Terms and Conditions

1.1 These terms and conditions shall govern your use of our website/app.

1.2 By using our website and/or app, you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website and/or app.

1.3 If you register with our website and/or app, submit any material to our website and/or app, we will ask you to expressly agree to these terms and conditions.

1.4 You must 18 years of age and above to use our website and/or app; by using our website and/or app you are agree to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.

1.5 Our website uses cookies; by using our website/app or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our privacy and cookies policy.

2.1 Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Destined2Meet Ltd.

2.2 Subject to the express provisions of these terms and conditions:

a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and

b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website/app and the material on our website/app are reserved.

3.1 You must not download any material from our website/app or save any such material to your computer or mobile.

3.2 You may only use our website for online/speed dating, you must not use our website/app for any other purposes.

3.3 Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.

3.4 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:

        1. republish material from our website (including republication on another website);

        2. sell, rent or sub-license material from our website/app;

        3. show any material from our website in public;

        4. exploit material from our website/app for a commercial purpose; or

        5. redistribute material from our website/app.

    

3.5 Notwithstanding Section 3.4, you may redistribute our newsletter in print and electronic form to any person.

3.6 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.

3.7 By using the App you agree to the End User License Agreement, please visit Apple EULA Terms of Use and/or Google Play Store for their Terms and Conditions.

4.1 You must not:

a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;

b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;

c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any  spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;

d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;

e) access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means.

f) violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website; or

g) use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).

4.2 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.

5.1 You may register for an account with our website by completing and submitting the account registration form on our website.

5.2 You must not allow any other person to use your account to access the website.

6.1 If you register for an account with our website, you will be asked to choose a user ID and password.

6.2 Your user ID must not be liable to mislead and must comply with the content rules set out in Section 13; you must not use your account or user ID for or in connection with the impersonation of any person.

6.3 You must keep your password confidential.

6.4 You must change your password immediately if you become aware of any disclosure of your password.

6.5 You are responsible for any activity on our website arising out of any failure to keep your password confidential and may be held liable for any losses arising out of such a failure.

7.1 We may:

        a) edit your account details.

        b) temporarily suspend your account; and/or

        c) cancel your account,

at any time in our sole discretion, providing that if we cancel any services you have paid for and you have not breached these terms and conditions, you will be entitled to a refund of any amounts paid to us in respect of those services that were to be provided by us to you after the date of such cancellation; we will give you notice of any cancellation under this Section 7.1.

7.2 You may cancel your account on our website using your account control panel in the ‘settings’ page. You will not be entitled to any refund if you cancel your account in accordance with this Section 7.2.

8.1 To become a subscriber to our website services, you must pay the applicable subscription fees after you have registered for an account with our website. We will send you an acknowledgement of your order. If your order is accepted, we will send you an order confirmation, at which point the contract between us for the supply of Destined2Meet services shall come into force upon the issue of the order acknowledgement and will appear on your bank statement as Destined2Meet Package Plan.

Once subscription has been made, you are able to connect with other subscribed users using the speed dating service and to connect with your matches.

8.2 You will have the opportunity to identify and correct input errors prior to making your order.

8.3 Registered users with appropriate subscriptions will be able to access dating-related services on our website, which may include:

        a) the publication of a personal profile on our website

 

        b) Speed date globally in your desired countries.

        c) access to our searchable database of other users' (matches only) personal profiles.

        d) live chat with other website/app users (matches only)

        e) video call with your matches (only applicable from 3-month package or more)

        f) Leave video or audio messages (matches only)

        g) private messaging 

8.4 We may from time to time vary the benefits associated with a subscription offering promotions and/or price change by giving you written notice/news subscriptions of the variation, providing that, if in our reasonable opinion such a variation results in a substantial loss of value or functionality, you shall have the right to cancel your subscription, and/or extension of subscription without further costs to the subscriber.

8.5 At the end of any period of subscription for which you have paid, and subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions, your subscription will automatically renew, except for the 24hr PAYG (pay as you go); you must pay to us the applicable subscription fees to continue once the service has expired. Destined2Meet have the right to change the subscription price plan package, at which time subscribers will be given written notice in advance, alongside the changes within our terms and conditions.

8.6 Save where expressly requested or permitted by us to do so, you must not add any information to our website that may facilitate direct communications with other users including without limitation email addresses, postal addresses, instant messaging IDs, telephone numbers, fax numbers, personal website URLs and social networking profile URLs.

8.7 You acknowledge that we cannot be held responsible for the behaviour of our users, either on or off the website, and we cannot guarantee that any information provided by a user is true, accurate, complete, current and not misleading; and subject to Section 16.1 you will not hold us liable in respect of any loss or damage arising out of any user behaviour or user information.

9.1 All information that you supply as part of a personal profile on the website must be true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.

9.2 You must keep your personal profile on our website up to date.

9.3 Personal profile information must also comply with the provisions of Section 4 and Section 13.

10.1 The fees in respect of our website services will be as set out on the website from time to time.

10.2 All amounts stated in or in relation to these terms and conditions are, unless the context requires otherwise, stated inclusive of any applicable value added taxes.

10.3 You must pay to us the fees in respect of our website services in advance, in cleared funds, in accordance with any instructions on our website, please see 8.1.

10.4 We may vary fees from time to time by posting new fees on our website, but this will not affect fees for services that have been previously paid.

10.5 If you dispute any payment made to us, you must contact us immediately and provide full details of your claim.

10.6 If you owe us any amount under or relating to these terms and conditions, we may suspend or withdraw the provision of services to you.

11.1 This Section 11 applies if and only if you offer to contract with us using our automatic renewal subscription plan, or contract with us, as a consumer - that is, as an individual acting wholly or mainly outside your trade, business, craft or profession.

11.2 You may withdraw an offer to enter into a contract with us through our website, or cancel a contract entered into with us through our website, at any time within the period:

a) beginning upon the submission of your offer; and

b) ending at the end of 14 days after the day on which the contract is entered into, subject to Section 11.3. You do not have to give any reason for your withdrawal or cancellation.

11.3 You agree that we may begin the provision of services before the expiry of the period referred to in Section 11.2, and you acknowledge that, if we do begin the provision of services before the end of that period, then:

a) if the services are fully performed, you will lose the right to cancel referred to in Section 11.2;

b) if the services are partially performed at the time of cancellation, you must pay to us an amount proportional to the services supplied or we may deduct such amount from any refund due to you in accordance with this Section 11.

11.4 In order to withdraw an offer to contract or cancel a contract on the basis described in this Section 11, you must inform us of your decision to withdraw or cancel (as the case may be). You may inform us by means of any clear statement setting out the decision. In the case of cancellation, you may inform us using the cancellation form that we will make available to you. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning the exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

11.5 We will refund money using the same method used to make the payment, in any case, you will not incur any fees as a result of the refund. Please note refunds are not refunded during the one-time payment package plan.

11.6 We will process the refund due to you as a result of a cancellation on the basis described in this Section 11 without undue delay and, in any case, within the period of 14 days after the day on which we are informed of the cancellation.

12.1 In these terms and conditions, "your content" means all materials (including without limitation text, graphics, images, audio material, video material, audio-visual material, scripts, software and files) that you submit to us or our website for storage or publication on, processing by, or transmission via, our website.

12.2 You grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future media in relation to this website and any successor website.

12.3 You grant to us the right to sub-license the rights licensed under Section 12.2.

12.4 You grant to us the right to bring an action for infringement of the rights licensed under Section 12.2.

12.5 You hereby waive all your moral rights in your content to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law; and you warrant and represent that all other moral rights in your content have been waived to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

12.6 You may edit your content to the extent permitted using the editing functionality made available on our website.

12.7 Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach any provision of these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may delete, unpublish or edit any or all of your content.

13.1 You warrant and represent that your content will comply with these terms and conditions.

13.2 Your content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any person's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).

13.3 Your content, and the use of your content by us in accordance with these terms and conditions, must not:

a) be libellous or maliciously false;

b) be obscene or indecent;

d) infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection legislation;

e) constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement;

f) constitute an incitement to commit a crime, instructions for the commission of a crime or the promotion of criminal activity;

g) be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order;

    

h) be in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;

i) be blasphemous;

j) depict violence in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner;

k) be pornographic, lewd, suggestive or sexually explicit;

m) constitute spam;

 n) be offensive, deceptive, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, anti-social, menacing, hateful, discriminatory or  inflammatory; or

 o) cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person.

13.4 Your content must be appropriate, civil and tasteful, and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour on the internet.

13.5 You must not use our website to link to any website or web page consisting of or containing material that would, were it posted on our website, breach the provisions of these terms and conditions.

13.6 You must not submit to our website any material that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.

14.1 If you learn of any unlawful material or activity on our website, or any material or activity that breaches these terms and conditions, please let us know.

14.2 You can let us know about any such material or activity by email or using our abuse reporting form.

15.1 We do not warrant or represent:

        a) that the website or any service on the website will remain available.

15.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website and app services, and to stop publishing our website/app, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website/app.

15.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 16.1, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, our website and the use of our website.

16.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions will:

a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

and, if you are a consumer, your statutory rights will not be excluded or limited by these terms and conditions, except to the extent permitted by law.

a) are subject to Section 16.1; and

b) govern all liabilities arising under these terms and conditions or relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions.

16.3 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.

16.4 We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.

16.5 We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

16.6 We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

16.7 You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, you acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; you agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website or these terms and conditions (this will not, of course, limit or exclude the liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and omissions of our officers and employees).

17.1 You hereby indemnify us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by us and arising directly or indirectly out of your use of our website or any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions.

18.1 Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may:

        a) temporarily suspend your access to our website;

        b) permanently prohibit you from accessing our website;

        c) suspend or delete your account on our website.

18.2 Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our website or a part of our website, you must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking including without limitation creating and/or using a different account.

19.1 Destined2Meet, (D2M) our logos and our other registered and unregistered trademarks are trademarks belonging to us; we give no permission for the use of these trademarks and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.

19.2 The third party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners and unless stated otherwise in these terms and conditions, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.

19.3 The speed dating feature of Destined2Meet, conceptualized by the founder in 2014, is an integral part of the platform's unique selling proposition (USP) that belongs to the founder at Destined2Meet LTD.

20.1 We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time.

20.2 The revised terms and conditions shall apply to the use of our website from the date of publication of the revised terms and conditions on the website. We will notify you of any revision of these terms and conditions and the revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of our website from the date that we give you such notice; if you do not agree to the revised terms and conditions, you must stop using our website.

21.1 Subject to Section 16.1, these terms and conditions, together with our privacy and cookies policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to your use of our website.

22. Law and jurisdiction

22.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

22.2 Any disputes relating to these terms and conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

23.1 We will not file a copy of these terms and conditions specifically in relation to each user or customer and, if we update these terms and conditions, the version to which you originally agreed will no longer be available on our website. We recommend that you consider saving a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

23.2 These terms and conditions are available in the English language only.

24.1 The website/app is owned and operated by Destined2Meet Ltd.

24.2 Destined2Meet Ltd is registered in England and Wales under registration number 09663890 whose registered office is at 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX.

24.3 You can contact us:

        a) using our website contact form;

        b) by email, using the email address published on our website.