Terms of Access

This site is owned and operated by SICPA HOLDING SA ('SICPA'). Your use of this Site is subject to these Terms of Access ('Terms'). By accessing the Site in any way, including, without limitation, browsing the Site, using information obtained from the Site, making a purchase, and/or submitting information to SICPA through the Site, you agree to and are bound by the terms, conditions, policies and notices contained in these Terms, including, but not limited to, conducting this transaction electronically, disclaimers of warranties, damage and remedy exclusions and limitations, and a choice of Switzerland law.

From time to time we may update this Site and/or these terms. Your use of the Site after we post any changes to these terms constitutes your agreement to those changes. You agree to review these Terms periodically to ensure that you are familiar with the most recent version. SICPA may, in its sole discretion, and at any time, discontinue the Site with or without notice to you. You agree that you do not have any rights in the Site and that SICPA will have no liability to you if the Site id discontinued or your ability to access the Site or any content you may have posted on the Site is terminated.

By accessing the Site you acknowledge and agree that any materials, ideas or other communications you transmit to us in any manner and for any reason will not be treated as confidential or proprietary. Should you submit such materials, you understand that you have no ownership rights in any ideas you may submit, and you expressly disclaim any rights or causes of action you may have with respect to any materials you may submit.

ACCESS TO THIS SITE

SICPA grants You a limited license to access and make personal use of the Site and not to download (other than page caching, publications, technical documents or other information) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of SICPA. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions or prices; any derivative use of the Site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools. None of the Site or any portion thereof may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of SICPA. You may not frame or utilise framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of SICPA without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or other "hidden text" utilising SICPA's name or trademarks without the express written consent of SICPA. Any unauthorised use terminates the permission or license granted by SICPA.

SICPA CONTENT

Content on the Site that is provided by SICPA or its licensors, including certain graphics, photographs, artwork, merchandise, images, screen shots, text, digitally downloadable files, trademarks, logos, product and program names, slogans, and the compilation of the foregoing ("SICPA Content") is the property of SICPA and its licensors, and is protected throughout the world under trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property laws.

The SICPA Content, including, without limitation, the information on this Site or in any publication made available on or through this Site, is the exclusive property of SICPA or is licensed to SICPA and is protected by copyright and other proprietary rights. Nothing contained in this site may be reproduced, distributed or edited in any manner without the prior written authorisation of SICPA.

The contents, materials and information contained in any newsletter or other publication available on or through this web site are either prepared and published by SICPA or have been submitted by contributing writers and all copyright and other rights in such context are owned by SICPA or included with the permission of the rights owner. Articles and other documents identified as written by contributing writers reflect solely the position of such writers and SICPA neither endorses nor disapproves of the views expressed therein. All publications are for informational use only.

TRADEMARKS

This Site contains trademarks which are owned and registered by SICPA HOLDING SA. No licence to use any of these trademarks is hereby granted or implied. No reproduction is permitted without specific written authorisation.

If you are a trademark or copyright owner and you believe that your trademark or copyright rights have been violated, please go to our Proprietary Rights Complaint Process and follow the instructions at that area.

USE OF THE SITE

The following requirements apply to your use of the Site, including, without limitation, any User Content you may submit to us through the applicable contact forms: (a) you will not use any electronic communication feature of the Site for any purpose that is unlawful, harmful, tortuous, defamatory, libellous, obscene, invasive of the privacy of another person, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racist, infringing, pornographic, violent or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate as determined by SICPA; (b) you will not upload, post, reproduce or distribute any content that contains personal information about any individual, violates the privacy/publicity of any other individual or entity, or anything that you are under a contractual obligation to keep private or confidential; (c) you will not impersonate any person or organisation, including without limitation, the personnel of SICPA, or misrepresent an affiliation with another person or organisation; (d) you will not upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any advertising or promotional materials or any other form of solicitation or unauthorised communication; (e) you will not upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any material that contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other computer code, software, files, or programs which might interrupt, limit, or interfere with the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or that may adversely affect the operation of the Site, or feature of the Site.

YOUR LICENSE GRANT

By displaying, publishing, or otherwise posting any User Content on or through the Site, you hereby grant to SICPA, its affiliates, and those parties authorised by them, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide, fully-paid, royalty free license to use, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such User Content in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed without the requirement to make payment to you or to any third party or the need to seek any third party permission. This license includes the right to host, index, cache, distribute, and tag any User Content, as well as the right to sublicense User Content to third parties, including other users, for use on other media or platforms known or hereinafter developed, such as for use on mobile phones, in video or music software computer programs. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you expressly waive any right of privacy, publicity, or attribution in or to your User Content. You agree to execute a hard copy of these Terms and any other documents, and take any actions at SICPA's expense, requested by SICPA to confirm and effectuate the intent of these Terms and any of your rights or obligations hereunder. You continue to retain all ownership rights in your User Content, and you continue to have the right to use your User Content in any way you choose, subject to these Terms and the license described herein. You represent and warrant that you own the User Content submitted, displayed, published or posted by you on the Site and otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth herein, and the displaying, publishing or posting of any content you submit, and our use thereof does not and will not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, patents, contract rights or any other intellectual property rights or other rights of any person or entity.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold SICPA, subsidiaries, officers, employees, and website contractors and each of their officers, employees and agents harmless from any claims, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, related to or arising from your acts and/or omissions in connection with the Site, User Content, or SICPA Content, your violation of these Terms, any violations of these Terms by your dependents, or the use of User Content you submitted, posted, or otherwise provided to SICPA or the Site.

ACCOUNTS, SECURITY, PASSWORDS

If a feature of the Site requires you to open an account, you must complete the specified registration process by providing us with current, complete, and accurate information as requested by the applicable online registration form. It is your responsibility to maintain the completeness, and accuracy of your registration data and any loss caused by your failure to do so is your responsibility. After you have fully completed the registration form, you may be asked to choose a password and a user name. It is entirely your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your password and account. Additionally, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify SICPA immediately of any unauthorised use of your account. You further agree not to email, post, or otherwise disseminate any user ID, password, or other information which provides you access to the Site. SICPA is not liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge.

You understand and agree that you have no ownership rights in any account you may have with us, or other access to the Site or features therein. SICPA may cancel your account and delete all User Content associated with your account at any time, and without notice, if SICPA deems that you have violated these Terms, the law, or for any other reason. SICPA assumes no liability for any information removed from the Site, and reserves the right to permanently restrict access to the Site or a user account.

WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The information contained and accessed on or through this site (the "Site") is provided by SICPA for general guidance and is intended to offer general information of interest. SICPA owns or licenses all text, data, images and other materials on the Site. You acknowledge that any reliance on any material, systems, or features on the Site will be at your own risk. SICPA expressly disclaims all express or implied warranties of any kind as to any matter whatsoever relating to these pages.

Neither SICPA nor its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for any damages caused by viruses that may infect computer equipment, operating systems or browsers.

THE SITE, THE USER CONTENT, AND ALL SICPA CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SICPA CONTENT, THE USER CONTENT, OR ANY INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE THEREIN. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL SICPA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, NOR SHALL SICPA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY EVENTS BEYOND SICPA'S REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, FORCE MAJEUR, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO THE SITE'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A NEGLIGENT ACT, WILL SICPA OR ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OF ANY KIND THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE, THE SICPA CONTENT, THE USER CONTENT, AND/OR THE SUBMISSION OF AND/OR SICPA'S USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF USER CONTENT, EVEN IF SICPA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; AS A RESULT, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LINKS

The Site may contain links and pointers to other (related) web sites and resources. Links to and from third party sites, maintained by third parties, to the Site do not constitute an endorsement by SICPA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any third party resources or their contents. Links are provided as a service to users and are not sponsored by or affiliated with the Site or SICPA, and SICPA makes no representations or warranties about the content, completeness, or accuracy of those third party sites. Information you submit at a third party site accessible from the site is subject to the terms of that site's privacy policy, and SICPA has no control over how your information is collected, used, or otherwise handled.

HUMAN RESSOURCES

This Site contains the possibility for uploading and sending us your CV, by submitting, you are signalling your agreement for SICPA to use, hold and destroy any personal data contained in your form/CV for the purpose of considering your professional profile in accordance with our standard recruitment procedures and for the purposes outlined in detail below. Please do not apply if you do not agree to SICPA using, holding or destroying your data for any of the purposes that are outlined below:
- We may wish to retain your details on file for up to the next 12 months and to notify you of any suitable vacancies that arise. You would then have the opportunity to apply for these vacancies if you wished to do so.
- We may use your personal information for purposes of market research, specifically relating to the improvement of recruitment and HR policies and practices.
- Depending on the nature of your application, it is possible that your personal information will be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).

JURISDICTION

Your access to, and use of, this Site, the Privacy Policy and these Terms of Access (and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatsoever nature arising in any way therefrom) shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Switzerland exclusive of any rules with respect to conflicts of laws. All disputes arising in connection herewith shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Lausanne.

MISCELLANEOUS

Both you and SICPA acknowledge and agree that no partnership is formed and neither of you nor SICPA has the power or the authority to obligate or bind the other. On certain areas of the Site, you may be given the ability to provide us with personally identifiable information. Please read our Privacy Policy [2] for more information about our information collection and use practices. The failure of SICPA to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and SICPA, and these Terms are accepted by you upon your use of the Site. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SICPA regarding the use of the Site and your account. By using the Site you represent that you are capable of entering into a binding agreement, and that you agree to be bound by these Terms.