PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers TheOneClub
Terms of use & Privacy policy

General membership terms for the www.theoneclub.be club and privacy policy


1.- General
The site Theoneclub.be is administered by PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgium. The site Theoneclub is hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgium
The user confirms that he/she has received from Theoneclub all of the information and advice required to correctly use the website, accessible via the address www.theoneclub.be (hereinafter known as the website). Access to the website is only granted upon acceptance of these terms of use which Theoneclub is at liberty to change at any time by publishing change notifications directly on the website or by providing links to such notifications on the website.

Notifications may also be sent to the user by e-mail or by post.

The supplementary rules and lines of conduct are reputed to form an integral part of these general terms.

Users are therefore recommended to regularly refer to and view the latest version of these general terms, which are always available at the following address: www. theoneclub.be

2.- Terms regarding membership with the club

Three conditions must be met when signing up as a member of the club, and these conditions must always be met during the term of membership:

- - You are a permanent resident in Belgium;
- - You are a student at an institution of higher education in Belgium, studying a short or long course;
- - You are in possession of a student identification card valid for the current year

Theoneclub reserves the right to verify compliance with the above terms at any time. Should a member violate one of the above terms, Theoneclub shall have the right to exclude the member without providing prior notice.

3. Warning with regard to content of the website and its use

3.1.
Within the scope of using the website, users are prohibited from:

- posting, downloading, sending, transmitting by e-mail or by any other means content which is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, constitutive of harassment, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, threatening to the private lives of others, containing hatred, racism, or otherwise reprehensible;
- consulting, posting, downloading, sending or transmitting any content that violates current international law;
- attempting to mislead other users by usurping the name or social denomination of other persons;
- downloading, posting, sending, transmitting by e-mail or any other manner all content violating any patents, registered trademarks, manufacturing secrets, intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights appertaining to others;
- downloading, posting, sending, transmitting by e-mail or other manner any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (this refers in particular to sending spam, junk mail and chain letters or any other form of solicitation) ;
- downloading, posting, transmitting by e-mail or any other means all content containing computer viruses or other code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software, computer, or telecommunications tool without this list being exhaustive;
- committing any actions that have a disruptive effect and thus impeding other users' ability to gain access to the website;
- impeding or disturbing the service, servers, resources connected to the service, or from refusing to conform to the requirements, procedures, general rules or regulatory stipulations that apply to the resources connected to the website;
- harassing another user or several users in any way;
- collecting and storing personal data appertaining to other users.

Consequently, Theoneclub reserves the right to prohibit access, temporarily or permanently, without the need to provide prior notification, to all or part of the website to a natural person or legal entity:

- who/which violates these general terms of use;
- who/which uses personal data with which it tries to gain access to the website to suggest products or services entailing a charge or with the aim of sending a large number of unsolicited messages to the mailboxes of other Internet users (spamming)
- who/which intends to attack the reputation of the website or the club in any way;
- who/which intends to impair third-party intellectual rights;
- who/which intends to use the website for unlawful activities;

4. Guarantees and responsibilities

4.1.
Theoneclub guarantees that the components, services and functions made available to users work as described, conform to generally acknowledged standards, and are provided to users with acknowledgement of the third-party rights, and are not of an illicit nature.

Theoneclub is obliged to observe due care of a general manner. Theoneclub shall not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage the user incurs while using the website or its content. Further, Theoneclub is only accountable for its own deceit and gross negligence. It shall not be held responsible for deceit or gross negligence on the part of its agents, principals and, as a general rule, for that of its subcontractors or servants.

The user shall also release and save harmless Theoneclub from any complaint regarding one of the following cases:

- loss of business or business income due to the functioning or lack of functioning, or due to the use of or lack of use of the website, or due to the content contained therein or which can be found there;
- illegal or non-authorised intrusion of all third parties on the web server;
- introduction of a computer virus to the web server or website;
- temporary blocking of the passband;
- interruption to the Internet connection service due to a reason beyond the control of Theoneclub.

The user accepts that the components/functions/charts, etc. displayed on the website are subject to change. In addition, certain functions may be removed and others added without the user being able to assert claims of any kind.

In the same way, Theoneclub will solely decide whether to add/remove any content displayed on the website.

4.2.
Theoneclub reserves the right to modify, temporarily or permanently interrupt all or part of access to the website at any time and without having to serve users prior notice.

This shall also include, for example, website maintenance windows or modifications that need to be made to services or proposed functions. Theoneclub shall not be held accountable for any damage directly or indirectly linked to a modification, suspension or interruption of access to the website, whatever the cause may be.

5. Intellectual property

The information, logos, artwork, brands, models, slogans, charts, and, in general, announcements and their content etc. accessible via the website are protected by intellectual property and/or industrial property rights.

The user is not permitted to modify, reproduce, rent, borrow, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on all or part of the components on the website without the express permission of Theoneclub and/or the third party concerned. As a result, the user is prohibited from (and cannot grant authorisation to others with a view to) copying, modifying, creating a derivative work, inverting the design or structure, or from attempting to discover the source code by any other means and from selling, attributing, sub-licensing or transferring any rights appertaining to the website and its content by any means.

The user is expressly referred to the national legislation governing protection of databases and computer programs, and, in particular, to the law of 31 August 1998 regarding legal protection of databases and the law of 30 June 1994 regarding legal protection of computer programs.

6. Private life
 
6.1.
Theoneclub shall treat user information in a confidential manner and in compliance with domestic and international legislation, including the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 regarding protection of a person’s private life with regard to handling data of a personal nature, modified by the law of 11 December 1998.

6.2.
The data are contained in the Theoneclub files and will be processed in order to manage users and the functions offered on the website and with the aim of improving the quality of the services on offer, to inform users about new services and products from Theoneclub and, from time to time, those of its partners.

Personal member data are recorded in a database maintained by BCVBA PricewaterhouseCoopers, Woluwe garden, 18 Woluwedal in 1932 Sint Stevens Woluwe.

This data shall be notably used for the purpose of the competition and to identify the winners. BCVBA PricewaterhouseCoopers is also permitted to use this data to inform users about future promotions/competitions, products and services, and for recruitment campaigns.

By joining the club, the member permits BCVBA PricewaterhouseCoopers to use his/her information within the above scope.

At any time and for serious and legitimate reason(s), the user can revoke said authorisation vis-à-vis personal data handling. It is also possible to configure the navigator in order to inform the user every time cookies are created or to prevent their creation (certain services requiring cookies will thus no longer be available).

6.3.
Theoneclub is also permitted to divulge personal user data in good faith or should a legal authority request said data in view of the fact that this action is required in order to conform with all current laws and legislation. This would also be the case if proceedings are instituted against Theoneclub in order to protect or defend the rights or property of Theoneclub.

Finally, Theoneclub may be obliged to divulge this data in order to intervene in extreme circumstances with the aim of protecting a Theoneclub user’s personal security, of protecting Theoneclub and / or the platform or the general public.

6.4.
In Belgium, the responsible entity for handling personal data is BCVBA PricewaterhouseCoopers, whose headquarters are located in 18 Woluwedal in 1932 Sint Stevens Woluwe.

Any questions concerning registration and handling of data can be sent to this address.

By submitting a written request that is dated and signed, the user may, having provided sufficient proof of identity (copy of the person’s ID card and statutes), obtain free of charge, written notification of his/her personal data and, as the case may be, rectification of incorrect, incomplete or impertinent data.

A copy of the data will be sent at the latest 45 days following receipt of the request.

7. Applicable law and competent jurisdiction

Any disputes resulting from the general use of the website www.theoneclub.be shall be governed by Belgian law and the legal venue shall be the competent courts of Brussels exclusively.

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