Terms of Use
Last updated: 10th July 2024
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) includes the terms of use (“Terms of Use”) on which you may make use of our website (which includes any microsites or subsections of this website which are hosted within our web environment) www.the-line.net (the “Website”).
By using our Website, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please refrain from using our Website.
Who we are and how to contact us
www.the-line.net is a website operated by Alpha FX Limited, (“we”, “us” or “our”). We are a private limited company, registered in England & Wales under company number 05108142 and our registered office is at Brunel Building, 2 Canalside Walk, London W2 1DG.
[Alpha FX Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide regulated products and services (FCA Registration Number: 770377) and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (Registration Number: 900849). It is also registered with FINTRAC in Canada (Registration number: M18265420)]
Other applicable terms
These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Website:
- Our Privacy Policy, which also applies to your use of our Website; and
- Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our Website.
Accessing our Website
Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the availability of all or any part of our Website for business and operational reasons without notice.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use, we grant you permission to use our Website, provided that: (a) use of our Website is solely for your individual, personal and non-commercial use, and you are not permitted to resell or charge others for use of or access to our Website, or to use our Website in any other manner inconsistent with these Terms of Use; (b) you will not duplicate, transfer, give access to, copy or distribute any part of our Website in any medium without our prior written authorisation; and (c) you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.
If you are accessing our Website on behalf of an organisation, these Terms of Use will apply to and be binding on your organisation. You confirm that you have the requisite authority to bind your organisation to these Terms of Use.
If you are an individual you confirm that you are over 18 years of age and are fully competent to enter into and comply with these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.
Eligibility Criteria to become a member of The Line
To become a member of The Line (“Member”), you must meet our eligibility criteria.
If you meet our eligibility criteria you will be able to become a Member and use the services provided through our Website.
Your Username and Password / Keeping your login details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at connect@the-line.net
Our Website changes regularly
We aim to update our Website regularly and may change the content at any time without notice by posting such changes on our Website. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our Website, or close it indefinitely without notice. Any of the material on our Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. We do not guarantee that our Website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
How we may use your personal data
We take your privacy seriously and we are committed to collecting and using your personal data fairly and in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection legislation. We will only use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Policy.
Termination of your Membership
Following our termination of your Membership, you will no longer be able to access our Website.
Accuracy of information and Limitation on our Liability
We make no warranty, express or implied, regarding the Website or any content available on our Website, which are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any warranties of any kind, and we expressly disclaim any and all warranties, whether express or implied. We do not guarantee that our Website will always be available or be uninterrupted. We will not be liable if for any reason our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You agree that the material downloaded or otherwise accessed through the use of our Website is obtained entirely at your own risk and that you will be entirely responsible for any resulting damage to software or computer systems and/or any resulting loss of data.
To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude our liability under or in connection with these Terms of Use and/or your use of our Website whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise. We shall not be responsible for any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage or loss of profits suffered by you as a result of your use of our Website.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or restricts Alpha’s liability in respect of liability which cannot lawfully be excluded by law or regulation.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website, and in the materials published on it. You must not use any part of the materials on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
The content on our Website is for your individual, personal and non-commercial use and is not intended for distribution to or sharing with others.
Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you any legal rights in the Website and in the materials published on it other than as necessary to enable you to access the Website. You agree not to adjust, to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on our Website (including any intellectual property notices).
User-generated content is not approved by us
The Website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the Website, including to social media pages, video-sharing sites, comments sections and other features that allow interaction between users. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Website do not represent our views or values.
Reliance on information posted on the Website
Commentary, information and other materials posted on our Website are for general information purposes only. They are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Website. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Website is accurate, complete or up to date.
Accordingly, any content displayed on our Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such content by any visitor to our Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Any reliance that you may place on any content available on our Website is at your own risk.
Uploading content to our Website
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our Website, or to make contact with other users of our Website, you must comply with the content standards which we upload to our Website from time to time.
You warrant that any such contribution complies with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of this warranty.
Any content you upload to our Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose.
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who claims that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
We 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 our Website.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on our Website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with our content standards.
The views expressed by other users on our Website do not represent our views or values.
Viruses, hacking and other offences
We do not guarantee that our Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Website. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Website. You must not attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
Linking to and from our Website
You may link to our Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards which we upload to our Website from time to time.
Where our Website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Jurisdiction and applicable law
The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Website, although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Variations
We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we may have made as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Terms of Use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Website.
Your concerns
If you have any concerns about material which appears on our Website, please contact us at connect@the-line.net
Third party rights
This agreement is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms, whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
Waiver
If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms of Use, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations.
Email Disclaimer
The information in emails from Alpha FX Limited and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged. The email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee or entity to whom they are addressed. Access to the email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Alpha FX Limited. The email may contain specific market comment and indicative prices, this is for information purposes only and in no way constitutes advice to buy or sell. Alpha FX Limited accepts no responsibility for any actions taken by the recipient. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient.