Website Use Terms & Conditions

SADDLERS COTTAGE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WEBSITE USE

// ABOUT

These Terms explain how you may use our website www.saddlerscottage.co.uk, which is provided by us free of charge.

Saddlers Cottage has set out a legally binding arrangement for you to follow while using this website.  This site provides a holiday accommodation service at Saddlers Cottage set in the Lake District.  Therefore, please continue to read these Terms of Use carefully before continuing onto the site.  By using this site, you accept these Terms of use and agree to abide by them.  If you do not agree to accept these Terms of Use, please discontinue using the site with immediate effect.

This site is operated by the owners and assistants of Saddlers Cottage, via our host Promote My Place.  Should you have any questions about the site, please contact us via email, gillian@foxy4.co.uk.

// TERM DEFINITIONS

1. Content – means any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or on the site
2. Terms – means these terms and conditions of use as updated from time to time
3. Service/s – refers to the Company’s services accessed via the site, in which users can obtain information on the services we offer, such as, but not limited to: Saddlers Cottage - Holiday Accommodation Availability and Information
4. Intellectual Property Rights – means rights such as copyright, trademarks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered anywhere in the world
5. Unwanted Submission – has the meaning given to it in the section entitled “submitting information to the site”
6. Site – refers to the website saddlerscottage.co.uk
7. We, us, our or I – means the owners or assistants of Saddlers Cottage, which is based in Cumbria. (References to us in these Terms also includes any group companies which we may have from time to time.)
8. You or your – means the person accessing or using the site or its content

// USING OUR SITE

9. The site is for your personal and non-exclusive use only and are authorised to browse the site, contact us using the contact forms, comment on blogs (where commenting is permitted) subject to moderation.
10. The site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, you are not permitted to book any accommodation without parental permission.  If we find that a booking has been made by someone under the age of 18, we withhold the right to cancel the booking immediately.  Any costs due to a cancellation, for this reason, will be met by yourself.
11. You may not use any “page-scraper”, “robot”, “spider”, “deep link” or another automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, copy, acquire, or monitor any part of the site, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the site or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the site.
12. You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part or feature of the site, or any other systems or networks connected to the site or any of our servers, or any of the services offered on or through the site, by password “mining”, hacking or any other illegitimate means.
13. You may not scan, probe, or test the vulnerability of the site or any network connected to the site, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the site or any network connected to the site.
14. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the site, or any other customer of ours, to its source, or exploit the site or any service or information made available or offered by or through the site, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your information, as provided for by the site.
15. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the site or our systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the site.
16. You agree not to use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site or any transaction being conducted on the site, or any other person’s use of the site.
17. You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to use on or through the site or any service offered on or through the site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
18. You may not publish or link malicious content of any sort, including that intended to disrupt another user’s browser or computer.
19. All the material on this site is someone’s copyright. You may NOT copy or use all or part of the design or content of this site without our written permission.  You can apply for this permission by emailing us via our contact page and let us know exactly what you want to copy and why.
20. The site is intended for use only by those who can access it from within the UK. If you choose to access the site from locations outside the UK, you are responsible for compliance with local laws where they are applicable.
21. You agree that you are solely responsible for:
22. All costs and expenses you may incur with your use of the site; and
23. Keeping your account details confidential where possible
24. We seek to make the site as accessible as possible. If you have any difficulties using the site, please contact us at gillian@foxy4.co.uk.
25. We may prevent or suspend your access to the site if you do not comply with any part of these Terms, any terms or policies to which they refer, or any applicable law.
26. It is your responsibility that anyone who accesses our site through your internet connection is aware of these Terms and complies with them.
27. If this website uses cookies, you can decide which ones to allow. Please see cookies policy.

// INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO THIS SITE

If you enter any information about yourself on our website, including in any contact form, we will hold and use that information in accordance with our privacy policy.

// INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OWNERSHIP AND USE

26. This site and all intellectual property rights in it, including, but not limited to any content, are owned by us, our licensors, or both as applicable. We and our licensors reserve all our and their rights in any intellectual property in connection with these Terms. This means, for example, that we and they remain owners of them and free to use them as we and they see fit.
27. Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the site other than as necessary to enable you to lawfully access the site as intended and authorised by us. You agree not to adjust or try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the site including any intellectual property notices and in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the site.

// SUBMISSION AND UPLOADING OF MATERIAL TO THIS SITE

28. While we try to make sure that the site is secure, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you submit to us. We, therefore, cannot guarantee that it will be kept confidential. For that reason, you should not submit any patentable ideas or patent applications, advertising or marketing suggestions, prototypes, or any other information that you regard as confidential, commercially sensitive, or valuable to the site.  While we value your feedback, you agree not to submit any Unwanted Submissions.
29. Material uploaded to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. Therefore, we have the right to use, copy, distribute, and disclose to third parties. If any third-party claims that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site violates their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy, we have the right to disclose your identity to them.  We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of this site.
30. When you contact us and or upload material to our site, you must comply with our acceptable use policy. If breached, you must reimburse us for any loss as a result of the error.
31. We reserve the right to remove any uploading or material if we believe it does not comply with our acceptable use policy.

// ACCURACY OF INFORMATION, AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE AND LINKS

32. While we try to make sure that the site is accurate, up to date and free from bugs, we cannot guarantee that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that the site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on this site is at your own risk.
33. We may suspend or terminate the operation of the site at any time as we see fit.
34. Content and information provided on our website is designed as a general guide, for your information purposes only and to inform you about us and our services that may be of interest. It does not constitute technical, financial, or legal advice or any other type of advice. This includes links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, which is for information only and we are not liable for any use of such materials.  You should take specific advice about your situation before acting on any general advice given.
35. Please check service/product descriptions before purchasing and make sure they suit your requirements.
36. While we try to make sure that the site is available for your use, we do not promise that the site is available all the time nor do we promise the uninterrupted use by you of the site.
37. This website may also include links to other websites. They do not automatically signify that we endorse those websites.  If you follow those links, our privacy and cookie policies (if any) cease to apply.

// LINKING TO OUR SITE

When sharing a link to our site you must not suggest we promote or endorse any other business, product, or service, unless we have published that we do or you have obtained permission in writing from us to do this.  Any requests must be legal and not damage our reputation or take any advantage of it.  Any breach of this may result in us withdrawing linking permissions without any notice.  Any requests to link to our site or use of any material from this site must be requested via our email: gillian@foxy4.co.uk

// OUR LIABILITY

We do not provide any guarantees, conditions, or warranties to the accuracy of material uploaded to this site.  To the extent permitted by law, we hereby exclude:

38. All conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity.
39. 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 (whether by us or a third party), including, without limitation any liability for:
40. Loss of income or revenue
41. Loss of business
42. Loss of profits or contracts
43. Loss of anticipated savings
44. Loss of data
45. Loss of goodwill
46. Wasted management or office time and for 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.

This does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

// JURISDICTION, APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTES

The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to, a visit to our site.

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 the United Kingdom.

Disputes:

40. We will try to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently.
41. If you are unhappy with us please contact us as soon as possible.
42. If you and we cannot resolve a dispute using our complaint handling procedure, we will:
    1. Let you know that we cannot settle the dispute with you; and
    2. Consider the need for alternative dispute resolution and, if considered necessary, provide you with information about any alternative dispute resolution provider we deem appropriate to deal with your complaint.
43. If you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of the United Kingdom will have exclusive jurisdiction concerning these terms.
44. Relevant United Kingdom Law will apply to these Terms.

// EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL

We shall have no liability to you for any breach of these Terms caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs, or other industrial disputes; the breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.

// RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES

No one other than a party to these Terms has any right to enforce any of these Terms.

// TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE VARIATIONS

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time.  It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.  Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.

We hope you find our website useful and helpful.  We welcome comments as to how we may improve it, to do so, please contact us via the details on our contact page.