Terms of Use/Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
We respect your privacy! Any and all the information collected on this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, disclosed, or loaned! Any information you provide will be held with the utmost care and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email us.
Copyright Notice
Our Web site, in its entirety, including all site design, text, data, interfaces, logos, button icons, legends, images, photographs, music, audio or video clips, titles, page headers, graphics, software and the selection, arrangement, coordination, enhancement and presentation of said elements is the sole property of SCFF, SAIL and/or their affiliates and content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on our Web site is the property of SCFF or its software suppliers (or is used under license from the owner) and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. You acknowledge that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed.
Trademarks
The trademarks SCFF®, SWISS CHALET FINE FOODS, Swissco and Swiss American Imports are the trademarks of SCFF. All other designs, graphics, logos, slogans, product names and service names are trademarks or servicemarks of SCFF. All other trademarks not owned by SCFF or its affiliates that appear on our Web site are the property of or are used under license from their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to or sponsored by SCFF or its affiliates.
Using Our Web Site
Our Web site and its contents are intended for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as otherwise provided on our Web site, any use of our Web site or its contents other than for your personal, non-commercial purposes - without our written permission - is strictly prohibited. Our Web site or any portion of our Web site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, transmitted, disassembled, sold, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted under these Terms of Use. Any information copied from our Web site in accordance with the foregoing must include the appropriate SCFF copyright notice and trademark notices and may not be altered in any way. Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, using our Web site does not confer, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any ownership right or license to our Web site as a whole or to any individual elements of our Web site, without regard to whether such elements are subject to copyright or trademark protection. Access to our Web site does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo, slogan or mark in any manner. The application of our Web site, into any other site, is strictly prohibited unless pre-approved in writing by SCFF. SCFF reserves the right to refuse access in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, if SCFF believes that a customer's conduct violates applicable law or these Terms of Use or is harmful to the interests of SCFF or its affiliates. By using our Web site, you certify that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18 but at least 13 years of age you may use our Web site only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. SCFF does not intentionally collect personal information about children under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 may not use our Web site and parents or legal guardians may not agree to these Terms of Use on their behalf. If you are a parent or legal guardian agreeing to these Terms of Use for the benefit of a child between the ages of 13 and 18, be advised that you are fully responsible for his or her use of our Web site. If you do not agree to (or cannot comply with) any of these terms and conditions, do not use our Web site. All billing and registration information provided by you through this Web site must be truthful and accurate. Providing any untruthful or inaccurate information may constitute a breach of these Terms of Use.
Conduct
Any conduct by you that, in our sole discretion, restricts, inhibits or interferes with the ability of any other person to use or enjoy our Web site will not be permitted. Our Web site may only be used for lawful purposes. You are prohibited from posting on or transmitting through our Web site any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, adult-oriented, profane, hateful, fraudulent, prejudiced or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws. This agreement also mandates that robots, spiders, Web crawlers, Webants, worms, wanderers, Web agents and other "bots" that visit our Web site are Standard for Robot Exclusion (SRE) -compliant robots ("robots"). You agree not to access our Web site by any means other than through the interface that is provided by us for use in accessing our Web site. You agree not to access or use this site in order to collect information about site visitors or registered users of this site. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of this Web site, without notice, if we believe, at our sole discretion, that it is in violation of these Terms of Use, it is in violation of any applicable law, or that it is harmful to our interests or the interests (including intellectual property or other rights) of another user or third party. Upon any termination of the Agreement by either you or SCFF, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the Terms of Use or otherwise. SCFF's right to any submissions shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Site Security
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of our Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing" or "crashing;" (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. SCFF will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site. You agree, further, not to 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 this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from SCFF on this Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
Errors on Our Web Site
SCFF makes all efforts to ensure that the information on this Site is accurate, current and complete. However, there may be instances when information about a SCFF product contains inaccurate or incomplete information, such as information about the product's pricing or availability. SCFF does not warrant or guarantee that the information on this Site is error-free, complete, or current. SCFF reserves the right to correct errors and/or to update the content or information on this Site at any time, without notice.
Purchases on SCFF's Web Site
Through the SCFF Web site, you may be able to purchase products. Your purchases on our Web site are subject to the following terms: b) Payment is by credit card or will be billed to your SCFF customer account. Currently, we accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. Cash, personal checks, cashiers/certified checks, money orders, or any other form of payment will be accepted by mail. Your credit card will be billed when your order is submitted by you. c) Submission of your order constitutes an offer by you to purchase, and SCFF reserves the right to accept or reject your offer. Acceptance of an offer occurs when the order is accepted by SCFF and your credit card is successfully billed. After submitting your order, you will be shown an order confirmation page and confirmation e-mail will be sent to the address you provided on the form. You should either print the order confirmation page and/or keep the e-mail confirmation for your records. d) Product prices do not include any sales, use, privilege, excise, or any other tax, duty, tariff, or assessment that may arise, and payment of any such costs are your responsibility.
Limitation of Liability
SCFF AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES RESULTING FROM OR CAUSED BY YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITE, YOUR MISUSE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR WEB SITE'S CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, ANY THIRD PARTY WEB SITES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR WEB SITE, OR ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS DELIVERED, PURCHASED OR USED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITE. SCFF ALSO WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL FAILURES OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO USER TRANSMISSIONS BY THIRD PARTIES. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS), WHETHER IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SCFF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH OUR WEB SITE OR ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE, OR WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR WEB SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITE, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SCFF UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).
Indemnities
You agree that you will hold harmless SCFF, its affiliates and the respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers of SCFF and its affiliates from any and all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, our Web site or from the services rendered by SCFF in conjunction with your use of our Web site. This includes but is not limited to, claims that you have found something you have heard, viewed or downloaded from our Web site or another site to which it is linked to be obscene, offensive, defamatory or infringing upon your intellectual property rights. This also includes claims by third parties arising out of your use of the content on this Web site, your use of this Web site, your connection to this Web site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of any other third party. In no event will SCFF, its affiliates or the contributors of content to our Web site be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.