Website Terms And Conditions Of Use And Privacy Statement
These terms and conditions apply to the use of this website (“Site”), including the purchase of goods over this Site. In using this Site for these and other purposes, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Please read them carefully. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must refrain from using the Site. These terms and conditions must be read alongside other applicable terms and conditions governing the use of the Site including Ultimate Design Standard Terms of Trade (“Terms of Trade”) or any of Ultimate Design participating member merchants, or our or their related companies, agents, suppliers or licensors Standard Terms of Trade (“Terms of Trade”).
Terminology
In these terms and conditions the expressions “we”, “us” and “our” are a reference to Ultimate Design and participating member merchants, or our or their related companies, agents, suppliers or licensors. Ultimate Design may or may not be solely limited to the listed participating merchants advertised on this Site. Amendments to terms and conditions We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Any amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this site. Your continued use of this site following such amendments will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.
Registration Data
If you register on our website, we store your chosen username and your email address and any additional personal information added to your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
Cancellation due to error
You acknowledge that despite our reasonable precautions, Goods may be listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to a typographical error or similar oversight. In these circumstances, we reserve the right to cancel the transaction, notwithstanding that your order has been confirmed and your credit card has been charged. We reserve this right up until the time of delivery of the Goods to you. If a cancellation of this nature occurs after your credit card has been charged for the purchase, we will immediately issue a credit to your credit card account for the amount in question.
New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993
If you purchase Goods from us for a business purpose, then you agree that the statutory guarantees and implied terms, covenants and conditions contained in the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 are excluded by mutual agreement and do not apply as set out in Clause 10 of the Terms of Trade.
Comments
When you leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Disclaimer
We do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage (including direct, special, or consequential loss or damage), however caused (including through negligence) which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of this Site or any linked website, nor do we accept any responsibility for any loss arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or accessed through this Site. The extent of our liability in relation to any Goods purchased over the Site is specified in Clause 11 of our Terms of Trade, and as set out below. Except as otherwise stipulated in these terms and conditions or in the Terms of Trade, we will not accept liability to you in respect of any loss or damage (including direct, special or consequential loss or damage) however caused (including through negligence) which may be suffered or incurred by you or which may arise directly or indirectly in respect of Goods supplied pursuant to an order placed on this Site or in respect of any failure or omission on our part to comply with our obligations as set out in these terms and conditions and in the Terms of Trade. To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into these terms and conditions is hereby excluded. Where legislation implies any condition or warranty, and that legislation prohibits us from excluding or modifying the application of, or our liability under any such condition or warranty, that condition or warranty will be deemed included but our liability will be limited for a breach of that condition or warranty to one or more of the following at our option (and in accordance with Clause 9 of the Terms of Trade): (a) where the breach relates to Goods: (i) the replacement of the Goods or supply of equivalent goods; (ii) the repair of such Goods; (iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the Goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or (iv) the payment of the cost of having the Goods repaired.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.
Exception to disclaimer
The disclaimer set out in these terms and conditions does not attempt or purport to exclude liability arising under statute if, and to the extent, that such liability cannot be lawfully excluded.
Specific warnings
You must ensure that your access to this Site is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this Site does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for interference or damage to your computer system which arises in connection with your use of this Site or any linked site. We make no warranty that Goods acquired from us over this Site will meet your requirements. Details relating to the Goods have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand law and may not satisfy the laws of another country. We do not warrant that the details on this Site concerning those Goods will satisfy the laws of any other country. It is your responsibility to determine whether these details satisfy the laws of the jurisdiction where you reside (if that jurisdiction is outside of New Zealand) and if the details do not satisfy the laws of your jurisdiction, you may not order any Goods from this Site. You acknowledge that despite all reasonable precautions on our part, there is a risk of unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions, data or of information contained in your computer system or on this Site. We do not accept responsibility or liability of any nature for any such losses which you may sustain as a result of such activity.
Copyright
Copyright in this Site (including text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and software) is owned or licensed by us. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994 and similar legislation which applies in your location, and except as expressly authorised by these terms and conditions, or in any other written agreement between you and us, and in accordance with Clause 20 of the Terms of Trade you may not in any form or by any means: (a) adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this Site; or (b) commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of this Site; without our prior written permission.
Trade marks
Except where otherwise specified, any word or device to which the ™ or ® symbol is attached is a Trade Mark owned or licensed by us (the “Trade Marks”). If you use any Trade Marks in reference to our activities or Goods, you must seek our express authorisation and at all times comply with Clause 20 of the Terms of Trade. You must not use the Trade Marks in: (a) or as the whole or part of your own trade marks; (b) connection with activities or goods which are not ours; (c) a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; and/or (d) a manner that disparages us or our information or the Goods (including this Site).
Intellectual property
All existing or future patent, patent applications, designs, copyright, manufacturing methods, processes, know-how or other industrial or intellectual property (“Intellectual Property”) in the Goods is owned by or licensed by us, remains our property and you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or claim to the Intellectual Property in accordance with Clause 20 of the Terms of Trade. You acknowledge that any improvements to the Intellectual Property discovered by you pursuant to your use of the Goods is our property and you will advise us as soon as possible and assign any such improvements to us, and we will have the sole right to apply for any patents and/or obtain any copyright protection for such improvements.
Restricted use
You are authorised to print a copy of any information contained on this Site, unless such printing is expressly prohibited. You may not however on-sell information obtained from this Site without our written permission.
Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
- Facebook
- The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
- Twitter
- We use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .
- Youtube
- We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary Cookies (Additional for Logged in Customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
Who Has Access To Your Data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:
- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
Third Party Access to Your Data
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc.
How Long We Retain Your Data For
When you submit a support ticket or a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
Your Data Rights
If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address).
If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.
11. Release of Your Data for Legal Purposes
At times it may become necessary or desirable to AncoraThemes, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.