1. Introduction
1.1 Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this web site We draw your attention to clauses 8 (Applicability of online materials) and 12 (Liability). By accessing or using Auto Network (GB) Limited’s website (‘our website’) you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
2. Nature of our web site
2.1 Our website is a portal designed to unite both buyers and suppliers of given products and or services. Both buyers and suppliers register their respective details with us and once a potential buyer requests a given product and or service this is then sent out for tender to the suppliers to provide a quotation to provide the product/ service. The quotations are then forwarded to the buyer for further consideration (the ‘Service’). Our website describes the Services in more details.
Our aim is to provide buyers with a wide choice of suppliers that meet their needs for products/services. Buyers can then compare quality, prices, terms etc.
Due to the very nature of the service that we provide we have no control over the number, if any of responses that may be generated, the authenticity of the products/services etc.
2.2 Please note that the contents of our web site are aimed at users aged 18 aged and above.
3. Requesting our services on our website
3.1 In terms of response times, any times or dates stated on our website are estimates only. Auto Network (GB) Limited will make all reasonable effort to ensure that its’ suppliers respond within this time so that it can in turn respond to the buyer, but we not accept liability for any failure to respond within that time.
3.2 Auto Network (GB) Limited is entitled to refuse any request submitted by you. If your request is accepted, we will confirm acceptance to you by on-line electronic means (‘Confirmation’) to the e-mail address you have given us on registration. We shall then respond to your request by the date set out in the Confirmation or, if the Confirmation does not contain such a date, within 14 days.
3.3 If the products/services you have requested are unavailable, our suppliers may provide details of a substitute product/ service of an equivalent quality and price (‘Substitute’)
3.4 You undertake that all details you provide to us for the purpose of requesting the Service from us on our website will be correct. We reserve the right to verify the authenticity of the information you provide, before providing you with our Service.
4. Cancellations
4.1 You may cancel access to our Services at any time (including if you simply change your mind).
4.2 If you have any complaints, you should direct them to us via e-mail a datacontroller@carkeys.co.uk or by post at Floor 13, 20 Chapel Street, Unity Building, Liverpool, L3 9AG.
5. Modifications to our site
We reserve the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of our website or the content or Services available through it, including your access to it. Unless explicitly stated any new features including new content shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.
6. Information you provide
6.1 The following applies to any information you provide to us, for example during any registration or ordering process:
- You authorise us to use, store or otherwise process any personal information which relates to and identifies you, including but not limited to your name and address, to the extent reasonably necessary for us (and if you consent our suppliers) to provide the Service and if you send us personal correspondence such as e-mails or letters or post messages/ comments on our ‘contact us’ page then we may collect this information into a file specific to you (together, the various purposes set out in this paragraph and in our Privacy Policy shall be known as ‘the Purposes’). All such information collected by us shall be referred to in these Terms and Conditions as ‘Personal Information’.
- You must ensure that the Personal Information you provide is accurate and complete and that all requests or registration details (where applicable) contain your correct name, address and other requested details. For more information about how we deal with your Personal Information, please read our Privacy Policy.
6.2 In addition, the following also applies to all e-mails, messages, comments, ideas, suggestions, or other material submitted by you to us (‘Content’): you must own or have the right to submit Content;
- You must ensure that all Content submitted to us does not infringe the copyright, design, privacy, publicity, data protection, trade mark or any other rights of any third party, nor be obscene, abusive, threatening, libellous or defamatory of any person or be otherwise unlawful; and
- We have the right to monitor Content and may edit, reject or remove Content if we believe it does not comply with the above and, in particular, we reserve the right to block incoming e-mails and other Content if we believe that their content is or may be inappropriate or otherwise does not comply with the above.
6.3 You grant us a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty free, worldwide licence to implement any ideas submitted to us, publish all Content that you submit to us except any portion of the Content that is Personal Information. You have sole responsibility for the Content which you submit to us and you shall indemnify and shall keep us fully and effectively indemnified on demand from and against all losses and liabilities (including legal costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by us and arising directly or indirectly out of our use of the Content submitted by you to us.
7. Security
You are solely responsible in all respects for all use of and for protecting the confidentiality of any username and password that may be given to you or selected by you for use on our website. You may not share these with or transfer them to any third parties. You must notify Auto Network (GB) Limited immediately of any unauthorised use of them or any other breach of security regarding our web site that comes to your attention.
8. Applicability of online materials
8.1 Our web site is controlled and operated by us from our offices in Floor 13, 20 Chapel Street, Unity Building, Liverpool, L3 9AG. Where content published, or information detailed on the website is supplied by third parties, namely suppliers, you understand that we do not control or endorse their contents in any way. All content and information which is offered by third parties is published in good faith, but we do not (to the extent permitted by applicable law) accept responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of such content (whether published on or off-line) and the use of such content. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of our website and use of all information contained within it.
8.2 We have used our best endeavours to ensure that our website complies with UK law. However, we make no representations that the materials on our website and the Service that we provide is appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom.
8.3 Auto Network (GB) Limited makes no warranties, express or implied that making the Service available in any particular jurisdiction outside the UK is permitted under any applicable non-UK laws or regulations. Accordingly, if making the Service or any part available in your jurisdiction or to you (by reason of nationality, residence or otherwise) is prohibited, those aspects of the Service are not offered to you. You accept that if you are resident outside the UK, you must satisfy yourself that you are lawfully able to subscribe to our Service and further and transact with the suppliers. Auto Network (GB) Limited accepts no liability, to the extent permitted by applicable law, for any costs, losses or damages resulting from or related to the purchase or attempted purchase of any product service by persons in jurisdictions outside the UK or who are nominees of or trustees for citizens, residents or nationals of other countries who have used our Service.
9. Copyright and monitoring
The contents of our website are protected by international copyright laws and other intellectual property rights. The owner of these rights is Auto Network (GB) Limited or other third-party licensors. All product and company names and logos mentioned in our website are the trademarks, service marks or trading names of their respective owners, including us. You may access and download material from our website for your personal use. However, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute, by any means or in any manner, any material or information on or downloaded from our website including but not limited to text, graphics, pictures, logos, code and/or software without our prior written consent.
10. Linked sites
Auto Network (GB) Limited make no representations whatsoever about any other websites which you may access through our website or which may link to our website. When you access any other website, you understand that it is independent from Auto Network (GB) Limited and that we have no control over the content or availability of that web site. In addition, a link to any other site does not mean that Auto Network (GB) Limited endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of, such a website and shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through any other web or resource. Any concerns regarding any external link should be directed to its website administrator or web master.
11. Availability of our website
We will try to make our website available but cannot guarantee that our website will operate continuously or without interruptions or be error free and can accept no liability for its unavailability. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of our website and you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt any computer system, server, web site, router or any other internet connected device.
12. Liability
12.1 We promise that in respect of the Service we agree to provide:
- we have the right to provide the Service;
- the Service will correspond with what we have set out on our website [and]
- the Service will be carried out with reasonable skill and care.
Subject to this, however, the Service is not provided as being fit for any particular application or for use under specific conditions, unless expressly agreed in writing between you and the supplier.
We exclude all other express or implied terms, conditions, warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever with regard to the Service, our website or any information or other service provided through our website.
We will do our best to ensure that all materials and information published on our website are accurate, but please note that all materials and information on our website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis.
12.2 In relation to the provision of our Services, we accept no liability for any indirect or consequential loss or damage, or for any loss of data, profit, revenue or business (whether direct or indirect), however caused, even if foreseeable. In circumstances where you suffer loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the viewing, use or performance of our website or its contents. We accept no liability for this loss or damage (except where we have been negligent) whether due to inaccuracy, error, omission or any other cause and whether on the part of Auto Network (GB) Limited or our servants, agents or any other person.
12.3 If we are liable to you for any reason, our liability will be limited to the amount paid by you for the Service concerned. This limit does not apply to any liability we may have for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
12.4 You are responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use our website and is compatible with our website. You also understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that any material available for downloading from our website will be free from infection, viruses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.
12.5 The limitations and exclusions in this clause do not affect your non-excludable statutory rights and only apply to the extent permitted by applicable law.
13. General
13.1 We may assign, novate or subcontract any or all of our rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions at any time.
13.2 We may alter these Terms and Conditions from time to time and post the new version on our website, following which all use of our website will be governed by that version. You must check the Terms and Conditions on the website regularly.
13.3 These Terms and Conditions together with the Privacy Policy, the copyright and Trade Mark Notice, and Disclaimer are the whole agreement between you and Auto Network (GB) Limited. You acknowledge that you have not entered into this agreement in reliance upon any warranty or representation made by Auto Network (GB) Limited or any other person and you waive any rights to damages/rescission you may have for misrepresentation (other than a fraudulent misrepresentation) that is not contained in the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, contact us/ order form.
13.4 If any provision or term of these Terms and Conditions shall become or be declared illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, such term or provision shall be divisible from the other terms and conditions and shall be deemed to be deleted from them.
13.5 These Terms and Conditions and your use of our website are governed by English law and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English court.
13.6 Neither you nor Auto Network (GB) Limited will be held liable for any failure to perform any obligation to the other due to causes beyond your or Auto Network (GB) Limited’s respective reasonable control.
13.7 Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under this agreement does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
14. Notices
4.1 All notices shall be given:
- to us via e-mail at datacontroller@carkeys.co.uk or
- to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide during any ordering process.
- Notice will be deemed received when an e-mail is received in full (or else on the next business day if it is received on a weekend or a public holiday in the place of receipt) or 3 days stating.
15. Replacement
These Terms and Conditions replace all other terms and conditions previously applicable to the use of our website and/or the Services that we provide.
I consent to my Personal Information being processed for the Purposes (as detailed above and set out in the Privacy Policy by Auto Network (GB) Limited.
I also consent to my Personal Information being processed for the Purposes (as detailed above and set out in the Privacy Policy by the suppliers registered with Auto Network (GB) Limited.
16. FCA
Car Keys, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Auto Network (GB) Limited is entered on the Financial Services Register (www.fca.org.uk/register) under reference 779094. The information contained within this website is subject to the UK regulatory regime and is therefore primarily targeted at consumers based in the UK. Our disclosure document is available here.
17. Dispute
In the event of any dispute, English Law shall apply, and the dispute shall be dealt with by the English Courts.
We have the discretion to update these terms and conditions at any time. Please check this page for any changes. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review these terms and conditions periodically.