1. Information About Us
Sirhanssloane.com is a site operated by Sir Hans Sloane Chocolate and Champagne House Limited ("Sir Hans Sloane"), a company registered on the Register of Companies for England and Wales, Company No. 05861017:
| E-Mail: | Bill McCarrick on
bill@sirhanssloane.com or sales@sirhanssloane.com |
| Phone: | (01932) 356008 |
| Fax: | (01932) 354560 |
| Post: |
Sir Hans Sloane Chocolate & Champagne House, Ltd. Tradecity, Unit 6 Avro Way Brooklands, Surrey KT13 0XO England |
VAT No.: 882 3829 88
The host server for this Site is located in London, England, United Kingdom.
2. General Terms and Conditions of Use
Use of this Site is subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms"). Users purchasing goods through the Sir Hans Sloane on-line store should also refer to the Terms of Purchase.
Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. Users expressly acknowledge that they are aware of these Terms and have had access to the same upon entering the Site. Consequently, by using the Site, Users signify their assent and agreement to these Terms. If User does not agree to these Terms, then User is not authorized to continue consultation and access of the Site.
3. Use of Materials on this Site
Sir Hans Sloane has created this Site to provide information about its company and products for Users' personal use. Users may download one computer copy or print one copy of the material on this Site for their own non-commercial, educational, private or domestic use only, provided that proprietary notices are preserved intact.
Unless otherwise stated, Users should assume that everything they see or read on the Site (such as images, photographs, including any person represented in the photographs, illustrations, icons, texts, video clips, written and other materials) ("Sir Hans Sloane's Material") are protected by legislation such as copyright, designs and trademark legislation and under international treaty provisions and national laws worldwide.
Users are not authorized to sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, publicly perform, report or otherwise prepare derivative or second hand works based on or use any Sir Hans Sloane Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Furthermore, Sir Hans Sloane's Material may not be displayed or communicated on any other Site, in a networked computer environment or other digital support for any purpose whatsoever.
Where you are provided with or are allowed to create a User ID and password as part of our security procedures you must treat such information as confidential and not disclose it to any third party.
Sir Hans Sloane does not authorize linking to its Site from a third party Site without its prior written authorization.
In the event of breach of any of these Terms, Users' permission to use Sir Hans Sloane's Material will automatically terminate and any copies made of Sir Hans Sloane's Material must be immediately destroyed. Any unauthorized use of Sir Hans Sloane's Material may infringe copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
4. Users' Submissions
Any unsolicited communication or material Users transmit to Sir Hans Sloane via the Site or by electronic mail or otherwise, excluding personally identifiable data about themselves, including, but not limited to, any data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary by Sir Hans Sloane. By sending communications to Sir Hans Sloane, Users automatically grant Sir Hans Sloane a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such communication(s) alone, or as a part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known of hereafter developed and to sublicense such rights to anyone. Anything Users transmit may be used by Sir Hans Sloane and its affiliated companies for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting, or developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.
5. Privacy Statement
Sir Hans Sloane has established its Privacy Policy in respect of the confidence its clientele places in it and in conformity with high standards of data protection to which it is committed.
Any personal information you make available to Sir Hans Sloane either through the Site or otherwise is done so voluntarily, with your knowledge and consent when making a request, submission or registration for services from Sir Hans Sloane. Registration forms contain both mandatory fields (indicated with an asterisk (*)) and non-mandatory fields; if you choose not to complete the mandatory fields then Sir Hans Sloane may not be able to respond to your request or activate your option choices.
Personal information provided by you on the registration form will be made accessible to duly authorized Sir Hans Sloane personnel and occasionally to persons or companies who carry out internal operations in relation to our business. The data may be processed by staff operating outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") who work for us or one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. All such persons are subject to confidentiality agreements and the respect of your privacy. The Personal information made available by you will be used to provide the requested services and may be used both for marketing research purposes relating to Sir Hans Sloane's business and to provide information relating to its products and events.
Other than as stated above, Sir Hans Sloane will not use your personal data for unsolicited communications and we do not sell, rent or otherwise make available any personal data submitted to us to any third parties unless it is to our legal advisors or where so required by law or a court decision. Sir Hans Sloane will use its best endeavours to ensure that such data is kept secure at all times.
In all cases and on request, Sir Hans Sloane will remove your personal information from its database thereby canceling your registration to any of the Sir Hans Sloane services. You are also advised that upon written request you may inspect your personal data and/or request that information about you be corrected, amended or deleted.
All requests relating to your personal data as well as any request to cancel your registration for services offered by Sir Hans Sloane should be e-mailed to: bill@billmccarrick.co.uk or sent to:
Bill McCarrick, DirectorData Protection
Sir Hans Sloane Chocolates and Champagne House, Ltd.
17 Heathmans Road
Parsons Green
London
SW6 4TJ
England
From time to time, Sir Hans Sloane may amend this Privacy Policy in accordance with modified legislative obligations. Our Privacy Policy can be consulted at any time from our website at sirhanssloane.com.
Our database is managed and located in England. Our Privacy Policy is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any disputes will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in London, England.
Sir Hans Sloane trusts that its Privacy Policy demonstrates its commitment to managing Your personal data in accordance with current legislative obligations in such a way as to fully protect Your privacy.
6. Cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, links clicked, and referral URLs, for system administration and to report aggregate information for our internal marketing operations. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service. They enable us:
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customize our site according to your individual interests.
To speed up your searches.
To recognize you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
7. Disclaimer
The information on the Site is intended for general information purposes only. Sir Hans Sloane tries to ensure that the information provided is accurate and complete. However, Sir Hans Sloane does not warrant or represent that Sir Hans Sloane's Material is accurate, error-free or reliable or that use of Sir Hans Sloane's Material will not infringe rights of third parties. Use of the Site is at Users' risk.
Sir Hans Sloane does not warrant that the functional and/or technical aspects of the Site or Sir Hans Sloane's Material will be error free or that this Site, Sir Hans Sloane's Material or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. If use of this Site, or Sir Hans Sloane's Material results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment or data, Sir Hans Sloane is not responsible for those costs. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to Users "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Sir Hans Sloane and its suppliers make no warranties about the Sir Hans Sloane Material, software text, downloads, graphics, and links, or about results to be obtained from using the Site. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, consequently some of the above exclusions may not apply.
8. Trademark Notice
In general, all trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") which appear on this Site are registered and unregistered Sir Hans Sloane trademarks or are licensed for use by Sir Hans Sloane by third parties. Other trademarks are proprietary marks and are registered to their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on this Site without the written permission of Sir Hans Sloane or such third party who owns the trademark. Use of any Sir Hans Sloane trademark whether displayed on the Site or not, or any other content included in the Site, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.
9. Copyright Notice
All contents of this Site are either Copyright ©2008 Sir Hans Sloane or are licensed for use by Sir Hans Sloane. All rights reserved. Please refer to the section of these Terms on Use of Materials on this Site above.
10. Links
Links to other Sites operated by third parties not affiliated to Sir Hans Sloane may be indicated on the Site. The inclusion of any link to such third party sites does not imply endorsement by Sir Hans Sloane of those sites. Sir Hans Sloane has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Site and is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this Site. Linking to any other off-site pages or third sites is at Users' own risk.
11. Termination
Users agree that Sir Hans Sloane may terminate Users' access to and use of the Site if Sir Hans Sloane reasonably believes that Users have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement, or violated the rights of Sir Hans Sloane or any third party, or for any reason with or without notice to User. Users agree that Sir Hans Sloane may modify or discontinue this Site, with or without notice to them. Users agree that Sir Hans Sloane will not be liable to them or any third party as a result of such modification or discontinuation. The provisions entitled "Disclaimer," "Limitation of Liability," and "General Provisions" will survive termination of these Terms.
12. Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances whatsoever shall Sir Hans Sloane be liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with the use of information available from this Site whether direct or indirect including, without limitation, any liability relating to any loss of use, interruption of business, lost profits or lost data, or incidental, special or consequential damages of any kind regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if Sir Hans Sloane has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states and countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not be operable.
13. General Provisions
Unless otherwise specified, the information and materials in the site are presented solely for the purpose of promoting the products and services of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane makes no representation that Sir Hans Sloane's Material is appropriate or available for use in every country of the world. Users use this Site at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, keeping in mind that access to Sir Hans Sloane's Material may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. This Site may describe products that are not available worldwide. Any cause of action a User may have with respect to this Site must be commenced within two years after the claim or cause of action arises. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England & Wales without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. All disputes will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of London, England. The waiver by Sir Hans Sloane of a breach of any provision of these Terms will not operate to be interpreted as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
Date of Posting: January 2007
