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Terms and conditions for SportsPro Events 2024

1. INTRODUCTION
   1.1 The SportsPro Events (hereinafter the “SportsPro Events”) is organised and managed by SportsPro Media Limited (hereinafter “SportsPro”), a company registered in England and Wales under the registration number 6667015 and whose registered office is at 2nd Floor, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SH, United Kingdom.
   1.2 References to “us” means SportsPro and references to “we” and “our” shall be construed accordingly. Reference to “you” means the entity completing a booking request and references to “your” shall be construed accordingly.
   1.3 All applications to register for SportsPro Events are made subject to these Terms & Conditions (which shall apply to the exclusion of any terms imposed by you).
   

2. BOOKINGS
   2.1 All registrations for SportsPro Events are subject to availability and to you making the required payment.
   2.2 Confirmation (or rejection) of your booking will be sent to you after the receipt of your booking request.
   2.3 Delegate passes issued for use at our Events, whether for in person attendance or for access virtually, are valid for the named attendee only and, subject to clause 4.2 below, cannot be transferred.
   

3. PRICES AND PAYMENT
   3.1 Please note that we require full payment in advance of our Events.
   3.2 Our prices for attending our Events are set out on the event website or on the relevant Event registration booking form. Prices may be subject to change from time to time.
   3.2 We will only accept payment for our Events via credit card, unless we expressly agree otherwise with you in writing. We reserve the right to cancel your booking at any time if payment is not made.
   

4. CHANGES TO THE EVENT, POSTPONEMENT AND CANCELLATION
   4.1 We reserve the right and shall be entitled to make changes to this Event at any time without liability to you including, without limitation, in respect of the advertised Content, as defined in Clause 7, or to any timings on the day, the date, the format, the venue and/or the location or the advertised speakers.
   4.2 We reserve the right and shall be entitled, in our sole discretion, to cancel or postpone the date of SportsPro Events. We shall give written notice to you of our decision to cancel or postpone the conference. In the case of our:
   4.2.1 postponement of SportsPro Events, we will offer you the choice of either:
   (i) a credit for a future Event run by SportsPro of your choice (up to the value of sum paid by you in respect of SportsPro Events); or
   (ii) the opportunity to attend SportsPro Events on the new date as varied.
   4.2.2 cancellation of the Event, we will offer you the choice of either:
   (i) a credit for a future Event run by SportsPro of your choice (up to the value of sum paid by you in respect of SportsPro Events); or
   (ii) a full refund of the sum paid by you in respect of SportsPro Events.
   4.3 Save for the provisions of Clause 5, if you are unable to attend SportsPro Events, no refunds will be given in respect of any cancellation by you. That notwithstanding, we would welcome a substitute delegate attending in your place at no extra cost provided that we have at least 48 hours prior notice of the name of your proposed substitute and have received your payment in full. Please notify us of any substitutions by email to: events@sportspromedia.com.
   4.4 If attending SportsPro Events from overseas and in the event of a visa not being issued to you after your place has been booked, no refund will be offered by us. We strongly advise that bookings are not made until visas have been obtained. We do not issue letters of invitation to anyone wishing to attend SportsPro Events. In the event of restrictions on entry into the country, and/or quarantine requirements being in place due to COVID-19 preventing your attendance at SportsPro Events our postponement or cancellation policy in Clause 4.2 will apply unless the entry restriction and/or quarantine requirement was put in place after your pass was purchased, in which circumstance no refund will be offered by us.
   

5. COVID-19
   5.1 You are advised that, in booking to attend SportsPro Events in person, you may be required to present evidence of a negative COVID-19 test result and/or proof of vaccination in line with Government legislation and/or guidance and/or any venue requirements. You will be advised of any COVID-19 related entry requirements in advance of the Event. Failure to comply with the entry requirements will result in your being unable to enter the Event venue.
   

6. FORCE MAJEURE
   6.1 We shall not be liable for any hindrance, failure or delay in performing any of our obligations arising out of or in connection with these Terms & Conditions as a result of an event or series of connected events beyond our reasonable control (including, without limitation, acts of God, extreme weather conditions, power failure, floods, lightning, storm, fire, explosion, war, riot, civil commotion, military operations, acts or threats of terrorism, malicious damage, strike action, lock-outs or other industrial action (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), default of suppliers or sub-contractors, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule regulation or direction, accident, failure or breakdown of plant, machinery, systems or vehicles, or a pandemic, epidemic, civil emergency or other widespread illness) (together a “Force Majeure Event”).
   6.2 In the event of a Force Majeure Event, we shall be entitled, without liability, at our sole discretion to vary, perform, suspend performance of, postpone, cancel this Event and/or the contract between us and/or terminate the contract between us subject to these Terms & Conditions on giving written notice to you.
   

7. CONTENT
   7.1 All rights in all presentations, documentation and materials published or otherwise made available as part of our Events including, but not limited to, any documentation packs or audio or audio-visual recording of this Event (together the “Content”) are owned by us or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. No recording, republication, broadcast, or other dissemination of the Content is permitted without the express written permission of SportsPro. You shall not distribute, reproduce, modify, store, transfer or in any other way use any of the Content (save that used by the relevant delegate for internal business purposes shall be permitted), and in particular (but without limitation) you shall not (and shall procure that each of your delegates shall not): upload any Content into any shared system; include any Content in a database; include any Content in a website or on any intranet; transmit, re-circulate or otherwise make available any Content to anyone else; make any commercial use of the Content whatsoever; or use Content in any way that might infringe third party rights or that may bring us or any of our affiliates into disrepute.
   7.2 The Content does not necessarily reflect our views or opinions. Views expressed by speakers are their own. We assume no responsibility for the Content or presentations, or materials provided by speakers at our Events, and we cannot give any warranty that the information will be accurate or up to date.
   7.3 Suggestions or advice contained in the Content should not be relied upon in place of professional or other advice. Whilst we take reasonable care to ensure that the Content created by us is accurate and complete, some of it is supplied by third parties and we are unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You should verify the accuracy of any information (whether supplied by us or third parties) before relying on it. The Content is provided on an “AS IS” basis without any warranties of any kind (express or implied). We hereby exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liabilities, costs, claims, damages, losses and/or expenses arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the Content or arising from any infringing, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material in the Content.
   7.4 To the extent that any Content is made available by us online we reserve the right to suspend or remove access to such Content at any time.
   

8. LIABILITY
   8.1 Subject to Clause 8.5, our aggregate liability to you, whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any damages, loss, costs, claims or expenses of any kind howsoever arising, out of in connection with any booking (or requested booking) made by you or otherwise in relation to our Events, shall be limited to the price paid by you in respect of your booking to attend this Event.
   8.2 Subject to Clause 8.5, we shall not be liable to you for (i) any loss of profit, loss of or damage to data, loss of anticipated savings or interest, loss of or damage to reputation or goodwill; (ii) any indirect, special or consequential damages, loss, costs, claims or expenses of any kind; (iii) costs of wasted management or staff time; or (iv) travel, accommodation or other costs and expenses.
   8.3 Subject to Clause 8.5 we exclude all liability for any action you may take or loss or injury you may suffer (whether direct or indirect, or any indirect, consequential or special loss) howsoever arising for advice given, or views expressed, by any speaker at our Events or in any material provided to delegates or as a result of you relying on the same.
   8.4 You agree to indemnify us, our staff and our affiliates and to hold us harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all loss, costs, claims or expenses of any kind arising from any act or omission by you (including your delegates) during or otherwise in relation to our Events.
   8.5 Nothing in this these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude either party’s liability for:
   8.5.1 death or personal injury caused by that party’s negligence, or the negligence of that party’s employees, agents or subcontractors;
   8.5.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
   8.5.3 any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
   

9. INSURANCE
   It is your responsibility to arrange appropriate insurance cover in connection with your attendance at our Events. We cannot be held liable for any loss, liability or damage to personal property in attending this Event.
   

10. PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING
    10.1 Professional photography and video production shall be taking place during our Events which will be used at a later date for promotional and other uses. Should you not want your photograph to be taken or used in this way, you should notify a member of staff or the photographer onsite.
    10.2 Sessions will be recorded and made available to view online post event for those with a relevant pass.
    

11. ADMISSIONS & REFUSALS
    SportsPro reserves the right without liability to refuse admission to, or to eject/block from, the Event (whether physical or virtual) any person in its absolute discretion, including (without limitation) any person who fails to comply with the entry requirements in these terms and conditions or who, in the opinion of SportsPro, represents a security risk, nuisance or annoyance to the running of the Event. You agree to comply with all reasonable instructions issued by SportsPro, the venue owners, security personnel and/or management at the Event.
    

12. DATA PROTECTION
    The information you have provided will be held by us in accordance with all legislation and regulations in force from time to time regulating the use of personal data and the privacy of electronic communications including, but not limited to, the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (the “UK GDPR”), as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 as amended, and any successor legislation.
    
    Registrations for SportsPro Events are managed using a system operated by a third party under contract to us. Data, including personal data, will be processed and stored on systems managed by this third party and us. This data can only be accessed by authorised members of our staff and, for the purposes of maintaining and supporting the system, by members of staff at the third party.
    
    We will use the data that you supply when registering to keep you updated with information about this Event.
    
    Information about how we may share your data
    
    SportsPro uses Swapcard, to provide our digital platform for our in-person Events. Swapcard as a third party is the ‘data processor’ and their data privacy policy can be viewed at www.swapcard.com/privacy-policy. When you register for this Event, a Swapcard account will automatically be created for you, using the information you provided when registering for your Event ticket. Your registration data will be visible to other attendees and sponsors of this Event, and you will be able to see their data in turn. This is for the purpose of business networking. You can control the visibility of your registration data within your Swapcard account at any time by signing in and manually editing your Swapcard settings. Please note that if you change your Swapcard profile to ‘not visible’, this will prevent other attendees from networking with you on the platform..
    
    If you are attending an awards ceremony, or an evening reception or dinner, we may list your name, job title and the company in the delegate list, which will be available to all attendees for the purposes of business networking.
    
    Where we contract with additional third parties to deliver our Events, we may also provide them with access to this data in order for them to fulfil their contracted services to us. We will store the information you have provided on this form in a CRM system. We will use it for the administration of our Events, to improve the services we provide and, wherever you have chosen to opt in, to inform you via email of our future news, events and other relevant activities of ours. You can choose to update your preferences or to unsubscribe from our emails of this kind at any time. You may also get your information updated or removed from our CRM system by emailing events@sportspromedia.com.
    
    Unless you have specifically opted in to receive marketing communications from sponsors by email, your personal details will not be shared with any other organisation, except for as outlined above.
    
    The information you submit will not be kept for any longer than is needed. The length of time will depend upon whether we have a business need for keeping the information and/or if the law requires that we keep the information for a particular length of time. We may ask you to confirm your personal details to ensure they are accurate. Registrations for our Events are processed through an externally appointed third party. The information will be kept in a secure environment. It will be held on computer databases that can only be accessed by our authorised employees and any authorised appointed external event management company. As you have provided personal information, we need you to consent to the processing of this data. By submitting this online booking form you are agreeing to us processing this data as described above.
    

13. GENERAL
    13.1 These Terms and Conditions (together with any documents referred to herein or required to be entered into pursuant to these Terms and Conditions) contain the entire agreement and understanding between us and supersede all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements (both oral and written) relating to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions and any such document.
    13.2 We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions. We will do this by altering these Terms and Conditions on the Event website in question and this alteration will then be of immediate effect.
    13.3 You acknowledge that in registering a delegate place you have not relied on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty, understanding, promise or assurance (whether negligently or innocently made) of any person other than as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions.
    13.4 These Terms and Conditions shall not create, nor shall they be construed as creating, any partnership or agency relationship between us.
    13.5 You accept that communication with us may be electronic. We may contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. You agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all such communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal or contractual requirement that such communication be made in writing.
    13.6 Save as set out in Clause 4.3 and Clause 5.2 you are not permitted to re-sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any of your rights or obligations arising under these Terms and Conditions.
    13.7 Each and every provision of these Terms and Conditions is separate and severable. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the validity and enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall not be affected.
    13.8 These Terms and Conditions and the rights and obligations of both parties shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales and both parties irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in respect of any dispute which arises hereunder.

SportsPro understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits the events website, (“Our Site”), and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our Site.

Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Account” - means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our Site;

“Cookie” - means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our Site and/or when you use certain features of our site. Details of the Cookies used by our site are set out below;

“Cookie Law” - means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003;

“personal data” - means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and

“We/Us/Our” - means SportsPro Media, a limited company registered in England under company number 6667015, whose registered address is WeWork c/o SportsPro, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SH, United Kingdom.

Information About Us

Our Site is owned and operated by SportsPro Media, a limited company registered in England under company number 6667015, whose registered address is WeWork c/o SportsPro, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SH, United Kingdom.

What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

• The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
• The right of access to the personal data we hold about you;
• The right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us using the details in the section below);
• The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you. We only hold your personal data for a limited time, but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact us using the details below;
• The right to restrict or prevent the processing of your personal data;
• The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
• The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
• Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the details provided below and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

What Data Do We Collect?

Depending upon your use of our site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data.

• name;
• gender;
• business/company name
• job title;
• profession;
• contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
• demographic information such as post code, preferences, and interests;
• financial information such as credit / debit card numbers; IP address;
• web browser type and version;
• operating system; and
• a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on our site, and the site you exit to.

How Do We Use Your Data?

All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times.

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:

• Providing and managing your Account;
• Providing and managing your access to our site;
• Personalising and tailoring your experience on our site;
• Supplying our services to you (please note that we require your -personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
• Personalising and tailoring our services for you;
• Replying to emails from you;
• Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by clicking on the email link); Internal analysis and research; and
• Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience.

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email or telephone with information, news and offers on our services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

Third parties whose content appears on our site may use third party Cookies, as detailed below. Please refer to that section for more information on controlling Cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data they collect and use and advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.

We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.

Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using our site and submitting information to us. If we do store data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR.

Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.

Do We Share Your Data?

We may share your data with other companies in our group for analysis and to improve the performance of our services to you. This includes our subsidiaries.

We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.

We may sometimes use third party data processors that are located outside of the EEA. Where we transfer any personal data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR.

In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.

What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.

How Can You Control Your Data?

In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out above, when you submit personal data via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details and by managing your Account).

You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

Your Right to Withhold Information

You may access certain areas of our site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

How Can You Access Your Data?

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details at dataservices@sportspromedia.com, or using the contact details below.

Our Use of Cookies

You can view our Cookie Policy on the Event website.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about our site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at dataservices@sportspromedia.com, by telephone on +44 (0)20 7871 0123, or by post at WeWork c/o SportsPro, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 8SH, United Kingdom. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data we hold about you.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.