TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Welcome to KissesfromLondon.com, we are
happy to have on board of our website. We are doing all we can to make your
shopping experience as enjoyable as possible, and we hope you can find the
perfect unique gift you’ve been looking for.
These Terms and Conditions outline the
rules and regulations for the use of www.KissesfromLondon.com website. If there is anything you don’t understand
from these Terms and conditions please feel free to email us at help@kissesfromlondon.com and we will try to get back to you
within 24 hours, although currently our team is really small, we all go the
extra mile to make things happen and keep our customers happy and smiling.
- Introduction
- Use of the website
- Content rules
- Your Account
- Order and Delivery
- Price and Payment
- Returns / Cancellation
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Indemnification
- Limitation of Liability
- Termination
- General
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Please read these Terms and
conditions carefully before using the website. If you do not agree with the
Terms, you must not use the website. By accessing the website, we assume you
accept these terms and conditions in full, including the Privacy Policy (which sets out how we will use
personal information you provide to us. If there is any conflict between the
Privacy Policy and these Terms then the Terms will prevail).
1.2 The following terminology applies
to these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notice (the “Terms”) and any or all
Agreements:
”Customer”, “You”, “Visitor” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing the
www.kissesfromlondon.com website and accepting the Company’s
terms and conditions.
“kissesfromlondon.com”, “We ship kisses Limited”, ”Ourselves”, ”We”, ”Our” and
“Us” refers to our Company in relations to our website.
www.kissesfromlondon.com (the ”Website”) and any other
products, services and any kind of material available on this site, or us
(“Services”). When we refer to “KissesfromLondon.com” in these Terms, we mean
us, the Site and/or the services according to the context. “Party”, “Parties”,
or “Us”, refers to both the Customer and ourselves, or either the Customer or
ourselves
1.3 We amend these Terms from time to
time and by accessing the website, you confirm that you agree with the amended
Terms. Every time you wish to use our website, please check these Terms to
ensure you understand the Terms that apply at that time. These Terms are
available in English only. If you do not agree with any revised version of the
Terms, please do not continue to use the website. The last update on this Terms
was on 25/08/2018.
1.4 Only persons aged 16 years or over
may access the website and use the Services and all users of the Services
warrant that they are 16 years of age or over.
1.5 You will be able to access most
areas of KissesfromLondon.com without registering your details with us. Other
areas, and the opportunity to place orders with us, are only open to you if you
register. When registering you will tick and confirm the following: “I agree to the Terms and Conditions and
Privacy Notice, and I am 16 years or older.”
1.6 We are a company registered in
England and Wales under the registration number 10999784 under the name of We ship kisses Limited; the address of our
registered office is 10 Greenhithe close, Sidcup, DA15 8EF.
1.7 If you have any comments, problems
or questions regarding any part of the Services and/or products and services
featured in the Services, or you have experienced technical problems while
using the website, please send us an email to help@kissesfromlondon.com.
2 USE OF THE WEBSITE
2.1 Subject to the Terms, we grant you
a limited, non-sublicensable, immediately (and without notice) revocable license
to use the Services for the sole purpose of your personal use of the Services.
2.2 You agree not to use KissesfromLondon.com
directly or indirectly for any unlawful purpose, or to cause distress or
offence to any person.
2.3 You also agree not to upload, email
to us or print any images or other material which might infringe our Content
Rules (set out in section 3)
2.4 You agree not to copy, loan, sell,
resell, assign, rent, lease, publish, redistribute, license, sublicense or
otherwise transfer the Services. You further agree not to undertake,
cause, permit or authorise the modification, creation of derivative works, or
disassembling of the Services (or any part of it) or make any attempt to access
the source code of the Services.
2.5 We reserve the right at our
discretion to withdraw or vary the website and the Services and/or to suspend
or terminate your access to the website and the Services at any time without
notice and we shall not be liable to you if the Website or the Services are
unavailable, either in whole or part, at any time for any reason whatsoever. We
do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be
available or be uninterrupted.
2.6 We attempt to make the Information
on the website and descriptions as accurate as possible, but due to being a
human built service it may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical
errors. We do not warrant that the content on the website is complete, current,
or error-free. We will not be liable in any way for any content, any errors or
omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a
result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any content on the Website.
2.7 You may access most part of the website
that it is not password protected. Access to some parts of the website are only
available if you have a valid password. Purchasing products will be able only
by creating a password protected account. You may not access these areas
without a valid password.
3 CONTENT RULES
3.1 We have the right to refuse or
cancel an order if we find that it is offensive, bad intended or if we decide
to.
3.2 When submitting your content
(image, sound file, video file or any other type of content) you agree full
responsibility that:
- the content does not infringe
anyone’s copyright. You must ensure that you either own the copyright of the
content that you wish to include in your personalised gift (“product”) or that
you are fully licensed by the copyright owner to include the content to your
personalised gift;
-it does not infringe any other rights,
such as trade mark, of any person or entity or the right to their
confidentiality;
-it does not contravene any applicable
law or regulation;
-it is not misleading, offensive,
threatening, defamatory, abusive, false or inaccurate;
-it does not cause inconvenience,
needless annoyance or destress to any person. -you take full responsibility on
the reaction of the gift receiver, who will have to interact with our products.
You must not send an interactive, surprising product (like the flying paper
butterfly, audio card, video card or any other product that will be found on
our website) to people who suffer of severe nervous dispositions, heart
problems or any other health issues that may be activated by using the product;
-you do not impersonate any person or use
a misrepresented identity;
-you will not include content which is
pornographic, obscene, indecent, offensive, which encourages discrimination
based on sex, race, disability, age, nationality or any type of discrimination,
or that may incite violence towards any living being or hatred, or content that
may harass, embarrass, upset or alarm any person or which promotes or assist
any unlawful act;
-you will not give the impression that
your content emanates from or has been approved by us;
3.3 You may upload or use digital
images, audio or video files when using the website. For more guidance and
information on uploading please visit the FAQ section.
3.4 We may at our discretion contact
law enforcement authorities if we are made aware that anything unlawful is
occurring or has occurred in relation to the use of our website or Services. We
may provide copies of any relevant content to the law of enforcement
authorities and in connection with this we may also give them access to any
personal data that we hold.
3.5 Although we prohibit the uploading
of certain types of materials on our website, we cannot control, nor do we
comprehensively monitor the use of the Services. It is possible that images or
other materials may appear on our website or in connection with the Service
which contravene our Content Rules. We are not responsible for such images or
material, but if you become aware of any such content please contact us as soon
as possible at: help@kissesfromlondon.com .
3.6 By uploading, posting or including
any content or material in our personalised service, you grant us a
non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, adapt,
distribute and communicate to the public that material solely for the purpose
of performing our obligations and exercising rights under these Terms. We may
have to modify your material in order to conform to the Service’s requirements
you have ordered (such as cropping images any other necessary basic adjustments).
3.7 You will not post unsolicited
advertisements or for any commercial purposes, promotional materials, “junk
mail”, “pyramid schemes”, “chain letters”, ”spam” or any other form of
solicitation.
3.8 You will not spread any material
that contains software viruses or any other files or computer code designed to
interrupt, damage limit or destroy the functionality of any computer software
or hardware or equipment.
4 YOUR ACCOUNT
4.1 To be granted permission to place
an order, you must open an account with us by completing a registration form.
4.2 Opening an account with us is
completely free, but purchasing services and products is due to individual
pricing.
4.3 Once your registration has been processed
(and until your account is terminated) you will be able to upload images to the
website and audio or video files, access parts of your account using the
Services and request services to be supplied by us (such as the printing of
uploaded images), insert of audio or video files in the support object you
selected as purchase.
4.4 You agree to:
-confirm that you are aged 16 years old
or over
- provide true, accurate, current and
complete information about yourself (the “Registration Data”) as prompted by
the relevant registration form;
- maintain and promptly update the
Registration Data through your account to keep it true, accurate, current and
complete.
- during the registration process you
will be asked to supply your email address. This will help us to verify your
identity on future visits. Should you register using an invalid email address
or an email address that belongs to someone else, we may terminate your account
at any time without notice.
- In order to access your account you
will have to choose a password that must be kept confidential. It is up to you
to maintain the security of your account and you will be responsible for any
unauthorized access resulting from your failure to keep your password secure.
We are entitled to treat anything done through your account as being done by
you and we accept no liability whatsoever where a third party access your
account using your password
-if you become aware of any
unauthorized use of your password and account or any other security breach
please contact us immediately at help@kissesfromlondon.com
- make sure you logout from your
account at the end of each session.
- You will receive confirmation emails,
updates and marketing emails after you create a Kisses from London account, at the
email address you registered with. You can opt out of updates and marketing
emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button on the bottom of your
email.
- You are responsible to keep backups
of any material sent to us via upload or email, as we are not responsible of
keeping backups, lost, damaged or deleted images or any other material used in
connection with the Services.
- if in our reasonable opinion you have
failed to comply with these Terms we have the right to disable your password at
any time.
5 ORDER AND DELIVERY
5.1 An order for any Service will not
be treated as having been accepted until you receive a confirmation email from
us stating that.
5.2 We have a policy of continuous
product development and we reserve the right to amend the specifications of any
of the Services without prior notice.
5.3 We decide at our own discretion
whether to accept any order from you or to reject it, for example, if we don’t
have the product in stock or if your order doesn’t follow these Terms. If we do
reject your order, we will contact you via email to confirm this and to arrange
for the refund. In the event that our Services are produced and prior to the
dispatch are then discovered to be in breach of these Terms, we will not
dispatch the Services. We may, at our sole discretion, refund all or a
proportion of the payment made in respect of the order concerned but serve the
right to charge in full as if the Services had been dispatched.
5.4 We can’t guarantee that the printed
colours of the Services will match exactly those displayed on a customer’s
mobile phone, monitor or any other electronic device.
5.5 We estimate the dispatch dates
available and the expected delivery timeframe during the order process of your
Services, however we do not guarantee delivery dates or time.
5.6 In case of failure or delay results
from any circumstances outside of our control, neither we, nor the delivery
service that we use, shall be liable. The circumstances include but are not
limited to: accidents, traffic congestion, strike, extreme weather conditions
(snow, flood, extreme winds etc), fire, explosion etc.
5.7 Placing an order confirms the
bellow contract for purchase:
- by clicking on the checkout button
you are confirming the order and agreeing to purchase the product
-our products are all personalised with
content from our website or with content provided by the customer
-next step is the payment method
selection and completion of payment
-we will send an automated email saying
thank you for placing the order
-your order is not confirmed until we
notify you via email that your order is confirmed and ready for dispatch.
-if you selected a tracked delivery we
will provide you the tracking number and instructions on tracking your kisses.
-in case we reject or cancel your order
we will notify you via email and proceed with further instructions.
-there are limited circumstances in
which you may cancel an order after it has been made – please see in section 7.
5.8 Personalising products
KissesfromLondon.com aims to provide you
with a high-quality and fast handmade service. We carefully personalise and
assemble your service and double check each order, but due to being a handmade
product it can’t always have the same end results as an automated processed
product would.
Small and tiny imperfections are part
of the handmade end look.
Please double check your order on
screen and your acknowledgement email carefully to check that all the details
provided are correct. It is up to you to ensure that the content provided is
correct and correctly spelt. As a courtesy, we may allow you to make changes to
your order as long as the product hasn’t been created or shipped. If you do
want to make any changes contact us at help@kissesfromlondon.com and we will let you know if we are
able to make any changes to your order.
If you upload a photo, the images must
be in JPEG or PNG format.
If you upload an audio file, it must
have the following extension: .mp3, .aac, .wav, .amr, .m4a, .flac, .ogg
If you upload a
video, this must be in landscape format and with the following extensions:
.mp4, .wmv, .avi, .mov Please note that we don’t recommend a portrait layout,
due to the landscape 7” LCD. If you do send us a video in a portrait format we
will add it as it is in the video card and assuming it is your choice to have
the product like this.
Any other formats
than stated above will be rejected and a warning message will appear.
We print images at
300DPI (dots per inch), so we recommend you to upload a photo with
approximately the same resolution or image size. We will accept your uploaded
file even if it has a lower resolution, but we will not be responsible for the
end result.
5.9 Delivery services
Some services include
free posting if stated so. Where the postage is not included we will offer you
the bellow selection of Royal Mail delivery services.
- The Paper Kisses will be
dispatched as Letters with the following dimensions: max length 24cm, max width
16.5cm, max thickness 0.5cm and max weight of 100 gr.
- Letters delivery prices are:
- UK 1st Class Royal Mail £0.67
- UK 1st Class Signed for Royal Mail £1.77
- International Standard Royal Mail £1.50
- International Tracked and Signed for Royal Mail £6
- The Audio Kisses and the Video Kisses will be
dispatched as Large Letters with the following dimensions: max length 35.3cm, max width 25cm, max thickness 2.5cm
and max weight of 750 gr.
- UK 1st Class Royal Mail £1.87
- UK 1st Class Signed for Royal Mail £2.75
- International Standard Royal Mail £7.10
- International Tracked and Signed for Royal Mail £11.15
For the same day dispatch orders must
be submitted before 3pm, UK time, Monday to Friday. All weekend and bank
holiday orders will be dispatched the next working day.
Royal Mail advises that 90% of all
First Class post arrives the next day but it can take up to 3 working days to
arrive. For the international post services delivery takes between 5-7 working
days.
UK 1st Class Signed for is
not a tracked product, but you can use the Track and Trace to see electronic
signature free of charge.
International Tracked and signed is
tracked in the UK and overseas. You can view progress of your item online right
through to delivery.
KissesfromLondon.com reserves the
right to change the postage prices at any time.
6 PRICE AND PAYMENT
6.1 Any price stated (if at all) on the
website for Services will include Sales Tax/VAT at the then applicable rate, if
appropriate.
6.2 Payments are made via PayPal
platforms and it can process Credit card, debit card or PayPal Payments at the
time of placing the order. Payment in full will be taken at this time and a
contract will be in force in relation to the purchase of that service.
6.3 You warrant that all details
provided to us for the purpose of your order and its delivery will be correct
and that the chosen method of payment is your property and that sufficient
funds or credit facilities are available to cover the full cost of the Services
ordered. We reserve the right to obtain validation of your credit card, debit
card or PayPal details before accepting your order.
6.4 We will take all reasonable care to
keep the details of your payment secure. However, save where we have acted negligently
we cannot be held liable and disclaim all liability howsoever arising for any
loss you may suffer if a third party gains access to any data you provide when
accessing or making a payment through the website.
7 RETURNS AND CANCELLATIONS
7.1 All our products are personalized
Services for which there is no right to cancel the contract and return the
Service.
7.2 All our services are carefully
checked to match the requirements of their order, but if by any chance you
receive a different product than ordered, we will ask you to send us an email
stating the situation and a picture of the product received as a proof within 3
days of receipt. If you are eligible for a refund, we will refund the price you
paid onto the card you paid with. We will not provide a refund if the fault is
a result of your own actions such as Service misuse or if personalization is
mis-spelt or if you uploaded an image of a low resolution or size.
7.3 Order cancellations can only be
done if we haven’t produced yet your service.
Once an order for a Service has been
placed by you, you have confirmed the order and the order has been printed, you
may not cancel the order.
If you decide to cancel a purchase
please do this as soon as possible by sending an email to help@kissesfromlondon.com with Urgent Cancellation in title. We
will get back to you as soon as possible and let you know if this can be done.
Once an order has been printed we are
unable to provide you with a refund if you change your mind about your
order. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
7.4 You may cancel your account by
contacting us by email at help@kissesfromlondon.com You may be asked to provide proof that
you are the holder of the account and your account will be cancelled as soon as
reasonably practicable following receipt of your email.
7.5 We may cancel your account without
notice at our discretion.
7.6 Once your account is cancelled, any
images that you have uploaded will be removed from the website and your
password will no longer enable access to the password protected areas of the website.
8 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
8.1 Kisses from London is our
registered trademark, and you agree not to display or use it in any manner
without our prior written consent.
8.2 All materials on this website and
the functionality and operation of the website itself are protected by
intellectual property rights owned by KissesfromLondon.com or by third parties
and are used with permission of their owners. Such materials include, but are
not limited to, the photographs, images, illustrations, text, video clips, audio
clips, designs, logos, trademarks, other materials contained in this website,
the software used in the design and development of this website and the
functionality and operation of the website itself. All rights are reserved,
worldwide. We are the owner (or the licensee) of all intellectual property
rights in the Services.
8.3 You retain all intellectual
property rights, including copyright, in those images that you have uploaded to
the website, whilst using the Services, where you already own such rights.
8.4 We may display, modify, print,
transmit or distribute any of the images that you upload or email to us, in
order to provide any of the Services offered by us through the website subject
to these Terms.
8.5 You warrant that you have the right
to copy, upload or otherwise deal with those materials in relation to the
Services and to allow us to process and otherwise deal with those materials in
accordance with these Terms.
8.6 You may not upload, request us to
print, or otherwise deal with, in relation to the Services any images or other
material where you do not have the right to do so or allow us to use such
images or other material if such use would infringe any existing third party
intellectual property or contractual rights.
8.7 You are not allowed to remove any
copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property notices contained on the website
or in the Services or from any copies or printed items taken of material from
the Services.
8.8 We have the right to disclose your
identity to any third party who claims that any content posted or uploaded by
you to our website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property
rights, or of their right to privacy.
8.9 No one may copy, distribute, show
in public or create any derivative work from KissesfromLondon.com or any of the
material which is found on kissesfromlondon.com unless properly licensed in
writing by us to do so.
8.10 You are not allowed to use
kissesfromlondon.com(or copy or use any material found on kissesfromlondon.com)
for any commercial purposes other than to conduct the purchase of a product
from Kissesfromlondon.com.
8.11 No one may use robot, spider,
scraper or other automated means to access kissesfromlondon.com for any purpose
without our prior express written permission.
9 INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 You agree to indemnify and hold us,
and any parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, associated companies or any of their
respective directors, officers, limited liability company members, employees,
agents or service providers, harmless against any loss, damage, claim, cost or
liability that arises out of any claim asserted by a third party that involves,
arises out of, relates to or concerns:
- any use by you of the website or the
services in breach of these Terms;
- any claim that the uploading or
emailing of any materials by you or on your behalf is an infringement of any
third party’s copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property rights;
- any claim that the processing,
printing or other dealing by us of any materials uploaded or emailed by you or
on your behalf is an infringement of any third party’s copyright, trade mark or
other intellectual property rights.
10 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 We will always try to ensure that
our website is available 24 hours a day, but we will not be liable if for any
reason the website is unavailable at any time, or for any periods.
10.2 We may provide occasionally links
to other websites or resources for your convenience, but we do not endorse the
contents of those websites and we are not responsible for their service or availability.
We will not be liable in any way for any loss or damage which you may suffer by
using those websites. If you decide to access linked third party websites you
do so at your own risk.
10.3 We aim to meet all the
specifications of the products on kissesfromlondon.com, but we cannot and do
not guarantee that our services will meet your requirements.
10.4 We cannot and we do not make any
warranties, claims or representations with respect to the services including,
without limitation, quality, performance, non-infringement, merchantability for
use for a particular purpose. We cannot warrant that availability or use of the
service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free or virus-free. We
cannot accept responsibility or liability for a failure of your device,
internet or network provide, or any losses or damage suffered as a result, as
this is outside of our control.
10.5 We are trying our best to ensure
the website and our services do not contain or promulgate any viruses or other
malicious code. However, is it recommended that you should virus scan all
materials used in connection to our website. We exclude to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable laws all liability in connection with any damage or
loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originated or
contracted from the website.
10.6 Please note that the transmission
of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we take
appropriate technical measures to guard your personal data, we cannot guarantee
the security of your personal data. Any transmission of your personal data is
at your own risk.
10.7 We, our agents, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees and subcontractors will not be liable to you
or anyone else, whether in contract, tort (including negligence, breach of
statutory duty or other tort) or otherwise:
-for any loss of revenue, data,
business, anticipated saving, profits, opportunity, goodwill or reputation, or
for any business interruption
- any loss or corruption of data
-any indirect, special or consequential
loss, damage, costs or other claims
-the total liability of
Kissesfromlondon.com shall not exceed the aggregate net purchase price
(excluding taxes) for the relevant services.
11 TERMINATION
11.1 Where we terminate your access to
the website or the Services for any reason:
(a) all licences and rights to use the
Services shall immediately terminate;
(b) you will immediately cease any and
all use of the Services and
(c) you will destroy and/or delete all
copies of the Services in your possession or within your control.
12 GENERAL
12.1 In the event that any term of
these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these
Terms shall remain valid and enforceable.
12.2 No person who is not a party to
these Terms shall have any right to enforce any term under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Nothing in these Terms is intended nor
shall affect any of your statutory rights that may not be legally excluded.
13.3 We may assign or transfer any of
our rights or sub contract any of our obligations under these Terms to any
third party. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or sub contract
any of your obligations under these Terms except with our specific permission
in writing.
13.4 These Terms (and the provision of
Services by us) are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of
England and Wales. In the event of any dispute arising in relation of these
Terms or in relation to the provision of any Services by us the English courts
will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over such dispute although we retain the
right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your
country of residence or other relevant country.
13.5 Please make a durable copy of
these Terms, as we do not store separate files for each update. These Terms are
only in English.
13.6 By submitting a review on
Kissesfromlondon.com, you confirm and agree that:
-you are the sole author of the review
and that you can confirm the purchase
-your review is accurate and fair
-you are at least 18 years old
-you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable,
royalty-free, transferable right and licence to use, copy and modify your
review
-you will not submit false or
inaccurate and misleading information
-you will not infringe anyone’s
copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights or duty owed to any person or
entity, such as a duty of confidentiality
-you will not breach any law or promote
and assist any unlawful act
-your message does not promote
discrimination in any form, or that may incite to hatred or violence against
anyone (person or group), abusive and offensive language
-you will not make references to any
other website and services or include any links
-you will not misrepresent identity or
impersonate any person
-you will not include any personally
identifying information about any person
-by submitting your email address with
your review or rating, you agree that we and our third party service providers
may use your email address to contact you about the status of your review and
for administrative purposes.
Kissesfromlondon.com reserves the right
to decline to publish a review and remove a review for any reason.
These Terms take
effect on 25th of August 2018.