Terms of Service

Last Updated: August 23, 2022

1. OVERVIEW

This Universal Terms of Service Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into by and between PLUS MEDIA GROUP, LTD, owner of The World CEO Rankings website ("TWCR") and you, and is made effective as of the date of your use of this website ("Site") or the date of electronic acceptance. This Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions of your use of the Site and the products and services purchased or accessed through this Site (individually and collectively, the "Services"), and is in addition to (not in lieu of) any specific terms and conditions that apply to the particular Services.

Whether you are simply browsing or using this Site or purchasing Services, your use of this Site and your electronic acceptance of this Agreement signifies that you have read, understand, acknowledge and agree to be bound by this Agreement.

If you do not agree to this Agreement, do not access or otherwise use any of our Services.

The terms "we", "us" or "our" shall refer to TWCR. The terms "you", "your", "User" or "customer" shall refer to any individual or entity who accepts this Agreement, has access to your account or uses the Services. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

TWCR may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change or modify this Agreement, and any policies or agreements which are incorporated herein, at any time, and such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting to this Site. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement as last revised, do not use (or continue to use) this Site or the Services.

2. SERVICE

To manage the nomination, the nominees must have an account which will create for you TWCR moderators after your nomination is approved. You will receive login data via email. Please keep in mind, that our moderators communicate with you only from official email addresses ending with @ceorankings.com or @twcrhelp.com, while you can receive notifications from other domains owned by TWCR. Keep your login data safe at all times and do not disclose it to anybody. You represent and warrant to TWCR that all information you submit when you access your Account is accurate, current and complete, and that you will keep your Account information accurate, current and complete. If TWCR has reason to believe that your Account information is untrue, inaccurate, out-of-date or incomplete, TWCR reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to suspend or terminate your Account and remove your name from the lists.

If you buy any of our paid Services, you agree that all payment obligations are non-cancelable and all amounts paid are non-refundable.

3. GENERAL

You acknowledge and agree that:

  1. Your use of this Site, including any content you submit, will comply with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations;
  2. You will provide accurate information to us and keep it updated;
  3. You will use your true name rather than a pseudonym, business name, associations, groups, email address, or other characters when registering on TWCR;
  4. You will not buy paid services using fraud credit cards or payment accounts;
  5. You will not access the nominee's management platform for anyone other than yourself or with the consent of the nominee;
  6. You will not use an image as a profile photo that is not your likeness or a head-shot photo;
  7. You will not collect or harvest (or permit anyone else to collect or harvest) any User Content (as defined below) or any non-public or personally identifiable information about another User or any other person or entity without their express prior written consent;
  8. You will not use this Site or the Services in a manner that:
    • is illegal, or promotes or encourages illegal activity;
    • promotes political party, individuals or any kind of political organization in any country;
    • promotes dangerous products or services such as weapons, ammunition, explosive materials and fireworks; instructions for making explosives or other harmful products;
    • promotes, encourages or engages in gambling behaviour, gambling websites or gambling-related services;
    • promotes, encourages or engages in child pornography or the exploitation of children;
    • Promotes, encourages or engages in terrorism, violence against people, animals, or property;
    • Promotes, encourages or engages in any spam or other unsolicited bulk email, or computer or network hacking or cracking;
    • Infringes on the intellectual property rights of another User or any other person or entity;
    • Violates the privacy or publicity rights of another User or any other person or entity, or breaches any duty of confidentiality that you owe to another User or any other person or entity;
    • Contains or installs any viruses, worms, bugs, Trojan horses or other code, files or programs designed to, or capable of, disrupting, damaging or limiting the functionality of any software or hardware;
  9. Besides that, we do not allow:
    • Any kind of Content or Conversations that are sexually oriented, related to pornography or contain nudity; or
    • Any kind of Content or Conversations that relate to the use of alcohol, tobacco or tobacco-related products, or to illegal drugs or substances claiming to provide unsubstantiated health benefits.
  10. You agree to provide government-issued photo identification and/or government-issued business identification as required for verification of identity when requested.

4. CONTENT

The content on this Site, including without limitation the text, software, scripts, source code, API, graphics, photos and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("TWCR Content"), are owned by or licensed to TWCR in perpetuity. TWCR Content is provided to you "as is", "as available" and "with all faults" for your information and personal, non-commercial use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever without the express prior written consent of TWCR.

Some of the features of this Site may allow Users to view, post, publish, share, store, or manage (a) ideas, opinions, recommendations, or advice ("User Submissions"), or (b) other content. By posting or publishing User Content to this Site, you represent and warrant to TWCR that (i) you have all necessary rights to distribute User Content via this Site, either because you are the author of the User Content and have the right to distribute the same, or because you have the appropriate distribution rights, licenses, consents, and/or permissions to use, in writing, from the copyright or other owner of the User Content, and (ii) the User Content does not violate the rights of any third party.

User Content may contains hyperlinks to other websites that are not this Site or controlled by this Site. We have no control and take no responsibility for the content, privacy policy, advertising, security or any activities other websites.

5. VOTING

Voting methods include (but are not limited to): Corporate e-mail, WhatsApp chat, "Text to Vote". The voting process is confidential for the public while nominees can view the names, phone numbers and emails of their voters. All votes are verified to ensure that no abuse of the voting platform can occur.

Each vote is cast via an online form where our visitors vote for nominees. You can vote only once and only the first submission per email address or phone number will be counted. The voting period remains open from September 1 to November 30.

To protect the regularity of the Award from external influences, we do not accept sponsorships. Therefore, the costs of maintaining the platform, support, promotion during the year and awards are financed by nominees who purchase Voting credit.

A vote can only be counted if the nominee has enough credits in his or her account. If the nominee does not have enough credits to accept new votes, information about this will be visible on the nominee's public profile. Once a nominee adds credits to their nomination, all "on pending" votes will be counted within 24 hours.

6. EXCLUSIVE WINNERS RULES

The terms "Winner" refer to the TWCR nominee who won one of the first three places at the end of the season.

If you become a Winner, you agree to the following rules:

- You cannot request deletion of the nomination, account and removal of data after the end of the season.

- You cannot participate again as a nominee next season, but you can compete again after two years. This means that if you won the 2020 season, you can join again in 2022. This rule is limited to first-ranked only.

7. COOKIES

We use a cookie to recognise your computer when you visit our Site, in order to populate the login box and record whether you are logged in or not. We only do this if you have explicitly registered nomination with us.

8. TERMINATION

TWCR does pre-screen User Content and may remove any item of User Content and/or disable your account found at this Site for posting or publishing any material in violation of this Agreement, or for otherwise violating this Agreement, at any time and without prior notice. TWCR may also disable your account if has reason to believe you are a repeat offender. If we disable your account, we may, in its sole and absolute discretion, remove and destroy any data and files stored by you on its servers. If we disable your account, you must not create another one.

9. LIABILITY

In no event TWCR, its employees, directors and all third party service providers, be liable to you or by any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages.

10. DISPUTES

A sispute shall mean any dispute, claim, or action between you and TWCR arising under or relating to any TWCR Services or Products, these Terms, or any other transaction involving you and TWCR, whether in contract, warranty, misrepresentation, fraud, tort, intentional tort, statute, regulation, ordinance, or any other legal or equitable basis, and shall be interpreted to be given the broadest meaning allowable under law.

In the event of a Dispute, you or TWCR must first send to the other party a notice of the Dispute that shall include a written statement that sets forth the name, address and contact information of the party giving it, the facts giving rise to the Dispute, and the relief requested (the "Dispute Notice").

To file a dispute, you must submit an email to . The email must include:
Your account number;
Your name and contact information; and
A detailed account of the dispute.