LAST DATED 24 MAY 2018
1 INTRODUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE
1.1 VAT Compliance Europe traded as VATGlobal (Registration No. 8703597); ("We", "Us", "Our",
"VATGLOBAL") is a company
registered in accordance with the laws of United Kingdom and provides the
information on this website ("Website"),
subject to the terms set
out herein and as may be referenced herein (collectively, the "Terms") in order to assess your
VAT compliance capabilities (“Service/s”).
“Use” of the Website includes
accessing and browsing the Website.
1.2 We may modify the Terms ("Amended Terms"). Amended Terms
will be made available via the Website.
By using the Website, You agree to the Terms. If You do not agree to the Terms, You
must not Use Our Website
1.3 Each time You use the
Website You agree to be bound by the Terms or the Amended Terms, as the case
may be.
2 CONTENT YOU PROVIDE
2.1 All information submitted
by You must be and must remain true, accurate, current and complete. You
shall not misrepresent Your identity.
2.2 By using the Website, You
grant Us the right to use information, data, materials or other content You
provide to Us to be uploaded via the Website or which you have provided for the
purposes of rendering the Services and such other purposes as set out in the Privacy Policy.
3 COMMUNICATIONS THAT ORIGINATE FROM YOU
We may
assume that all electronic communications which reasonably appear to originate
from You or a person You have told Us is authorised to act on Your behalf are
in fact from You and the form in which We receive the communication is the same
as when it was first dispatched.
4 TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE WEBSITE
4.1 You may not:
4.1.1 use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar
automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithm or methodology
to access, acquire, copy or monitor the Website without Our express written
consent;
4.1.2 use or attempt to use any
engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation,
browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search
the Website other than the search engines and search agents available through
the Website and other than generally available third party web browsers;
4.1.3 post or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, Trojan
horses or any other contaminating or destructive features, or that otherwise
interfere with the proper working of the Website;
4.1.4 attempt to
decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer any of the software
comprising or in any way making up a part of the Website;
4.1.5 use the Website
in a manner that would bring Us, Our business and/or any of Our affiliates into
disrepute;
4.1.6 access the Website for
unlawful purposes or use the Website in a manner which infringes Our rights or
the rights of any other person or restricts or inhibits the use of or
enjoyment of Our computer systems by any other person;
4.1.7 post or transfer any material to the Website
that is unlawful or violates any third party’s rights or which is obscene,
misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, illegal, in breach of any copyright or
other intellectual property right, or damaging to
data, software or the performance of Our or any other parties’ computer system.
4.2 We are entitled to remove any information You
or your elected third party has submitted via the Website and/or suspend Your use of any part of
the Services at any time without notice to You.
5 YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We
will protect and use Your personal information only in accordance with Our Privacy Policy.
6 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1 We own or are licensed to use all intellectual
property rights in and to all materials, text, drawings and data (collectively,
the "Materials") made
available on the Website. You may not reproduce, distribute, create a
derivative, sell, broadcast or in any other way exploit of the whole or any
part of the Materials.
6.2 The Website and its content may not be
reproduced, duplicated, copied, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any
commercial purpose without Our express prior written consent.
6.3 We own or are licensed to use the trademarks,
names, logos and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks")
displayed on the Website, whether registered or unregistered. You must obtain
Our prior written permission should You want to use any of the Trademarks.
7 EXTERNAL LINKS
External links may be provided for Your convenience. We
make no representation as to their content and use on any external links is at Your
own risk. When visiting external links You must refer to their website’s terms
and conditions.
8 WARRANTIES
Although We will always try to ensure
the Website is available, the Website is provided "as is". We give no
warranties, representations, statements or guarantees (whether express, implied
in law or residual) in this regard.
9 YOUR COMPLAINTS AND QUERIES
Please
email any queries or complaints to info@vatglobal.com
10 THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO THE TERMS
All
matters arising from or in connection with the Terms including its
interpretation, validity, existence or termination for any reason shall be
determined in accordance with the laws of England without giving effect to any
principles of conflict of law. We both agree that all disputes arising out of
or in connection with the Terms shall be finally settled under the Rules of
Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the “Rules”) by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the
Rules. A single arbitrator shall be appointed as provided in the Rules. The
place of arbitration shall be in London and the language of the arbitration
shall be English.
PRIVACY POLICY
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 This privacy policy explains how We protect and
use Your Personal Information.
1.2 "Personal Information" means any
information that is recognised as such in terms of the General Data Protection
Regulation and includes any information which identifies You, such as Your
Registration Information and Login Details.
1.3 All definitions contained in the Terms also
apply to this privacy policy, unless the context indicates otherwise.
2 CONSENT
By using the Service and/or the Website You consent to Our
collection, storage, processing and disclosure of Your Personal Information on
the basis set out in this Privacy Policy.
3 INFORMATION WE COLLECT
3.1 In Your Use of the Website, we may collect and
store internationally the following information and Personal Information:
3.1.1 Your entity name, and entity email address
3.1.2 correspondence via the Website and information
relating to transactional activity via the Website;
3.1.3 website connection information, statistics on
page views, traffic to and from the Website, IP address and standard web log
information;
3.1.4 if you elect to use our Service, information in
respect of each invoice. Such information includes: the country of expense; the
date of the expense; the value; the expense type; the currency; the billing
address; the supplier information (if available); scan or image of the invoice;
and the details of the traveller, this could include the traveller’s name
and/or allocated reference number.
4 HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
4.1 At the outset we would like to give You the
comfort that You will always own Your Personal Information and that we do not
sell Your Personal Information to anyone, for any reason, at any time.
4.2 We use, disclose and share Your Personal
Information only as follows:
4.2.1 to provide the Service;
4.2.2 to analyse website and service usage and to improve
the Services and/or Website;
4.2.3 to deliver to You any administrative notices,
alerts and communications relevant to Your Use of the Website;
4.2.4 for market research, project planning,
troubleshooting problems, detecting and protecting against error, fraud or
other criminal activity;
4.2.5 by disclosing Your Personal Information to
third party service providers appointed by Us in order to enable Us to provide
the Website and Services to You, and who are bound by these same privacy
restrictions;
4.2.6 with and to Our other business divisions and
other companies within the VATGLOBAL group of companies for the purposes of
supporting the Service and the Website, improving the Services, determining any
illegal or fraudulent conduct and violations of any group company polices; and/or
4.2.7 as otherwise set out in the Terms.
4.3 In addition, We may disclose Personal
Information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third
parties as We, in Our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in
connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements,
or other activity that is illegal or may expose Us to legal liability, or in
connection with a merger, consolidation, or sale of Our assets.
5 OPT OUT
You are entitled to opt out of any disclosure
of Your Personal Information to a third party or use of Your Personal
Information for a purpose incompatible with the purpose for which it was
originally collected or subsequently authorized by You by emailing Us at info@vatglobal.com
6 INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
6.1 Our Website uses cookies to distinguish You
from other users of Our Website. This helps us to provide You with a good
experience when You browse Our Website and also allows us to improve Our Website.
[By continuing to browse the site, You are agreeing to Our use of cookies.]
6.2 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers
that we store on Your browser or the hard drive of Your computer if You agree.
Cookies contain information that is transferred to Your computer's hard drive.
6.3 We use the following cookies:
6.3.1 Strictly
necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the
operation of Our Website.
6.3.2 Analytical/performance
cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of
visitors and to see how visitors move around Our Website when they are using
it. This helps us to improve the way Our Website works, for example, by
ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
6.3.3 Functionality
cookies. These are used to recognise You when You return to Our Website.
This enables us to personalise Our content for You, greet You by name and
remember Your preferences (for example, Your choice of language or region).
6.3.4 Targeting
cookies. These cookies record Your visit to our Website, the pages
You have visited and the links You have followed. We will use this information
to make Our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to Your
interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this
purpose.
7 SECURITY
7.1 We take reasonable technical, administrative
and physical steps to protect against unauthorised access to and disclosure of
Personal Information.
7.2 We use a combination of firewall barriers,
encryption techniques and authentication procedures, among others, to maintain
the security of Your online session and to protect Our systems from
unauthorised access.
7.3 Our databases are protected from general
personnel access both physically and logically.
8 LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
We may make content
from third party websites available to You from links located on the Website.
These websites are not subject to the Terms. We recommend that You review the
Terms of each such website to determine how that website protects Your privacy.
9 COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
If You have any
questions, comments or concerns about the Terms, You may contact Us at info@vatglobal.com Copyright
in the Website Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy vests in VATGLOBAL
This document was last updated on 24 May 2018.