This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.styletorch.com (our “Site”), whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using our Site, you indicate that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please refrain from using our Site.

  1. INFORMATION ABOUT US

 

  1. ACCESSING OUR SITE
    1. Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our Site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
    2. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our Site, or our entire Site, to users who have registered with us.
    3. We have the right to disable any user name or password if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use. You should treat your password as confidential.
    4. 4. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Site. 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 that they comply with them.

 

  1. ACCEPTABLE USE
    1. You may use our Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Site:
      1. in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
      2. in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
      3. for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
      4. to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards in clause 5 below;
      5. to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or
      6. 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.
    2. You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
      1. any part of our Site;
      2. any equipment or network on which our Site is stored;
      3. any software used in the provision of our Site; or
      4. any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

 

  1. INTERACTIVE SERVICES
    1. We may from time to time provide interactive services on our Site.
    2. Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical). moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).
    3. We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our Site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our Site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
    4. The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
    5. Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

 

  1. CONTENT STANDARDS
    1. These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our Site ( the "Contributions"), and to any interactive services associated with it.
    2. You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contributions as well as to its whole.
    3. Contributions must:
      1. be accurate (where they state facts);
      2. be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and
      3. comply with applicable law in Switzerland and in any country from which they are posted.
    4. Contributions must not:
      1. contain any material which is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, promote sexually explicit material or promote violence;
      2. promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
      3. infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person;
      4. be likely to deceive any person;
      5. be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence or promote any illegal activity;
      6. be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
      7. be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
      8. be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
      9. give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or
      10. advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

 

  1. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
    1. Failure to comply with clause 3 (Acceptable Use) and/or 5 (Content Standards) in these Terms of Use constitutes a material breach of the Terms of Use, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
      1. immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site;
      2. immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Site;
      3. issue of a warning to you;
      4. legal action against you including proceedings for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;
      5. disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
    2. We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of the acceptable use or content standards sections of these Terms of Use. The responses described in this clause are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

 

  1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
    1. 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.
    2. You may use our intellectual property rights solely in connected with the intended use of the Site.
    3. 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.
    4. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our Site must always be acknowledged.
    5. You must not use any part of the materials on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
    6. If you use 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.

 

  1. RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED

 

  1. OUR SITE CHANGES REGULARLY

 

  1. OUR LIABILITY
    1. As our Site is provided free of charge, the material displayed on our Site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:
      1. all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity;
      2. any and all liability (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our Site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our Site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it.
    2. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

 

  1. INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO OUR SITE

 

  1. UPLOADING MATERIAL TO OUR SITE
    1. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our Site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with clauses 3 (Acceptable use) and 5 (Content standards) in these Terms of Use.
    2. Any material you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
    3. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our Site.
    4. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with clauses 3 (Acceptable use) or 4 (Content standards) in these Terms of Use.

 

  1. LINKS FROM OUR SITE

 

  1. JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW

 

  1. TRADE MARKS

 

  1. VARIATIONS

 

  1. YOUR CONCERNS
    • If you have any concerns about material which appears on our Site, please contact us.

 

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