Acknowledgements & Disclaimer

Hooghoudt B.V.
Postbus 679
9700 AR  Groningen
Nederland

Web design and implementation

theFactor.e
Friesestraatweg 215a
9743 AD Groningen
www.tfe.nl

Privacy policy

Hooghoudt sets great store by your interest in our products and your visit to our website. At Hooghoudt, we want you to be able to maintain control of your personal data as much as possible; it is important to us that you enjoy visiting our website. However, we may need information from you every so often. Personal data that we receive from you, such as e.g. your e-mail address, may be used as follows: if you give us personal data in order to receive information from us – such as brochures or other information about Hooghoudt – we may save this data and file it. This enables us to provide you with the desired information. If you consult or download any information, we may trace your visit in order to furnish you with the right information. This also gives us an insight into the web pages you visited. We do not sell or give the information about you that we have compiled or filed to any third parties that are not our partners. Our website may contain links to websites other than the Hooghoudt website. Hooghoudt cannot be held liable for these websites’ privacy policy.

General Terms and Conditions

The web pages and other content of our website, including but not limited to text, presentations, figures, images and sound (jointly referred to as ‘the Content’), are protected by copyright. All rights in the Content are the property of Hooghoudt or of its joint venture partners and/or their licensees. Unless stated otherwise, no part of the Content may be reproduced, transferred, distributed, published, filed or licensed without prior written consent from Hooghoudt. All amendments to the Content are strictly prohibited. Some parts of our website contain images that are covered by the copyright of the relevant suppliers. All of the software that can be downloaded from our website (the ‘Software’) is the copyrighted work of Hooghoudt and/or its own suppliers. The use, reproduction and redistribution of the Software are governed by conditions in a possible end-user licence agreement, which is supplied with the Software or forms part of it (the ‘Licence Agreement’). End users do not have the right to install Software that is subject to a Licence Agreement unless the end user first agrees to the conditions in the Licence Agreement. The Software is made available for downloading by end users for the exclusive purpose of use pursuant to the Licence Agreement. Any applications, reproduction or redistribution of the Software that are not in accordance with the Licence Agreement may result in civil and/or criminal prosecution. Without prejudice to the foregoing, copying or reproducing the Software to another server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. If applicable, the Software is guaranteed solely in accordance with the conditions of the Licence Agreement. With the exception of the guarantee in the Licence Agreement, Hooghoudt hereby rejects all guarantees and conditions pertaining to the Software, including all tacit guarantees and conditions relating to marketability, suitability for a certain purpose, title or non-violation. Unless otherwise stated, Hooghoudt’s trademark rights apply to all brands displayed on our website. This refers to the Hooghoudt company logos and emblems. Use of these brands is prohibited without prior written consent from Hooghoudt. Information on our website is provided ‘as is’ without any guarantees of whatever nature. Hooghoudt and its suppliers reject all guarantees, as they are legally entitled to do, including the guarantee of marketability, the guarantee of non-violation of third parties’ rights, and the guarantee of suitability for a certain purpose. Hooghoudt and its suppliers cannot vouch for the correctness, reliability, completeness or punctual delivery of materials, services, software, text, graphic representations and links, and expressly disclaim all liability for any errors or omissions therein. Hooghoudt disclaims all liability vis-à-vis any party for any direct, indirect, specific or consequential damage, whether this is any other damage arising from the use of our website or of its content, or from the impossibility of making use of them or of all other websites connected to our website via hyperlinks. This also applies to all forms of loss incurred due to profit decrease, interruption of operations, loss of programs or other information in your data processing system or otherwise, even if we have been explicitly notified of the possibility of such loss. Hooghoudt gives no guarantee and/or explanation whatsoever for any other websites that you visit via our website. These links are provided for your convenience, which does not mean that Hooghoudt concurs in or is liable for the content or the use of such websites. In this respect, it is your responsibility to take the necessary precautions and to ensure that the information you select is free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other destructive factors. Our website may contain technical inaccuracies or typographic errors. The information provided on our website may be amended at any time without prior notice or obligation. The information that Hooghoudt publishes on its website may contain references or cross-references to Hooghoudt’s products, services and the like which are not available or have not been announced in your country. Hooghoudt cannot guarantee the correctness of such information because a reservation must be made for amendments to this information.

Information send to Hooghoudt

If you send any information or material to Hooghoudt, you provide Hooghoudt with the right to use, reproduce, display, administer, amend, send and distribute this data free of royalties, unrestrictedly and irrevocably, and to sub-licence these rights. Moreover, you hereby consent to Hooghoudt’s making free use of all ideas, drafts, knowledge or techniques that it receives. Despite the constant care and attention that Hooghoudt devotes to the composition of its website, it is nevertheless possible that the ice is too thin to skate on in certain places. Hooghoudt disclaims all liability for any direct or indirect damage or loss of whatever nature, arising from or connected in any way with the use of www.hooghoudt.nl. The responsibility for judging whether the ice is safe rests with the skaters themselves. Please observe the warnings issued by the authorities in this respect.

Legislation

Visiting and using our website is subject to current national, provincial and local legislation.

Current law/disputes

These General Terms and Conditions and all other additional or related agreements are exclusively governed by Dutch law in all respects, and have been drawn up in accordance with Dutch law. All disputes arising from these General Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the Dutch legal system. All disputes and claims, including interim or provisional measures, arising from or connected with these General Terms and Conditions, and all other additional or related agreements, shall be exclusively referred to and assessed by the competent District Court in Amsterdam, unless the mandatory statutory provisions in the Netherlands prescribe otherwise.