Circular App Limited
Company No. 3527138
(Registered in England and Wales)
Community Terms of Use
1. Definitions
Access Codes: Any secret alphanumeric characters used to access and transact on the Software, including the Community’s personal identification number (PIN), biometric PIN equivalent, phone number, email address, password, username, or App digital identity code.
Application: The Software used on a Community’s Device to transact, engage, interact, and communicate.
App Store: The Device’s application store provided by Apple, Google, or Huawei, from which the Community downloads the App.
Terms of Use Agreement: This Agreement between Circular and the Community.
Applicable Laws: Whenever updated:
- All laws, ordinances, constitutions, regulations, statutes, statutory instruments, treaties, or by-laws.
- Policies, directives, rules, codes of practice, or other instructions issued by any relevant UK regulatory authority.
- Any instruments having the force of law.
- Common law, judgments, orders, or decrees, as they pertain to the Community’s and the Company’s obligations under these Terms of Use.
Channel Partner: Any appointed authorized reseller, agent, partner, or affiliate of the Services by Circular.
Community: Any natural person, organization, legal entity, or group registered on the Software to advance, establish, and manage a particular initiative, each with its own distinct focus and purpose.
Confidential Information: Information that is proprietary or confidential and is either clearly labeled as such or identified as Confidential Information in clause 16.
Cookie: Also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, small, often encrypted text files located in browser directories, used by web developers to help the Community navigate websites efficiently and perform certain functions.
Device: Any electronic equipment that sends, receives, or processes electronic data, including but not limited to mobile phones, desktops, laptop computers, or tablets connected to the Software.
Digital Wallet: The digital wallet that contains monies due to the Community to transact on the Software (if available in the Community’s region and/or country).
Intellectual Property: All intellectual property, whether registered or not, including but not limited to:
- Trade names, logos, patents, inventions, goodwill, trademarks, know-how, designs, copyright.
- Source codes, trade secrets, concepts, ideas, methods, specifications.
Intellectual Property Rights: All rights in and to Intellectual Property.
Merchant: The purchase of goods or services from a third-party and/or Community registered and approved on the Software.
Personal Information: Information about an identifiable, natural, or juristic person, including but not limited to information about race, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnic or social origin, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, religion, belief, disability, language, birth, education, identity number, telephone number, email, postal or street address, location through your Device’s GPS, biometric information, financial, criminal, or employment history, as well as correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence.
Profile: The digital identity the Community creates when registering on the Software. The Community will get a digital identity code for the secure login process.
Purchase: The purchase of goods or services from a Merchant on the Software.
Sanctions: Any restrictions set by a Sanctioning Body, including but not limited to diplomatic, travel, trade, or financial sanctions or embargoes.
Sanctioned Entity:
- In the case of a juristic person, any person who (i) owns or controls it; or (ii) it owns or controls (and for these purposes, owns means holding any percentage of ownership or beneficial interest and controls means the ability, directly or indirectly and whether through the voting of shares, the appointment of directors or similar officers, or through any other means, to control the business or policy of the juristic person).
- In the case of any country, its ministries, departments, agencies, or any other governmental organizations listed on any Sanctions List or who is subject to any Sanctions.
Sanction List: Any list of Sanctioned Entities published by a Sanctioning Body.
Service: The Software including but not limited to the following functionality:
- Communication
- Messaging
- Event Management
- Engagement
- Collections
- Safety
- Support
- Networking
- Control your advertising
- Own your subscription pricing
Software: The Applications, the online websites, and portals provided to the Community by Circular.
The Company: Circular App Limited, including its subsidiaries and affiliates, a company registered in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, with Company number: 13527138.
Terms: The Terms of Use set out in this document.
Transaction or transact: Any actions executed on the Community’s behalf using the Software including but not limited to any interaction, engagement, communication, or any commercial transaction.
User: A natural person or legal entity who registered on the Software.
Website: The Company’s website at https://www.circularapp.io.
You or your: The Community as defined in the point above.
In this Agreement, unless inconsistent with the context, words referring to:
- One gender includes a reference to the other gender and vice versa;
- The singular includes a reference to the plural and vice versa; and
- Natural persons include a reference to juristic persons and vice versa.
2. Overview
The Terms of Use constitute a binding contract between the Community and the Company (“The Agreement”) and govern the use of the Service offered by the Company, but in no way regulate the relationship between the Community, the Users, and/or any third-party provider nor create any rights and/or obligations between the Community, the Users, and/or any third-party provider.
The Community acknowledges and agrees to the Terms of Use by using the Service.
Any amendments and updates to the Terms will be posted on the Software and where possible, the Community will be notified of such changes.
The Terms of Use are effective from the date the Community registers on the Software and continue until the date the services are canceled, unless otherwise specified in other provisions of these Terms of Use.
It is the Community’s responsibility to ensure that they are fully acquainted and familiar with the Terms of Use, and by using the Service the Community agrees to be bound to this Agreement and to any other Terms of Use applicable from time to time.
Should the Community have any query regarding the Terms or require clarification or advice, kindly email the request to [email protected].
3. Registration
Registering a new account
To use the Service, the Community must register by following the prompts displayed on the Software. The User consents to the processing of personal data in accordance with GDPR (refer to clause 15. Data Protection).
During the registration process, the Community may be required to enter the following details:
- Company name
- Company registration number
- First name of duly authorized person/s
- Last name of duly authorized person/s
- Mobile number
- Email address
- Date of birth
- Physical address details
- Postal address details
- Payment card details
- Bank account details
In the event where the Community registration information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Community will be required to update such information upon request.
The Company reserves the right to suspend inaccurate or incomplete accounts.
The Community hereby consents to the Company conducting all and any background checks, including but not limited to Credit Bureau checks, in order to carry out its KYC requirements.
4. Passwords and security
The account registration process will use mobile numbers and/or usernames and passwords for account security purposes.
The Community must keep this information secret. Any actions carried out through the account will stand if the username and password have been entered correctly.
Should any Community give away, share, or lose his/her account number and/or password, the Company will not be held liable for any claims that may result from, or regarding that account.
The Community is solely responsible for their account transactions and should keep their account information strictly confidential.
The Community shall select a secret PIN number. The Community agrees not to disclose and/or physically and/or digitally record or reproduce this PIN number. Any flow of funds shall require the input of the Community’s PIN number. By inputting this PIN number, the Community hereby acknowledges that they are freely, voluntarily, and without any legal obligation to do so, consenting to the Company, and the flow of funds thereafter.
If the Community’s Device is lost or stolen, or is no longer in the Community’s possession, the Community must immediately contact the Company at [email protected], to delete or lock the Community’s Profile.
The Company is committed to providing secure Services. Only our authorized employees or agents have access to information related to the Software.
5. Accuracy
The Community is required to keep registration details up to date at all times. If the Community changes their address, email, phone number, or any other contact details or personal information, the Community must update their account information. Failure to update information may result in account suspension.
6. Refusing, suspending, and closing accounts
The Company reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse to register a Community or elect to de-register, exclude, cancel, or suspend a Community from the Service at any time, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever.
The Community has the right to appeal decisions to refuse, suspend, or close accounts.
The Community acknowledges that the Company has no obligation whatsoever to provide prior notice of the decision to refuse, de-register, exclude, cancel, or suspend a Community.
If the Company de-registers, excludes, cancels, or suspends a Community, the Company shall have the unlimited right to:
- Establish the specific criteria the Community must comply with, in order to be allowed access to the Service (and the Community’s account, if applicable); and
- Furnish information about the Community to law enforcement agencies (if the reason for such termination, de-registration, exclusion, cancellation, or suspension was fraud or some other form of illegal misconduct). The Community hereby irrevocably authorizes the Company to do so in its absolute discretion.
This agreement between Community and the Company may be terminated by the Community at any time. The Community must notify the Company at [email protected] to close the account.
The Company will use all reasonable efforts to close the Community’s account within 10 business days from receiving the notification and after payment of any outstanding fees and/or costs by the Community for the Services.
7. Warranties by the Community
The Community represents and warrants that:
- The Service and Software will not be used to engage and/or promote any illegal or harmful activities, or promote or endorse discrimination, violence, or hate speech. This includes but is not limited to the distribution of extremely sexually explicit materials, gratuitous violence, or hate speech based on race, sex, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- The Community will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
- It is not being investigated for any activities relating to Sanctions.
- It is not, and will not be, a Sanctioned Entity.
- The Community shall provide Circular with:
- All necessary cooperation in relation to the Terms of Service; and
- All necessary access to such information as may be required by Circular;
In order to provide the Services, including Community Data, security access information, and configuration services.
- Comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under the Terms of Use.
- Carry out all other Community responsibilities set out in the Terms of Use in a timely and efficient manner.
- Ensure that the Users use the Services in accordance with the Users Terms of Use. The Community shall be responsible for any User’s breach of the Terms of Use.
- Obtain and shall maintain all necessary licenses, consents, and permissions necessary for Circular, its contractors, and agents to perform their obligations under the Agreement, including the Services;
- Ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by Circular from time to time; and
- Be solely responsible for procuring and maintaining its network connections and telecommunications links from its systems to Circular’s data centers, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures, and all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Community’s network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.
- The Community has read, understands, and accepts the Community and User Terms of Use.
8. Service Fees and Costs
Subscription fees
The services are offered on a monthly subscription basis. This means that the Community pays a recurring fee each month to allow registered Users to access the Community and its services.
All subscription fees are stated in United States Dollars (USD). This means that all subscription fees will be charged in USD, regardless of the country or region where the transaction takes place.
Circular shall not be held liable for any fluctuations in exchange rate.
All fees and costs exclude any taxes and government-related levies.
Refer to clause 9. Billing.
Control your advertising (“Control your Advertising”)
Should the Community subscribe for the Control your Advertising feature as a Service on the Software, the Community agrees and acknowledges that:
- All third-party sponsored advertising content, whether paid or not paid, must be approved in writing by Circular.
- The advertising content does not promote or endorse discrimination, violence, or hate speech. This includes but is not limited to the distribution of extremely sexually explicit materials, gratuitous violence, or hate speech based on race, sex, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- All posted advertising content of whatsoever nature must adhere to the Community’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidelines of the Community region/country of incorporation.
- Circular reserves the right to cancel any advertising campaign at its sole discretion, with or without cause, upon written notice to the Community.
Own your subscription (“Membership”)
Should the Community subscribe for the membership feature as a Service, Circular will invoice the Community 10% of all recurring subscription charges by Community to Users.
The payment to the Community will be net of any fees charged by the payment gateway provider to facilitate the collection of the subscription fee from the Users.
The Community will be paid within 30 (thirty) days after the month in which Circular has received payment.
All amounts invoiced will exclude any taxes and government-related levies.
Circular shall not be held liable for any fluctuations in exchange rate.
Digital Wallet Uploads
(if available in the Community’s region and/or country)
Digital Wallet uploads via debit card and/or credit card will attract a service fee. The service fee covers the costs associated with the third-party payment gateway, which processes payments on behalf of the Company.
The service fee charged is available on the Software.
Digital Wallet Withdrawals
(if available in the Community’s region and/or country)
Digital Wallet withdrawals will be made via electronic funds transfer (EFT) directly into the Community’s bank account.
The Company processes withdrawals on Wednesday and Friday each week at 14:00.
The processing time for withdrawals is between 2 to 3 business days to reflect in the Community’s bank account.
Withdrawals will only be made in the name of the account holder and not to any third party, under any circumstance.
Digital Wallet withdrawals will attract a service fee. The service fee charged is available on the Software.
The Company reserves the right to claim back any Digital Wallet withdrawals made in error.
For Digital Wallet withdrawals, the Community must comply with KYC requirements and provide proof of identity and confirmation of banking details.
The Company reserves the right to undertake reasonable due diligence to verify the validity of the Community’s bank account as a pre-condition to processing wallets withdrawals.
Circular shall not be held liable for any fluctuations in exchange rate.
All fees and costs exclude any taxes and government-related levies.
Circular reserves the right at its own discretion to amend and change the Service Fees and Costs charged. Any amendments to the Service Fees and Costs will be posted on the Software, and where possible the Community will be notified of such changes via email.
9. Billing
1st billing cycle
When a Community subscribes for the Service, the Community will be charged immediately for the first billing cycle. This is based on the day you sign up for the service.
Monthly subscription
For example: If a Community signs up on 4th July 2024, the Community will be charged immediately for the period from 4th July 2024 to 3rd August 2024. The Community will then be billed again on 4th August 2024.
Yearly subscription
For example: If a Community signs up on 4th July 2024, the Community will be charged immediately for the period from 4th July 2024 to 3rd August 2025. The Community will then be billed again on 4th August 2025.
Recurring billing cycle
After the 1st billing cycle, Circular will charge the Community at the beginning of each subsequent billing cycle. Based on the example above, the 4th August 2024 for monthly subscriptions and the 4th August 2025 for annual subscriptions.
Upgrades
When the Community upgrades their subscription plan, they will be charged a prorated amount based on the remaining period of the current billing cycle. The prorated amount is calculated by subtracting the cost of the current subscription plan from the cost of the upgraded plan, divided by the number of days in the billing cycle, and then multiplied by the number of days remaining in the billing cycle.
The prorated charge for the upgrade will be charged immediately upon the Community upgrade.
Downgrades
The prorated credit for the downgrade will be applied to the Community’s account immediately upon the downgrade. This credit will be used to offset future billings.
Cancellations
The Community may cancel their subscription at any time. Cancellation will take effect at the end of the current billing cycle, therefore at the end of the next billing cycle.
No refunds will be provided for any unused days of the subscription period following cancellation.
10. Transacting through the Software
The Company will act on instructions that have been sent by the Community.
The Community must ensure that all Transaction information is correct. Once submitted, the Transaction cannot be reversed.
The Community should only use the Software on a device for which it is intended.
The Company will process the Community’s Transactions in real-time.
Standard data costs will be charged by the Community’s data provider when the Community transacts on the Software.
The Company is not liable for third-party actions or transactions facilitated through the Software.
All transactions on the Software between the Community, the Users, and/or any third-party providers are solely between the respective parties involved. Circular serves as a facilitator of these transactions and does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, products, services, or content provided by the Community, the Users, and/or any third-party provider.
Independent transactions
Any agreement or contract formed between Community, the Users, and/or any third-party provider is strictly between the involved parties. Circular does not become a party to such agreements or contracts.
No liability for non-delivery
Circular shall not be held liable for any non-delivery, delays, inaccuracies, or incomplete deliveries of products or services transacted on the platform. The responsibility for ensuring the fulfillment of the terms of any transaction lies with the parties involved in the transaction.
Dispute resolution
In the event of a dispute arising from a transaction conducted on the platform, the parties involved are responsible for resolving the dispute among themselves. Circular shall not mediate or be held liable for any such disputes.
No endorsement
Circular does not endorse, guarantee, or warrant the products or services offered by the Community, the Users, and/or any third-party provider. Any reliance placed on such products or services is strictly at the Community’s own risk.
Indemnification
The Community agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Circular, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, liabilities, damages, or costs (including legal fees) arising out of or related to any transactions or disputes with other Communities, Users, or third-party providers.
11. Know Your Client (KYC)
In order to combat financial crimes such as money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorist financing activities and to identify suspicious transactions on the Software, the Community agrees to comply with the Company’s KYC policies and requirements.
Communities requesting a withdrawal must submit and provide proof of identity and confirmation of banking details.
12. Advertising on the Software
The Community acknowledges and agrees that Circular may use the Software to display and promote third-party advertisements.
The advertising content will not promote or endorse discrimination, violence, or hate speech. This includes but is not limited to the distribution of extremely sexually explicit materials, gratuitous violence, or hate speech based on race, sex, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
All advertising content of whatsoever nature will adhere to Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidelines of Circular’s region/country of incorporation.
13. Software and Hardware
The Community must use a compatible Device for the Software and ensure that the latest version of the Software is installed. All updates will be made available through the Software. Failure to use the latest version may result in the Service not functioning properly and could pose security risks or data breaches, for which the Company shall not be held liable under any circumstances.
14. The Rights of the App Store
The Community acknowledges and agrees that:
- These Terms of Use are entered into between the Community and the Company. Since the App is made available through the App Store, the App Store is a third party under these Terms and will also have the right to enforce the Terms against the Community.
- To the maximum extent allowed by law, the App Store does not give or enter into any warranty, condition, or other term in relation to the App and will not be liable to the Community for any claims, losses, costs, or expenses of whatever nature in relation to the App or as a result of you or anyone else using the app or relying on any of its content.
- Any claims relating to the license to the App, possession, or use of the App are between Community and the Company (and not between Community, or anyone else, and/or the App Store), including but not limited to, product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement and claims under consumer protection legislation.
- If any claim by a third party that the Community’s possession or use (in line with these Terms) of the App infringes any Intellectual Property Rights, the App Store will not be liable to the Community in relation to that claim.
15. Data Protection
The Community consents to the Company collecting Personal Information and where lawful and reasonable, from public sources for credit, fraud, and compliance purposes, as well as the purposes set out below.
If the Community gives Personal Information about or on behalf of another User, the Community confirms that they are authorized to: (a) give the Company the Personal Information; (b) the Community consents on behalf of the other User to the Processing of the User’s Personal Information, specifically any cross-border transfer of Personal Information into and outside the country where the products or services are provided; and (c) to receive any privacy notices on other Users’ behalf.
The Community consents to the Company Processing Personal Information:
- To open, administer and operate the Community’s Profile and the Software.
- To provide products and services to the Users which are linked to the Community’s Profile and Software and any other products and services for which may apply.
- To register Communities for the Software and provide Communities with Access Codes.
- To provide information to any third party who works with the Company where applicable.
- To analyze information to identify possible markets and trends and develop new products and services.
- To comply with any applicable laws.
- To carry out statistical and other analyses to identify potential markets and trends, evaluate and improve the business (this includes improving existing and developing new products and services).
- In countries outside the country where the products or services are provided. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country where the products or services are provided. Where possible the Company will ask the receiving party to agree to our Privacy Policies.
- By sharing the Community’s Personal Information with any Merchant with whom the Community Transacts, any regulatory authority, other financial institutions, or other entities aimed at preventing or combating fraud and other Prohibited Activities; by sharing the Community’s Personal Information with our third-party service providers, locally and outside the country where the products or services are provided. The Company asks third-party service providers who provide services to the Company to agree to the Company’s privacy policies if these third-party service providers need access to any Personal Information to carry out the services.
- The Company uses “Cookies” to identify the areas of the Software that the Community has visited. The Company uses Cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of the Software. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable to the Community. If Cookies are set to be disabled, the Community may not be able to access functionality on the Software correctly or at all.
It is important that the Community reads the Privacy Policy together with these terms.
16. Intellectual Property
Subject to any Intellectual Property Rights held by any other third parties, the Company keeps all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights, all content (including, all proprietary information, trademarks, and copyright in any logos and other devices or storage media) in or sent to, through, and from the Software save where otherwise indicated in writing by the Company.
The Company grants the Community a non-assignable, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Software, which may include updates and/or upgrades, only for purposes outlined in these Terms and for no other purposes.
The Community will be asked to accept any additional terms through the Software when applicable.
The Software is licensed to the Community only and the Community will not grant any rights of use or any other rights in respect of the Software or any Intellectual Property Rights in it to any other person.
The license granted to the Community will start when the Community registers on the Software and will continue until it is terminated in line with these Terms, which will result in the cancellation of the Community’s access to the Software. On termination of the license granted in these Terms, for any reason, the Community must immediately stop all use on the Software.
Certain content available on the Software may include content that belongs to third parties. The Company may provide links to third-party, such as the Merchants, as a convenience to the Community.
The Community agrees that the Company is not liable for any of the following:
- The content or the accuracy of any such content belonging to third parties, including, but not limited to any Merchants, featured on the Software.
- Any content featured on the third-party websites that are accessed through the links found on the Software.
The Community may not copy, republish, distribute, adapt, modify, alter, de-compile, reverse engineer, or attempt to derive the source code of or create a derivative of works or otherwise attempt to reproduce the Software, its contents, including any Intellectual Property therein, its design, any updates to the Software and/or any proprietary features in relation to it, or any parts of it. This prohibition extends to any and all content belonging to third parties that are found on the Software and/or any content featured on the third-party websites which are accessed through links that are found on the Software. You may not sub-license such third-party content, including Intellectual Property Rights associated with it.
The Community acknowledges that:
- The Community will in no way represent that the Community has any rights of any nature in any current and future Intellectual Property belonging to the Company and/or any third parties featured on the Software;
- The Community will not use the Company’s and/or any third party that is featured on the Software current and future Intellectual Property in any manner whatsoever or any other Intellectual Property which is identical, similar, and/or confusingly similar thereto in any country;
- The Community will not apply for or obtain registration of our and/or any third party that is featured on the Software current and future Intellectual Property or any other Intellectual Property which may be confusingly similar thereto in any country;
- The Community will not challenge our and/or any third party that is featured on the Software rights to its current and future Intellectual Property in any country;
- The Community will not do, or omit to do, or cause to be done any act or thing which would be expected to weaken, damage, be detrimental to, or in any way impair or tend to impair the Company’s and/or any third party that is featured on the Software current and future Intellectual Property or the reputation and goodwill associated therewith or us and/or any third-party featured on the Software, or which would be expected to jeopardize or invalidate any registration of our and/or any third party that is featured on the Software current and future Intellectual Property; and
- The Community will not use, register, or attempt to register as trade names, corporate names, business names, logos, domain names, meta-tags, meta descriptors, electronic mail (e-mail) addresses, server names, or search-engine markers anything that is identical to, contained in whole or in part, or is otherwise confusingly similar to our and/or any third party that is featured on the Software current and future Intellectual Property in any country.
The Community may not establish a hyperlink, frame, metatag, similar reference, whether electronically or otherwise, or any other reference to the Software without our prior written consent.
The Community indemnifies the Company against all actions, claims, costs, demands, expenses, and other liabilities suffered or incurred by us as a result of any third-party claims initiated and/or instituted against us relating to your unauthorized use of the Software, the content thereon and/or any other Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights flowing from the foregoing.
Any breach of the terms under this clause 15 entitles the Company, in addition to the Company’s normal common law remedies, to take legal action without prior notice and the Community agrees to reimburse the costs associated with such legal action to us on an attorney and own client scale.
17. Confidentiality
Each party may be given access to Confidential Information from the other party in order to perform its obligations under the Terms of Use. A party’s Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include information that:
- Is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or omission of the receiving party;
- Was in the other party’s lawful possession before the disclosure;
- Is lawfully disclosed to the receiving party by a third party without restriction on disclosure;
- Is independently developed by the receiving party, which independent development can be shown by written evidence; or
- Is required to be disclosed by law, by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by any regulatory or administrative body.
Each party shall hold the other’s Confidential Information in confidence and, unless required by law, not make the other’s Confidential Information available to any third party or use the other’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the implementation of the Term of Use.
Each party shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the other’s Confidential Information to which it has access is not disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in violation of the terms of the Terms of Use.
Neither party shall be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration, or disclosure of Confidential Information caused by any third party.
The Community acknowledges that details of the pricing offered to the Community, constitute Circular’s Confidential Information.
The Community acknowledges that details of the Services, and the results of any performance tests of the Services, constitute Circular’s Confidential Information.
Circular acknowledges that the Community Data is the Confidential Information of the Community.
Confidential Information must be protected and only used for the purposes of the Terms of Use.
No party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public announcement concerning the Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as required by law, any governmental or regulatory authority (including any relevant securities exchange), any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction.
The above provisions of this clause 16 shall survive termination of the Terms of Use, however arising.
18. Sanctions
The Community must not:
- Use the Software to finance any Sanctioned Entity.
- Act in a way that benefits a Sanctioned Entity;
- Be involved in any Prohibited Activities; or
- Use any product or service provided by the Company for any Prohibited Activities.
The Community must let the Company know immediately in writing when the Community is aware of being investigated for any activities relating to Sanctions.
The Community is responsible, and indemnifies the Company against all and any fines, penalties, losses, damages, costs, actions, proceedings, claims, or demands (Losses) which the Company may suffer because:
- Funds are seized or withheld by any Sanctioning Body or any other third party (including by the Company); or
- The Community breaches this clause 16.
- If the Company knows or suspects that the Community is in breach of this clause 16 or the Community is about to become subject to Sanctions, the Company can immediately, at its sole discretion:
- Close, restrict activity, or suspend access to the Software and any other product or service the Company provides; and/or
- Cancel these Terms and/or any other relationship which the Company has with the Community.
The Company is not responsible to the Community for any losses that the Community may suffer as a result of the cancellation of the Community’s account.
19. Disclaimers
The Community uses the Software at the Community’s own risk.
The Software is provided to the Community “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, with respect to the Software, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of the course of dealing, course of performance, usage, or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Software will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, systems, or Services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards, or be error-free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
The Company, its employees, agents, and shareholders accept no responsibility or liability for any damages or loss that may result, or be alleged to have resulted, from the Service, the Software, or its contents including interruptions in transmission or operation, loss or corruption of data, failure of lines, or any other communication medium, any Community and Users misuse.
The Community indemnifies the Company for all losses or damages that the Company or any other person may suffer because of your use of the Software or because the Users did not fulfill the obligations under these Terms or because funds are seized or withheld by any Sanctioning Body or any other third party (including by the Company).
20. Governing Law
This Agreement will in all respects be governed by and construed under English law.
The Community agrees that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved in the jurisdiction of English courts. The Community consents to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for this purpose and waives and agrees not to assert any objection to such proceedings in such courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).
The Community warrants that the use of the Service is lawful in the jurisdiction in which it is being used and hereby indemnifies and holds the Company harmless against all and any prosecution and/or claims that may arise out of the use of the Service in that jurisdiction.
21. Contact Information
If the Community has any questions about the Terms of Use, Service, and Software, the Community can email the Company at [email protected].
“Cookie” also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, means small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help Users navigate websites efficiently and perform certain functions.
“Device” means any electronic equipment that sends, receives, or processes electronic data including but not limited to any mobile phones, desktops, laptop computers or tablets which are connected to the Company’s Community Management Platform.
“eWallet” means the digital wallet that contains monies due to a User to transact on Community Management Platform. (if available in the Users region and/or country).
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property, whether registered or not, including but not limited to:
trade names, logos, patents, inventions, goodwill, trademarks, know-how, designs, copyright.
source codes, trade secrets, concepts, ideas, methods, specifications.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all rights in and to Intellectual Property.
“Merchant” means the purchase of goods or services from a third-party natural person or legal entity registered and approved on the Community Management Platform, including but limited to a registered community and or User.
“Personal Information” means Information about an identifiable, natural or juristic person, including but not limited to, information about race, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnic or social origin, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, religion, belief, disability, language, birth, education, identity number, telephone number, email, postal or street address, location through your Device’s GPS, biometric information and financial, criminal or employment history as well as correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence.
“Profile” means the digital identity the User creates when registering on the Community Management Platform. The User will get a digital identity code for the secure login process.
“Purchase” means the purchase of goods or services from a Merchant on the Community Management Platform.
“Sanctions” means any restrictions set by a Sanctioning Body, including but not limited to diplomatic, travel, trade or financial sanctions or embargoes.
“Sanctioned Entity” means:
– in the case of a juristic person, any person who (i) owns or controls it; or (ii) it owns or controls (and for these purposes, owns means holding any percentage of ownership or beneficial interest and controls means the ability, directly or indirectly and whether through the voting of shares, the appointment of directors or similar officers or through any other means, to control the business or policy of the juristic person).
– in the case of any country, its ministries, departments, agencies, or any other governmental organisations,
listed on any Sanctions List or who is subject to any Sanctions.
“Sanction List” means whenever updated, any list of Sanctioned Entities published by a Sanctioning Body.
“Service” means the Community Management Platform including but not limited to the following functionality: communication, messaging, event management, engagement, collections, safety, community support and networking.
“The Company” means Circular App Limited, including its subsidiaries and affiliates, a company registered in accordance with the laws of the England and Wales, with Company number: 13527138.
“Terms” means the Terms of Use set out in this document.
“Transaction or transact” means any actions that is executed on the Users behalf using the using the Community Management Platform.
“User” means a natural person or legal entity who registered on the Community Management Platform.
“Website” means the Company’s website at https://www.circular.ooo.
“You or your” means User as defined in point definition above.
In this Agreement, unless inconsistent with the context, words referring to:
– one gender includes a reference to the other gender and vice versa;
– the singular includes a reference to the plural and vice versa; and
– natural persons includes a reference to juristic persons and vice versa.
2. Overview
The Terms constitute a binding contract between the User and the Company (“the Agreement”) and govern the use of the Service offered by the Company, but in no way regulates the relationship between the User and other Users and/or creates any rights and/or obligations between the User and any other Users.
Any amendments and updates to the Terms will be posted on the Community Management Platform and where possible, Users will be notified of such changes.
It is the Users’ responsibility to ensure that they are fully acquainted and familiar with the Terms of Use, and by using the Service the User agrees to be bound to this Agreement and to any other Terms of Use applicable from time to time.
Should the User have any query regarding the Terms or require clarification or advice, kindly email the request to “[email protected]”.
3. Registration
Registering a new account
To use the Service, the User must register by following the prompts displayed on the Community Management Platform.
During the registration process, the User may be required to enter the following details:
– Mobile number
– Email address
– Full name
– Date of birth
– Postal address details
– Payment card details
– Bank account details
In the event where the Users registration information is inaccurate or incomplete, the User will be required to update such information upon request.
A User may only register and operate a single account.
The Company reserves the right to suspend duplicate accounts.
The User hereby consents to the Company conducting all and any background checks, including but not limited to Credit Bureau checks, in order to carry out its KYC requirements.
4. Transaction through the Community Management Platform
The User should only use the Community Management Platform on a device for which it is intended.
The Company will act on instructions that have been sent by the User.
The User must ensure that all Transaction information is correct. Once submitted, the Transaction cannot be reversed.
The Company is not responsible for any loss you suffer if you enter the incorrect details.
The Company will process the Users’ Transactions in real time.
Users are solely responsible for transactions with Merchants on the Community Management Platform.
The User agrees to pay for the goods or services purchased using the payment method specified by the Merchant.
The User agrees to provide the Merchant with any information required to complete the transaction. This may include shipping address, payment information, and contact information.
The User agrees to accept the goods or services purchased in the condition delivered.
If the User is not satisfied with the goods or services, the User may be eligible for a refund or exchange, subject to the Marchant’s policies.
The Users agrees to comply with all applicable laws and regulations related to the purchase of goods and services.
The User agrees to resolve any disputes over transactions with the Merchant.
Circular is not liable for any losses incurred as result of transacting on the Community Management Platform.
5. Passwords and security
The account registration process will use mobile numbers and/or usernames and passwords for account security purposes.
The User must keep this information secret. Any actions carried out through the account will stand if the username and password have been entered correctly.
Should any User give away, share, or lose his/her account number and/or password, the Company will not be held liable for any claims that may result from, or regarding that account.
The User is solely responsible for their account transactions and should keep their account information strictly confidential.
The User shall select a secret PIN number. The User agrees not to disclose and/or physically and/or digitally to record or reproduce this PIN number. Any flow of funds shall require the input of the Users PIN number. By inputting this PIN number, the User hereby acknowledges that they are freely, voluntarily and without any legal obligation to do so, consenting to the Company, and the flow of funds thereafter.
If the Users Device is lost or stolen, or is no longer in the Users possession, the User must immediately contact the Company at [email protected], to delete or lock the Users Profile.
The Company is committed to providing secure Services. Only our authorised employees or agents have access to information related to the Community Management Platform.
6. Accuracy
The User is required to keep registration details up to date at all times. If the User changes their address, email, phone number or any other contact details or personal information, the User must update their account information.
7. Refusing, suspending, and closing accounts
The Company reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse to register a User or elect to de-register, exclude, cancel, or suspend a User from the Service at any time, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever.
The User acknowledges that the Company has no obligation whatsoever to provide prior notice of the decision to refuse, de-register, exclude, cancel, or suspend a User.
If the Company de-registers, excludes, cancels, or suspends a User, the Company shall have the unlimited right to:
– establish the specific criteria the User must comply with, in order to be allowed access to the Service (and the Users’ account, if applicable); and
– furnish information about the User to law enforcement agencies (if the reason for such termination, de-registration, exclusion, cancellation, or suspension was fraud or some other form of illegal misconduct). The User hereby irrevocably authorises the Company to do so in its absolute discretion.
This agreement between User and the Company may be terminated, by the User at any time. The User must notify the Company at [email protected] to close the account. The Company will use all reasonable efforts to close the Users account within 10 business day from receiving the notification.
8. Warranties by the User
The User represents and warrants that:
The User is authorised to accept these Terms.
The User has full contractual capacity, and no court has declared the User mentally unfit.
The User is 18 years of age or older and of full legal capacity. If the User is under the age of 18 years or does not have full legal capacity to act, the User may only use the Community Management Platform with the involvement and supervision of the Users parent or legal guardian. If Users parent and/or legal guardian gives the User consent, then the User agrees to be bound by the Terms and to be liable and responsible for all the Users legal obligations under the Terms.
The User is not, and will not be, a Sanctioned Entity.
The User is not being investigated for any activities relating to Sanctions.
The User is not engaged in illegal or harmful activities, or promotes or endorses discrimination, violence, or hate speech. This includes but is not limited to the distribution of extremely sexually explicit materials, gratuitous violence, or hate speech based on race, sex, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
The User has given the Company the accurate and factual information.
The User has read, understands, and accepts the Terms of Use.
9. Fees and Costs
All fees and costs are stated in United States Dollars (USD). This means that all payments made for services will be charged in USD, regardless of the country or region where the transaction takes place.
All fees and costs exclude any taxes and government related levies.
A breakdown of fees and costs are available on the Community Management Platforms.
Standard data costs will be charged by the Users data provider when you download and transact on the Community Management Platforms.
The Company reserves the right at its own discretion to amend and change the service fees charged. Any amendments to the service fees will be posted on the Community Management Platform, and where possible Users will be notified of such changes via email or text.
Subscription fees
The services are offered on a monthly subscription basis. This means that the Community pays a recurring fee each month to allow registered Users to access the Community and its services. The subscription fee is charged to the Community that is registered on the Community Management Platform.
Community setup costs
The Community setup cost is once off cost to receive assistance in setting up a community. Community setup is optional.
Support costs
Should a community require a Customer Success Manager as its first line of support, a monthly recurring support cost will apply. Access to a Customer Success Manager is optional, the Company does offer alternative support options.
Payments on the Community Management Platform
(if available in the Users region and/or country)
Debit card, credit card and eWallet transactions
Each debit, credit card and eWallet transaction initiated on Community Management Platform will attract a service fee. The service fee covers the costs associated with the third-party payment gateway, which processes payments on behalf of the Company.
The service fee charged will be between 4%-6% of the total transaction value depending on the Users region and/or country.
eWallet Withdrawals
(if available in the Users region and/or country)
eWallet withdrawals will be made via electronic funds transfer (EFT) directly into the User’s bank account.
The Company processes withdrawals on Wednesday and Friday each week at 14H00.
The processing time for withdrawals is between 2 to 3 business days to reflect in the Users’ bank account.
Withdrawals will only be made in the name of the account holder and not to any third party, under any circumstance.
eWallet withdrawals will attract a service fee. The service fee charged will be between 2%-4% of the total withdrawal amount depending on the Users region and/or country.
The Company reserves the right to claim back any eWallet withdrawals made in error.
For eWallet withdrawals, the User must comply with KYC requirements and provide proof of identity and confirmation of banking details.
The Company reserves the right to undertake reasonable due diligence to verify the validity of the User’s bank account as a pre-condition to processing wallets withdrawals.
11. KNOW YOUR CLIENT (KYC)
In order to combat financial crimes such as money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorist financing activities and to identify suspicious transactions on the Community Management Platform, Users agrees to comply with the Company’s KYC policies and requirements.
All Users requesting a withdrawal must submit and provide proof of identity and confirmation of banking details.
12. Software and Hardware
The User must use a Device that is suitable for the Community Management Platform, and the User must make sure the latest version of the Community Management Platform software is used. Any updates will be posted on the Community Management Platform. If the User does not use the latest version of the Community Management Platform software, the Service may not work properly and could result in security risks or data breaches, for which the Company will not be liable under any circumstances.
13. The rights of the App Store
The User acknowledge and agrees that:
These Terms are entered into between the User and the Company. Since the App is made available through the App Store, the App Store is a third party under these Terms and will also have the right to enforce the Terms against the User.
To the maximum extent allowed by law, the App Store does not give or enter into any warranty, condition, or other term in relation to the App and will not be liable to the User for any claims, losses, costs, or expenses of whatever nature in relation to the App or as a result of you or anyone else using the app or relying on any of its content.
Any claims relating to the licence to the App, possession or use of the App are between User and the Company (and not between User, or anyone else, and/or the App Store), including but not limited to, product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement and claims under consumer protection legislation, and
If any claim by a third party that the Users possession or use (in line with these Terms) of the App infringes any Intellectual Property Rights, the App Store will not be liable to the User in relation to that claim.
14. Data Protection
The User consents to the Company collecting Personal Information and where lawful and reasonable, from public sources for credit, fraud, and compliance purposes, as well as the purposes set out below.
If the User gives Personal Information about or on behalf of another User, the User confirms that they are authorised to: (a) give the Company the Personal Information; (b) the Users consents on behalf of the other User to the Processing of the Users Personal Information, specifically any cross-border transfer of Personal Information into and outside the country where the products or services are provided; and (c) to receive any privacy notices on other Users behalf.
The User consents to the Company Processing Personal Information:
– to open, administer and operate The Users Profile and the Community Management Platform.
– to provide products and services to the User which are linked to the Users Profile and Community Management Platform and any other products and services for which may apply.
– to register the User for the Community Management Platform and provide the User with Access Codes.
– to provide information to any third party who works with the Company where applicable.
– to analyse information to identify possible markets and trends and develop new products and services.
– to comply with any applicable laws.
– to carry out statistical and other analyses to identify potential markets and trends, evaluate and improve the business (this includes improving existing and developing new products and services).
– in countries outside the country where the products or services are provided. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country where the products or services are provided. Where possible the Company will ask the receiving party to agree to our Privacy Policies.
by sharing the Users Personal Information with any Merchant with whom the User Transacts, any regulatory authority, other financial institutions, or other entities aimed at preventing or combatting fraud and other Prohibited Activities; by sharing The Users Personal Information with our third-party service providers, locally and outside the country where the products or services are provided. The Company asks third-party service providers who provide services to the Company to agree to the Company’s privacy policies, if these third-party service providers need access to any Personal Information to carry out the services.
– within the Company.
The Users has the right to request access to, correction of, and deletion of their personal data held by the Company.
The Company uses “Cookies” to identify the areas of the Community Management Platform that User have visited. The Company uses Cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of the Community Management Platform. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable to the User. If Cookies are set to be disabled, the User may not be able to access functionality on the Community Management Platform correctly or at all.
It is important that the Users read the Privacy Policy together with these terms.
15. Intellectual Property
Subject to any Intellectual Property Rights held by any other third parties, the Company keeps all Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights, all content (including, all proprietary information, trademarks and copyright in any logos and other devices or storage media) in or sent to, through and from the Community Management Platform save where otherwise indicated in writing by the Company.
The Company grants the User a non-assignable, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use the Community Management Platform, which may include updates and/or upgrades, only for purposes outlined in these Terms and for no other purposes.
The User will be asked to accept any additional terms through the Community Management Platform when applicable.
The Community Management Platform is licenced to the User only and User will not grant any rights of use or any other rights in respect of the Community Management Platform or any Intellectual Property Rights in it to any other person.
The licence granted to the User will start when User registers on the Community Management Platform and will continue until it is terminated in line with these Terms, which will result in the cancellation of the Users access to the Community Management Platform. On termination of the licence granted in these Terms, for any reason, the User must immediately stop all use on the Community Management Platform.
Certain content available on the Community Management Platform may include content that belongs to third parties. The Company may provide links to third-party, such as the Merchants, as a convenience to the User.
The User agrees that the Company is not liable for any of the following:
– the content or the accuracy of any such content belonging to third parties, including, but not limited to any Merchants, featured on the Community Management Platform.
– any content featured on the third-party websites that are accessed through the links found on the Community Management Platform.
– Any user-generated content provided on the platform and grants the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display such content in relation to the provision of the Community Management Platform services.
The User may not copy, republish, distribute, adapt, modify, alter, de-compile, reverse engineer, or attempt to derive the source code of or create a derivative of works or otherwise attempt to reproduce the Community Management Platform, its contents, including any Intellectual Property therein, its design, any updates to the Community Management Platform and/or any proprietary features in relation to it, or any parts of it. This prohibition extends to any and all content belonging to third parties that is found on the Community Management Platform and/or any content featured on the third-party websites which are accessed through links that are found on the Community Management Platform. You may not sub-licence such third-party content, including Intellectual Property Rights associated with it.
The User acknowledges that:
– The User will in no way represent that the User has any rights of any nature in any current and future Intellectual Property belonging to the Company and/or any third parties featured on the Community Management Platform;
– The User will not use the Company’s and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform current and future Intellectual Property in any manner whatsoever or any other Intellectual Property which is identical, similar and/or confusingly similar thereto in any country;
– The User will not apply for or obtain registration of our and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform current and future Intellectual Property or any other Intellectual Property which may be confusingly similar thereto in any country;
– The User will not challenge our and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform rights to its current and future Intellectual Property in any country;
– The User will not do, or omit to do, or cause to be done any act or thing which would be expected to weaken, damage, be detrimental to or in any way impair or tend to impair the Company’s and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform current and future Intellectual Property or the reputation and goodwill associated therewith or us and/or any third-party featured on the Community Management Platform, or which would be expected to jeopardise or invalidate any registration of our and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform current and future Intellectual Property; and
The User will not use, register or attempt to register as trade names, corporate names, business names, logos, domain names, meta-tags, meta descriptors, electronic mail (e-mail) addresses, server names, or search-engine markers anything that is identical to, contained in whole or in part, or is otherwise confusingly similar to our and/or any third party that is featured on the Community Management Platform current and future Intellectual Property in any country.
The User may not establish a hyperlink, frame, metatag, similar reference, whether electronically or otherwise, or any other reference to the Community Management Platform without our prior written consent.
The User indemnifies the Company against all actions, claims, costs, demands, expenses, and other liabilities suffered or incurred by us as are result of any third-party claims initiated and/or instituted against us relating to your unauthorised use of the Community Management Platform, the content thereon and/or any other Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights flowing from the foregoing.
Any breach of the terms under this clause 15 entitles the Company, in addition to the Company’s normal common law remedies, to take legal action without prior notice to the User and the User agrees to reimburse the costs associated with such legal action to us on an attorney and own client scale.
16. Sanctions
The User must not:
Use the Community Management Platform to finance any Sanctioned Entity.
Act in a way that benefits a Sanctioned Entity;
Be involved in any Prohibited Activities; or
Use any product or service provided by the Company for any Prohibited Activities.
The User must let the Company know immediately in writing, when the User is aware of being investigated for any activities relating to Sanctions.
The User is responsible, and indemnifies the Company against all and any fines, penalties, losses, damages, costs, actions, proceedings, claims or demands (Losses) which the Company may suffer because:
– funds are seized or withheld by any Sanctioning Body or any other third party (including by the Company); or
– The User breaches this clause 16.
– If Company knows or suspect that the User is in breach of this clause 16 or User is about to become subject to Sanctions, the Company can immediately, at its sole discretion:
i. close, restrict activity or suspend access to the Community Management Platform and any other product or service the Company provides; and/or
ii. cancel these Terms and/or any other relationship which the Company has with the User.
The Company is not responsible to the User for any losses that the User may suffer as result of the cancellation Users account.
17. Disclaimers
The user uses the Community Management Platform at the Users own risk.
The Community Management Platform is provided to the User “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries, affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, with respect to the Community Management Platform, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Community Management Platform will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, systems, or Services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
The Company, its employees, agents, and shareholders accept no responsibility or liability for any damages or loss that may result, or be alleged to have resulted, from the Service, the Community Management Platform, or its contents including interruptions in transmission or operation, loss or corruption of data, failure of lines or any other communication medium, any Users misuse.
The Users indemnifies the Company for all losses and or damages whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or use, related to the use or inability to use the Community Management Platform or because the User did not fulfil the obligations under these Terms or because funds are seized or withheld by any Sanctioning Body or any other third party (including by the Company).
18. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any disputes arising under these terms will first be attempted to be resolved through mediation. If unresolved, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
The User agrees that all such claims and disputes will first be attempted to be resolved through mediation, if unresolved, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
The User consents to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for this purpose and waive and agrees not to assert any objection to such proceedings in such courts (including any defence or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).
The User warrants that the use of the Service is lawful in the jurisdiction in which it is being used, and hereby indemnifies and holds the Company harmless against all and any prosecution and/or claims that may arise out of the use of the Service in that jurisdiction.
19. User Contact information
If the User has any questions about the Terms of Use and Community Management Platform and Service, the User can email the Company at [email protected]
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