Website Terms of Use

These Website Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of gatherstone.co.uk (the “Website”).

The Website is operated by Gatherstone Ltd (“Gatherstone”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to use it in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.

If you use a particular Gatherstone product, service, brand, event or platform, additional or separate terms may apply to that activity.

These Terms primarily govern use of the Gatherstone corporate Website. They are not intended to replace contracts or terms applying to specific Gatherstone services.

The Website is operated by:

Gatherstone Ltd
Company Number: 17465110
Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA, United Kingdom

Website: www.gatherstone.co.uk
Email: hello@gatherstone.co.uk

UK companies are required to display specified company information on their websites, including their registered number, registered office, place of registration and limited-company status.

Gatherstone Ltd develops, operates and supports creative, digital, event and experience-led projects.

These currently include:

• Haunted: The Paranormal App
• The Paranormal Festival
• SUMWEN Studio
• other projects, brands, products, services and experiences developed or operated by Gatherstone Ltd.

References to these brands on the Website do not mean that the Website Terms replace any separate terms applicable to those brands.

You may use the Website for lawful personal or business purposes, including learning about Gatherstone and its projects and contacting us about legitimate enquiries.

You must use the Website responsibly and in accordance with applicable law.

You must not knowingly use the Website in a way that could damage, disable, overload, compromise or interfere with the Website, its infrastructure, its security or another person’s use of it.

You must not use the Website:

• for unlawful or fraudulent purposes;
• to introduce malicious software, viruses or harmful code;
• to attempt unauthorised access to the Website, server, database or connected systems;
• to interfere with security measures;
• to impersonate Gatherstone or another person or organisation;
• to submit deliberately false, abusive or malicious communications;
• to harvest personal information unlawfully;
• to infringe intellectual property or other legal rights;
• to use automated systems in a manner that materially disrupts or burdens the Website;
• to circumvent technical restrictions or security controls; or
• in any other way that breaches applicable law.

Unless otherwise stated, the Website and the material created by or for Gatherstone and displayed on it are owned by, or licensed to, Gatherstone Ltd.

This may include:

• branding;
• logos;
• names;
• graphics;
• artwork;
• photographs;
• videos;
• animations;
• copy and written material;
• layouts;
• designs;
• user-interface elements;
• software and code;
• concepts and original creative materials; and
• other content.

These materials may be protected by copyright, trade mark, design and other intellectual-property laws.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of Gatherstone’s intellectual property to you.

You may view and use the Website for ordinary personal or legitimate business-reference purposes.

You may also share ordinary links to publicly accessible pages of the Website.

Unless permitted by law or expressly authorised by Gatherstone, you must not reproduce, commercially exploit, republish, sell, license, distribute or create derivative commercial materials from Gatherstone-owned content.

Any permission granted by Gatherstone may be subject to conditions and may be limited to the particular use for which permission was given.

The names, logos and branding associated with Gatherstone and its projects may be protected intellectual property.

You must not use Gatherstone branding in a way that falsely suggests:

• endorsement;
• sponsorship;
• partnership;
• affiliation;
• approval; or
• that you represent Gatherstone.

Nothing on the Website grants a general licence to use Gatherstone’s names, logos or branding commercially.

The Website may display projects, designs, products, websites, applications, events, branding or other work associated with Gatherstone.

The inclusion of work in our portfolio does not grant visitors permission to reproduce or commercially exploit it.

Some displayed materials may contain intellectual property belonging to clients, collaborators, suppliers, licensors or other third parties.

Rights in those materials remain with their respective rights holders where applicable.

We aim to keep information on gatherstone.co.uk useful and reasonably accurate.

However, Website content may:

• become outdated;
• be changed;
• contain occasional errors;
• describe projects still in development;
• relate to services that have changed; or
• be provided for general informational purposes.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Website content should not be treated as professional legal, financial, medical or other regulated professional advice.

You should obtain appropriate professional advice where your circumstances require it.

We aim to keep the Website available, but we do not guarantee that it will always be available, uninterrupted or error-free.

We may suspend, restrict, change, maintain or withdraw parts of the Website where reasonably necessary.

This may occur because of:

• maintenance;
• security;
• technical issues;
• hosting problems;
• updates;
• service-provider changes;
• circumstances outside our reasonable control; or
• changes to Gatherstone's business or projects.

We may change the design, structure, content or functionality of gatherstone.co.uk over time.

We may add, update or remove information about Gatherstone’s projects, services and brands.

The existence of a page or service description does not guarantee that the relevant service will remain available indefinitely.

Sending an enquiry to Gatherstone does not, by itself, create a contract between you and Gatherstone.

A contract for paid services, creative work, events, partnerships or another commercial arrangement will only arise where the relevant parties have agreed the applicable terms or otherwise entered into a binding agreement.

We may decline enquiries or proposed work where appropriate.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, prices, budgets, timelines, availability or service information displayed generally on the Website may be indicative.

Where Gatherstone provides a formal quotation, proposal or contract, the terms of that document will govern the relevant work.

Nothing in these Website Terms allows Gatherstone to alter an agreed consumer contract unfairly or remove statutory consumer protections.

Current CMA guidance requires consumer contract terms and notices to be fair and transparent and makes clear that businesses cannot contract out of certain statutory consumer rights.

Specific Gatherstone services may be governed by additional terms, including:

• project proposals;
• quotations;
• statements of work;
• service agreements;
• booking terms;
• event terms;
• ticket conditions;
• app terms;
• creator terms; or
• other agreements.

If there is a conflict between these general Website Terms and specific terms governing a purchased or contracted service, the specific terms will normally govern that service to the extent of the conflict.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or attempts to remove any statutory rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.

Where you are dealing with Gatherstone as a consumer, applicable consumer-protection law continues to apply.

For example, statutory rights can apply to goods, digital content and services, and services supplied to consumers are subject to legal standards that cannot simply be removed through contractual wording.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

These links may be provided for convenience, information or because they relate to a Gatherstone project.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Gatherstone does not control third-party websites merely because we link to them.

Third-party websites may have their own:

• terms;
• privacy policies;
• cookie practices;
• security arrangements; and
• content.

You should review those terms where appropriate.

The Website may link to websites, applications or platforms operated under Gatherstone brands.

Those services may have their own legal terms.

For example, use of Haunted: The Paranormal App is governed by Haunted’s own Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and associated policies.

Attendance at or purchase of tickets for The Paranormal Festival may be governed by separate event and ticketing terms.

Work commissioned through SUMWEN Studio may be governed by a proposal, quotation, service agreement or other project-specific terms.

Gatherstone may use third-party providers to support the Website and its operations.

These may include hosting, infrastructure, communications, forms, analytics, security, payment or other service providers.

Gatherstone is not responsible for every independent act or omission of a third party merely because its service is linked to or integrated with the Website.

This does not exclude any responsibility Gatherstone has under applicable law for its own use or selection of service providers.

If you submit information through a contact form, email or other Website functionality, you are responsible for ensuring that you are entitled to provide that information.

You should not deliberately submit:

• unlawful content;
• malicious files;
• information that infringes another person's rights;
• unnecessary highly sensitive personal information; or
• information you are prohibited from disclosing.

Personal information submitted to Gatherstone is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You should not assume that sending Gatherstone an unsolicited idea, concept, proposal, design or other material automatically creates:

• a confidential relationship;
• an obligation to develop the idea;
• an obligation to pay for the idea;
• exclusivity; or
• a partnership.

Where confidentiality is important, appropriate confidentiality arrangements should be agreed before confidential material is disclosed.

This section does not transfer ownership of material to Gatherstone merely because it has been sent to us.

You must not attempt to compromise the security of gatherstone.co.uk or any system connected with it.

You must not knowingly:

• probe for vulnerabilities without permission;
• bypass authentication or access restrictions;
• interfere with hosting infrastructure;
• introduce malicious code;
• conduct denial-of-service activity; or
• obtain unauthorised access to information or systems.

Legitimate security concerns can be reported to: hello@gatherstone.co.uk

You must not use automated systems to access, scrape, harvest or extract substantial amounts of Website content in a manner that:

• infringes our intellectual-property rights;
• breaches applicable law;
• circumvents technical restrictions;
• compromises Website security;
• materially interferes with Website operation; or
• places an unreasonable burden on our infrastructure.

Nothing in this section restricts activity that Gatherstone is legally required to permit.

Unless expressly permitted by Gatherstone or permitted by applicable law, Gatherstone-owned Website content must not be systematically scraped or extracted for the purpose of creating, training or developing commercial machine-learning datasets or models in a manner that infringes Gatherstone’s applicable rights.

This does not claim rights that Gatherstone does not legally possess and does not restrict uses that cannot lawfully be prohibited.

You are responsible for deciding whether general information available through the Website is suitable for your intended purpose.

Where a decision depends on current pricing, availability, contractual terms, event details or project specifications, you should rely on the specific information provided for that transaction rather than an older or unrelated Website page.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so.

In particular, nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence where such liability cannot lawfully be excluded, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or restricted.

UK consumer law does not permit businesses to use contractual wording to remove certain statutory responsibilities, and unfair consumer terms may be unenforceable.

Subject to section 26 and applicable law, Gatherstone will not be responsible for losses arising solely from circumstances outside our reasonable control or from a visitor’s unlawful or improper use of the Website.

Where liability can lawfully be limited, any limitation will apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

We do not attempt through these Terms to exclude responsibility that the law requires Gatherstone to retain.

If you use the Website wholly or mainly for purposes connected with your trade, business, craft or profession, different legal rules may apply from those applying to consumers.

To the extent permitted by law, Gatherstone will not be responsible to business users for indirect or consequential losses arising solely from their use of the general informational Website, including loss of profit, revenue, business opportunity or anticipated savings.

This does not apply where liability cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.

We take reasonable steps to operate the Website safely, but no internet-connected website can be guaranteed to be completely free from malicious software, vulnerabilities or other technical risks.

You are responsible for maintaining appropriate security on your own devices and systems.

Nothing in this section reduces Gatherstone’s obligations under applicable law.

Our collection and use of personal information through gatherstone.co.uk is explained in the Gatherstone Ltd Privacy Policy.

That policy explains matters including:

• what information we may collect;
• why we use it;
• lawful bases;
• sharing;
• retention;
• international processing;
• security; and
• your data-protection rights.

Our use of cookies and similar technologies is explained in the Gatherstone Ltd Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy.

Where consent is legally required for non-essential storage or access technologies, the relevant technologies should not be used until the appropriate consent has been obtained.

If you believe content on gatherstone.co.uk infringes intellectual-property rights that you own or are authorised to enforce, contact: hello@gatherstone.co.uk

Please provide enough information for us to identify the relevant material and understand the basis of your concern.

We may request further information where reasonably necessary.

Where the Website provides functionality capable of being abused, Gatherstone may take reasonable steps to restrict access or protect the Website where necessary for:

• security;
• preventing unlawful activity;
• preventing serious abuse;
• protecting our systems;
• protecting other users; or
• complying with legal obligations.

Any action affecting contractual consumer rights remains subject to applicable consumer law.

We may update these Terms where reasonably necessary, including because of:

• changes to the Website;
• changes to Gatherstone's operations;
• new functionality;
• security requirements;
• changes in applicable law; or
• changes to relevant services.

The latest version will be published on gatherstone.co.uk with an updated date.

Changes to these Website Terms do not retrospectively allow us to alter an existing consumer contract unfairly. Current CMA guidance specifically warns against unbalanced terms allowing businesses to change agreed contractual rights unilaterally.

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be treated as modified or removed only to the extent necessary.

The remaining provisions will continue to apply where legally possible.

If Gatherstone does not immediately enforce a provision of these Terms, that does not necessarily mean that Gatherstone has waived its right to enforce it later.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, these Terms are between you and Gatherstone Ltd.

A person who is not a party to these Terms does not have a right to enforce them under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

These Terms and your use of the Website are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory rights available to consumers under applicable law.

If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms removes any mandatory right you may have to bring proceedings in a court available to you under applicable law.

For business users, the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Website Terms, unless otherwise agreed in writing or required by applicable law.

Questions about these Website Terms can be sent to:

Gatherstone Ltd
Company Number: 17465110
Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA, United Kingdom
Email: hello@gatherstone.co.uk
Website: www.gatherstone.co.uk