GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THIS SITE

ACCEPTANCE OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS

This site and use of it are subject to the general conditions subsequently outlined, which the user is free to accept or refuse. Access to this site involves the unconditional acceptance of the following general conditions. In the case that the user does not accept the conditions he has no right to connect to this site.



MODIFICATION OF THE SITE AND THE CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE SERVICE

GIACOMINI has the right to modify at any time the contents of its site removing or adding details. Therefore the user will accept the current general conditions as they appear on the website at the time that he gains access.


GIACOMINI has also got the right to modify the terms and conditions offered by the website and services. The user is responsible for checking regularly the terms and conditions and the additional conditions which appear on the web page. The fact that the user continues to use the Giacomini website and/or services indicates acceptance of all the terms and conditions specified.



REGISTRATION OF THE USER AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The use of certain web pages is possible only after the user has registered following the registration procedure which requests current information, complete and accurate, as required by the relative module. The user may also be given a password for access to the services, the discretion and protection of which depends exclusively on the user himself. GIACOMINI will not be liable for any eventual harm caused by the use of the password by another party, with or without the permission of the holder.



USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES

The user is authorised to inspect, consult and make a single copy of the contents of the website for the exclusive purpose of consultation and/or popularising the GIACOMINI products, considering that other rights and uses are not admitted.


The site or service may contain community or personal web pages, archives and/ or other communication or publicity services intended to permit the user to contact others (collectively, “communication services”). The user must use the communication services only in relation to appropriate materials and information and must not publish, send, upload, distribute or spread issues, names, material or information which are improper, profane, discrediting, which violate the rights of others, are obscene, indecent or illegal.


The user must not deliberately upload or distribute files containing worm viruses, altered files, or other similar software or programmes which could interfere with how other people’s computers work, falsify or cancel the attributes of the authors, communication containing legal details, or any other proper communication, the designations relative to the intellectual rights of property or the indications relative to the origin or the source of the software or other material contained in the website.


GIACOMINI is not expected to examine the Communication Services but holds the right to review material sent to a Communication Service and to remove such material at their discretion. GIACOMINI holds the right to terminate the user’s access to one or all the Communication Services at any time, without forewarning and for any plausible reason at.



RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SITE AND SERVICES

It is strictly forbidden to use the website or the services it contains for purposes which are illegal or forbidden by the law in force. The user may not use the website or services in a way which could harm, deactivate, overload or jeopardise the website or a part of it in any way, interfere with how it is utilized or enjoyed by others. The user may not try to gain access in a way not permitted to the website or the GIACOMINI services by means which have not been made available intentionally, or supplied by the website or GIACOMINI.



LINKS WITH OTHER WEBSITES

This website could have “apparent links” or links which allow the user to orientate towards other websites managed by a third party. We inform the user that this website is completely independent as regards the connected websites and as regards those to which it is possible to connect, which have their own general conditions of use. GIACOMINI has no control over the above mentioned websites, over their general conditions of use and holds no responsibility in relation to their contents, to their general conditions, to the use permitted and the treatment of information and facts about the user.



PROHIBITION OF USE OF MATERIAL PRESENT IN THE WEBSITE

It is forbidden to alter, reproduce, exhibit or use the material published in this website on other websites even for commercial purposes (photographs, illustrations, texts, video clips, etc.) unless you have written permission from GIACOMINI and solely to identify and promote GIACOMINI products.



THE GIACOMINI S.P.A. TRADEMARK

All the rights of all kinds in relation to the elements on this website, such as the information, software, logos, texts, photographs, images, graphics and any other item presented on this website belong exclusively to GIACOMINI.


The trademarks (and the other distinctive symbols) on the website are registered under the name of GIACOMINI, or at any rate belong directly or indirectly to GIACOMINI and/or companies either associated or under their control. The reproduction and use is forbidden except in the case of a non-negotiable licence granted by GIACOMINI for the sole purpose of promoting and selling GIACOMINI products. The user clearly acknowledges that the rights all belong to GIACOMINI as regards the GIACOMINI trademark and all other trademarks of the GIACOMINI Group (the Trademarks).


The user is equally aware that by gaining access to this website he does not acquire any rights connected with the Trademarks, nor any advantage. The user is also obliged not to arrange, directly or through a third party, for any entitlement in favour of a third party, natural person or juridical person, to the trademarks presented on this website.



LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE WEBSITE

GIACOMINI declines all responsibility regarding the consequences of any eventual faults in the functioning of the website and/or damages and profit losses which may arise both as far as the user and third parties are concerned. The use of the services is entirely at the user’s risk. The services are accessible without guarantees of any kind, either explicit or implicit. The contents of this website are available in their current state, without any express or implicit guarantee as regards quality or suitability for any particular use; GIACOMINI cannot guarantee either that this website will never be interrupted or that it does not contain any errors. Under no circumstances will GIACOMINI respond to claims for damage caused by this website. GIACOMINI does not guarantee either the exactness or the reliability of the details on this website.



PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

All the information transmitted to this website by the user will be treated in accordance with the rules established by D.LGS. no. 196 of June 30, 2003 and will be enclosed in a special system to avoid access to such information by third parties. Through this website the user may contact GIACOMINI on line should he wish to send his curriculum vitae, ask questions about GIACOMINI current or future products and/or services, or offer suggestions.


The user’s CV will be used exclusively to examine requisites at times of staff recruitment and personal details will not be used or revealed, except where there is written permission by the writer to do so.


Clearly, the user may at any time wish to access, to modify or to eliminate the personal information regarding him from the archives.


GIACOMINI guarantees that personal information containing sensitive details (such as information relative to the user’s curriculum vitae), subsequent to receiving explicit written consent, will be regarded as confidential, in accordance with DLGS no. 196 of 30 June 2003.


The user will declare that he will not sue GIACOMINI for using his personal information and will indemnify GIACOMINI against all claims by third parties in relation to that information.



WITHDRAWAL

The user has the right to withdraw from the registration service at any time by communicating that intention to GIACOMINI through the relevant section. GIACOMINI will see that access to the services is disconnected within 76 hours of receiving notice of withdrawal from the user.



ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

The user is warned that some of the website services could be subject to additional conditions. Such additional conditions relating to single services are accessible through the web pages dedicated to them. Should there be any conflict among the terms and conditions outlined here and the additional conditions or other conditions entailed in the specific web pages, the conditions outlined here will prevail.



APPLICABLE LAWS AND COMPETENT COURTS

The terms and conditions presented herein are regulated in accordance with Italian law. Should there be cases or circumstances which have not been foreseen and catered for, Italian law will be applied. Should controversy arise because of interpretation, implementation or the validity of the present terms and conditions the Law Court of Milan will be the exclusive competent authority.