Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

Terms Of Use

Introduction

This website is brought to you by Ecolab Ltd, David Murray John Building, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1NH, United Kingdom, hereinafter referred to as “Ecolab". The information available on this website about Ecolab, its affiliated companies and third parties has been put together with utmost care. However, we are unable to guarantee the completeness and correctness of the information. Subject to Section 4 below, Ecolab does not assume any liability for any mistakes in the contents of this website.

By accessing this site, you accept without restriction or reservation the following General Terms of Use of the Website that you can view or print out in a pdf file.

THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE IN IS NOT INTENDED OR APPROVED FOR USE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR FOR USE BY U.S. CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS. SAID PERSONS ARE KINDLY ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL ECOLAB WEBSITE OR WEBSITES OF US-AFFILIATED COMPANIES OF THE ECOLAB GROUP.

1. Copyright Law

The pages of our site including both the contents and structure of the website are protected by copyright. In particular, any reproductions, adaptations, translations, storage and processing in other media, including storage or processing by electronic means, enjoy copyright protection. Any exploitation in whole or in part thereof shall require the prior written consent of Ecolab. Any reproduction of information or data, in particular the use of texts or parts thereof or image materials (except for Ecolab press photos), requires Ecolab's prior written consent. Illustrations are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the World. The rights of dissemination and reproduction are held by Ecolab. The rights also remain in force in their entirety when images are automatically or manually added to an archive.

Ecolab press photos may be used for editorial purposes only. Ecolab press photos that are reproduced and/or electronically modified for editorial purposes must bear the copyright notice "© [Year] Ecolab. All rights reserved". Reprinting is free of charge, however, we request a copy for our files.

2. Trademarks

The trademark “Ecolab”, the Ecolab logo and all product names and/or product get-ups on these pages are registered trademarks of Ecolab Inc., its affiliates, licensors or joint venture partners. Any unauthorized use or abuse of these trademarks is expressly prohibited and constitutes a violation of trademark law, copyright law, other intellectual property rights or unfair competition law.

3. Disclaimer for Third Party Websites

Where the website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Ecolab have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

4. General Disclaimer

Nothing in these terms shall in any way exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation.

To the extent permitted by law we expressly exclude:

 (b)        any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with the website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of the website and any materials posted on it, including:

 (i)         loss of income or revenue;

(ii)        loss of business;

(iii)       loss of profits or contracts;

(iv)       loss of anticipated savings;

(v)        loss of data;

(vi)       loss of goodwill;

(vii)       wasted management or office time; and

whether caused  by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

 (b)        any liability for misrepresentation unless a written representation is made in writing by Ecolab specifically to you.

Ecolab employs great efforts to keep Ecolab websites free from viruses, however, we are unable to guarantee any absence of viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. For this reason, we recommend that care be taken to assure adequate protection against viruses (e.g. using virus scanners) before downloading documents and data.

Ecolab does not warrant any freedom from faults or errors of the services offered on the Ecolab website nor their availability.

5. Forecasts and Declarations of Intent

Forward-looking statements on this Internet site have been made according to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, the results actually achieved by Ecolab may differ greatly from these forward-looking statements, because they depend on a whole group of factors of a competitive and macroeconomic nature that are in some cases beyond the control of Ecolab. Without prejudice to any legal obligations to amend forward-looking statements, Ecolab has no intention of constantly updating all forward-looking statements contained in this website.

We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to the website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

6. Ecolab Products

The products shown on this Internet website are examples of the products available from companies of the Ecolab Group worldwide. Ecolab does not warrant that a product shown is also available in your country. For a list of all the Ecolab products available in your country, please go to the Ecolab homepage for your country.

7. Miscellaneous

These General Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany without regard to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods the application of which Convention to these General Terms of Use is hereby expressly excluded. The German courts shall have the non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to the website (and you will not object to our choice of court). Should any provision of these General Terms of Use be or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

Privacy Statement

1. General

Ecolab respects the privacy of each person who visits our website. Now we would like to inform you of the type of data collected by Ecolab and how they are used. You will also learn how you can check the accuracy of this information and arrange for the deletion of these data by Ecolab. Data are collected, processed and used in conformity with the Data Protection Act 1998. We take any action required to ensure compliance.

This Privacy Statement does not apply to websites accessible from hyperlinks on Ecolab websites.

2. Collection, use and processing of personal data

We collect data relating to a specific person for processing and usage purposes only, if you voluntarily decide to enter the data or expressly give your consent thereto. By doing so, you accept the following terms of use.

When visiting our website, certain data are automatically stored on our servers for the purpose of system administration or for statistical or backup purposes. These data comprise the name of your Internet service provider, in some cases your IP address, the version of your browser software, the operating system of the computer used to access our website, the website you are using to visit us, the websites that you visit while you are with us and, if applicable, any search terms you have been using to find our website. Depending on the circumstances, such data may allow that conclusions be drawn about certain visitors to the website. However, no personal data are used in this context. Such data are used solely after having been rendered anonymously. If Ecolab transfers data to an external service-provider, technical and organizational measures will be taken which guarantee that their transmission occurs in conformity with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Some services may require registration. When you register with us, you may need to complete certain fields (some are required and some are optional), as well as choose a user name and password. In these situations, if you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to the affected service and for us to respond to your query.

If you voluntarily supply us with personal data, we shall not use, process or transfer these data beyond the limits permitted by statute or defined by yourself in your declaration of consent. Furthermore, we will transfer your data only, if we are obliged to do so by official or court orders.

Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be published on this page. This enables you to inform yourself at any time about which data we are storing and how we collect and use such data.

3. Security

Ecolab will store your data safely and, therefore, take all precautionary measures to protect your data against loss, abuse or changes. Contractual partners of Ecolab who have access to your data in order to provide services to you on behalf of Ecolab are contractually obliged to keep such information in confidence and may not use these data for any other purpose. In some cases, it will be necessary that we transfer your inquiries to any company of the Ecolab Group which means Ecolab’s subsidiaries, its ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries as defined in section 1159 Companies Act 2006. Also in these cases your data will be treated confidential.

Your data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for the Ecolab Group or for one of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the website, any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security procedures to try to prevent unauthorised access.

4. Personal Data of Children

Ecolab does not wish to collect data on children below the age of 14 years. Where necessary, Ecolab will expressly draw the child's attention in an appropriate place to the fact that they shall not send any personal data to Ecolab. Should parents or other legal guardians discover that the children under their supervision have made personal data available to Ecolab, we request that they contact us at the address below (see Section 6 below), if these data shall be deleted. We shall then arrange for the deletion of these data without delay.

5. "Cookies"

To facilitate the use of our website, we are using "cookies". Cookies are small units of data temporarily stored on the hard disk of your computer by your browser that are necessary for using our website. The information contained in cookies serves, e.g., the purpose of session control, in particular improved navigation and allows for a high level of user-friendliness of a website. The cookies that we use do not store any personal data. The majority of web browsers automatically accepts cookies. You can avoid this by changing the settings of your browser. You can remove the cookies stored on your PC any time by deleting the temporary Internet files (Browser bar "Tools/Extras"-"Internet options"). However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the website.

6. Your Wishes and Queries / Data Protection Officer

Stored data will be deleted by Ecolab upon expiration of the statutory or contractual filing period or if Ecolab no longer requires the same. At any time, you may, of course, ask for the deletion of your data. You are also entitled at any time to revoke your consent to the use or processing of your personal data with future effect. In these cases, or if you have any other wishes in connection with your personal data, please send a letter to our data protection officer, Mr. Thomas Schneider. Please also contact us this way, if you would like to know whether we have collected data about you, what data, the purpose for which it is processed, the recipients to whom they may be distributed and to request a copy of such data. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 and we shall endeavor to comply with your wish immediately.