We have designed CottagesOnline.co.uk to provide a source of comprehensive
and relevant information for the holiday cottage user. It is our wish
that you find your use of CottagesOnline.co.uk interesting and enjoyable
The following terms and conditions are important things that you should
know before using or accessing CottagesOnline.co.uk. These affect both your
rights and our rights (so please read them carefully).
In order to extend and increase the range of goods and services we work
closely with a number of other organisations who provide some of the content
made available to users. Where applicable, we will indicate where these
third-party organisations are involved or have rights or interests in
the services being provided.
We are always seeking ways of improving CottagesOnline.co.uk and the goods
and services available to users. If you have any comments or suggestions
relating to your use of CottagesOnline.co.uk, please contact us.
Public Access
CottagesOnline.co.uk is owned, operated and made available by KT Leisure
Ltd (KT Leisure)
1. Application of these Conditions of Use
By accessing or using any part of CottagesOnline.co.uk you agree to be bound
by the following conditions of use. If you do not wish to be bound by
these conditions, you may not access or use CottagesOnline.co.uk. We may
change these conditions at any time without any notice to you. By your
continued access and use of CottagesOnline.co.uk you agree to be bound by
the most current version of the conditions of use. Please check these
conditions periodically for any changes that have been made.
"CottagesOnline.co.uk" and "KT Leisure" are service marks of KT Leisure.
All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos cited anywhere
on CottagesOnline.co.uk are the property of their respective owners.
4. Permitted Uses
Save as provided below, no materials from CottagesOnline.co.uk may be copied,
downloaded, reproduced, broadcast, shown or played in public, republished,
uploaded, posted, stored, transmitted or distributed in any way or adapted
or changed in any way. Subject to applicable third-party content-providers'
licences, you may electronically copy and print in hard copy, portions
of CottagesOnline.co.uk for your personal use only. You are not permitted
to sell or trade in material so copied. Any other use, modification, distribution
or republication without the prior written consent of KT Leisure is similarly
strictly prohibited.
5. No Licence
Except as expressly provided, nothing contained in these conditions or
anywhere on CottagesOnline.co.uk shall be construed as conferring any licence
under any of KT Leisure's or any third party's intellectual property rights.
6. Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
CottagesOnline.co.uk is provided by KT Leisure on an "as is" and "as and
when available" basis to users. You use CottagesOnline.co.uk at your own
risk. KT Leisure and its associated content-provider organisations make
considerable efforts to make information made available via CottagesOnline.co.uk
as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied. Neither
KT Leisure nor any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
affiliates, agents, third-party content providers, sponsors, licensers,
or the like, makes any representation or warranty or condition, either
express or implied, to you:
that
CottagesOnline.co.uk will be uninterrupted or error-free,
that
CottagesOnline.co.uk or the computer server from which CottagesOnline.co.uk
is made available, are free of viruses or other harmful components,
to
the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability,
quality or suitability of any information, advice, content, service,
search results, products or merchandise provided through CottagesOnline.co.uk.
KT
Leisure makes and you receive, no representations, warranties or conditions,
express or implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to:
CottagesOnline.co.uk,
its content, merchandise, services, documents, information, items or
materials provided by KT Leisure in connection with the use of CottagesOnline.co.uk;
or
any
goods or services or information received through or advertised on CottagesOnline.co.uk
or received through links provided on CottagesOnline.co.uk,
including
without limitation no representations, warranties or conditions of merchantability,
suitability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of proprietary
rights or otherwise.
No oral advice or written information given by KT Leisure or its affiliates,
or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, providers, merchants,
sponsors, licensers, or the like, will create a representation, a warranty
or condition nor should you rely on any such information or advice. In
jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion or disclaimer of certain
warranties, the above exclusion may not apply to you.
7. Provision of Advice
KT Leisure is not an agent for and does not vouch for those persons, companies
and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred
to in CottagesOnline.co.uk, nor for the availability, suitability or prices
of such goods and services nor for the legal entitlement, competences,
professional qualifications, trade certifications, or memberships of trade
associations of such persons, companies or other organisations. KT Leisure
advises users to satisfy themselves as to the exact type and nature of
goods or services being offered or qualifications held by those persons,
companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed
or referred to in CottagesOnline.co.uk. CottagesOnline.co.uk may make available
certain information provided by third parties. KT Leisure recommends that
before you use any such information with respect to any issues or questions
that you may have relating to medicine, law, accounting or any other profession
you seek advice from a qualified professional.
8. Limitation of Liability
Neither KT Leisure nor its associated content-provider organisations seek
to limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury arising from
their negligence.Under no circumstances will KT Leisure or any of its
officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, sponsors,
licensers, or any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance
or distribution of CottagesOnline.co.uk be liable for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special or consequential damages (including but not limited
to loss of profits, business, anticipated savings, goodwill, use of data
or other intangible losses) that result from either:
the
use and reliance on CottagesOnline.co.uk; or
the
inability to use CottagesOnline.co.uk; or
mistakes,
omissions, interruptions, suspension, termination, deletion of files
or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, transmission
or service response time, or any failure of performance with respect
to CottagesOnline.co.uk including without limitation those arising from
acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorised
access to KT Leisure's records, programs or services; or
merchandise,
products or services received through or advertised on CottagesOnline.co.uk
and merchandise, products or services received through or advertised
on any links provided on CottagesOnline.co.uk; or
information
or advice received through or advertised on CottagesOnline.co.uk and information
or advice received through or advertised on any links provided on CottagesOnline.co.uk;
or
any
information, data, text, messages and other materials that you email,
post upload, reproduce, transmit or is otherwise distributed using CottagesOnline.co.uk.
KT
Leisure is unable to ensure or guarantee the security of any information
transmitted over the Internet. Any information or data which you transmit
to or by using KT Leisure is done at your own risk and KT Leisure shall
not be responsible or liable for any damages or injury that may result
from transmitting such information.If any jurisdiction does not allow
the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental
damages, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.
9. Miscellaneous
These conditions and any and all documents specifically referenced herein
constitute the entire agreement between you and KT Leisure with respect
to the subject matter hereof. If any provision contained in these conditions
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid
or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from these
conditions and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and
effect.
10. Jurisdiction and Governing Law
These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of England. KT Leisure controls CottagesOnline.co.uk from within
the country of England. It can, however, be accessed from other places
around the world. Although these places may have different laws from those
of England, by accessing CottagesOnline.co.uk you agree that the laws of
England, without regard to rules relating to conflict of laws, will apply
to all matters relating to your use of CottagesOnline.co.uk. You and KT
Leisure also agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
English courts, with respect to such matters. Users of CottagesOnline.co.uk
accessing it from places outside of England acknowledge that they do so
voluntarily and are responsible for complying with local laws.
Privacy
KT Leisure places great importance on your privacy. It is important for
us to safeguard your privacy while providing a valuable and personalised
service. Accordingly, we have established a privacy policy. This statement
explains our policy and our data protection practices.
Compilation of information and its purposes
As you navigate through CottagesOnline.co.uk your browsing activity is automatically
retrieved. This is used online in aggregate form: no individual registered
user is identified. This aggregated data allows us to analyse site traffic
and thus improve on the relevancy of services provided for you. For instance,
based on the choices you make as you visit the site, we may want to recommend
information that will be of interest to you. We may also provide "aggregated"
statistics about users to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics
will not include information that would allow the recipient to identify
any particular individual.
When you order something on CottagesOnline.co.uk we need to know some personal
details. This allows us to process and fulfil your order or to notify
you in the case of a purchase query.
When you enter a competition or other promotional feature we may ask for
some personal details. This is so that we may administer the contest and
notify winners.
We may use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about
important functionality changes to the CottagesOnline.co.uk site, new services
and special offers we think you will find valuable. This feature is only
available to users that have chosen to "opt in" when presenting their
personal details. Additionally, each time you receive a message, you have
the option to decline to receive further communications.
Security
We take the security of your personal data extremely seriously. Any credit
or payment card details you pass on to us are encrypted. Furthermore,
as required by the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, we follow
strict security procedures with regard to the storage and disclosure of
any information that you have given us, thus preventing access to this
information by an unauthorised user.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's
hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful
by storing information about your preferences on particular sites, thus
enabling Web site owners to provide more useful features for their users
(the use of cookies is an industry standard). Most browsers are initially
set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to
refuse cookies, however, you may not be able to take full advantage of
a web site if you do so.
E-Commerce
Buying From Us
If you wish to reserve a date or purchase anything from KT Leisure or
from our associate content-provider organisations you may be asked to
view conditions specific to that particular transaction at the time of
purchase. Such conditions will be deemed to be incorporated into any contract
relating to that purchase.
KT Leisure adheres to the following set of eight customer service values.
KT Leisure will:
1.
accept credit, debit and charge card information from you ONLY in a
secure encrypted format
2. ensure that the prices you see on your credit, debit and charge card
statements are the prices displayed for the reserved dates when you
placed your order.
3. endeavour to despatch goods on the day that your order is received.
4. inform you, by email, within two working days of you making the reservation,
if the reserved date is unavailable for any reason.
5. not charge you until the date you wish to reserve has been reserved.
6. provide a customer service page containing a copy of our cancellation
policy, which you may view before you make a reservation
7. commit ourselves to providing excellent customer service.
8. listen to our CottagesOnline.co.uk customers and welcome and take note
of any feedback that you may wish to give regarding our products or
services.
Buying
from Advertisers and Other Third Parties
KT Leisure may make available merchandise, products or services provided
by third parties through CottagesOnline.co.uk or links on CottagesOnline.co.uk.
You may be asked by a third-party provider for information regarding yourself
(such as credit card or other payment information).
Third-party providers are solely responsible for the use of any information
that you provide to them. We strongly suggest that you make whatever investigation
or enquiry you feel is necessary or desirable before proceeding with any
transaction (whether completed online or off-line) with any third party.
Your transactions with any third party are solely between you and that
third party and are subject to any terms and conditions that may apply
to such transactions. You will be responsible for paying all charges you
incur and applicable taxes, if any, relating to such charges.
Before entering into any transaction to acquire merchandise, products
or services from any third-party provider made available through CottagesOnline.co.uk
or through any link on CottagesOnline.co.uk, please read the sections entitled
"Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties" and "Limitation of Liability"
in Public Access. All aspects of CottagesOnline.co.uk, including the purchase
of any merchandise, products or services are subject to these conditions.
Neither KT Leisure nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
sponsors, licensers or the like makes any representation or warranty or
condition, either express or implied, to you regarding any:
merchandise, products or services made available through CottagesOnline.co.uk
or through any link on CottagesOnline.co.uk or the content, accuracy,
completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any information
provided by any third-party provider.
information
you may be requested to give to any third party or the security of such
information
Access
to Third Party Sites
While using CottagesOnline.co.uk you will likely access third-party Web
sites through search results displayed on CottagesOnline.co.uk and links
contained on CottagesOnline.co.uk. Such third-party Web sites are not under
the control of KT Leisure and KT Leisure is not responsible for the availability
of such sites or their contents.
Any links provided on CottagesOnline.co.uk are provided for your interest
or convenience only and do not represent or imply any endorsement by KT
Leisure of such linked site. You acknowledge that the use of such third-party
Web sites is governed by the terms and conditions of use applicable to
such sites.
KT Leisure shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly
for the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability,
quality, suitability, merchantability or decency of any information, advice,
content, service, product or merchandise contained in sites listed in
CottagesOnline.co.uk or linked to CottagesOnline.co.uk.
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