Disclaimer

Website Terms of Use

 

Applicability

These terms and conditinos of use for the Arpa Naturalia website (hereinafter the "Terms of Use") apply to visits to and use of the wbsites of Arpa Industriale S.p.A., and Arpa USA, Ltd. and its goroup companies (hereinafter collectively the "Companies" and the websites collectively the "Website") as well as to the information made available to you on or via this Website in any form whatsoever (hereinafter: the "Information").  Visiting the Website automatically means that the visitor (hereinafter also referred to as "you") agrees to these Terms of Use.  The Companies may change these Terms of Use at any time and without further notice.  Such modified Terms of Use take effect from the time they are placed on the Website.  The Companies will always make an effort to place the latest version of the Terms of Use on this web page so that you can always consult these Terms of Use here.

 

Content

The Companies do not guarantee that the Website will function without errors or interruptions.  Part of all of the Information may be incomplete and/or incorrect and/or obsolete.  The Companies are not liable for the use or content of external Internet pages that are not maintained by the Companies, which are referred to on the Website, or which refer to the Website.  Our cookie and privacy policies do not apply to your personal data that are collected and processed on or via these external websites.

 

Use

The Information is exclusively intended for general information purposes and is not intended as a recommendation, design, structural calculation, extimate or other warranty or representation for the visitor.  The Companies do not warrant and accept no responsibility for the accuracy and/or completeness of the Information (including infomation on the Companies' products) or that the Information is suitable for the purpose for which it is consulted by you or otherwise.  The Companies strongly recommend that customers and third parties have a professional adviser inform them about (the suitability of) the Companies' products for all desired applications and about applicable laws and regulations.

Colours used in the Companies' communications (including but not limited to printed matter) and in samples of the Companies' products may differ from the colours of the products to be supplied.  Samples are not intended for use in product tests and are not representative of characteristics of the Companies' products.  The Companies' products and samples are produced within the specified colour tolerances and the colours (of production batches) may differ, even if the same colour is used.  The viewing angle also influences the colour perception.

You are entitled to use the Information, such as documents, photographs, drawings, illustrations and other content subject to the following conditions: Visitors may consult the Website and the Information and make copies of the Information for their own use, for example by printing or storing the Information.  Each and every use of the Information is permitted exclusively in relation to the sale and/or purchase of the Companies' products.  The Information may not be modified or changed in any way whatsoever.  Illustrations on the Website may not be used without the accompanying text.  In addition, the Information may not be used in any way that is in breach of the Companies' intellectual property rights or in breach of the Terms of Use.  You are explicitly responsible for always using the most recent Information from the Website.  Thus, if you use the Information, you must regularly check to ensure that the Information used still corresponds to the latest information on the Website.  Any other use of the Website and/or of the Information, including distribution, reproduction, modification, publication, storage in an automated data file or the dispatch o such a file without the Companies' prior written consent is explicitly prohibited.

Your use of the Website is entirely at your own risk.  You are responsible for everything you send to or from the Website.

The Companies are entitled to change or terminate the availability of the Website and/or the Information and services offered on the Websites for any reason whatsoever, or to limit access to this Informatio or these services.  The Companies are not liable for the consequences of any changes in the Information.

The Website has been developed for the Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Safari 3.1 browsers with a screen resolutions of 1024 x 768.  Other browsers and other screen resolutions may result in altered or limited displays.

 

Liability

The Companies are not liable (contractually or non-contractually) for any damage resulting from the use (or the inability to use) the Website, including damage resulting from viruses or the inaccuracy and/or incompleteness of the Information.  Nor are the Companies liable (contractually or non-contractually) for damage resulting from the use of electronic means of communication with this Website, including but not limited to damage reulting from failures to deliver or delays in the delivery of electronic messages, the interception or manipulation of elctronic messages by thire parties or by software/hardware used for electronic communication and the transmission of viruses.

 

Intellectual property

All copyrights and other intellectual propety rights and other rights regarding the content of the Website (including logos, trademarks, service marks, software, databases, audio, video, text and photographs) are owned by teh Companies and/or their licensors.

 

Unsolicited ideas that are submitted

In the event that you place ideas and/or materials, including but not limited to text, video, audio, software or information (the "Materials") on this Website or send these to the Companies by e-mail or otherwise without such information having been solicited, the companies are entitled to use, copy and/or commercially exploit these Materials, all this in the broadest sense, without having to pay any compensation and the Companies will not be required to maintain the confidential nature of the Materials concerned.

 

General conditions

All oral and written statments, offers, quotations, sales, supplies, deliveries and/or agreements and all related activites of Arpa Industriale S.p.A. are governed by Arpa Industriale S.p.A.'s General Terms and Conditions and all related activities of Arpa USA, Ltd. are governed by Arpa USA, Ltd.'s General Terms and Conditions.  A copy of these general Terms and conditions will be provided free of charge on request.

All general terms and conditions other than the conditions mentioned above are explicitly dismissed and do not apply, regardless of whether such terms and conditions are referred to on requests for offers, offer confirmations, stationery and/or other documents of the other party.

 

Cookie and privacy policy

The companies may collect and analyse information ont eh use of the Website by means of a cookie (a cookie is a small text file that our web server places on your hard disk; thus, a cookie is related to a computer and not a person).  You can permit or prevent the use of cookies by changing hte settings of your browser.  In the event that you do not allow cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of the Website.  The domain name of the site server where the cookies are stored is arpanaturalia.com.  The cookies are valid for 2 years.  Storage and forwarding of your date via the Internet are secured using current, customary techniques.  You are entitled to access your personal data collected by means of cookies and to rectification and/or removal of these data by sending an e-mail to legal@arpaindustriale.com.

The Companies respect the privacy of all visitors to its Website and ensures that the confidential nature of the personal information you provide will be maintained.  In addition, the Companies will not make your personal data availble to third parties, unless it is required to do so by viture off mandatory rules, a binding decision from a government agency or an order to do so by a competent court.  The Companies may use your personal data for the following purposes:

-Responses regarding the use of the Website.  These responses that the Companies get from visitors will help the Companies to further develop and improve the Website.

-If you respond to a marketing camaign or competition, the Companies will ask for your name, address and e-mail address.  The companies will use these data to conduct the marketing campaign, announce the prize winner(s) and measure the response to the marketing campaigns.

-In some cases, the Companies may use your personal data to inform you of website improvements, special offers and campaigns.  If you do not want to receive this information and/or want to change your personal data, please send an e-mail to legal@arpaindustriale.com, specifying "Remove personal data" as the subject.

 

Indemnification

You indemnify the Companies, their employees, representatives, licensees and trade partners agains all damages and costs, including the costs for legal asistance, accountants and other external advisers, suffered or incurred by the Companies regarding third-party claims to the effect that your use of the Website is in breach of any statutory rule or infringes (intellectual)(property) rights of third parties or is otherwise unlawful towards a third party.

 

Invalidity

In the event that part of these Terms of Use are or become invalid, the Companies and you will continue to be bound by the remaining part.  The Companies will replace the invalid part by clauses that are valid and whose legal consequences, in view of the content and purpose of these Terms of Use, correspond as much as possible to the invalidated part.

 

Questions

Should you have any questions or comments regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact the Companies by e-mail: legal@arpaindustriale.com.