WEBSITE- TERMS OF USE (UPDATED JANUARY 2020)

This website www.pwndublin.net (the “Website”, "site", "platform") is operated by PWN Global Federation ("PWN Global) located at: 4, rue Galvani, 75838 Paris Cedex 17, France, in conjunction with certain input from PWN Dublin (together "we", "our", us”). You may have been directed here from www.pwnglobal.net  who also have terms of use (available here), which you should familiarise yourself with. 

WHO WE ARE

Professional Women's Network Dublin is a volunteer run, not for profit company limited by guarantee and an associate member of PWN Global. PWN Dublin is a membership organisation run by volunteers aimed at uniting women and men from all industries and to support leadership development through amongst others, connecting, sharing learning and supporting each other. The Website is a membership platform which provides an online network for its users. 

CONSENT TO TERMS OF USE AND OTHER TERMS

By using the website, 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.

 These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

 • Our Privacy Policy below, which sets out how PWN Dublin and PWN Global (as joint data controllers) collect, share, use and process any Personal Data that is collected from any registered member or visitor to our site ("you") or that you may provide to us when registering at www.pwndublin.net.    

• Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site. See here for our separate cookies policy 

 

REGISTERING ON THE WEBSITE 

As set out elsewhere on our Website, you may register for Premium Membership or Free User status (see benefits of each here). By registering on the Website, you are consenting to the use of Personal Data provided in the manner set out below. 

FREE USERS

By registering on the website as free user ("Free User"), you are providing certain Personal Data to us agreeing to receive certain communications from PWN Dublin and PWN Global and for PWN Dublin and Global to use your Personal Data as set out below. 

You may also choose not to provide any of your Personal Data, however to become a Free User or Premium Member (see below), certain minimum information is required to be provided and those fields are marked as compulsory.

PREMIUM MEMBERS

By registering on the website as premium member (or certain honorary members who have been granted premium status or corporate members- whose organisations have paid the membership fee and given you access to register as a premium member) (all referred to here as “Premium Members”) you are agreeing to share your identity and Personal Data both with PWN Dublin and PWN Global (as set out below and in the PWN Global terms of Privacy) and with other Premium Members  who can engage with you through the platform as set out below.  

To become a Premium Member, you are required create an account on the Website and in doing so you provide the Personal Data requested which includes your name, email address and/or mobile number, and a password.  You will be requested to complete an online profile on the Website, which includes information on you, such as a photograph, place of work, education, experience and skills, contact information. By including this information, this enables other Registered Members to locate you and engage with you. Do not post or add optional Personal Data to your online profile that you do not wish to be publicly available to other premium users of the site.

You may also choose not to provide any of your Personal Data, however to become a Registered Member, certain minimum information is required to be provided and those fields are marked as compulsory

Free Users and Premium Members are sometimes referred to below as "Registered Members

WHAT WE DO WITH THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

 “Personal Data” as referred to in this policy is information that identifies you individually, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, your name, gender, address, email address, phone number and any other contact information that you may provide during your registration (or to any member at an Event, or by communicating with the network) whether as a Registered Member or as an attendee at events. 

PWN Dublin and PWN Global use your Personal Data for the following reasons:

• maintaining internal records on membership and administering your membership of the Dublin network, whether as a Free User or Premium Member

• communicating with you regarding upcoming or past events (including general meetings or assemblies, as required by our constitution or bye-laws from time to time ), offers or promotions directly supported by or affiliated with PWN Dublin 

• analysing how you use the Website and to identify how the Website could be improved;

• to the extent to you have opted in to receive communications- sending promotional emails about our events, campaigns regarding PWN Dublin and PWN Global and/or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided (unless you have indicated you have not consented to being contacted for such purposes) and of events which we directly support; 

• posting any content that you may contribute where applicable;

• providing your name and identifier (e.g. company and/or position) to any organisation hosting an event in conjunction with us, for (i) security and insurance purposes and (ii) for the purposes of preparing attendance and registration lists and name badges. 

• PWN Dublin and/or PWN Global may share Personal Data with companies or organisations which they contract with to perform services for PWN Global or PWN Dublin, such as assisting us with administration tasks, our emailing campaigns, hosting our events or other data processing, where they need your Personal Data to perform the service for us. These companies are not authorised to keep or use your Personal Data for any other purpose.

• PWN Dublin does not use your date of birth for any purpose, however PWN Global does use your date of birth for global event profiling purposes. If you wish, you can select any date of birth. We are working with PWN Global, to make this an optional, rather than compulsory data field at the time of registration. 

• PWN Dublin does not use your tax number for any purpose. If you complete this optional field at the time of registration as a Premium Member, we will endeavour to delete this from our records in so far as practicable. PWN Global has outlined that in some countries, it may be required to provide this information. 

• if you provide your details when giving feedback at any event, we may follow up with you for more information. 

• we will retain your data for up to one year after your membership lapses to ensure if you re-join, we have all your settings and to be able to run statistics for data analysis including for reporting membership statistics at our general meeting.

PWN EVENTS AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONSENT

As a member of the Network or as an attendee at any of our Events (whether as a guest of the network or otherwise), please note that Personal Data may also be gathered by the Network or other Registered Members in a range of other ways including by you supplying any business cards (or other contact details) to other members or attendees at our events.

By registering to attend any of our events (whether as a Premium Member. Free User or guest) you are consenting to: 

• your details being supplied to the hosts of that event (as set out above) 

• if you are a Premium Member, other Premium Members being able to see (via the Website, when logged in) that you have registered for the event; 

• your photograph being taken at the event and used for current and ongoing or future promotional purposes by each of PWN Dublin, PWN Global and/or the host of any such event (whether online including through other social media channels). 

All events to which you have registered are logged on your online profile. This is only visible to PWN Dublin and PWN Global administration. A record of this can be provided to you for professional development purposes. 

SUPPLYING PAYMENT DETAILS

If you register as a Premium Member or if you are not a Premium Member and you register for any of our Events you will also be directed to a third party website which will request certain payment details (e.g., credit card) and certain other billing and Personal Data (including data of birth). Please refer to the third party site (currently Ingenico) for their terms of use and privacy policy, when suppling Personal Data to such payment providers.   

Payment is deducted at the time of registration/application (sale). The time between the payment registration and the date of the event will but in most cases will not exceed 2 months.

Membership fees for Premium Members and Event Registration Fees are non-refundable except in the case of a decision by the management committee of PWN Dublin. To find out more please contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Event (online and offline) fees are refunded in full should the event be cancelled by PWN Dublin and we aim to process refunds within 10 working days.

PERSONAL DATA –STORAGE AND SECURITY

The Personal Data collected from you is stored electronically on servers in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and will be included in a file owned by PWN, located at: 4, rue Galvani, 75838 Paris Cedex 17, France, We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By submitting your Personal Data, you agree to this transfer, storing and processing by PWN Dublin (including its board, committee members and volunteers administering membership and events from time to time), PWN Global and any hosts of our events as set out in this policy. 

It should be noted that the internet is not entirely secure and therefore, unfortunately, the transmission of information (including your Personal Data) via the internet is not guaranteed to be secure. Although we will use our best efforts to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website or via the platform; any transmission of your Personal Data is entirely at your own risk. 

We will not share Personal Data collected through our Website with third parties which are not affiliated with PWN Global, except as provided in this policy.   Please keep in mind that, however, that no Internet transmission is 100% secure. Some email sent to or from our Website may not be secure. Please consider this when sending information to us by email.

OPTING OUT 

If you wish to change the settings and information you have previously opted in to receive- Premium Members are required to login to your account on the website and change your setting.  

Our events and marketing communications will usually contain an unsubscribe button at the end, Free Users and Premium Members should click on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any such communications and follow the instructions. 

Alternatively, please email us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.with the subject line OPT OUT COMMUNICATIONS with your request. We will endeavour to implement your opt out promptly after we receive it, however in order to amend your settings in this manner, we may in certain circumstances (for example where you use a different email account to request the opt-out) correspond with to verify your identity/request and your request many not be actioned until we are satisfied as your identify. 

Please note, where you have opted out of receiving certain communications we may still need to contact Premium Members to maintain your account, inform you of the AGM and any EGMs, and any changes to the Privacy Policy or Terms of Use of our Website. 

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND RECTIFICATION

You may request in writing details of Personal Data which PWN Dublin and/or PWN Global hold about you. A fee may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email PWN Global This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or PWN Dublin This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.with the subject line "PERSONAL DATA ACCESS REQUEST" enclosing a copy of your Identity Document.

If you believe that any Personal Data held by PWN Dublin or PWN Global is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us at the above addresses as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate.

Equally, if you have any questions or comments about this or any of our other policies or the Website please contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to the websites of other companies and organisations (including our sponsors) which may be of interest to our members (“Third Party Sites”). However, we do not have any control over such Third Party Sites. We cannot therefore be responsible for the protection and privacy of any Personal Data which you might provide if you choose to visit them. Third Party Sites are not governed by this policy and you should make reference to any cookies policies and privacy policies on any such Third Party Sites.

WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO OUR SITE AND THIS POLICY

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

 

YOU MUST KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS SAFE  

 

As set out elsewhere on our Website, you may register for Premium Membership or Free User status By registering on the Website, you are consenting to the use of Personal Data provided in the manner set out in our Privacy Policy from time to time. 

If you register as a Free User or Premium Member (as defined in our Privacy Policy, you must keep and treat your login details as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

 

HOW YOU MAY USE MATERIAL ON OUR SITE  

 

The site is directed to people residing in Ireland. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.

 

PWN Global is 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 must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from PWN Global or their 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.

 

USER-GENERATED CONTENT IS NOT APPROVED BY US  

 

This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including articles or webinars. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not necessarily represent our views or values.  

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to the websites of other companies and organisations (including our sponsors) which may be of interest to our members (“Third Party Sites”). However, we do not have any control over such Third Party Sites. We cannot therefore be responsible for the protection and privacy of any Personal Data which you might provide if you choose to visit them. Third Party Sites are not governed by this policy and you should make reference to any cookies policies and privacy policies on any such Third Party Sites

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.

 

EXCLUSION OF LIABLIITY 

We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

• use of, or inability to use, our site; or

• use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

In particular, we will not be liable for:

• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;

• business interruption;

• loss of anticipated savings;

• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or

• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

 

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES AND YOU MUST NOT INTRODUCE THEM  

We do not guarantee that the site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the site. You should use your own virus protection software.

 

You must not misuse the 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 the site, the server on which the site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the site. You must not attack the site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offence. 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 the site will cease immediately.

 

 

RULES ABOUT LINKING TO THE SITE  

 

You may link to www.pwndublin.net provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and relates to our core purpose 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 the site in any website that is not owned by you.

 The site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the site other than the home page.

 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

 

These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Irish law. By using this site, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Irish Courts.

 

WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SITE AND THESE TERMS OF USE

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

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