By using UnderPinned, you are indicating that you have read these terms and conditions and you understand, and you consent to be bound by, all the terms and conditions of the agreement.
These Terms & Conditions (Ts&Cs) form a legal agreement between the end user (you, your) and Underpinned Ltd (our, us or we) for your use of the Underpinned services, which includes our application software, our user guides, our virtual office services and any other services (including support) we make available to you, and our content made available to you (the Services).
We make the Services available to you on the basis of these Ts&Cs.
BY DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING AND USING THE SERVICES OR CLICKING ON THE “ACCEPT” BUTTON WHEN CREATING AN ACCOUNT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE Ts&Cs. IF YOU DON’T AGREE TO THEM, PLEASE DON’T ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES.
1.1. These Ts&Cs apply to the Services, including any updates or supplements (except where separate terms are stated to apply).
1.2. In these Ts&Cs, words like ‘include’ and ‘including’ are not words of limitation.
1.3. We may change these Ts&Cs from time to time, including for the following reasons:
1.4. We will aim to notify you before making any material changes to these Ts&Cs, unless the changes need to be implemented quickly for legal or security reasons, in which case we will notify you of the changes as soon as we can. For all other changes we will generally notify you when you next access the Services and you will be required to confirm that you have read and accept them to continue your use of the Services.
1.5. If any change to these Ts&Cs will materially disadvantage you or materially impact the availability of the Services, we will provide you with 30 days’ notice before the changes become effective.
1.6. From time to time, we may issue updates to the Services. To get the best experience, we recommend that you accept any updates as and when they become available (which may also require you to update your device operating system). Depending on the update, you may not be able to use the Services until you have accessed the latest version of the Services and accepted any new terms.
1.7. You confirm that you have obtained permission from the owner of any device which you do not own and which you may use to access the Services. You accept responsibility in accordance with these Ts&Cs for the use of the Services on any device, whether or not it is owned by you.
1.8. You acknowledge that you have read and understood our privacy policy (as may be updated from time to time), available at https://underpinned.co/privacy. By using the Services, you consent to our collecting and using technical information about the devices and related software, hardware and peripherals for Services that are internet-based (including your web browser and its version number and details of any add-ons or plug-ins you are using) to improve our products and to provide the Services to you.
1.9. The Services may contain links to, or the provision of products and services by, independent third parties (Third-Party Services), which may be subject to separate, additional terms (Third-Party Terms). The fees for any Third-Party Services will be included in the fees for our Services (if any) unless we or the relevant third party tells you otherwise. The Third-Party Terms will form a separate contract between you and the provider of the Third-Party Services. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the Third-Party Services, or any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from them, and we will not have any liability under or in relation to the Third-Party Terms.
1.10. The Services may contain open-source software which may, where specified, be governed by separate terms.
1.11. You may be accessing the Services due to our partnerships with universities or other organisations of which you are a member or are affiliated with in some way (a Partner). These Ts&Cs form an independent contract between you and us in respect of the Services and we in no way accept any liability for or on behalf of a Partner.
While using the Services, you may share confidential information with us, and you may become aware of confidential information about us. You and we both agree to take reasonable steps to protect the other party’s confidential information from being accessed by unauthorised individuals. You or we may share each other’s confidential information with legal or regulatory authorities if required to do so. We may also share certain confidential information about you with as set out in our privacy policy.