Legal notices
WEBSITE TERMS
Effective as of January 1st 2021. Please read this document carefully. It contains important information about your rights and obligations and your access to and use of the network of Web Sites (collectively, the “IPG Web Sites”) operated by IPG Fragrances Sarl or its brands, affiliates or subsidiaries (“IPG” or “IPG Fragrances Sarl”), comprised of various Web sites and Web pages.
When you use this Web site, you are automatically agreeing that both your access to the site and your use of it are:
- Subject to the terms and conditions in these legal notices, which may change at any time without notice.
- Subject to additional terms outlined elsewhere on a particular IPG website included within the IPG website network
- Subject to all applicable laws.
- Undertaken at your own risk.
The IPG websites may contain additional terms that govern particular features or offers. In case of conflict with the current Legal Notices, it is the Additional Terms or other terms and guidelines that shall control. The IPG Web Sites’ Legal Notices supplement the terms and conditions of any other agreement (s) which you may have with IPG which are applicable to your use of the Web Sites. The Web Sites’ Terms are in addition to any terms that may apply to you under a sale or license agreement or other applicable agreements and terms. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMERS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. By accessing, browsing and using the IPG Fragrances Sarl’s Web Sites, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted, without reserve, the Legal Notices, as modified from time to time by us. If you do not agree to these terms you may not use this Site. Please refer to this page frequently to review our current terms and conditions of use.
PERMITTED USE OF THE WEBSITES
Unless otherwise specified, the use of the IPG Fragrances Sarl’s Websites and their content is permitted for private, non-commercial use only. The use of documents classified as public is permitted in public communications, if the source for the information has been stated. Subject to any expressly stated limitations relating to a specific material, you may download, display, print or copy the content of the IPG Fragrances Sarl’s Websites solely for personal, non-commercial use, or to place an order with IPG Fragrances Sarl or to purchase IPG’s products and services. In all cases you are obligated to retain and reproduce each and every copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice contained in any information or other material you download. Any other use, including, but not limited to the reproduction, modification, distribution, republication, display, transmission, or broadcast of the content of the Web Sites, in whole or in part and by any means, is strictly prohibited, except upon prior written consent of IPG Fragrances Sarl. You may not copy, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, transmit, modify, perform, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the IPG Web Sites. You are prohibited from uploading, publishing or distributing through IPG’s Websites content which is libelous, obscene, threatening, abusive, illegal, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, defamatory or otherwise objectionable, or which may constitute or encourage criminal offense, or which violates the rights of any party or give rise to liability or violate any law. Any manner of harassment, including, but not limited to e-mail, chat, obscene or abusive language is strictly forbidden on any of the Web Sites. You are forbidden to upload any form of commercial content on the Web Sites or use the Web Sites to solicit others or become members of any other service or organization or to impersonalize others, including, but not limited to IPG Fragrances Sarl employee, host, or representative or other members or visitors on the Web Sites.
COPYRIGHTS & TRADEMARKS
The content of the IPG Fragrances Sarl’s Web Sites, including, but not limited to marks, logos, texts, code, layout, diagrams, designs, graphics, photographs, videos, music, sounds, know-how, technologies, products, selections, arrangements and processes are the property of IPG Fragrances Sarl or its affiliated companies or are used with the authorisation of the owners, and accordingly are protected by copyright, trademarks, patents and all other intellectual or industrial property rights which exist under applicable law. ©Copyright 2021. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names (collectively the “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of and are proprietary to IPG Fragrances Sarl, or other respective owners that have granted IPG Fragrances Sarl the right and license to use such Marks. Trademarks or trade dress include IPG Fragrances Sarl’s name and logo, the names of the brands sited on the Web Sites, and other graphics, logos, page
headers, button icons, scripts, and service names of IPG Fragrances Sarl products, services, and programs, and those of our affiliates. Your access to this Site should not be interpreted or construed as granting you any license or right to use any content and marks appearing on the Web Sites without the prior written consent of IPG Fragrances Sarl.
INFORMATION DEEMED NON-CONFIDENTIAL
Personal Information submitted via the Internet to our Websites is protected and treated according to our Privacy Policy. We invite you to consult the Privacy Policy carefully prior to providing us with any personally identifying data and information.
By submitting information, including data, comments, ideas, graphics or any other material to IPG Fragrances Sarl through the internet, by e-mail or in any other form, you agree that this material becomes property of IPG Fragrances Sarl and that you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of the content expressedly grants) IPG Fragrances Sarl a royalty free, irrevocable, perpetual non-exclusive right and license to use the materials submitted for commercial and non-commercial purposes including the right to copy, sub-licence, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, display and distribute your material. You further warrant that IPG Fragrances Sarl’s use of all submitted material will not violate any third party’s rights, and will not lead to any form of compensation to those providing the information, nor anyone else; that the material you submit will not contain any item which is unfit for publication; that you have conducted reasonable efforts to scan for viruses and other contaminating or destructive features, that you own the material or have unlimited rights to use it and provide it to us. All submitted material will be considered as non-confidential and free of any restriction and may be freely used for any purpose, including, but not limited to publication, transmission, disclosure, reproduction, broadcast and posting. You agree that IPG Fragrances Sarl is free to use any know-how, ideas, concepts and other information contained in your communication and that this information can be used for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to advertising, developing, marketing and manufacturing products and services, and all these free of charge, without accountability or liability. You further agree not to take action against IPG Fragrances Sarl in relation to material that you submit and you agree to indemnify IPG Fragrances Sarl if a third party takes action against us in relation to material which you have submitted. IPG Fragrances Sarl does not and cannot review all communication posted and submitted by you on our Websites and is not in any manner responsible for such content. You acknowledge that IPG Fragrances Sarl is merely acting as a passive conduit for user-generated material and is not undertaking any liability or obligation in relation to any contents or activities. IPG Fragrances Sarl may at any time and at its sole discretion, block or remove any content posted by you.
ERRORS AND INACCURACIES
Our goals is to provide the user with the most accurate and up-to-date information. The site may regretfully contain, typographical mistakes, inaccuracies or omissions, related, but not limited to availability of products and services and their pricing. IPG Fragrances Sarl shall have the right to refuse or cancel any order which has been placed with an incorrect listing, regardless whether or not the order has been confirmed and a credit card charged. In the case that the credit card has been charged, IPG Fragrances Sarl shall issue a credit to the credit card account in the amount of the incorrectly billed amount. IPG Fragrances Sarl cannot be held liable for such cases and cannot assume any responsibility. We further reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
LINKS / NO ENDORSEMENTS
As a service to our clients, IPG Fragrances Sarl may include links to sites that are owned or operated by third parties. These links are for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. A link to a non-IPG Fragrances Sarl website does not imply that IPG Fragrances Sarl sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or has been legally authorized to use any trademark, service mark, trade name, logo, symbol, design or other copyrighted materials displayed on the third party sites. By linking to a third-party site, even if this site is affiliated to IPG Fragrances Sarl, you agree to review the site’s legal notices prior to using it. IPG Fragrances Sarl cannot be considered responsible for these sites, their content and their privacy policies and data collection practices, and cannot be held liable or responsible in any manner for their content, legality, accuracy, functions and practices. We do not permit any third-party sites to include any Internet address incorporating the IPG Fragrances Sarl name and brands or include Web Pages and metatags without our prior written authorisation.
CLAIMS
EACH AND ANY CLAIM OR STATEMENT ABOUT THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF IPG FRAGRANCES SARL AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE DISCLOSED ON IPG FRAGRANCES’ WEBSITES.
DISCLAIMER
IPG FRAGRANCES SARL MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, ADEQUACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR OTHERWISE OF THE IPG FRAGRANCES WEB SITES’ CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE, WITH OUR WITHOUT LINKS AND/OR AFFILIATIONS TO IPG FRAGRANCES.
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE SECTION “LIMITATION OF LIABILITY” HEREINAFTER, ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS, AND ALL THAT YOU FIND ON THE WEBSITES, ARE FURNISHED TO YOU “AS IS”, IN FUNCTION OF THEIR AVAILABILITY, AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
IPG FRAGRANCES SARL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, VIRUS-FREE AND HARMUL COMPONENT-FREE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
IPG FRAGRANCES SARL DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ITS WEB SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. IPG FRAGRANCES SARL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITES WILL CORRESPOND TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS IPG FRAGRANCES SARL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE THE PAGES OR WITHDRAW ACCESS TO THEM AT ANY TIME. CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW GIVEN LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES, AND IN SUCH CASES GIVEN EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
ANY ADVISE OR INFORMATION, BE IT ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM IPG FRAGRANCES OR DURING THE USE OF SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON THE IPG WEB SITES, SHALL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY GUARANTEES WHICH ARE NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE PRESENT WEBSITE TERMS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU ACCESS, USE, BROWSE AND NAVIGATE ON IPG WEBSITES AT YOUR OWN RISK AND PERIL. NEITHER IPG FRAGRANCES, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES, NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE WEBSITES, MAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INJURY TO REPUTATION, COSTS, LOSSES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, DECREASE IN TURNOVER OR PROFITS OR LIABILITIES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE IPG WEBSITES AND/OR ANY SERVICE, EVEN IF THE ADVENT OF SUCH DAMAGE WAS KNOWN OR COULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY IPG FRAGRANCES, AND IPG FRAGRANCES SARL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IPG FRAGRANCES ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY VIRUS OR OTHER DAMAGE WHICH COULD AFFECT YOUR IT EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM IPG’S WEB SITES OR FOR ANY ILLEGAL INTRUSION OR INTERVENTION IN THE IT SYSTEMS.
IPG FRAGRANCES SARL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INTERRUPT OR DISCONTINUE ANY OR ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IPG’S WEB SITES. YOUR AGREE THAT IPG WILL BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INTERRUPTION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF ANY OR ALL FUNCTIONALITIES OF ITS WEBSITES CAUSED BY ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF IPG OR ANY THIRD PARTY CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON THE DURATION OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY OR ON A LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH CASES THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE LIABILITY OF IPG WOULD THEN BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting IPG’s Web Sites, you agree that the laws of the Swiss Confederation, and not the 1980 U.N. Convention on contracts for the international sale of goods, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Legal Notices and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us or any of our affiliates. Claims or causes of action in respect to IPG’s Web Sites (including, but not limited to the purchase of IPG’sproducts and/or services) must commence within one year after the claim or cause of action arises. IPG Fragrances’ failure to enforce performance of any provision of the legal terms and the toleration of a violation by any party of one of the obligations set out in the Legal Notices does not enforce a right attributed to it thereunder and shall not be construed as a waiver by it on any provision or right. IPG may assign its rights and duties under the Legal Notice terms to any party at any time without notice to you. IPG makes no representations that the IPG’s Websites, and any part of their contents are appropriate or available for use in other locations other than the Swiss Confederation, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal or otherwise damaging in any manner, is strictly prohibited. Those who choose to access the
websites from locations other than the Swiss Confederation do so at their own risk and peril, and are fully responsible to comply with local laws. Any claim on the materials used shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the Swiss Confederation.
INDEMNIFICATION
In the case of a violation of the present Website Terms or any activity related to your IPG’s internet account (including negligent or wrongful conduct by you or a third party using your account), you agree to indemnify and hold harmless IPG Fragrances Sarl, its directors and employees, agents and suppliers from and against all expenses, damages and losses resulting from the violation.
MISCELLANEOUS
The present Legal Notices represent the entire agreement concluded between IPG Fragrances Sarl and yourself concerning the access and the use of the IPG Web Sites and their content. In the case that there are any other Legal Notices issued by IPG Fragrances Sarl governing our relations with you, these shall supplement the current Legal Terms . In the case of conflict between the present Legal Notices and any other terms and conditions issued by IPG Fragrances Sarl, it is the other terms and conditions which shall prevail over this Legal Notices. IPG Fragrances Sarl may revise these Terms at any time by updating the website’s contents, and without any other form of notice. It is your obligation to visit this page regularly and review the then-current Website Terms, binding to you.
If any provision of these Website Terms is held to be unenforceable by law or regulation, existing or future, or by a court ruling, then such provision shall be replaced by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision. All other provisions of the Website Terms shall remain in full force and effect.
IPG Fragrances Sarl’s employees and agents or any other partners are not authorized in any manner to modify the present Website Terms. Nothing said by a representative or employee of IPG Fragrances Sarl or on behalf of IPG Fragrances Sarl should be understood as a variation of the Website Terms or as an authorized legally binding representation about the IPG Web Sites, products or services displayed.
IPG Fragrances Sarl has the right, not the obligation to monitor any activity or content in relation with its Web Sites. IPG Fragrances Sarl may investigate your conduct and take any action that it deems appropriate, such as, but not limited to, removal of content, suspension or termination of service, denial of access and or/removal of products, services or data.
The headings of the provisions of the Website Terms are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the constructions of the Website Terms.