HOMEWAREHEAVEN.COM WEBSITE TERMS OF ACCESS

The homewareheaven.com website (the "Website") is owned and operated by the British Hardware and Housewares Manufacturers' Association Limited (the "BHHMA"), Company Number 2444056 whose registered office is at Brooke House, 4 The Lakes, Northampton NN4 7YD. For the purposes of these terms and conditions "we", "our" and "us" refers to the BHHMA.

The Website provides links to other sites ("Member Sites") operated by independent businesses who are members of the BHHMA ("Members") who may sell goods which you wish to purchase. We do not manufacture or sell goods ourselves. Any goods you see on the Website are sold by a Member and we are not party to any contract you may make with a Member.

1. TERMS OF ACCESS

1.1. Please read these terms and conditions of access ("Terms of Access") carefully as use of the Website is subject to your agreement to these Terms of Access. By continuing to browse the Website you will be deemed to have accepted all of the Terms of Access. If you do not agree with any of the Terms of Access then you may not use the Website.

1.2. We may refuse you access to the Website at any time at our complete discretion.

2. DISCLAIMER

2.1. We are providing the Website on an ‘as is’ basis and make no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Website or its contents. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all such representations and warranties, whether express or implied, with regard to the information, services and materials contained in the Website.

2.2. We make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the information and related graphics published on the Website. The information contained in the Website may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. All liability howsoever arising for any such inaccuracies or errors is expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

2.3. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that it is available free of computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data. We accept no liability for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with any of the above.

2.4. Neither we, nor any of our employees or other representatives, will be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property. We also exclude liability for claims of third parties in connection with the Website in any way or arising from the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Website, any Member Sites or the material on such Member Sites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, or use of, the Website or your downloading of any material from the Website or any Member Sites.

2.5. Links in this site will lead to other sites which are not connected with or under our control. When you activate any of these you will leave the Website. We have no control over and are not responsible for or liable in respect of, the material on or goods sold from any Member Sites. Links are provided for your convenience and inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement or approval by us of the Member Site, its operator or its content.

2.6. We are not agents for and do not vouch for those persons, companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred to on the Website or any Member Site, nor for the availability, suitability, quality or prices of such goods. We accept no liability for any loss or damage whatsoever arising as a consequence of any purchase made through a Member Site. Any purchases are made directly with the owner of the Member Site and on the terms and conditions set out on the Member Site. We are in no way a party to any contract.

2.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the exclusions and limitations in the clause are intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under local law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit our liability to you for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees or agents.

3. VISITOR MATERIAL AND CONTENT

3.1. Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under our Privacy Policy, any material you transmit or post to the Website shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We shall have no obligations with respect to such material. We and our designees shall be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

3.2. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Website any material:

3.2.1. that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience; or

3.2.2. for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals; or

3.2.3. which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in any country in the world; or

3.2.4. which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).

4. COPYRIGHT

4.1. All the intellectual property rights in the content of the Website (including the design, text, graphics and arrangement thereof) and in the software used therein is either owned legally and beneficially by us or we have the right to use it under a licence granted to us.

4.2. You may not:

4.2.1. use any of the material displayed for any commercial purpose;

4.2.2. distribute, publish or broadcast any of the material displayed;

4.2.3. reproduce or transmit any of the material displayed to any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system;

4.2.4. incorporate or reproduce any material in any database whether electronic, manual or in printed form.

4.3. No permission or licence is given to you by us, in respect of the use of any copyright laws or trademark laws and unauthorised use may constitute an infringement of copyright laws, trademark laws or the laws of privacy, publicity and communications laws and regulations.

5. BREACH

5.1. Without limiting in any way our other remedies, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to deny you access to the Website or any part of the Website without notice, and to decline to provide any service to you if you breach any part of these Terms of Access.

5.2. You agree to indemnify us fully for any loss or damage arising out of or as a consequence of your breach of these Terms of Access.

5.3. The enforceability or otherwise of any provisions of these Terms of Access shall not affect the enforceability of the rest of the Terms of Access. If any of the Terms of Access are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that term shall be struck out and the remaining terms shall be enforceable.

6. MODIFICATION OF TERMS OF ACCESS

6.1. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Access at any time, and such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms of Access on the Website. Accordingly, your continued use of the Website will be taken as acceptance of the modified Terms of Access. You are advised to review these Terms of Access regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes.

7. DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

7.1. You agree that the BHHMA may collect, store and use information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy and you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

8. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.

1. INFORMATION WE USE

1.1. We may use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring the Website usage in order to help us develop the Website and our services and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify you.

1.2. From time to time we may provide your information to customer service agencies for research and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the service we provide. We, or our agents and sub-contractors, may contact you by post, e-mail or telephone to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services.

1.3. We may also wish to provide you with information about special features of the Website or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you. If you are happy to receive such information, please let us know.

1.4. We may also want to provide you with related information from third parties, including our Members, which we think may be of interest to you and to provide your information to carefully selected third parties whose products or services we believe may be of interest to you. If you would be happy to receive this information, please let us know.

2. COOKIES

2.1. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.

2.2. Cookies record information about your online preferences. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the Website features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

3. PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION

3.1. The internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy.

4. SALE OF BUSINESS

4.1. If this business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.

5. YOUR CONSENT

5.1. By submitting continuing to browse the Website you consent to the use of information as set out in this policy. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the Website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

5.2. Owing to the global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this Privacy Policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.

6. CONTACTING US

6.1. We welcome your views about the Website and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to info@bhhma.com.