable procedures for general backup of data for our own purposes but we give no warranty that your data will be saved or backed up.

12.1. This agreement terminates upon cancelation of your involvement.

12.2. You may terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason, with immediate effect. You may terminate the agreement by sending notice to us to hello@illustratedworldseries.com. We reserve the right to check the validity of any request to terminate your involvement.

12.3. We may terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason, with immediate effect by sending you notice to that via email.

12.4. Termination by either party shall have the following effects:

• 12.4.1 your right to use the Services immediately ceases;
• 12.4.2 we are under no obligation to forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party;

12.6. There shall be no re-imbursement or credit if the Service is terminated due to your violation of the terms of this agreement.

12.7. We retain the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate any and all parts of the Services provided to you, without refunding to you any fees paid if we decide in our absolute discretion that you have failed to comply with any of the terms of this agreement.
12.5. In the event of such termination by us, be advised we are under no obligation to refund any payments already made.

A public notice (not necessarily subscriber specific). By using Our Website you agree that at all times you will:

13.1. not do anything which does or might reduce the value of our Intellectual Property or challenge our ownership of it.  Specifically regarding;

• 13.1.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation; Website design, text, graphics, all software and source code) are protected by copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for professional non-malicious use inline with your legitimate requirements for stand production and or stand production services only.
• 13.1.2 Our online content may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without prior written consent.
• 13.1.3 You agree any content submitted or uploaded to Our Website becomes the property of illustratedworldseries.com and once uploaded you may not be able to recall any part of such content.

13.2. notify us of any suspected infringement of the Intellectual Property;

13.3. so far as concerns software provided or made accessible by us to you, you will not:

• 13.1.1 copy, or make any change to any part of its code;
• 13.1.2 use it in any way not anticipated by this agreement;
• 13.1.3 give access to it to any other person than you, the licensee in this agreement;
• 13.1.4 in any way provide any information about it to any other person or generally
• 13.1.5 use the Intellectual Property except directly in our interest.

13.4. Whilst every effort is made to verify statements and information submitted into the public domain by our subscribers, the information compiled and displayed on Our Website is based on information supplied by exhibitors and suppliers, it does not represent the views of illustratedworldseries.com and we cannot be held responsible for any omissions or inaccurate claims that may appear.

13.5. Users of Our Website service do hereby represent, understand and expressly agree that illustratedworldseries.com does not make any warranty or guarantee over the quality, timing, integrity, responsibility, legality or any other aspect whatsoever of the materials or services offered or delivered by its suppliers to their customers.

13.6. You agree not to hold us (including our agents, representatives, advertisers or employees) liable for any instruction, advice or services delivered which may have originated through Our Website.

14.1. The law differs from one country to another. This paragraph applies so far as the applicable law allows.  Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

14.2. All implied conditions, warranties and terms are excluded from this agreement. If in any jurisdiction an implied condition, warrant or term cannot be excluded, then this sub paragraph shall be deemed to be reduced in effect, only to the extent necessary to release that specific condition, warranty or term.

14.3. Our Website and our Services are provided “as is”. We make no representation or warranty that the Service will be:

• 14.3.1 useful to you
• 14.3.2 of satisfactory quality;
• 14.3.3 fit for a particular purpose;
• 14.3.4 available or accessible, without interruption, or without error.

14.4. We claim no expert knowledge in any subject. We disclaim any obligation or liability to you arising directly or indirectly from information you take from Our Website. The content contained on Our Website is provided for general information and guidance only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

14.5. We make reasonable efforts to update the information on Our Website, please note that the content displayed may be out of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update it.

14.6. We are unable to guarantee response times.

14.7. Use of Our Website is at your own risk. The Services provided are without any representation or endorsement and without warranty of any kind whether expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

14.8. To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website l Services.

14.9. We make no representation or warranty and accept no responsibility in law for:

• 14.9.1 accuracy of any Content or the impression or effect it gives;
• 14.9.2 delivery of Content, material or any message;
• 14.9.3 privacy of any transmission;
• 14.9.4 third party advertisements which are posted on Our Website or through the Services;
• 14.9.5 the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of Our Website or the Services;
• 14.9.6 failure or malfunction of computer hardware or software or technical equipment or system connected directly or indirectly to your use of the Services;
• 14.9.7 any act or omission of any person or the identity of any person who introduces himself to you through Our Website;
• 14.9.8 any aspect or characteristic of any services advertised on Our Website;

14.10. You agree that in any circumstances when we may become liable to you, the limit of our liability is the amount you have paid us in the immediately preceding 3 month period for the Services concerned.

14.11. Except in the case of death or personal injury, our total liability under this agreement, however it arises, shall not exceed the sum of £1000. This applies whether your case is based on contract, tort or any other basis in law.

14.12. We shall not be liable to you for any loss or expense (even if such loss or expense was foreseeable) which is:

• 14.12.1 indirect or consequential loss; or
• 14.2.2 economic loss including loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or we knew you might incur it.  This includes any and all indirect or consequential loss or damage (including and without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of, or in connection with the use of Our Website.

14.13. This paragraph (and any other paragraph which excludes or restricts our liability) applies to our directors, officers, employees, subcontractors, agents and affiliated companies (who may enforce this provision under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 / Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) (Scotland) Act 2017, as well as to us.

14.14. If you become aware of any breach of any term of this agreement by any person, please tell us by email: hello@illustratedworldseries.com we welcome your input but do not guarantee to agree with your judgement.

You agree to indemnify us against all costs, claims and expense arising directly or indirectly, including without limitation, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages howsoever suffered or incurred by us in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

15.1. your failure to comply with the law of any country;

15.2. your breach of this agreement;

15.3. any act, neglect or default by any agent, employee, licensee or customer of yours;

15.4. a contractual claim arising from your use of the Services

15.5. a breach of the intellectual property rights of any person;

and for the purpose of this paragraph you agree that the cost of our management and technical time is properly recoverable and can reasonably be valued at £300.00 per hour plus Vat without further proof.

16.1. The schedules to this agreement are part of the agreement and have the same force and effect.

16.2. If any term or provision of this agreement is at any time held by any jurisdiction to be void, invalid or unenforceable, then it shall be treated as changed or reduced, only to the extent minimally necessary to bring it within the laws of that jurisdiction and to prevent it from being void and it shall be binding in that changed or reduced form. Subject to that, each provision shall be interpreted as severable and shall not in any way affect any other of these terms.

16.3. The rights and obligations of the parties set out in this agreement shall pass to any permitted successor in title.

16.4. If you are in breach of any term of this agreement, we may:

• 16.4.1 terminate your account and refuse access to Our Website;
• 16.4.2 remove or edit Content, or cancel any order at our discretion;
• 16.4.3 issue a claim in any court.

16.5. Any obligation in this agreement intended to continue to have effect after termination or completion shall so continue.

16.6. No failure or delay by any party to exercise any right, power or remedy will operate as a waiver of it nor indicate any intention to reduce that or any other right in the future.

16.7. You agree that we may disclose your information including assigned IP numbers, account history, account use, etc. to any judicial or proper legal authority who makes a written request without further consent or notification to you.

16.8. Any communication to be served on either party by the other shall be delivered by hand or sent by first class post or recorded delivery or by e-mail.

• 16.8.1 It shall be deemed to have been delivered:
• 16.8.2 If delivered by hand: on the day of delivery;
• 16.8.3 if sent by post to the correct address: within 72 hours of posting;
• 16.8.4 If sent by e-mail to the address from which the receiving party has last sent e-mail: within 24 hours if no notice of non-receipt has been received by the sender.

16.9. In the event of a dispute between the parties to this agreement, then they undertake to attempt to settle the dispute by engaging in good faith with the other in a process of mediation before commencing arbitration or litigation.

16.10. This agreement does not give any right to any third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 / Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) (Scotland) Act 2017 or otherwise, except that any provision in this agreement which excludes or restricts the liability of our directors, officers, employees, subcontractors, agents and affiliated companies, may be enforced under that Act.

16.11. Neither party shall be liable for any failure or delay in performance of this agreement which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including any labour dispute between a party and its employees.

16.12. In the event of any conflict between any term of this agreement and the provisions of the articles of a limited company or any comparable document intended to regulate any other corporate or collective body, then the terms of this agreement shall prevail.

16.13. The validity, construction and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland and you agree that any dispute arising from it shall be litigated only in that country.

16.14. We will determine whether you have failed to comply with these Terms and Conditions. Failure to comply constitutes a material breach and may result in;

• 16.14.1 temporarily or permanently withdrawing your access to Our Website;
• 16.14.2 commencement of legal proceedings against you;8.2 If delivered by hand: on the day of delivery;
• 16.14.3 disclosure of necessary information to law and civil enforcement authorities where necessary;

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction to the courts of England and Wales.