The Portal Platform Subscription Terms and Conditions   

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.  in the context of permission, “may not” in connection with an action of yours, means “must not”.
2.3.  the headings to the paragraphs and schedules (if any) to this agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation.
2.4.  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;
2.5.  a reference to an act or regulation includes new law of substantially the same intent as the act or regulation referred to.
2.6.  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 Portal Subscription in all countries. We may refuse Subscription Services if you live in a country we do not serve.
3.2.  In entering into this contract, you have not relied on any representation or information from any source except the explanation of the Subscription Services given on Our Platform.
3.3.  Subject to these terms, we agree to provide to you some or all of the Subscription Services described on Our Platform 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 Platform. You now agree that if you choose to use any such service, the relevant terms will become part of this agreement.
3.5.  So far as we allow use of our Intellectual Property, we grant a licence to you, limited to the terms set out in this agreement.
3.6.  Duration of your SubscriptionOur contract with you (and licence to you) will be for the Initial Term and can be terminated by you at any time after the Initial Term on notice in accordance with clause 15. We reserve the right to amend these terms and the length of access or subscription at any time with reasonable notice (minimum 30 days) to you. Your continued use of our services after that shall be deemed acceptance by you of any changed service, system and/or terms.
3.7.  The contract between us comes into existence only when you join The Portal as a subscriber.
3.8.  If we decline to offer The Portal Subscription to you, we shall immediately return your money to your credit card or other payment method.
3.9.  If we give you free access to a service or feature on Our Platform which is normally a charged feature, and that service or feature is usually subject to additional contractual terms, you now agree that you will abide by those terms.
3.10.  We may change this agreement and / or the way we provide Subscriptions, at any time. If we do:         
         3.10.1 the change will take effect when we Post it on Our Platform.         
         3.10.2 you agree to be bound by any changes. If you do not agree to be bound by them, you should not use Our Platform or The       Portal Subscription.

4.1.  Purchase of The Portal Subscription entitles you to the following Subscription Services:

4.2.  The Initial Payment for The Portal Subscription Services is for the fixed Initial Term. Thereafter, there is a rolling monthly term for a Monthly Payment until notice to terminate is given in accordance with clause 15.
4.3.  You may not transfer The Portal Subscription to any other person.
4.4.  We reserve the right to modify The Portal Subscription rules or system and to change the terms and conditions at any time, with 30 days’ notice. Your continued use of The Portal Subscription after such modifications shall be deemed an acceptance by you to be bound by the terms of the modified agreement. The terms that apply to you are those posted here on Our Platform on the day you join as a subscriber. It may be useful to print a copy now.

5.1.  When you visit Our Platform, you accept responsibility for any action done by any person in your name or under your 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.
5.2.  You agree that you have provided accurate, up to date, and complete information about yourself. We are not responsible for any error made as a result of such information being inaccurate. You agree to notify us of any changes in your information immediately.

6.1.  The price payable for The Portal Subscription Services is clearly set out on Our Platform.
6.2.  The price charged for any Subscription Services may differ from one country to another. You may not be entitled to the lowest price unless you reside in the qualifying country.
6.3.  Prices are inclusive of any applicable value added tax or other sales tax.
6.4.  When you subscribe for The Portal Subscription, that payment may not cover other services, for which we will ask you to pay either by addition to your Subscription fee or by a single payment.
6.5.  Banking charges by the receiving bank on payments to us will be borne by us. All other charges relating to payment in a currency other than pounds Sterling will be borne by you.
6.6.  You will pay all sums due to us under this agreement by the means specified without any set-off, deduction or counterclaim.
6.7.  As your Subscription will entitle you immediately to all our Subscription Services, all money paid by you to us is non-refundable and cancellation and/or termination of this agreement by you or us at any time for any reason will not entitle you to a refund of money paid for any service.

7.1.  Prior to or on commencement of The Portal Subscription you will pay the Initial Payment in advance of the Initial Term, and thereafter a Monthly Payment which will be automatically collected via our Stripe system from your credit card/bank account until termination in accordance with clause 15.

We take care to make Our Platform safe for you to use.

8.1.  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.

9.1.  Our privacy policy is strong and precise. It complies fully with current Data Protection legislation which is accessed by a link in the footer at https://collective.jointheportal.com/
9.2.  When you Post Content to our pages on the Our Platform this Content will only be viewable by other subscribers. Your profile on Our Platform will be viewable by the public and be in the public domain.  We have no control over who sees it or what anyone does with it.
9.3.  Even if access to your Content 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.
9.4.  Posting any Content 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.
9.5.  You understand that you are personally responsible for your breach of intellectual property rights, defamation, or any law, which may occur as a result of any Content having been Posted by you;
9.6.  You accept all risk and responsibility for determining whether any Content is in the public domain and not confidential 

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

10.1.  be unlawful, or tend to incite another person to commit a crime;
10.2. .  consist of audio, video or music files, unless you have full permission to use such files; and there is a limit on video Content that may be posted by each subscriber 
10.3.  be obscene, offensive, threatening, violent, malicious or defamatory;
10.4.  be sexually explicit or pornographic;
10.5.  be likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity, age or affiliation with any person;
10.6.  give the impression that it emanates from us or that we have endorsed you or your business;
10.7.  request or collect passwords or other personal information from another user without his permission, nor Post any unnecessary personal information about yourself;
10.8.  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. 
10.9.  facilitate the provision of unauthorised copies of another person's copyright work;
10.10.  use distribution lists that include people who have not given specific permission to be included in such distribution process;
10.11.  make excessive and repeated Posting off-topic messages to any forum or group;
10.12.  send age-inappropriate communications or Content to anyone under the age of 18.

11.1.  keywords or words repeated, which are irrelevant to your Content.
11.2.  the name, logo or trademark of any organisation other than one that you own or control.
11.3.  inaccurate, false, or misleading information;

12.1.  For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph is addressed to any person who comes on Our Platform for any purpose.
12.2.  We are under no obligation to monitor or record the activity of any 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.
12.3.  If you are offended by any Content, the following procedure applies:

12.3.1 Your claim or complaint must be submitted to us in the form available on Our Platform or contain the same information as that requested in our form. It must be sent to us by post or email.
12.3.2 We shall remove the offending Content as soon as we are reasonably able.
12.3.3 After we receive notice of a claim or complaint, we shall investigate so far as we alone decide.
12.3.4 We may re-instate the Content about which you have complained or not.

12.4.  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.
12.5.  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.

13.2.1 violate or attempt to violate any aspect of the security of Our Platform;
13.2.2 modify, copy, or cause damage or unintended effect to any portion of Our Platform, or any software used within it. You understand that any such violation is unlawful in many jurisdictions and that any contravention of law may result in criminal prosecution.
13.2.3 link to Our Platform in any way that would cause the appearance or presentation of Our Platform to be different from what would be seen by a user who accessed Our Platform by typing the URL into a standard browser;
13.2.4 download any part of Our Platform, without our express written consent;
13.2.5 collect or use any product listings, descriptions, or prices;
13.2.6 collect or use any information obtained from or about Our Platform or the Content except as intended by this agreement;
13.2.7 share with a third party any login credentials to Our Platform;

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

13.3.1 create a hyperlink to Our Platform for the purpose of promoting an interest common to both of us. You can do this without specific permission. This licence is conditional upon you 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.

14.1. We may, from time to time, set a limit on the Content you may send, store, or receive through the Subscription Services on Our Platform. We shall give you notice of any change to your limit, except in an emergency.
14.2. We assume no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store or deliver messages or any Content.
14.3. You accept that we cannot be liable to you for any such deletion or failure to deliver to you.
14.4. 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 in any particular circumstances unless we have made specific contractual arrangements with you in writing.
14.5. Your data and Content will be dealt with in accordance with clause 15 below on termination of the Subscription Services.
14.6. Back up and Disaster Recovery Policy: Our Platform is built on top of Amazon Web Services infrastructure on the Heroku platform which has its own stringent security and back up regimes.

15.1. After the conclusion of the Initial Term, you may terminate this agreement immediately at any time by giving us notice in writing by email.
15.2. We may terminate this agreement at any time with 30 days’ notice, for any reason, by sending you notice to that effect by post or e-mail, subject to our additional rights to terminate immediately under clauses 15.4 and/or 15.5. 
15.3. Termination by either party shall have the following effects:

15.3.1. Your right to use Our Platform and The Portal Subscription immediately ceases; so before termination by you, we recommend that you download any Content that you wish to keep
15.3.2. We will retain your Content for three months after the date of termination, and if you wish to recommend your Subscription Services in that time you may do so by emailing us.
15.3.3. At the end of this 3-month period your Content will be permanently deleted

15.4. There shall be no re-imbursement or credit if The Portal Subscription is terminated early (before the end of any fixed term) by you, or by us due to your breach of the terms of this agreement.
15.5. We retain the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate any and all parts of the Subscription 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.

16.1. If it is necessary for us to interrupt our Subscription Services, we will give you reasonable notice where this is possible and when we judge the down time is such as to justify telling you.
16.2. You acknowledge that our Subscription Services may also be interrupted for many reasons beyond our control.
16.3. You agree that we are not liable to you for any loss, foreseeable or not, arising from any interruption to our Subscription Services.

17.1. not do anything which does or might reduce the value of our Intellectual Property or challenge our ownership of it.
17.2. notify us of any suspected infringement of the Intellectual Property;
17.3. so far as concerns software provided or made accessible by us to you, you will not:

17.3.1. copy, or make any change to any part of its code;
17.3.2. use it in any way not anticipated by this agreement;
17.3.3. give access to it to any other person than you, the licensee in this agreement;
17.3.4. in any way provide any information about it to any other person or generally.

18.1. The law differs from one country to another. This paragraph applies so far as the applicable law allows.
18.2. 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.
18.3. Our Platform and The Portal Subscription services are provided “as is”. We make no representation or warranty that any service will be:

18.3.1. useful to you;
18.3.2. of satisfactory quality;
18.3.3. fit for a particular purpose;
18.3.4. available or accessible, without interruption, or without error.

18.4. 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 Platform.
18.5. We make no representation or warranty and accept no responsibility in law for:

18.8.1. indirect or consequential loss; or
18.8.2. economic loss or other loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or we knew you might incur it.

18.6. 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 12-month period for the Subscription Services.
18.7. Except in the case of death or personal injury, our total liability under this agreement, however it arises, shall not exceed the sum of £600.00. This applies whether your case is based on contract, tort or any other basis in law.
18.8. We shall not be liable to you for any loss or expense which is:

18.8.1. indirect or consequential loss; or
18.8.2. economic loss or other loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or we knew you might incur it.

18.9. 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 clause under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, as well as to ourselves.
18.10. If you become aware of any breach of any term of this agreement by any person, please tell us by email. We welcome your input but do not guarantee to agree with your judgement.
18.11. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as limiting or excluding our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

You agree to indemnify us against all costs, claims and expense arising directly or indirectly from: 

19.1. your failure to comply with the law;
19.2. your breach of this agreement;
19.3. any act, neglect or default by any agent, employee, licensee or customer of yours
19.4. a contractual claim arising from your use of our services.
19.5. a breach of the intellectual property rights of any person.
19.6. 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 £100.00 per hour without further proof.

20.1. You undertake to provide to us your current land address, e-mail address and telephone number as often as they are changed together with all information that we may require to enable us to fulfil our obligations under this contract.
20.2.  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. 
20.3.  If you are in breach of any term of this agreement, we may:

20.3.1.  terminate your account and refuse access to Our Platform;
20.3.2.  issue a claim in any court.

20.4.  Any obligation in this agreement intended to continue to have effect after termination or completion shall so continue.
20.5.  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.
20.6. 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.

It shall be deemed to have been delivered:
  if delivered by hand: on the day of delivery;
  if sent by post to the correct address: within 72 hours of posting;
  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.

20.7.  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
20.8.  This agreement does not give any right to any third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 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.
20.9. The validity, construction and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, and you agree that any dispute arising from it shall be litigated only in that country.