Terms of Use
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this site.
1. What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website www.biscuittin.co .uk (the "Site") and apply to any services you access using our Site.
2. Who we are and how to contact us
www.biscuittin.co .uk is a site operated by Biscuit Tin Ltd. We are a limited company registered in Scotland under company number SC781699. Our registered office is 87A Harrison Road, Edinburgh EH11 1LS. To contact us, please email customer.services@biscuittin.co .uk
3. By using our site you accept these terms
By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Site.
4. There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site:
· If you subscribe for services from our Site, our Terms and Conditions of Service will apply.
· If you are appointed as a Nominee, the Nominee Terms and Conditions will apply.
5. We may make changes to these terms
We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
6. We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our Site from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users' needs and our business priorities.
7. We may suspend or withdraw our site
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
8. Our site is only for users in the UK
Our Site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our Site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.
9. Cookies
Our Site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and allows us to improve our Site. By accessing our site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Further details of the cookies that we use are set out in our cookie policy .
10. Prohibited uses
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Site, in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation, in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect; for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way; to bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person; to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or 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 further agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt, any part of our Site; any equipment or network on which our Site is stored; any software used in the provision of our Site; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
11. You must keep your details safe
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. You must not disclose it to any third party.
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 reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at customer.services@biscuittin.co .uk
12. How you may use material on our Site
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our Site in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Where you subscribe for a service that allows you to upload data, information, and content to a section of our Site, additional terms regarding the ownership and use of that data, information and content will be governed by the relevant Terms and Conditions of Service. Where you are a Nominee who is entitled to access data, content or information on our site, your access to such data, content and information will also be governed by the Nominee Terms and Conditions.
13. Do not rely on information on this site
The content on our Site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the content on our Site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete, or up to date.
14. We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
15. Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents, or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any services to you, which will be set out in our Terms and Conditions of Service .
Please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss, including loss of profit, loss of business, loss of data, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
16. How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy .
17. We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored, or any server, platform, computer, or database connected to our site. You must not attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease immediately.
18. Breach of this policy
When we consider that a breach of these terms of use have occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. This may include:
· Immediate, temporary, or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site and/or any service provided through our Site.
· Immediate, temporary, or permanent removal of any content uploaded by you to our site.
· Issue of a warning to you.
· Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
· Further legal action against you.
· Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law,
19. Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
These Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by Scots law. You and we both agree that the courts of Scotland will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of England or Wales, you may also bring proceedings in England or Wales.
20. Trademarks
Biscuit Tin™, our logos and our other registered and unregistered trademarks are trademarks of Biscuit Tin Ltd. We give no permission for the use of these trademarks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.