Terms & Conditions

[vc_row el_class=”information”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”TERMS & CONDITIONS” google_fonts=”font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]1.1 You are reading a legal document which is the agreement between you, the Customer (whom we refer to as “you”, “your” or the “Customer” in this document) and us. We are Office Casita and we are the owner of this website.\r\n\r\n1.2 Please read this agreement carefully. By browsing, accessing or using this website or by using any facilities or services made available through it or by transacting through or on it, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions that appear below (all of which are called the “Agreement”). This Agreement is made between you and us.\r\n1.3 These Terms and Conditions were most recently updated on 01 March, 2017 (version 1.2). We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time. All amendments to these terms and conditions will be posted on-line. You may terminate this Agreement by written notice to us (by post or by email at enquiry@officecasita.com) if you do not wish to be bound by such new terms and conditions. However, continued use of the Service or the Website or a Purchase will be deemed to constitute acceptance of the new terms and conditions.\r\n1.4 Your statutory rights: As a consumer, nothing in this Agreement affects your non-excludable statutory rights.\r\n\r\n2. DEFINITIONS\r\n2.1 In this Agreement, we use various defined terms. You will know they are defined because they begin with a capital letter. This is what they mean:\r\n2.1.1 “Merchant” means a third party seller of goods and services for which a Purchase can be redeemed.\r\n2.1.2 “Microsite” means an auxiliary website supplementary to our main website.\r\n2.1.3 “Purchase” means the purchase of a Purchase.\r\n2.1.4 “Register” means “create an account on the Website” (and “Registration” means the action of creating an account).\r\n2.1.5 “Service” means all or any of the services provided by Office Casita via the Website (or via other electronic or other communication from Office Casita) including the information services, content and transaction capabilities on the Website (including the ability to make a Purchase).\r\n2.1.6 “Purchase” means a Purchase which is subject to terms and conditions, which, if purchased by you.\r\n2.1.7 “Purchase Products” means goods and/or services offered by Office Casita which are described as part of a Purchase.\r\n2.1.8 “Website” means the OfficeCasita.com website and any Microsite.\r\n\r\n3. GENERAL ISSUES ABOUT THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICE\r\n3.1 Applicability of terms and conditions: Use of the Service and the Website and any Purchase are each subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.\r\n3.2 Age: To use the Website and/or the Service (whether with or without registration) and to make any Purchase, you must be 13 years of age or over.\r\n3.3 Place: The Website and the Service and any Purchase are directed solely at those who access the Website. If you choose to access the Website, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for the consequences and for compliance with all applicable laws.\r\n3.4 Scope: The Website, Service and any Purchase are for commercial and business purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, scraping of the Website (and hacking of the Website) is not allowed.\r\n\r\n3.6 Equipment: The Service and use of the Website and the making of any Purchase does not include the provision of a computer or other necessary equipment to access the Website or the Service or making of any Purchase. To use the Website or Service or to make a Purchase, you will require Internet connectivity and appropriate telecommunication links. We shall not be liable for any telephone costs, telecommunications costs or other costs that you may incur.\r\n\r\n4. REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNTS\r\n4.1 Why to register: You do not need to Register to use much of the functionality of the Website or to access much of the Service. However, You must Register in order to make a Purchase from the Website. This is so that we can provide you with easy access to print your orders, view your past purchases and modify your preferences. We reserve the right to decline a new Registration or to cancel an account at any time.\r\n4.2 How to register: To Register you need to supply us with your name, postcode, email address, payment details and possibly some other personal information. See our Privacy Policy for more details about this.\r\n4.3 Passwords: Once you finish Registration, we will allocate a password to you and your account. You must keep the password confidential and immediately notify us if any authorised third party becomes aware of that password or if there is any unauthorised use of your email address or any breach of security known to you. You agree that any person to whom its user name or password is disclosed is authorised to act as your agent for the purposes of using (and/or transacting via) the Service and Website. Please note that you are entirely responsible if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your password.\r\n4.4 Valid email addresses: All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you access regularly, so that, among other things, moderation emails can be sent to you. Any accounts which have been registered with someone else’s email address or with temporary email addresses may be closed without notice. We may require users to re-validate their accounts if we believe they have been using an invalid email address.\r\n4.5 Closing accounts: We reserve the right to close accounts if any user is seen to be using proxy IPs (Internet Protocol addresses) in order to attempt to hide the use of multiple registration accounts, or disrupts the Website or the Service in any way.\r\n4.6 Multiple logons: If you use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting a community or annoying other users you may have action taken against all of your accounts.\r\n\r\n5. PURCHASE OF PURCHASES\r\n5.1 Need for registration: Office Casita sells Purchases via the Website that can be redeemed for Purchase Products. You must Register in order to make a Purchase from the Website.\r\n5.2 Emails: As a condition of Purchase, we reserve the right to send you administrative and promotional emails. We may also send you information regarding your account activity and purchases, as well as updates about the Website and Service and Purchases as well as other promotional offers. (You can always opt-out of our promotional e-mails at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any of such e-mail correspondence.)\r\n5.3 When a Purchase transaction is complete: When you go through the procedure for purchasing a Purchase, after you have confirmed your acceptance to these terms and conditions and after we have taken payment (by debit card or credit card or whatever) the transaction is complete (and a contract for Purchase is made) only when we email you confirming the transaction (which is our acceptance of the transaction). We keep a copy of the contract between us – and you are welcome to print out these terms and conditions from our website as a record.\r\n5.4 Cancellation of Purchase: Once we send you the Purchase, you cannot cancel the transaction at any time.\r\n5.5 This Agreement applies: By making a Purchase, you acknowledge that the Purchase is made subject to this Agreement.\r\n5.6 RESPONSIBILITY: Office Casita:\r\n5.6.1 the seller of the Purchase Products;\r\n5.6.2 solely responsible for providing you with the Purchase Products and for the Purchase Products themselves; and\r\n5.6.3 solely responsible for delivering any Purchase you Purchase.\r\n5.7 Lost/stolen Purchases: We are responsible for lost or stolen Purchases or Purchase reference numbers.\r\n5.8 Expiry: The Purchase (including, but not limited to, any discounts provided by the Purchase) expires on the date specified on the Purchase.\r\n5.9 Status of Purchases: All Purchases that are offered for Purchase below their face value and are subject to this Agreement and terms and conditions.\r\n5.10 Goods & Services Tax / Value Added Tax: Currently the sale of Purchases by us is not subject to GST / VAT. If SG GST / VAT law changes we reserve the right to charge you GST / VAT in addition to the price for the Purchases.\r\n\r\n6. YOUR OBLIGATIONS\r\n6.1 Office Casita terms: You agree to (and shall) abide by our terms and conditions. The responsibility to do so is yours alone.\r\n6.2 Accurate information: You warrant that all information provided on Registration and contained as part of your account during the course of this Agreement is true, complete and accurate and that you will promptly inform us of any changes to such information by updating the details in your account.\r\n6.3 Content on the Website and Service and Purchases: It is your responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through the Website or the Service meet your specific requirements.\r\n6.4 Things you cannot do: Without limitation, you undertake not to use or permit anyone else to use the Service or Website:\r\n6.4.1 to send or receive any material which is not civil or tasteful;\r\n6.4.2 to send or receive any material which is threatening, grossly offensive, of an indecent, obscene or menacing character, blasphemous or defamatory of any person, in contempt of court or in breach of confidence, copyright, rights of personality, publicity or privacy or any other third party rights;\r\n6.4.3 to send or receive any material for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals (from us or third parties); or which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party in any country in the world;\r\n6.4.4 to send or receive any material which is technically harmful (including computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data);\r\n6.4.5 to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;\r\n6.4.6 to intercept or attempt to intercept any communications transmitted by way of a telecommunications system;\r\n6.4.7 for a purpose other than which we have designed them or intended them to be used;\r\n6.4.8 for any fraudulent purpose;\r\n6.4.9 other than in conformance with accepted Internet practices and practices of any connected networks; or\r\n6.4.10 in any way which is calculated to incite hatred against any ethnic, religious or any other minority or is otherwise calculated to adversely affect any individual, group or entity.\r\n6.5 Forbidden uses: The following uses of the Service (and Website) and Purchases are expressly prohibited and you undertake not to do (or to permit anyone else to do) any of the following:\r\n6.5.1 furnishing false data including false names, addresses and contact details and fraudulent use of credit/debit card numbers;\r\n6.5.2 attempting to circumvent our security or network including accessing data not intended for you, logging into a server or account you are not expressly authorised to access, or probing the security of other networks (such as running a port scan);\r\n6.5.3 accessing the Service (or Website) in such a way as to, or commit any act that would or does, impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;\r\n6.5.4 executing any form of network monitoring which will intercept data not intended for you;\r\n6.5.5 sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of “junk mail” or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material. You are explicitly prohibited from sending unsolicited bulk mail messages. This includes bulk mailing of commercial advertising, promotional, or informational announcements, and political or religious tracts. Such material may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving email of this nature, you may not send that person any further email;\r\n6.5.6 creating or forwarding “chain letters” or other “pyramid schemes” of any type, whether or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings;\r\n6.5.7 sending malicious email, including flooding a user or site with very large or numerous emails;\r\n6.5.8 entering into fraudulent interactions or transactions with us (which shall include entering into interactions or transactions purportedly on behalf of a third party where you have no authority to bind that third party or you are pretending to be a third party);\r\n6.5.9 using the Service or Website (or any relevant functionality of either of them) in breach of this Agreement;\r\n6.5.10 unauthorised use, or forging, of mail header information;\r\n6.5.11 engage in any unlawful activity in connection with the use of the Website and/or the Service or any Purchase; or\r\n6.5.12 engage in any conduct which, in our exclusive reasonable opinion, restricts or inhibits any other customer from properly using or enjoying the Website and Service.\r\n\r\n7. RULES ABOUT USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE WEBSITE\r\n7.1 We will use reasonable endeavours to correct any errors or omissions as soon as practicable after being notified of them. However, we do not guarantee that the Service or the Website will be free of faults (or Purchases will be free of error) and we do not accept liability for any errors or omissions. In the event of an error or fault, you should report it by email to: enquiry@officecasita.com.\r\n7.2 We do not warrant that your use of the Service or the Website will be uninterrupted and we do not warrant that any information (or messages) transmitted via the Service or the Website will be transmitted accurately, reliably, in a timely manner or at all.\r\n7.3 We do not give any warranty that the Service or the Website is free from viruses or anything else which may have a harmful effect on any technology.\r\n7.4 Also, although we will try to allow uninterrupted access to the Service and the Website, access to the Service and the Website may be suspended, restricted or terminated at any time.\r\n7.5 We reserve the right to change, modify, substitute, suspend or remove without notice any information or Purchase or service on the Website or forming part of the Service from time to time. Your access to the Website and/or the Service may also be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to restore such access as soon as we reasonably can. We assume no responsibility for functionality which is dependent on your browser or other third party software to operate (including, without limitation, RSS feeds). For the avoidance of doubt, we may also withdraw any information or Purchase from the Website or Service at any time.\r\n7.6 We reserve the right to block access to and/or to edit or remove any material which in our reasonable opinion may give rise to a breach of any of this Agreement.\r\n\r\n8. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION\r\n8.1 If you use (or anyone other than you, with your permission uses) the Website or Service or a Purchase in contravention of this Agreement, we may suspend your use of the Service and/or Website (in whole or in part) and/or a Purchase.\r\n8.2 If we suspend the Service or Website or a Purchase, we may refuse to restore the Service or Website or Purchase until we receive an assurance from you, in a form we deem acceptable that there will be no further breach of the provisions of this Agreement.\r\n8.3 Office Casita shall fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Office Casita to disclose the identity or locate anyone in breach of this Agreement.\r\n8.4 Without limitation to anything else in this Clause 8, we shall be entitled immediately or at any time (in whole or in part) to: i) suspend the Service and/or Website; ii) suspend your use of the Service and/or Website; iii) suspend the use of the Service and/or Website for persons we believe to be connected (in whatever manner) to you; and/or iv) terminate this Agreement immediately if:\r\n8.4.1 you commit any breach of this Agreement;\r\n8.4.2 we suspect, on reasonable grounds, that you have, might or will commit a breach of these terms; or\r\n8.4.3 we suspect, on reasonable grounds, that you may have committed or be committing any fraud against us or any person.\r\n8.5 Notwithstanding anything else in this Clause 8, we may terminate this Agreement at any time.\r\n8.6 Our right to terminate this Agreement shall not prejudice any other right or remedy we may have in respect of any breach or any rights, obligations or liabilities accrued prior to termination.\r\n\r\n9. INDEMNITY\r\n9.1 You shall indemnify us against each loss, liability or cost incurred by us arising out of:\r\n9.1.1 any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened against us by any person arising from:\r\na) your use of the Service or Website;\r\nb) the use of a Purchase;\r\nc) the use of the Service or Website through your password; or\r\n9.1.2 any breach of this Agreement by you.\r\n\r\n10. STANDARDS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY\r\n10.1 We warrant that:\r\n10.1.1 we will exercise reasonable care and skill in performing any obligation under this Agreement, and\r\n10.1.2 we have the right to sell Purchases and that Purchases are of satisfactory quality and fit for their purpose.\r\n10.2 This Clause 10 (and Clause 1.4) prevails over all other Clauses and sets forth our entire Liability, and your sole and exclusive remedies in respect of:\r\n10.2.1 the performance, non-performance, purported performance or delay in performance of this Agreement or the Service or Website (or any part of it or them); or\r\n10.2.2 otherwise in relation to this Agreement or the entering into or performance of this Agreement.\r\n10.3 Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit our Liability for (i) fraud; (ii) death or personal injury caused by our Breach of Duty; (iii) any breach of the obligations implied by ss.12 and 14 Sale of Goods Act 1979 or s.2 Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; or (iv) any other Liability which cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law (including, without limitation liability pursuant to Clause 1.4).\r\n10.4 We do not warrant and we exclude all Liability in respect of:\r\n10.4.1 the accuracy, completeness, fitness for purpose or legality of any information accessed using the Service or Website or otherwise; and\r\n10.4.2 the transmission or the reception of or the failure to transmit or to receive any material of whatever nature; and\r\n10.4.3 your use of any information or materials on the Website (which is entirely at your own risk and it is your responsibility;\r\n10.4.4 Purchase Products for which Purchases may be redeemed and in respect of the quality, safety, usability or any other aspect of the products or services in respect of which is Purchase may be received.\r\n10.5 Save as provided in Clause 10.3 but subject to Clause 10.6, we do not accept and hereby exclude any Liability for loss of or damage to your (or any person’s) tangible property other than that caused by our Breach of Duty.\r\n10.6 Save as provided in Clause 10.3 but subject to Clauses 10.4.3 and 10.8, our Liability for loss of or damage to your (or another person’s) tangible property caused by us, our employees, subcontractors or agents acting within the course of their employment during the performance of this Agreement, shall not exceed S$10. Neither corruption of data nor loss of data shall constitute physical damage to property for the purposes of this Clause 10.6.\r\n10.7 Save as provided in Clauses 10.3 and 10.4.3, we do not accept and hereby exclude any Liability for Breach of Duty other than any such Liability arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.\r\n10.8 Save as provided in Clause 10.3, we shall have no Liability for:\r\n10.8.1 loss of revenue;\r\n10.8.2 loss of actual or anticipated profits;\r\n10.8.3 loss of contracts;\r\n10.8.4 loss of the use of money;\r\n10.8.5 loss of anticipated savings;\r\n10.8.6 loss of business;\r\n10.8.7 loss of opportunity;\r\n10.8.8 loss of goodwill;\r\n10.8.9 loss of reputation;\r\n10.8.10 loss of, damage to or corruption of data; or\r\n10.8.11 any indirect or consequential loss;\r\nand such Liability is excluded whether it is foreseeable, known, foreseen or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, Clauses 10.8.1 to 10.8.10 apply whether such losses are direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise.\r\n10.9 Save as provided in Clause 10.3, our total Liability to you or any third party shall in no circumstances exceed, in aggregate, a sum equal to the greater of: a) S$50; or b) 110% of any aggregate amount paid by you to us in the 12 months preceding any cause of action arising.\r\n10.10 The limitation of Liability under Clause 10.9 has effect in relation both to any Liability expressly provided for under this Agreement and to any Liability arising by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of any term of this Agreement.\r\n10.11 In this Clause 10:\r\n10.11.1 “Liability” means liability in or for breach of contract, Breach of Duty, misrepresentation, restitution or any other cause of action whatsoever relating to or arising under or in connection with this Agreement, including, without limitation, liability expressly provided for under this Agreement or arising by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of any term of this Agreement (and for the purposes of this definition, all references to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to include any collateral contract); and\r\n10.11.2 “Breach of Duty” means the breach of any (i) obligation arising from the express or implied terms of a contract to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill in the performance of the contract or (ii) common law duty to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill (but not any stricter duty).\r\n\r\n11. DATA PROTECTION\r\n11.1 Please see our Privacy Policy which forms part of this Agreement.\r\n\r\n12. ADVERTISEMENTS\r\n12.1 We may place advertisements in different locations on the Website and at different points during use of the Service. These locations and points may change from time to time – but we will always clearly mark which goods and services are advertisements (i.e. from persons other than us), so that it is clear to you which goods and services are provided on an objective basis and which are not (i.e. the advertisements).\r\n12.2 You are free to select or click on advertised goods and services or not as you see fit.\r\n12.3 Any advertisements may be delivered on our behalf by a third party advertising company.\r\n12.4 No personal data (for example your name, address, email address or telephone number) will be used during the course of serving our advertising, but, on our behalf, our third-party advertiser or affiliate may place or recognise a unique “cookie” on your browser (see our Privacy Policy here about this). This cookie will not collect personal data about you nor is it linked to any personal data about you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by any company, see our Privacy Policy here about this which you can click on for more information.\r\n\r\n13. LINKS TO AND FROM OTHER WEBSITES\r\n13.1 Where the Website contains links to third party sites and to resources provided by third parties (together “Other Sites”), those Other Sites are merely linked to provide information only and are solely for your convenience. We have no control over and do not accept and we assume no responsibility[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]