Terms of use

These Terms of Use, and any documents referred to herein, set out the terms and conditions on which you are permitted to use this website, www.europeancontcatgroup.eu (our website). By using this website, you agree to be bound by, and to comply with, these Terms of Use.

Your responsibility for others who access this website using your device or internet connection

You must ensure that any persons who access this website on your computer(s) or device(s), or who are permitted or able to access this website on your computer(s) or device(s), or who use your internet connection, are aware of these Terms of Use and all other documentation referred to in them, and that such persons also agree to be bound by and to comply with these Terms of Use. If for any reason whatsoever, such persons do not agree to these Terms of Use or do not wish to be bound by them, they must not access or use this website, and you must not permit them to do so.

Availability of this website

We make no representations and provide no warranties that:

the website will be made available at any specific time or from any specific geographical location;
your access to the website will be continuous or uninterrupted; or
the website will be accessible or optimised on all browsers, computers, tablets, phones or viewing platforms.

We reserve the right to suspend access to all or part of the website for any reason, including for business or operational reasons, such as improving the appearance or functionality of the website, content updates, periodic maintenance, or to resolve any issues that we become aware of. Wherever we anticipate that we need to suspend access to the website for a considerable period of time, we will try to provide you with prior notice where reasonably practicable.

Changes we may make to these Terms of Use and other documentation

We reserve the right to update these Terms of Use, the privacy policy, the cookies policy and any other documentation referred to in any of these documents from time to time. We may change the Terms of Use and other documentation for any reason, including:

to reflect any changes in the way we carry out our business;
to account for any changes we make to the website, including, without limitation, any new features or functionality we provide, any adjustments to the means by which we provide notices to you, or any changes in the content, purpose or availability of the website;
to accurately describe the current data-processing activities so that you are kept up to date with our latest practices;
to inform you of any changes in the way that we use cookies or similar information-gathering technologies; or
to ensure that the documentation complies and remains compliant with any and all current and future applicable laws, regulations and official guidance.

If required by law, we will provide you with notice of any changes in these Terms of Use or the other documentation referred to in them by posting a notice on the website and/or by posting an updated version of these Terms of Use or other such documentation on the website with a new effective date stated at the beginning of them.

By continuing to access the website after we have updated our Terms of Use, terms of sale, and/or user content agreement, you agree to be bound by those updated versions. You also acknowledge that by continuing to access our website after we have updated the privacy policy and/or the cookies policy, that the practices set out in those updated policies will apply to the handling of your information and the use of cookies and similar technologies.

You must check these Terms of Use and all other documentation referred to in them each time you access the website in order to ensure that you are aware of the terms that apply to you at that time.

The date that these Terms of Use and/or any other documents (including our privacy policy and cookies policy) were last amended is set out at the top of that document and is referred to as that document’s “effective date”.

Ownership of material on this website

All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and its content are either owned by us or licensed to us. All such rights are protected by intellectual property laws around the world, and all rights are reserved. Any use of the website and its contents, other than as specifically authorised herein, is strictly prohibited. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by us.

The trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and other branding owned by third parties and used or displayed on or via the website (collectively, “Third Party Mark(s)”) may be trademarks of their respective owners, who may or may not endorse or be affiliated with or connected with us. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, or in terms provided by the owner of a Third Party Mark, nothing in these Terms of Use or on or via the website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of our or any Third Party Marks that are used or displayed on the website, without the respective owner’s prior written permission, in each instance. All goodwill generated from the use of our trademarks will benefit us exclusively.

Information and content on this website provided on non-reliance basis

The website is made available to you in order to provide you with general information.

We make no representations and provide no warranties whatsoever, whether express or implied, that any of the content or materials available on our website from time to time are accurate, up to date or complete.

Permitted use of materials on this website

The content on the website is provided for your personal, private and non-commercial use only. You may print or share the content from the website for lawful personal, private and non-commercial purposes, and you may also make others within your organisation aware of the content on our website. You may not otherwise extract, reproduce or distribute the content of our website without our prior written consent.

Whenever you print, download, share or pass on content from the website to others, you must not make any additions or deletions or otherwise modify any text from our website, you must not alter or change any images, media or graphics from our website in any way, you may not remove any accompanying text from such images, media or graphics, and you must ensure that all content passed on to any third party is an accurate representation of the content as it appears on our website.

You are prohibited from using any robots, spiders, data mining or scraping technology or any similar third party tools for the extraction or reproduction of any data or content from the website without our prior written consent.

Whenever you pass on any content or materials from the website to anyone, you must acknowledge us as the authors of such content or materials (or any other authors wherever credited by us) at the time when you pass on such content or materials.

Prohibited uses of this website

You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy or resell any part of the website or any content from the website, save and except to the extent expressly permitted in these Terms of Use.

You must not, without our prior written consent, access, interfere with, damage or disrupt in any way the website or any part of it, our systems, any of our hardware or equipment or any networks on which our website is hosted, any software that we use to create or modify the website or to make the website available to you, or any hardware, equipment, network, server, software or technology owned or operated by us or any third party.

You must use the website for lawful purposes only and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You must not use our website:

for any purpose that is unlawful or that in any way breaches any applicable laws or regulations, whether local, national or international;
for any fraudulent purposes whatsoever;
to conduct any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or direct or indirect marketing to anyone by any means, or to otherwise spam, communicate with or market to anyone any goods, services or business not authorised by us;
to upload, host or transmit any viruses, malware, adware, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, keystroke loggers, spyware, logic bombs, time bombs or any other harmful programs or code which could adversely affect the use or operation of the website, our hardware or systems, or the computers, tablets, phones or other devices of any users or other third parties, or to upload any content or materials containing any such content;
to communicate with, harm or attempt to harm children in any way; or
in any way or for any purpose that breaches these Terms of Use or the terms of any of the documents these Terms of Use refer to.

You must not submit any information about you to us if you are under the age of 18, or about any other person who is either:

under the age of 18; or
if they are aged 18 or above, where you have not received their prior written consent to submit information about them to us.

You must not submit to us any information which is considered ‘sensitive personal information’. ‘Sensitive personal information’ is information about you or any other person which reveals your or their racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or which is genetic data, biometric data, information which concerns your or their health, sex life or sexual orientation.

If you accidentally or intentionally submit such information to us, you will be considered to have consented to our processing of that information on the basis of Article 9(2)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/769).

Links to other websites

Links to third party content or websites may appear on our website from time to time. We are not responsible for the content of any websites accessible via any link(s) on the website. All content on third party websites is outside of our control, and we do not represent or warrant that such content is related to us or our website, suitable or appropriate for use or viewing, lawful or accurate.

Any third party website accessible via a link on our website may collect and process your information. We are not responsible for any data-processing activities carried out by any third party website which is linked to from our website, and we disclaim any and all liability in respect of the same. You should check the privacy policy of any such third party to establish how they may use your information before you decide to use their website and its features.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use, any documents they refer to, and any disputes arising from or in relation to them or any documents they refer to, whether contractual or non-contractual, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Belgian law.

The courts of Brussels shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claims or disputes arising from or in relation to these Terms of Use and any documents they refer to.