Terms and Conditions
HACHETTE UK WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Legal:
This section sets out the terms of use for all Hachette UK websites. References to "we" and "us" are to Hachette UK Limited and its group companies.
By using any of our websites you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these terms. We may update these terms and any other legal notice on our websites (including the privacy policy) without the consent of any other person. All changes will be effective when posted on our websites and you will be bound by any new terms when you visit our websites.
If you do not agree to these terms (including any amendments) you must not use our websites.
Rights:
You acknowledge that all rights in our websites and their contents (including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics, and downloads) are owned by or have been licensed to us or are otherwise used by us as permitted by applicable law. In accessing our websites you agree that you will access the contents solely for your own personal, non-commercial use and you acknowledge that you are not permitted to copy, download, store in any medium (including any other website), distribute, transmit, modify or show in public any part of our websites without our prior written permission or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Data protection and privacy:
We may need to know your personal details including your name, address and email address to provide you with information or reply to your queries.
We may pass information that you have given us to other companies within our group of companies. We do not sell any personal information about our customers to third parties.
Our privacy policy applies in relation to the use of any personal data collected by us and can be accessed at the following link:
Our Privacy Policy.
Liability disclaimer:
Our websites are provided by us in good faith on an “as is” basis. We make no representations or warranties, express or implied, about our websites or the material contained or referred to on them or available for download from them, and will not be held liable in any way for your use of them. Except to the extent provided by the applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We and all affiliated companies and individuals exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability in contract or tort (including negligence) or otherwise for any direct, indirect, incidental, special and consequential damages, losses and expenses whatsoever including loss of business, anticipated savings revenues, profits, goodwill or reputation arising out of or in any way connected with the use of our websites and/or any information, content, or services obtained through them. We endeavour to ensure that all information and material on our websites is correct and accurate but do not accept any liability for errors or omissions, nor do we warrant that use of our websites will be uninterrupted.
Site security:
While we make reasonable attempts to exclude viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious or destructive computer code from our websites and their contents, we cannot guarantee such exclusion. We give no assurance (whether express or implied), assume no obligation and accept no liability in relation to these matters. You are strongly recommended to take all appropriate safeguards before using our websites or downloading any information or content from it.
Prices and availability:
While we make every effort to ensure that information on our websites is accurate, this cannot be guaranteed. Prices displayed in our online catalogue and availability may change without prior notice.
Purchases:
Purchases from the Headline Publishing Group website are via Bookpoint (distribution company in the Hachette UK group). Bookpoint terms and conditions apply to all purchases. They may be accessed at the following link:
Bookpoint (www.bookpoint.co.uk/termsandconditions.aspx).
Contracts for the purchase of books must be concluded in English.
Links to other websites:
Neither we nor any of our group companies are responsible for the content of any other website, including any website through which you may have gained access to any of our websites or to which you may gain access from any of our websites. We do not accept any liability in connection with such other websites or links.
General:
Our websites and the information on them may be changed or updated without notice, unless we specify to the contrary.
If all or any part of these terms is determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, which shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Our failure to exercise or enforce any rights or any provision of these terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing.
The parties do not intend the terms (or any part of them) to be enforceable by any person who is not a party to these terms pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 except that Hachette UK group companies may seek to rely on the benefit of these terms. However, we may amend these terms without those other companies' consent and subsections 2(1)(a) to (c) of the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms.
Law and jurisdiction:
Your use of our websites and downloads from them, and the operation of these terms, shall be governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The English courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of our websites except that we may take action in any jurisdiction to protect our intellectual property rights or to recover any amount owed to us.
International use:
Those who choose to access our websites from locations outside the United Kingdom do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
If you have any queries about our websites please contact us at the following address enquiries@headline.co.uk
This website is operated by Headline Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Hachette UK Ltd., registered in England and Wales (registration number 2782638, VAT number 205505305) whose registered office is at:
338 Euston Road
London
NW1 3BH
Copyright © [2010] Hachette UK Ltd.