Primal Life Gym
Terms & Conditions



PRIMAL LIFE GYM MEMBERSHIP TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

This agreement commences once you have completed the signup process on a Primal Life Gym membership including 7 day trials and day passes.

 

This agreement will become binding on you and us when your membership application has been accepted, at which point a contract will come into existence between you and us.

 

You will be entitled to all the rights and privileges set for the Type of Membership chosen.

You cannot transfer this agreement to anyone else

 

DIRECT DEBIT FEES AND CHARGES

 

Membership payments are due on the 1st of each calendar month, this date may be changed upon request but at the discretion of Primal Life Gym. The first full month's membership fees are collected from you by us either by Debit / Credit card at time of purchase, or by Direct Debit. A prorata payment may be required to take into account any time prior to the 1st of the month. Subsequent Direct Debits for monthly membership fees will be collected monthly thereafter. Direct Debit payments can take approximately 5 working days to clear payment. Each payment made is not refundable under any circumstances.

 

If, despite us having notified you of a missed payment, further payments are missed, we reserve the right to, at our sole election, either suspend or terminate your membership, upon having given you notice of our intention to do so.

 

Your membership can be on freeze for a maximum of 3 months after which your membership will automatically be un-frozen and will revert to your monthly rate. Freeze only applies to monthly memberships and will start from your payment date. Please be aware this must be actioned at least 3 working days prior to your payment date.

 

DIRECT DEBIT PRICES

 

From time to time we may need to increase the price of membership. We will give you at least 1 full months' notice of any incoming price increase and will make it very clear when the price increase will take effect and how much your membership will cost after the increase. During this period, you will have your usual right to terminate your membership in accordance with the membership terms and conditions and rules. If you do not terminate the membership by the date given to you in the notice, then the price of your membership will be increased in accordance with our notice.

 

TERMINATION

 

MONTHLY DIRECT DEBIT MEMBERSHIPS

 

You may terminate your membership at any point by cancelling your direct debit with your bank, allowing 4 working days for the bank to action this. Please contact us for options available to you or for any further information.

In the above circumstances your membership will remain in force until the day before your next payment is due, at which point it will be terminated.

 

PAID IN FULL MEMBERSHIP

 

If you have purchased a Fixed Term membership you will be entitled to 50% of the pro rata’d amount as refund for any unused membership.

You cannot freeze your membership on fixed term membership.

 

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

 

As per the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 you are entitled to cancel your membership and receive a full refund of any fees paid within 14 days of completing your membership application form. However, as per regulation 36 of Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, if you select to commence your membership immediately, or you ask us to start your membership early, you agree that if you subsequently cancel your membership within the 14 day period, you will be refunded any monies paid, less an amount for the membership you have already used commencing from the first day after joining.

 

PIN ABUSE POLICY

 

Your membership card or card number can only be used by you: Your card or card number is issued solely for your use, as your membership is personal to you and only covers your use of a gym. You are responsible for keeping your card/card number and confidential at all times. The card/card number remains our property at all times (unless agreed otherwise and evidenced in writing).

 

Use of card/card numbers is monitored: In the interests of the safety and security of all our members, use of card/card numbers and access is monitored and individuals using card/card numbers may be asked to provide proof of identification.

 

What we will do if we think your card/card number has been misused: Should we believe that your card/card number has been used by another individual or individuals we may (in our discretion) decide to conduct an investigation. If we do so we will: (a) inform you, via email, that we believe your card/card number has been used by another individual or individuals and ask you to provide us with reasonable assistance to investigate the matter; and (b) following our investigation we will contact you, via email, to inform you of our findings and our proposed course of action, which may include one or more of the steps set out in paragraph 4 below.

 

Our Right to make additional charges and/or cancel your membership: If you unreasonably refuse to cooperate with our investigation, or following our investigation we have reasonable grounds to believe that your card/card number was used, with or without your knowledge and/or consent, by another individual or individuals, depending on the particular circumstances of each case, we reserve the right to take one or both of the following steps, which are in addition to any other legal rights that we may have : (a) to apply a penalty charge to your membership fees (and increase your direct debit payment(s) accordingly).  The penalty charge will be calculated as being equal to the daily membership charge (that applied at the time of use) for each occasion on which your card/card number was used by that individual/those individuals; and/or (b) in the event of serious misuse of your card/card number, for example, your card/card number has been used on repeated occasions and/or by more than one individual, to notify you, via email, that we are cancelling your membership with immediate effect, and no refunds will be given.

 

Your responsibility for another’s conduct: If we have reasonable grounds for believing that you knowingly provided your card/card number to another individual or individuals, or allowed unauthorised entry to the gym in addition to our rights referred to in paragraph 4 above, we may hold you responsible for the conduct of the individual(s) while on our gym premises, and liable for any loss we suffer as a consequence of that conduct.

 

DAILY MEMBERSHIP TERMS & CONDITIONS

PRINCIPAL TERMS

 

Your membership will be activated on the date you specified, running till close of Primal Life Gym of the specified date.

You will be entitled to all the rights and privileges exercisable for the Type of Membership chosen.

You cannot transfer this daily membership to anyone else nor transfer to another date.

Day passes are non-refundable.

 

FEES AND CHARGES

 

You shall be entitled to cancel your daily membership the earlier of: (1) 14 days after the date of purchase; or (2) the day before the date on which you selected your daily membership to activate. If you cancel during this period, you will receive a full refund. After this period the daily membership fee is not refundable.

 

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

MISCELLANEOUS TERMS

 

Members must be 16 or older to attend individually - junior memberships may be approved with parental consent, providing members under 16 are accompanied by a parent or guardian in the gym.

 

You agree to comply with the Rules of Membership which are displayed prominently in the Club and relate to opening hours, use of facilities and your conduct. We may make reasonable changes to these Rules at any time provided that we give you advance notice of the change.

 

If we take no action or let you off any breach of this agreement or give you extra time to pay or comply, it will not stop us enforcing the terms of this agreement strictly at a future date.

We may assign the benefit of this agreement and our rights thereunder to a third party on notice to you. Your rights under this agreement will not be prejudiced.

There may be occasions where we have to close all, or part of, the gym of which you are a member. We will do our best to let you know of such closures in advance of them taking place, unless the problem is urgent or an emergency. We will use all commercially reasonable endeavours to ensure that such closures are outside of peak visiting hours and are kept to a minimum, in both duration and frequency. You will not be entitled to a refund of part of, or all of, your membership fees in such circumstances.

 

We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these terms that is caused by any event that is outside of our reasonable control.

 

We will not be liable or responsible for outstanding monies paid to a Personal Trainer (PT). Personal Training is arranged directly with the PT and not with Primal Life Gym.

 

As a consumer, you have legal rights in relation to any services that are not carried out with reasonable skill and care, or if the materials we use are faulty or not as described. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office. Nothing in these terms will affect these legal rights.

This agreement is governed by English Law.

We may terminate this agreement with immediate effect on notifying you if you are in breach of the Primal Life Gym rules.

To the best of your knowledge and belief you are in good health and not knowingly incapable of engaging in either active or passive exercise and that such exercise would not be detrimental to your health, safety, comfort, well being or physical condition. Further, that you will advise us immediately should your circumstances change.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT US

 

We are a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 11222136 and Our registered office is at Unit 3 Sunningdale Trading Estate, Dixon Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, LN6 7UB. 

 

If you have any questions or if you have any complaints, please contact us. You can contact us by emailing us at info@primallifegym.com.

 

If you wish to contact us in writing, or if any clause in these terms requires you to give us notice in writing you can send this to us by email to Primal Life Gym at info@primallifegym.com. We will confirm receipt of this by contacting you by email.

 

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

INTRODUCTION

At Primal Life Gym we are committed to protecting your privacy.

 

We collect and process personal data about you to provide the services you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate interests.

Our Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, share and protect your personal information. When we update this policy we will post any changes on our website.

 

If you have any queries about this Notice please contact us at Primal Life Gym, Unit 3 Sunningdale Trading Estate, Dixon Close, Lincoln, LN6 7UB. Alternatively send an email to info@primallifegym.com or by using the contact form at our Contact Us page.

 

IDENTITY OF DATA CONTROLLER

The Data Controller in respect of this Privacy Notice is Primal Life Gym.

 

WHEN DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION?

We collect your personal information when you:

 

Complete an Online Membership Agreement

Book or attend an exercise class or lesson

Ask us for more information about a product or service, or contact us with a question or complaint

Take part in a competition, prize draw or survey

Visit or browse our website. See our Cookie Policy.

Contact our team through telephone, email or online chat

Send an email to an @primallifegym.com email account

Enter your card number or swipe your membership card into the gym

You have an accident in our gyms or there was an incident where you were a witness or personally affected

When you book classes, courses and inductions

CCTV – when you are using our gyms. 

When our teams take photos of your attendance at the gym, part of an event or in a class 

When using our gyms CCTV is being recorded 24 hours a day. 

We may also collect, match or acquire information about you from other organisations such as Google and Facebook.

 

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

The information we collect is required for the purpose of creating your Member Account and for you to enrol in our gym. Such information allows you to be identified as a member of Primal Life Gym and includes:

 

Name, date of birth, gender, email address, postal address, telephone number, health declaration and whether you require disabled access

 

Credit or debit card information, information about your bank account number and sort code or other banking information.

 

Your usage records and duration of visits.

 

Your preferences for particular products or services or interests when you tell us what they are – or when we assume what they are, depending on how you use our products and services.

 

Your contact with us, such as a note or recording of a call you make to us, an email or other records of any contact you have with us

 

Your membership information – such as dates of payment owed and received, the services you use and any other information related to your account

 

HOW DO WE USE THIS INFORMATION?

We will use your personal information to provide you with the services, products or information that you have requested, for administration purposes, to improve your website experience, and marketing. We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for these purposes.  We may use your information to:

 

Process your membership application through our chosen membership software

 

Bill you for using our services as part of your membership

 

Keep you informed about our services including operational matters relating to your Membership

 

Provide relevant services to you

 

Confirm your attendance to exercise classes or lessons

 

Contact you with offers or promotions based on our analysis of how you use our services and what we think will be of interest to you (unless you choose not to receive our marketing messages)

 

Respond to any questions or concerns you might have about our services

 

Understand how you use our services, to help us develop relevant and updated services

 

Carry out research and statistical analysis to monitor how customers use our services

 

Prevent and detect fraud or other crimes

 

Where we process your personal data based on your consent you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, for example your consent to receive direct marketing. If you no longer want to receive marketing messages from us, please email us at info@primallifegym.com to opt out or click ‘unsubscribe’ on emails. Note: this will mean we may be unable to contact you via email. Alternatively, if you are no longer a member, and wish to remove your consent to receive marketing content please contact by email to info@primallifegym.com

 

We’ll store your information for as long as you are a Member of Primal Life Gym, or following cancellation and to meet legal requirements including financial audit, anti-fraud and money laundering regulations we will store your information for no more than 6 years from the last activity on the account. An ‘activity’ can be classified as access into a gym, a payment made on the membership account or a comment added to the membership following contact with Primal Life Gym. We may contact you about Primal Life Gym services during this 6 years if you haven’t opted out of receiving marketing communications from us.

 

DO WE USE COOKIES?

Primal Life Gym uses cookies (small text files stored in your browser) and other techniques such as web beacons (small, clear picture files used to follow your online activities). These collect information that tells us how you use our websites, web-related products and services. The use of cookies does not give us access to the rest of your computer.

 

This, in turn, helps us make our website relevant to your interests and needs. We may use a persistent cookie (a cookie that stays linked to your browser) to record your details so we can recognise you if you visit our website again.

 

You can choose to refuse cookies, or set your browser to let you know each time a website tries to set a cookie. You can find out more information about cookies including information on how to turn them off.

 

Please note however that if you disable our cookies you may not be able to access certain services or facilities on our sites and your use of our sites may be restricted. This could include joining or logging in to your members area.

 

KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE

 

We ensure the organisations that provide us with services related to your membership have appropriate security measures and only process your information in the way we have authorised them to. 

 

Communications over the internet (such as emails) aren’t secure unless they’ve been encrypted. Your communications may go through a number of countries before being delivered – as this is the nature of the internet. We can’t accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that’s beyond our control.

 

WILL WE DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT TO OUTSIDE PARTIES?

We may share information about you with:

 

Service providers, agents and associated organisations to allow us to service your membership and communicate with you; for example, financial institutions to process payments, and freelance personal trainers when you sign up to classes

Law enforcement agencies, regulatory organisations, courts or other public authorities where we have a legal obligation to do so.

We’ll release information if it’s reasonable for the purpose of protecting us against fraud, defending our rights or property, or to protect the interests of our customers.

 

If we’re reorganised or sold to another organisation, we may transfer any personal information we hold about you to that organisation. We will inform you if we do.

 

USE OF PERSONAL DATA FOR AUTOMATIC DECISION MAKING

We do not intend to use your personal data for automatic decision making.

 

THIRD PARTY TRACKING

We use tools such as Google Analytics for collecting personal data about our website visitor’s online activities over time and across different web sites for marketing purposes. This is so we can ensure our website gives you the best possible experience. For more information and how to opt out from this please visit our cookies policy.

 

YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

You have the following rights in relation to your data privacy: the right of access; the right of rectification; the right of erasure (the “right to be forgotten”); the right to restriction of processing; the right to be notified; the right to data portability; the right of objection; and the right to not be subject to automated profiling.

 

Access.  You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. Please contact us through email to info@primallifegym.com, the contact us section of the website or writing to the address below. There is not normally a fee for this service.

 

Rectification.  If you believe we’re holding inaccurate information about you, or your personal details change, please contact us in person at the gym reception desk or email us on info@primallifegym.com.

 

Erasure. You have the right to the erasure of the data we hold on you, when it is no longer needed for the purposes of your Membership, or when you withdraw your consent for our processing (and we have no other lawful basis to hold your data).

 

Restriction. You have the right to ask us to place restrictions on processing your data in certain circumstances.

 

Notification. You have the right to be notified of any rectification, erasure or restrictions in relation to your personal data.

 

Portability. You have a right to receive the data we hold on you electronically in a format that allows it to be easily transferred to another data controller.

 

Object.  You have the right to object to data processing of your personal data for direct marketing or profiling purposes.

 

Profiling.  You have the right not to be subject to any decision based on automatic processing of your personal data.

 

The address to be used to obtain a copy of your personal information is: Primal Life Gym, .

Unit 3 Sunningdale Trading Estate, Dixon Close, Lincoln, LN6 7UB.

 You can also contact us by emailing info@primallifegym.com.

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We will update this privacy notice to reflect the way in which we process and protect your data. 

 

PROMOTION TERMS

 

Primal Life Gym reserves the right to end any promotion without warning at any time.

Any prizes offered by Primal Life Gym must be claimed within 21 days of announcement of the winners. Primal Life Gym has 45 days to issue any prize.

All Gym challenges are subject to fair play which is managed in the club. Any recorded reps or times must be verified and signed off by a Primal Life Gym team member.

Primal Life Gym reserves the right to redeem any prize in the form of a voucher or pre purchased credit.

 

SINGLE DAY PASSES AND FREE 7 DAY PASSES

 

Day passes are subject to a fair use policy. 1 pass per person, multiple passes may be cancelled without warning.

Free passes have no resale value, and cannot be exchanged for cash or any other product or service.

7 day passes must be used on consecutive days.

The free 7 day pass commences once you have activated the pass in person at the gym reception. A later start date may be chosen & you must inform Primal Life Gym staff of this choice upon sign up. 

You will be entitled to all the rights and privileges exercisable for the Type of Membership chosen.

You cannot transfer this free 7 day membership to anyone else nor transfer to another date once activated.

Day passes are non-refundable.

 

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

 

Primal Life Gym’s student membership is available to verified students only and is non-transferable. Student fixed-term membership discount is based on the cost of standard monthly (Core) memberships. All student memberships are subject to Primal Life Gym membership rules and terms and conditions.

 

Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and does not apply to any classes or other services that they may offer for sale from time to time. Primal Life Gym reserves the right to terminate this discount without notice.

 

Rolling monthly memberships can be cancelled at any time outside of their contract period.

 

Fixed term student memberships can be terminated early by contacting Primal Life Gym and you will be refunded 50% of the remaining membership period. Discount to fixed-term student memberships is for single club access only and must be used at the gym selected when setting up this type of membership.