The CPDme website or app may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, shared CPD areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities. These are designed to enable you to communicate with the company, members and the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. 

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the CPDme website, you will not:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of other members, the public and employees of the company.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information on either CPDme or websites associated such as Facebook or twitter.
• Act in such a way with unreasonable tone or behaviour or use the feedback forms to be rude, disrespectful, non constructive or act in an unprofessional manner. This behaviour will result in you being asked to stop using all our services and a refund proportionate to your usage being applied based on any money paid within the 12 month period.
• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or storage space.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
• Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
• Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
• Fraud. Under no circumstances will we reimburse requests in the event of fraud or misrepresentation by the buyer. In addition, fees will not be refundable in cases of fraud.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations regarding web businesses in the UK.

In receipt of your consent in line with our Privacy Policy, CPDme will from time to time send you emails or update newsletters regarding changes to our system with offers and features that may be of interest. You have the option to opt out of this communication by unsubscribing to them. If you are signed up using the CPDteams, then documents that relate to your employment and organisation will be sent using this method, unsubscribing will alert your employer that you have chosen not to be contacted in this way.

We understand that CPDme may not be suitable for everyone and therefore we are committed to refunding 100% of your membership if cancelled in writing from your registered email address within 14 days of joining us. After this time, no refund will be processed due to the admin costs and fees associated with account creation, secure HTTPS link generation and reserved allocated service space. Please note that when you request cancellation, all of your associated information will be deleted and removed from the CPDme System. This means that any submissions that you have made will be deleted securely in line with our Privacy Policy. We suggest that you make safe away from our platform any information you need before cancelling or requesting your account is deleted. 

Q: My CPD Dashboard won't let me cancel my subscription. Why do I need to contact support?

A: Unlike a traditional direct debit or recurring payment, we have put this safety net in place to prevent us from deleting your CPD and uploads you may have on our system. If the system detects any text or uploads, it will request you to contact support to ensure that you have downloaded everything you need before we close your account. We really don't want to be deleting your lives' CPD for a simple click to cancel error! This can sometimes be frustrating to customers, but we have been protecting your CPD since 2009 so trust our safety. 

Payment to access the full CPDme system must be made before access is granted to use the facilities within the system. We have 3 payment options available to you; PayPal, Credit / Debit Card and Direct Debit. 

CPDme does not store information in respect of our customer's financial details. These details are held and governed by third party banking organisations such a PayPal, Stripe and GoCardless. We also never make your details available to any third party without your prior written consent.

By purchasing membership in any of our packages, you are entitled to use unlimited features of the website and assisting facilities linked to the CPDme business. The basic level of membership is the default free level that can be accessed without payment to our company. 

The Basic level of membership still has all the terms and conditions imposed on the user with basic exception of the refund statement.  If you do not renew your paid membership after your 12 months, by default your membership level will reduce to the basic function which has limited features and restricted disk space for storing your certificates and evidence. CPDme has the right to remove such evidence from the basic account so that it meets the required data storage quota for that individual level of membership. Basic members can upgrade at any time to other membership levels from within their profile. Basic members can be given 3 months email notice that their account may be terminated at any time. This is due to inactivity or simply not using the account or facilities therein.

CPDme reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to cancel, modify or supersede any discount voucher or code or competition, in its sole discretion, that the discount/competition is no longer valid or is likely not to be capable of being conducted fairly or as specified within these terms and conditions due to events beyond its control (including, without limitation, a virus, a computer bug or unauthorised human intervention or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of CPDme or its partner agencies. They hold no responsibility and make any decision in the interest that the decision to continue with the offer/discount could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality, business operation, fair trade or normal course of the competition or discount offer. Membership that is offered using a discount code or discount direct debit will be modified for the recurring yearly payments. This does not affect your rights. The second year of membership will be charged at the full price of your original membership level. 

CPDme utilises a continuous payment authority or recurring payment. This is where you give us permission to take credit from your bank, debit or credit card – whenever your membership is due. You can cancel your subscription at any time by contacting CPDme in writing or indeed logging into your profile and changing the payment settings. You may still be emailed reminders even if you have a recurring payment as a reminder that your subscription may be due.

You must note that if you cancel a direct debit or recurring card payment, your account may be reduced to basic immediately and you could have restrictions on information that you have previously submitted. This is because of the implications of data storage, data compliance and also support limitations.

Our Direct Debit Guarantee applies to all Direct Debits taken by CPDme. It protects you in the rare event that there is an error in the payment of your Direct Debit. The Guarantee is offered by all banks and building societies that accept instructions to pay Direct Debits. If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit the organisation will notify you (normally 10 working days) in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed. If you request CPDme or its advocate to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request. If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Debit, by the organisation or your bank or building society, you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society. If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when the organisation asks you to. You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society or by contacting CPDme. Written confirmation may be required by email from your registered email address. Please also notify the CPDme and arrange to either downgrade or make payment with an alternative method. Take a look at our handy Direct Debit Guarantee leaflet which summarises the benefits of Direct Debit and gives details of the Guarantee.

If you cancel the direct debit during your activated membership period, no refund will be given. If you decide to continue using CPDme without the recurring payment options, then you will be re-enrolled immediately into a new 12 month membership period and will be required to pay the full membership fee from the period that the direct debit was cancelled.

Cancellation Terms
You can cancel your membership anytime you need within your 12 months initial membership period. The Complete Membership Package Creation Process takes 48 hours based on links and server space being allocated after you purchase your membership package and start using CPDme.  We however understand that CPDme is not suited for everyone and thus will refund 100% within 14 days of payment submission. After this time, no refund will be processed as admin costs and fees are associated with account creation, secure HTTPS link generation and reserved allocated service space. 

Information contained within your profile and diary submissions will be deleted on the written request of the member or after 1 month has lapsed pending non-renewal of the CPDme membership. After 1 month, all previous submissions will be destroyed using secure data destroying software. This is to conform with UK data protection laws and information governance. This period may be less than 1 month depending on server space or demand for space occupied by members who are no longer a paying customer.

CPDme does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered by any user as a result of any such decision. You grant that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement or information shall be at your sole risk by accepting and maintaining our membership packages, mobile applications and viewing our services and information provided online.

The basic level of membership is free to use. This level is designed as a simple portfolio building level and does not have access to all the features of the full website. To access all the full features, you must upgrade your account to a paid membership package. If you do not access or upgrade your account within any 6 month period, we have the right to delete or archive your account and delete any information you have previously stored with CPDme. The basic account also has a submission data storage limit.  If you exceed 5 diary and 1 reflective submissions, your account will require you to upgrade to a paid package. You have a right to close your account at anytime by contacting support from your registered email address. 

Here at CPDme, we are conscious of the environment. All our portfolios are printed on 100% Recycled paper and are sourced from sustainable forests. We are 85% Digital which means that all our staff use electronic media such as iPhones, iPads and MacBooks to both read and distribute internal and external media. All our portfolios are sent out via Email (unless requested printed) which means we can also use digital hyperlinks to your evidence/certificates saving on paper and postage. Our carbon footprint is always on our conscience and that why we have hot desks at various offices rather than consuming unnecessary electricity, gas and water.

Here at CPDme, we do not place bulk stationery orders with professional printers.

Our letterheads, compliment slips, business cards, flyers etc are designed and printed in house where possible, as and when these are required. This reduces the possibilities of wasted supplies that may arise with updating company details, contacts etc. It also helps to reduce storage space enabling a smaller and cleaner office environment. It further reduces a flammable fire hazard too. We use non-window envelopes where possible thus enabling full recycling, which is not possible with windowed envelopes. 

Where possible:

• Our work is carried out online and by email where possible, reducing the unnecessary printing of documents thus saving paper, toner and power.
• We send electronic files to our clients where possible rather than hard copy prints.
• We recycle all possible materials received and used, be it paper, cardboard, print cartridges or any other recyclable product used in the line of business.
• We do not print emails or correspondence unnecessarily.

...and we always remain constantly environmentally aware of the day to day running of our business.

Here at CPDme, we often give away some gifts and books as part of our marketing strategy. It's better to support our customers and attendees of webinars to support and market our business than to pay BIG organisations to pester you on social media with paid per click adverts!

Customer Feedback Prize Draw Terms and condition

• This prize draw is open to CPDme Premium/Paid members/customers who have completed the Customer Satisfaction Survey, left feedback or promoted CPDme on social channels not limited to Instagram, Twitter, Trustpilot/Google/App Store reviews.
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Employees of CPDme and their families are not eligible to enter.
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Acceptance of these rules is a condition of entry. 

• There will be Amazon Gift card prize draws each month (which will be subject to the usual Amazon gift card terms and conditions).
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The prize cannot be substituted. 

• Only one entry per person per month will be accepted.
• No third party entries will be accepted. 


• The winner will be the first name drawn at random, must still be online if drawn at a live webinar and will be notified via email and the prize will be sent as an e-voucher to the email address used by the winner for their CPDme account. 

• The result of the draw and the promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• If the gift/goods are physical, then we aim to have them sent out within 48 hours.
• CPDme takes no responsibility for the goods that are won or the content, use or authorisation to use this kit.

CPDme reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to this internet Web Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. GENERAL to the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the UK, Canada and the USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction in the UK, USA and Canada in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the CPDme Website.

Use of the CPDme website is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no unauthorised joint venture, joint partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and CPDme as a result of this agreement or use of the CPDme network.

CPDme and its performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of CPDme right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the internet site (www.cpdme.com) or information provided to or gathered by CPDme with respect to such use.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and CPDme with respect to the associated online Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and CPDme. 

A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent an a subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

The CPDme logo is a trademark belonging to Mr Andrew Ormerod and is leased to the company, so no replication, use or copyright is allowed without prior written authorisation or and allowance from the IP holder, company or directors. Use of such trademark may result in infringement. See Trademark Infringement.

MODERN SLAVERY / ANTI-SLAVERY POLICY STATEMENT 
Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. 

CPDme / CPDteams has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains. 

We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. 

Multiple Membership Management (MMM) or CPDteams membership bought for staff by their employer/governing agency/educational body, may be subject to monitoring by senior and authorised members of their individual organisation. MMM is intended that senior staff can both manage and monitor individuals to ensure that they are both taking part and documenting CPD. CPDme only facilitate the web access for staff and management using our website to access and document CPD, and therefor do not accept any third party liability for staff or management of a MMM organisation.

Therefore, by agreeing the terms and conditions of using CPDme , both the purchasing organisation and the member of staff using our web platform cannot hold CPDme responsible for actions relating to actively taking part or documenting continuing professional development using our business. Please speak to your employer or organisation relating to whom may have access to your development log. See http://www.cpdme.com/teams for details of the functionality of the staff management cloud.

NOTE: Any individual purchasing CPDme for their own development / portfolio building, has a right to deny or allow anyone access to their personal information. Personal members are NOT affected by this Term.

Learning Disclaimer - CPDme, CPDteams or CPD Corporate Events shall be collectively referred to as (“CPDme”, or “Our”) herein. 

By availing our content, educational programs, seminars, webinars or other services (the “Courses” or “Services” or “Webinars”), you confirm that you have read and understood this disclaimer in its entirety. The educational content and courses we provide are strictly on an “as is” basis, and CPDme disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by international law all express, implied, and statutory warranties. All teachings, lectures and broadcasting and information given is strictly for educational and entertainment purposes only. Through accessing or taking any of our Courses, Webinars or Teaching, including making use of any official or unofficial web presence, you hereby declare that, for all intents and purposes, CPDme shall not be held liable under any law of tort or contract for the validity, accuracy, or efficacy of any information provided through it’s webinars, courses, coaching or related or associated services. Neither CPDme, its partners, its affiliates nor any of their respective employees, agents, or third party content providers warrant that any website, educational course, webinar, recording, seminar or other accessible content will be uninterrupted or error free. You hereby declare to fully understand and accept that CPDme provides no implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

The Courses, Content and Webinars provided further give no warranty, claim, treatment, or guarantee of results and are for empowerment, entertainment and educational use under the expertise of CPDme. Due to fluctuations in individuals' physical condition, mental health and physiological biochemistry, no guarantee of any specific results or support can be given. Any and all content provided or obtained through CPDme is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, physical or mental condition, and does not in any way qualify or substitute the advice of a qualified medical practitioner or, indeed, a consultation with a professional.

You understand, acknowledge and agree that your use of any content, Services or other information or materials related to any Courses or related Services is solely at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any direct or indirect liability that may arise. This includes claims for damages, losses, financial or otherwise, connected in any way to your use of the educational material or any other communication, representation, content, services or information linked to CPDme. You hereby expressly disclaim and release and waive any direct or indirect liability, claims, damages, losses, costs or expenses, relating to the above.

CPDme is in compliance with fair use specified under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). We are strictly a non-commercial educational website. Most of the materials posted on our social media channels are licensed by the respective institutes under a Creative Commons License. But, it is our policy to respond to any complaint or infringement notices and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws within the UK, USA and Canada.

What to do if you as a publisher or its agent wants to remove certain content from this website or Social Media Channels?

Please note that both this website and our own social media channels do not host/upload any illegal files on our local or remote servers. It is only a collection of user submitted information and information from the internet using legal searching techniques including Google and Bing. However, we offer a service to remove content from the website if the copyright holder requests so. These removal requests are only valid if:

• You are, or your company is, the copyright holder of the content in question. (proof is required)
• You provide the exact links to the content.
• You provide the complete name(s) of the content in question.
• You provide complete contact information (including the name and phone number of the contact person), not a general mail address or PO box.

If your request complies with all of above information, you can contact us by e-mail at the following link: DATA MANAGER 

Our Social Media Promise: Use common sense: There is no such thing as a "private" social media site. Search engines can find old posts and comments that you thought you deleted can be found and forwarded. If you are unsure of whether you can or should post specific information, err on the side of caution and get verbal or written approval from your direct supervisor. Or, simply don't post it.

Maintain confidentiality:  We not disclose any information that is confidential, personal or proprietary to social media channels.

Be accurate: Communications on our social media channels should be based on current, accurate, complete, and relevant data. Linking to a source that works best. We do not post or forward information that is or could be perceived as fabricated or untrue, unconfirmed, or deceptive. If we accidentally post inaccurate information, we will endeavour to correct it quickly and publicly, thereby maintaining our respect and credibility. Some educational posts are third party and also we try to ensure these are a good source or education. Your practice or underpinning knowledge should not rely solely on such information. 

The mobile app is owned and operated by CPDme. Use of the app is only accessible after accepting the terms and conditions of the app. Download the terms and conditions here or access in the settings menu of the app. When you first register the app, if you are not already a member of www.CPDme.com, you will be set up a basic account with our support team.

This will enhance the experience of our mobile app and allow functionality that the app doesn't have. You can request that the account is closed if you prefer to use the mobile app alone. Just email the support team.

Ensuring that you always have the latest version of the mobile app is important. For two reasons, firstly to ensure that you are getting the best experience of using CPDme and secondly to ensure that the security of your data is safe. Our updates and essential app security is constantly being supported and is designed to ensure that we keep your data safe, secure and viewable only by you.

If you are unsure that you are using the latest mobile app or tablet platform. Visit the website at www.CPDme.com and download from there or search the App Store for CPDme.