Terms and Conditions for Website Use

1. Introduction

Welcome to Known Impact. This website is owned and operated by Known Impact Ltd (referred to in these terms and conditions as ‘Known Impact’, ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’). Known Impact Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, with company registration number 16043032 and whose registered office is at 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, England, W1W 7LT. Our email address is hello@knownimpact.co

This page tells you the terms on which you may use our website knownimpact.co, whether as registered user or guest. Please read carefully before use.

By using the site, you accept the terms and agree to obey them. If you don’t accept them, please don’t use the site.

2. Who We Are

knownimpact.co is operated by Known Impact contact details hello@knownimpact.co 

3. Use of the Site

You have permission for temporary use of the site, but we can withdraw or change our service at any time without telling you and without being legally responsible to you.

You must treat all identification codes, passwords and other security information as confidential. If we think you have failed to keep confidentiality, we are allowed to disable any security information (including your passwords and codes).

In using our Website, You agree to follow our acceptable use policy also found later in these terms, cookies policy, and privacy policy https://knownimpact.co/privacy-policy/.

If you allow anyone else to use our site, you must make sure that they read these terms first, and that they follow them.

Only use the site as allowed by law and these terms. If you don’t, we may suspend your usage, or stop it completely.

We frequently update the site and make changes to it, but we don’t have to do this, and material on the site may be out-of-date. No material on the site is intended to contain advice, and you shouldn’t rely on it. We exclude all legal responsibility and costs for reliance placed on the site by anyone.

We follow our privacy policy in handling information about you. You can read our policy at https://knownimpact.co/privacy-policy/.

By using the site, you agree to us handling this information and confirm that data you provide is accurate.

If you order goods or services from us through the site, your order will take place under our Terms and Conditions of Supply, which will be included in the terms you receive from us. 

If we run any competitions or other activities through our site, there may be additional terms of use which you must agree to before taking part.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the site (for example the copyright and any rights in the designs) and in any of the material posted on it. They are protected by copyright.

You are allowed to print one copy and download extracts of any page on the site for your personal reference, but not for commercial use without a licence from us. You must not alter anything, or use any illustrations, video, audio or photographs separately from the text that goes with them.

If you share anything from our site, you must acknowledge that it is our content and that we have rights over it.

If you breach these terms, you lose your right to use our site, and must destroy or return any copies you have made.

5. Our Legal Responsibility to You

We do not guarantee the accuracy of material on our site and any information is provided on an “as is basis”. As far as legally possible, we exclude legal responsibility for the following:

• Any loss to you arising from use of our site

• Loss of income, profit, business, data, contracts, goodwill or savings.

Disclaimer of Liability

We take reasonable steps to verify the information provided by users as part of our baseline verification process. This process includes verifying registration details and conducting a basic review of publicly available information, such as website content. This process does not include in-depth background checks, such as financial or legal audits. We also moderate activity on this website, such as project listings, to promote compliance with our community standards. However, Known Impact does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any user-submitted content or the suitability of any member for partnerships or collaborations. It is the sole responsibility of businesses and organisations to conduct their own due diligence before engaging in any partnership, agreement, or transaction with other members or users of this website and platform. Known Impact disclaims any liability for losses, damages, or disputes arising from such interactions, partnerships, or collaborations. By using this website and platform, you acknowledge and agree that Known Impact is not liable for any actions or omissions of its users. You further agree to independently assess the risks and merits of any engagement.

We also exclude, as far as legally possible, all terms and warranties or promises implied by law or by statutes.

6. Uploading to our Site

If you contact other users of our site or upload material to it, you must follow our acceptable use policy described later in these terms, which sets out standards for usage. You can read this policy at https://knownimpact.co/privacy-policy/. You agree to reimburse us for any costs or expenses we incur as a result of any breach of this term.

Material that you upload will be regarded as non-confidential and not owned. This means that we can copy it, distribute it, and show it to other people for any purpose. You agree that if anyone else claims to own the material, or says that it breaches their rights, we can give them your identity.

We won’t be legally responsible to anybody for the accuracy of material that you upload to the site, and we can remove it at any time if we think it doesn’t follow our acceptable use policy.

7. Computer Offences

If you do anything which is a criminal offence under a law called the Computer Misuse Act 1990, your right to use the site will end straightaway. We will report you to the relevant authorities and give them your identity.

Examples of computer misuse include introducing viruses, worms, Trojans and other technologically harmful or damaging material.

You mustn’t try to get access to our site or server or any connected database or make any ‘attack’ on the site. We won’t be legally responsible to you for any damage from viruses or other harmful material that you pick up via our site.

8. Links to Our Site

You are allowed to make a legal link to our website’s homepage from your website if the content on your site meets the standards of our acceptable use policy which can be found below these terms. We can end this permission at any time.

You mustn’t suggest any endorsement by us or association with us unless we agree in writing.

9. Links from Our Site

Links from our Site Platform to other websites are for information only. We don’t control them and don’t accept responsibility for other websites or any materials found upon them or any loss you suffer from using them.

10. Variation

We change these terms from time to time and you must check them for changes because they are binding on you.

11. Applicable Law

11.1 These terms and any dispute or claim relating to or connected with them (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

11.2 If any such dispute cannot be settled amicably through ordinary negotiations between the parties, or either or both is or are unwilling to engage in this process, either party may propose to the other in writing that structured negotiations be entered into with the assistance of a fully accredited mediator before resorting to litigation.

11.3 Any dispute shall not affect the parties’ ongoing obligations under these terms.

11.4 The English courts have the only right to hear claims related to our site (and any non-contractual matters arising from these terms), and all disputes are governed by English law.

12. Contact Us

Please email us at hello@knownimpact.co to contact us about any issues.

Acceptable Use Policy for Website

1. Introduction

This is our acceptable use policy. If you use our website, for example by creating a profile, applying for jobs, uploading content or adding comments to any future forum platforms on our website it means that the policy applies to you and that you agree with it as part of our Website Terms explained above.

We may change these terms, so we expect you to check this page from time to time as the changes will be binding on you. There may also be changes elsewhere on our site.

2. Who We Are

Knownimpact.co is owned and operated by Known Impact Ltd. (referred to in these terms and conditions as ‘Known Impact’, ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’). Known Impact Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, with company registration number 16043032 and whose registered office is at 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, England, W1W 7LT.

Our email address is: hello@knownimpact.co 

3. What you must not do

You must not use the site to do any of the following:

• Break any laws or regulations of any jurisdiction

• Do anything unlawful or fraudulent, or which has an unlawful or fraudulent effect

• Harm or attempt to harm minors or promote violence or self-harm

• Do anything with material that does not meet our content standards (these are listed below)

• Do anything with unsolicited advertising material (known as spam)

• Transmit any data or material that is harmful to other programs, software, or hardware (for example, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other harmful programmes etc.)

• Copy in any way or re-sell any part of our site (unless we allow it under our website terms)

• Interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of our site, equipment, network, software or storage arrangements.

• Sharing sensitive information such as passwords or other sensitive information with unauthorised people, or storing it where it could be easily lost or stolen

• Posting inappropriate content that is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory

• Infringing on intellectual property, infringing on another person’s copyright, database right, or trademark

We are not responsible for any data breach, malware infection, or other security incidents that may occur as a result of a user’s activity while accessing the system. Users are advised to maintain updated security practices and exercise caution when handling sensitive information. Any actions that violate this policy may result in disciplinary measures, including termination of access privileges and/or involvement of law enforcement when applicable.

4. Content Standards

Here are our content standards. They apply to all material that you contribute to our site and to all interactive services.

You must follow these standards carefully, but please also follow the spirit of them.

Your contributions must be:

• Accurate (if they are factual)

• Genuine (if they state opinions)

• Within the law.

Your contributions must not be:

• Defamatory, obscene or offensive

• Likely to deceive, harass, annoy, threaten, or invade someone else’s privacy.

And they must not:

• Promote material that is sexually explicit or abusive

• Promote violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, age, disability, or sexual orientation

• Contain any statement that would encourage or induce terrorism

• Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites

• Infringe anyone else’s intellectual property

• Be used to impersonate anyone, or misrepresent anyone’s identity

• Encourage or assist anything that breaks the law, breaches a legal duty owed to a third party (such as confidentiality) or promotes illegal activity.

5. Interactive Services

Our standards for interactive services, such as memberships, chat rooms and bulletin boards, are as follows:

We will tell you clearly about the service. You agree that by using this Site and registering for membership, you are at least 18 years of age. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service periodically. We may revise these Terms of Service at any time without notice to you. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.

Pricing. Prices for our products are subject to change without notice. There are no refunds or price protection in the event of a price reduction or promotional offering after time of purchase. We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part of content thereof) without notice at any time. We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuation of the Service.

Payments are due immediately upon purchase on an annual basis. All payments are due upon receipt according to the payment options offered. If no payment is received or if payment form is declined, no items or services will be provided. Payment cards (credit cards or debit cards) are subject to validation checks and authorisation by your card issuer. If we do not receive the required authorisation, we will not be liable for any delay in placing your order.

Sign-up. To begin the signup process for our membership service, you must complete and submit the online application form found at knownimpact.co/register. After submitting your form, a company representative will review your submission for approval and publishing. This also applies to any project listings that you submit to our members only area of our website referred to as ‘The Known Impact Platform’. We reserve the right to reject any application or active listing for any reason at any time for moderation and verification purposes or if there has been a breach of our terms and conditions or privacy policy.

Your use of the membership service is subject to these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

We will tell you what form of moderation we use for the site and will provide details of how contact the moderator if appropriate which will always be via hello@knownimpact.co.

We will try to assess risks on the site for all users and will moderate if we think it is appropriate.

We will not be responsible for any loss to anyone who does not use our site according to our standards (whether or not we have moderated the service).

6. Disclosure to Courts

If you have to disclose Confidential Information by order of a court or other public body you may do so. Confidential Information means confidential information that is owned by someone else and is either clearly labelled or described as such or which is obviously confidential when given to you, and includes copies or notes of such information.  

8. Suspension and Termination

If we think you have breached this policy, we will take whatever steps we think are necessary.

These might include:

• Stopping your use of the site temporarily or permanently

• Removing material you have put on the site

• Sending you a warning

• Taking legal action

• Telling the right authorities.

• We exclude legal responsibility and cost for actions we take to deal with your breach of our policy.