The Site and its contents are for general information only and are provided "as is". Castle Estates makes no warranties, representations or undertakings about:
Any of the content of the Site (including, without limitation, any as to the quality, accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of such content); or
Any content of any other third party website referred to or accessed by hypertext link through the Site.
Castle Estates makes no guarantees that the Site is free from so called computer viruses. It is strongly recommended that you check for such viruses before downloading any of its contents.
We Castle Estates inform visitors and users of this website of the following Terms & Conditions. In these Terms & Conditions the word You and Your means users and visitors of this website and any other website owned or controlled by a Castle Estates company (Site(s)).
The words We , Our and Us means all Castle Estates companies which have jointly and severally issued these Terms & Conditions:
Copyright and Use of Material
The contents of this Site (and any other website owned or controlled by a Castle Estates company) including text, graphics, images and software other material ("Material"), are the copyright of Castle Estates. All and any unauthorised use of the Material violates our copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights.
You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. In particular, the use of the Material on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.
We authorise you to view and download a single copy of the Material on the Site solely for Your personal, non-commercial use and specifically you are not permitted to:-
- Store the Site, or any part of the Site, for any other purpose;
- Print copies of the Site, or any part of the Site, for any other purpose;
- Reproduce, copy or transmit the Site, or any part of the Site, in any way, for any other purpose or in any other medium.
If you violate any of these Terms, Your permission to use the Material automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Material.
Liability
We make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Material or about the results to be obtained from using the Site and the Material. You are hereby put on notice that the Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Your use of the Site and the Material is entirely at Your own risk and changes which are periodically made to the Site are done so at any time without notice.
Under no circumstances shall We be liable to You for any failure to perform (or delay in performing) any of obligations arising by Your use of this Site. Neither do we warrant that the Site will operate error-free or that the Site and its server are free of computer viruses and other harmful elements. If Your use of the Site or the material results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, We assume no responsibility whatsoever for those costs.
We, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaim all conditions and warranties, express or implied including, without limitation, any warranty or terms of merchantability, non-infringement of third parties rights, and any warranty of fitness for particular purpose. We make no warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the material, services, software, text, graphics or links.
Further in no event shall We or any third parties mentioned on this Site be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, incidental, special and consequential damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use the Site and the Material, whether based on statute, contract, tort, or any other legal cause, and whether or not We are advised of the possibility of such damages.
User Submissions
Generally any communication which you post to the Site is considered to be non-confidential. Please see our Privacy Statement for further details on how We respect and treat any personal information provided to Us.
You agree not to use the Site or cause or permit any Materials to be used: so as to jeopardise or prejudice the operation, quality or integrity of the Site or Materials, the operation, quality or integrity of any telecommunications network, or any other use which might be deemed by Us to be harmful to Our business(es), reputation or the commercial exploitation of the Site; for any commercial purpose including any surveys, contests or pyramid schemes, nor to use Our services to participate in or cause others to participate in sending chain letters, junk e-mail, spam, duplicative or unsolicited messages, advertising or promotional material; to harvest or otherwise collect by any means any Material or information (including without limitation email addresses or details of properties) from the Site or to monitor, mirror or copy any Material to distribute, download, upload or transmit any material which contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs; contrary to these Terms & Conditions of any internet service provider whose services you may use.
Links to and from Other Web Sites
The Site contains links to third party web sites. These are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Us of the contents on such third party web sites. Such websites are operated and controlled by third parties, we are not responsible for the content of linked third party sites and their inclusion on our site does not imply any endorsement or approval by Castle Estates of the materials on such websites its content or accuracy.
If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so entirely at Your own risk.
Software Licences
All software that is made available for downloading from the Site ("Software") is protected by copyright and may be protected by other rights. The use of such software is governed by the terms of the software licence agreement or designated legal notice accompanying such software.
Limitation of Liability
Unless otherwise expressly provided in a separate written agreement the aggregate liability of Us to you for all claims arising from the use of the Site or Materials (including Software) is limited to £1 and You acknowledge that this is a genuine pre-estimate of any loss You might suffer as a result of such a claim.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Us, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting whether directly or indirectly from your use of the Site or Material (including software) or Your breach of these Terms & Conditions.
General
The Site is controlled by Us from Our location. We make no representation that Materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal or prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
No waiver of any term of these Terms & Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. We may at any time and without liability modify, suspend or discontinue the Site or any Materials (or any part or specification thereof), with or without notice, for any reason without any reference to you.
These Terms & Conditions constitute the entire agreement between You and Us with respect to the use of the Site. Any changes to this Agreement will be posted on the Site and will take immediate effect.
Jurisdiction and Regional and Local Variations
The level of service provided and relative legislation applicable may be subject to local and regional variations from that stated in the general brochure and the site. Please contact us for full details of these variations. Any disputes, claims or proceedings arising out of or in any way relating to the Materials or the Site shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales whose Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of any proceedings arising out of or in any way relating to the Materials or the Site.
If any provision of these Terms & Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms & Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Data Protection & Privacy
This Privacy Statement is issued by Castle Estates:
We, Castle Estates and our directors and personnel, respect the rights of users of this website. You do not have to provide us with any personal information to use our website. However where you give us your personal information, whether through the use of e-mail, web forms, telephone, fax, text (e.g. SMS, MMS etc) or other instrument for any purpose, we shall treat your personal information in accordance with the paragraph below titled 'Giving Us Your Personal Information'.
Web Browsing
By simply visiting our website you do not disclose, nor do we collect personal information about you. From time to time, our internet service provider will provide internet traffic details to us, but in such circumstances this does not result in us receiving or collecting your personal information. The information we may receive may be limited to the logical address (or IP address) of your server, the top level domain name from which you access the internet (for example www.castle-estates.co.uk), the type of web-browser you use, the date and time you accessed our site and the internet address from which your visit originates. We will use this information to help us to improve our website. Cookies may be set in your web-browser by our website in order to facilitate functionality for your convenience. Personal information is not generally stored in web-browser cookies but in the event it is it will be treated in accordance with the paragraph below titled 'Giving Us Your Personal Information'. You agree that if you do not wish cookies to be set, you will disable this functionality within your web-browser. Words appearing in bold above are defined at the end of this privacy statement.
Giving Us Your Personal Information
Please note that where you provide us with your personal information (e.g. name, e-mail address, work address, phone (including mobile) and facsimile numbers and/or other contact information), through a facility provided on this website, directly to us by e-mail, fax or phone or through any other facility of contacting us (e.g. our Email Alerts service), enquiring of and/or booking viewings for properties listed with us, you consent to us storing your personal information for:
- processing and administration of such information to perform all necessary actions to give effect to your request;
- sending to you periodic information by way of post, telephone, SMS/MMS and/or e-mail, of our services and other relevant information;
- where you explicitly consent, passing to and sharing with, a representative of a sister company your personal information; and
- passing your personal information to third parties where we believe that such parties may provide you with assistance in respect of the services we offer.
Please note that your consent as noted above is provided to any successor or assignee of our business(es). We inform all persons who submit their personal information to us of these conditions by way of an auto-response e-mail and/or this Privacy Statement.
If for some reason these conditions are not communicated to you by auto-response e-mail, nevertheless you agree to the conditions in this privacy Statement (and our Terms & Conditions) by your use of this website and such conditions shall remain applicable to you until modified by you by removing yourself from the mailing list function or informing us by e-mail that you no longer wish to receive communications from us.
It is not possible to block the use of your information for a specific purpose. By removing yourself from the mailing list function you will lose the opportunity of receiving our Email Alerts, details of our other services and those of third parties.
You are hereby notified of your right of access to, and the right to correct any inaccuracies in personal information we may hold about you which you may avail of by contacting us and requesting such.
We hope the above is clear and that you appreciate that we respect your right to privacy (just like we appreciate your business and continued support of Castle Estates). We are one of the few service providers in the UK which informs you clearly of your rights under data protection law. We trust that our honesty and integrity shall mean that you continue to trust us with your personal information, knowing that we will not use it for any inappropriate purpose(s).
Glossary of technical terms used
web browser: The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
IP address: The identifying details for your computer (or your internet company's computer), expressed in "internet protocol" code. Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
Cookies: Small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a web site. Cookies can be read by the web site on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the web page, or a unique identification number so that the web site can "remember" you on your return visit. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the web site.
Copyright Notice
This page, like all material appearing on this website is the property of Castle Estates and may not be copied or reproduced in any form (e.g. hardcopy or electronically) and in any manner (including, for the avoidance of doubt, linking to our website). This paragraph does not in any way limit the Terms & Conditions for this website. Any and all breaches of Castle Estates intellectual property rights will be vigorously pursed through legal action, including obtaining of costs and damages, howsoever arising from any infringement.
