Terms & Conditions

Terms of Use

These terms and conditions apply to your use and viewing of our website at http://www.villafirst.co.uk. Your use of our website indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions you must not use this website.

   
   
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Country of Use

This websites is for use and viewing only within the United Kingdom.

Intellectual Property

The design of this website is © VillaFirst, 2005 and its content is © VillaFirst, 2005. In both cases, all rights are reserved. Nothing in this website should be taken as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark displayed on this website without the prior written approval of the trade mark owner.
You may print off or download content as permitted under the fair dealing provision of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) (section 28 to 30) for the purposes of viewing it on your computer, research for non-commercial purposes, private study, criticism, review and news reporting, providing that you do not alter it in any way and acknowledge us as the source of the content and the copyright owners. All other use or copying of any of the contents of this site, other than as expressly permitted by us or permitted by law, is prohibited.

Content of this Site.

We have endeavoured to ensure that the information on or available via the website is correct, not misleading and secure, however, it is possible that the information is out of date, incomplete, inaccurate or has been tampered with by third parties and we give no warranty as to its integrity, completeness or accuracy. We have not checked this website for viruses and you use it at your own risk.

Services

Please see our terms and conditions for further details on the services we provide. We believe that all pricing and other information on this website relating to our services is correct at the time of the last update to the relevant page. We will be entitled to correct any errors or omissions in that information, and will not be obliged to supply any services to you on the basis of incorrect pricing or other information.

Links

Links to this website are permitted, although we reserve the right to withdraw such permission at any time, and provided that links are only made to the home page of this website.

Privacy

This website includes areas where you are requested to input information about yourself. Any information you submit to us through this website shall be subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy and you grant us a perpetual royalty free licence to use such information for the purposes set out in that policy.

Cookies

We use cookies on this website. Further information about cookies and how we use them can be found in our Privacy Policy.

Statutory Information

(if you are a partnership or sole trader): [insert business name]’s principal place of business is [insert address] and a list of partners is available for inspection [there] [or at [insert hypertext link]]. (if you are a company): [insert business name] is a limited company registered in England and Wales under company registration number [insert number] and with its registered office at [insert registered office address].

General

If any provision of these terms and conditions is held by any court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable in whole or part, the other provisions of these terms and conditions and the remainder or the affected provisions shall continue to be valid. Northing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury due to its negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation. Your statutory rights are not affected by these terms of use. The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy providing by these terms of use or by law does not constitute a waiver of other rights or remedies. These terms and the use of this website and its content shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with English law, and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.


Privacy Policy

This is VillaFirst’s privacy policy. It tells you who we are, how we collect information about you, whether and how we store that information, and what we use it for, with whom we intend to share your information, and whether it may be transferred outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’).

Please read the policy carefully. If you do not agree with it, then please do not use our website.

  1. 1. Who we are

    We are VillaFirst. Our address is [address]. If you have any queries about the information we hold on you, please contact our Data Protection Officer, who you may write to or contact by email at [email address] or by telephone on [telephone].

  2. 2. How we collect information
    1. 2.1 We may collect information about you from your completion of our on-line forms or from any email you send to us.

    2. 2.2 We may obtain a record of site statistics about use of our website, but not in a format that identifies any individual.

    3. 2.3 We use cookies.

      1. 2.3.1 Cookies are small text files which are transferred from this website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. They enable a website to “remember” who you are.

      2. 2.3.2 Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies but if you are using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, you should be able to configure your browser to restrict cookies or block all cookies if you wish. This may, however affect your ability to log into and use certain areas of our site. Browser-specific instructions on how to restrict or block cookies may be found on the IAB’s website at  http://www.allaboutcookies.org

      3. 2.3.3 We use session cookies to keep track of your session when you use our website. If we provide an online shopping service we will use session cookies to remember what is in your shopping basket. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. We do not use persistent cookies which remain on your browser until you delete them. No cookies on our site are served or used by third parties. We do not use “spyware”, that is web bugs or hidden identifiers or other similar devices to gain access to information, store hidden information or to trace activities of users. More information on cookies can be found at  http://www.allaboutcookies.org

  3. 3. Storage of information
    1. 3.1 Your information will be stored on [Insert name]’s web server and we will keep our own backup copy. We may also store your information on paper at our offices.

    2. 3.2 We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organisational measures against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage.

    3. 3.3 You have a statutory right to see a copy of the information we hold about you on payment of a fee, which is currently £10.

  4. 4. What we use your information for
    1. 4.1 We will use your information to provide you with any further details or information you request when you contact us.

    2. 4.2 If we provide an online shopping service we will use your information to fulfil your order.

  5. 5. With whom we may share your data.
    1. 5.1 We will not share your information with any other organisation except in the following circumstances.

      1. 5.1.1 We will share your information with [insert name] to enable them to host your information or to register you as a user of their site.

      2. 5.1.2 We will give third party providers who supply services to us (for example, as part of hardware or software maintenance) or who process information on our behalf (such as hosting company) incidental access to your information.

      3. 5.1.3 We will disclose your information to enforcement authorities if asked to do so, or to a third party in the context of actual or threatened legal proceedings.

      4. 5.1.4 If we provide an online shopping service, any credit or debit card details you supply will be passes to our payment provider and your card issuer.

  6. 6. We will not transfer your information outside the EEA.

    The EEA comprises certain countries within Europe (including the EU) which have similar laws on data protection. Other countries outside the EEA may not give the same level of protection to your information. Further information about data protection issues including the online Register of Data Controllers can be found at  http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk