Terms and conditions

Thank you for coming to our website. Secom is a brand of SE & Partner Consulting Sàrl, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. By accessing and/or using this website and related services, you agree to these Terms and conditions, which include our Privacy Policy (available at Privacy Policy.) (Terms).
You should read our Privacy Policy and these Terms carefully and immediately cease using our website and the services provided on our website if you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and/or these Terms.
In these Terms, 'us', 'we' and 'our' means Secom.

Registration

To access our products and all features of our website, you must first create an account. You will provide us with personal information such as your full name, address, email address, identification, and other service-related information when you register and activate your account. You must ensure that this information is correct and up to date.

All personal information collected by us will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You will create a username and password for your account when you register and activate it. You are responsible for keeping this user name and password secure. In addition, you are responsible for any use or activity conducted on this website under your username.

Account services and duration

Secom reserves the right to cancel your account if you do not use it, do not pay for our services, or violate these Terms and Conditions. In general, all Secom user accounts are kept indefinitely unless and until the user cancels them. Following any account cancellation, Secom may keep certain account settings and information for a period of time in case the account is reactivated. Secom reserves the right to keep account information for an indefinite period of time at its sole discretion.

Unless otherwise specified, accounts are automatically renewed for the same time period for which they were originally signed up.

Collection notice

We collect personal information about you in order to provide our services to you, respond to your enquiries and for purposes otherwise set out in our Privacy Policy.

We may disclose that information to third parties that help us deliver our services (including information technology suppliers and communication suppliers) or as required by law or by competent authorities. If you do not provide this information, we may not be able to provide all of our services to you. We may also disclose your personal information to recipients that are located outside of the country you are located in, including to our service providers located in Switzerland. Further details are set out in our Privacy Policy. 
Our Privacy policy explains in particular:

  • how we store and use, and how you may access and correct your personal information
  • how you can lodge a complaint regarding the handling of your personal information and
  • how we will handle any complaint.

If you would like any further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us via the contact form on our website at https://swiss-export-compliance.com.

By providing your personal information to us, you consent to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of that information as described in the Privacy Policy and these Terms. 

Accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information

Secom takes all reasonable measures to ensure the reliability of the information presented, but makes no representations as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information and opinions contained on the website. We are not providing official government information and you should obtain professional or specialist advice that is appropriate and adapted to your personal circumstances. While we use all reasonable attempts to ensure the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the information on our website, to the extent permitted by the Swiss law, we make no warranty regarding the information on this website. You should monitor any changes to the information contained on this website yourself. Secom declines any liability relating to the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of any information on our website. 

We are not liable to you or anyone else if interference with or damage to your computer systems occurs in connection with the use of this website or any linked website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use from our website is free of viruses or anything else (such as worms or Trojan horses) that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer systems.

We may, from time to time and without notice, change or add to the website (including the Terms and the Privacy Policy) or the information, products or services described on it. However, we do not undertake to keep the website up-to-date. We are not liable to you or anyone else if errors occur in the information on the website or if that information is not up-to-date.

Swiss consumer law

In respect of our operations in Switzerland, our goods and services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Swiss Consumer Law. Nothing in these terms and conditions purports to modify or exclude the conditions, warranties and undertakings, and other legal rights, under the Swiss Consumer laws.

Any and all other warranties or conditions which are not guaranteed by the Swiss Consumer Law are expressly excluded where permitted, including liability for incidental or consequential damages caused by breach of any express or implied warranty or condition.

Linked sites

Our website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites. These links are provided for your convenience and may no longer be current or maintained. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content on those linked websites, unless expressly stated otherwise, and we have no control over or rights in those linked websites.

Intellectual property rights

Your use of this website and use of and access to any content on this website does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this website or the content. However, we do grant you a licence to access the website and view the content, as expressly authorised by us and subject to these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

Any reproduction or redistribution of this website or the content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. In addition, you must not copy, use or reproduce the content of this website to any other website,  server, location or any type of support. Publication, reproduction or distribution of any content of this website is expressly prohibited.

Unacceptable activity

You must not do any act that we would deem to be inappropriate, is unlawful or is prohibited by any laws applicable to our website or Secom, including but not limited to:

  • any act that would constitute a breach of either the privacy, data protection, personality rights (including uploading private or personal information without an individual's consent) or any other of the legal rights of natural or moral persons. 
  • using this website to defame or libel us, our employees or other individuals.
  • uploading files that contain viruses that may cause damage to our property or the property of other individuals and.
  • posting or transmitting to this website any non-authorised material including, but not limited to, material that is, in our opinion, likely to cause annoyance, or which is illegal, defamatory, racist, obscene, threatening, pornographic or otherwise or which is detrimental to or in violation of our systems or a third party's systems or network security.

If we allow you to post any information to our website, we have the right to take down this information at our sole discretion and without notice.

Warranties and disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, including the Swiss Consumer Law, we make no warranties or representations about this website or the content, including but not limited to warranties or representations that they will be complete, accurate or up-to-date, that access will be uninterrupted or error-free or free from viruses, or that this website will be secure.

Our website allows you to create, share, download, accept and sign documents. By accessing our website and using our products and services, you acknowledge that we are not responsible for any content of documents accessed or downloaded from our website. We are not responsible for any document you create and you do so at your own risk.

We will take reasonable steps to provide a safe and reliable service. However, there are some risks with using the internet which are out of our control. To the extent permitted by law, we do not guarantee that our website will be free from viruses and we do not accept any responsibility for any harmful computer code that might be introduced to your system by using our website.

We do not guarantee that access to our website will be uninterrupted, timely or secure, or that it will always operate as intended and, to the extent permitted by law, we do not accept any liability in that regard.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate without notice your access to this website, any content, or any feature of this website at any time without notice and we will not be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or liability that may arise as a result.

Third party websites and advertising

Our website contains links to other websites operated by third parties. We do not endorse those other websites or the products and services provided on those websites and the links to such websites should be taken as a general recommendation only without taking into account your specific requirements or suitability. We are not responsible for the condition or content of those websites as these are outside of our control.

We make no representations about the accuracy of any information contained on any other website and are not responsible for any loss arising directly or indirectly from you using, accessing or attempting to access those websites. You must obtain our prior written permission to link to our website.

Our website may display third party advertising. We do not endorse  third party advertisers, their products or services and we do not accept liability for any loss arising in connection with you using, accessing or attempting to access third party websites, products or services.

Jurisdiction and governing law

Your use of the website and these Terms are governed by Swiss law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Updating these terms

We reserve the right to update and amend these Terms at any time from time to time without prior notice. 

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