Membership Terms and Conditions
Thank you for becoming a member of GameQuality.org.
Please read the following important terms and conditions which set out our respective legal rights and responsibilities in respect of your GameQuality.org membership. You agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and confirm that the information you have submitted is accurate and complete.
In these terms, references to “GameQuality.org”, “we”, “us” or “our” shall be to Qualicon Global Limited with company number 13705246 and registered address at Tog East Side Kings Cross Station, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4AX.
If you are an individual or a company of one person, references to Team Members (defined below) shall apply to you as an individual accordingly.
Membership Term and Renewal
1. Your membership shall last for a 12 month period beginning on the date of your membership invoice (“Term”). After this period, you may renew your membership for a further 12 month period (“Renewal Term”), subject to these terms and conditions, or should you choose not to renew your membership prior to the expiry of the Term, you shall cease to have access to any of the Member Benefits (defined below).
Membership Fees
2. The annual fee payable for your GameQuality.org membership (“Membership Fee”) shall be based on the number of your staff members you wish to designate to access the Member Benefits (“Team Members”) and as set out in the invoice we send to you.
All payments should be made in USD and shall include taxes at the prevailing rate, if applicable.
If you wish to move up to a tier allowing more Team Members, then please email us, and we shall issue you with a further invoice for the difference in Membership Fee between your current and new packages.
3. You acknowledge that your annual Membership Fees may change for each Renewal Term depending on our current Membership Fee rates at the time of renewal (as set out below) and/or the introduction or expiry of any discounts we have agreed to give you from time to time.
4. The Membership Fee for the Initial Term and each Renewal Term is payable in full, as per the payment terms stated on the invoices issued at the beginning of the Initial Term and each Renewal Term, or as otherwise agreed in writing.
5. Membership Fee payments shall be made by bank transfer to the bank details set out in the invoice. Please use your business name as your reference for the payment.
6. Our Membership Fee rates are reviewed periodically and may be varied by us from time to time (at our sole discretion). When any such changes are made, we will provide you with at least 30 days’ notice and your new Membership Fee will be effective from the start of the next Renewal Term to commence after the date of the notice, unless you inform us you wish to cancel in writing by email and we shall confirm such cancellation within 7 days’ receipt of such email.
Member Engagement
7. As a GameQuality.org member, you and your Team Members must abide by our Code of Conduct found here.
8. If there are repeated breaches of the Code of Conduct by specific Team Members, we reserve the right to withhold or remove Member Benefits (defined below) from such Team Member.
Member Benefits
9. In consideration for the payment of the Membership Fee, you will be granted a range of member rights and benefits during the Term of your membership, as set out on our website, in our marketing communications or as otherwise communicated to you by us (“Member Benefits”) to make available to your Team Members.
10. You acknowledge that we reserve the right to change the Member Benefits from time to time and we shall notify you and/or the Team Members, as applicable, via email of any such changes.
11. Member Benefits commence or are renewed at the beginning of the Initial Term and/or each Renewal Term, however we reserve the right to withdraw such Member Benefits, without notice, until the correct Membership Fee is received by us.
Your right to cancel your membership
12. If you choose to cancel your membership, you acknowledge that:
- you will have no claim to any refund of Membership Fees already paid; and
- all Membership Fees due but not yet paid will immediately become due and payable by you.
Our right to terminate your membership
13. We reserve the right to immediately terminate your membership for the following reasons on giving you written notice of the same if: (i) you have committed a breach of any of the terms hereof and (where such breach is capable of being remedied) shall have failed to remedy the same within 14 (fourteen) days of receiving a notice specifying the breach and requiring its remedy; (ii) you have repeatedly breached any provisions of our Code of Conduct (iii) you engage in conduct which, in our reasonable opinion, reflects unfavourably on the good name, goodwill, reputation or image of GameQuality.org, or other members; or (iv) you fail to pay any Membership Fee (or portion thereof) when due and fail to remedy the same within 5 working days of receiving a reminder notice from the us that payment is overdue.
14. In the event that membership is terminated for one of these reasons, without prejudice to our other rights and remedies, you acknowledge that no refund of any Membership Fees paid will be made to you. On termination of your membership, all rights connected with your membership shall immediately cease.
Disclaimer, Liability, Intellectual Property and General Terms
15. Whilst we endeavour to ensure the accuracy of information and material supplied to members at any conferences and/or events we organise, no warranty is given about the accuracy of such information and materials. You acknowledge that the conduct of your Team Members and/or any information they share at any GameQuality.org event or via any of our other services is your responsibility, and as such we shall not in any event be liable in relation to such Team Members’ behaviour and/or actions, and you shall indemnify and hold us harmless and our officers, directors, employees, successors, and assigns from and against any and all third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of breach of this agreement or the conduct of your Team Members.
16. You warrant that Team Members’ contributions to our events, website, social media, or other communications channels (“User Content”) are made on your behalf. Accordingly, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your User Content in any existing or future media. You also grant to us the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.
17. We reserve the right to vary these terms (including the documents referred to in them) from time to time. We will make you aware of any variations that we make and the most current version of the terms will supersede all previous versions.
18. Nothing in these terms shall exclude or in any way limit either party’s liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by its negligence or any other liability to the extent such liability may not be excluded or limited as a matter of law. Subject to the foregoing, we shall not in any event be liable to pay compensation or damages to you (for whatever reason such compensation or damages may be due) in relation to these terms or the rights granted under them,
Disclaimer, Liability, Intellectual Property and General Terms
15. Whilst we endeavour to ensure the accuracy of information and material supplied to members at any conferences and/or events we organise, no warranty is given about the accuracy of such information and materials. You acknowledge that the conduct of your Team Members and/or any information they share at any GameQuality.org event or via any of our other services is your responsibility, and as such we shall not in any event be liable in relation to such Team Members’ behaviour and/or actions, and you shall indemnify and hold us harmless and our officers, directors, employees, successors, and assigns from and against any and all third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of breach of this agreement or the conduct of your Team Members.
16. You warrant that Team Members’ contributions to our events, website, social media, or other communications channels (“User Content”) are made on your behalf. Accordingly, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your User Content in any existing or future media. You also grant to us the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.
17. We reserve the right to vary these terms (including the documents referred to in them) from time to time. We will make you aware of any variations that we make and the most current version of the terms will supersede all previous versions.
18. Nothing in these terms shall exclude or in any way limit either party’s liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by its negligence or any other liability to the extent such liability may not be excluded or limited as a matter of law. Subject to the foregoing, we shall not in any event be liable to pay compensation or damages to you (for whatever reason such compensation or damages may be due) in relation to these terms or the rights granted under them, greater than the amount of the Membership Fees received by the us in the particular year of the Term to which the action or claim relates.
19. During the Term, you acknowledge and agree that we may access, receive, generate, store and/or otherwise process personal data relating to you and your Team Members in order to process your application for membership and to fulfil our obligations to you under these membership terms when you become a member. We shall process your personal data, including that of your Team Members, in accordance with our Privacy Policy at https://gamequality.org/privacy-policy/ and you agree that you shall procure that your Team Members read and acknowledge such policy.
20. The terms are governed by English law and the parties subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.