Terms and conditions

Terms and Conditions of use

King’s College London (“King’s” / “we” / “our” / “us”) is a university with charitable status, established under royal charter and having its registered office at Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom.

By accessing this website you accept and agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms”) and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, then you must not use the site or otherwise use the services. The services are offered subject to your acceptance of these Terms which also incorporates our Privacy Policy. These Terms also incorporate our Donations Terms which will apply in addition, when you make any donation to the King’s Global Day of Giving on our fundraising page, and which you will need to read and accept before making any donation.

King’s College London gives no warranty as to the accuracy of the information or guidance for any specific purpose. The information and guidance contained on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice. All implied warranties and conditions are excluded, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

King’s College London is in no way responsible or liable for any damage or loss whatsoever arising from viewing or downloading information from this website and from the use of, or reliance on, the information and guidance on this website, although this does not affect claims in respect of death or personal injury caused by negligence.

Our website is provided by a third party service provider, Sponsorcraft Ltd, on our behalf. Please note, these Terms operate between you and us (King's College London) only. Sponsorcraft Ltd has no contractual relationship with you, however, it may be able to enforce any third party rights it has under these Terms against you (for example, if you infringe any rights which Sponsorcraft Ltd has in relation to our website, including by copying or misusing it).

Your use of any other services or websites which are similar to the Services and which are provided by a third party, including any third party services or websites which King's College London’s website links to (including other services or websites operated by Sponsorcraft Ltd), is subject to the legal terms which govern usage of those other services, and King's College London has no responsibility whatsoever for such usage.

Changes to the Terms

King’s College London reserves the right at all times to vary, change, alter, amend or remove these Terms. By browsing the website you accept that you are bound by the then-current Terms (including any terms, policies and notices we refer to in these Terms). We therefore recommend that you check these each time you revisit the site.

Conduct

You must not use this website, and/or any interactive facilities which are available through it to:

  • commit or encourage unlawful acts or in breach of these Terms;
  • misrepresent your identity;
  • hack, or attempt to hack, any part of the website or any system used to run it;
  • store personal data derived from the website;
  • post material that is obscene, offensive, or otherwise unlawful;
  • technically harm the website and/or its systems (including, without limitation, computer viruses or malicious software or harmful data).

Additionally, you agree not to:

  • take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by King's College London in its sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Sponsorcraft Ltd’s infrastructure;
  • engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services), including (but not limited to) attacking the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack;
  • access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by King's College London via Sponsorcraft Ltd, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with King's College London. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and agree not to run any form of spam or auto-responder on the Services.
  • Use this site if you are under the age of 18

If you breach this provision, you may be committing a criminal offence. King's College London will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and King's College London will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Site will cease immediately.

King's College London does not guarantee that any Content will be made available on or through the Services. King's College London has no obligation to monitor the Services or content. However, King's College London reserves the right to remove, edit or modify any Content in its sole discretion from the Services at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such content or if King's College London is concerned that you may have violated these Terms).

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Site. You should use your own virus protection software.

Copyright

This site and its content are protected by copyright. The content of this website may be viewed, printed or downloaded for personal, non-commercial use only. It is not to be modified, reproduced, transmitted, published or otherwise made available in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the King’s College London. In no event shall any user of this website use the name or logo of King’s College London or any of its trademarks, other than with the express written consent of an authorised representative of King’s College London.

Donations

Our Donations Terms will apply to any donation you make to the King’s Global Day of Giving on our fundraising page, in addition to the other provisions of these Terms. You should read them carefully before making a donation.

Champions

A Giving Day Champion is a committed member of the King’s community who recognises the importance of supporting causes such as research projects and students at King’s. Champions are connected within their peer groups and want to help King’s extend this message to the wider community. Champions play a part in the success of the Giving Day by helping to spread the word and increase the reach of key messages across their own social media and email networks around the world.

Alumni and supporters of King’s can become a Global Day of Giving Champion by registering on the website https://givingday.kcl.ac.uk/ambassador/. Each Champion much register their interest individually. Once registered Champions will be able to access messages, images and videos to share across their own social media and email channels. Champions are under no obligation to share any content about the Global Day of Giving and it is the choice of each Champion how much involvement they have in the Global Day of Giving. When Champions edit the message/s that appear on the Champion website, King’s College London takes no responsibility for the content of the edited message/s.

The first and last name provided by each Champion at point of registration will be displayed on a leader board visible to all Champions by logging into the Champion website. If you would like to amend the name displayed on the leader board, please email giving@kcl.ac.uk. Once registered, Champions will be provided with a unique URL to the Global Day of Giving website. If Champions choose to promote this unique URL, any clicks and/or monetary donations generated from those clicks will be tracked and marked next to your name on the leader board, visible to other registered Champions. At the end of the Global Day of Giving at 8pm GMT 5th April 2023 the three Champions who have generated the highest number of click throughs to the website https://givingday.kcl.ac.uk from sharing the unique URL will be awarded one of the three prizes as outlined on the Champion website.

Champion registration lasts for each individual Global Day of Giving. For the Global Day of Giving 2023, Champion registration will expire when the Day of Giving ends at 8pm GMT 5th April 2023.

Registering as a Champion is free, and Champions are under no obligation to make a donation to the Global Day of Giving themselves.

Third party websites

The Services may contain links to other websites or resources on the Internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the Site. You acknowledge that King's College London is not responsible or liable for the content or any aspect of such third party websites and you use them at your own risk. The fact that King's College London provides links to certain third party websites does not in any way constitute endorsement of or association with such websites by King's College London. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that King's College London shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by your use of any such website or resource.

Linking to the Site

You may link to any page of the Site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage King's College London’s reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on King's College London’s part where none exists. You must not establish a link to the Site in any website that is not owned by you. The Site must not be framed on any other site. King's College London reserves the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content requirements set out in these Terms. If you wish to make any use of content on the Site other than that set out above, please contact giving@kcl.ac.uk.

Content

You acknowledge that all Content which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated.

You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by those who provide Content to King's College London (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Sponsorcraft Ltd or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.

King's College London reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any part of the Services. You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that King's College London has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Sponsorcraft Ltd may suffer) by doing so. In particular, King's College London will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any Content posted by you or any other user of the Site. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to the Site, or to make contact with other users of the Site, you must comply with these Terms. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with these Terms, and you will be liable to King's College London and indemnify King's College London for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage which King's College London suffers as a result of your breach of warranty. No Content is intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the Content on the Site. The views expressed by other users on the Site do not represent King's College London's views or values.

Warranty Disclaimer

You agree and acknowledge that King's College London has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that Sponsorcraft Ltd cannot control, nor has it any obligation to act in relation to:

  • the way in which you utilise the Content;
  • what Content you access via the Site;
  • the impact the Content may or may not have on you;
  • which users gains access to the Site;or
  • what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content.

You agree that King's College London is not liable for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site. King's College London does not guarantee that the Site, or any Content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis. King's College London may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Site without notice. King's College London will not be liable to you if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. The Services are provided "as is" and "as available" and are without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement and fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranties implied by any course of performance or usage of trade, all of which are expressly disclaimed. King's College London, and its directors, employees, agents, suppliers, partners and content providers do not warrant that: (a) the Services will be secure or available at any particular time or location; (b) the Site, or any Content on it, will be free from errors or omissions; (c) the Content on the Site is accurate, complete or up-to-date; (d) any defects or errors will be corrected; (e) any content or software available at or through the Services is free of viruses or other harmful components; or (f) the results of using the Services will meet your requirements. Your use of the Services is solely at your own risk.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms, and your relationship with King's College London under the Terms (including the subject-matter of these Terms and the formation of the contract, and any contractual or non-contractual dispute associated with your use of the Services), are governed by English law. You and King's College London agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any such dispute. Notwithstanding this, you agree that King's College London shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.

Complaints

Any complaint made about any material available on King’s website or information relating to the Fundraising Team contained on external Internet sites will be addressed as soon as possible.

Please contact our Supporter Care team by email at giving@kcl.ac.uk.

These terms and condition represent the entire agreement between the parties in regard to the website.

King’s College London in its sole discretion is entitled to alter or amend the website and the terms and conditions without notice.

Effective Date: 19 August 2020

Donations Terms

These Donations Terms apply to anyone who makes a donation to King’s Global Day of Giving on our fundraising page, which can be accessed at www.givingday.kcl.ac.uk.

Please read these Donations Terms, together with our Terms as a whole, carefully before making a donation. These Donation Terms apply together with our main Website Terms. You will need to read and agree to these Donations Terms each time you make a donation.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about these Donations Terms (or any donation you have made or would like to make), you can contact us by e-mailing giving@kcl.ac.uk. Alternatively, if you prefer to contact us by post, our address is King’s College London, Virginia Woolf Building, 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LE, United Kingdom.

Who can donate?

We take the protection of children’s personal information very seriously. As such, we will only collect or process information relating to a child (such as his or her name and email address) where it is necessary for us to do so in order to fulfil our contract with that individual (for example, if he or she makes a donation on our website).

How to make a donation

You can make a one-off donation of any amount (in pounds sterling) by following the process on our fundraising page, available at www.givingday.kcl.ac.uk. Please check the details of your donation carefully before confirming it. It is your responsibility to ensure these details are correct. This includes:

  • the amount of your donation;
  • any Gift Aid declaration (see What about Gift Aid?); and
  • any information you submit as part of your donation, such as your contact details and payment details.

When making your donation, you will be asked to provide details of the credit / debit card you wish to use to make that donation through Stripe (the payment processor). King’s will not itself process any of your payment details.

Please note: Stripe will charge you a fee for processing your donation (which it will deduct from your donation). Stripe will calculate this processing fee based on how much you donate (as a proportion of your donation) and deduct it from your donation before transferring the remainder to us. Please visit Stripe’s website https://stripe.com/en-gb for details of its processing fees. We are not in any way responsible for Stripe’s processing fee.

How to make a Challenge donation

You can make a Challenge donation of any amount (in pounds sterling) to the King's Global Day of Giving by following the process on our fundraising page, available at www.givingday.kcl.ac.uk. Please check the details of your donation carefully before confirming it. It is your responsibility to ensure these details are correct.

Challenge donations can either be set as a Donor Challenge, whereby the amount you have pledged to donate is released if a certain number of additional individuals donate to the Global Day of Giving; or a Donation Challenge whereby the amount you have pledged to donate is released if a certain number of additional individuals donate a certain amount of money to the Global Day of Giving. Both parameters will be set by you as the donor and must be met within the 36 hours spanning 8am (GMT) 4 April - 8pm (GMT) 5 April 2023.. You will receive an email to confirm the challenge has been set-up and an additional email when the challenge has been completed and the agreed amount has been debited from your account.

How we acknowledge your donation

Once we have received confirmation that your payment has been authorised by Stripe, we will e-mail you to acknowledge receipt of your donation. Please let us know as soon as possible if you do not receive an e-mail acknowledging your donation.

How will your donation be spent?

The King’s Global Day of Giving is made up of two key areas. You can find further information about each of these areas via the website www.givingday.kcl.ac.uk.

When making a donation we will ask you to select the area that you are most interested in supporting. Please contact us if you would like to find out more (see How to contact us).

What about Gift Aid?

Gift Aid is a scheme which allows Charities to reclaim basic rate tax paid on any money donated to them by UK taxpayers either at a basic rate of 20% or a higher rate of 40%.

When making a donation we will ask if you would like to add “Gift Aid”. Adding Gift Aid means we can reclaim the tax on your donation and receive an extra 25p from the Government for every £1 you donate. This means that if you donate £10 and use Gift Aid, it is actually worth £12.50. It will not cost you any more.

You can use Gift Aid if the amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax you have paid, in any tax year (from 6th April one year to 5th April the next) covers the amount of tax we will reclaim on your donations.

To qualify for Gift Aid you must be a UK taxpayer and meet the requirements of the Government Gift Aid scheme (which may change from time to time). It is your responsibility to determine whether you are eligible for Gift Aid, and we are unable to give you any form of legal, financial or tax advice. If you are eligible, we will ask you to tick a box to declare it. You can find out more about the Gift Aid scheme here.

If you no longer pay UK tax at any time after making a donation and declaring you are eligible for Gift Aid, you must let us know (see How to contact us).

Will your donation be visible to others?

When making a donation we will ask how you would like us to display your contribution on our online donor wall and donations page. You may choose to show your name and the amount of your donation; your name only; or remain anonymous. See our Privacy Policy to find out more about how we handle your personal information.

When will we refund your donation?

We will only cancel and refund your donation in limited circumstances. For example, we will do so if:

  • we reasonably suspect you are not permitted to make a donation under these Donations Terms (for example, if you are under 18), or the donation has not been properly authorised; or
  • we make a mistake and do not request the right amount of money from your credit / debit card.

We cannot refund your donation if you change your mind. However, if you make a mistake when making a donation or if someone has used your credit / debit card fraudulently to make a donation, please contact us immediately (see How to contact us).

How we will use the personal information you give to us when you make a donation

We will handle any personal information that you provide to us in connection with a donation in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Other important terms

Each of the paragraphs of these Donations Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

No one other than you and us will be able to enforce any part of these Donation Terms.

These Donations Terms are governed by English law. You and we agree to submit all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Donations Terms to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

We may need to change these Donations Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the law. Please read these Donations Terms carefully each time you make a donation.

These Donations Terms were last updated in February 2023.