This website is owned and operated by One Thred Comms Ltd [“us, “we”, “our”], company number 14756851, registered in England and Wales, with our place of business at 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE, UK. For general enquiries, please contact hello@onethredcomms.com.

We are a strategic communications agency. By accessing our website and services, you acknowledge and accept the following terms and conditions.

If you disagree, we kindly ask you to leave this site immediately. Please take time to review our Privacy Policy, found here. Note, these terms and conditions are open to amendment; we reserve the right to alter and or delete as appropriate and without notice.

Access

1. Please note that you take full responsibility for your participation on our website/services. You may be asked to register and/or select a username and password. All registration information you submit to create an account must be accurate and kept up to date. Your failure to do so will constitute a breach of these terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account.

2. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for all use of your account. It is therefore critical that you do not share your password with anyone. You agree not to use the account, username, email address or password of another member or subscriber at any time and not to allow any other person to use your account. Your account is not transferable. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorised use of, or access to, your account or password.

3. Access to this website and or our services is also conditional that:

• i. You accept all terms herein unequivocally.
• ii. By engaging with us for a service you are confirming to us that you have reached the age of 18 years.
• iii. You accept access may be withdrawn at any time without reason.
• iv. You acknowledge that by using this website and or our services, you accept that we can show you adverts from our affiliates.
• v. You accept that we are not responsible for the security of data provided or transmitted to our website.
• vi. You accept that access to our website may be restricted and or be unavailable.
• vii. You acknowledge and accept our website may contain links to other websites and we have no control regarding the contents and or access to these sites.
• viii. You accept that we are not responsible for any content published by any other user (unless notified thereof).
• ix. You acknowledge we may need to update these Terms from time to time to accurately reflect our services and obligations. It is the user’s responsibility to stay up to date on Terms.
• x. You accept that these Terms do not confer any third-party beneficiary rights.

Payments/fees

4. We may offer services through our website. You acknowledge and accept that by accessing any such paid service that any ancillary terms to that purchase bind you to the terms and conditions already set out here. You acknowledge and agree that when signing up for service(s), it may be processed by third party providers. We are not responsible for any handling fee charged by any third-party provider(s). You agree to hold us harmless for any loss incurred through any third-party processed transactions and or information sharing.

Suspension/termination

5. We value all our users, but we must reserve the right to suspend access to any user where a user infringes our intellectual property rights; attempts to bypass our security measures; engages in threatening, abusive, or insulting behaviour; provides fraudulent information; or repeatedly violates these Terms.

Intellectual property

6. We are offering you access for your personal use only and it may not be used for commercial purposes. Except as provided or as explicitly allowed by us, you may not copy, mirror, download, stream, capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, upload, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, frame or link, make available, or otherwise use any of our content.

7. You acknowledge and accept that all intellectual property rights (‘IPR’) vested in the content of our website, including but not limited to our stories, articles, logos, brand names, text, images, and overall look belong to us. Nothing herein extends any form of IPR, licence, or permission to copy, publish, manipulate, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use in any format, our own content without our express written permission.

8. All information submitted to us via this site shall be deemed and remain the property of One Thred Comms who shall be free to use, for any purpose, any feedback, news, ideas, or techniques contained in information a user provides to us. We shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality or privacy regarding submitted information except as specifically agreed or required by law.

9. We respect the intellectual property of others and require that our users do the same. We reserve the right to remove or disable access to any transmission of content that infringes the copyright of any person under the laws of England and Wales upon receipt of a notice that substantially complies.

Liability

10. While we aim to ensure accuracy, any material on our website exists without any guarantee or warranty that it is accurate. We shall not be liable for any reliance, implied conditions, warranties, or terms and or be liable for any damages for direct, indirect, consequential, special, or incidental damages or loss arising out of or related to the use of this website/service, or the inability to use this website and or our services, irrespective of foreseeability.

11. You hereby waive any claim arising out of your use of our website and service(s). You agree to hold us harmless for any damage or loss caused by any viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infiltrate your computer programs, data, computer equipment, or other proprietary material due to your use of this platform or by your downloading of any material herein or on any externally linked website.

12. You agree to indemnify and hold us, our affiliates, subcontractors and other partners, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your usage/interaction with our website/service(s).

13. We aim to keep our website and services error-free, safe, and secure; however, we cannot guarantee this where an incidence falls outside the realm of our reasonable foreseeability. We disclaim liability for information provided to us and passed on to users.

14. We cannot be held liable for a loss of functionality of any of our services. By accessing our service(s) you hereby accept that we disclaim the fraudulent use by any third parties of services that may incur loss on any user.

No waiver

15. No failure or delay by us in exercising any right, power, or privilege shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of a right preclude us from any other or further exercise of any right, power, or privilege we are entitled to.

16. If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. Any amendment to or waiver of these Terms must be made in writing and signed by us.

Force majeure

17. We shall not be in default of any obligation if the failure to perform the obligation is due to any event beyond our control, including, without limitation to, any failure of a portion of the power grid, failure of the Internet, any natural disaster, war, riot, insurrection, epidemic, strikes or other organised labour action, terrorist activity, or other events for which precautions are not generally taken in the industry and not reasonably foreseeable.

Governing law

18. In accessing this website, you agree access and usage will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You accept and agree to waive any right you may have by trial by jury in respect of any litigation arising out of the use of our website and or service(s). Further, you agree any cause of action you may have must be commenced within one year after such cause of action accrues; otherwise, said cause becomes statute barred.

19. We may report to the appropriate authorities any conduct by a user that we believe violates applicable law and provide any information in response to a formal or informal request from a law enforcement or regulatory agency or in response to a formal request in a civil action.

Acceptable use policy

20. You agree that you will not:

• • i. Commit a criminal offence through using this website and or any service offered by us or our property affiliates.
  • ii. Not engage in any behaviour that is objectively racist, insulting, or otherwise offensive for any reason whatsoever.
  • iii. Hack or attempt to hack into our server and or service(s).
  • iv. Send us any unsolicited material, except genuine queries or replies.
  • v. If an account holder, will not share your password with anyone else and or transfer your account to anyone.
  • vi. Violate any Intellectual Property Rights of us or any third party.
  • vii. Transmit a virus or any other malicious material(s); and
  • viii. Attempt to affect the performance or functionality of our website.

• • a) Child pornography and or any pornography whatsoever
  • b) Any act of violence (including threats and harassment)
  • c) Hate speech or any words that insult and or incite hatred
  • d) Unfair or deceptive practices as per consumer protection law
  • e) Defamatory material (libel or slander)
  • f) Anything that may violate a person’s privacy
  • g) Anything that may pose a risk to a person’s safety or health
  • h) Promotes any illegal activity