Terms of Service

1. About these terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Adspur platform and website at www.adspur.com (the “Service”), operated by Adspur Ltd (“Adspur”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Service.

2. About Adspur

Adspur Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered office is at 80 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6EE, United Kingdom.

The Service provides tools for tracking advertising and creative industry award shows, including calendar management, deadline tracking, award submission management, and agency collaboration features.

3. Account registration

To access certain features of the Service, you must create an account. When registering, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, current and complete information
• Keep your account details up to date
• Keep your login credentials confidential and not share them with others
• Accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account
• Notify us immediately at support@adspur.com if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account

You must be at least 16 years of age to create an account.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that we reasonably believe contain inaccurate information or are being used in breach of these Terms.

4. Subscription plans and billing

Adspur offers both free and paid subscription plans. Details of current plans and pricing are available on the Adspur website.

For paid subscriptions:

• Subscriptions are billed monthly in advance
• Payment is processed by our third-party payment provider, Stripe
• All prices are stated in GBP unless otherwise indicated and are exclusive of applicable taxes
• You authorise us to charge your chosen payment method on a recurring monthly basis until you cancel
• If payment fails, we may suspend access to paid features until the outstanding amount is settled
• We reserve the right to change our pricing with reasonable notice. Any price change will take effect from your next billing cycle after the change is communicated to you

Refunds are not routinely provided for partial billing periods. If you believe you are entitled to a refund due to exceptional circumstances, please contact us at support@adspur.com.

5. Free tier

Adspur offers a free tier with limited features. The free tier is provided on an “as is” basis and we reserve the right to modify, limit or discontinue the free tier at any time without notice.

Where a free trial period is offered for paid features, you will be notified before any charges are applied and will have the opportunity to cancel before the trial ends.

6. Cancellation and termination

Cancellation by you:

• You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings or by contacting support@adspur.com
• Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. You will retain access to paid features until that date
• Upon cancellation, your account data and award submission content will be retained for 90 days, after which it will be permanently deleted. You may request extended retention of your submission content by contacting dataofficer@adspur.com before the 90-day period expires
• You may export your data during this 90-day period

Termination by Adspur:

• We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if you materially breach these Terms
• We may terminate your account with 30 days’ written notice for any other reason
• If we terminate your account without cause, we will provide a pro-rata refund for any unused portion of your current billing period

Effect of termination:

• Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately (or at the end of any notice period)
• Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply, including intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnity, and governing law

7. Your content

“Your Content” means any data, text, images, videos, PDF documents, case studies, creative work, credits, and other materials that you upload, submit or store on the Service, including award submission content.

• You retain all ownership rights in Your Content
• By uploading Your Content, you grant Adspur a limited, non-exclusive licence to store, process, display and transmit Your Content solely for the purpose of providing and improving the Service
• This licence terminates when Your Content is deleted from the Service (subject to the 90-day retention period after account cancellation and any technical backup retention)
• You are solely responsible for Your Content and for ensuring that it does not infringe the rights of any third party or violate any applicable laws
• Your Content is visible only to you and members of your team (for agency accounts). We do not make Your Content publicly available unless you instruct us to do so
• We do not claim any ownership of Your Content and will not use it for any purpose other than providing the Service

Backup: While we take reasonable measures to protect Your Content, you are responsible for maintaining your own backup copies. We are not liable for any loss or corruption of Your Content.

8. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation
• Infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party
• Upload content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or otherwise objectionable
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, other accounts, or any systems or networks connected to the Service
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service
• Use the Service to transmit any malware, viruses or other harmful code
• Use the Service for any purpose other than its intended use
• Scrape, crawl or use automated means to access or collect data from the Service without our prior written consent
• Resell, sublicence or otherwise commercially exploit the Service without our prior written consent

We reserve the right to remove any content and to suspend or terminate access for any user who violates these terms.

9. Intellectual property

Adspur’s intellectual property:

• The Service, including its design, features, functionality, code, branding, logos and documentation, is owned by Adspur Ltd and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws
• Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights to Adspur’s intellectual property beyond the limited right to use the Service in accordance with these Terms

Your intellectual property:

• As stated in Section 7, you retain all ownership rights in Your Content
• You grant us only the limited licence necessary to provide the Service

Feedback:

• If you provide suggestions, ideas or feedback about the Service, you agree that we may use this feedback without restriction or obligation to you

10. Availability and support

• We aim to provide the Service on a continuous basis but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free availability
• We may temporarily suspend the Service for maintenance, updates or other operational reasons. Where reasonably practicable, we will provide advance notice of planned downtime
• Support is available via support@adspur.com during normal business hours (UK time)
• We do not provide any service level agreement (SLA) for the free tier

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement
• Adspur shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of profits, revenue, data, business opportunities or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service
• Adspur’s total aggregate liability to you for any claims arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the total amount paid by you to Adspur in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim
• Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law

For consumers in the UK and EU: Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory consumer rights under applicable consumer protection laws.

For users in the United States: Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of incidental or consequential damages. In such states, the above limitations may not apply to you to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Adspur, its directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

• Your use of the Service
• Your Content
• Your breach of these Terms
• Your violation of any applicable law or the rights of any third party

13. Data protection and privacy

We process personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice, which forms part of these Terms.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Privacy Notice and consent to the processing described therein.

If you upload personal data relating to other individuals (for example, creator credits in award submissions), you are responsible for ensuring that you have a lawful basis for doing so and that those individuals are aware of how their data will be processed.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through the Service at least 30 days before the changes take effect.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and cancel your account.

The date of the most recent update is shown at the top of this document.

15. General provisions

Entire agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Notice, constitute the entire agreement between you and Adspur regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights under these Terms without restriction.

No third-party rights: These Terms do not confer any rights on any third party. Nothing in these Terms is intended to create a partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between you and Adspur.

Notices: Notices to you will be sent to the email address associated with your account. Notices to Adspur should be sent to the contact details in Section 17.

16. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

For UK and EU users: Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. If you are a consumer, you may also have the right to bring proceedings in the courts of the country in which you reside, and nothing in these Terms affects your statutory consumer rights.

For US users: Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, provided that nothing in this section limits your rights under applicable US consumer protection laws or prevents you from bringing claims in a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States if required by applicable law.

For all other jurisdictions: Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, except where local law requires otherwise.

We encourage you to contact us first at support@adspur.com to resolve any disputes informally before initiating formal proceedings.

17. Contact us

For any questions about these Terms: