Terms and Conditions of use

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE ACCESSING THE CANON EUROPE WEBSITE. By accessing the Canon Website, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

1. Acceptance

Canon Europa N.V. ("Canon") provides this website ("Canon Website") to you on the basis of the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions"). By accessing any page on this Canon Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions may be updated by Canon from time to time by posting the updated Terms and Conditions without prior separate notification to you. You should check the Terms and Conditions each time you access the Canon Website to check for updates.

2. Canon Website

You will be able to obtain information about certain Canon products and services on this Canon Website and you may also submit queries to Canon to receive more information. Please note that this Canon Website is the European website and that products and services provided might vary from country to country. Please use the links to the national websites to find out details about products and services available.

3. Cookie information

Read about our cookie policy.

4. Use

You undertake not to post to or send via this website any materials that are or could reasonably be construed as: (i) defamatory, libellous, obscene, offensive, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory or blasphemous; (ii) in breach of any obligation of confidence or privacy or any trade secret; (iii) infringing the proprietary rights of any third party or for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals; or (iv) violating any other law.

You also agree not to transmit to or send via the website any materials which could reasonably be held to constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of any country or other competent authority, or infringe the rights of any third party enforceable in any part of the world.

Canon reserves the right to remove any materials from the website where it reasonably suspects that such material is prohibited by this Section 4 or is otherwise inappropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that Canon has no control over content on the website provided by other users, neither does it purport to monitor the content of the website to ensure its accuracy, appropriateness or conformity with the principles outlined in these Terms and Conditions.

You must not link to the Canon Website other websites which are indecent or inappropriate, and you must forthwith remove any link if Canon in its discretion so requests.

All materials (including, but not limited to, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, images, video, data compilations, digital downloads and software) and unless specified or third party materials linked and/or referred to on this Website ("Materials") are the property of Canon and its suppliers and protected by European, Japanese and international copyright laws.

Copyright of the third party materials will be subject to jurisdictions specified in the third party website.

Canon authorises you to view and download the Materials only for your personal, non-commercial use; provided, that you do not modify or create any derivative work of the Materials in any way, or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose. Any use of the Materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

If you wish to use the Materials beyond the scope as authorized above, you need to obtain prior approval by the relevant copyright owners or licensors of such Materials, i.e. Canon, its suppliers or others.

If you wish to directly quote any portion of the Contents in any printed material such as magazines, please contact the Webmaster for permission at new.media@canon-europe.com. If you wish to publish any part of the Materials on CD or other media, please specify which portion of the Materials you wish to publish.

You agree to indemnify Canon and Canon affiliates against any claim, demand, loss or damage suffered as a result of breach of this Section 4.

Canon does not give authorisation for the use of third party materials for any personal and/ or non-commercial use. Authorisation for the use of third party materials remains with the relevant third party.

5. Disclaimer

Canon hereby excludes all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms concerning the supply or purported supply of, failure to supply or delay in supplying any service in connection with the Canon Website or that the Canon Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date, which might but for this Section 5 have effect between Canon and you, or would otherwise be implied into or incorporated into these Terms and Conditions or any collateral contract, whether by statute, common law or otherwise. You understand and agree that you are using the Canon Website at your sole risk and that Canon does not warrant that the Canon Website will meet your requirements or that the Canon Website will be uninterrupted, error free or secure. Any content or services provided via the Canon Website or in connection with the Canon Website by Canon is done so on an "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis and Canon makes no representations or endorsement of any kind, whether express or implied, with respect to the Canon Website for the content or services included in, or made available in connection with, this Canon Website. Canon reserves the right at its sole discretion, to amend or withdraw any content or services offered as part of the Canon Website.

6. Liability

Canon, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this Canon Website), and any of Canon's group companies and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party, (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise in connection with this Canon Website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this Canon Website, any websites linked to this Canon Website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this Canon Website or your downloading of any material from this Canon Website or any websites linked to this Canon Website. This shall not affect your statutory rights.

Canon is not liable for the accuracy in content and advisory value of any third party information that are linked and/ or referred to in the Canon Website. The links and reference are provided for your information only. Canon has no control over the contents of these third party sites and excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party for the use of these information. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Canon's liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by its negligence; (ii) fraud; or (iii) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

7. Privacy Policies

If you choose to register on any part of this Canon Website, you agree to provide Canon with the accurate data as requested in the registration form. For details of our use and transfer of your personal data, please refer to this PRIVACY POLICY.


PRIVACY POLICY

    The information provided in a from or otherwise via the Canon Website will be used by Canon, which for the purposes of this Section 7 will also include Canon Europe Ltd, for the purpose of providing the services that you have requested by way of the Canon Website.
    From time to time Canon, Canon affiliates or agents might use this information for marketing purposes or to inform you about other products and services, which we think might be of interest for you. You can specify whether you wish to receive such information in the appropriate box in your registration form. Whereas information is provided in email, you can unsubscribe from the mailing list. Your personal information may be linked to the browser information, other Canon affiliates and third parties (such as hosting service providers) for the purposes set out above and in the cookie policy and for the purposes of group administration. This might involve a transfer of data outside the European Economic Area. Some of these recipients may be located in countries that do not have the same privacy laws as the EU Member States, however, you may rest assured that the necessary measures are in place to protect the confidentiality and security of your information.
    We are committed to protecting your privacy. Your personal data is held on secure computer and manual files and shall not be processed for any other purpose than those set out in this Privacy Policy. The server Canon uses to store this data is accessible to designated third party agencies, contractors and/or authorised Canon staff under strict control of Canon (“Authorised staff”) only. This server is further connected to the Internet through a firewall and is therefore not accessible to the public.
    Small pieces of information known as cookies will be installed on your computer to collect statistical information including navigation paths, number of visits, returning customers and hits per page. The only personal information that a cookie can contain is information that you provide yourself. They cannot read data off your hard disk. We use these cookies to help us determine the usefulness of the information that we provide and to see how user-friendly our website is. Canon does not share the information that it gathers from cookies with other non-Canon entities or sell it to third parties. If you prefer not to receive cookies from our website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. You are not required to have cookies turned on to enable you to use any area of the Canon Websites.
    You have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your data by accessing the appropriate link to your profile or by submitting a request to consumer.deletion@canon-europe.com
    We will only hold your personal data for the duration necessary to allow us to provide the services that you have requested or for any additional period as required by law.
    This Privacy Policy may be amended by Canon from time to time. These changes may affect our use of your personal data. Updated Privacy Policy will be available on the Canon Website without prior notification to you.


For details about how we use consumer information, please refer to our Consumer Data Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy for Canon Online Recruitment System

8. Trademark

You must not display or use in any manner Canon or Canon Group trademarks or logos without Canons prior written permission.

9. Canon Europa N.V.

Canon Europa N.V.
Bovenkerkerweg 59-61
1185 XB Amstelveen
Netherlands
Tel 0031 20 545 8545
Fax 0031 20 545 8222

Registered no: Company Registration Number: 33166721
VAT no: NL005916343B01

10. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

11. Copyright

Copyright © Canon Europa N.V. and Canon Europe Ltd2002-2011. All rights reserved. It is strictly prohibited to copy, redistribute, republish or modify any materials or software contained on the Canon Website or in subsequent support without the prior written consent of Canon.

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Issue date: 01/03/2011