Mobile Application End User Licence Agreement


WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES

We, ME Expert Ltd of Suite D2 The Quadrant, Mercury Court, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 4QR, license you to use:

  • The Money Expert mobile application software, the data supplied with the software, (App) and any updates or supplements to it.
  • The related online documentation (Documentation).
  • The service you connect to via the App and the content we provide to you through it (Service).


  • YOUR PRIVACY

    We only use any personal data we collect through your use of the App and the Services in the ways set out in our privacy policy.

    Please be aware that internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and that any message or information you send using the App or any Service may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission is encrypted.


    ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES

    As a user of the Money Expert APP you are eligible for our Reward Program which is governed by the following Terms and Conditions


    THE PLAY STORE AND APP STORE TERMS ALSO APPLY

    The ways in which you can use the App and Documentation may also be controlled by the Play store and the App store rules and policies and the Play store and App store rules and policies will apply instead of these terms where there are differences between the two.


    OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    This App is designed for full compatibility with the latest versions of operating systems for IOS and Android devices. We cannot guarantee that devices run on older operating systems may be able to make full use of the App features.


    CONTACTING US

    Contacting us (including with complaints). If you think the App or the Services are faulty or misdescribed or wish to contact us for any other reason please telephone our customer service team at 0800 011 1395 (Option 4) or write to us at [email protected]

    How we will communicate with you. If we have to contact you with service communications, we will do so by email, by phone or by SMS, using the contact details you have provided to us.


    HOW YOU MAY USE THE APP, INCLUDING HOW MANY DEVICES YOU MAY USE IT ON

    In return for your agreeing to comply with these terms you may:

    • download or stream a copy of the App onto your mobile or handheld device and view, use and display the App and the Service on such devices for your personal purposes only.
    • use any Documentation to support your permitted use of the App and the Service.
    • provided you comply with the license restrictions, make up to 1 copies of the App and the Documentation for back-up purposes; and
    • receive and use any free supplementary software code or update of the App incorporating "patches" and corrections of errors as we may provide to you.

    YOU MUST BE 18 TO ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND BUY THE APP

    You must be 18 or over to accept these terms and download the App.


    YOU MAY NOT TRANSFER THE APP TO SOMEONE ELSE

    We are giving you personally the right to use the App and the Service as set out above. Whilst you may have sharing rights, you may not otherwise transfer the App or the Service to someone else, whether for money, for anything else or for free. If you sell any device on which the App is installed, you must remove the App from it.


    CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

    We may need to change these terms to reflect changes in law or best practice or to deal with additional features which we introduce. We will give you at least 7 days’ notice of any change by sending you an SMS with details of the change or notifying you of a change when you next start the App. If you do not accept the notified changes you may continue to use the App and the Service in accordance with the existing terms, but certain new features may not be available to you.


    UPDATE TO THE APP AND CHANGES TO THE SERVICE

    From time to time we may automatically update the App and change the Service to improve performance, enhance functionality, reflect changes to the operating system or address security issues. Alternatively, we may ask you to update the App for these reasons. If you choose not to install such updates or if you opt out of automatic updates you may not be able to continue using the App and the Services. The App will always work with the current or previous version of the operating system (as it may be updated from time to time).


    IF SOMEONE ELSE OWNS THE PHONE OR DEVICE YOU ARE USING

    If you download or stream the App onto any phone or other device not owned by you, you must have the owner's permission to do so. You will be responsible for complying with these terms, whether or not you own the phone or other device.


    WE MAY COLLECT TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT YOUR DEVICE

    By using the App or any of the Services, you agree to us collecting and using technical information about the devices you use the App on and related software, hardware and peripherals to improve our products and to provide any Services to you.


    WE MAY COLLECT LOCATION DATA (BUT YOU CAN TURN LOCATION SERVICES OFF)

    Certain Services may make use of location data sent from your device. You can turn off this functionality at any time by turning off the location services settings for the App on the device. If you use these Services, you consent to us and our affiliates' and licensees' transmission, collection, retention, maintenance, processing and use of your location data and queries to provide and improve location-based and road traffic-based products and services.

    You may stop us collecting such data at any time by turning off the location services relative to our App in your device settings.


    WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER WEBSITES YOU LINK TO

    Other than Third Party Websites we work with for the provision of our price comparison services, the App or any Service may contain links to other independent websites which are not provided by us. Such independent sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for and have not checked and approved their content or their privacy policies (if any).

    You will need to make your own independent judgement about whether to use any such independent sites, including whether to buy any products or services offered by them.

    LICENCE RESTRICTIONS

    You agree that you will:

    • not rent, lease, sub-license, or loan the App or the Services in any form, in whole or in part to any person without prior written consent from us;
    • not copy the App, Documentation or Services, except as part of the normal use of the App or where it is necessary for the purpose of back-up or operational security;
    • not translate, merge, adapt, vary, alter or modify, the whole or any part of the App, Documentation or Services nor permit the App or the Services or any part of them to be combined with, or become incorporated in, any other programs, except as necessary to use the App and the Services on devices as permitted in these terms;
    • not disassemble, de-compile, reverse engineer or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the App or the Services nor attempt to do any such things, except to the extent that (by virtue of sections 50B and 296A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) such actions cannot be prohibited because they are necessary to decompile the App to obtain the information necessary to create an independent program that can be operated with the App or with another program (Permitted Objective), and provided that the information obtained by you during such activities:
      • is not disclosed or communicated without the Licensor's prior written consent to any third party to whom it is not necessary to disclose or communicate it in order to achieve the Permitted Objective; and
      • is not used to create any software that is substantially similar in its expression to the App;
      • is kept secure; and
      • is used only for the Permitted Objective;
    • comply with all applicable technology control or export laws and regulations that apply to the technology used or supported by the App or any Service.

    ACCEPTABLE USE RESTRICTIONS

    You must:

    • not use the App or any Service in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with these terms, or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example, by hacking into or inserting malicious code, such as viruses, or harmful data, into the App, any Service or any operating system;
    • not infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to your use of the App or any Service (to the extent that such use is not licensed by these terms);
    • not transmit any material that is defamatory, offensive or otherwise objectionable in relation to your use of the App or any Service;
    • not use the App or any Service in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security or interfere with other users; and
    • not collect or harvest any information or data from any Service or our systems or attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running any Service.

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

    All intellectual property rights in the App, the Documentation and the Services throughout the world belong to us and the rights in the App and the Services are licensed (not sold) to you. You have no intellectual property rights in, or to, the App, the Documentation or the Services other than the right to use them in accordance with these terms.


    LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU

    Responsibilities for foreseeable loss and damage lie with any Third Parties with whom you decide to take up a product or service, in accordance with their own Terms & Conditions. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOU READ THESE TERMS AND UNDERSTAND THEM. We are not responsible for any Third Parties with whom you decide to take up a product or service.

    When we are liable for damage to your property, if defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage that you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage that was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.

    We are not liable for business losses. The App is for domestic and private use. If you use the App for any commercial, business or resale purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.


    LIMITATIONS TO THE APP AND THE SERVICES

    The App and the services are provided for price comparison purposes only

    They do not offer advice on which you should rely. Althoughwe make reasonable efforts to update the information provided by the App and the Service, subject to the information made available to us by Third Parties, for example tariff information supplied by energy companies, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that such information is accurate, complete or up to date.

    Please back-up content and data used with the App. We recommend that you back up any content and data used in connection with the App, to protect yourself in case of problems with the App or the Service.

    Check that the App and the Services are suitable for you. The App and the Services have not been developed to meet your individual requirements. Please check that the facilities and functions of the App and the Services (as described on the app store and play store sites and in the Documentation) meet your requirements.

    We are not responsible for events outside our control. If our provision of the Services or support for the App or the Services is delayed by an event outside our control then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay.


    WE MAY END YOUR RIGHTS TO USE THE APP AND THE SERVICES IF YOU BREAK THESE TERMS

    We may end your rights to use the App and Services at any time by contacting you if you have broken these terms in a serious way. If what you have done can be put right, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to do so.

    If we end your rights to use the App and Services:

    • You must stop all activities authorised by these terms, including your use of the App and any Services.
    • You must delete or remove the App from all devices in your possession and immediately destroy all copies of the App which you have and confirm to us that you have done this.
    • We may remotely access your devices and remove the App from them and cease providing you with access to the Services.

    WE MAY TRANSFER THIS AGREEMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE

    We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.


    YOU NEED OUR CONSENT TO TRANSFER YOUR RIGHTS TO SOMEONE ELSE

    You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree in writing.


    NO RIGHTS FOR THIRD PARTIES

    This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement.


    IF A COURT FINDS PART OF THIS CONTRACT ILLEGAL, THE REST WILL CONTINUE IN FORCE

    Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.


    EVEN IF WE DELAY IN ENFORCING THIS CONTRACT, WE CAN STILL ENFORCE IT LATER

    Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date.


    WHICH LAWS APPLY TO THIS CONTRACT AND WHERE YOU MAY BRING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    These terms are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in the English courts. If you live in Scotland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in either the Scottish or the English courts. If you live in Northern Ireland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the products in either the Northern Irish or the English courts.


    ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

    Alternative dispute resolution is a process where an independent body considers the facts of a dispute and seeks to resolve it, without you having to go to court. If you are not happy with how we have handled any complaint, you may want to contact the alternative dispute resolution provider we use. You can submit a complaint to CDRL via their website at https://www.cdrl.org.uk. CRDL will not charge you for making a complaint and if you are not satisfied with the outcome you can still bring legal proceedings. In addition, please note that disputes may be submitted for online resolution to the European Commission Online Dispute Resolution platform.