General website terms and conditions
Last updated September 2016
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website https://www.plentific.com ("our site").
Who we are and how to contact us
Plentific.com is a site operated by Plentific Ltd ("we"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 08275972 and have our registered office at Notcutt House 36 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9EU with VAT registration number 162 3480 22.
We connect individual homebuyers, homeowners (“Customers”) and home professionals of all types (home professionals are referred to individually as "Pro," collectively as "Pros"). We help homeowners discover properties, home projects, learn about project costs and select a Pro based on characteristics that matter most to them. We help Pros increase their online presence, showcase their work and connect with homeowners in need of their services (the “Service”).
To contact us, please email info@plentific.com or write to us at Notcutt House 36 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9EU.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
We may make changes to these terms
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on 5 September 2016.
We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our Service, our users' needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site 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 site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
Our site is only for users in the UK
Our site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.
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 use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at info@plentific.com.
How you may use material on our site
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Do not rely on information on this site
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
User-generated content is not approved by us
This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including to bulletin boards and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us on info@plentific.com.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you.
Whether you are a consumer or a business user:
If you are a business user:
If you are a consumer:
Uploading content to our site
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in these terms.
You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be 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.
Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties.
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in these terms.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
All content submitted to our site by you (or on your behalf), including without limitation, your name, biographical information and all other names, usernames, pseudonyms, text, likenesses, graphics, logos, marks, images, photographs, code, and all other information and material shall be called your "User Content" for short.
Prohibited uses
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:
You also agree:
Rights, permissions and waivers
You hereby grant to us and any of our group companies and affiliates a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, royalty-free licence (including full rights to sub-license) to use, reproduce and publish your User Content (including, without limitation, the right to adapt, alter, amend or change your User Content) in any media or format (whether known now or invented in the future) throughout the world without restriction.
You warrant, represent and undertake to us that all User Content you submit is your own work or that you have obtained all necessary rights and permissions of the relevant owner of the work and that you have all relevant rights in your User Content to enable you to grant the rights and permissions in this clause.
Where your User Content contains images of people or names or identifies individuals, you warrant, represent and undertake to us as follows:
You hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive and agree not to assert (or procure the same from any third party where applicable) any and all moral rights and any other similar rights and all right of publicity and privacy in any country in the world.
Content standards
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site ( "contributions"), and to any interactive services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
Contributions must not:
Suspension and termination
We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of these terms through your use of our site. When a breach of these terms has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply with the above acceptable use terms constitutes a material breach of these website terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of the above acceptable use terms. The responses described above are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Ratings and reviews on our site
All ratings and reviews of Pros displayed to you reflect the opinions of other Customers, and do not reflect or represent our opinions or representations. We do not assume responsibility or liability for any review or for any claims, damages, or losses resulting from any use of our site or the materials contained therein.
Users of our site may not include any material that may point others to another company, location or entity both online and offline that provides similar services to Plentific. Plentific reserves the right to remove or withhold any such material at any time which it considers fails to adhere with these Terms.
Upon giving a review or rating, you are confirming that the information you are providing is both truthful and precise. You will also be affirming that your review is not slanderous, adheres to these terms and is ultimately subject to our discretion. When you post a review you will also be acknowledging that the material you are sharing is completely your own and not in the likeness of anyone else. You cannot use the words or name of another person unless permitted to do so.
By leaving a review or rating, you are consenting to us using the material you have provided in any manner that we may require. We also cannot guarantee that we will post your review once it has been submitted to us. Moreover, we reserve the right to remove reviews and ratings that are found to be unnecessarily disparaging without warning or explanation.
All Pros are liable to receiving a review or rating from a Customer after a job has been booked or completed through our site. We do not permit reviews or ratings from employees of the Pro or any individuals that work in tandem with them. We also do not allow any reviews or ratings of the Pro to be posted by their competitors.
Your Plentific account
By making an application to use the Service as a Customer or a Pro, you agree and confirm:
You must provide us with all information requested during the application process and comply with all our identification and anti-money laundering requirements (as applicable) to enable us to comply with all laws, regulations, rules and regulatory guidance applicable to the Service.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse to register you as a user of the Service for any reason.
When you register with us to use the Service you will be given a Plentific account (“Plentific Account”) and asked to set a password. If you submit a request for a job without registering with us, we will automatically create a Plentific Account for you with a randomly generated password which you will then have the option to amend via our site. You agree to keep any such password and Plentific Account details strictly confidential and you must not disclose them to any third party. You agree to protect them in the same way as you would details of your bank account or your bank cards. Any failure to do so shall be at your sole risk and expense.
You agree that we are entitled to assume all correspondence, orders, transfers and instructions made by reference to your password and account number are made by you. You agree to inform us immediately by e-mail and by telephone if you know or suspect that any of your account information or password has been compromised or are being misused so that we may suspend your account.
We have the right to disable any Plentific Account or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with any material provisions of these Terms.
Our Privacy Policy contains details of how we may use the personal information you provide to us when registering, including how we use credit and ID checks to protect you and those you interact with on the Platform. You should read the Privacy Policy carefully before completing your registration or application. By continuing to use our site and the Service you consent to such use of your personal information.
Fees
As a Customer of the site, no fees are payable by you to use the Service.
As a Pro, various fees may be payable to us for our role in providing and administering the Service. Details of such fees can be found in the Pro Terms.
We may waive or offer discounts on any of our fees to any person at any time in our sole and absolute discretion, taking into account any applicable legal obligations at all times.
We may change any of our fee rates from time to time to reflect legitimate cost increases or reductions in operating the Service or providing any services under these terms, the Customer Terms or the Pro Terms. We will give you at least 30 days' notice of any change in our fees in accordance with clause 3.9 of the Pro Terms. Any such changes in fees will only affect provisions of services to Customers made on and after the date on which the change is stated to take effect.
All fees are exclusive of any applicable value added tax or other taxes, for which the person paying the relevant fee shall be liable.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site 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 site will cease immediately.
Rules about linking to our site
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 site in any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site 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 the content standards set out in these terms.
Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Our trade mark is registered
PLENTIFIC is a UK registered trade mark. You are not permitted to use this without our approval, unless it is part of material you are using as permitted under our press section.