Website Terms of Use Policy

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CARREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

These terms tell you the rules for using our website www.­greengates.­co.­uk (Our site) whether as a guest or a registered user. 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.

Who We are and how to contact Us

www.­greengates.­co.­uk is a site operated by Greengates Builders Merchants LTD (“We”, “Us”, “Our”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 4252840 and have our registered office at 1 Whinney Hill Road, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 5FT.

Our VAT number is 458 0200 71

To contact us, please email onlinesales@greengates.co.uk or telephone Us on 01254 872061.

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:

Our Privacy Policy, www.­greengates.­co.­uk/­privacy-policy, which sets out informat6ion on how We make use of your personal data and about the cookies on our site.

Our Terms and Conditions of Sale, www.­greengates.­co.­uk/­terms-and-conditions, will apply if you purchase Goods from Our site.

We may make changes to these terms

We may amend these terms from time to time. Each time you wish to use Our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at the time.

Access to Our site

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service that we provide on our site without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

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.

If you choose, or 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, and 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 opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

When using Our site, you must comply with the provisions of our acceptable use policy. It is your responsibility to make all the arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. It is also your responsibility to ensure that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Our site changes regularly

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time to reflect the changes to Our products, Our users’ needs and Our business priorities. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely.

Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. We make no repre­sen­ta­tions, warranties or guarantees, whether expressed or implied, that the content on Our site is accurate, complete or up to date.

How you may use the 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 may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from Our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

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.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses that arise out of any content you submit, post or transmit via Our site or from your use/ misuse or Our site or the use/ misuse by any person for whom you are responsible or from your violation of these Terms of Use.

Reliance on information posted

The content on Our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to Our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Our liability

Material which is displayed on Our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, We and third parties connected to Us hereby expressly exclude:

• All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
• Any liability 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, including, without limitation any liability for:
  • loss of income or revenue;
  • loss of business;
  • loss of profits or contracts;
  • loss of anticipated savings;
  • loss of data;
  • loss of goodwill;
  • wasted management or office time; and
  • any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

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.

How we may use your personal information

We will only process your personal information as set out in Our Privacy Policy, www.­greengates.­co.­uk/­privacy-policy. By using Our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Viruses, Hacking and other offences

We do not guarantee that Our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of Our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

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, 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.

Rules about linking to Our site

Linking to Our home page is possible, provided you do so in a fair and legal way that does not damage Our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on Our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to Our site in any website that is not owned by You.

Our website must not be framed on any other site, nor may You create a link to any part of Our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Termination

We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of Our website without notice.

In the event of such termination or suspension you will be denied access to any information or files that You have stored on Our site.

Links from Our site

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, and accept no responsibility for them or for the loss or damage that may arise from Your use of them.

Jurisdiction and Applicable law

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to Our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Trademarks

“Greengates” is a UK registered trademark. You may not use any such trademarks without prior express written consent.

Changes

We may revise this Terms of Use Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding to you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on Our site. If you do not agree to any changes that we have made to Our site, you must stop using it immediately.