Terms of Use - AlphaRize

1: Contact Information

Alpharize.co.uk is a site operated by Alpharize Limited (We). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 15106987 and have our registered and trading office at 3 Hurst Place, Northwood, HA6 2JS.

We are a limited company.

For any questions or concerns regarding these terms of service, please contact us at admin@alpharize.co.uk. We appreciate your cooperation and welcome you to Alpharize, where the pursuit of knowledge and progress knows no bounds.

2: Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Alpharize, a platform dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, inspiration, and growth. By accessing and using our website, you confirm that you accept these terms of service, you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please refrain from using our website.

3: Other Terms may apply to you

These terms of service refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

Our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.

Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

Our Buyer and Seller Policies shall apply to the provision of the services we supply.

4: Intellectual Property

Our commitment to providing valuable content is reflected in our ownership of the materials and design on Alpharize. All content, unless otherwise stated, is either owned by us or licensed to us. This includes text, graphics, photos, logos, and other elements that contribute to the unique identity of Alpharize. Any reproduction, distribution, or creation of derivative works from the content on our website requires express written consent.

5: User Conduct

a: Prohibited Activities

Alpharize thrives on a community that respects the integrity of the platform. Users are prohibited from engaging in any activities that may disrupt the functionality of the website.

You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with our website or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website or any other equipment or network connected with our website.

You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our website or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which this website relies in any way.

You must not attack our website 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 Computer Misuse Act 1990.

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 website will cease immediately.

b: User Content

We encourage users to contribute to the community by submitting insightful content.

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to create content directly on our website, upload or share content to our website, or to make content with other users of our website, you must comply with the standards set out in Schedule 1 of these terms of service.

You warrant that any such contribution complies with the standards set out in Schedule 1, and you are 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.

We will consider any content you upload to our site to be non-confidential and not protected by any trade mark, patent or copyright ("non-proprietary"), that is, in the public domain. You own your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our website a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to others.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to anyone who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our website violates their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the standards set out in Schedule 1.

Our website may include information and materials uploaded by other users. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our website do not represent our views or values.

If you wish to contact us in relation to content you have uploaded to our website and that we have taken down, please contact admin@alpharize.co.uk.

6: Rights you are giving us to use material you upload

When you upload or post content to our website, you grant us the following rights to use that content:

A non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, prepare derivative works of, display, distribute and perform that user-generated content in connection with the service provide by the website and across different media, including to promote our website or the service to expire when the user deletes the content from our website.

A worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence for other users, partners or advertisers to use the content in accordance with the functionality of our website to expire when the user deletes the content from our website.

This empowers us to share diverse perspectives and insights with our growing audience.

7: Our Trade Marks are Registered

“Alpharize Limited” is a UK registered trade mark of Alpharize Limited. You are not permitted to use them without our approval.

8: No Text or Data Mining, or Web Scraping

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.

Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our website, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our website or any services provided via, or in relation to, our website for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model or for any other purposes not explicitly set out in Schedule 1.

This clause will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

9: Rules about linking to our Website

You may link to our home page, 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 website in any website that is not owned by you.

Our website must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of our website other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with all standards as set out in Schedule 1.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our website other than that set out above, please contact admin@alpharize.co.uk.

10: Limitation of Liability

a: Disclaimer

While we strive for accuracy and reliability, Alpharize provides content for informational purposes only. We do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information presented. Users are encouraged to independently verify information before making decisions based on the content provided. Alpharize, its contributors, and team members are not liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in the content or any action taken in reliance on the information provided.

b: No Warranty

The content on our website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our website, it is provided "as is" without any warranty, representation or guarantee whether express or implied, that the content on our website is accurate, complete or up to date.

We do not warrant, represent or guarantee that the website will meet your requirements or be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our website. You should use your own virus protection software.

c: Limitation of Liability

Whether you are a consumer or business 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.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of services to you, which will be set out in our Buyer and Seller Policies, as set out above.

If you are a business user:

We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our website 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 website; or
use of reliance on any content displayed on our website.

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.

If you are a consumer user:

You agree not to use our website 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.

11: 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 of service.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at admin@alpharize.co.uk.

12: Changes to these Terms

Alpharize reserves the right to modify or replace these terms of service from time to time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting on the website. It is the responsibility of users to regularly review these terms to stay informed of any updates.

13: We may make changes to our Website

We may update and change our website from time to time to reflect changes in the services we provide, our users’ needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.

14: We may suspend or withdraw our Website

Our website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our website 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 website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of service and other applicable terms of service, and that they comply with them.

15: We may transfer these Terms of Service to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms of service 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.

16: Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom. Any disputes arising in connection with these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in the United Kingdom.

Schedule 1 – Acceptable Use

These acceptable use standards apply to any material you upload or share to our website or generate on our website (User Content). They also apply to any contact you make with other users on our website, links to our website, and any other ways you use our website.

You must comply with these standards in spirit as well as to the letter.

Alpharize Limited will determine, in its discretion, whether any User Content or your use of our website breaches these acceptable use standards.

You may not use our website:

In any way that breaches any local, national or international law or regulation.

In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.

To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.

To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, share, post, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.

To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

User Content:

Must be accurate (where it states facts).

Only contain opinions that are genuinely held.

Must comply with the law applicable in any country from which it is posted and to which the website is targeted.

User Content must not:

Be defamatory of any person.

Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.

Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.

Include video content that has been or would be likely to be given an R18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

Include video content not suitable for BBFC classification.

Include material that might impair the physical, mental or moral development of persons under the age of 18.

Be likely to deceive any person.

Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.

Contain illegal content or promote any illegal content or activity.

Be in contempt of court.

Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.

Give the impression that the User Content emanates from Alpharize Limited, if this is not the case.

Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Be pornographic.

Illegal Content

In addition, you must not use our website in any way that involves:

Terrorism offences.

Child sexual exploitation or abuse offences including grooming and child sexual abuse material.

Encouraging or assisting suicide (or attempted suicide) or serious self-harm offences.

Harassment, stalking, making threats or abuse offences.

Hate offences.

Controlling or coercive behaviour offence.

Drugs or psychoactive substance offences.

Firearms or other weapons offences.

Unlawful immigration or human trafficking offences.

Sexual exploitation of adults offences.

Extreme pornography offence.

Intimate image abuse offences.

Proceeds of crime offences.

Fraud and financial services offences.

Foreign interference offences.

Offences

You must not upload, post, create on our website, share or cause any uploading, posting, creation or sharing, of any of the following:

A grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message intending to cause offence, menace, distress or anxiety.

A false message knowing it to be false, intending to cause non-trivial psychological or physical harm to a likely audience, and with no reasonable excuse.

A message threatening death or serious harm while intending or being reckless as to whether the object of the threat would fear that the threat would be carried out.

Flashing images when it is reasonably foreseeable that an individual with epilepsy will see it and the sender intended that the individual would suffer harm and the sender has no reasonable excuse for sending the images.

A communication that intends to encourage serious self-harm.

An unsolicited sexual image, including a manufactured intimate image or "deepfake" intending the recipient to be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or for the purpose of sexual gratification and being reckless as to whether the recipient will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.

A sexually explicit deepfake.

Advertising

You must not upload, post, create on our website or share content containing any advertising or promoting any services or web links to other sites.

You must not upload a video containing advertising for any of the following:

Cigarettes and other tobacco products, electronic cigarettes or electronic cigarette refill containers, and prescription-only medicine; or

Alcoholic drinks that are not aimed specifically at under 18s and do not encourage immoderate consumption of alcohol.

Last Updated: 27 Nov, 2024