“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living”

'Nelson Mandela'

Our Team

Staff
Contributors
Board of Directors
Advisors & Champions

Staff

Killian Stokes, Founder and Head of Business Development

Killian Stokes – Co-Founder and Head of Business Development

Killian co-founded MyGoodPoints.org having recognised the opportunity the growing communication networks he observed in Africa offer to link donors directly to the recipients of their aid while enhancing efficiency in the charity sector and empowering local communities climb out of poverty by their own means.

For the last decade Killian has been committed to the charity sector having helped set up Aids Partnership with Africa in 2001 and subsequently working as a corporate fundraiser for leading Irish charities Concern and Barnardos. Prior to this Killian worked in the international telecoms and internet industries across Europe, the US and Asia.

Killian is a Vodafone Foundation Ireland World of Difference winner (2009) and an Ireland Funds Dublin Young Leader (2010). He graduated with a degree in Business & Economics from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in International Relations from Dublin City University.

Sinead Owens, Corporate Relations Manager

Sinead Owens – Partnership Relations Manager

Sinead manages all of MyGoodPoints major corporate and charity relationships. Sinead has been working for Digital Trading Technologies as their Director of Client Relations. Prior to this, Sinead worked with Merrill Lynch International Bank in their London office for over five years. Sinead’s customer facing roles have been extensive within Merrill Lynch - from a relationship manager for specific hedge funds, to a consulting to High Net Worth private clients. Within the Global Wealth Management arena she ran the internal trading desk for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for a number of years. Sinead completed a graduate internship with the MBNA bank based in Maine, USA and graduated from Portobello Business School Dublin in 2003 with a Honours Degree in Business Studies. In her spare time Sinead is completing the final term of the Tennis Ireland coaching course.

Contributors

Colum Clissmann, Chief Technology Officer

Colum Clissmann – Senior Technical Consultant

Colum has been working on getting the best technical setup for MyGoodPoints for next to no cost. Keeping on eye on the latest internet movements and finding technical partners that are willing to volunteer their time, expertise, services and software to the cause. Email me if you think you have something that would help. 10 years using .Net in various domains, including Finance, Sport and Recruitment, in every stage of software development.

Colum has substantial technical experience with a strong focus on delivering working web applications. Leading projects for the likes of Unisys, KPMG and CandidateManager.net.

Gordon McConnell – Business Advisor

Gordon McConnell is Deputy-CEO and Director of Business Development for the DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship in Citywest. From 2005 he was as Head of Strategy and Administration in the President's Office in Dublin City University, and had a temporary assignment from 2009-2010 as Director of Programmes for the Ryan Academy.

Gordon has a background in industry, venture capital, strategic consulting and start-ups. He is now the venture manager for the Ryan Academy Venture Accelerator Fund announced in July 2010. Gordon has worked with a range of corporate clients in strategy, particularly in the pre-merger arena, while consulting in Andersen Consulting (Accenture). Gordon has worked in DCU for over seven years, and has also taught a number of subjects at graduate level including entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, organisational management, social enterprise development and the digital economy in a number of higher education organisations including All Hallows College, Dublin City University, Dublin Institute of Technology and the Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship.

Cian Pas – Design

Cian has worked in the design industry for the past 10 years. He brings a wealth of experience to the table, having worked with major brands ranging from Cuisine de France, Centra, EBS, RTƒ, Irish Life, C and C International, Boots and Diagio to name but a few.

Cian began his career working for IAWs, working on brands such as Cuisine de France, Tim Hortons and La Brea giving him a very strong grounding in consumer related design. Cian went on to work as a senior designer with leading graphic design firm Fuse. After 5 successful years, Cian setup his own graphic design consultancy, Cream Graphic Design. The company has gone from strength to strength with clients ranging from the financial sector, startup businesses and software development. Cream has established itself as one of the leading agencies in designing software interfaces which are built with the end user in mind. They liaise closely with developers in establishing viably intuitive interfaces where both design and functionality work in harmony as opposed to opposition.

Jim Milne – Operations

Jim has over 30 years experience in Product Management, Customer Service and Operations with major corporates as well as startups. He has launched and operated many global products including BT’s Managed Service Portfolio and a Fraud Bureau for the revenue assurance company Subex. He is an avid customer champion and ensures there is a strong customer focus built into all the products and services he is associated with.

Waqar Shah – Head of Platform Design

As Head of Technology, Waqar is responsible for a team of Experienced Software Engineers and he also has the role of System Architect of MyGoodPoints.org application. Waqar began his career in 2001 by designing and implementing commercial databases and web technologies for large Enterprise Clients. He has successfully developed commercially deployed databases and web applications, with scalable system architecture, managing the enterprise level projects, managing IT human resources and complex automated business processes. Waqar is well established in the telecommunications and mobile sector and recently completed a project with a global mobile content supplier. His key strength is the sound understanding of business commercial models and in-depth knowledge of technological frameworks. Waqar studied Computer Science and Software Engineering at The University of Birmingham and achieved a Bachelors in Engineering, he then went on to achieve a Masters in Science for Internet Software Systems (with Distinction).

Ansar Shah – Head of Software

As Head of Software, Ansar is responsible for managing a team of experienced software engineers and designers of MyGoodPoints.org application. Ansar began his career in 2006 by providing part time IT services and consultancy to several SMEs. He then joined Waqar and formed WaqarTech limited, the company in 2008. Since then he has successfully lead and delivered enterprise level projects. Ansar studied Computer Science from Pakistan and achieved a Bachelors in Computer Science degree.

Darragh Stokes – Business Planning Consultant

Darragh is the Managing Partner of Hardiman Telecommunications with operations in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia. Darragh is responsible for the company’s London-based practice focusing on Telecoms and Technology Business strategies and has previously held a number of senior management positions in the Telecom industry in the US, France, the UK and Ireland.

Sorcha Tunney – Charity & Donor Relations

Sorcha studied Politics and Greek and Roman Civilization at University. She followed her BA degree by undertaking a MA Degree in International Security and Conflict Studies. After finishing her studies Sorcha worked as a volunteer with Frontline International. She continued her work in this sector with Amnesty International Irish Section, working in the Advocacy, Communications and Education Departments. Sorcha manages the relationships of MyGoodPoints with the charity sector both in Ireland and overseas to ensure projects are appealing and well defined and clearly articulated to the online donor community.

David Madden – Project Manager

David works on partner projects at MyGoodPoints and is focused on managing the integration of MyGoodPoints within corporate supporter payroll giving schemes.

David has over fifteen years experience marketing and selling telecommunications products and services to both businesses and consumers in Ireland and Europe. David works as an independent consultant to high technology organizations in Ireland helping them identify customer focused new product ideas, develop product positioning and define clear go-to-market strategies.

Prior to his current position, David held a number of roles in Vodafone Ireland and Vodafone Global Marketing including heading up the Fixed line Product Management for Business customers in Ireland.

Board of Directors

Brendan Dowling – Co-Founder and Chairman

Brendan who co-founded MyGoodPoints.org is also the CEO and Founder of Digital Trading (DT). Brendan is a serial entrepreneur in the Telecoms industry having created the first MVNO in Europe, the first mobile content distribution business which he sold to BT. Brendan has a passion for this industry and has worked with Telecoms and Media companies all over the world. Brendan holds an MBA from University College Dublin, a Commerce Degree from University College Cork and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA).

Denis Murphy – Telecom Entrepreneur

Denis started his career in the Irish Defence Forces, notably serving in the Lebanon. With an MBA from UCD, Denis joined Aldiscon in 1992 and has held a number of senior customer facing roles with global brands within the telecoms and internet industries including Apion and Openwave. Since 2002 Denis has established and sold Belfast based company Mobile Cohesion and is currently on the board of a number of technology investments primarily in the mobile space.

Aoife Sexton, President, Remote Community Solutions, Altobridge

Aoife Sexton has over 18 years experience in international telecoms, both fixed and wireless. Aoife worked for over 12 years with the GSM Association. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. During her time with the GSMA, she held a number of senior executive positions including that of CEO (acting), and Global General Counsel and member of the senior management team. Prior to her departure from the GSMA in June 2008, she held the position of Senior Director, GSMA Development Fund. The Development Fund works with mobile operators to accelerate mobile solutions for people living on under US$2 per day. Prior to the GSMA, Aoife acted as Legal Counsel to the US telco MFS Communications based in its European headquarters. Aoife is a solicitor and her private practice experience includes the French law firm Siméon & Associés (Brussels) and Eugene F. Collins (Dublin).

Advisors & Champions

Caroline Casey, CEO and Founder of Kanchi

Caroline Casey, Social Entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow

A social entrepreneur, Caroline sits on the board for several government, business and not-for-profit organisations. Since setting up The Aisling Foundation in 2000, with the aim of enhancing the relationship between disability and society, Caroline has received several high profile awards in recognition of her work worldwide. She was the first Irish person to be appointed a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2006 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from NUI Ireland in the same year. In 2006 she also became the first Ashoka fellow from Ireland and the UK and received the Eisenhower Fellowship. In 2007, Caroline was invited back to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she presented on a variety of issues relating to the area of disability.

International interest in the O2 Ability Awards, which were launched in 2004, has seen them replicated in Spain this year, through O2’s parent company Telefonica. A former management consultant with Accenture, Caroline is visually impaired to the degree that she is registered as legally blind.

Maura Quinn, Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors, Ireland

Maura Quinn, Former Executive Director, UNICEF Ireland

Maura Quinn was appointed as Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors in Ireland in April 2008. As Chief Executive, Maura is responsible for leading the strategic development of the IoD through growing the membership base, expanding the range of programmes and services and building the profile of the organisation.

In September 2008, Maura spearheaded the introduction of the IoD Chartered Director Programme, which is fast becoming the most prestigious director qualification in Ireland. She is a leading voice on the importance of director training and a keen advocate of the need to improve corporate governance standards and the quality of Boards in Ireland.

Prior to joining the IoD, Maura was Executive Director of UNICEF Ireland for eleven years, where she was credited with the resurgence, growth and development of the organisation in Ireland. Having operated at a senior level with UNICEF HQ in New York and Geneva, Maura was also elected Vice-Chair of UNICEF’s Standing Group of National Committees, which generate one third of UNICEF’s income worldwide.

Maura is on the Audit Committee of Irish Aid and is also a Board Member of Kanchi. Having studied Law and Marketing, her career has included a range of senior appointments in both the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Tim O Connor, Former Consul General of Ireland in New York & Secretary General to the President of Ireland

Tim has completed a career of 36 years in the Civil Service and has worked in the Civil Service and Local Appointments Commissions and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Mr. O'Connor, served as the Consul General of Ireland in New York between 2005-2007 and was subsequently appointed as Secretary General to the President serving from 2007 until 2010.

David Clinch, Former Senior International Editor and Social Media expert at CNN

For 15+ years David worked as part of the management team on the CNN International Desk in Atlanta. David pioneered the use of Social Media for International Newsgathering and played a lead role training CNN staff to use Twitter, Skype and other online services for finding breaking news, guests and content.

In April 2010 David left CNN to consult with a number of companies and organisations wishing to develop a better Social Media and Skype strategy. David is working with Irish journalist Mark Little to launch "Storyful" (www.storyful.com) which will supply professionally curated real-time news streams to businesses and consumers. He is consulting for Skype to help their Media and NGO clients use Skype for live media interviews. He is also launching "WorldAlert" a new global real-time web service to create a platform that will help save lives during Emergencies, Natural Disasters and Humanitarian Crises.

Charles Best, Founder of DonorsChoose.org

Charles Best founded DonorsChoose.org at Wings Academy, a public high school in the Bronx where he was a social studies teacher for five years. He thought up DonorsChoose.org during a lunch conversation with colleagues, and his students volunteered to help start the organization.

DonorsChoose is a US based nonprofit organisation that provides a way for people to donate directly to specific projects at public schools posted by teachers in need. Donorschoose is one of the world's top online donation platforms and to date has raised in excess of $52m to support 3 million school children in America. Donorschoose recently secured $5m funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation in Seattle.

Terms & Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE

These terms and conditions apply to the use of this Website at http://www.mygoodpoints.org (the “Website”). The Website is operated by us, being The Global Charity Platform Limited trading as My Good Points (“we”, “us”, “our”) whose registered office is at 3 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 Company Number 466950 and registered Charity Number CHY 18828. In these terms and conditions the expression “you” shall mean you, a user of our Website.

By accessing and/or browsing this Website, you, the user agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- You will be able to access most areas of this Website without registering your details with us. Certain areas of this Website are only open to you if you register either as a Charity or a Donor (the term “Donor” meaning any person who registers an account with the Website and the term “Charity” meaning any charity which registers with the Website to receive contributions from Donors). Please see the relevant section of the Website for eligibility criteria for registration as a Charity. These terms and conditions apply to all users of the Website, irrespective of whether you are a Donor, a Charity or if you are only browsing the Website.
- We may revise these terms and conditions at any time by updating this posting. It is your responsibility to check this Website from time to time to review the latest version of our terms and conditions. The version of the terms and conditions which are applicable to you from time to time are those set out here. Every time that you use the Website, you are deemed to have understood and accepted the latest terms and conditions as published at that time. If you have any questions about the terms and conditions and how they affect you please email us at info@mygoodpoints.org.
- Our Privacy Policy forms part of these terms and conditions, and by becoming a Donor, a Charity or providing us with any personal data then you are accepting that we can use your personal information as contained therein and agreeing to all of the terms set out in the document.
- contracts concluded on this Website shall be in the English language.
- WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL (AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN ANY) WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (BY LAW OR OTHERWISE), AND (OTHER THAN AS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT) WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY SECTION 39 OF THE SALE OF GOODS AND SUPPLY OF SERVICES ACT, 1980 ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED AND THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THESE EXCLUSIONS ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AFFECTS YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS.
- ANY DONATION YOU MAKE VIA THE WEBSITE WILL BE PROCESSED IMMEDIATELY BY US AND THE PROCESSING BANK OR CREDIT CARD COMPANY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF FRAUD, YOU SHALL NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT OF CANCELLATION OF YOUR DONATION AND IN PLACING A DONATION, YOU WAIVE ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO CANCELLATION OF THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DONATION BY US.
REGISTRATION AS A DONOR
- You warrant, undertake and agree that:
  - You are free to register as a Donor and to create your own account.
  - The information that is registered by you is true, accurate, current and complete and you undertake to maintain and promptly update the information to keep it true, accurate and complete.
  - You are authorised and/or have the capacity to enter into this binding contract with us.
- Each account registration is for a single user only. We advise that you do not share your user name or password with any other person/user.
- Responsibility for the security of any passwords issued rests with you as does responsibility for all activities that occur under that password. If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password, you should contact us immediately. We do not accept any responsibility for fraudulent use of any account whereby the username and password has been used to access the account.
- We reserve in our absolute discretion the right to refuse and/or cancel your registration and/or to prevent donations from being made via the Website or to withdraw the donation service generally.
- We do not accept any responsibility for or endorse any of the activities of Charities registered with this Website.
- We have no control over whether Charities and third parties will accept any proposed donations via the Website.
- We keep a record of each Donor’s registration details and details of any donations made by you for a period ending six years after the termination of the Donor’s registration. See our Privacy Policy for more details.
DONATIONS
- We accept no responsibility for any use or purpose which your nominated Charity may make in respect of any donation made through this Website. We take no responsibility for your dissatisfaction with the use of your donation to any Charity. If you have cause for dissatisfaction with the use of your donation, you should contact the Charity directly. Without limitation to the above or any other provision of these terms and conditions, we shall have no liability of any kind in circumstances where the Charity ceases to exist, becomes insolvent, stops carrying on operations for any reason, fails to apply any donation in connection with a particular project (or at all) or otherwise misuses any donation from you.
- There shall be no refund in respect of any donation made through the Website, unless we are satisfied that your credit card has been used without your authorisation. If you become aware of the unauthorised use of your card then you must contact your card issuer in accordance with your arrangement with them.
- In the event that you fail to access your account at any time for a period of 180 days or more, we shall have the right at our sole discretion to allocate and donate any balance on your account at that time to any Charity on the Website.
- We do not accept any liability for donations made to organisations which have ceased to have official charitable status as decreed by the Revenue Commissioners, the Commissioners for Charitable Bequest in Ireland and/or Charities Regulatory Authority or any other competent body or authority.
- We apply an administrative charge to all donations which are received from you through the Website. This charge is currently set at 3% of the donation amount, which charge will be deducted from your donation at the point of transfer to your account.
- To make payment instructions you must follow the procedures set out on the Website. On receipt of a valid payment instruction from you we will request your credit card company to pay us the amount of the payment instruction (withdrawal). You must ensure that you have sufficient funds available for the payment instruction. We will pay the amount of the withdrawal (less charges) to your specific Website account. You may then use funds available in your Website account to donate to Charities on the Website.
- If your credit card company does not provide us with the amount of the payment instruction we reserve the right to reverse any related payment made to a Charity or otherwise, and charge you for such a reverse. We reserve the right to limit the number of credit cards registered to your Website account.
- Payment instruction can be made with a credit card by registering the details of your credit card on your Website account and making a payment instruction in accordance with instructions on the Website. If the credit card has expired you will not be permitted to make a payment instruction using this credit card. If you are making donations by credit card you hereby agree and assure us that (i) all credit card information supplied is true, correct and complete, (ii) the person making the donation is duly authorised to use the credit card for that purpose; and (iii) the donation and charges will be honoured by your credit card company. If you discover that a donation to your Website account has been made on this Website using your credit card details in circumstances where you had not authorised this, then (provided you have not, through failure to take reasonable care, allowed an unauthorised person to gain access to your credit card, its details or password) we may refund to you the donation to your Website account (less an administration charge) received provided that: (a) you inform us and your credit card company of the unauthorised payment as soon as you discover it; and (b) you co-operate with us and your credit card company and, if necessary, the gardai in relation to the unauthorised use. All donations made via the Website are final unless fraudulent use of the card is proven in accordance with this section. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions regarding refund shall not apply in circumstances where instructions have been received by us to make a donation to a Charity from your Website account, as we have no ability to request the Charity to refund the amount to your Website account in such circumstances.
- We may from time to time enter into arrangements with third parties who wish to put a payroll giving service in place in respect of their personnel. Any person who participates in such a scheme with their employer/place of work will be deemed to be a Donor as set out in these terms and conditions. The process whereby monies are deducted from relevant salaries and transferred to us will be detailed and agreed between the personnel and their employers/places of work at the time that such persons agree to participate in the payroll giving service.
SERVICE ACCESS
- While we endeavour to ensure that this Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
- Access to this Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.
- We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw the facility for making donations via the Website at any time.
SERVICE ACCESS
- While we endeavour to ensure that this Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
- Access to this Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.
- We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw the facility for making donations via the Website at any time.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- The “My Good Points” name and logo are the property of The Global Charity Platform Limited and may not be used in any way without express written permission from The Global Charity Platform Limited.
- The Website contains intellectual property which is the proprietary property of The Global Charity Platform Limited (the “Website IP") including but not limited to copyright and information about technology and may be provided in the form of text, graphic, audio and video downloads, links or source codes.
- We retain the rights to the Website IP and reserve all rights in respect of same. We grant no license or property rights to any such Website IP other than as expressly set out in Section 6.
- We expressly disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to any Website IP.
- The trade marks, copyright and any other intellectual property of other users displayed upon the Website, including names and logos of Charities registered with the Website, may not be used or reproduced without the express written permission of their owners.
LICENCE
- You are permitted to print and download extracts from this Website for your own personal non-commercial use on the following basis:
  - No documents or related graphics on this Website are modified in any way;
  - No graphics on this Website are used separately from accompanying text; and
  - Copyright and trade mark notices and this permission notice appear in all copies.
- Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on this Website (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by us or our licensors. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, any use of extracts from this Website other than in accordance with Section 6.1 above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of the terms in these terms and conditions, your permission to use this Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from this Website.
- Subject to Section 6.1, no part of this Website may be reproduced or stored in any other Website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without our prior written permission.
- Any rights not expressly granted in these terms and conditions are reserved.
MATERIAL AND CONDUCT OF USERS
- Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under the Privacy Policy, any material (including without limitation photographs) you transmit or post to this Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We will have no obligations with respect to such material. We and our nominees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
- You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Website (or any sub-page of the Website) any material, to include all types of media:
  - that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;
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  - which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in Ireland or any other country in the world; or
  - which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, spamming, logic bombs, trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
- You agree to act in a responsible and legal manner when using the Website. You shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and rules and undertake not to use the Website or allow the Website to be used for any unlawful purpose, for the commission of any offence or crime under the laws of any jurisdiction to which access is obtained through the Website or in a manner which is likely to cause harm, offence or nuisance to any other internet user. You may not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by hacking).
- We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of or to locate anyone posting any material in breach of these terms and conditions.
- You may not misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person or organisation. As a user you must not use the Website to send junk email or spam to people or organisations who do not wish to receive email from you.
- You must not use the Website to conduct, display or forward surveys, raffles, lotteries, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters or other material of this type.
- We reserve the right to remove or suspend any material posted which is, in our sole opinion, in breach of this Section 7, or which we suspect to be in breach of this Section 7 at our absolute discretion. We shall be entitled to terminate your registration with the Website for breach of this Section.
LINKS TO AND FROM OTHER WEBSITES
- Links to third party websites on this Website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave this Website. We have not reviewed all of these third party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk.
- If you would like to link to this Website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this Website, and subject to the following conditions:
  - you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the My Good Points Page logo;
  - you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around this Website;
  - you do not in any way imply that we are endorsing any products or services other than our own;
  - you do not misrepresent your relationship with us nor present any other false information about us;
  - you do not otherwise use any My Good Points trade marks displayed on this Website without our express written permission;
  - you do not link from a Website that is not owned by you; and
  - your Website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
- You shall fully indemnify us for any loss or damage we may suffer or incur as a result of your breach of Section 8.2.
LIABILITY
- Without prejudice to the remaining provisions of this Section 9, we shall use reasonable skill and care in the operation of the Website.
- Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this Website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness reliability or currency of the material on this Website. We may make changes to the material on this Website, or to the products and prices described in it, at any time with reasonable notice.
- We shall not be liable for any interruption or suspension of the Website or related services due to circumstances beyond our control including, without limitation any breakdown in Internet connectivity or security.
- We shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the access to or use of this Website, including, without limitation, damage arising as a result of any spam, bugs, trojan horses, viruses, worms or other harmful codes or errors experienced as a result of accessing the Website.
- To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable to any user under contract, tort, equity or otherwise for any loss or damages arising out of our in connection with the user's use of the Website or the provision of services by us, whether any of the foregoing are, without limitation, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or of any other kind whatsoever and /or, whether any of the foregoing are, without limitation, occasioned by the negligence, fault, error, omission, act or breach of The Global Charity Platform Limited, its employees, contractors or sub-contractors.
- Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, under no circumstances shall we be liable to any user for any consequential, economic or indirect loss or damages, loss of profits, revenue, business, capital, administrative time or loss of or loss of use of data or software, howsoever arising.
- Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (ii) fraud; (iii) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or (iv) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
- If your use of material on this Website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof.
- You agree to indemnify and keep fully indemnified and hold us and our employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and agents harmless from and against any claim or demand whatsoever made by any third party and any losses, costs, damages, expenses and liabilities, including reasonable legal fees, due to or arising out of any breach of the terms and conditions by you, or your use of this Website, or the use by any other person using your registration details.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Any user who fails to comply in any way with these terms and conditions may at our sole discretion and without prior notification, be suspended or banned altogether from using the Website.
- We may suspend or cancel your registration immediately at our reasonable discretion or if you breach (or we suspect that you breach or may in the future breach) any of your obligations under these terms and conditions.
TERMINATION
- Without prejudice to Sections 6, 7, 8 or 10 or any other terms in any other contract between us, we may terminate your registration with the Website or your use of the Website on written notice (which shall include e-mail) if you breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Website and fail to correct such breach within five (5) days following adequate notice (which shall include e-mail) from us specifying the breach or in the case of a breach of Sections 6, 7, 8 or 10, we may terminate forthwith without notice.
- You may terminate this your registration with the Website upon written notice (which shall include e-mail) if we go into insolvent liquidation, receivership or examinership or we are deemed to be unable to pay your debts as they fall due within the meaning of section 214 of the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended, extended, consolidated, or replaced). We may terminate your registration with the Website upon written notice (which shall include e-mail) if we believe that you have breached Sections 6, 7, 8 or 10 or you are a company and you go into insolvent liquidation, receivership or examinership or you are deemed to be unable to pay your debts as they fall due within the meaning of section 214 of the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended, extended, consolidated, or replaced), or if you are in individual and you are declared a bankrupt. Without limitation to the foregoing, either party may terminate your registration with the Website upon 14 days written notice to the other. Any funds which remain in your account at the date of termination will be refunded to the Donor.
- In the event of the use of the Website being terminated for any user, that user or organisation will still be bound by the terms and conditions of the Website in all matters relating to the Website.
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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