Effective as of 1st January 2024
Introduction
Thank you for using La Casa di Pietra website. These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and La Casa di Pietra, the owner and operator of this Website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.
Definitions and interpretations
In these terms and conditions, unless the context dictates otherwise, the following expressions are to be understood as meaning:
“Account” means an account required for a User to access certain areas of the Website, as detailed in Clause 4.
“The Company” refers to the independent legal personality of La Casa di Pietra.
“Content” means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website.
“User/Users” means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either employed by La Casa di Pietra and acting in the course of their employment; or engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to La Casa di Pietra and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
“User Content” means any content submitted to our Website by Users.
“We/Us/Our” means La Casa di Pietra
“Website/Site” the web domain www.lacasadipietra.com, and any other sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
Access to the website
Access to the Website is free of charge. It is your responsibility to make any and all arrangements necessary to access the Website.
Access to the Website is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We may alter, suspend or discontinue the Website (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if the Website (or any part of it) is unavailable to you at any time and for any period.
Registration and accounts
Certain parts of the Website (including the ability to purchase services from Us) may require an Account in order to access them. By registering, you will create a personalised account which includes a unique username and a password to access the Website and to receive messages from the Company.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use this Website. By using the Website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age.
You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete. You must also inform us of any changes to this information by updating your personal details to ensure that La Casa di Pietra can communicate with you effectively.
La Casa di Pietra may suspend or cancel your registration with immediate effect for any reasonable purposes or if you breach these terms and conditions.
You may cancel your registration at any time by informing us in writing to the email address: [email protected]. If you do so, you must immediately stop using the Website. Cancellation or suspension of your registration does not affect any statutory rights.
We recommend that you choose a strong password for your Account, consisting of a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols. It is your responsibility to keep your password safe. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your password and/or account by emailing [email protected]. The Company will not be responsible for any liabilities, losses, or damages arising out of the unauthorised use of your member name, password and/or account.
Intellectual property rights
With the exception of User Content (see Clause 7) all content included on the Website is the property of La Casa di Pietra. All Content (including User Content) is protected by applicable United Kingdom and International intellectual property laws and treaties.
Nothing on this site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any licence or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the site without the owner’s prior written permission.
You may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-licence, store, or in any other manner re-use Content from Our Site unless given express written permission to do so by Us.
You may:
Access, view and use the Website in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app);
Save or download pages from the Website for offline viewing only.
Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors, as appropriate) must be acknowledged.
You must not re-use any Content printed, or saved from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us (or Our licensors as appropriate) to do so. This does not prohibit the normal access, viewing and use of Our Site whether by businesses or consumers.
Acceptable use of policy
You may only use Our Site in a manner that is lawful and that complies with the provisions of this Clause. Specifically:
You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national or international laws and/regulations;
You must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
You must not use Our Site to knowingly send, upload, display or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware, or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind; and
You must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is intended to harm any person or persons in any way.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to Our Site if you materially breach the provisions of this Clause, or any of the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use. Specifically, We make take one or more of the following actions:
Suspend, whether temporarily or permanently your Account and/or your right to access Our Site;
Remove any User Content uploaded by you that violates this Acceptable Use Policy;
Issue you with a written warning, either through the Website or through email.
Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
Take further legal action against you as appropriate;
Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful), including but not limited to cancelling a booking with a possible lack of refund and/or banning the user.
We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions (including but not limited to those set out above) that We may take in response to breaches of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Viruses, malware and security
We exercise all reasonable care and skill to ensure that Our Site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data and other material from viruses, malware and any other internet security risks.
You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via Our Site.
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our Site, the server on which Our Site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to Our Site.
You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
You must not bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we take to restrict access to the Website, or use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the Website or harvest or manipulate data; circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security-related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of content, or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the content accessible via the Website; or publish or link to malicious content of any sort, including that intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer.
Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use Our Site will cease immediately in the event of such a breach.
Links to other websites and materials
The Website may contain links to third party website(s) (“Third Party Sites”) as well as content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (the “Third Party Applications, Software or Content”). Unless expressly stated, We have no control over Third Party Sites or Third Party Applications, Software or Content or the promotions, materials, information, goods or services available on these Third Party Sites or Third Party Applications, Software or Content.
Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third Party Site or any Third Party Applications, Software or Content does not imply our approval or endorsement.
If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third Party Sites or to use or install any Third Party Applications, Software or Content, you do so at your own risk and you should be aware that our terms and policies, including these Terms of Use, no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third Party Site to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Third Party Site.
We grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly-available searchable indices but retain the right to revoke this permission at any time on a general or specific basis.
Liability and disclaimers
Nothing on Our Site constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for information purposes only.
Insofar as it is permitted by law, We make no representation, warranty or guarantee that Our Site will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware or that it will be secure.
We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on Our Site is complete, accurate, and up-to date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the Content is complete, accurate or up-to-date.
We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of Our Site resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, pandemics, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.
Nothing in these terms and conditions of use excludes or restricts Our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be excluded or restricted by law.
Changes to the terms and conditions
We may alter these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. Any such change will become binding upon you upon your first use of Our Site after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
Law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions of Use, and the relationship between you and Us (whether conditional or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the Law of England and Wales, the Law of Scotland, and the Law of Northern Ireland.
Any disputes concerning these Terms and Conditions of Use, the relationship between you and Us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, and the courts of Scotland.
You acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions of use, Understand the terms and conditions of use, and will be bound by these Terms and conditions.
