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
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.
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