Terms of Use

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions” or “Agreement“) governs your engagement and use of UKCheckedIn.com (“Website” or “Site”) and the services offered by PWP Online Services Limited or any of its owners, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or licensors (“Company” or “us”). These Terms and Conditions are a legally binding and enforceable agreement between you, a visitor of our Website or Customer receiving our Service (“you” or “user”) and the Company.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE ACCESSING, BROWSING OR IN ANY OTHER WAY USING THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE SERVICES. BY USING THE WEBSITE, OR THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ACCEPT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, WITHOUT QUALIFICATION OR LIMITATION. IF YOU DO NOT UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE, OR ANY OF THE SERVICES.

IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS ANY LIMITATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW THAT LIMITS OR PREVENTS YOUR ABILITY TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE OR ANY PART THEREOF, YOU MAY NOT VISIT OR USE THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES. BY VISITING OR USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU STATE EXPLICITLY THAT YOU ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY APPLICABLE LAW CONCERNING LIMITATION APPLIED ON YOUR ABILITY TO VISIT OR USE THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES OR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE OR DUE TO ANY OTHER LIMITATION CONCERNING YOUR VISIT OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES.

Important Note: Our Services are not offered or provided to UK residents or citizens. In case you are a citizen or resident of the UK you are not allowed to use the Services and Website. When you visit or use any of Website and Services, you are aware and acknowledge that the Website is owned and operated by a private Company: PWP Online Services Limited, 1212-1175 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2E1, Canada. The Company is not an agency of the British Government or otherwise connected in any way whatsoever to the Government of the United Kingdom. In this respect, the Company does not intend to give nor does it claim to provide legal advice or solutions.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Our services include an Employment Profile Review; access to a platform (“Platform”) designed to assist you with the search for open positions; preparation of the CV and LinkedIn page; general information and eBooks; assistance in registering for academic courses, etc. (“Services”).

You should be aware, with respect to the information available on the Website, that the Government of the United Kingdom has the authority to modify or cancel the various visa or immigration programs detailed in the Website at any time, and upon the approval of the United Kingdom’s governmental or legislative bodies. The Company and the Website shall not be held responsible in case the United Kingdom Government (or one of its Agencies) suspends, prohibits, cancels or otherwise prevents (“Prevention Announcement”) the various visa or immigration programs, for any reason, and will not provide refund for payments that were made prior to any such Prevention Announcement.

NOT A LAW FIRM

The Company is NOT a Law Firm and Does Not Provide Legal Advice! THE COMPANY’S SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH LEGAL ADVICE. YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS OR NEED LEGAL ADVICE, YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT A LICENSED SOLICITOR. IT IS HEREBY CLARIFIED THAT THE COMPANY IS A MARKETING COMPANY AND AS SUCH IS THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE.

ACCOUNT AND REGISTRATION

Some Services require creating an account (“Account”) and establishing a username and password. If you create an Account, you agree to submit only accurate information about yourself and to keep the information you submit up-to-date. You agree not to impersonate anyone else. You are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your username and password, and you agree not to authorize anyone else to use your username and password. You are solely responsible for all actions taken under your account. You agree to notify us promptly in the event you learn of any unauthorized use of your account. By creating an account, you agree that you may receive electronic communications from us and its affiliates, including offers, newsletters, account notices and updates. If at any time you no longer wish to receive such electronic communications, you may opt-out by clicking the designated link in the communication.

RESTRICTIONS

You acknowledge and agree to use any of Websites, Platform or Services, solely for lawful purposes.  You hereby represent and warrant that you shall not, without limitation (a) resale or commercially use the Website, Platform or Services or its contents; (b) make any derivative use of the Website, Platform or Services or its contents; (c) make any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools any of the Website, Platform or Services or any portion thereof may not (d) be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose; (e) be framed or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of the Website or Services or any part thereof; (f) use the Company’s logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark (including the “UKCheckedIn” name), without the Company’s express written permission intercept or monitor, damage or modify any communication which is not intended for you, (g) use any type of virus, worm, Trojan-horse, spider, time bomb or any other instructions or codes that are designed to damage, distort, delete or disassemble any the Website or Services or communication, (h) send any unsolicited commercial communication not allowed by applicable law, or (i) expose any other user to material which is unlawful, offensive, indecent, profane, obscene, vulgar, harmful to minors, harassing, threatening, abusive, defamatory, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would violate the rights of others, constitute a criminal offense or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or is objectionable in any other way.

FEES AND PAYMENTS

While we make a lot of information and support services free of charge, some Services are subject to service fees (“Fees”). The Fees differ depending on the package you choose, the complexity level of the package requested by you, etc. (“Package”). Payment of all Fees and charges to the Company, if applicable, must be made by a valid credit or charge card or other forms of accepted payment as designated on the Website. Any government fees are separate from our Service Fees and must be paid to the applicable government agency at the time of filing, if applicable.

We retain the right to use third party electronic payment processors or financial institutions to process the Fees. When Service Fees apply, you will be required to provide us with valid, up-to-date credit card or other payment information. YOU AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY TO CHARGE YOUR CREDIT CARD OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD FOR ALL SERVICE FEES YOU INCUR AS THEY BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE. You are responsible for maintaining up-to-date payment information. If we cannot charge you for Service Fees when due because your payment information is incorrect or no longer valid, or if we do not receive your payment when due, the Company will have no obligation to provide the Service as well as the Solicitor Services. In the event of fraudulent payment or suspected fraudulent payment, including the use of stolen credit cards or debit cards, or any other fraudulent activity (including any charge-back or other reversal of a payment), we retain the right to block your Account and to reverse any refund that may have been issued. We shall be entitled to inform any relevant authorities or entities (including credit reference agencies) of any payment fraud or otherwise illegal activity, and may utilize collection services in order to recover payments.

REFUND POLICY

Refunds shall be issued at our sole discretion and in any event shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you for the remaining credit outstanding to you with respect to any of the relevant Package. For avoidance of doubt and without derogating from any provision of the Terms and Conditions, fees paid are not recoverable if we suspects, at our sole discretion, that you are in breach of the Terms and Condition, or if filing of the application is made impossible by any events beyond the control of the Company.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

The Website and Services, and any part thereof, including without limitation logos, names, text graphics, texts, images, videos, sounds, buttons, icons, ‘look and feel’, source code, content and information and any and all intellectual property, embodied in the same, including, copyrights, trademarks, patents, titles, or other proprietary information or any algorithms, techniques, methods or processes contained in such, in any form, in part or in whole, including without limitation, any component, extraction, modification, or development thereof made by us or you or any third party, constitute intellectual proprietary information and trade secrets of the Company, and are protected as such by this Terms and Conditions or by any applicable law. You shall not make any use of the Company’s proprietary information and nothing in the Terms of Conditions shall be construed as giving you any license or approval to do so. You shall not authorize, permit, cause or undertake the modification, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking of the Website or Services or any part thereof. The information on the Website is protected by copyright: Copyright © 2021 PWP Online Services Limited All Rights Reserved.

PRIVACY POLICY

As part of your usage of the Website and Services you will be required to provide us, and we will collect and process certain Personal Data (As defined in our Privacy Policy). We recommend to review our Privacy Policy in order to learn more on how we collect and proves you Personal Data.

UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS

We reserve the right to add, delete or otherwise change parts of these Terms of Conditions, at our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice. You are responsible to periodically check our Terms of Conditions for any modifications that may have been made. Your continues usage of the Website and Services shall constitute that you read, agree and accept the terms of this Agreement.

TERMINATION

The Company, without limiting other remedies, may limit, suspend, or terminate your use of the Website and Services block your user Account or user identification number, and the use of any content or other material contained therein, at any time, without any prior notice, with or without cause and without any recourse, and with immediate effect. The Company shall not be liable in respect for any damage caused by or arising of or in connection with the restriction, suspension or termination, regardless of the reason thereof.

NO WARRANTIES

THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER; UKCHECKEDIN AND ANY OF ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS DO NOT, EITHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, CLAIMS OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR USE OR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY AND ANY OF ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FURTHER DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT WEBSITE AND SERVICES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE AND ERROR-FREE OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT PACKET LOSS, NOR DO UKCHECKEDIN AND ANY OF ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT ANY SUCCESS OR ACCEPTANCE OF A VISA THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES.

Additionally, the Website and Services may contain links to other third party websites (such as found on our “Immigration News” webpage) and you agree and acknowledge that the content of such is entirely the responsibility of its respective authors. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY, ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR VISIT OF ANY THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER FORM OF LIABILITY, FOR ANY INJURIES, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LOSS OF DATA, INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER FAILURE OR PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE VISIT OR USE OF ANY OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES INCLUDING THE SOLICITOR SERVICES OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH, EVEN IF THE COMPANY, ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR ONLY RIGHT OR REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROBLEMS, DISSATISFACTION OR DAMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES ARE OR THE USE OR VISIT THEREOF IS TO CEASE USE OF SUCH WEBSITES OR SERVICES. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE COMPANY IS FOUND TO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHICH ARISE OUT OF OR IS ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES, THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE LESSER OF (A) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE PACKAGE; OR (B) £50.00 (FIFTY BRITISH POUNDS). SINCE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS AS SET FORTH ABOVE, SOME OF THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH EVENT THE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED AS FAR AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LEGISLATION.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its owners, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, licensors or suppliers, from and against all demands, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made against the Company by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your visit or use of any of the Website or Services.

GOVERNING LAW 

You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Website or Services, including all disputes, will be governed by the laws of Canada without regard to its conflict of law’s provisions. You agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the District Court in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue. Any claim under this Agreement must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred. In the event of any controversy or dispute between the Company and you arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website or Services, the parties shall attempt, promptly and in good faith, to resolve any such dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve any such dispute within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days), then either party may submit such controversy or dispute to mediation. If the dispute cannot be resolved through mediation, then the parties shall be free to pursue any right or remedy available to them under applicable law.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Headings used in the Terms and Conditions are only for reference purposes and in no way describe, define, construe, or limit the extent or scope of such section.

This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be assigned or transferred by you to others, but may be assigned without notice or restriction by the Company.

In the event of a discrepancy or inconsistency between the original English language version of the Terms and Condition and any translation of the Agreement in another language, the original English version shall prevail over the translation.