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Terms of Service

Tempo Reading Global Limited Terms of Service

 

WHAT’S IN THESE TERMS?

This agreement lays out the rules for accessing and using our mobile application Tempo Reading and website Temporeading.com (collectively referred to as "our products"). We also consider both our sites and programs as part of "our products" for clarity.

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References to these terms and/or to these terms of use shall mean and include the Acceptable Use Policy at schedule 1 hereto.

 

WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT US

Our products are operated by Tempo Reading Global Limited (“We”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 14582726 and have our registered office at 20-22 WENLOCK ROAD LONDON N1 7GU 

To contact us, please use our Enquiries Page


 

BY USING OUR PRODUCTS YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS

Using our products signifies your acceptance of these terms and agreement to follow them. If you disagree, please don't use our products.


 

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 products:

  • Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data collected from you when you use our products. By using our products, you agree to these terms and confirm that all information you provide is accurate.

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WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may periodically update these terms. Please revisit them regularly to ensure you understand the current policies governing your use of our products.


 

WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO OUR PRODUCTS

To keep things fresh and meet your evolving needs, we may occasionally update and change our products. We'll strive to inform you well in advance of any major changes.


 

WE MAY SUSPEND OR WITHDRAW OUR PRODUCTS

Our products are made available free of charge to consumers for a limited period. We do not guarantee that our products, 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 products for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. In relation to business users who are paying for one or more products, this paragraph shall apply subject to the terms and conditions on which you purchase those products.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our products through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

 

YOU MUST KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS SAFE

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any user identification code, password, or other security information provided to you as part of our security procedures. You must not disclose such information to any third party. We reserve 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 judgment you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use. Should you become aware of, or suspect, any unauthorized access to your user identification code or password, you shall promptly notify us via our Enquiries Page.
 

HOW YOU MAY USE MATERIAL ON OUR PRODUCTS

  1. We, or our licensors, hold exclusive ownership or lawful licenses to all intellectual property rights inherent to our products and the materials published therein.These works are protected by copyright laws and international treaties. All such rights are reserved.

  2. You are granted the limited right to print a single copy, or download extracts, of any page(s) from our products solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may further share said content within your organization, provided proper attribution is maintained.

  3. Any alterations, modifications, or manipulations of the aforementioned printed or downloaded material, whether physical or digital, are strictly prohibited.Furthermore, the separate or isolated use of illustrations, photographs,video/audio sequences, or graphics, detached from their accompanying text, is expressly forbidden.

  4. You acknowledge and uphold our (and any identified contributors') authorship of all content presented on our products.

  5. The utilization of any content within our products for commercial purposes is strictly contingent upon obtaining a license from us or our licensors.

  6. Violation of these terms of use through unauthorized printing, copying, or downloading of any portion of our products will result in the immediate termination of your right to access our products. Additionally, at our sole discretion, you may be required to return or destroy any infringing copies you possess.

 

DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON OR IN THE PRODUCTS

  1. The information contained within and presented through our products is intended solely for general informational purposes. It is not to be construed as professional advice or guidance upon which you should base any decisions or actions. Always seek the counsel of qualified professionals or specialists before undertaking or abstaining from any action based on the information presented within our products.

  2. While we exert reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy and timeliness of the information provided within our products, we offer no express or implied representations, warranties, or guarantees concerning the absolute accuracy,completeness, or currentness of said information.

 

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBSITES WE LINK TO

 

The inclusion of links to third-party websites and resources within our products serves solely as an informational offering. The mere presence of such links should not be misconstrued as our endorsement of either the linked websites or any information accessible thereon.
 

We disclaim any and all control over the content or activities of such third-party websites or resources.

 

USER-GENERATED CONTENT IS NOT APPROVED BY US

The products may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the products, including to bulletin boards, surveys and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our products do not represent our views or values.

If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us at our Enquiries Page.

 

OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

  • We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

  • To the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide the products “as is” and make no warranty of any kind, including without limitation availability, reliability or fitness for any particular purpose.

If you are a business user:

  • Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products to you on a chargeable basis, which will be set out in our contract with you in relation to such chargeable supply.

  • We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our products 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 products; or

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

  • 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.\

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If you are a consumer user:

  • Please note that we only provide our products for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our products for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

  • If defective digital content that we have supplied, damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage that you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage that was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.

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UPLOADING CONTENT TO OUR PRODUCTS

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our products, or to make contact with other users of our products, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy at schedule 1 hereto.

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 products will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but by uploading the content you grant us a license as further described in the section below titled Rights you are giving us to use material you upload.

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 products 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 products if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy at schedule 1 hereto.

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.


 

RIGHTS YOU ARE GIVING US TO USE MATERIAL YOU UPLOAD

When you upload or post content to our products (“your content”), you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, create derivative works based upon, make publicly available and otherwise exploit your content for our business purposes, including without limitation to provide and advertise products to you and to third parties.


 

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES AND YOU MUST NOT INTRODUCE THEM
Security and System Integrity:

  1. We offer no guarantee of absolute security or complete immunity from software errors or malicious code within our products.

  2. The responsibility for configuring your information technology infrastructure,computer programs, and platform to access our products lies solely with you.

  3. Additionally, the implementation of appropriate virus protection software is your individual responsibility.

  4. You are strictly prohibited from engaging in any activities that constitute misuse of our products. This includes, but is not limited to, the deliberate introduction of malware such as viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or any other technologically harmful material. Furthermore, you shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to our products, the server on which they reside, or any associated server, computer, or database. Additionally, launching denial-of-service attacks, distributed denial-of-service attacks, or any other attack against our products is expressly forbidden.

  5. Engaging in any of the aforementioned activities constitutes a criminal offense under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. In the event of such a breach, we will report the incident to the relevant law enforcement authorities and cooperate fully by disclosing your identity. Additionally, your right to access and utilize our products will be immediately terminated.

 

RULES ABOUT LINKING TO OUR PRODUCTS

You may link to our websites, 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 products in any website that is not permissible by you. Our products must not be framed on any other products. 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 our Acceptable Use Policy at schedule 1 hereto.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our products other than that set out above, please contact us at our Enquiries Page.

 

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 MARKS ARE REGISTERED

Tempo Reading is a registered Trade Mark of Tempo Reading Global Limited.  You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under How you may use material on our products.

 

Schedule 1 – Acceptable Use Policy

PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THESE PRODUCTS

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WHAT’S IN THIS POLICY?

This acceptable use policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our products, make contact with other users on our products, link to our products, or interact with our products in any other way.

 

PROHIBITED USES

You may use our products only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our products:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.

  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.

  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards as set out in this policy.

  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our products in contravention of the provisions of our terms of use; and

  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

  • any part of our products;

  • any equipment or network on which our products is stored;

  • any software used in the provision of our products; or

  • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive Services:

  1. We may, at our discretion, offer interactive features on our products, including but not limited to:

    • Chat rooms

    • Bulletin boards

    • Polls

    • Surveys

(collectively referred to as "Interactive Services").

  1. When providing any Interactive Service, we shall offer clear and comprehensive information concerning its nature, the presence and type of moderation employed (human or technical), and the intended audience.

  2. We shall undertake reasonable efforts to evaluate potential risks to users, particularly minors, arising from interactions with third parties within any Interactive Service offered on our products. Based on this assessment, we will determine the appropriate level and type of moderation, if any, deemed necessary to mitigate such risks. However, it is expressly understood that we are not obligated to oversee, monitor, or moderate any Interactive Service on our products. We further disclaim any and all liability for any loss or damage resulting from a user's contravention of our content standards, regardless of whether the Interactive Service is moderated or not.

  3. The utilization of our products by individuals under the age of 13 is strictly prohibited. Any minor aged 13 or above wishing to utilize our Interactive Services must obtain prior consent from their parent or guardian. We strongly advise parents permitting their children to access Interactive Services to engage in open communication regarding online safety, as moderation cannot guarantee absolute protection. Furthermore, it is crucial to educate minors utilizing Interactive Services about potential risks they may encounter.

  4. In the event that we provide moderation for an Interactive Service, we shall typically offer users a designated means of communication with the moderator to address any concerns or difficulties they may encounter.

 

CONTENT STANDARDS

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our products (“Contribution“), and to any interactive services associated with it.

The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

We will determine, in our absolute discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.

A Contribution must:

  • Be accurate (where it states facts).

  • Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).

  • Comply with the law applicable in England and Wales and in any country from which it is posted.

A Contribution must not:

  • Be defamatory of any person.

  • Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.

  • Promote sexually explicit material.

  • Promote violence.

  • Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.

  • Be likely to deceive any person.

  • Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.

  • Promote any illegal activity.

  • Be in contempt of court.

  • Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

  • Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.

  • Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from , if this is not the case.

  • Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

  • Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

  • Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other products.

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BREACH OF THIS POLICY

When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our products, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our products.

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our products.

  • Issue of a warning to you.

  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.

  • Further legal action against you.

  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
 


 

WHICH COUNTRY’S LAWS APPLY TO ANY DISPUTES?

  • For Consumers:

  • This policy, its content, and its creation are governed by English law. Both you and we agree that any disputes arising from this policy shall be settled exclusively by the courts of England and Wales. However, if you reside in Northern Ireland, you may also choose to initiate proceedings in Northern Ireland courts, and if you reside in Scotland, you may also choose to initiate proceedings in Scottish courts.

  • For Businesses:

  • This policy, its content, and its creation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. Both you and we agree that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from this policy.

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