Terms and Conditions

A) Web site Terms of Use

Users of this web-site are subject to these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Copyright/Trade Mark Notices and Disclaimers as well as other notices posted on this web-site from time to time.

Your use of this site or the services provided on it will constitute your acceptance of all the terms and other notices herein. Once accepted, the terms and notices will constitute a binding agreement. The company reserves the right to deny access to a user where there is reasonable suspicion of violation of any law by the user.

Changes - Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these terms in whole or in part, at any time. Users should check the terms and notices regularly to ensure that they are conversant with changes effected. Your use of the site after any change has been effected will constitute your agreement to such changes.

Warranty - Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd has used utmost care to ensure and maintain the accuracy, completeness and currency of information published on this site. The firm, however, takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions.

Web site User Conduct - Users of this web site are prohibited from:

• Disrupting or interfering with the security of the site or otherwise abusing any service provided on the site or linked web site.
• Disrupting, interfering or abusing any other user's enjoyment of the site.
• Obtaining unauthorised access to any part of the site that is restricted from public access.
• Defaming, abusing, harassing, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights of others.
• Impersonating another person or entity or falsifying anyone's attributions.
• Restricting or prohibiting any other user from using this web-site.

Links - This web-site may contain links to other sites. Although utmost care is exercised in providing links to sites that share our high standards, Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd shall not be responsible for the content, security, availability and privacy practices used by such linked sites.

The linked pages are provided for the convenience of our web site users only and do not constitute an approval of their services or practices.

Links from other web sites to our home page do not require prior permission from us but deep linking into any other page of our site should not be effected without prior permission from us.

Site Security - Users of this web-site are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the site or services provided herein. Any such violation may result in liability. Violation of the security of the site and services include, without limitation, the following:

• Accessing secured data or using secured services not intended for the particular user.
• Tampering, hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting the web site.
• Transmitting material that contains viruses, trojan horses or worms with the intention of damaging, destroying, disrupting or otherwise impairing the web site functionality or the operation of the site.
• Altering any software or computer data or intentionally enabling others to do so.
• Interfering with, intercepting or expropriating data or information on the web site.

Indemnification by Users - Users of the company's web site agree to indemnify, defend and hold the web site operators, officers, directors, employees, agents and business partners harmless from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage or expense asserted by any third party relating to a visitor's use of this web site or breach of these terms of use.

Limitation of Liability - The operators of this web-site will not be liable to users or any third party for any damages however caused, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential relating to or arising out of a visitor's use or misuse of this web site. Where a user is dissatisfied with the site terms or services provided, the sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the site or the services.

Privacy Policy - The Privacy Policy of Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd is incorporated by this reference into this web site terms of use and describes the information collected when you visit this site and how such information is used. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully for more information on this.

Applicable Law - These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute between this company and its web-site users will be settled by English courts.

B) Privacy Policy

Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd is committed to protecting the personal information of all visitors to this web site. We recognise our obligation to keep personal information secure and believe it is important for our customers and web site users to know how we treat their personal information.

Information Collected- Users of our web site can visit the site without revealing their identity or providing information about themselves.

We collect information directly from users when they voluntarily submit their personal information to us. At certain parts of our web site, we may provide the opportunity for users to send an e-mail to us which may contain their personal data.

When this sort of information is collected we will provide the reason for collecting the information and how the information will be used. We reserve the right to add to this list of opportunities available to our users to interact with us. It is completely up to users to provide us with their personal information.

Use of the Collected Information - Generally, visitors are informed of the use of their personal information at the time of collection. Normally, personal information provided or collected is used to respond to inquiries or to process requests.

We may share visitors' personal information with other companies that we have hired to provide services to us. Such companies are contractually bound to adhere to our privacy policy and to use such personal information strictly for the performance of the particular services only. This organisation does not sell, trade, provide or rent personal information to third parties.

Security of Collected Information - Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd maintains strict physical, electronic and administrative safeguards for the protection of user's personal information from unauthorised or inappropriate access. Employees, business partners and affiliates who misuse a user's personal information are subject to disciplinary actions.

Any data collected through this web-site will be afforded protection whether in a manual or electronic form in line with the principles of Data Protection, e-Privacy and BS 7799.

User's Access to Collected Information - Users of our web site may have access to their personal information that has been provided to us or collected through this web site on written request to the organisation.

C) Copyright/ Trade Mark Notices

The web-site operator, affiliates and business partners each reserve copyright in all content that they provide to the site, including but not limited to design, text, software, drawings, graphics and other files.

No part of this web site may be republished, reproduced, downloaded, displayed, distributed, posted transmitted or sold in any form or by any means in whole or in part without prior written permission of the copyright owner.

The rights owners, therefore, retain copyright in all page headers, button icons, collection material, custom graphics and all other types of graphics used on this site and these may not be copied or imitated without the rights owners' permission.

The trade marks, logos and service marks displayed on this site belong to the operators of this web site and others who have contributed to the design of the site. The owners of the marks on this site retain exclusive rights in and to the marks. Nothing grants users the right to use, reproduce or display any of the marks without prior authorisation from Northumbria Optical Coatings Ltd.

D) How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

E) Disclaimers

We have used its best efforts to obtain and post on this web site the most accurate and reliable information available and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information on or accessed through this web site. Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data over the Internet and the number of users of this web-site, this company will not be liable for losses or claims arising from the inability to access this web-site or its content.