1. INTRODUCTION
These
terms and conditions govern your use of the BECOCO website located at
www.becoco.co.uk (referred to as "the Website").
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before you start to use any of
the Services. By using any of the Services, you are indicating that you accept these Terms
and Conditions and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms and
conditions, please do not use any of the Services.
2. INFORMATION
ABOUT US
The Services are operated by BECOCO Ltd (referred to as "we"
or "us"). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number
10228859 and have our registered office at 63 Westbourne Terrace, W2 3UY.
3. YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES
From time to time, we may restrict
access to some or all of the Services. Furthermore, we reserve the right to withdraw or
amend the Services without notice.
We will not be liable if for any reason the
Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.
If you choose, or you are
provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as
part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you
must not disclose it to anyone else. We have the right to disable any user identification
code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion
you have failed to comply with any part of these terms and conditions.
You are
responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Services.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Services through your
internet connection are aware of these terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
4. ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE SERVICES
You may use the
Services for lawful purposes only. You must not use the Services:
• In any way
that breaches any applicable law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or
fraudulent.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors
in any way.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any content
or material which does not comply with these terms and conditions.
• To transmit, or
procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material
or any other form of similar solicitation (i.e. "spam").
• To knowingly transmit any
data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time- bombs,
keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code
designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
• You
also agree:
• Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the Services in
contravention of these terms and conditions.
• Not to access without authority,
interfere with, damage or disrupt, any part of the Services or any equipment, network or
software used in relation to the Services.
5. CONTENT SUBMITTED BY
YOU
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload any
type of content or material to the Services, or to make contact with other users of the
Services, you must comply with rules set out in these terms and conditions.
You
promise that any content or material which you upload complies with these terms and
conditions and you promise to compensate us if we suffer any loss as result of you not
complying with these terms and conditions.
Any content or material you upload to
the Services will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right
to use, copy, distribute and disclose it to third parties for any purpose. We also have the
right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content or
material uploaded by you infringes that person's rights (such as intellectual property
rights or their right to privacy).
We are under no obligation to oversee, monitor
or moderate the Services, and we will not be responsible, or liable for the content or
accuracy of any content or materials uploaded by you or any other user of the Services.
Notwithstanding this, we have the right to remove any content or material you or any other
user uploads if, in our opinion, it does not comply with these terms and conditions or is
unlawful or inappropriate in any way as determined by us in our sole discretion.
Any/all content or material uploaded by you must:
• Be accurate (where it state
facts).
• Be genuinely held (where it states an opinion).
• Comply with all
applicable laws.
• Any/all content or material uploaded by you must not:
• Be
defamatory of any person.
• Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
•
Promote sexually explicit material or violence.
• Promote discrimination in any
way.
• Infringe any rights (such as intellectual property rights) of any person.
•
Be likely to deceive any person.
• Breach any duty owed to a third party (such as a
contractual duty or a duty of confidence).
• Promote any illegal activity.
• Be
threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or
needless anxiety.
• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other
person.
• Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any
person.
• Give the impression that it emanates from us (if this is not the case).
•
Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
6. MINORS
The use of the Services by a minor is subject to the consent of
their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use the Services
that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online.
Minors who are using the Services (and any other online or mobile service) should be made
aware of the potential risks to them.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property
rights in the Services. You do not have any rights in relation to such intellectual property
rights other than those expressly granted to you in these terms and conditions.
You have the right to use the Services solely for your private and non-commerical purposes.
You must not use any part of the Services for commercial purposes without obtaining explicit
permission from us.
8. OUR LIABILITY
Content and
other materials appearing on the Services are not intended to amount to advice on which
reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising
from any reliance placed on such content and/or materials.
The Services are
provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to their accuracy. To the
maximum extent permitted by law, we, our service providers and agents hereby expressly
exclude all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by
statute, common law or the law of equity.
To the maximum extent permitted by law,
we, our service providers and agents hereby expressly exclude all liability for any direct,
indirect and/or consequential loss or damage whether caused by tort (including negligence),
breach of contract or otherwise incurred by any user arising out of or in connection with
the Services.
Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to limit or
exclude liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our
liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded
or limited under applicable law.
9. YOUR
PRIVACY
9.1 PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and use the following personal information from you:
• Information
or data you provide by filling in forms on the Services. This includes information provided
at the time of registration or subscription, uploading any content or material or requesting
further services.
• We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or
promotion administered by us or when you report a problem with the Services.
• If you
contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
• We may also ask you to
complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to
them.
• Details of any transactions you carry out through the Services.
• Details of
your visits and use of the Services including, but not limited to, traffic data, location
data, weblogs and other communication data.
9.2 HERE WE STORE YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SECURITY
The personal information that we
collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European
Economic Area (referred to as the "EEA"). It may also be used by staff operating outside the
EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers (e.g. in order to provide support services).
By submitting your personal information, you agree to this transfer, storing and use. In all
cases, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information
is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.
Unfortunately, the
transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do
our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its security; any
transmission is therefore at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will
use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
9.3 USES MADE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use
the personal information held about you in the following ways:
• To ensure that
content from our Services are presented in the most effective manner for you and for your
device.
• To provide you with information, products or services that you request from
us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such
purposes.
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between
you and us.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services,
when you choose to do so.
• To notify you about changes to our Services.
Where we have your consent, we may also permit selected third parties to use your personal
information to provide you with information about products and/or services which may be of
interest to you.
We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to
our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate anonymous information about our
users. We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of
audience they want to target.
9.4 DISCLOSURE OF YOUR
INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to third parties
as follows:
• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which
case we may disclose your personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such
business or assets.
• If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third
party, in which case personal information held by us will be one of the transferred
assets.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order
to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and
conditions; or to protect our or our users' rights, property, or safety. This includes
exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud
protection and credit risk reduction.
10. YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to use your personal information for marketing purposes.
You can exercise your right to prevent such use either by checking certain boxes on any
forms or profile pages made available on our Services or by contacting us at 63 Westbourne
Terrace, W2 3UY.
Our Services may, from time to time, contain links to and from
other third party websites and services not controlled by us (such as social media platforms
like Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest). Please note that these websites and services may
have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these
third party websites and/or services. Please check their privacy policies before you submit
any personal information to them.
You also have the right to access personal
information held about you. You can exercise this right of access by contacting us at: 4th
Floor, Greenworks, Dog and Duck Yard, Princeton Street, London, WC1R 4BH. Please note that
we may charge a small fee in relation to any such access requests.
11.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may revise this policy at any time. You
are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we may have
made. Your continued use of the Services after any such changes have been made will
constitute your acceptance of the updated policy.
12. YOUR CONCERNS
If you have any concerns about this policy, please contact
katharina@becoco.co.uk. This
policy was last updated on 27th of March 2017.
13. IP ADDRESSES AND
OTHER INFORMATION IDENTIFYING YOUR DEVICE
We may collect information
about your device, including where available your IP address and/or your iPhone's "UDID",
operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions
and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
14. LINKING TO
OUR SERVICES
You may link to the home page of the Website, provided
you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take
advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of
association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not
establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
Our Services must not
be framed on any other website or service, nor may you create a link to any part of the
Services other than the home page of the Website. We reserve the right to withdraw linking
permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all
respects with the content standards set out in these terms and conditions.
If you
wish to make any use of material on our Services other than as set out in these terms and
conditions, please address your request to
katharina@becoco.co.uk.
15. LINKS FROM OUR SERVICES
Our Services may
contain links to other sites or services provided by third parties (such as social media
platforms like Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest). We have no control over the contents of
any such sites or services and we accept no responsibility or liability for them or for any
loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
These third party sites and
services may have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies and it is your
responsibility to read them and make sure you understand them.
16.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
These terms and conditions and any
dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or
formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of England and the English courts shall have non-exclusive
jurisdiction.
17. CHANGES AND VARIATIONS
We aim
to update our Services regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need
arises, we may suspend access to our Services, or close them indefinitely. Any of the
content or material on our Services may be out of date at any given time, and we are under
no obligation to update such content and/or material.
We may revise these terms
and conditions at any time. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take
notice of any changes we may have made. Your continued use of the Services after any such
changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the updated terms and conditions.
18. COOKIES
The Services use cookies and similar
technologies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good
experience when you use the Services and also allows us to improve our Services.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on you device if you
agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
• Strictly necessary cookies. These are
cookies that are required for the operation of our Services. They include, for example,
cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Services.
•
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors
and to see how visitors move around our Services when they are using them. This helps us to
improve the way our Services work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they
are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when
you return to our Services. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by
name and remember your preferences.
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit
to our Services, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use
this information to make our Services and the advertising displayed on them more relevant to
your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and
providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies,
over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies
or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your device
that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your
browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to
access all or parts of our Service.
By continuing to use any of our Services, you
are consenting to our use of cookies as described in this policy.
19.
TRADEMARK
"BECOCO" is a trademark of BECOCO Ltd.