Last updated: February 20, 2024
The Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your use of our website TheNetworkVOCAL.com (“TNV”), whether as a guest or registered user. Use of TNV includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use TNV, as well as our interactions with you on third party platforms.
The Terms are a binding legal contract between you and TNV. Please read the Terms carefully before using TNV.
By using TNV, you confirm that you agree to be bound by the Terms.
Do not use the TNV if you do not accept the Terms.
TheNetworkVOCAL.com is a website operated by THE NETWORK VOCAL, a limited liability company (“We”). We are registered in The United Kingdom under company number 14450144.
The Terms, together with the documents referred to in it, constitute the entire agreement between you and TNV. In the event that any provision in these Terms becomes invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it will not affect the enforceability or validity of the remaining provisions and will be replaced by an enforceable provision that comes closest to the underlying intention of the unenforceable provision. Our failure to enforce any provisions in the Terms or respond to any breach by you or other parties shall not in any way waive our right to enforce subsequently any terms or conditions of the Terms or to act with respect to similar breaches.
We have the right to change these Terms at any point and for any reason by amending this page. You will see the date of revision at the top of the page and you are responsible for reviewing this agreement for updates and amendments. By continuing to use TNV you will be deemed to have agreed and accepted any amendments. If you do not agree to any changes in the Terms, you must discontinue using TNV.
We may update the TNV from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on the TNV may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that TNV, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
Use of TNV is made available free of charge. Some components of TNV require paid membership and/or the creation of a free profile to continue. To make a free profile, visit www.thenetworkvocal.com/register/
You are responsible for ensuring you have the correct profile type. Any member who solely promotes the offerings and services of an Organisation, but registers with one of the individual profiles types will be notified by email, and given 2 weeks to upgrade to the Organisation profile type. TNV reserves the right to cancel any membership for any TNV member who does not comply.
We do not guarantee that TNV, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to TNV is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the TNV without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason TNV is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to TNV.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access TNV through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
TNV reserves the right to refuse or cancel membership for any TNV member without explanation. Where applicable, in the event that membership is cancelled or refused at will by TNV, a full refund of the unused portion of a subscription will be given, based on the amount per month, minus an administration fee.
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in TNV, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from TNV for your personal use.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on TNV must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on TNV for commercial purposes without entering into an agreement with us as an Authorised User or otherwise obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of TNV in breach of these Terms, your right to use TNV will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. Any user’s membership may also be terminated with immediate effect and without reimbursement of fees.
The content on TNV 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 TNV.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on TNV, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to TNV or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any user 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:
If you are a Higher Musical Educational Institution (HMEI) user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:
If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide TNV for domestic and private use. You agree not to use TNV 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.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programmes, data or other proprietary material due to your use of TNV or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on TNV. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to TNV, or to make contact with other users of TNV, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
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.
Any content you upload to TNV will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of TNV a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you licence to us are described in the next paragraph (Rights you licence).
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 TNV constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of TNV.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on TNV if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
The views expressed by other users on TNV do not represent our views or values.
When you upload or post content to TNV, you grant the following licence:
We do not guarantee that TNV will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access TNV. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse TNV by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to TNV, the server on which TNV is stored or any server, computer or database connected to TNV. You must not attack TNV via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use TNV will cease immediately.
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to TNV in any website that is not owned by you.
TNV must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of TNV other than the home page or in the case of MEMBERS, to your personal profile page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
If you wish to make any use of content on TNV other than that set out above, please contact info@thenetworkvocal.com
Where TNV contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the LCIA Rules, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be London, England. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The governing law of the contract shall be the substantive law of England & Wales. Notwithstanding the foregoing, THE NETWORK VOCAL LTD shall be entitled to seek emergency or injunctive relief, security, or other equitable remedies from the Courts of England and Wales or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
If you have any questions concerning this policy, you may contact info@thenetworkvocal.com or www.thenetworkvocal.com
Last updated: February 20, 2024
The Network: VOCAL (“We”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Privacy and Cookie Policy (together with our Terms of Service and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting TheNetworkVOCAL.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
The data controller is The Network: VOCAL. Our nominated representative is Emma Elliott.
The law on data protection, based on the General Data Protection Regulation and formerly the Data Protection Act, sets out a number of different reasons for which a company may collect and process your personal data, including:
We may collect and process the following data about you:
If you wish to change how we use your data, you’ll find details in the ‘What are your rights’ section below. Remember, if you choose not to share your personal data with us, or refuse certain contact permissions, we might not be able to provide some services you’ve asked for.
How we’ll use your personal data. Information you give to us. We will use this information:
Information we collect about you. We will use this information:
Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may share your information with selected third parties including:
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. The Network: VOCAL will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted [using SSL technology]. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of TNV, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to TNV; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
We know how much data security matters to all our clients. With this in mind we will treat your data with the utmost care and take all appropriate steps to protect it. Our computers and mobile devices are all password protected.
We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and constantly review our security.
Whenever we collect or process your personal data, we’ll only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted completely or anonymised, for example by aggregation with other data so that it can be used in a non-identifiable way for statistical analysis and business planning.
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) requires us to keep records of contracts, payments and invoices for 7 years. We will therefore normally hold information of any contracts for this long.
The information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in certain circumstances. For example, if we contract with service providers based outside the EEA, or if any of our servers are at any time based outside the EEA (including ‘cloud’ service provision). If it is, then we put in place controls to make sure that your information has the same level of protection as if it was inside the EEA. Where we would have to disclose your personal information to third parties, in any circumstances, we will always take appropriate steps to ensure that such third parties are responsible and trusted and that your personal information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy and Cookie Policy, and to European and UK Data Protection standards or equivalent.
TNV may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave TNV, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites such as social media websites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy and Cookie Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.
The Network: VOCAL provides you with access to your personal information and tools to manage this. If you have provided us with personal information, it is your responsibility to ensure that it is correct and up to date. This will enable us to provide you with the best service possible. Please contact us as soon as possible if you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete.
You have the right to request:
Whenever you have given us your consent to use your personal data, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.
In cases where we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation. We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data.
You can stop direct marketing communications from us by contacting us by telephone, email, post or via social media. You have the right to stop the use of your personal data for direct marketing activity through all channels, or selected channels. We must always comply with your request.
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at info@thenetworkvocal.com.
TNV may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
If you feel that your data has not been handled correctly, or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
You can contact the ICO by calling 0303 123 1113 or go online to http://www.ico.org.uk/concerns (opens in a new window; please note we can’t be responsible for the content of external websites).
If you are based outside the UK, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection regulator in your country of residence.
By using our services or providing your personal data to us, you expressly consent to the processing of your personal data by us or on our behalf. Of course, you still have the right to ask us not to process your data in certain ways, and if you do so, we will respect your wishes.
Sometimes we’ll need to transfer your personal data between countries to enable us to supply the goods or services you’ve requested. In the ordinary course of business, we may transfer your personal data from your country of residence to ourselves and to third parties located in the UK.
By dealing with us, you are giving your consent to this overseas use, transfer and disclosure of your personal data outside your country of residence for our ordinary business purposes.
This may occur because our information technology storage facilities and servers are located outside your country of residence, and could include storage of your personal data on servers in the UK.
We’ll ensure that reasonable steps are taken to prevent third parties outside your country of residence using your personal data in any way that’s not set out in this Privacy and Cookie Policy. We’ll also make sure we adequately protect the confidentiality and privacy of your personal data.
Any changes we may make to our Privacy and Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve TNV. [By continuing to browse TNV, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of TNV.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after one year.
We hope this Privacy and Cookie Policy has been helpful in setting out the way we handle your personal data and your rights to control it. Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy and Cookie Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@thenetworkvocal.com.