These terms and conditions apply to the use of this Website and by accessing
this Website and/or placing an order you agree to be bound by the terms and
conditions set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and
conditions you may not use or access this Website.
Before you place an order, if you have any questions relating to these terms
and conditions please contact us.
Definitions
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions and the Special Conditions;
"Product" means a product displayed for sale on the Website;
"Product Description" means that part of the Website where certain terms and
conditions in respect of the individual Product are provided;
"Users" means the users of the Website collectively;
"Personal Information" means the details provided by you on registration;
"We/us/Birthgay" means Murton-Moore LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership, registration
number OC316246.
"Website" means the website located at www.birthgay.com, www.birthgay.co.uk
or any subsequent URL which may replace it;
"Cookies" means small text files which our Website places on your computer's
hard drive to store information about your shopping session and to identify
your computer;
"Primary Payment Processor" means Nochex Limited, who are certified as a Small
Electronic Money Issuer by the Financial Services Authority and as a Money Service
Business by HM Revenue & Customs;.
"Secondary Payment Processor" means PayPal (Europe) Limited, who
are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United
Kingdom as an electronic money institution;.
"You" means a user of this Website.
Use of the Website
Access
You are provided with access to this Website in accordance with these Conditions
and any orders placed by you must be placed strictly in accordance with these
Conditions.
Registration
You warrant that:
• The Personal Information which you are required to provide when you
register as a customer or attempt to place an order is true, accurate, current
and complete in all respects; and
• You will notify us immediately of any changes to the Personal Information
by contacting us by e-mail, or updating the information yourself on our Website.
You agree not to impersonate any other person or entity or to use a false name
or a name that you are not authorised to use.
Privacy policy
We will treat all your Personal Information as confidential but reserve our
right to disclose this information in the circumstances set out below. We will
keep your Personal Information on a secure server and we will fully comply with
applicable data protection legislation in place.
When you shop on this Website, we will ask you to input and will collect Personal
Information from you such as your name, e-mail address, billing address, delivery
address, telephone number, product selections, credit card or other payment
information and a password. We may also collect, and our third party providers
of advertisements and content may collect, information about where you are on
the internet, including but not limited to the URL you came from, IP address,
your browser type, operating system version, the country and area code where
your computer is located, the pages of our Website that were viewed during your
visit, the advertisements you clicked on, and any search terms that you entered
on our Website ("User Information"). We may collect this information
even if you do not register with us.
You should be aware that this Website is being monitored and may capture information
about your visit that will help us improve the quality of our service. We use
your information only for the following purposes:
• Processing your orders;
• For statistical or survey purposes to improve this Website and its services
to you;
• To serve Website content and advertisements to you;
• To administer this Website;
• If you consent, to notify you of products or special offers that may
be of interest to you.
You agree that you do not object to us contacting you for any of the above
purposes whether by telephone, e-mail or in writing and you confirm that you
do not and will not consider any of the above as being a breach of any of your
rights under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations
2003.
When you create a shopping account while ordering online you will be given
the option to receive information from us by post, e-mail or telephone, about
products, promotions or special offers which we feel may be of interest to you.
In the event that you do not wish to be contacted for such purposes, ensure
that you tick the appropriate box as you go through the registration process.
In any event, you may unsubscribe from our contact list at any time by replying
to a promotional e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject
line.
Your Personal Information may be disclosed to other business that we have an
interest in, and to reputable third parties who will help process your order
and payment. We require all such third parties to treat your personal information
as fully confidential and to fully comply with applicable data protection legislation
in place. We will not release your Personal Information to any third party organisation
for mailing or marketing purposes. We will release your Personal Information
to the police or other government authority/agency where we are required to
do so by law.
We use Cookies to keep track of your current shopping session to personalise
your experience and so that you may retrieve your shopping basket at any time
- if you configure your web browser not to accept Cookies you will be unable
to use this Website.
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
Indemnity
You agree fully to indemnify, defend and hold us, and our officers, partners,
employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against
all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable
legal fees, arising out of any breach of the Conditions by you or any other
liabilities arising out of your use of this Website, or the use by any other
person accessing the Website using your shopping account and/or your Personal
Information.
Our rights
We reserve the right to:
• modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, this Website (or any
part thereof) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not
be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of
the Website; and/or
• change the Conditions from time to time, and your continued use of the
Website (or any part thereof) following such change shall be deemed to be your
acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine
whether the Conditions have been changed. If you do not agree to any change
to the Conditions then you must immediately stop using the Website.
Third party links
To provide increased value to our Users, we may provide links to other Websites
or resources for you to access at your sole discretion. You acknowledge and
agree that, as you have chosen to enter the linked Website we are not responsible
for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not review
or endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for:
• the privacy practices of such Websites
• the content of such Websites, including (without limitation) any advertising,
content, products, goods or other materials or services on or available from
such Websites or resources
• the use to which others make of these Websites or resources, nor for
any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection
with, the use of or reliance on any such advertising, content, products, goods
or other materials or services available on such external Websites or resources.
Purchase of products
Orders
We will take all reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to do so,
to keep the details of your order and payment secure, but in the absence of
negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer
if a third party procures unauthorised access to any data you provide when accessing
or ordering from the Website.
Contract creation and electronic contracting
The technical steps required to create the contract between you and us are
as follows:
• You place the order for your products on the Website by pressing the
confirm order button at the end of the checkout process. You will be guided
through the process of placing an order by a series of simple instructions on
the Website.
• We will send to you an order acknowledgement email detailing the products
you have ordered. This is not an order confirmation or order acceptance.
• As your product is shipped we may send you a despatch confirmation email
if you requested this when placing the order.
• Order acceptance and the completion of the contract between you and
us will take place on the despatch to you of the Products ordered unless we
have notified you that we do not accept your order.
Non-acceptance of an order may be a result of one of the following:
• The product you ordered being unavailable from stock.
• Our inability or the inability of our Primary Payment Processor or our Secondary
Payment Processor to obtain authorisation for your payment.
• The identification of a pricing or product description error.
• You not meeting the eligibility to order criteria set out in the main
Terms & Conditions.
The contract will be concluded in English.
Contract cancellation
Please note that you are entitled to cancel this contract if you so wish provided
that you exercise your right no longer than eight working days after the day
on which you receive the Products. Your right to return Products does not apply
to Products which are made or customised to your specification.
Description of products
Each Product purchased is sold subject to its Product Description which may
set out additional specific conditions related to that Product. We will take
all reasonable care to ensure that all details, descriptions and prices of Products
appearing on the Website are correct at the time when the relevant information
was entered onto the system. Although we aim to keep the Website as up to date
as possible, the information including Product Descriptions appearing on this
Website at a particular time may not always reflect the position exactly at
the moment you place an order. We cannot confirm the price of a Product until
your order is accepted in accordance with our Order acceptance policy.
Payment
All prices are correct at the time of entering the information onto the system.
The total cost of your order is the price of the Products ordered plus delivery
charges applicable which will be displayed during the order process. Payment
can be made by any of the methods specified during the order process.
You confirm that the credit, debit or store card that is being used is yours.
If the issuer of your payment card refuses to or does not, for any reason, authorise
payment to us, we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery.
All card payments are processed for you by our Primary Payment Processor or
our Secondary Payment Processor.
Refusal of transaction
We reserve the right to withdraw any Products from this Website at any time
and/or remove or edit any materials or content on this Website. We may refuse
to process a transaction for any reason or refuse service to anyone at any time
at our sole discretion. We will not be liable to you or any third party by reason
of our withdrawing any Product from this Website whether or not that Product
has been sold; removing or editing any materials or content on the Website;
refusing to process a transaction or unwinding or suspending any transaction
after processing has begun.
To be eligible to purchase Products on this Website and lawfully enter into
and form contracts on this Website under English law you must:
• Register by providing your real name, phone number, e-mail address,
payment details and other requested information
• Be over 18 years of age
• Possess a valid credit or debit card issued by a bank acceptable to us and
our Primary Payment Processor or our Secondary Payment Processor.
By making an offer to buy a Product, you specifically authorise us to transmit
information (including any updated information) or to obtain information about
you from third parties from time to time, including but not limited to your
debit or credit card number or credit reports, to authenticate your identity,
to validate your credit card, to obtain an initial credit card authorisation
and to authorise individual purchase transactions.
Returns
Returns should be made in the original, undamaged packaging, and we reserve
the right to withhold a percentage of the refund value of returned goods if
the product or packaging is in such a condition that the item needs to be reduced
in price for resale.
General
Intellectual property and right to use
You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual
property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the Website shall
remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are permitted to use
this material only as expressly authorised by us or our licensors.
You acknowledge and agree that the material and content contained within the
Website is made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that
you may (if necessary to make a Purchase) download such material and content
onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any other use of the material
and content of the Website is strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and agree
not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish,
display, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such
material and content.
Compliance with laws
The Website may be used only for lawful purposes and in a lawful manner. You
agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations regarding
the Website and any transactions conducted on or through the Website.
Limitation of liability
While we will use reasonable endeavours to verify the accuracy of any information
we place on the Website, we make no warranties, whether express or implied in
relation to its accuracy.
The Website is provided on an "as is" and "as available"
basis without any representation or endorsement made and we make no warranties
of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to the Website, or any
transaction that may be conducted on or through the Website including but not
limited to, implied warranties of non-infringement, compatibility, security,
accuracy, conditions of completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course
of dealing or usage or trade.
We make no warranty that the Website will meet your requirements or will be
uninterrupted, timely or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that
the site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or
represents the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the Website. We
will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material
uploaded or transmitted through the Website.
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we disclaim any and
all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to the Products.
This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, nor does it affect
your Contract Cancellation Rights.
We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence),
pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations)
or otherwise out of or in connection with the Conditions for:
• any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues,
profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or
• any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
• any special or indirect losses,
suffered or incurred by that party arising out of or in connection with the
provisions of any matter under the Conditions.
Nothing in the Conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for death or
personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our servants, agents
or employees.
Severance
If any part of the Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from the
Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the
remaining provisions of the Conditions.
Waiver
No waiver by us shall be construed as a waiver of any proceeding or succeeding
breach of any provision.
Survival
Each provision of the Conditions shall be construed as separately applying
and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held
to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.
Entire agreement
These Conditions govern our relationship with you. Any changes to these Conditions
must be in writing and signed by both parties. You confirm that, in agreeing
to accept the Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar
as the same has expressly been made a term of these Conditions and you agree
that you shall have no remedy in respect of any representation. Your Statutory
Rights are not affected by these terms and conditions.
Nothing in this Clause shall limit or exclude our liability in respect of any
fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term
of the Conditions.
Law
The Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of England and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of England.
Contact
You may contact us using the contact section of this Website or writing to
us at our place of business:
Murton-Moore LLP
30a Upper High Street
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3EX
Tel: 01844 220006
Fax: 01844 318178
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