Website Terms Of Use (The “Terms”)

Last updated: August 29th, 2024

Playroll Ltd (“Playroll”) is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.  Playroll is a specialist in global payroll and related services and has established a network of international companies through which it provides these services. 

These terms of use, as amended from time to time (the “terms”), govern your use of our website (www.playroll.com) and platform (app.playroll.com and/or http://gp.playroll.com/), which are jointly referred to as the “website” in these terms.  These terms form an agreement between you, as the user of the website or an individual and/or entity that creates an account with Playroll (“you”, “your”) and Playroll Limited (registration no. 13596140); ("we", "us", "our", "Playroll"). Together, we are referred to as the “Parties”.

1. ACCEPTANCE AND AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT

1.1 Your access to, and use of, the website constitutes your agreement to, and acceptance of, these terms. If you do not agree with any provision contained in these terms, you should not use or access the website.

1.2 We may modify the terms at any time and from time to time without providing notice to you. These changes are made to reflect changes in law, our products and client needs. Amended terms come into effect once published on the website. The effective date of the amended terms will always be included in the terms. By continuing to use the website, you agree to any such amendments.

1.3 It is important to us that you understand, and are comfortable, with these terms. If you are unsure of, or do not understand, any part of these terms, please contact us at the email address provided at the end of this document.

1.4 If you enter any other agreement with us, and there is a conflict between these terms and that agreement, the terms of that agreement will take precedence.

2.TERMS OF YOUR ACCOUNT WITH US

2.1 By using the website, you represent and warrant that you are of full legal age, or otherwise have the required legal capacity to enter into and be bound by these terms.  You also confirm that you are not prevented from entering into these terms as a result of any prevailing laws in the jurisdiction in which you are based. If you register an account with us, you must be a human and not a bot or any other type of automated methods. You may not maintain more than one account at a time.

2.2 Information that you provide when registering an account with us will be used by us to conduct due diligence on you prior to opening an account, and throughout the course of our business relationship with you.

2.3 You are fully and solely responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of your computer system, mobile device and all activity on your account, even if such activities were not committed by you. You should have your own account, login and password and must not share those details with anyone else.  

You will promptly disable access to the website if you believe your account has been compromised or stolen, and you will immediately notify us if you believe your credentials have been compromised or stolen, and in the event of any unauthorised access to or use of your account. We will not be liable for any losses or damage arising from unauthorised use of your account or password, and you agree to indemnify and hold Us harmless for any unauthorised, improper or illegal use of your account and any charges and taxes incurred.  

In the event you become aware of such unauthorised, improper or illegal use you should email us at legal@playroll.com. We cannot guarantee that we will learn of or prevent, any inappropriate use of the services and you are solely responsible for any financial or other loss that results from unauthorised access to your account. We may suspend access to your account if we suspect it has been compromised.

2.4 We reserve the right to disable or suspend any account, user or password at any time for any reason, including for breach of this agreement.

3. CONTENT YOU PROVIDE

3.1 All information submitted by you through the website must be, and must remain true, accurate, current and complete. You shall not misrepresent your identity.

3.2 You retain all of your ownership rights in content that you submit to the website. You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your information; for the accuracy, quality, integrity, appropriateness, of your information; and for securing any and all intellectual property ownership right(s) in your information.

3.3 By using the website, you grant us the right to use information, data, materials or other content (“information”) you provide to us, in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy. You agree that we will monitor the information as well as behaviour on the website through ‘cookies’. For more information on cookies, please visit our cookie policy which is contained in our Privacy Policy.

3.4 Pursuant to the above, you expressly give your consent for us to monitor your internet traffic on our website. You acknowledge that we do so primarily to ensure that users are not acting illegally, unlawfully or in breach of these terms and:

3.4.1 to maintain the integrity and security of our website and information technology systems (this is discussed in more details in the terms below);

3.4.2 to investigate and detect any unauthorised use of our website and information technology systems; and

3.4.3 as an inherent part of and to secure the effective operation of our website and information technology systems.

4.ACCURACY OF INFORMATION

4.1 There may be instances where information on our website may be incorrect, contain typographical errors, inaccuracies or the like. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update the website without prior notice. No specified update or refresh date applied on the website should be taken to indicate that all information on the website has been modified or updated.

4.2 Certain information may be provided via the website. While we will endeavour to ensure that this information is current, correct and accurate, you understand and agree that it is solely intended for informational purposes and must not be interpreted as professional legal or tax advice.  Furthermore, you understand that the tools, software, advice, opinions, statement, information, content or online services are provided for information purposes only, and should not be considered as advice.

4.3 In addition to the above, you accept that we are not a registered legal practice. This means that we do not provide advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation in respect of legal rights, remedies, defences, strategies, or the like, for you. Any information you utilise from the website should not be considered to be a substitute for the advice of an attorney and should not be relied on as being legally compliant to meet your needs or particular circumstances.

5. COMMUNICATIONS THAT ORIGINATE FROM YOU

You agree that we may assume that all electronic communications which reasonably appear to originate from you or a person you have told us is authorised to act on your behalf are in fact from you and the form in which we receive the communication is the same as when it was first dispatched.

6. PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE WEBSITE

6.1 You may not:

6.1.1 use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithm or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor the website without our express written consent;

6.1.2 use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation, browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the website other than the search engines and search agents available through the website and other than generally available third-party web browsers;

6.1.3 post or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other contaminating or destructive features, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of the website;

6.1.4 attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the website;

6.1.5 attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt the website;

6.1.6 use the website in a manner that would bring us, our business and/or any of our affiliates into disrepute;

6.1.7 incorporate the website (or any portion of such) with, or use it with or to provide, any site, product or service, other than on sites/applications owned-and-operated by you;

6.1.8 break or circumvent any security measures, rate limits or usage tracking (such as event tracking) of the website or configure the website (or any component thereof) to avoid sending events or transactions or to otherwise avoid incurring fees;

6.1.9 distribute any portion of the website except as permitted herein;

6.1.10 use the website for the purpose of building a competitive product or service or copying its features or user interface;

6.1.11 use the website for purposes of product evaluation, benchmarking or other comparative analysis intended for publication without our prior written consent;

6.1.12 remove or obscure any proprietary or other notices contained on the website.

6.1.13 access the website for unlawful purposes, for any purposes which violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the website, or use the website in a manner which infringes our rights or the rights of any other person or restricts or inhibits the use of or enjoyment of our computer systems by any other person; or;

6.1.14 post or transfer any material to the website that is unlawful or violates any third party’s rights or which is obscene, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, illegal, in breach of any copyright or other intellectual property right, or damaging to data, software or the performance of our or any other parties’ computer system.

6.2 We are entitled to remove any information you or your elected third party has submitted via the website and/or suspend your use of any part of the Services at any time without notice to you.

7. FEEDBACK

If you provide any suggestions, comments, improvements, information, ideas or other feedback or related materials to us (collectively, ‘Feedback’), you hereby grant us a worldwide, perpetual, non-revocable, sublicensable, royalty-free right and licence to use, copy, disclose, license, distribute and exploit any feedback in any format and in any manner without any obligation, payment or restriction based on intellectual property rights or otherwise. Nothing in these terms limits our right to independently use, develop, evaluate or market products, whether incorporating Feedback or otherwise.

8. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We are committed to keeping your personal or private information confidential and secure.  We will do this in accordance with the provisions of our Privacy Policy.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

9.1 The content on this website, including all registered and unregistered trademarks, names, logos and services marks constitutes our intellectual property rights or intellectual property of third parties which are licensed to, used and/or held (whether or not currently) by us. All such works are protected by intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

9.2 You may not reproduce, distribute, create a derivative, sell, broadcast or in any other way exploit or use any such intellectual property without our express prior written consent. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any intellectual property.

9.3 While you may use the information on the website, you may not further reproduce or create derivative works. In this regard, any sharing of information from our website should acknowledge us as the author of such information. You may not use any part of the content on our website for commercial purposes without obtaining our permission to do so.

9.4 The website is offered as an online, hosted product. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to obtain a copy of the software behind the website and that we may, at our option make updates, bug fixes, modifications or improvements to the website from time-to-time.

10. AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE

From time to time, the website may be unavailable for periods of time for maintenance and / or modifications, emergency repairs or because of the unavailability of any electricity or telecommunication networks. We will endeavour to make keep maintenance down time as brief as possible. However, we cannot guarantee that the Services will be available to you, and we will not be liable to you for any losses or damages, pecuniary or non-pecuniary, resulting from the interruption of your use of the website.

11. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Links to websites which are owned and operated by third parties may be provided on the website for your convenience. When you use the website, you may be able to import or interface with third party applications or services. We make no representation as to the content of those websites, nor do we endorse such websites. We do not assume any liability for the content, offerings, products or services on any third-party websites.  Accordingly, the use of any links to third-party websites is entirely at your own risk. When visiting these websites, you must read and understand any relevant website terms and conditions, as well as security and privacy policies.

12. MODERN SLAVERY UNDERTAKING

We are committed to complying with relevant anti-slavery statutes in force from time to time, including the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This commitment reflects our ongoing undertaking to confront and eliminate the use of forced, compulsory, trafficked or under-age labour within our company and our supply chains.

13. DISCLAIMER

13.1 While we have taken care to ensure that the content on this website is accurate, this website is provided 'as is', for general information purposes only, and your use of and reliance on the information on this website is entirely at your own risk. In this regard, and to the fullest extent permissible by law, we disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

13.1 The website is provided ‘as is’ and on an ‘as available’ basis.  we do not make any warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We make no representation, warranty or guarantee that the website will meet your requirements or expectations, that your data will be accurate, complete or preserved without loss, or that the Playroll Platform will be timely, uninterrupted or error-free. we do not guarantee that security measures will be error-free and will not be responsible or liable for unauthorised access beyond our reasonable. The disclaimers in this section will apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

13.2 We do not represent or warrant that the website, any tools, software, advice, opinions, statement, information, content or online services will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, or error-free basis.

13.3 We and our officers, directors, employees, servants, affiliates, shareholders, agents, consultants or employees (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio alteri) shall not be liable for, and you hereby indemnify us and our officers, directors, employees, servants, affiliates, shareholders, agents, consultants or employees (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio alteri) against any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages or loss of any kind whatsoever or howsoever caused (whether arising under contract, delict or otherwise and whether the loss was actually foreseen or reasonably foreseeable) arising out of your use or violation of this website, the information contained on this website, your inability to use this website, infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity by you.

14. CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING THIS AGREEMENT

If you violate any of the terms of these terms, or do anything that we reasonably believe to be harmful or illegal, we may suspend your access to the website without liability to you.

15. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND LEGAL NOTICES

15.1 In respect of the website, and any agreements, notices, addendums and the like related thereto, which provide specific access to the website and the services and products offered through the website, (“agreements”)  any signature of other electronic symbol or process attached to or associated with such agreement,  with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept the terms of any such agreement or record-keeping through electronic means on will have the same legal validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and understand that this consent has the same legal effect as a physical signature , and you hereby waive any objection to the contrary.

15.2 You consent to us providing notices to you under such agreements electronically and understand that this consent has the same legal effect as a physical signature.

15.3 You must maintain an updated web browser and computer and mobile device operating systems to receive notices correctly. You are responsible for all costs imposed by internet or mobile service providers for sending or receiving notices electronically.

15.4 You may deliver any notices by email to legal@playroll.com.

16. THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO THESE TERMS

All matters arising from or in connection with the agreement, including its interpretation, validity, existence or termination for any reason, shall be determined in accordance with the laws of England and Wales without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law.

17. QUERIES AND COMPLAINTS

If you wish to lodge a complaint, or have a query, please notify us in writing by emailing legal@playroll.com.