Terms and Conditions
These
terms and conditions apply to all Subscribers, Registered Users,
Invitees and Web Site Only Users, as defined below, (together defined as
"You" or "Your") that access this site from a any country. Together
with the Order (in the case of Subscribers and Registered Users), these
terms and conditions constitute an agreement (this "Agreement") between
You and Ofreight.com, a subsidiary of Ofreight.com Ltd.("We", "Us", or
"Our"). By submitting the Order (in the case of Subscribers and
Registered Users), or by using any of the Web Sites, You agree to be
bound by these terms and conditions.
1. Definitions
1.1 In this
Agreement, the following expressions have the meanings set below:
"Commencement Date" means the date on which We start to provide any of
the Services to the Subscriber, Registered User or Invitee under this
Agreement;
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual
property rights recognised from time to time anywhere in the world
including, without limitation, all patents, trade marks, registered
designs, design rights (whether or not registered) and copyrights, any
applications for any of the above, and all rights in respect of
inventions, drawings, plans, specifications, designs and computer
software and hardware, database rights and rights to extract or exploit
data and all know-how and confidential processes, methods and
information, and all trade secrets and rights of confidence; "Invitee"
means the business or individual specifically invited in writing by Us
to use the restricted section of Our web site at www.ofreight.com free
of charge or at any other Web Site to which access is restricted;
"Order"
means the Subscriber's or Registered User's order placed either on Our
order form, by telephone conversation with Our telesales department,
online on the Web Site or in email correspondence with Us, for
subscription to or restricted access to any of the Services, as accepted
by Us;
"Registered User"
means the business or individual
registered to use a limited number or amount of the Services; "Services"
means those products, services and data and such access to restricted
areas of the Web Site as set out in the Order and provided by Us to the
Subscriber, Registered User or the Invitee under this Agreement via any
Web Site or any successor or replacement site; "Subscriber" means the
business or individual paying for a product or for a subscription to any
of the Services;
"Web Site" means each of Our web sites including but not limited to those with the following URLs: www.Ofreight.com;
"Web Site Only Users" means any user of any Web Site who is not a Subscriber, Registered User or Invitee.
2. The Services
2.1 We will use Our reasonable endeavours to provide the Subscriber or Registered User with the Services set out in the Order.
2.2
We will use Our reasonable endeavours to provide the Invitee with
access to the restricted customer only pages of Our web site at
www.Ofreight.com or to any other restricted pages of any other Web Site
to which the Invitee has been authorised access by Us and the use of all
services made generally available via those restricted pages from time
to time.
2.3 We will use Our reasonable endeavours to make the Web
Sites and the relevant Services available to the Subscriber, Registered
User or Invitee 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, We reserve the
right to suspend access to the Web Sites and/or any of the Services at
any time, without notice and We may, at Our sole discretion, restrict
Your use of the Web Site and, in the case of Subscribers, Registered
Users and Invitees, the Services, or limit the hours of their
availability.
2.4 We will provide each Subscriber, Registered User
and Invitee with a user identification and a password for use in
accessing the relevant Services.
2.5 We will provide a help desk
that may be contacted by the Subscriber, Registered User or Invitee on
the telephone number set out on the Order, or as otherwise published by
Us from time to time.2.6 We reserve the right to add, delete or modify
any of the Services and these terms and conditions at Our sole
discretion. Any such changes shall become effective when We place the
amended terms and conditions on the Web Site or when We otherwise notify
You of the changes in writing.
3. Payment
3.1 The Subscriber
will pay Us an annual subscription fee agreed separately with Us (plus
VAT or other applicable sales taxes), in advance, as set out on the
Order. The subscription fee will be due on the Commencement Date.
3.2
The subscription fee may be amended in the event that We later agree to
provide the Subscriber with additional Services pursuant to the
Subscriber's completion of a further Order, in which case the amended
subscription fee will be as set out on that further Order.
3.3 The
Invitee will not be required to pay any subscription fee for access to
and use of the restricted pages of the www.Ofreight.com nor of any other
restricted pages of any other Web Site to which We have authorised free
access to the Invitee.
3.4 The Registered User will not be required
to pay any subscription fee for access to and use of the relevant
Services to which We have authorised access to the Registered User.
4. Your Responsibilities
4.1 You will:
4.1.1
not use any Web Site or the Services for any criminal or unlawful
activity; 4.1.2 not introduce any virus, logic bomb, harmful code or
trojan horse to any Web Site or any of the Services;
4.1.3 comply
with all of Your obligations in Your agreement with Your internet
service provider (including any internet acceptable use policies);
4.1.4 comply with all applicable laws, regulations and conventions;
4.1.5 promptly notify Us if You suspect or become aware of any unauthorised use of any Web Site or the Services;
4.1.6 not attempt to interfere with any Web Site or the Services or any other service to any user, host, or network.
(This
includes, but is not limited to, deliberate attempts to overload any
Web Site and attempts to "crash" any Web Site's host).
4.2 If You are a Subscriber, Registered User or an Invitee, You will, in addition to those obligations set out in Clause 4.1:
4.2.1
at Your expense obtain, install, and maintain suitable equipment and
software and Internet access or connection services necessary to access
the Services or any other of the services that are provided by Us in
electronic format;
4.2.2 keep Your user identification and password
strictly confidential and not allow any third party to use them to
access any Web Site or Services;
4.2.3 promptly notify Us if You suspect or become aware of any unauthorised use of Your user identification or password.
4.3
If You are an ofreight.com Subscriber, You will, in addition to those
obligations set out in Clauses 4.1 and 4.2, not allow any person who is
not a specifically named individual on the Order to access.
5. Liability
5.1
THE WEB SITE AND THE SERVICES AND ANY INFORMATION WE PROVIDE TO YOU ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". WE DON'T WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE
OR THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WEB SITE OR
SERVICES IS ERRORFREE. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK FOR USING, AND FOR ANY
RESULTS YOU OBTAIN OR
LIABILITY YOU INCUR, BY OR AS A RESULT OF USING THE WEB SITE OR ANY OF THE
SERVICES, OR FROM USING ANY INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN FROM USING THE WEB SITE
OR SERVICES, OR FOR FAILING TO ACCESS THE WEB SITE OR ANY SERVICE ON ANY
OCCASION. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LINKS FROM
THE WEB SITE TO THIRD PARTY WEB SITES, ANY INFORMATION ON OTHER WEB SITES
TO WHICH THE WEB SITE IS LINKED OR THE CONTENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED ON
THE WEB SITE TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF THIRD PARTIES. FOR
THE
AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ARE DIRECTED TO A THIRD PARTY
WEB SITE, AT THE POINT YOU ACCESS SUCH THIRD PARTY WEB SITE
THATRELATIONSHIP IS THEN BETWEEN YOU AND SAID THIRD PARTY AND AS SUCH WE
BEAR NO LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF THE SAME. 5.2 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET
OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, TERMS, CONDITIONS
OR
UNDERTAKINGS WHETHER IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW, CUSTOM, TRADE
USAGE, COURSE OF DEALING OR OTHERWISE (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY,
REPRESENTATION, TERM, CONDITION OR UNDERTAKING OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) ARE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW, HEREBY EXCLUDED. 5.3 WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE PREVENTION OF THE LOSS
OR ALTERATION OF, OR IMPROPER ACCESS TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR COMPUTER
SYSTEM. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INVALID DESTINATIONS OR TRANSMISSION
ERRORS IN, CORRUPTION OF, OR THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION ON THE WEB
SITE OR CARRIED OVER ANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR DATA COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITIES.
5.4 NEITHER PARTY IS LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY
CAUSE BEYOND ITS CONTROL. 5.5 NEITHER PARTY IS LIABLE TO THE OTHER OR
ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR
RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE
OF ACTION: 5.5.1 LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF
GOODWILL, LOST OR WASTED MANAGEMENT TIME OR THE LOST TIME OF OTHER
EMPLOYEES OR ANY OTHER LOSSES UNLESS THEY ARE A REASONABLE FORSEEABLE
CONSEQUENCE OF THE RELEVANT NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHER
CAUSE OF ACTION ; 5.5.2 LOSS OF USE OF OR DESTRUCTION OF YOUR DATA (WE
RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA); 5.5.3
ANY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU BY ANY OTHER PARTY; WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT EVEN
IF
WE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING.
5.6 YOU WILL INDEMNIFY US AND KEEP US INDEMNIFIED AGAINST ANY LOSSES,
DAMAGES,
LIABILITIES, COSTS OR EXPENSES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR BREACH OF
ANY TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT OR (IF YOU ARE ALSO A SUBSCRIBER, REGISTERED
USER OR INVITEE) ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH ANYONE WHO ACCESSES THE WEB
SITE OR USES ANY OF THE SERVICES USING YOUR PASSWORD OR USER
IDENTIFICATION.
5.7 OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU, IN AGGREGATE, IS THE SUM YOU HAVE
PAID TO US IN SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR THE SERVICE(S) GIVING RISE TO SUCH
CLAIM IN THE 12 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE UPON WHICH ANY
CAUSE
OF ACTION ARISES. 5.8 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER CLAUSE IN THIS AGREEMENT,
NEITHER PARTY EXCLUDES ITS LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUD.
6. Privacy Policy
6.1
We may use personal information provided by You in connection with this
Agreement, in accordance with the terms of Our Privacy Policy. Our
Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into and forms part of this
Agreement.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 All the
Intellectual Property Rights in the Web Sites, the Services or in
material or information contained on any Web Site or Services and all
derivative works created therefrom are Our property or the property of
Our licensors. We grant to the Subscriber, Registered User and the
Invitee for the duration of this Agreement a revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable licence to use the Services strictly in accordance with
the express terms of this Agreement. 7.2 You must: 7.2.1 not use any
Web Site or the Services on behalf of or for the benefit of any third
party whatsoever; 7.2.2 not use or copy any material, information or
data contained on any Web Site or in the Services except to the extent
necessary to receive the Services; 7.2.3 not use data mining, screen
scraping, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Web
Site, except with Our express written consent; 7.2.4 not decompile,
disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer any of the Services, save as
permitted by law; 7.2.5 not modify any of the Services in any way or
create derivative works of the Services; 7.2.6 not disclose the whole or
part of the Services to any third party; 7.2.7 where a licensed
location is specified in the Order in respect of any particular
Services, use that Service only at that licensed location; 7.2.8 limit
Your use of any particular Service to the specified number of licensed
users where a limited number of licensed users are specified in the
Order in respect of that particular Service. 7.3 We will indemnify You
and keep You indemnified against alldirect losses, claims, damages and
expenses (including reasonable legal expenses) You incur in relation to
any third party claim that Your use of the Services and/or the Web Site
(or any part thereof) constitutes infringement of any intellectual
property rights owned by a third party provided that: 7.3.1 You promptly
notify Us in writing of any infringement or allegation of infringement
and in any event not later than 30 (thirty) days after You become aware
of such infringement or allegation; 7.3.2 You allow Us to conduct all
negotiations and proceedings; 7.3.3 You give Us reasonable assistance,
information and authority as we may require to perform Our obligations
under this clause; 7.3.4 You make no admission relating to the
infringement or alleged infringement. 7.4 If a claim of infringement is
made or We believe is likely to be made in respect of the Services
and/or the Web Site and any data therein, We shall have the right but
not the obligation to procure for You the right to continue using the
Services and/or the Web Site and any data therein or to modify the same
in any way that it becomes non-infringing provided that the Services
and/or the Web Site and any data therein remains capable of performing
substantially the same functions and facilities as that originally
supplied. Exercise of the right under this clause 7.4 shall be in full
and final settlement of Our indemnity to You in respect of the
infringement or allegation of infringement. 7.5 The Guide to
International Travel data belongs to Reed Business Information Limited
("RBI") and is provided with the following additional disclaimers and
conditions: 7.5.1 RBI does not warrant that the information contained in
this product is complete or accurate, and does not assume and disclaims
all liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by any errors
or omissions in the data displayed, whether they result from
negligence, accident or any other cause. 7.5.2 Specifically, the
information given may be subject to change or short notice, and You
should seek confirmation of any critical requirements before finalising
travel plans. 7.6 Where You are invited to post reviews, comments and
other content (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or
audio) (the "Contribution") on the Web Site You agree, by submitting the
Contribution, to grant Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty free, irrevocable, sub-licensable right and licence to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, play, make
available to the public and exercise all copyright and publicity rights
with respect of the Contribution in any form, whether in print or
electronic, for the full term of any rights that may exist in the
Contribution, in accordance with Our Privacy Policy. If You do not wish
to grant Us the rights described in this clause, You should not submit a
Contribution to the Web Site. 7.7 Further to clause 7.6, by submitting a
Contribution to the Web Site, You warrant that the Contribution: (i) is
Your own original work and that You have the right to make it available
to Us for the purposes specified in clause 7.6; and (ii) is not
defamatory; and (iii) does not infringe any law. 7.8 You indemnify Us
against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred
by Us as a result of any breach by You of the warranty in clause 7.7
above. 7.9 You waive any moral rights You may have in the Contribution
for the purposes specified in clause 7.6.
8. Termination
8.1
This Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and will continue
until either party gives the other written notice of termination. 8.2 We
may, without liability, suspend the provision of any or all of the
Services to You (where You are a Subscriber or Registered User) if:
8.2.1 You are in breach of any of Your obligations under this Agreement;
8.2.2 You fail to make any payment when it is due under this Agreement
after receiving 14 days' written notice from Us to do so. 8.3 Either
party may terminate this Agreement immediately by serving written notice
on the other party if the other party: 8.3.1 at any time, goes into
liquidation (either compulsorily or voluntarily) or an administrator,
receiver, administrative receiver, manager or similar officer is
appointed in respect of the whole or part of its assets, or if that
party makes an assignment for the benefit of, or a composition or
arrangement with its creditors, or enters into or becomes subject to a
like or equivalent insolvency or enforcement procedure or threatens to
do so or is threatened with any of these things; 8.3.2 breaches any
provision of this Agreement which is incapable of being remedied; 8.3.3
breaches any provision of this Agreement which is capable of being
remedied but has failed, within 30 days after being requested by the
other party in writing to remedy the breach. 8.4 If this Agreement is
terminated by You (where You are Subscriber) under clause 8.3, We shall
refund to You that part of the subscription fee already paid which
relates to any unexpired part of the Subscriber's subscription,
calculating the value of such refund on a pro rata basis. You shall not
be entitled to any refund of subscription fees if the Agreement is
terminated by Us under clause 8.3 orby either party for any other
reason. 8.5 Termination or expiry of this Agreement will not affect any
accrued rights or liabilities of either party.
9. Terms for Online Sales
9.1
Prices, postage & packing charges shall be as specified on the Web
Site, or as determined when ordering over the phone or online. Our
prices on the Web Site include any applicable value added taxes. We
reserve the right to change prices published on the Web Site at any
time. 9.2 Payment for printed products and electronic products
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "Products") and Services
ordered online must be made by credit card. Products ordered will not be
despatched and Services will not be provided until authorization of the
credit card payment has been made. 9.3 When You place an order online
We will treat it as an offer to buy Products and Services as applicable.
We will send You a confirmation e-mail with Your order number, at which
point We and You will have been deemed to have entered into a legal
contract pursuant to the terms of that order and this Agreement.
However, We will be entitled to refuse to accept Your order, at Our sole
discretion, in which case We will notify You of the same via e-mail.
9.4 In deciding whether to accept Your order, We may use the information
You have given to Us, or We already hold about You, or which We receive
from any enquiry We may make with Our credit checking company to
confirm Your identity. The credit checking company will check any
details We disclose to them against any database (public or private) to
which it has access and will keep a record of that check. The credit
checking company will also retain this information and may use it in the
future to assist other companies with identity verification. This
assists Us to protect You and Us from fraudulent transactions. If We
decline Your offer on security grounds We may contact You to seek an
alternative payment method. 9.5 While We endeavour to meet all orders,
Our acceptance of orders is subject to availability of Products or
Services. However, if We are unable to supply or deliver the Products or
Services ordered and paid for by You, We will refund to You the price
paid for such Products or Services within 30 days of the date of the
contract for the supply of the Products or Services as applicable. 9.6
We reserve the right to cancel any accepted order prior to delivery, at
Our discretion (whether or not Your credit card has already been
charged). If Your credit card has already been charged and the order is
cancelled We will upon confirmation of the same, issue an appropriate
credit to Your credit card account. 9.7 Title to all printed products,
and the physical compact disk medium upon which electronic products are
resident, passes to You when We receive the full payment for the
Products. We and/or Our licensors, as applicable, retain title to all
electronic products, software and data contained on those Products. Risk
of loss and damage in the Products pass to You upon delivery. 9.8 Your
acceptance of the Products occurs upon delivery of the Products and will
be presumed unless You notify Us in writing that You do not accept
them. If You are buying from the Web Site as a consumer You are entitled
by law to cancel the purchase or purchases within 7 working days of
receipt of the purchase including, in the case of electronic versions of
the Products, where the Products remain sealed or have not been
installed. In order to do this, You must inform Us in writing and return
the purchase(s) immediately to Us in the same condition as You received
the purchase(s). 9.9 Electronic versions of the Products, for example
software and/or data products, may have their own terms and condition
which govern Your use of those Products. You should read those terms and
conditions of use either (i) before You unseal the Product, or (ii)
before You install the Product and accept the terms and conditions
governing Your use of the Products. Once You have broken the seal and/or
installed the Products You no longer have the right to cancel Your
purchase as set out in clause 9.8. 9.10 If You choose to cancel the
contract in accordance with clause 9.8 above, We shall refund the
amounts You paid for such Products. If You decide to cancel the contract
as set out above You will pay any costs associated with the return of
Products to Us.
10. General Terms
10.1 Except as set out in
clause 2.6, any variation to this Agreement must be specifically agreed
by both parties in writing. 10.2 Where You are a Subscriber, Registered
User or Invitee You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer
Your subscription or any of Your rights under Your subscription,
sub-contract Your obligations, or resell any of the Services without Our
prior written permission. We may assign, transfer or sub-contract Your
rights and/or obligations to any third party. 10.3 No delay, neglect or
forbearance on Our part in enforcing any provision of this Agreement
will be deemed to be a waiver or in any way prejudice any of Our rights.
10.4 If any provision of this Agreement is, for any reason, held to be
unenforceable, illegal or otherwise invalidin any way, the
unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision will not affect any other
provision of this Agreement and those provisions will continue in full
force and effect and the unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision
shall be deemed to be rewritten to provide the maximum benefit
originally intended which is enforceable, legal and valid. 10.5 All
notices given to Us under this Agreement must be sent to Our address,
fax number or e-mail address set out below, or any other address that We
may notify to You from time to time in accordance with this clause. All
notices given to You under this Agreement must be sent to Your address,
fax number or e-mail address set out on the Order (if You are a
Subscriber or a Registered User) or provided by You as part of the
on-line registration process on first use of the Web Site (if You are an
Invitee), or any other address that You may notify to Us from time to
time in accordance with this clause. Subscribers and Registered Users
may notify Us of a change to their address for service online on the Web
Site where appropriate. All notices may be delivered personally, or
sent by first class prepaid post, by fax or by e-mail and will be deemed
to have been served: if by hand, when delivered; if by first class
post, 48 hours after posting; if by fax, when dispatched provided that
the sender's fax machine produces automatic confirmation of error free
transmission to the intended recipient; and if by e-mail when received.
10.6 Customers should contact: info@ofreight.com 10.8 Where this
Agreement is translated into a language other than English that
translation shall be for reference only. In the event of any conflict
between a non-English language version and the English language version
of this Agreement then the English language version of this Agreement
shall take precedence. 10.9 Nothing in this Agreement confers or
purports to confer on any person who is not a party to this Agreement
any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 of
England and Wales, or any other right, to enforce any term or provision
of this Agreement. 10.10 This Agreement shall be governed in accordance
with the laws of England and Wales and both You and We agree to submit
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
However, nothing in this clause will prevent Us from applying for and
obtaining injunctive relief or enforcement of any order of an English
and Welsh court in any other country or jurisdiction. 10.11 This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties
in relation to the use of the Web Site and supersedes any proposal or
prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between
the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.