Terms Of Use
By Using Our Site You Accept These Terms of Use
These Terms of Use were last updated on 23 June 2021.
Your agreement to comply with these Terms of Use is indicated by your use of Our Site. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must stop using Our Site immediately. You will also be required to accept these Terms of Use if you sign up for an Account.
The following documents may also apply to your use of Our Site:
• Our Privacy Policy, available at pokita.co.uk/privacy-policy. This is also referred to below in Parts 7, and 17.
• If you purchase goods from Us, Our Terms of Sale, available atpokita.co.uk/terms-of-sale, will apply to the sale. These terms are also referred to below in Parts 13 and 14.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
“Account” means an account required to access certain features on Our Site, as set out in Part 7;
“Content” means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases, and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, Our Site;
“User” means a user of Our Site;
“User Content” means reviews, comments etc, shared by Users on Our Site; and
“We/Us/Our” means POKITA Ltd.
2. Information About Us
3. How to Contact Us
3.2 When using Our Contact Tools or contacting Us by any other means the following rules apply, and you must not communicate, submit, or otherwise do anything that:
a) is sexually explicit;
b) in any way sexualises minors (including, but not limited to, child sexual abuse material);
c) is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful, or otherwise inflammatory;
d) promotes violence;
e) promotes, encourages, incites, or supports acts of terrorism;
f) promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
g) is defamatory of another person;
h) bullies, insults, intimidates, or humiliates another person;
i) discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group, or class of persons; race; nationality; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious or philosophical beliefs; disability; or age;
j) is intended or otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
k) is calculated or otherwise likely to deceive;
l) is intended or otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person’s right to privacy or otherwise uses their personal information in a way that you do not have a right to;
m) misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation in a way that is calculated to deceive;
n) implies any form of affiliation with Us or any other party where there is none;
o) infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, designs, patents, trade marks, and database rights) belonging to Us or any other party;
p) is in breach of any legal duty owed to another party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
3.3 We may monitor any and all communications made using Our Contact Tools.
3.4 Any personal information sent to Us, whether via Our Contact Tools or otherwise (including, but not limited to, your name and contact details) will be collected, used, and held in accordance with your rights and Our obligations under data protection law, as set out in Our Privacy Policy, available from pokita.co.uk/privacy-policy.
4. Access to Our Site
4.2 It is your responsibility to make the arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.
4.3 Access to Our Site is provided on an “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We may suspend or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it) at any time. We do not guarantee that Our Site will always be available or that access to it will be uninterrupted.
5. Changes to Our Site
6. Changes to these Terms of Use
6.2 If any part of the current version of these Terms of Use conflicts with any previous version(s), the current version shall prevail unless We explicitly state otherwise.
7. Accounts
7.2 Only Users aged 16 or over may create an Account. If you are under the age of 16 and wish to use the features on Our Site that require an Account, your parent or guardian must create the Account for you and you may only use the Account with their supervision.
7.3 When creating an Account, the information you provide must be accurate and complete. If any of your information changes, it is your responsibility to ensure that your Account is kept up to date.
7.4 We recommend that you choose a strong password for your Account, consisting of a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
7.5 It is your responsibility to keep your Account details safe. You must not share your Account details with anyone else. If you believe your Account is being used by someone else without your permission, please change your password immediately via the password reset function.
7.6 You must not use another person’s Account without their permission.
7.7 All personal information provided by you in your Account will be collected, used, and held in accordance with your rights and Our obligations under data protection law, as set out in Our Privacy Policy, available from pokita.co.uk/privacy-policy.
7.8 If you wish to delete your Account, you may do so at any time. If you delete your Account, you will no longer have access to the features on Our Site requiring an Account. Deleting your Account will result in the removal of your information from Our Site. For further details about the retention and deletion of personal data, please refer to Our Privacy Policy, available from pokita.co.uk/privacy-policy.
7.9 If you delete your Account, any User Content that you have shared on Our Site will also be deleted.
7.10 We may disable your Account if, in Our reasonable opinion, you have breached these Terms of Use (including, but not limited to, Our Acceptable Usage Policy).
8. How You May Use Our Site and Content (Intellectual Property)
8.2 Users retain the ownership of the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in their User Content (with the exception of any part of any User Content which is owned by a third party, in which case, Users must obtain express permission for such material to be used in the User Content). For information on the use of User Content, please refer to Part 10.
8.3 You may access, view, and use Our Site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app) and you may download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching (this usually occurs automatically).
8.4 You may print one copy and download extracts of any page(s) from Our Site for personal use only.
8.5 You may not use any Content (including User Content) from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us, Our licensors, or the relevant User, as applicable.
8.6 Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors or Users, as applicable) must always be acknowledged.
9. User Content
9.2 An Account is required for the submission of User Content to Our Site.
9.3 All User Content and communications with other Users on Our Site must comply with the content standards.
9.4 You warrant that you will comply with Part 10.3 and the content standards referred to. You will be liable to Us and will, to the fullest extent permissible by law, indemnify Us for any breach of your warranty. You will be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by Us as a result of such a breach.
9.5 We are not responsible for any loss of User Content submitted to Our Site. It is your sole responsibility to secure and backup your User Content.
9.6 All User Content is considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.
9.7 We may reject, reclassify, or remove any User Content from Our Site where, in Our sole opinion, it violates Our Acceptable Usage Policy.
9.8 We have the right to disclose your identity to a third party if that third party claims that any User Content submitted by you infringes their intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright) or their right to privacy.
9.9 User Content is not approved or verified by Us before it is displayed on Our Site. The opinions, views, and values expressed in User Content on Our Site are those of the relevant Users and do not represent Our opinions, views, or values.
9.10 We do not store any terrorist content.
9.11 If you wish to make a complaint about any User Content, please contact Us using the details provided above in Part 3.
9.12 If you wish to remove your User Content, you may do so at any time. Please note that caching or references to your User Content may not be made unavailable immediately and may not be made unavailable where they are outside of Our reasonable control.
9.13 User Content on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights in that User Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by the User identified along with that User Content. All User Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
9.14 You (or your licensors, as appropriate) retain the ownership of your User Content and all associated intellectual property rights. When you submit User Content to Our Site, you grant Us an unconditional, non-exclusive, fully transferrable, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide licence to use, store, archive, syndicate, publish, transmit, adapt, edit, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works from, display, perform, and sub-licence your User Content to the extent necessary to operate Our Site.
9.15 In addition to the licence granted to Us under Part 10.14, by submitting User Content to Our Site, Users grant each other the right to copy and quote their User Content within Our Site for the purpose(s) of product review purposes and commenting.
10. Links to Our Site
10.2 Links to Our Site must be fair and lawful. You must not take unfair advantage of Our reputation or attempt to damage Our reputation.
10.3 You must not link to Our Site in a manner that suggests any association with Us (where there is none) or any endorsement or approval from Us (where there is none).
10.4 Your link should not use any logos or trademarks displayed on Our Site without Our express written permission.
10.5 You must not frame or embed Our Site on another website without Our express written permission.
10.6 You may not link to Our Site from another website the main content of which is unlawful; obscene; offensive; inappropriate; dishonest; defamatory; threatening; racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory; that promotes violence, racial hatred, or terrorism; that infringes intellectual property rights; or that We deem to be otherwise objectionable.
11. Links to Other Sites
11.2 The inclusion of a link to another website on Our Site is for information purposes only and does not imply any endorsement of that website or of its owners, operators, or any other parties involved with it.
12. Disclaimers
12.2 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that Our Content on Our Site is complete, accurate, and up to date, but to the extent permitted by law, We make no warranties, representations, or guarantees (express or implied) that this will always be the case. Please note that this does not apply to information concerning goods for sale through Our Site. Please refer to Our Terms of Sale, available at pokita.co.uk/terms-of-sale for more information.
12.3 If you are a business user, We exclude all implied representations, warranties, conditions, and other terms that may apply to Our Site and Content.
13. Our Liability
13.2 Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or restricts Our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be lawfully excluded or restricted.
13.3 If you are a business user (i.e. you are using Our Site in the course of business or for commercial purposes), to the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) Our Site or the use of or reliance upon any Content (including User Content) included on Our Site.
13.4 If you are a business user, We accept no liability for loss of profit, sales, business, or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
13.5 Our Site is intended for non-commercial use only. If you are a consumer, you agree that We shall have no liability to you for any business losses as set out above.
14. Viruses, Malware, and Security
14.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
14.3 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.
14.4 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.
14.5 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.
14.6 By breaching the provisions of Parts 15.3 to 15.5, you may be committing a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. 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.
15. Acceptable Usage of Our Site
15.2 You may only use Our Site in a lawful manner:
a) You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply;
b) You must not use Our site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent; and
c) You must not use Our Site to knowingly send, upload, 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.
15.3 If you fail to comply with the provisions of this Part 16 and/or Our Acceptable Usage Policy, you will be in breach of these Terms of Use. We may take one or more of the following actions in response:
a) Suspend or terminate your right to use Our Site;
b) Issue you with a written warning;
c) Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
d) Take further legal action against you, as appropriate;
e) Disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
f) Any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).
15.4 We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions that We may take (including, but not limited to those set out above in Part 16.3) in response to your breach.
16. How We Use Your Personal Information
17. Communications from Us
17.2 We will not send you marketing emails without your express consent. If you do consent to marketing, you may opt out at any time. All marketing emails from Us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of emails from Us, it may take up to 30 days for your request to take effect and you may continue to receive emails during that time.
17.3 For questions or complaints about communications from Us, please contact Us using the details above in Part 3.
18. What Happens if We Transfer this Agreement to Another Party
19. Law and Jurisdiction
19.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Part 20.1 takes away from or reduces your legal rights as a consumer.
19.3 If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms of Use or to the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, as determined by your residency.
19.4 If you are a business user, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms of Use or to the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.