General Terms and Conditions
- Introduction
These provisions govern the use of the pub24.co.uk web site here in after, the “Web Site” or the “Portal”), as well as the use of the services offered by PUB24.CO.UK (“PUB24”) through the site.
By accessing to the Web Site or, as the case may be, when accepting the present General Conditions, you (here in after, the “Client“) confirm that you have read and agree to this conditions and, in consequence, you start a legal relationship with PUB24 in accordance with its provisions.
Registration within the Portal and the use of its services implies that your data as a Client will be included in PUB24 files and will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Policy, which the Client expressly states that he/she understands and accepts.
The General Conditions included will be the conditions in force at the relevant moment.
The access to the Web Site is free, except as regards the cost of connection via the telecommunications network provided by the supplier contracted by the Client.
Access to “My PUB24” area is an exclusive service, solely for those Clients who are registered and active in PUB24. A Client is active once he/she is registered using the procedures established in the Web Site and once there is confirmation of the contractual link by means of the sending of information on the registration to the e-mail address indicated during the Client registration process.
In case of breach by the Client of any of the obligations set forth in this General Conditions, PUB24 reserves the right to prohibit or deny the access to any of the Services offered through the Portal, without prejudice to any other actions that PUB24 might have.
PUB24, to extent permitted by the applicable law, reserves the right to unilaterally modify at any time and without prior notice, the manner and conditions of subscription and contracting for the service(s) of PUB24, on the Portal, as well as the present General Conditions. These General Conditions will always be available to Clients in a visible location, freely accessible for viewing as many times as they wish. Clients undertake to read these General Conditions carefully each time that they access to the Web Site. In any case, the acceptance of the General Conditions will be a prior and indispensable step for contracting any services offered by PUB24 through the Portal.
Pub24.co.uk is an online classified advertising website.
You must be 18 years of age or over to use this site. Pub24.co.uk may update the Terms from time to time so please review the relevant pages regularly. By continuing to use the Site after any such change, you accept and agree to the modified Terms. The Site reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site, any site features, benefits (including without limitation blocking or terminating your Account), rules or conditions, all without notice, even though such changes may affect the way you use the Site. You agree that the Site will not be liable to you or any third-party for any modification or discontinuance of the Site.
Any Client shall access and use the Web Site in accordance with this General Conditions, the law, ethics, good faith and/or proper customs, and will abstain from carrying out any kind of act which involves any kind of damage to the Web Site itself, to PUB24, and/or the other Clients and/or any third party.
- Contracting the advertisement services
The access and contracting process and the terms and conditions of the provision of the services by PUB24 will be subject at all times to the provisions set out on the Portal.
The Site may impose a fee on the posting of Content in certain areas of the Site. Users uploading Content to fee-based areas are responsible for such Content and for compliance with these Terms. Under no circumstances will the Site provide a refund in the event that Content is removed from fee-based areas for violation of these Terms.
Likewise, the Client, when contracting the provision of services, expressly undertakes to supply true and licit information in this regard, and assumes for these purposes any damages caused directly or indirectly to PUB24 and/or to any third party arising from from the lack of truthfulness or the illicit nature of the data supplied by him/her.
As a condition of your use of Pub24 you agree that you will not:
Violate any laws.
Violate the Posting Rules.
Post any threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene or indecent material.
Be false or misleading.
Infringe any third-party right.
Distribute or contain spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes.
Distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm PUB24 or the interests or property of PUB24 users.
Impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or interfere with the proper working of PUB24.
Copy, modify, or distribute any other person’s content without their consent
Use any robot spider, scraper or other automated means to access PUB24 and collect content for any purpose without our express written permission.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent.
Bypass measures used to prevent or restrict access to PUB24.
Contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted.
Collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes.
Post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the same or similar Content, or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure.
Post the same item or service in more than one classified category or forum, or in more than one metropolitan area;
- Password
PUB24 will provide an identifier and a password to the Client, which is personal and non-transferrable, in order to allow the Client to use this website or the services offered by PUB24 on its Portal. The Client undertakes to preserve the confidentiality thereof, by not allowing the use of his/her own access code/Client name/password to third parties and accepting, therefore, any consequences deriving from the breach of that obligation. The password may be modified at the request of either party. If such modification were to take place at the express request of PUB24, the Client will be notified of the date of de-activation and replacement of the password by a new one.
PUB24 does not assume any responsibility for any damage or loss caused to the Client and/or to any third party as a consequence of the loss or theft of the access code/ Client name/ password and/or as a consequence of their use by a third party.
- Intellectual Property Rights
PUB24 is the owner of the domain PUB24.com.
All exploitation rights are reserved.
This Website is protected by legislation on intellectual and industrial property.
The Portal, in its entirely, including without any exceptions, its design, structure and distribution, text and contents, logos, buttons, images, source code, as well as the intellectual and industrial property rights and any other distinctive sign related to the aforementioned, to the Web Site itself, and any other that appears on the website, as well as all those related to the services offered by PUB24 and those owned by PUB24, are subject to intellectual and industrial property rights by PUB24 and/or third parties who have authorized their inclusion in the Website.
Therefore, it is prohibited to, by means, their use, exploitation, copy, reproduction, as well as their elimination, damage, and/or modification, registration and/or request of registration them, partially or totally, temporarily or permanently, and any other similar presently or in the future without the PUB24’s express and written authorization, and/or of the corresponding owner, without the possibility to understand that exists a licence or authorization whatever its nature, total and/or partial, to any third parties and/or client by PUB24 and/or from the corresponding owner.
PUB24 reserves the right to unilaterally redesign and modify, in any moment, and without further notice, the presentation and configuration of the Web Site.
The client will abstain, in every case, from deleting, altering, avoiding or manipulating any security device or security system that may be installed on the Portal.
- Limitation of Liability
There is no relationship or association of any kind between PUB24 and the owners of the websites linked to, therefore, PUB24 is not responsible for third-party websites, neither their utility, trustworthiness, accuracy, nor for the contents included in such sites; they are websites that belong to independent corporations without existing association or relationship. PUB24 is not responsible for any harm and/or damage and/or losses of profit of the Client or of a third party who is damaged by the opinions, representations, data and/or content that, in this case, can be emitted directly or indirectly the Clients and/or third parties for any reason, any time and any by any mean on the Portal.
PUB24 does not ensure the continuous, reliable, permanent operation of the Web Site, without a delay or interruption; therefore, PUB24 is not responsible for any damage and/or harm and/or loss of profit these may cause for the Client or a third party.
PUB24 is not responsible for any damage and/or loss of profit for the Client or a third party as a consequence of a circumstance of force majeure, fortuitous event, failure or error in the communications lines, or for the defective rendered service or failure of the Internet.
You agree that our service is a venue for posters and users of PUB24. In the event that you have a dispute with any user of PUB24, you agree that PUB24 is under no obligation to become involved. You further agree to release PUB24 from any and all claims, demands and damages arising out of or in connection with such dispute. You are entirely responsible and liable for any ad content you post or any ad that is posted through your Account.
The Site does not offer any refunds for the early cancellation of paid sponsor ads or paid ads. We do not issue credits or refunds due to our extremely low rates and minimal administrative staff.
PUB24 is not responsible for any harm and/or damage caused to any Client or third party, neither for harm and/or damages suffered by any Client or third party, caused directly or indirectly by the use and/or access and/or connection to the Portal and/or other linked websites, not being PUB24 responsible for any harm or damage caused to a Client or third party due to incorrect operation, defects, errors or damage caused, totally or partially, to any hardware or software, as well as the loss/alteration and/or damage to the information stored in magnetic supports, disks, tapes, floppy disks and others, as well as the introduction of computer viruses or undesired variations or alterations on the information, documents, files, databases, hardware and/or software.
PUB24 is not responsible for any harm and/or damage caused to the Client that is not imputable solely, directly and exclusively, to a wilful or negligent action or omission by the company, when the Client and/or a third party or the people who they have to respond to are guilty of this harm and/or damage, or of any harm/damage caused to third parties and/or any loss of profit or benefits suffered by the Client and/or third parties. The links that PUB24 offers the Client have the purpose of making easier the search of available information on the Internet. PUB24 cannot ensure that the system is adequate for any services outside of the one hired neither that it provides access to all sites on the Internet. PUB24 does not offer neither commercialise the services available in the linked sites, nor does it assume any responsibility for these products or services.
The links that PUB24 offers the Client have the purpose of making easier the search of available information on the Internet. PUB24 cannot ensure that the system is adequate for any services outside of the one hired neither that it provides access to all sites on the Internet. PUB24 does not offer neither commercialise the services available in the linked sites, nor does it assume any responsibility for these products or services.
PUB24 does not control the use of the services made by the Client. In this sense, PUB24 is not responsible for the use and/or the content that, in violation of the law and/or these Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Particular Terms and Conditions, the Client may make. PUB24 is not responsible for the content and/or information and/or data transmitted, neither originating the transmission, not modifying the data, neither selecting it nor the addressee, being, therefore, the Client the only person responsible for the consequences his/her unlawful use or the use in disagreement with these Terms and Conditions can have, as well as the truthfulness and/or lawfulness of the contents provided by the Client. To these effects, the Client has the obligation to use the services according to the applicable law.
In the event that PUB24 is aware, by any means, directly or indirectly, of the existence of contents that may infringe on the current laws or these Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Particular Terms and Conditions, or of the unlawful, unauthorised or fraudulent use, PUB24 is entitled to suspend the services, totally or partially, without the Client’s prior authorisation, by eliminating the infringing contents or taking any other measures considered necessary to disallow the continuity in the infringement detected.
Without prejudice of the above, PUB24 shall be entitled to communicate to the administrative or judicial authorities the acts that may constitute an illegal activity, without notification to the Client.
Specifically, PUB24 is not responsible for the defective provision or interruption of the services commercialised and provided in the following events:
Interruption of the services due to network maintenance.
Discontinuity in the service caused by the introduction from the client and/or any third parties of hardware or software components that cause a defective operation of the technical systems or that are incompatible with the elements of the system.
Interruption of the services due to the inability of access to the broadband support.
Interruption of the services due to an incorrect use or their inadequacy.
Interruption of the services due to the errors in the electrical power supply to the equipment and devices used by the client to access the services.
Causes attributable to a third party or force majeure.
Lost of quality of the service or connection capacity, for causes not directly attributable to PUB24.
Administrative or judicial resolutions.
Incorrect configuration of the necessary installation by people not related to PUB24 and/or by the client and/or any third parties.
Harm and/or damages that cannot be attributed solely, directly nor exclusively, to PUB24.
Lost of profit for the client and/or any third parties.
Harm and/or damages, of any kind, arising from client and/or a third parties fault.
Harm and/or damages caused directly or indirectly to the client and/or to any third parties by not directly causes attributable to PUB24.
The unpredictable events, as well as the force majeure cases, official measures, errors in the telecommunications connections not directly attributable to PUB24, will exempt PUB24 from providing services while the unpredictable events, etc., last.
- Confidentiality
PUB24, as well as its personnel and technical support will process and keep the entire Client’s information they have access to while they are carrying out their job duties. They will not use it, divulge it or allow to be used or divulged by unauthorized third parties. This confidentiality obligation subsists even after PUB24 employees have finished their working relationship with PUB24.
7.- Content monitoring policy
Due to the modification of the new requirements of the payment processing systems, it is mandatory to verify the age of the users who publish adult content on the website. That is why Kommons.com through automated methods and / or through a manual check will try to guarantee compliance with such requirements in those usersbetween 18 to 21 years old.
Consequently, no advertisement will be published without a proper revision . Once reviewed, when the circumstances mentioned in the previous point occur, the advertiser will be required to prove that he/she has reached legal age. This process includes the verification of the accrediting identification document: the National Identity Document, Passport or other identification document of the corresponding country, always complying with the highest standards of confidentiality and privacy.
pub24.co.uk will deny the registration to the Users or will eliminate or cancel theaccount of the Users who after the verification process:Are under 18 years old.
The data provided during the registration does not correspond to the data of the supporting document or it is verified that none belongs to the User who has actually carried out the registration.
It has not been possible to verify the age of the advertiser.
If the information and data provided by the advertiser may lead to a false identity.
Likewise, Kommons will carry out periodic reviews and make manual checks of all content alterations that may occur. Abusive content will be automatically blocked using methods of a prohibited word filtering recognition system, as well as a false photograph detection system that informs its age. The publication of any photo / video that shows:
Nudity or sexual exhibition of people under 18 years old.
Any form of sexual interaction that occurs without the consent of any of the participants.
Violation.
Bestiality (sexual interaction with animals).
Drug and alcohol abuse.
In the case of detecting or having evidence of any crime through the platform, Kommons.com will inform the competent authorities of such facts, providing all the required information through the established legal procedures.
8.- Takedown policy
All the published ads can be removed using settings in the private area as well as shutting down the account.
When the user removes the account, all data in the digital platform database will be deleted.
Another option to remove the data from the platform is sending an email request to [email protected].
Once the notification is received, the ‘Notification and deletion’ procedure starts as follows:
We will acknowledge receiving your complaint by email and we will do an initial assessment of the complaint validity and a proper verification of the account holder.
Once the complaint is validated, the material will be temporarily removed from the website pending an agreed solution.
If you have discovered material on our website, or in our collection of electronic documents that you consider illegal, for example, it infringes the copyright (either yours or a third party) or any other law, including, but not limited to, patents, trademarks, confidentiality, data protection, obscenity, defamation, libel or incitement to terrorism, or any other act of a criminal nature, contact [email protected] and provide the following information:
Your contact details
The details of the dataset or the relevant part of that dataset, including the URL when possible
The nature of your complaint or concern.
A statement that your complaint was made in good faith and is accurate.
If your complaint is about an infringement of your own copyright or other intellectual property right, please also confirm that you are the owner of the rights or you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the rights.
The removal requests will be reviewed by our Monitoring department. If the initial assessment results to be potentially valid and requires further consideration or legal advice, the material will be temporarily removed from the associated website, document repository, or web portal pending an agreed resolution.
If the crime’s existence is proven, the corresponding entities will be notified with the verified facts and will be required to make a legal request to be able to provide such collected information.
9.- Returns and Refund Policy
Thank you for shopping at pub24.co.uk. We do not issue refunds for digital products once the order is confirmed and the advertisement is published. We recommend contacting us for assistance if you experience any issues.
Your Responsibilities:
It is your responsibility before advertising to ensure you understand and are happy with all the following:
Our search engine position.
You understand our market position.
Any metrics we are measured by including but not limited to Page Rank.
You understand the website and position your advertisement will be displayed in.
You understand how many Ads we allow per profile in each area.
The purpose and gain you will get through SEO and Link through.
- WARNING SIGNS OF POSSIBLE SEX/HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Does an entertainer arrive accompanied by another individual?
Does that individual speak for or appear to maintain control over the entertainer?
Does the entertainer seem fearful of that individual?
Does the entertainer have difficulty communicating, whether resulting from a language barrier or fear of interaction?
Does the entertainer have signs of physical abuse, such as burn marks, bruises or cuts?
Whilst one of these signs on its own might not give cause for concern, two or more may give rise to a potential red flag. Use common sense and report any suspicious signs to the local authorities if you suspect sex/human trafficking.
Please report any suspected sexual exploitation of minors and/or human trafficking to the appropriate authorities.
UK
Police: 999 (Emergency) or 101 (Non-emergency)
If you’d prefer to stay anonymous call Crimestoppers on: 0800 555 111
- Applicable law and Jurisdiction
All the discrepancies, claims and controversies that may arise shall be settled by competent courts according to the applicable legislation.
The present General Conditions are governed and interpreted in accordance with Spanish law.
The present General Terms and Conditions shall be effective on March 5th, 2017.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, OR DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO STOP USING THE SITE.
