REGULATIONS OF
50plus50 Club
Please read these Regulations of 50plus50 Club (hereinafter "Regulations") before using the services provided by 50plus50 Club in your own interest.
These Regulations lay down the rules for using 50plus50 Club and the manner in which it operates.
Once you start using the services provided by 50plus50 Club, you accept the provisions laid down in these Regulations and pledge to abide by them.
All the Annexes are an integral part of these Regulations.
I. DEFINITIONS
Administrator – the entity that administers and operates 50plus50 Club, i.e., 50plus50 Ltd. With its seat at 5 London Road, London SW17 9JR, United Kingdom, registered at No. 8594982;
Consumer – a natural person performing a legal act with an entrepreneur that is not directly related to their business or professional activity;
User Account – a space available to each User in 50plus50 Club, where, after logging in, the User can post photos, descriptions, comments, data, and other information in accordance with the Regulations and applicable legal provisions;
50plus50 Club – a social networking site aimed at people over the age of 50, interested in active spending of time and making new acquaintances, operating at the website www.50plus50.com and the mobile application 50plus50, owned by the Administrator;
User Profile – an individual User Account containing data: photos and other information provided by the User voluntarily and independently for the purpose of identifying themselves in 50plus50 Club and enabling them to be found in 50plus50 Club;
Regulations – means these Regulations together with all attachments;
Service – the 50plus50 social networking site aimed at people over the age of 50, interested in active spending of time and making new acquaintances, operating at the website www.50plus50.com and the mobile application 50plus50, owned by the Administrator;
Premium Status – the additional status obtained by the User after paying the appropriate activation fee according to the payment option selected by the User;
Agreement – the agreement concluded by the User and the Administrator, the subject of which is the provision of Services by the Administrator;
Services – the provisions by the Administrator, having the nature of digital services, in the form of paid or free services, allowing the User to create, process, store, and access in real-time digital data located in the Service, via the Internet;
User – a natural person using 50plus50 Club, who has reached the age of 50 and has successfully registered with 50plus50 Club by creating a User Account; 50plus50 Club is intended for people over the age of 50.
II. BASIC INFORMATION
- 50plus50 Club is owned by 50plus50 Ltd.
- 50plus50 Club was created to enable people over 50 years old to make new acquaintances with people with similar interests and to maintain contact with them using IT solutions. Users have the possibility to communicate and express themselves, only limited by the nature of the Service.
- 50plus50 Club gives the possibility to obtain and present information about the Users to enable them to make acquaintances with each other by: shared communication channels, searching the User profile database by given criteria, and browsing User profiles.
- 50plus50 Club does not guarantee Users success in making new acquaintances, nor is it responsible for Users establishing or not establishing relationships with other Users.
- Registration with 50plus50 Club is voluntary and free of charge.
- Creating an Account in 50plus50 Club and/or activating Premium Status constitutes the User's explicit consent for the Administrator to perform the concluded agreement in accordance with these Regulations.
- The Administrator provides the Service immediately after the Agreement is concluded and the User Account is created.
- The Service is considered delivered at the moment the User gains access to 50plus50 Club service.
- The Service is provided in the latest version available at the time the Agreement is concluded.
- If you have any questions regarding the Services, the Agreement concluded with the Administrator, or complaints, please contact us electronically using the contact form available here >>.
III. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Each User ought to abide by the technical requirements as laid down in these Regulations, and any actions taken by a User without abiding by these Regulations (willingly or not) shall be deemed the User's responsibility.
- In order to enjoy the services provided by 50plus50 Club, the User must have a device enabling them to browse the Internet, use electronic mail, and a web browser. 50plus50 Club operates best when the following web browsers are used: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera. It is suggested that the user keeps their browser updated to maintain functionality.
- Technical requirements are important for 50plus50 Club to operate well and to be displayed well in the User’s web browser as well as for the safety of the Users' data that are stored in 50plus50 Club accounts.
- The Administrator informs the User about updates to the 50plus50 Club service, including security updates, necessary to maintain the Services' compliance with the Agreement and provides them to the User throughout the provision of the Services.
- If the User does not install the updates provided by the Administrator within a reasonable time, the Administrator is not responsible for the lack of compliance of the Service with the Agreement resulting solely from the lack of updates if:
- the User was informed about the update to the 50plus50 Club service, including security updates, necessary to maintain the Services' compliance with the Agreement and the consequences of not installing it;
- the failure to install or improper installation of the updates was not due to errors in the installation instructions provided by the Administrator.
IV. MEMBERSHIP OF 50PLUS50 CLUB IS ALLOWED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
- Once the User has registered with 50plus50 Club, the User accepts that to ensure the highest possible quality of service provision in 50plus50 Club, it is forbidden to use 50plus50 Club, its functionality or individual services for purposes other than the nature and character of 50plus50 Club, and in particular the following are not allowed:
- the User shall not make and have more than one User Account;
- the User shall not disclose the User’s password to third parties;
- the User shall not let a third party use the User’s Profile;
- the User shall not post or send mails with the same contents to different Users (e.g., spam, chain information, etc.);
- spamming, i.e., publishing content, posts, and/or comments that are not relevant to the given topic;
- the User shall not share publicly in 50plus50 Club (e.g., on the User's Profile, comments on posts, etc.), any information in any form enabling direct communication with any User (e.g., e-mail address, telephone number, other contact details, etc.);
- the User must not post photographs:
- to which the User has no copyright;
- with pornographic or insulting content;
- of children;
- of anybody without their explicit consent. - sharing in 50plus50 Club or sending offensive content or material to Users, violating applicable laws, in particular: pornography; discriminatory, racist, insulting content; offending religious feelings; misrepresenting Users or otherwise offending other Users' personal rights;
- publishing content for political, electoral, sexual, religious or other activism;
- undertaking any activities by which the User attempts to influence other Users, act to their detriment, cause damage to the Administrator or other third parties;
- the User shall not post adverts without prior consent of the Administrator - such adverts the Administrator may delete without having to notify the User of this act.
- posting or sending links, graphics, or texts that clearly present or promote content or profiles from other social networks.
- In cases where the points described in p. 1 are breached, the Administrator, acting alone or reacting to Users' notifications, is entitled to delete such accounts or content.
- Once the User has created an Account with 50plus50 Club, the User undertakes and pledges that:
- the User has read and fully accepted the Regulations;
- the User will post any and all photographs, data, and information (including personal data) willingly;
- the User allows the Administrator to make the User's Profile public, which means that an unlimited number of third persons browsing the internet will have access to the profile photo posted on the User's Profile;
- the User allows the Administrator to process personal data and personal image for the purpose of making them public by posting them in 50plus50 Club;
- the User allows all the data entered into 50plus50 Club to be used by the Administrator for marketing, informational, and statistical purposes and allows the Administrator to make them public in such media as the internet, the press, radio, television, mobile/cell, and stationary telephony;
- consents to the stamping of Users' photos or videos by the Administrator;
- agrees to the Administrator promoting in 50plus50 Club and on the Internet selected shared Users' content, which embodies the nature and character of 50plus50 Club;
- the User may agree to receive commercial information from the Administrator.
- While posting any materials or data in 50plus50 Club, the User represents they have copyright, the right to make use of the image, valid license, distribution right, or written consent of the owner allowing the User to post the said materials or data.
- The User grants the Administrator, free of charge, a worldwide perpetual license to use, record, sublicense, and reproduce material and data posted in 50plus50 Club by any technology available for marketing, informational or statistical purposes, and for publication in such media as the Internet, press, radio, television, and mobile/cellular and landline telephony. The license expires when the User deletes their Account or the material and data covered by intellectual property rights unless the User has made the materials and data available to other Users who have not deleted it.
- The User pledges to make a declaration that releases the Administrator from any responsibility in case any third parties should raise claims to the contents posted or the activities carried out by the User.
- If necessary, the User is obliged to take part in the case instead of the Administrator or on the Administrator’s side.
- Should the Administrator sustain any costs in connection with the claims raised by third parties because of the contents posted by or activities carried out by the User, the User shall cover these costs, including the damages that may be adjudicated.
- The Users take full responsibility for the contents posted in 50plus50 Club and their transfer to other Users.
- 50plus50 Club takes no responsibility for moral, emotional, or physical damage sustained by the Users resulting from the use of the Services provided.
- Information provided by the User during registration, editing of the User’s profile, and when using 50plus50 Club services, may be moderated by the Administrator, which means that the Administrator may refuse to share it on 50plus50 Club, delete it, as well as block or even delete the User's Account, if the given content or information is not allowed due to UK or international laws, the content of the given Regulations, and etiquette or morality.
V. MEMBERSHIP IN 50PLUS50 CLUB
- Anyone who is of age, especially over 50, is entitled to be a member of 50plus50 Club.
- The user’s status is valid the moment an Account with 50plus50 Club has been established.
- In order to establish an Account, a prospective User must have an active email box.
- The procedure of the activation and registration of the Account takes place in steps, using the said email box and the sites of 50plus50 Club. This also calls for action on the part of the User that is described at each stage of the registration process.
- In order for the Users to be verifiable, the User during the registration process is required to enter the User’s login, name, email address, and password.
- The User is obliged to enter true personal data. The User is forbidden from passing themselves off as another person or entering untrue information into the User’s Profile.
- A person whose use of 50plus50 Club is inconsistent with its purposes, in particular, a person who violates the provisions of the Regulations, a person using 50plus50 Club to inform, advertise, offer, sell, or provide services commonly deemed to be pornographic or sexual, will not be considered a User. The administrator reserves the right to remove accounts without any notification of any given person who does not meet the description of a User given in the Definitions above.
VI. PAYMENTS AND AVAILABLE SERVICES
- Through 50plus50 Club, Users may search for Users’ Profiles on the basis of the given criteria as well as view the basic Users’ Profiles.
- The basic User’s Profile contains a photo profile image as well as information entered and not withheld by the User.
- The User may post in their User Profile photo images with a maximum size of 20MB. The Profile image ought to show the User’s face in a manner that enables identification.
- An activation payment is required to gain Premium Status by Users who are registered and logged in.
- Due to security reasons, to communicate with other users in 50plus50 Club it is required to make an activation payment by purchasing Premium Status at least once. Following this, a Standard account is free and maintaining Premium Status is not compulsory.
- The activation payment for Premium Status is not collected automatically after the user has established a User Account; it is made personally by Users by means of the payment services made available by the Administrator (e.g., Stripe) in accordance with the regulations thereof.
- Users who have Premium Status can use all the services provided by 50plus50 Club.
- The User’s Account is restored to the basic settings after the period for which Premium Status was purchased.
- Users can choose a subscription option within the Premium status (e.g., monthly or annual). For the monthly subscription, the Premium status is automatically extended for another month, and for the annual subscription, the Premium status is automatically extended for another year – unless the User cancels the subscription before the end of the selected subscription period. Subscriptions purchased via Google Play can be canceled in the User's Google account; subscriptions purchased in the App Store can be canceled in the Apple ID settings on the User's mobile device, which the User is additionally informed about at the time of purchase. If the subscription is canceled, it will become inactive, i.e., the User will lose Premium status, at the end of the paid subscription period.
- Subscription purchases/activations can be made:
- in the 50plus50 mobile app via Google Play payment systems, App Store – using the payment channels available and defined individually on the User's mobile device (e.g., the debit/credit card is charged),
- on the website www.50plus50.com via the Stripe electronic payment service – using a credit or debit card.
- As subscription fees are regulated using third-party services, once the selected subscription option has been paid for, it cannot be canceled before the end of the chosen subscription period as per point 9 above. Therefore, no payment made for the purchased subscription is refundable; only the option to cancel the extension of the selected subscription for the next relevant subscription period is available.
VII. BLOCKING AND DELETION OF THE ACCOUNT
- The Administrator has the right to block a User’s Account if the User violates the provisions of these Regulations. The Administrator also has the right to block the use of particular Services if the User violates any of the provisions of these Regulations while using a service.
- The Administrator shall unblock the Account or the service(s) if the User takes steps as advised by the Administrator to remove the cause that made the Administrator block the Account or the service(s).
- The Administrator has the right to delete a User’s Account after the Administrator has called on the User to remove the cause that made the Administrator block the Account or the service(s). Such steps can be taken by the Administrator if the User:
- makes use of 50plus50 Club in violation of its purpose;
- has ceased to log into 50plus50 Club for 12 consecutive months;
- has more than one account;
- does not accept the changes introduced to these Regulations by the Administrator.
- If the User decides to delete their Account, the User does it on their own without notifying the administrator of it.
- The deletion of the Account, blocking of the Account, or a Service shall not be deemed as the User’s right to claim return of the payment for the services provided or for any compensation from the Administrator.
VIII. MAINTENANCE
- Should there arise problems connected with the use of 50plus50 Club, all complaints ought to be addressed to the Administrator by means of the form available here >>.
- The complaints shall be handled by the 50plus50 Club service team within 14 days of the receipt of the complaint.
- The Administrator reserves the right to prolong the time given under (2) above by no more than 10 days. The deadline for handling the complaint shall be prolonged with each new bit of information provided by the User.
- The Administrator shall only have the right to make technical changes in the User’s Profile to remove the malfunctioning of 50plus50 Club.
IX. PRIVACY POLICY
The Privacy Policy of 50plus50 Club can be accessed here: https://www.50plus50.com/privacy.
X. ADMINISTRATOR'S RESPONSIBILITY
- The Administrator is not responsible in any way within the limits compliant with applicable laws, for materials transmitted and shared by Users on 50plus50 Club, including for their truth, reliability, and authenticity.
- The Administrator is not responsible for accidental or organized events that may or have occurred in the real world between Users that met through 50plus50 Club.
- The Administrator is not responsible for ‘theft of the User Account’ by any third party, nor for downloading photos of Users shared by them in 50plus50 Club and placing them on other websites or using them in a different way by third parties, because the Administrator is not able to prevent the copying of photos from 50plus50 Club.
- The Administrator reserves the right to independently undertake actions aimed at changing the visibility or even removing from 50plus50 Club the content shared by Users which is inconsistent with the provisions of the given Regulations or the nature and character of 50plus50 Club.
- If the Services are not in conformity with the Agreement, the User may request that they be brought into conformity with the Agreement.
- The Administrator may refuse to bring the Service into conformity with the Agreement if it is impossible or would involve disproportionate costs for the Administrator.
XI. COOKIES
- 50plus50 Club uses so-called cookies in order to provide services corresponding to the individual tastes of its users.
- Cookies are pieces of information stored by the server on the User’s computer that the server can read whenever the User’s computer is connected to the server. The User may at their discretion turn off the cookies mechanism in the web browser, which may, however, result in certain difficulties while using the services.
- Cookies are used to collect general, statistical information about the use of the sites and subservices of 50plus50 Club by the Users.
- Non-acceptance or deletion of cookies may cause difficulties on the part of the User to use 50plus50 Club.
- The Cookie Policy of 50plus50 Club can be accessed here: https://www.50plus50.com/cookies.
XII. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AGREEMENT
- Right to withdraw from a distance Agreement:
- the user can exercise the right to withdraw from the Agreement concluded with the Administrator within 14 days from the date of its conclusion, without giving any reason.
- the statement of withdrawal from the Agreement can take any form, provided that it clearly indicates the user's intention to withdraw from the Agreement; in particular, the statement of withdrawal from the Agreement can be submitted via the contact form available here >>.
- to meet the deadline, it is sufficient to send the statement before it expires.
- the withdrawal from the Agreement is effective from the moment the Administrator receives the statement of withdrawal from the Agreement.
- Effects of withdrawal from a distance Agreement:
- in the event of withdrawal from a distance Agreement, the Agreement is considered not concluded,
- in the case of purchasing Premium status, the User is obliged to pay for the services performed up to the moment of withdrawal from the Agreement,
- the Administrator is obliged to promptly, no later than within 14 days from the date of receipt of the user's statement of withdrawal from the Agreement, refund all payments made by the user, subject to point 2) above,
- the Administrator refunds the payments using the same method of payment used by the User unless the User has expressly agreed to a different method of refund,
- If the Administrator has not delivered the Service, the User may request its delivery; if the Administrator does not deliver the Service promptly after receiving the request or within an additional, expressly agreed period by the Administrator and the User, the User may withdraw from the Agreement.
- The User may withdraw from the Agreement without requesting the delivery of the Service if:
- it is clear from the Administrator's statement or circumstances that the Administrator will not deliver the Service, or:
- the User and the Administrator have agreed, or it is clear from the circumstances of the conclusion of the Agreement, that a specific delivery date of the Service was of essential importance to the User, and the Administrator has not delivered it within that period.
- If the Service is not in conformity with the Agreement, the User may submit a statement of price reduction under the terms indicated in Article 43n of the Consumer Rights Act or withdraw from the Agreement when:
- the Administrator has not brought the Service into conformity with the Agreement,
- bringing the Service into conformity with the Agreement is impossible or would involve disproportionate costs in accordance with section X, point 7 of the Regulations,
- the lack of conformity of the Service with the Agreement persists despite the Administrator's attempt to bring the Service into conformity with the Agreement,
- the lack of conformity of the Service with the Agreement is so significant that it justifies a price reduction or withdrawal from the Agreement without prior use of the protection measure specified in section X, point 6 of the Regulations,
- it is clear from the Administrator's statement or circumstances that they will not bring the Service into conformity with the Agreement within a reasonable time or without significant inconvenience to the User,
- The User cannot withdraw from the Agreement in the cases indicated in section 5 above if the Services are provided in exchange for payment, and the lack of conformity of the Service with the Agreement is insignificant.
XIII. COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
- The Administrator is liable to the User for any non-compliance of the Service with the Agreement under the terms specified in the Regulations.
- In connection with the non-performance or improper performance of obligations by the Administrator under the Agreement, the User has the right to file a complaint.
- Complaints related to the use of 50plus50 Club by the User and the available services can be submitted electronically via the contact form available here >>.
- To expedite and facilitate the handling of complaints, please provide in the complaint description:
- information and circumstances regarding the subject of the complaint, in particular the type and date of the irregularity,
- the User's request and the email address provided by the User in connection with the use of 50plus50 Club,
- the contact details of the User submitting the complaint.
- The Administrator will review the complaint and inform about the outcome promptly, no later than within 14 (fourteen) calendar days from the date of submission. If the data or information provided in the complaints need to be supplemented, the Administrator will ask the User to supplement them before reviewing the complaint. However, the Administrator is required to respond to the User - consumer complaint within a maximum of 30 days from the date of receipt.
- If the Administrator does not respond to the User's (consumer's) complaint within a maximum of 30 days from the date of receipt, it is considered that the complaint is accepted.
- The Administrator provides the response to the complaint to the User (consumer) via email to the email address provided by the User (consumer).
XIV. CHANGE OF SERVICE
- The Administrator reserves the right to change the Service, which is not necessary to maintain its compliance with the Agreement, for the following reasons justifying the change:
- insufficient technical quality of the Service preventing its proper provision,
- mergers or acquisitions involving the Administrator, requiring reorganization of its business activities,
- changes in applicable laws or the enactment of new legal regulations, issuance of a public administration authority decision, or court ruling requiring an appropriate modification,
- changes in trade names under which the Services are offered,
- changes in technical standards or technology of the Services offered in the 50plus50 Club service,
- the need to adapt the Services to the new technical environment or changes in the number of 50plus50 Club users,
- the need to implement actions ensuring the integrity of the network and Services,
- the need to implement actions ensuring the provision of Services at a high-quality level,
- the need to implement actions ensuring the protection of Services from their use contrary to the Regulations or applicable laws,
- adding new Services and developing existing Services,
- force majeure.
- Information about the changes referred to in section 1 above will be communicated to the User by posting it on the 50plus50 Club website or by sending such information to Users to the email addresses provided during registration in 50plus50 Club within 14 days from the date of the change.
- If the changes referred to in section 1 above significantly and negatively affect the User's access to the Service or use of it, the Administrator will inform the User in advance at least 7 days before the changes are introduced by posting it on the 50plus50 Club website or by sending such information to Users to the email addresses provided during registration in 50plus50 Club.
- If the change referred to in section 1 above significantly and negatively affects the User's access to the Service or use of it, the User has the right to terminate the Agreement within 30 days from the date of the change or informing the User about the change if the notification occurred later than the change.
- The provision in section 4 above does not apply if the Administrator has granted the User the right to retain, at no additional cost, the Service compliant with the Agreement in its unchanged state. In such a case, the User is not entitled to terminate the Agreement.
XV. FINAL PROVISIONS
- The scope of the services rendered may be modified by the Administrator by adding or deleting the availability of particular services.
- The Administrator reserves the right to unilaterally change these Regulations and pledges to notify the Users of the changes to 50plus50 Club within 14 days of the introduction of the change by posting such information on the 50plus50 Club site or by sending such information to the Users at the email addresses given by them at the registration with 50plus50 Club. All Users from time to time ought to visit the 50plus50 Club site and the Regulations site in order to learn about the possible changes.
- The User has the right not to accept the changes introduced by the Administrator. Lack of acceptance for the introduced changes implies the User’s consent to have the Account deleted.
- The Administrator shall not be held responsible for the correctness of the information or the data entered into and exchanged by the Users.
- The Administrator reserves the right to temporarily deactivate 50plus50 Club for the purpose of improvement, adding services, or carrying out maintenance of which the Users shall be notified in advance.
- The Administrator shall not be held responsible for the loss of data stored in the Administrator’s computer systems due to equipment failure, internet malfunction, third-party activities, theft of accounts, transfer of the Users’ photo images from 50plus50 Club and posting in other web services or using them otherwise, since the Administrator has no possibility of preventing the photos from being copied.
- The Administrator shall not be held responsible for anybody’s use of 50plus50 Club that violates these Regulations nor for any damage resulting from such improper use.