LACARTES GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
These terms and conditions govern your use of our website. Please read the terms in full before you use this Website. If you do not accept these terms, please do not use this Website. Using the Website implies that you accept these terms.
SITE ACCESS
You will be able to access the majority of this Website without having to register any details with us. However, particular areas of this Website will only be accessible only if you have registered. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that this Website is available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. However, websites do sometimes encounter downtime due to server and, other technical issues. Therefore we will not be liable if this website is unavailable at any time. This Website may be temporarily unavailable due to issues such as system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control. Where possible we will try to give our visitors advance warning of maintenance issues but shall not be obliged to do so.
USE OF WEBSITE
You are permitted to use our website for your own purposes and to print and download material from this Website provided that you do not modify any content without our consent. The copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on this Website are owned by us or our licensors and must not be reproduced without our prior consent.
VISITOR CONDUCT
With the exception of personally identifiable information, the use of which is covered under our Privacy Policy, any material you publish on this Website shall be considered non-proprietary and not confidential. When using this website you shall not post or send to or from this Website any material:
- for which you have not obtained all necessary consents;
- related to illegal or fraudulent activities including but not limited to drugs, gambling and online scams;
- that is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic (including any content that is adult or mature in nature), defamatory, liable to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offence, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law in the United Kingdom;
- which is harmful in nature including, and without limitation, computer viruses, Trojan horses, corrupted data, or other potentially harmful software or data.
Reviews & Feedback: We take feedback integrity seriously. Businesses may offer small incentives for general reviews, however manipulation and/or bribery is not tolerated. This includes reviews from a related account, offering incentives/bribes in return for specific reviews. We reserve the right to remove any reviews which we suspect has been posted as a result of such manipulation or bribery and may close the user account to which it relates.
CONTENT
License: Lacartes does not claim ownership rights in your Content. You grant Lacartes a license solely to enable Lacartes to use any information or Content you supply Lacartes with so that Lacartes is not violating any rights you might have in that Content. You grant Lacartes a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in the Content, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to your Content. You agree to allow Lacartes to store or re-format your Content on Lacartes and display your Content on Lacartes in any way as Lacartes chooses. Lacartes will only use personal information in accordance with Lacartes's Privacy Policy.
By uploading Content to Lacartes you promise that you own and/or have the right to use such Content in this manner and that such Content does not infringe any third party intellectual property rights. In the event that Lacartes receives a complaint in respect of any Content posted by you it shall be your sole responsibility to deal with such a complaint and to compensate Lacartes for any loss suffered. Lacartes reserves the right to remove any such Content immediately.
By uploading media (images and videos) to Lacartes, you agree that Lacartes has the right to use your media to promote Lacartes and/or you in any external press as well as across all Lacartes Websites.
Re-Posting Content: By posting Content on Lacartes, it is possible for an outside website or a third party to re-post that Content. You agree to hold Lacartes harmless for any dispute concerning this use. If you choose to display your own Lacartes-hosted media on another website, the media must provide a link back to its listing page on Lacartes.
INFORMATION CONTROL
Lacartes does not control the Content provided by users that is made available on Lacartes. You may find some Content to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. There are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people acting under false pretense.
Additionally, there may also be risks dealing with international trade. By using Lacartes, you agree to accept such risks and that Lacartes (and Lacartes's officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) is not responsible for any acts or omissions of users on Lacartes.
Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe buying and selling when using Lacartes.
Other Resources: Lacartes is not responsible for the availability of outside websites or resources linked to or referenced on the Site. If you choose to access a third party website linked to from this Website, it is at your own risk. Lacartes does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.
You agree that Lacartes shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such websites or resources or via pop ups which may appear when accessing the Site from your computer.
INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS AND PRIVATE MESSAGING
Users are solely responsible for interactions with others. Users understand that Lacartes does not in any way screen its users. All users agree to exercise caution and good judgment in all interactions with others, particularly if meeting offline or in person.
Messaging is your way to communicate privately with other Lacartes members. It's essentially email, but purely for Lacartes members.
- You must not use Messages to send unsolicited advertising or promotions, request samples, loans, donations or "spam". You must not pass on email addresses or any other information on to third parties.
- Spamming other users in order to ask them to 'follow' your page will not be tolerated.
- Please use common sense when giving out personal information to others via messaging, for example don't send someone your credit card details.
- You must not use messages to knowingly harass, threaten, blackmail or abuse another member.
- If someone explicitly tells you not to contact them, you must not use Messages to contact them again, unless you are involved in an open transaction.
- You must not use Messages to interfere with a transaction. This means...
- You must not contact another member to buy or sell an item listed on Lacartes outside of the Lacartes site. This may also constitute fee avoidance.
- You must not communicate with a member involved in an active or completed transaction to warn the member away from a particular buyer, seller or item.
- As an anti-spam measure, sending too many messages too quickly may auto-disable your account.
LACARTES'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Lacartes, and other Lacartes graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks of Lacartes and its subsidiaries. Lacartes's copyright, trademarks, service marks, logos, business name, domain name and all other intellectual property rights may not be used, including without limitation as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names or email addresses, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion.
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND RELEASE
In the event a dispute arises between you and Lacartes, please contact Lacartes. Any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. Use of the Site is not authorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of the Agreement, including without limitation, this section.
Should you have a dispute with one or more users, or an outside party, you release Lacartes (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
Lacartes, for the benefit of users, may try to help users resolve disputes. Lacartes does so in its sole discretion, and it has no obligation to resolve disputes between users or between users and outside parties. To the extent that Lacartes attempts to resolve a dispute it will do so in good faith based solely on its this agreement and its policies. Lacartes will not make judgments regarding legal issues or claims and all disputes related to financial transactions will ultimately be determined by the payment service provider.
BREACH
Without limiting any other remedies, Lacartes may, without notice, and without refunding any fees, delay or immediately remove Content, warn Lacartes's community of a user's actions, issue a warning to a user, temporarily suspend a user, temporarily or indefinitely suspend a user's account privileges, terminate a user's account, prohibit access to the Site, and take technical and legal steps to keep a user off the Site and refuse to provide services to a user if any of the following apply:
- Lacartes suspects a user has breached this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or other policy documents and community guidelines incorporated herein.
- Lacartes is unable to verify or authenticate any of your personal information or Content
- Lacartes believes that a user is acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of Lacartes's policies and/or this Agreement, has engaged in improper or fraudulent activity in connection with Lacartes or the actions may cause legal liability or financial loss to Lacartes's users or to Lacartes.
LACARTES SERVICE
Lacartes reserves the right to modify or terminate its service for any reason, without notice, at any time. Lacartes reserves the right to alter these Terms of Use or other Site policies at any time, so please review the policies frequently. If Lacartes makes a material change Lacartes will notify you here, by email, by means of a notice on our home page, or other places Lacartes deems appropriate. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at Lacartes's sole discretion, in good faith, and using common sense and reasonable judgment.
NO WARRANTY
LACARTES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS PROVIDE LACARTES'S WEB SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. LACARTES, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION (ORAL OR WRITTEN) OBTAINED BY YOU FROM LACARTES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.
We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information on this Website is correct. However, we do not guarantee the correctness or completeness of material on this Website. We may make changes to the material on this Website at any time and without notice. The material on this Website may be out of date, or on rare occasions incorrect and we make no commitment to ensure that such material is correct or up to date.
The material at this Website is provided without any conditions or warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide access and use of this website on the basis that we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions which but for these Terms may have effect in relation to this Website.
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
Neither we nor any other party (whether or not involved in producing, maintaining or delivering this Website), shall be liable or responsible for any kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party as a result of your or their use of our website. This exclusion shall include servicing or repair costs and, without limitation, any other direct, indirect or consequential loss, and whether in tort or contract or otherwise in connection with this Website.
INDEMNITY
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD LACARTES AND (AS APPLICABLE) LACARTES'S PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE LEGAL FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE DOCUMENTS IT INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY.