Website Terms and Conditions

The 2024 GSA SPARK Competition website (the “Website”) is operated by GSA Capital Partners LLP ("GSA"). These terms and conditions (the "Terms") set out the terms on which you may make use of the Website and apply to every page of this Website. By using this Website, you have indicated that you accept these Terms. The information on this Website is communicated by GSA both inside and outside the United Kingdom.

GSA is registered in England and Wales with registration number OC309261 and has its registered office at Stratton House, 5 Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LA. GSA is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") (FCA Register number: 409768). GSA is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America, is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodities Trading Adviser with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the U.S. National Futures Association.

This Website and the information on it does not constitute an offer or solicitation to any person or entity in any jurisdiction to purchase or sell any investment. No information on this Website is intended to constitute, and should not be construed as providing, financial, investment or other professional advice This Website is published solely for informational purposes and has no regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any person. You confirm, by accessing the Website that the information accessed therein is obtained by your own volition. The information on this Website is directed only at persons or entities in countries where such access to, and use of information contained herein is not contrary to local law or regulation. GSA disclaims all responsibility where persons access or download any information from this Website in breach of any law or regulation in the country of which that person is a citizen or which that person is resident or domiciled.

This Website is made available free of charge. GSA does not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. GSA may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Website for any reason.

Whilst GSA believes the information contained herein is reliable and is given in good faith, it is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to accuracy or completeness, and may be withdrawn or altered without notice at any time. GSA disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such information by any visitor to this Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website may contain links to information provided by third parties. These links are provided for information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by GSA of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. GSA has no control over the contents of those sites or resources. Neither GSA nor any of its affiliates make any representation regarding the quality of such information or accept any liability in relation to such information.

GSA is the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in this Website, and in the materials published on it. All such rights are reserved. You may download or print individual sections of the Website for your personal use and information only provided that you ensure that all copyright notices and other proprietary notices are displayed on such downloaded or printed sections. You may not reproduce (in whole or in part), transmit (by electronic means or otherwise), modify, link into or use for any public or commercial purpose the Website without the prior written permission of GSA. Nothing on the Website should otherwise be construed as granting any licence or right in relation to any of GSA’s intellectual property, including its trademarks or those of its affiliated companies or any third party.

Any content you upload to our site or send to GSA will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant GSA a worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute, publish and make it available to third parties and in all media.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Website or sent to GSA constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious, destructive or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. The internet is not a reliable transmission medium and neither GSA nor any of their affiliated companies accept any liability for any data transmission errors or for the security or confidentiality of information transmitted across the internet.

Nothing in these Terms affects GSA’s liability for any loss or damage which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law and does not exclude or restrict any duty or liability that GSA has to their customers under the regulatory system in the United Kingdom.

By using this Website, you consent to processing of your personal data in accordance with these Terms. You acknowledge that GSA may hold such personal data which may include your name, e-mail address and/or any information submitted to the Website through the GSA careers portal, any other Website portal or by any other means. In addition, GSA may collect and process the details of your visits to this Website and the materials and information that you access, and process such data to ensure that content from this Website is optimised for your use and to provide you with information, products or services that you request from GSA. You should be aware that GSA may be under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply these Terms or other agreements, or to protect the rights of GSA, its investors, or other parties. GSA may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer, for the purposes of systems administration and statistical analysis.

For details on how GSA uses your personal information, please see our Privacy Notice here: https://www.gsacapital.com/privacy-notice.

These Terms should be read in conjunction with the GSA SPARK Competition Terms and Conditions available here: https://www.gsa-spark.com/competition-terms-conditions.

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These Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from, or related to, these Terms or use of this Website.