hese Terms of Service govern your use of the website located at https://csogo.org and any related services provided by CSO Go.
By accessing https://csogo.org, you agree to abide by these Terms of Service and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using or accessing this website or using any other services provided by CSO Go.
We, CSO Go, reserve the right to review and amend any of these Terms of Service at our sole discretion. Upon doing so, we will update this page. Any changes to these Terms of Service will take effect immediately from the date of publication.
These Terms of Service were last updated on 1 December 2021.
Limitations of Use
By using this website, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and other parties you represent that you will not:
- modify, copy, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or reverse engineer any materials and software contained on this website;
- remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from any materials and software on this website;
- transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server;
- knowingly or negligently use this website or any of its associated services in a way that abuses or disrupts our networks or any other service CSO Go provides;
- use this website or its associated services to transmit or publish any harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material;
- use this website or its associated services in violation of any applicable laws or regulations;
- use this website in conjunction with sending unauthorised advertising or spam;
- harvest, collect or gather user data without the user’s consent; or
- use this website or its associated services in such a way that may infringe the privacy, intellectual property rights, or other rights of third parties.
Intellectual Property
The intellectual property in the materials contained in this website are owned by or licensed to CSO Go and are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. We grant our users permission to download one copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory use.
This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or the Terms of Service, and may be terminated by CSO Go at any time.
User-Generated Content
You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership of your content but we do require a license from you in order to use it.
When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display, translate or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your content or account. However, to the extent that we (or our partners) have used your content in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the license will continue until the relevant commercial or post has been discontinued by us.
You give us permission to use your username and other identifying information associated with your account in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
Liability
Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis. To the extent permitted by law, CSO Go makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property, or other violation of rights.
In no event shall CSO Go or its suppliers be liable for any consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this website, even if CSO Go or an authorised representative has been notified, orally or in writing, of the possibility of such damage.
In the context of this agreement, “consequential loss” includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise.
Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Accuracy of Materials
The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. CSO Go does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to this website.
Links
CSO Go has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, approval or control by CSO Go of the site. Use of any such linked site is at your own risk and we strongly advise you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those sites.
Right to Terminate
We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Service.
Severance
Any term of these Terms of Service which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Service is not affected.
Governing Law
These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Trinidad and Tobago. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.
Term and Conditions
By accessing and using this service, you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. Any participation with this service and it’s administration will be regarded as acceptance of this and as such, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please refrain from the use of this website and service.
Please read the following carefully:
Key terms and definitions
- This Hub offers a service which connects Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to Service Providers (SP).
- Civil Society Organisations may include non-governmental and not-for-profit groups, faith-based groups, community-based organisations and others which meet our minimum eligibility requirements.
- Service Providers are professional and experienced contractors or freelancers who can provide a quality service or job to an employer.
Account Holders
- Registration details must be as accurate and complete as possible.
- Each user can register for one CSO account and/or one Service Provider account if they satisfy the requirements of both.
- The Hub maintains the right to refuse registration to any party deemed unacceptable.
Use of Services
- Intentional attempts to deceive or misinform will lead to being barred from further use of the hub and may include criminal penalties if any national laws have been broken.
- Services being accepted is at the discretion of the CSO.
- Matches are made using special keywords and tags. The responsibility for searching for other additional candidates lies with the CSO and SP.
- CSOs and SP agree to a price, deliverables and other specifics, without intervention from the administration of the Hub
- The SP must provide regular updates on the progress of their work to the CSO they are being employed by (timeframe to be specified between the two parties as to when Checkpoints will occur).
- Contact between parties may be monitored and used for resolution disputes or any other legitimate purposed related to the function of the site.
- SP must provide their service within the time frame agreed on in their contract unless written approval is given by the CSO for an extension. This should be agreed on by both parties and be documented by both to avoid future disagreements.
- Late delivery will be addresses on a per-case basis.
- Cancellations by either party must be agreed upon in writing with adequate justification and acceptance by both parties.
- Cancellations of a request for service must be done via the appropriate section of the website dedicated to this.
- Changes to any policies by the administration may occur and will be accompanied by the appropriate notifications to all parties.
Payments
- Once the project is completed, the SP must request final payment from the Hub and this process may take up to 7 working days.
- All payment transactions occur through the Hub.
- CSO must provide the Hub with the balance of payment within 5 working days of completed work.
- Unused/unclaimed balances will be addressed on a per-case basis.
- Inactive users will be contacted and may be removed from the site.
- The Hub acts as an agent of payment between the CSO and SP and will provide receipts and invoices to be automated on the site itself.
- Use of vouchers or coupons may be allowed in certain circumstanced based on donor availability. CSOs are only allowed to redeem a voucher for a service and cannot be exchanged for cash. Therefore, they hold no monetary value outside of the Hub.
- Claims of inappropriate source of funds such as fraud or money laundering will cause a delay of transfer of funds.
- If users are being limited from using their source of funds by any action of their banking institution or any Governmental body or agency, this information must be made available to the Hub.
- All taxes and legal filings are the responsibility of the individual parties.
Communications and Notifications
- All communications will be done via the email address given at the time of registration.
- Un-subscription from the Hub may be done at any time, only if a project is not currently being advertised or if a service is not currently being provided.
- At any point the Hub reserves the right to temporarily suspend an account if internal investigations are being conducted. Users will be notified of this and have the right to request information about the suspension.
- Warnings will be issued for cases of misconduct.
- In the event of external input such as hacking which affects your use of the Hub, written correspondence must be given alerting the Hub of this.
- Within one week of the stipulated start date, the SP must start the service or provide written correspondence accounting for the delay. Failure to start the job in a timely manner may result in a loss of the job offer.
- If the scope of the project changes during progress, the SP may raise a need for additional funds to be paid. This must be agreed on by both parties as additional charges and presented in writing.
- The SP has the right to refuse or deny additional work outside the scope of the original agreement.
- After final payment is received, it is assumed that the CSO was fully satisfied and will not raise any further objections to the service provided.
Property Rights and Ownerships
- Copyright and ownership rights of any work produced, including confidentiality of any documents must be stated in the terms and conditions.
Safety and Inclusivity
- Operational Health and Safety protocols must be available for workers who will be conducting services on site.
- Reasonable accommodations must be made for persons with disabilities.
Disputes Between or Amongst Users
- If the service provided is not satisfactory to the CSO, the SP will be provided with an additional time frame to correct their work or to complete the project. This can be predetermined in the contract signed by both parties.
- CSO must state why the completed work was not up to their satisfaction with supporting documents or evidence. Proof of errors, poor quality, unmet industry standards can all be included.
- Disputes and conflicts will be mediated by the Hub initially and to the best effort possible but the Hub reserves the right to opt out of mediation if resolve is not achieved after considerable attempts. Any disputes which have taken legal action will fall outside the purview of the Hub.
- Good faith is expected to be exercise by all parties during conflict resolution.
Violation of these Terms
- Users who violate these terms and agreements may be subject to disbarment from the use of the site and services and any legal or regulatory consequences as deemed necessary.
- The administration may also remove any existing data from the profiles, site or database should an account holder be suspended or expelled from usage.
Other
- No third party agreements may be entered beyond that of the Hub, CSO and SP unless written permission is given.
- Feedback in the form of reviews must be honest, fair and consistent with the rules of posting (no defamatory language, abuse, coercion).
Latest Update – 2021