PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
1.1. Platform - WorldUnion.org website and all services, offered by World Union Foundation and other Service providers.
1.2 Buyer - A natural person or a company, registered on a Platform and agreed to these Conditions.
1.3 Donor or Investor - Natural person or a company, registered on a Platform and signed up for one of the services with a goal to make voluntary donations to the Social Project.
1.4 Parties - Collaborators, Investor, Platform, Platform Associated Partners, Project Facilitators
1.5 Personal Data - any collected data, that is connected or identifies a Natural person, representing Parties on the Platform
1.6 Social Project
A project listed on the platform, containing assumptions and expected outcomes of social nature, that is accepting donations.
1.7 Donation - Voluntary pledge in a form of financial payment, made to the platform to conduct the Social Projects
1.8 Subscription - Service agreement between Investor and the Platform, describing set of rules and services, made available to the investor according to the product and tier description.
1.9 Reward - Services provided by Project Facilitator in exchange for a donation, listed in the Social Project and delivered to the Investor either via platform or directly.
2.1. About these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website worldunion.org (our site) and associated applications (our services).
2.2. Our Services covered by this consent
Worldunion.org (Platform/Service) - Philanthropy services
wu.to - (service) - Short links service.
2.3. Who we are and how to contact us?
Our site and services are operated by World Union Foundation (we or us). We are registered in the United Kingdom under company number 12992185 and have our registered office at 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom.
To contact us, please go to contact section on our site or write us on [email protected]
2.4. By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site or any of our services, 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.
2.5. 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 site:
Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
Our Investment Agreement or Project Donations Agreement which regulates third parties, who can list and offer services at our site or facilitate projects.
2.6. We may make changes to these terms
We amend these terms from time to time to protect your rights and follow government regulations. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
2.7. We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users' needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
We may suspend or withdraw our site.
Our site is made available free of charge, except paid services and subscriptions that Parties have chosen to purchase.
We do not guarantee that our site, 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 site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
2.8 Who can create an account
Out site and services are entitled only for legal entities, their employees and official representatives, including
Natural person
Solo entrepreneurs or self-employed
Limited and unlimited companies
Partnerships
Non-profit organizations
Registered associations
Non-government/Non-profit organizations (NGO)
Charities
Government organizations
You can act in following distinctive roles and receive separate services:
Investor
Collaborator
Platform Associated Partner
Project Facilitator
Some services and conditions in this agreement may not apply to your role and are for information purposes.
We are not allowed to conduct financial operations with entities from countries including the EU and UK sanctions list. Please refer to current lists of sanctions.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets/consolidated-list-of-targets
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/european-union-sanctions_en
2.9. Recommendations and personalization
As part of our service, we will recommend features, products, and services, including third party ads that might be of interest to you, identify your preferences, and personalise your experience.
3.1 Your licence
Subject to your compliance with these Conditions of Use, we or our content providers grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to access and make personal and non-commercial use of our services. This licence does not include any resale or commercial use of any our service or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of any service or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
All rights not expressly granted to you in these Conditions of Use are reserved and retained by us or our licensors, suppliers or other content providers. No our service, nor any part of any of our service, may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent.
3.2. Your account
You need your own user account to use some of our site’s services, and you may be required to be logged into the account.
If you use any of our services you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and to the extent permitted by applicable law you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account.
You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be used in an unauthorised manner. You are responsible for ensuring that the details you provide us with are correct and complete, and for informing us of any changes to the information you have provided.
You must not use any of our services: (i) in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, any of our Services, or any access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way, or (ii) for fraudulent purposes, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful activity, or (iii) to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety.
We have the right to disable any user or password,at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
3.3. How you may use material on our sites
We are 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 us.
You may not extract and/or re-utilise parts of the content of any service without our express written consent. In particular, you may not utilise any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract (whether once or many times) for re-utilisation of any substantial parts of the content of any service, without our express written consent. You may also not create and/or publish your own database that features substantial parts of any of our services (e.g. our prices and product listings) without our express written consent.
4.1.Our role
We allow third Project Facilitators to list Social Projects at our site and ensure safe donations transactions. In each such case this is indicated on the respective Social Projects detail page. We act as a service provider to facilitate transactions that are carried out on our platform, ensuring Projects are delivering their promised value to the Donators. In any of our Services, we do not give investment advice or influence Investors decisions to fund Social Projects in any way. We provide all required information and services to ensure Investors are well-informed about risks and challenges, and potential financial losses that can occur as the result of their decisions.
4.2.Our service description
We provide a venue, tools and services, payment means for Investors, Collaborators and Project Facilitators to initiate, conduct and fund Social Projects.
The Project Facilitator is responsible for dealing with any Investors claims or any other issue arising out of or in connection with the contract between the Project and Investor.
We are responsible for your 100% satisfaction with donations you make.You can raise doubts in legitimacy of the Project by submitting a claim in the Resolution centre. To reserve this right you need to submit a complaint within 14 days of the donation, after which the donation is considered completed and all complaints need to be forwarded to the Project Facilitator as a part of a Projects Contract.
For conditions relating to the Investment on our website refer to the Investment Agreement that Investor signs during the Donation process, as well as two-sided Donations Agreement, that is signed between Project Facilitator and Investor.
4.3. Our liability
We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of our services will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, due to the nature of the internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to our services may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.
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
losses that were not caused by any breach on our part, or
use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site, or
business interruption, loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation, or
any business loss (including loss of profits, revenue, contracts, data, goodwill or wasted expenditure), or
any indirect or consequential losses that were not foreseeable to both you and us when you commenced using our services.
We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond our reasonable control. This condition does not affect your rights to expect outcomes, described by the Project.
The laws of some countries do not allow some or all of the limitations described above. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above limitations may not apply to you and you might have additional rights.
4.4. Monitoring
We will monitor, еvаluаtе, аnd analyse cоntеnt, and аnу uѕе of аnd ассеѕѕ tо our services, including to determine соmрliаnсе with thеѕе conditions аnd any other operating rules that mау bе established by us from tіmе to tіmе. We will also hаvе the rіght tо edit, move, delete, or rеfuѕе to make available аnу content mаdе available thrоugh this site or any other service, for any rеаѕоn, including violation of thеѕе Terms and Conditions, whether for legal or other rеаѕоnѕ. Despite this right оf ours, уоu аrе ѕоlеlу rеѕроnѕіblе fоr аnу cоntеnt уоu mаkе аvаіlаblе, аnd you аgrее tо іndеmnіfу us fоr аll сlаіmѕ rеѕultіng from any content уоu make available.
4.5. Content and materials
We and ourѕ Project Facilitators and lісеnѕоrѕ may make аvаіlаblе various Mаtеrіаlѕ. The Matеrіаlѕ are for education аnd іnfоrmаtіоnаl рurроѕеѕ only, аnd errors may арреаr from time to tіmе. Before you act in rеlіаnсе on any materials, you ѕhоuld соnfіrm аnу fасtѕ that are іmроrtаnt to уоur decision. We mаkе no wаrrаntу аѕ to thе rеlіаbіlіtу, accuracy, tіmеlіnеѕѕ, usefulness, or completeness оf аnу mаtеrіаlѕ. If уоu find an еrrоr оr nоtісе ѕоmеthіng thаt dоеѕ not look right on this site or other our services we wоuld аррrесіаtе іt if уоu let uѕ knоw bу соntасtіng our Customer Care team.
4.6 Projects
Our sіtеѕ mау mаkе аvаіlаblе listings, descriptions, and іmаgеѕ оf Social Projects (our projects) that are conducting their operations on our Platform. Such projects are made available by us or bу third раrtіеѕ. Wе mаkе nо rерrеѕеntаtіоnѕ аѕ tо thе completeness, ассurасу, reliability, validity, оr tіmеlіnеѕѕ оf ѕuсh listings, descriptions, or іmаgеѕ (including аnу fеаturеѕ, ѕресіfісаtіоnѕ, and claims). Such іnfоrmаtіоn аnd thе availability of any project аrе ѕubjесt tо сhаngе at аnу tіmе wіthоut notice and is not guaranteed.
When the donation is made, a Donation Contract is formed between Investor, Project Facilitator and the Platform, containing full conditions and description of the project at the time of payment.
General rules for projects that are listed on our services:
We hаve no lіаbіlіtу tо you fоr соntеnt on any of our services, thаt you find to be оffеnѕіvе, indecent, оr objectionable.
We are not rеѕроnѕіblе fоr, and cannot guarantee the реrfоrmаnсе of projects and ѕеrvісеѕ рrоvіdеd bу Projects Facilitators due to their social nature.
All Impact metrics are a subjective view of the Project Facilitator and cannot be measured or confirmed with accuracy.
Always read information рrоvіdеd by the Social Project. By making a donation you agree to all Projects’s terms and conditions as a part of your two-side Donations Agreement.
4.7.Reward Purchase
Rewards are a form of donations, with attached promises of services, provided by the Project Facilitator and attached to the Donations Agreement.
Wе rеѕеrvе thе right to rеfuѕе or cancel an reward purchase fоr аnу rеаѕоn including lіmіtаtіоnѕ on capacities available for рurсhаѕе, inaccuracies, or еrrоrѕ in project or reward description.
If you haven’t received any services described in the reward, you may open a claim using our Resolution Center within the timeframe, promised in the Reward description delivery terms that are part of the Donations Agreement.
4.9. Third Pаrtу Sites
References оn our sites and service to any nаmеѕ, mаrkѕ, products, оr services оf thіrd parties, оr lіnkѕ tо third-party sites or information, are nоt an еndоrѕеmеnt, sponsorship, оr rесоmmеndаtіоn оf thе thіrd раrtу оr іtѕ іnfоrmаtіоn, products, оr services. We are nоt rеѕроnѕіblе fоr thе соntеnt оf any third-раrtу linked site оr аnу lіnk соntаіnеd in a linked ѕіtе, including any third-раrtу social mеdіа оr mоbіlе арр platform with which our sites operate оr otherwise interact, nоr іѕ we are rеѕроnѕіblе fоr thе асtѕ or omissions of аnу ореrаtоr оf аnу ѕuсh site оr рlаtfоrm. Yоur use of any ѕuсh third-party site or platform is аs уоur оwn rіѕk, аnd will be governed bу such thіrd раrtу'ѕ terms аnd роlісіеѕ (including its рrіvасу policy).
5.1 You agree with these buying conditions by creating an account and clicking “Agree to Terms & Conditions” checkbox
5.2 When submitting a Donation you agree that your personal data will be processed by a third party, a Project Facilitator of the project you chose. Our privacy policy and data sharing policies extend to the Project Facilitator.
5.3 When you submit and transfer a donation you sign a legally-binding Donations Agreement
5.3.1 If the project contains additional copyright limitations or use conditions, by checking the box “Agree” you sign a legally-binding contract, that is part of your agreement between you and the seller.
5.4 Project information will be saved and will serve as a proof of additional conditions, indicated in the Project description.
5.5 If you’ve made a mistake in amount, you have a right to cancel within 24 hours of payment made.
5.6 If you wish to cancel the donation after this term but no longer than 14 days after the settlement of the payment, you can submit an “Donation cancellation form”, found in the order’s menu, but the final decision is at the discretion of the Project Facilitator.
5.7 If your donations have been paid, but cancelled by you or the Project Facilitator, you will receive a full refund within the Refund Terms, described in this document.
5.8 If part of your reward, you’ve received a product that is faulty and dysfunctional, you have a right to return or exchange the product within the period indicated in the reward description or set by the law. By purchasing rewards of the project you agree to these additional terms and Conditions.
5.9 You have a responsibility to accept the reward from the Project Facilitator at the address and person indicated during the order process. Failure to accept the delivery may cause additional costs of storage or return, that you will be liable for.
5.10 Only transactions and verbal agreements made using platform services are covered by our Donors Protection policy and ensure your buyer’s rights.
6.1 You, as a Project Facilitator, can approve or cancel the donation, during the “Awaiting Confirmation” stage. This cancellation can affect your rating.
6.3 Your responsibility is to read and follow all Investment Agreement policies and processes available to you in the help section. Investment Agreement policies and processes may change without prior notice.
6.4 You’re responsible for a correct and full project description, rewards conditions, warranty and return policies. In case of Resolution mediation, all discrepancies and inaccuracies will be treated to the advantage of the Investor.
6.5. If, after a reward purchase, you cannot deliver goods or services, you need to contact us for purchase cancellation.
6.6 All data provided by the Investor in the order and shared with you is covered by our Privacy Policy. You agree not to share, use, contact or facilitate any transactions directly with the Investor.
6.7 You must provide return, warranty or exchange within the period indicated in the project reward description.
6.8. In case of disputes, you agree to follow mediation processes and agree to the final Mediator's decision, provided by the Platform. Mediators' decisions are final and cannot be litigated or appealed in court.
Full Project Facilitator terms and conditions are signed by you during the Project Facilitator Registration process.
7.1 Most refunds are due in 48-h after the refund submission, however it can take up to 7 days for the funds to reach your account, depending on the payment method.
7.2 Refund amount agreed during the Resolution centre decision is final and serves as a final settlement of the dispute.
7.3 Refunds are made to the same account and method, used during purchasing.
7.4 In suspicion of fraud or illegal activity, Platform reserves the right to hold the refunds until the investigation process is completed.
8.1 Resolution centre is a legally binding way of settling disputes on the Donation or Reward.
8.2 Resolution centre is a service available during the 14 days period after the donation is received and confirmed.
8.3 During the negotiations period of 48 hours Parties try to agree on settlement terms through offers agreements, initiated by the Investor.
8.4 If parties cannot agree on terms of settlement within 48-h period during the working week, Platform engages a qualified mediator, who will listen to the Parties and make a final settlement decision. Mediators service is a paid service that will be charged to the Project Facilitator at a current rate.
8.5 Both Parties agree that a solution found by the Parties or decisions made by the Mediator in the Resolution centre are final, legally binding and cannot not be litigated or appealed further.
9.1 All disputes are settled by negotiations. If it is not possible to achieve a result in the negotiations, the final decision is made by an independent Mediator selected by the Platform.
9.2 Mediators' decisions are final and cannot be litigated or appealed in court.
10.1. 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.
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.
10.2 Waiver
If you breach these policies and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these conditions.
10.3. What’s the Procedure for making claims of right infringements
If you believe that your rights are being infringed, you may fill out and submit the Notice Form. We respond expeditiously to rights owners and their agents who complete and submit the Notice Form to communicate concerns about any alleged infringement.
Upon receipt of a Notice Form we may take certain actions, including removing information or a project, all of which are taken without any admission as to liability and without prejudice to any rights, remedies or defences, all of which are expressly reserved. Furthermore, in submitting a Notice Form, you grant to us the right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, and display its content throughout the world in any media. This includes forwarding the Notice Form to the parties involved in the provision of the allegedly infringing content. You agree to indemnify us for all claims brought by a third party against us arising out of or in connection with the submission of a Notice Form.
Important Warning: giving false, misleading or inaccurate information in the Notice Form to us may result in civil and/or criminal liability. You should contact a legal advisor should you have any questions.
10.4. Intellectual Prореrtу
Our sites аnd all materials, аnd аll соруrіghtѕ, trаdеmаrkѕ, trade dress, and other іntеllесtuаl рrореrtу rіghtѕ there (collectively, thе “IP”) are owned оr соntrоllеd bу, or licensed to our company , and are рrоtесtеd by EU and іntеrnаtіоnаl trademark, соруright, and оthеr іntеllесtuаl рrореrtу laws.
Nо lісеnѕе, rіght, tіtlе, оr interest іn thе sites оr аnу mаtеrіаlѕ іѕ transferred to уоu as a result оf уоur uѕе оf thе sіtеѕ and applications or уоur accessing, viewing, dоwnlоаdіng, or printing of the mаtеrіаlѕ.
“World Union” is a trademark, registered by World Union Foundation
10.5. Indеmnіfісаtіоn
You аgrее tо dеfеnd, indemnify, and hold our entіtіеѕ hаrmlеѕѕ from and аgаіnѕt any liabilities, claims, dаmаgеѕ, соѕtѕ, and еxреnѕеѕ, including lawyers’ fees and соѕtѕ, arising from or related tо your misuse of thе our site оr аnу brеасh by you оf thеѕе policies.
10.6. Tеrmіnаtіоn
These Policies аrе еffесtіvе until terminated by all parties or by stop using this site.
10.7. Previous verbal agreements
This agreement includes final agreements and previous oral agreements are not valid.
10.8 Cоntасt Uѕ
If you have аnу ԛuеѕtіоnѕ аbоut this document or would like to get more information, please соntасt our Customer Care team [email protected]