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Granite Transformations UK Limited
Web Site Terms Of Use
1. General
Use by users (“you”/”your”) of www.granitetransformations.co.uk (“the
Site”) constitutes acceptance by you of the following
terms of use. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE WILL BE GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS. PLEASE READ
THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE. If you do not agree to all
of these terms of use and our Privacy Policy (“terms”),
you may not use the Site which is owned and operated by Granite Transformations
UK Limited ("us"/”our”/”we”). These terms relate
to your use of the Site.
All samples, drawings, descriptions, specifications, illustrations,
photographs and advertising or equivalent or otherwise (“Sample(s)”)are issued or published on the Site for the sole
purpose of giving an approximate idea of the products represented by or described
in them. By using this Site, you appreciate that the colour of the product as
they appear in the Samples may not accurately reflect the colour when the product
is actually viewed and colour variation may otherwise occur outside of our control
or the manufacturer, and whilst we use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the
Site Samples match the actual product, we cannot and do not guarantee this. Accordingly,
any purchase by you of product based on the Site Samples alone will not be deemed
as a sale by sample.
2. Copyright
and Trademarks
The information and materials ("Content") appearing on the Site are
displayed for personal, non-commercial use only. All software used on the Site
and all Content included on the Site (including, without
limitation, site design,
text, graphics, audio and video, the selection and arrangement thereof and the
underlying source code) is our property, or that
of our suppliers, and is protected by international copyright laws. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
None of the Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, republished,
posted, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written permission
of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading of one copy of extracts
from the Site on any single computer for personal, non-commercial home use only,
provided that all copyright and proprietary notices are kept intact. Modification
of any of the Content or use of any of the Content for any purpose other than
as set out herein (including without limitation on any other website or computer
network) is prohibited. If you breach any of the terms of this legal notice,
your permission to use the Site automatically terminates and you must immediately
destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from the Site. Requests to republish
any of the Content and to use quotations or extracts from the Site should be
addressed to info@granitetransformations.co.uk or
by postal mail to:
The Data Compliance Officer
Granite Transformations UK Limited
52 Morley Road
Deacon Trading Estate
Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RA
All trademarks, service marks and logos used on the Site from time to time
are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.
We have made every effort to secure (where appropriate) licenses
and clearances for all third party intellectual property used on the Site. You
may notify us of alleged intellectual property rights infringement by contacting
us via e-mail at info@granitetransformations.co.uk or
by postal mail to:
The Data Compliance Officer
Granite Transformations UK Limited
52 Morley Road
Deacon Trading Estate
Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RA
3. Links
to third party websites
The Site may from time to time include links to third party
internet websites which are controlled and maintained by others. Third
party web sites includes any web site other than www.granitetransformations.co.uk.
This Terms Of Use applies to www.granitetransformations.co.uk and does not
apply to any other GT web site (please see those respective web sites for their
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use guidelines). Links
from our Site to any other web site are included solely for your convenience
and do not constitute any endorsement by us of the websites linked to or
referred to, including the products and/or services featured on those websites,
nor do we have any control over, or knowledge of, any privacy practices or content
of any such websites. Further, we have not reviewed these third party websites
and do not make any representations regarding the availability, content or accuracy
of materials on such websites. If you decide to access third party websites through
links on the Site, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third party websites
is subject to any terms and conditions of use of those websites which you should
read immediately prior to submitting personal information to those websites.
4. Liability
disclaimer
WHILE WE ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS CORRECT, TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SITE ON AN ‘AS
IS’ BASIS ONLY. YOU ACCEPT THAT ACCESS TO THE SITE MAY BE SUSPENDED AT
ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE IN THE CASE OF SYSTEMS FAILURE, MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR
OR FOR ANY OTHER REASONS WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION (INCLUDING SAMPLES
AS DEFINED AT CLAUSE 1 ABOVE), RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE
CONTENT OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SITE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SITE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE
OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
FURTHER, ANY OTHER PARTY (WHETHER OR NOT INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING,
MAINTAINING OR DELIVERING THE SITE) INCLUDING THE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS
OR AGENTS EXCLUDE ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AMOUNT OR KIND OF
LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS
OF INCOME, PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA, CONTRACTS, USE OF MONEY OR LOSS OR DAMAGES
ARISING FROM OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO BUSINESS INTERPRETATION AND WHETHER IN
TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT NEGLIGENCE) CONTRACT, WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SITE IN ANY WAY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE OR THE
RESULTS OF USE OF THE SITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE OR THE CONTENT ON
THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE DUE TO VIRUSES (INCLUDING
LOGIC BOMBS, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS, HARMFUL COMPONENTS, CORRUPTED DATA OR OTHER
MALICIOUS SOFTWARE OR HARMFUL DATA) THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
SOFTWARE DATA OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING
THE SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT FROM THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITES LINKED
TO THE SITE. FURTHER, WE EXCLUDE ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AS SET OUT
ABOVE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.
NOTHING IN THIS LEGAL NOTICE SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR (INCLUDING OUR EMPLOYEES
OR AGENTS) LIABILITY FOR:-
(A) DEATH, PERSONAL
INJURY OR FRAUD CAUSED BY OUR NEGLIGENCE; OR
(B) MISPREPRESENTATION AS TO A FUNDAMENTAL
MATTER; OR
(C) ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED
OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING:-
(a) CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES
AS TO TITLE TO GOODS IMPLIED BY SALE OF GOODS LEGISLATION AND WHERE THE CUSTOMER
DEALS AS A CONSUMER; OR
(b) CONDITIONS AS TO GOODS’ DESCRIPTION,
FITNESS AND QUALITY AND IMPLIED BY SALE OF GOODS LEGISLATION AND CONDITIONS AS
TO SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES LEGISLATION
IF YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT ON THE SITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING,
REPAIRING OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE OR DATA YOU ASSUME ALL COSTS THEREOF.
IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER THIS LEGAL NOTICE DOES NOT AFFECT
YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH YOU HAVE UNDER LAW WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THESE RIGHTS ARE, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CITIZENS’ ADVICE
BUREAU.
5. Your
account
If you have an account with us, then you are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of this account and any related passwords
for your restricting access to your computer and/or account. You agree
to accept responsibility for all activities that take place under your account
and/or passwords. Currently, only employees, franchisers
and their employees and certain vendors require passwords to access certain portions
of the web site. At this time, general consumers do not require passwords to
access our Site. In the event that providing you with a password becomes necessary
or helpful to your use of our Site, you will be responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of this account and any related passwords
for your restricting access to your computer and/or account. You agree
to accept responsibility for all activities that take place under your account
and/or passwords.
Other than personal data or sensitive personal data about you,
which is covered under the terms of our Privacy
Policy, any material
you transmit or post to the Site shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We
shall have no obligations with respect to such material. We and designated
third parties shall be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise
use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied
therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are
prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Site any material:
- that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious,
offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory,
menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous in breach of confidence, in breach
of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;
or
- for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or
approvals; or
- which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered
a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise be contrary to
the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the United Kingdom or
any other country in the world; or
- which is technically harmful (including without
limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components,
corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data); or
- which facilitates
your misuse of the Site (including, without limitation, hacking)
We shall fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order
requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting
any material in breach of the above prohibitions.
6. Termination
You agree that we may in our sole discretion and at any time terminate any password
and account (or any part thereof) of yours without limitation, if we reasonably
believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit
of these terms.
7 Advertisements
The Site may contain advertisements by third parties, and these advertisements
may contain links to other websites. Unless otherwise specifically stated,
we do not endorse any product or service or make any representation regarding
the Content or accuracy of any materials contained in or linked to any advertisement
on the Site.
8 Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us, our officers, employees, agents, consultants,
licensees, web designer, web personnel and suppliers,
harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements
including, without limitation, reasonable legal
and accounting fees, resulting from or alleged to result from, your use of the
Content of the Site in a manner that violates, or is alleged to violate, these
terms. We
shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding,
and shall reasonably co-operate with you, at your expense, in your defense of
any such claim.
9 Force
Majeure
We will not be liable for any delay or failure in performance or interruption
of the delivery of the Content of the Site. Furthermore,
we will not be liable for any delay or failure in performance or interruption
of the delivery of the Content of the Site resulting directly or indirectly
from any cause or circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but
not limited to failure of equipment or communication lines, telephone or other
interconnect problems, computer viruses (including logic bombs, Trojan horses,
worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful
data), unauthorised access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes
or natural disasters, strikes, or other labour problems, wars or governmental
restrictions.
10 Severability
and Waiver
If any provision of these terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent
jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining provisions of these terms, which shall remain in full force
and effect. No waiver of any of these terms shall be deemed a further or continuing
waiver of such term or any other term.
11 Access
outside England
We are based in England. Access to the Content of the Site may not be legal
by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from
outside England you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance
with the Laws of your jurisdiction. Recognising the global nature of the
internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct
and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable
laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in
which you reside.
12 Entire
Agreement
These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us and govern your
use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and us.
13 Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by, and construed in accordance with, English Law unless
you live in Scotland in which case, these terms will be governed by Scots Law
and you and us irrevocably agree that the UK Courts shall have non-exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with
these terms or the legal relationship established by them, and for those purposes
irrevocably submit all disputes to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the UK Courts.
14 No
Joint Venture, Partnership, Employment or Agency
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship
exists between you and us as a result of your use of this Site and therefore
acceptance of these terms.
15 Notification
of changes to these terms
We reserve the right at our sole discretion to add to or change these terms.
If we publish any changes we will let you know by posting such changes to this
page and/or by posting notification of change to our Site homepage. Once we have
posted any such changes it is then your responsibility as a user to ensure that
you are aware of such changes from time to time. Changes will become effective
24 hours after first posting and you will be deemed to have accepted any change
if you continue to access the Site after that time.
16 User
information
We do collect information on what pages are accessed or visited by you for
statistical purposes. Our web site uses web site statistical
services that compile statistics on the general geographical locations of users,
IP addresses, the time spent on the web site, the pages visited, the screen resolutions
and other useful statistical data pertaining to visitors' computers and the pages
accessed when visiting the Site. By viewing any page within our Site,
your data is collected by our stats services.
Other personal
information may be volunteered by you, such as
your contact details, survey
information and/or any site registrations. We use this information for internal
review and in order to improve the Content of the Site.
We gather personal information necessary to fulfil your order
such as your name, telephone number, email address and postal address and any
enquiries that you provide voluntarily when you contact us by e-mail, by phone
or complete any on-line forms.
In order to provide you and other Site users with a personalised
and valuable service we operate a voluntary personal information submission process.
During submission a user is required to give contact information as described
above.
We may ask you to provide us with information regarding your contact preferences
in order to provide you with further correspondence about our products and services.
You are not obliged to provide this information and you can opt out of this correspondence
during registration.
Further, without prejudice to the above, we shall at all times
process your information obtained via your access and use of the Site and/or
otherwise in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
WHERE WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND YOU VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO US YOUR INFORMATION WHILST
USING THIS SITE, OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS
INCLUDING OUR PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE READ THESE
TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY
BEFORE USING THE SITE.
17 Our
contact details
If you have any comments suggestions or questions about these terms and/or the
Site and/or us generally, please contact us by sending an e-mail to
info@granitetransformations.co.uk or
writing to:
The Data Compliance Officer
Granite Transformations UK Limited
52 Morley Road
Deacon Trading Estate
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 1RA
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