PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING WHAT2DO – THE COMMUNITY EVENT GUIDE OR OTHER GINGELAND ONLINE PROPERTIES

What's in these terms and conditions?

These terms and conditions (these Terms) tell the user (You/Your) the rules for using the GingeLand and/or What2Do – The Community Event Guide website(s) and/or mobile application (the GingeLand Online Properties and each an Online Property) owned and operated by GingeLand Limited (We/Us/our).

You may find the following information in the sections as set out below:

1.    Who We are and how to contact Us

2.    By using our GingeLand Online Properties, You accept these terms

3.    Who’s Who Users

4.    There are other terms that may apply to You

5.    We may make changes to these terms

6.    We may make changes to our GingeLand Online Properties

7.    We may suspend or withdraw our GingeLand Online Properties

8.    We may transfer this agreement to someone else

9.    Our GingeLand Online Properties are only for users in Ireland, including Northern Ireland

10.  You must keep Your account details safe

11.  How You may use material on our GingeLand Online Properties

12.  Do not rely on information on our GingeLand Online Properties

13.  We are not responsible for websites We link to

14.  User-generated content is not approved by Us

15.  How to complain about content uploaded by other users

16.  Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by You

17.  How We may use Your personal information

18.  Uploading content to our GingeLand Online Properties

19.  Rights You are giving Us to use material You upload

20.  We are not responsible for viruses and You must not introduce them

21.  Rules about linking to our GingeLand Online Properties

22.  Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

 

1.  Who We are and how to contact Us

 

GingeLand Limited t/a GingeLand (a company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 654190) is an Irish software development company.  Our product “What2Do – The Community Event Guide” (the Mobile App) is an online community event guide and advertising platform for any kind of local/community event. The GingeLand Online Properties will display real-time information to you, the user (You and Your), about any event within 20kms of Your location. The GingeLand Online Properties and associated services are provided free of charge for guest, standard and admin users of the GingeLand Online Properties.

Our registered office and main trading address is 6-9 Trinity Street, Dublin 2.  

We are a private company limited by shares (LTD).

To contact Us, please email info@gingeland.com or alternatively, contact us using the What2Do Support section of The Mobile App.

2.    By using our GingeLand Online Properties, You accept these terms

By using our GingeLand Online Properties, You confirm that You accept these Terms and that You agree to comply with them. These Terms apply to any Online Property on which they are posted.

If You do not agree to these Terms, You must not use our GingeLand Online Properties.

Registered users of GingeLand Online Properties will be required to agree to these Terms in order to carry out services provided by the website(s) and/or mobile application.

We recommend that You print a copy of these terms for future reference.

3.    Who’s Who/Users

The Mobile App accommodates a number of user types, namely Guest, Standard and Admin Users. 

Guest User

As a Guest User, You have limited permissions for the features available in the GingeLand Online Properties.

Standard User

As a Standard User, You will be required to create an account in order to access the additional features and functionality of the GingeLand Online Properties.

Admin User

As an Admin User, You must first become a Standard User and You can then progress to become an Event Organiser/Admin User to access further enhanced features and functionality on the GingeLand Online Properties.

In order to access the permissions outlined below under each user, You agree to follow GingeLand Online Property rules as outlined in this Terms of Service.

To create an account with GingeLand Online Properties you agree that:

·         You, are least 16 years of age, or at the legal age of the location where you reside, in order to use the GingeLand Online Properties features and functionality. If you are 13 years of age or older, you need permission and the supervision of any parent or legal guardian who is responsible for monitoring Your use.  If you are under the age of 13 years, then you cannot register to use GingeLand Online Properties features and functionality and please do not send any information about your person.

·         The information You provide about yourself to GingeLand Online Properties will be true, accurate and current, and this information will be maintained as such.

·         Your GingeLand Online Property account(s) will be Your full responsibility, including keeping safe all associated email addresses and password combinations, which should not be disclosed or discussed with any other person or forum. Any breach to the security of Your account(s) should be immediately reported to Us.

·         Should any dispute arise in relation to the ownership of provided email address or social media logon for GingeLand Online Properties, We reserve the right to adjudicate and act accordingly as the sole arbitrator however any action taken will be at our sole discretion. This may include but not be limited to the suspension or termination of said account(s).

·         The information You provide about any entities You register will also be true, accurate and current, and You confirm that you will maintain this information to be correct for public consumption.

·         You have a legally binding authority to act on behalf of any entity that You register with GingeLand Online Properties, and in doing so you grant GingeLand Online Properties the relevant permissions for that entity as outlined in these Terms.

·         You may request an additional Event Organiser/Admin User for any one of Your registered Entities and in doing so, You are accepting sole responsibility of adding the correct user details, and of ensuring these Terms are adhered to, and accept that any new user added will be awarded full Event Organiser/Admin User permissions to said Entity.

·         Should any dispute arise in relation to any activity or information provided pertaining to an Entity or Entities registered with GingeLand Online Properties then, where possible, that dispute must be addressed to the Entity or Entities directly. We reserve the right to adjudicate and act accordingly as the sole arbitrator however any action taken will be at our sole discretion. This may include but not be limited to the suspension or termination of said account(s) and as such, the removal of all associated advertised materials and uploads to the GingeLand Online Properties.

 

Guest Users

As a Guest User You will have the following permissions on our GingeLand Online Properties:

a)    access to the home page with Premium Events only for browsing;

b)    search events by their locality or by category of event;

c)    access all event information including viewing associated vouchers;

d)    access all entity information including viewing associated vouchers and events;

e)    share events with friends on other social media channels, by text message, email and various social media channels; and

f)     access What2Do Support section which includes a feedback option, a help centre, our policies and terms of service.

Standard Users

As a Standard User You will have the ability to access the following permissions in addition to the permissions available to Guest Users:

a)    to register and login through Facebook, Google, Apple ID (iOS only) or manual registration using email address, password, first name, last name, date of birth and gender (optional);

b)    to follow events You may wish to attend or are interested in. In order to do this a user:

                                      i.        may add and remove events to Your calendar on Your device;

                                     ii.        may add events for public following – the event is added to Your calendar on Your device and confirmed friends can see You are following the event; and

                                    iii.        may add events for private following – the event is added to Your calendar on Your device, however confirmed friends cannot see that You are following the event;

                                   iv.        agrees to receive push notification reminders on and/or before a followed event start date;

                                     v.        agrees to receive push notification reminders for any amendments to followed events; and

                                   vi.        agrees to receive push notification request to confirm attendance after a followed event end date (Yes or No).

You may opt out of push notifications at any time by changing Your preferences in the My Notifications section of the Mobile App.

Please be aware that friends not confirmed are unable to see any events You are following either private or public.

c)    to collect vouchers by;

                                      i.        following an entity or event. Permanent or temporary voucher offers linked to an entity or event will automatically get assigned to Your “My Voucher” section;

                                     ii.        collecting exclusive vouchers linked to a specific event. These will be assigned to Your “My Voucher” section after following the associated event;

                                    iii.        assigning an exclusive voucher not linked to an event to Your “My Voucher” section;

                                   iv.        adding and removing vouchers displayed in Your “My Voucher” section; and

                                     v.        agreeing to receive push notifications for reminders on the expiration of exclusive vouchers, or, an amendment to any vouchers collected, or, associated with followed events/entities. You may opt out of push notifications at any time by changing Your preferences in the My Notifications section of the Mobile App.

d)    to follow entities so a user may;

                                      i.        quickly access the Entity information screens via the “My Favs/Following” section;

                                     ii.        receive push notifications for events and/or vouchers that have been added; and

                                    iii.        receive push notifications for updates, or, cancellations to events and/or vouchers collected.

e)    to report abuse or make a complaint in relation to an event or entity;

f)     to rate and review an entity;

g)    to add confirmed friends to, and see if they are attending, events publicly. By using this function, you agree;

                              i.        that access to Your contacts is required for this function;

                             ii.        that you may connect with contacts using a mobile phone number or email address;

                            iii.        that users become friends when each party/user agrees to follow each other. Please note that neither user will be notified when a follow request is made as it is mutually exclusive; and

                           iv.         to receive a push notification once the friend agreement is confirmed.

h)    to import or export events in Calendar;

i)      to edit and/or delete personal information;

j)      to store advanced search criteria in the “Favourites” section;

k)    to store up to three saved locations for;

                                      i.        quickly searching events in the area of a saved location;

                                     ii.        receiving newsletters with upcoming events in the area of a saved location; and

                                    iii.        as an Event Organiser, to quickly provide event and/or entity locations.

l)      to receive a newsletter for upcoming events in each saved location which is issued on a daily, weekly and/or monthly basis as per Your recorded preferences;

m)   to store and prioritise event categories of interest for home screen personalisation;

n)    to view history up to 12 months; and

o)    to include event name, venue, date & attendance record; and voucher history for exclusive vouchers redeemed; and the name & date of friends confirmed.

Admin Users

As an Admin User/Event Organiser You will have the same permissions as Standard Users, with the following additional permissions allowing You to:

a)    register an entity or multiple entities with GingeLand Online Properties;

b)    receive a unique Admin Dashboard for each entity. Please note:

                                      i.        the Admin Dashboard is accessible via the Mobile App only;

                                     ii.        as an Admin User you will have the option to add other Admin Users to the entity via the Admin Dashboard. Additional Admin Users will hold equal access and administrator rights as the original Admin User;

                                    iii.        Additional Admin Users will receive their own Admin Dashboard for the associated Entity assigned; and

                                   iv.        Additional Admin Users added will receive an email asking them to accept or reject the permission. Additional Admin Users can also accept or reject the permission through the Mobile App.

c)    add, copy or amend events;

d)   add or amend vouchers;

e)   amend or delete entity information;

f)    remove Yourself as an Admin User provided there is another registered Admin User on the system for the associated entity;

g)  as an Admin User, remove the Admin access of another Admin User for an associated entity;

h)   delete your standard profile from our GingeLand Online Properties/The Mobile App under the same conditions as above;

i)    view high-level KPI stats for the entity, including number of followers, active events and active vouchers;

j)    receive a mandatory weekly and monthly Administrator User Summary for all Admin Users associated to an entity in order to;

                                       i.          assist with the keeping event information current;

                                      ii.          to assist with keeping voucher information current; and

                                     iii.          to provide detailed KPI associated to previous and current events.

4.    There are other terms that may apply to You

These Terms refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to Your use of our GingeLand Online Properties:

Our Privacy Policy which can be found here. See further under section 4. How do we use your personal data?

Our Acceptable Use Policy can be found here, which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our GingeLand Online Properties. When using our GingeLand Online Properties, You agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.

Our Cookie Policy can be found here, which sets out information about the cookies We use on our GingeLand Online Properties.

If You are a Guest User, a Standard User or an Admin User and You are availing of our services through our GingeLand Online Properties and our relevant terms of service will apply.

These terms apply to You as soon as You access the GingeLand Online Properties by any means and continue in effect until they are terminated. There may come a time when either You or GingeLand decides it is best to part ways. When that happens, these Terms will generally no longer apply. However, certain provisions will always remain applicable to both You, the user, and GingeLand.

We may terminate your right to use the GingeLand Online Properties at any time (a) if You violate or breach these Terms; (b) if You misuse or abuse the GingeLand Online Properties, or use the GingeLand Online Properties in a way not intended or permitted by Us; or (c) if allowing You to access and use the GingeLand Online Properties would violate any applicable local, state, provincial, national and other laws, rules and regulations or would expose Us to legal liability. We may choose to stop offering the GingeLand Online Properties, or any particular portion of the GingeLand Online Properties, or modify or replace any aspect of the GingeLand Online Properties, at any time. We will use reasonable efforts to provide You with notice of our termination of Your access to the GingeLand Online Properties, where, in Our sole discretion, failure to do so would materially prejudice You. You agree that We will not be liable to You or any third-party as a result of Our termination of Your right to use or otherwise access the GingeLand Online Properties.

All of the provisions contained in these Terms which, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms, will survive and continue to apply to You and Us (including, without limitation, all limitations on liability, releases, indemnification obligations, disclaimers of warranties, agreements to arbitrate, choices of law and judicial forum and intellectual property protections and licences)

5.    We may make changes to these Terms

We amend these Terms from time to time. Every time You wish to use our GingeLand Online Properties, please check these Terms to ensure You understand the Terms that apply at that time. These Terms were most recently updated on the date as set out at the bottom of this page.

6.    We may make changes to our GingeLand Online Properties

We may update and change our GingeLand Online Properties from time to time to reflect changes to our GingeLand Online Properties, our users' needs and our business priorities. We will try to give You reasonable notice of any major changes.

7.    We may suspend or withdraw our GingeLand Online Properties

We do not guarantee that our GingeLand Online Properties, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our GingeLand Online Properties for business and operational reasons. We will try to give You reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our GingeLand Online Properties through Your internet connection are aware of these Terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

You agree that We will not be liable for any losses, direct or indirect, suffered by You or any persons who access our GingeLand Online Properties through Your internet connection, in relation to a loss of access or interruption to the GingeLand Online Properties. 

8.    We may transfer this agreement to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation. We will always tell You in writing if this happens and We will ensure that the transfer will not affect Your rights under the contract.

9.    Our GingeLand Online Properties are only for users in Ireland (including Northern Ireland)

Our GingeLand Online Properties are directed to people residing in Ireland (including Northern Ireland). We do not represent that services available on or through our GingeLand Online Properties are appropriate for use in or available in other locations.

10.           You must keep your account details safe

If You choose, or You are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, You must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by You or allocated by Us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion You have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms.

If You know, or suspect that anyone other than You knows, your user identification code or password, You must promptly notify Us at info@gingeland.com.

11.           How You may use material on our GingeLand Online Properties

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our GingeLand Online Properties, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our GingeLand Online Properties for Your personal use and You may draw the attention of others within Your organisation to content posted on our GingeLand Online Properties.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials You have printed off or downloaded in any way, and You must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our GingeLand Online Properties must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our GingeLand Online Properties for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from Us or our licensors.

You have no right to, and agree not to use any automated channel to extract data from GingeLand Online Properties.  This includes, but is not limited to, the scraping; harvesting; crawling or mining of our content.

If You print off, copy or download any part of our GingeLand Online Properties in breach of these Terms, Your right to use our GingeLand Online Properties will cease immediately and You must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials You have made.

12.           Do not rely on information on our GingeLand Online Properties

The content on our GingeLand Online Properties is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which You should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking or doing, or refraining from taking or doing any action, act or thing on the basis of the content on our GingeLand Online Properties.

Although We make reasonable efforts to update the information on our GingeLand Online Properties, We neither make nor give any representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied, that the content on our GingeLand Online Properties is accurate, complete or up to date.

13.           We are not responsible for websites We link to

Where our GingeLand Online Properties contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for Your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by Us of those linked websites or information You may obtain from them.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

14.           User-generated content is not approved by Us

Our GingeLand Online Properties may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the GingeLand Online Properties, including to blogs, bulletin boards and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by Us. The views expressed by other users on our GingeLand Online Properties do not represent our views or values.

Admin Users may place advertisements on the GingeLand Online Properties and in doing so, if you are an Admin User You agree that You will comply with all applicable laws when placing advertisements. These include, but are not limited to, the Consumer Protection Act 2007, the European Communities (Misleading and Comparative Marketing Communications) Regulations 2007, the European Communities (Misleading Advertising) Regulations 1988, European Communities (Protection of Consumers in Respect of Contracts made by means of Distance Communications) Regulations 2001, the European Communities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations, 2003 (each as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time) and any other consumer protection legislation at the time being in force.

15.           How to complain about content uploaded by other users

If You wish to complain about content uploaded by other users, please use one of the following channels:

·         Select “Report Abuse” on any Event information screen in The Mobile App (3 dots parallel to the event name);

·         Submit an online form via the What2Do Support section in The Mobile App; or

·         Contact Us directly on feedback@what2do.gingeland.com.

 

We take abuses to this policy and our acceptable use policy (available here) very seriously and if deemed by Us to be necessary or required by law, we will work with the relevant law enforcement agency to ensure any issues are handled effectively.

We encourage you as a first priority to contact your local law enforcement agency should you have reason to believe content could lead to the endangerment of life or is illegal in nature.  Please then ensure you contact us, without delay, on one of the channels outlined above, and advise us of the same.

16.           Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by You

Whether You are a Guest User, Standard User or Admin User:

·         We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to You where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

·         We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our GingeLand Online Properties or any content on it.

·         We will not be liable to You for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

·         use of, or inability to use, our GingeLand Online Properties; or

·         use of or reliance on any content displayed on our GingeLand Online Properties.

·         In particular, We will not be liable for:

·         loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;

·         business interruption;

·         loss of anticipated savings;

·         loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or

·         any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

·         You agree not to use our GingeLand Online Properties for any commercial or business purposes, and We have no liability to You for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

17.           How We may use your personal information

We will only use Your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy which can be found here.

18.           Uploading content to our GingeLand Online Properties

Whenever You make use of a feature that allows You to upload content to our GingeLand Online Properties, or to make contact with other users of our GingeLand Online Properties, You must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy, found here.

You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and You will be liable to Us and indemnify Us for any breach of that warranty. This means You will be responsible for any loss or damage We suffer as a result of Your breach of warranty.

Any content You upload to our GingeLand Online Properties will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of Your ownership rights in Your content, but You are required to grant Us and other users of our GingeLand Online Properties a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights You license to Us are described in section 19. Rights You are giving Us to use material You upload.

We also have the right to disclose Your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by You to our GingeLand Online Properties constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We have the right to remove any posting You make on our GingeLand Online Properties if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy, found here.

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up Your content.

We do not store terrorist content.

19.           Rights You are giving Us to use material You upload

When You upload or post content to our GingeLand Online Properties, You grant Us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to use that content to provide any requested services to all other users of our GingeLand Online Properties forever.

20.           We are not responsible for viruses and You must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our GingeLand Online Properties will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring Your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our GingeLand Online Properties. You should use Your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our GingeLand Online Properties by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our GingeLand Online Properties, the server on which our GingeLand Online Properties are stored or any server, computer or database connected to our GingeLand Online Properties. You must not attack our GingeLand Online Properties via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, You would commit a criminal offence under the Criminal Damage Act 1991. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and We will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing Your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, Your right to use our GingeLand Online Properties will cease immediately.

21.           Rules about linking to our GingeLand Online Properties

You may link to our GingeLand.com homepage, provided You do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our GingeLand Online Properties in any website that is not owned by You.

Our GingeLand Online Properties must not be framed on any other site, nor may You create a link to any part of our GingeLand Online Properties other than the home page, without the express permission and relevant licence as outlined in section 11 How You may use material on our GingeLand Online Properties.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which You are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy, found here.

If You wish to link to or make any use of content on our GingeLand Online Properties other than that set out above, please contact info@gingeland.com.

22.           Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

If You are a consumer, please note that these Terms, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by Irish law. You and We both agree that the courts of the Republic of Ireland will have exclusive jurisdiction.

If You are a business, these Terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Irish law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland.

Date Last Updated: 7th October 2020