Legal
& Privacy
PRIVACY POLICY
Hot (UK) Ltd is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to www.hot-uk.co.uk . Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.
By placing an order on this site, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy.
1 Information that we collect from you
When you order products or services on www.hot-uk.co.uk you will be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, address and credit or debit card information. We may also collect information about you from e-mails or letters you send to us or from telephone calls with you.
2 Use of your information
Your information will enable us to supply the goods you have requested. It will also enable us to bill you and to contact you where necessary concerning your orders. We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business.
3 Disclosure of your information
The information you provide to us will be held on our computers in the UK and accessed by or given to our staff working within the UK. Those parties process information, fulfil and deliver orders, process credit card payments and provide support services on our behalf. We will only disclose this information to third parties for the purposes of validating your credit card.
Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.
4 Cookies
Cookies are small amounts of information which we store on your computer. Unless you have indicated your objection when disclosing your details to us, our system will issue cookies to your computer when you log on to the site. Cookies make it easier for you to log on to and use the site during future visits. They also allow us to monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the site for you.
You may set up your computer to reject cookies although,
in that case, you may not be able to use certain features on
our site.
5 Security and data retention
We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.
6 Accessing and updating
You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us. We are entitled by law to charge a fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
7 Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the site and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.
8 Contact
All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed for the attention of the HR manager, telephone 0114 242 0405 or by email to HR@hot-uk.co.uk or at the following address: Helen of Troy House, 1-4 Jessops Riverside, 800 Brightside Lane, Sheffield, S9 2RX, England
WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE
ATTENTION: THIS LEGAL NOTICE APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE DOMAIN NAME WWW.HOT-UK.CO.UK (“WEBSITE”) AND TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE BY E-MAIL BETWEEN US AND YOU. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. USING THIS WEBSITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED BY HOT UK (LTD) ("HOT (UK) LTD", "WE", "US" and "OUR").
1. Introduction
1.1 You will be able to access this Website free of charge without registering your details with us.
1.2 By accessing any part of this Website, you shall be deemed to have accepted this legal notice in full. If you do not accept this legal notice in full, you must leave this Website immediately.
1.3 We may revise this legal notice at any time by updating this posting. You should check this Website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on you. Certain provisions of this legal notice may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Website.
1.4 All orders and purchases made on the Website will also be governed by the Terms and Conditions of Sale displayed when you make your purchase.
1.5 You must be over eighteen years of age to make an order or purchase through the Website.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DO NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS.
2. Licence
2.1 You are permitted to print and download extracts from this Website for your own use on the following basis:
a) No documents or related graphics on this Website are modified in any way;
b) No graphics on this Website are used separately from accompanying text; and
c) Hot (UK) Ltd copyright and trade mark notices and this permission notice appear in all copies.
2.2 Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on this Website (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by HOT (UK) Ltd or its licensors. For the purposes of this legal notice, any use of extracts from this Website other than in accordance with paragraph 2.1 above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of the terms in this legal notice, your permission to use this Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from this Website.
2.3 Subject to paragraph 2.1, no part of this Website may be reproduced or stored in any other website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without our written permission.
2.4 Any rights not expressly granted in these terms
are reserved.
3. Service access
3.1 While HOT (UK) Ltd endeavours to ensure that this Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
3.2 Access to this Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.
3.3 We shall not be liable for any telephone or other costs that you may incur in connecting to this Website.
4. Visitor material and conduct
4.1 Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under the Privacy Policy, any material you transmit or post to this Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We will have no obligations with respect to such material. We and our designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
4.2 You are prohibited from using the Website to disseminate any material:
(a) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or which is otherwise dysfunctional;
(b) for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals;
(c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the UK or any other country in the world; or
(d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
4.3 You may not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by hacking, gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems, interfering with any other persons use or enjoyment of the Website, interfering or disrupting networks or Websites connected to the Website or making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner).
4.4 We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone in breach of paragraphs 4.2 or 4.3.
4.4 You will indemnify us against all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses reasonably suffered or incurred by us, all damages awarded against us under any judgement by a court of competent jurisdiction and all settlements sums paid by us as a result of any settlement agreed by us arising out or in connection any breach by you of paragraph 4.1 to 4.4 including without any claim by any third party.
5. Links to and from other websites
5.1 Links to third party websites on this Website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave this Website. We have not reviewed all of these third party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk.
5.2 If you would like to link to this Website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this Website, and subject to the following conditions:
(a) you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the Helen of Troy, Vidal Sassoon, Scholl, Beautician, Wigo or Crazy Dog logo;
(b) you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around this Website;
(c) you do not in any way imply that HOT (UK) Ltd is endorsing any products or services other than its own;
(d) you do not misrepresent your relationship with
HOT (UK) Ltd nor present any other false information
about HOT (UK) Ltd;
(e) you do not otherwise use any trade marks displayed on this Website without express written permission from HOT (UK) Ltd;
(f) you do not link from a website that is not owned by
you; and
(g) your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
5.3 We expressly reserve the right to revoke the right granted in paragraph
5.2 for breach of these terms and to take any action we deem appropriate.
5.4 You shall fully indemnify us for any loss or damage suffered by HOT (UK) Ltd or any of its group companies for breach of paragraph 5.2.
6. Disclaimer
6.1 While we endeavour to ensure that the information on this Website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on this Website. We may make changes to the material on this Website, or to the products and prices described in it, at any time without notice.
6.2 The material on this Website is provided “as is” without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide you with this Website on the basis that we exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for this legal notice might have effect in relation to this Website.
7. Liability
To the fullest extend permitted by law you agree that we shall not be liable to you or a third party for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise in connection with this Website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this Website, any websites linked to this Website or the material on such websites.
8. Governing law and jurisdiction
This legal notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with this legal notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts
.
The www.hot-uk.co.uk website is owned and operated by HOT (UK) Ltd, a company registered in England with company number 2990768 and whose registered office is at:
HOT (UK) Ltd
Abogado Nominees
100 New Bridge Street
London
EC4V 6JA
WEEE directive registration no. WEE/BJ0057TS
