Privacy policy updated 2012:
In line with the EU Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communications, known as the E-Privacy Directive, we have updated this policy with new information on the cookies this website collects and uses.
Terms and Conditions for use of this website
If you use the eubusiness.com website (the “Website”) you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
| 1. | Definitions |
| In these terms and conditions, “we” and “us” means EUbusiness.com, which is a trading name of EUbusiness Limited (company number 03803196), whose office is at Westminster House, Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2ND, United Kingdom. | |
| 2. | Access to the Website and content |
| 2.1 | The information provided by us on the Website is not in any way an invitation or recommendation to buy any products or services featured and you should seek appropriate independent advice. |
| 2.2 | We will endeavour to allow uninterrupted access to the Website, but access to the Website may be suspended, restricted or terminated at any time. |
| 2.3 | We reserve the right to change, modify, substitute or remove without notice any information on the Website from time to time. |
| 2.4 | We assume no responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which the Website has links. |
| 3. | Intellectual Property |
| 3.1 | The copyright in the material contained in the Website, together with the website design, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, and all software compilations, underlying source code and software (including applets) belongs to EUbusiness Limited, its subsidiaries or the providers of such information. All rights are reserved. None of this material may be reproduced or redistributed without our written permission. You may, however, download or print a single copy for your own non-commercial viewing. |
| 3.2 | EUbusiness is a trademark of EUbusiness Limited. Other product and company names mentioned on this website may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
| 3.3 | You shall retain ownership of all copyright in data you submit to the Website. You grant us a world-wide exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable licence to use, copy, distribute, publish and transmit such data in any manner. |
| 4. | Exclusions of liability |
| 4.1 | We use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the data on the Website is accurate and to correct any errors or omissions as soon as practicable after being notified of them. We do not monitor, verify or endorse information submitted by third parties for posting on the Website and you should be aware that such information may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties and representations (whether express or implied) as to the accuracy of any information contained on the Website. We do not guarantee that the Website will be fault free and do not accept liability for any errors or omissions. |
| 4.2 | Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data over the Internet, and the number of users by whom data is posted on to the Website, any liability we may have for any losses or claims arising from an inability to access the Website, or from any use of the Website or reliance on the data transmitted using the Website, is excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law. In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profit, revenues, goodwill, opportunity, business, anticipated savings or other indirect or consequential loss of any kind in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising out of use of the Website, save where such liability cannot be excluded by law. |
| 4.3 | We do not give any warranty that the Website is free from viruses or anything else which may have a harmful effect on any technology. |
| 5. | Exclusion of liability for suppliers’ goods and services |
| We promote a number of suppliers on the Website and offer you the opportunity to buy goods and services from those suppliers through the Website. We can accept no liability for any goods or services provided by third party suppliers. Any goods or services which are not stated to be provided by us are provided by third parties over whom we do not have control and you should satisfy yourself that you wish to purchase those goods or services before contracting with the supplier. The suppliers will be supplying on their own standard terms and conditions and you should check that you agree to those terms and conditions before placing an order. | |
| 6. | User name and password |
| 6.1 | On registering with us, you are issued with a user name and password which must be used in order to access certain restricted parts of the Website. The user name and password are personal to you and are not transferable. |
| 6.2 | Your name and password are the methods used by us to identify you and so are very important. You are responsible for all information posted on the Website by anyone using your user name and password and any payments due for services accessed through the Website by anyone using your user name and password. Any breach of security of a user name and password should be notified to us immediately. |
| 6.3 | You may not adapt or circumvent the systems in place in connection with the Website nor access the Website other than through normal operations. |
| 7. | Data submitted by users |
| 7.1 | We accept no liability for data supplied by any user for display on the Website and the limitations in condition 4 above (Exclusions of liability) apply. |
| 7.2 | If you submit data for display on the Website you are responsible for ensuring that the data is accurate, complete and up to date and for updating that data where necessary. |
| 7.3 | If you submit data for display on the Website you are responsible for ensuring that no data is uploaded or submitted which is untrue, defamatory, obscene or abusive or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable laws or rights of third parties. |
| 7.4 | You warrant that you have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that any data you upload or otherwise submit to the Website is free from viruses and anything else which may have a contaminating or destructive effect on any part of the Website or any other technology. |
| 7.5 | We reserve the right (without limiting our rights to seek other remedies) to remove offending material placed on the Website that we consider to constitute a misuse of the Website or which is otherwise harmful to other users of the Website. |
| 7.6 | You will indemnify us for any claim or loss (including without limitation, economic loss) suffered by us arising out of your failure to observe any of the terms of this condition 7. |
| 7.7 | Subject to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 condition 7.5 may be enforced by the following people in their own right: |
| any third party with whom we contract for content or advertising; and our employees or agentsat the time of any failure to observe. | |
| 8. | Payment |
| 8.1 | EUbusiness operates the EUbusiness.com “Paid For” services: Prime Subscription Service, Premium Subscription Service, Enhanced Directory Listings, 3rd Party Services. By subscribing to receive any of these Paid For Services, as well as the above terms and conditions, you are also agreeing to the terms in this Section 8. EUbusiness reserves the right to vary the Paid For Services and does not guarantee that a Paid For Service will remain paid for or that a free-of-charge service will remain free-of-charge. |
| 8.2 | You must provide us with complete and accurate payment information. You can pay by either credit or debit card. By submitting credit or debit card payment details to EUbusiness you warrant that you are entitled to purchase the Paid For Services using those payment details. In the case of unauthorised payments EUbusiness reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Paid For Services. If we do not receive payment authorisation or any authorisation is subsequently cancelled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your access to any Paid For Services. |
| 8.3 | EUbusiness will try to process your subscription promptly, but does not guarantee that the Paid For Services will be available to you by any specified time. A contract with you for receipt of the Paid For Services will come into effect when EUbusiness sends you an email confirming your subscription. |
| 8.4 | Certain areas of EUbusiness.com are only accessible to users who pay to subscribe to EUbusiness.com. Once you have completed the subscription process and your card has been authorised for payment, you will be given appropriate access to EUbusiness.com. |
| 8.5 | Where payment is required we will explicitly say so. In which case you shall pay within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from us, any fees incurred by you at the rates in effect when such fees are incurred. You shall also pay all applicable taxes related to charges made for the use of the Website at the same time. |
| 8.6 | If you fail to pay us within the time stipulated above, we shall be entitled to charge you interest at 4% above the base rate at the relevant time of Lloyds TSB Bank plc. Such interest shall accrue daily and be compounded monthly. In addition, we may suspend your access to and use of the Website. |
| 9. | Data protection |
| 9.1 | We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will collect and use information supplied by you and other users of the Website to improve the Website and personalise your experience when you visit the Website. We may also use it to tell you about changes in our services or about features we think you’ll find interesting. We may sell, trade or rent your personal information with trustworthy third parties, who provide complementary services. By registering with us, you are deemed to have consented to use of personal information for these purposes. However, you can tell us not to deal with your personal information in these ways in the future by simply sending an e-mail message to service@eubusiness.com. |
| 9.2 | Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998 we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access. |
| 9.3 | You may edit your personal information at any time. |
| 10. | Right to cancel and refunds |
| 10.1 | You can cancel any services you order via the Website within 7 days of your order being accepted, except that where the services are provided within 7 days of the order being accepted, your right to cancel ceases once provision of the services starts. We aim to provide services as promptly as possible. You accept that the services will often be provided shortly after the order is accepted and as a result you may only have a short period, if any, in which to cancel an order. |
| 10.2 | You can cancel any goods you order via the Website within 7 days of receipt of the goods, unless the goods are ones which were clearly personalised to your requirements, by their nature cannot be returned or are otherwise goods for which no right of cancellation exists under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000. |
| 10.3 | You should send any notice of cancellation of an order to service@eubusiness.com. Please give full details of the order, including any order number we have given you for it. |
| 10.4 | Where you cancel an order in accordance with these terms and conditions, we will refund to you any sums paid for that order within 30 days of receipt of your cancellation. We may deduct any direct costs we incur in recovering any goods delivered under an order which is then cancelled. |
| 10.5 | Where we arrange collection of payment on behalf of a third party supplier and you cancel your order with them in circumstances where you are entitled to do so, we will refund to you any sums paid for that order as soon as we can after we receive those sums back from the third party supplier. |
| 11. | Cookies |
| We use cookies to make this website as useful as possible. Cookies are small text files we put in your browser to track usage of our site, but they don’t tell us who you are. Once you close your browser, the cookie simply terminates. We use cookies so that we can personalise your experience of the website. If you set up your browser to reject the cookie, you will still be able to use the Website. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). Please note we have no access to or control over these cookies. Most big websites or internet service providers use cookies, for example to help the site remember your settings such as language, font size and other preferences for how you want to view the site on your computer. The benefit is that you don’t have to keep re-entering these details every time you come back to us. | |
| A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about you. Once you close your browser, the cookie simply terminates. We use cookies so that we can personalise your experience of the Website. If you set up your browser to reject the cookie, you may still use the Website. | |
| Can I reject cookies? | |
| If you are worried about cookies, and you want to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the EUbusiness.com website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. However, please be aware that restricting cookies will have an impact on the functionality of the website and the quality of your user experience. | |
| 12. | Termination |
| 12.1 | We may terminate your access to the Website and the services within it on not less than three days’ written notice to you. |
| 12.2 | All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in this agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason. |
| 13. | General |
| 13.1 | If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall not be affected. |
| 13.2 | We may modify these terms and conditions at any time by publishing the modified terms and conditions on the Website. Any modifications shall take effect 3 days after posting on the Website. |
| 14. | Governing law |
| 14.1 | These terms are governed by and to be construed in accordance with English law. |
| 14.2 | Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. |
