The following "General Terms and Conditions of Use" govern access to and use of our website officinabvmilano.com (hereinafter "Terms" and the "Website"). Everyone who intends to browse our webpages shall follow the Terms.

Accessing and browsing the Website, as well as purchasing products, are based on the assumption that these General Terms and Conditions of Use have been read, understood, and fully accepted by you. If you do not accept the Terms, please do not use this Website.

Please note that your browsing of the website shall be considered full acceptance of the Terms and everyone who browses the Website implicitly declares that she/he shall not use the Website and all its contents for unlawful purposes or for any other aim contrary to any applicable local or international laws. ILC S.r.l. (hereinafter also "Provider" and "ILC") shall not be held liable for any use of the website and its contents by its users that does not comply with the laws and regulations in force in any state, without prejudice to the Provider's liability for intentional torts and gross negligence.

This website is managed and maintained by ILC S.r.l., which may modify, amend, or simply update all or part of these General Terms and Conditions of Use at any time and without prior notice to users, who are obliged to periodically verify the Terms before accessing the Website. The latest version of these Terms of Use will always be available in the specific section of the website. Any new version of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall take effect and govern the use of the Platform and your relationship with us immediately upon the date of posting.

By continuing to use the Platform, You agree to be bound by the terms of these updates and amendments, therefore, accessing the Website after any of these changes shall be considered full acceptance of any change in the terms.

Access to and use of officinabvmilano.com, including viewing web pages, communicating with the Provider, downloading product information, and making purchases on the website, are carried out by you exclusively for personal purposes, which should in no way be connected to any trade, business, or professional activity. Remember that You will be liable for Your use of officinabvmilano.com and its contents, and for communicating information or data that is incorrect, false, or concerning third parties (in the event that such third parties have not given their consent), as well as for any improper use of such data or information.

As the webpages offer goods and services and present content subject to specific terms and conditions related thereto, these shall prevail over these General Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to all or part of officinabvmilano.com's General Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not use our website.

Requests for further information can be made through our Customer Service. If you need any assistance, go to the Footer where you will find information about how to place an order, about shipping, refunds and returning products purchased on our website, a registration form and other general information on the services provided by officinabvmilano.com. For any further legal information, go to the sections: General Terms and Conditions of Sale, Return Policy, Privacy Policy, and Cookies Policy of officinabvmilano.com.

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1. WEBSITE CONTENTS

The Website is an Internet portal that provides users with information about ILC and the world of the BVMILANO brand. Furthermore, the purpose of the Website is to provide a complete overview of ILC's major promotional and commercial activities, its products and services, and how to enjoy them.

ILC does not warrant that the contents of the website are appropriate or lawful in other countries outside Italy. However, in the event that such contents are deemed to be unlawful or illegal in your country, please do not access this website and, where you nonetheless choose to access it, we hereby inform you that any use of the services provided by officinabvmilano.com shall be your exclusive and personal responsibility. ILC has also adopted measures to ensure that the content of our website is accurate and does not contain any incorrect or out-of-date information. However, the Provider cannot be held liable for the accuracy and completeness of the content, except for its liability for tort and gross negligence and as otherwise provided for by law.

All website content (such as news, photos, videos, sounds, trademarks, domain names, apps, graphical layouts, technical documents and manuals, etc.) and related rights are reserved. They may be accessed for personal use only; any other use is expressly prohibited unless previously authorized by ILC S.r.l.

Whilst considerable effort has been made to ensure that the visual representations of our products displayed on the website are representative of the color, design, and style and of any other characteristic of the original products, slight variations, distortions, and/or differences may be apparent when compared to the original product. This may, for example, be due to technical issues such as your browser or computer settings. Accordingly, ILC S.r.l. cannot be held liable for any apparent differences in the product images represented on the Platforms and the original products.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All website trademarks, domain names, company names, and logos, as well as any other content, belong to ILC S.r.l. and are copyrighted and therefore protected by applicable national and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Their unauthorized reproduction and copying, or any download or reuse not specifically authorized, and any other operation that could damage the intellectual property rights belonging to the author of the uploaded content itself, is expressly forbidden.

Furthermore, please note that the Website may contain trademarks, domain names, company names, and logos belonging to third parties with whom ILC S.r.l. collaborates, so these aforementioned trademarks, domain names, company names, and logos are also protected and copyrighted under applicable law.

The following shall be considered Website content, including but not limited to:

• Works, texts, tagline, headline payoff or claim, and slogan;
• music or playbacks;
• diagrams, charts, and databases;
• images, pictures, photographs, and videos; layout and graphic reproduction; tools, fonts, and colors;

All website content is for personal use, research, or teaching purposes only and shall not be used for any direct or indirect commercial purpose, provided that the rights holder and the contents are acknowledged and shall not be modified.

3. WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

ILC S.r.l. has created its website to provide information about its company and BV Milano’s products for your personal use only. ILC S.r.l. warns that the website and its entire content shall not be copied and copied out, reproduced, republished, uploaded, sent, and distributed, in any way and form, either entirely or in part, without the prior and express authorization of ILC S.r.l.

Access to and use of officinabvmilano.com, including viewing web pages, communicating with the Provider, downloading product information, and making purchases on the website, are carried out by you exclusively for personal purposes, which should in no way be connected to any trade, business, or professional activity. Remember that you will be liable for your use of officinabvmilano.com and its contents.

No content may be broadcast, either in whole or in part, on the web, television, radio, or any other media, without prior and express authorization from ILC S.r.l., except for press activities related to news; however, even for this activity, the indication of copyrights and intellectual property rights must be clearly shown.

Furthermore, the information and material uploaded to the Website shall not be used for commercial purposes in order to produce any databases, neither filed in their entirety nor in part in previous databases accessible by the creator or third party.

4. PRIVACY POLICY

All information collection practices on the website, such as the types of information we collect regarding visitors to the Platforms and the ways in which we may use that information, are governed by the terms of ourPrivacy Policy.

5. CONDITION OF SALE

Customers purchasing products online through the website must read theConditions of Sale, which will govern the terms and conditions of any such purchases. The provisions entitled "Limitation of liability" below do not cover the sale of products online, so please refer to theConditions of Salefor the relevant exclusions and limitations of liability.

6. TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION

You agree that ILC may terminate or suspend Your access to and use of the website if ILC reasonably believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions of Use, or violated the rights of ILC, its affiliated companies, or any third party, with or without notice to You.

You agree that ILC may modify or discontinue providing any of the website content or service, with or without notice to you. You agree that ILC will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such modification or discontinuation. The next provisions entitled "DISCLAIMERS ON CONTENT, WARRANTY EXCLUSION AND LIMITED LIABILITY" will survive termination of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

7. DISCLAIMERS ON CONTENT, WARRANTY EXCLUSION, AND LIMITED LIABILITY

All content uploaded to the Website is for general information purposes only. ILC does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. ILC reserves the right to modify all information at any time and without prior notice. ILC S.r.l. shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect damages, including loss of profit, that may arise from using the Website or from the inability to browse it, or from using other websites directly or indirectly linked to it, or from errors and omissions.

Due to the nature of the Internet and web content, ILC S.r.l. cannot guarantee that the website will be free from viruses and that it will operate continuously, without any interruptions or errors due to the Internet connection.  In the event of any problem in using our website, please contact us. A provider representative will be at your disposal to assist and help you restore your access to the website, as far as possible. At the same time, please contact your Internet service provider or check that each device for Internet connection and access to web content is correctly activated, including your Internet browser. Please be aware that the site may be unavailable from time to time due to maintenance.

ILC has adopted adequate technical and organizational security measures to protect services on officinabvmilano.com, integrity of data and electronic communications in order to prevent unauthorized use of or access to data, as well as to prevent risks of dissemination, destruction and loss of data and confidential/non-confidential information regarding users of officinabvmilano.com, and to avoid unauthorized or unlawful access to such data and information.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE OR OF ANY LINKED WEB SITE, IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE ARISING FROM DOING SO. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE IN THESE TERMS.

8. SERVICES OF THIRD PARTIES

This Site may contain links or references to other websites outside of our control. ILC S.R.L. is not responsible for these websites or any contents thereof. The inclusion of any such links on ILC’s website’s – officinabvmilano.com – pages shall not constitute an endorsement of, or representation or warranty by us regarding the content of such websites, the products or services of such websites, or the operators of such websites. You should consult the other websites' privacy policies and terms of use as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third-party websites. ILC S.r.l. will not be liable for any damages or losses or expenses, even if foreseeable, that may arise from Your use of these third-party websites or for the actions and customer information practices of any website to which our Site links or refers.

9. LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal, and does not damage or take advantage of our reputation. You may not frame or deep link this Site. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with our General Terms and Conditions of Use. You must not establish a link in such a way that suggests endorsement, association, or approval on our part where none exists.

10. SUBMISSIONS AND UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATIONS

This section concerns unsolicited communications sent to ILC S.r.l. and does not concern the communication of personal information to ILC in relation to customer enquiries, the use of services, or the purchase of products through the Platform. The latter is governed by the rules stipulated in thePrivacy Policy.

Any unsolicited communication or material that you transmit to ILC via the website or through social media, by electronic mail or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like will be treated in each instance as non-confidential and non-proprietary by ILC. By sending communications to ILC, you automatically grant ILC a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such communication(s) alone, or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights to anyone. Anything you transmit may be used by ILC and its affiliated companies for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting, or developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information.

Furthermore, ILC enjoys a worldwide reputation for both the high quality of design and materials of its manufacture. To this end, it possesses its own sources of creativity, in particular highly skilled teams of designers who conceive and perfect ILC's creations. As a result, ILC cannot agree to or accept to be the receiver of unsolicited proposals of collaboration. Indeed, it is conceivable that ILC may already be working on similar ideas and/or creations. Consequently, you are advised that ILC is not interested in receiving ideas or other proposals relating to creations you may wish to submit.

In any case, if you send ILC S.r.l. creative suggestions, ideas, notes, photographs, drawings, concepts, or any other information (each, a "Submission" and collectively, the "Submissions") despite our request, you irrevocably grant ILC S.r.l. the right, but not the obligation, to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, license, post, sell, translate, incorporate, create derivative works from, exploit, and otherwise use the Submission in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, without giving you any compensation or credit.

11. INDEMNITY

The User undertakes to hold harmless the Owner (as well as any companies controlled by it or its affiliates, its representatives, administrators, agents, licensees, partners, and employees) from any obligation or liability, including any legal fees incurred to defend themselves in court, which should arise due to damage caused to other Users or to third parties, in relation to the content uploaded online, to the violation of the terms of the law or the terms of these conditions of service.

12. APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURT

Except for any different rights according to applicable law – both national and international – these Terms are governed by Italian law and shall be interpreted in accordance with it (except for any conflict of customer law legislation), including any dispute regarding the existence, validity, and effectiveness of the Terms.

In relation to this, the competent court shall be the Court of Milan.

Pursuant to Italian law, in the event of any potential interpretative conflicts between the Italian and English versions of these Terms, the Italian version shall prevail.

13. CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms and Conditions of Use, or matters in general, please contact us at the address provided below. You can also use this address if you wish to request a copy of the "personal data" we hold about you.

info@bvmilano.com