Terms and Conditions of use of the Website

General about using the website of VAASAN group

Welcome to the website of VAASAN Group (hereinafter referred to as "VAASAN Group"). You are advised to read these terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms") carefully before using this website (hereinafter the "Website"). Using this Website is an indication that the user accepts the Terms that are valid at the time in question and agrees to comply with them. If you do not accept these Terms, you are not entitled to use the Website.

The user may use the Website only for informative purposes. VAASAN Group grants the user a limited right to access, view and use the Website and the material (the "Material") on the Website. The user may use and view the Website and Material only for personal and non-commercial use. This granting of rights is not an indication of any transfer of ownership of the Material and its copies.

The right of use granted by VAASAN Group shall be subject to the following limitations. The user shall have no right to modify or edit the Material in any way, nor to reproduce, publicly exhibit or otherwise publish the Material or use it for commercial purposes. The user is required to maintain in all printouts and copies of the Material all announcements of copyright and other rights that are contained in said Material. If the user wants to give the Material to another person's use, that person must first accept these Terms. If said person does not accept these Terms, the Material may not be given to said person. In addition to these Terms the user is obliged to comply with all additional terms and restrictions mentioned on the Website. VAASAN Group does not grant to the user any other rights than those that are specifically mentioned in these Terms.

Intellectual property rights

All the works and materials on this Website are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties. When using this Website the user shall be obliged to comply with all applicable copyright provisions and to prevent unauthorized copying of the Material.

All intellectual property rights related to this Website (including but not limited to copyright, unregistered and registered trade mark and design rights, patents, domain names, trade secrets and database rights) are the property of VAASAN Group or its co-operation partners. All goodwill value arising from the use of said intellectual property rights shall belong entirely to VAASAN Group. VAASAN Group does not grant the user any direct or indirect rights to any intellectual property rights.

Information provided by the user

The user shall provide correct and up-to-date information when transmitting personal data to VAASAN Group via the Website. Declaration of false information is prohibited and may lead to consequences for the party providing false information. The user shall not transmit to VAASAN Group with any confidential information or materials protected by copyright via the Website. The user agrees that no information or material transmitted via the Website to VAASAN Group by the user or by persons acting on behalf of the user may be considered confidential or protected by rights. VAASAN Group may freely use, reproduce, exhibit and publish any such information and material.

The user undertakes not to transmit to VAASAN Group any offensive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or illegal messages or materials. VAASAN Group reserves the right, in its own sole discretion, to remove from the Website any user-generated material.

Processing of personal data

The user agrees that VAASAN Group may process any personal data that has been provided or transmitted via the Website in a manner allowed by the personal data legislation and use it for the purposes defined in the description of the file of the register based on customership or other relevant connection between VAASAN Group and the data subject.

Undertakings of the user

The user undertakes not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operations of the Website in any way. The user undertakes to use the Website pursuant to the Terms valid at the time in question and other applicable laws and statutes.

The user undertakes not to use the Website for (a) transmitting spam or other unauthorized data communication, (b) presenting as a representative of VAASAN Group, (c) falsifying header information or handling identification data in a manner seeking to conceal the origin of the content transmitted via the Website, (d) any activities that hampers other users' ability to use the Website, (e) any illicit activities, (f) publishing or transmitting any content that infringes other persons’ or entities’ rights or that is illegal, defamatory, obscene or otherwise offensive, or material that unlawfully advertises some products or services or (g) collecting or recording of other users' personal data without the explicit permission given by said users. If the user does not accept these commitments, the user shall not have the right to use the Website. VAASAN Group reserves the right to appeal to all its legal rights arising out of any infringement of these commitments.

The user hereby exempts VAASAN Group and all companies at the time belonging to the group as well as their respective officers, directors and representatives from liability in relation to all claims deriving from the use of this Website or Material taken from the Website by the user.

Data security

VAASAN Group will seek to maintain a high level of security of the Website and related services available. The user understands and approves that the internet is not fully secure for its data security.

The user shall have no right to (a) use any hardware or software capable of disturbing the activities of the Website, (b) carry out any actions that excessively burden the structure of the Website (for example, send bulk mail by making use of communications platforms provided on the Website) or (c) interfere with or manage the software and features of the Website. Such prohibited activities include, inter alia, locating in the Website any material containing viruses, pre-set disturbance programs or any other elements capable of affecting the structure or software of the Website.

The user is responsible for the acquisition of hardware and software that is necessary for using the Website. The user is responsible for ensuring that the user's hardware and software do not cause interference or other damage to the Website, to the services contained on the Website, to VAASAN Group or to other Internet users.

Links to external websites

The user is advised to carefully read the terms of use and instructions of the linked website maintained by a third party prior to the use of said website. The user shall use the linked websites at the user’s own risk. Links do not as such constitute any indication of ownership of the linked website, or of support of VAASAN Group for said website, or of approval for materials therein, or of that VAASAN Group would be entitled to use any trademarks, trade names or copyrighted material that may appear through said links, or of that the proprietor of the linked website would have the right to use any trademarks, trade names, domain names, or copyrighted materials of VAASAN Group.

External links to this Website

VAASAN Group may include on the Website links to websites maintained by other parties. Use of these links transfers the user away from this Website. VAASAN Group does not monitor or check contents of these kinds of the external websites, and nor shall VAASAN Group be responsible for the accuracy, reliability or data security of external websites.

The user is advised to carefully read the terms of use and instructions of the linked website maintained by a third party prior to the use of said website. The user shall use the linked websites at the user’s own risk. Links do not as such constitute any indication of ownership of the linked website, or of support of VAASAN Group for said website, or of approval for materials therein, or of that VAASAN Group would be entitled to use any trademarks, trade names or copyrighted material that may appear through said links, or of that the proprietor of the linked website would have the right to use any trademarks, trade names, domain names, or copyrighted materials of VAASAN Group.

External links to this Website

All links to this site must be approved by the VAASAN Group in writing, unless the link meets the following conditions: (a) the link contains a simple web address www.vaasan.fi or www.vaasan.com as body text and not the word VAASAN as such or trademarks of VAASAN Group in figurative form and (b) the link refers either directly to the main page www.vaasan.com or www.vaasan.fi and not to any subpage of the Website, and (c) when the link is used the linked website of VAASAN Group will open in an independent browser window and not in a frame of the linking website, and (d) the format, layout or other features of the link do not do not create an erroneous impression that the linking party or its functions or products would relate to the activities of VAASAN Group or would be sponsored by VAASAN Group, and (e) the link does not affect adversely the reputation and trade marks of VAASAN Group. VAASAN Group reserves the right to cancel its consent to a link at any time in its sole discretion, and also to prohibit a link fulfilling the above-mentioned conditions, which in VAASAN Group’s discretion has been placed in an inappropriate location.

Limitation of liability

VAASAN Group shall use its best effort to ensure that the Website and its services would operate and be in use continuously and without interruption. VAASAN Group shall not, however, be responsible for that the service operates without suspension, timely and faultlessly. It has been endeavoured to ensure that the information on the Website is correct. However, VAASAN Group is not responsible for the accuracy of the Material. VAASAN Group does not guarantee the completeness of the Material or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information that appears on the Website or is shared via the Website. Any use of such opinions, advice, statements or information and reliance upon them shall happen at user’s own risk and the user is advised to turn to an expert in order to obtain appropriate advice for user’s individual situation.

All content is provided as is. The Website and the information contained therein will be amended from time to time. VAASAN Group does not grant any guarantees or liabilities, including but not limited to warranties and liabilities regarding the commercial usefulness, suitability for a particular purpose or non-infringement of rights or warranty for the functioning of this Website or its content.

VAASAN Group does not offer any guarantees regarding the data security of this Website. All information contained in the Website are provided "as is" without any form of guarantee. The user agrees that VAASAN Group can not guarantee the data security of any information transmitted via the Website. VAASAN Group does not warrant that this Website, the web servers maintaining the Webpage or electronic communications sent by VAASAN Group are free from viruses or other harmful components. The user agrees that Vaasan Group is not responsible for any material or information that has been sent or received or has not been sent or received by the user.

VAASAN Group is not responsible for any direct, indirect, immediate or consequential damages or for damages based on tort liability or for special damages (including, inter alia, damages caused by loss of business, contract or information or interruption of business) arising from the use of this Website or its contents or from inability of such use, or from these Terms, regardless of whether the damages are based on contract, infringement of right, recklessness or other grounds, even though VAASAN group should be announced in advance the possibility of such damages. VAASAN Group is not responsible for any errors or omissions or other defects or delays of the information contained in this Website.

The liability of VAASAN Group shall in any case be limited to a maximum liability in accordance with mandatory legislation.

Amendments

VAASAN Group reserves the right to amend and modify these Terms in its sole discretion. Amendments to these Terms take effect when they are notified on the Website. Using the Website after the Terms have been amended shall indicate and constitute acceptance of said amendments.

VAASAN Group shall be entitled at any time and without prior notice to modify all parts of this Website, to correct its defects and deficiencies, to make other changes to the Website, Material and to the products, programs, services and prices described on the Website and to remove elements of the Website from use, including functions of the Website. VAASAN Group shall also have the right, without prior notice or liability, to restrict the use of certain functions and services or the use of parts of the Website or entire Website. On justified grounds VAASAN Group shall be entitled at any time to terminate all rights of use related to this Website and granted by VAASAN Group.

Applicable law and dispute settlement

These Terms shall be governed by Finnish law, except for its choice of law provisions. The parties undertake to resolve disputes arising out of these Terms primarily through negotiations. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute amicably, the dispute shall be settled in Finland at the District Court in Helsinki. A user who is a consumer is also entitled take the dispute to the district court of his/her domicile or to the Consumer Complaint Board.