Terms and Conditions

1. About us

The myipc.ipcemea.org website and member platform (the "Website") is owned and operated by European Independent Purchasing Company Limited trading as IPC EMEA ("IPC EMEA") whose registered office is at Rapid House, 40 Oxford Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2EE, England and is registered in England and Wales under company number 04267249.

In these website terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”), IPC EMEA will be referred to as “We”, “Us”, or “Our”, and users of the Website will be referred to as “You”, “Your”, or “Yours”. 


2. Use of the Website 

These Terms and Conditions govern Your use of the Website. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before continuing to use the Website. Your use of the Website indicates Your understanding of and Your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and constitutes a binding contract between You and Us. If You do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please stop using the Website immediately.

By using the Website, You agree to refrain from using, uploading and transmitting data that is or could be deemed to be defamatory, offensive, obscene or otherwise unlawful, or which could be offensive or offensive to others or could affect or infringe the rights of any other person.

By using the Website, You further agree: 

  • not to use any tools, software, files or mechanisms that could affect the proper operation of the Website or the Secure Area;
  • to refrain from sharing or linking to the Website from any other website, without Our prior written consent;
  • not to undertake any other actions which could affect or interrupt the Website or Our services;
  • not to encourage others or allow others to do any of the above

If You are a Subway® franchisee who is a member of IPC EMEA (“IPC EMEA Members”) You further confirm that You are bound by the terms of the Terms and conditions between IPC EMEA and Franchisees found at https://myipc.ipcemea.org/terms-and-conditions, which form part of these Terms and Conditions.
If You do not comply with the above restrictions, You will be liable for all losses and costs (including legal costs) incurred by Us or any third party as a result of Your actions. 


3. Data Protection

Any personal data that You supply to Us when using this Website will be collected, stored and processed in accordance with Our Privacy Policy which can be found at the footer of the Website.


4. Cookies

Information about cookies and how cookies are used on this Website can be found in Our Cookie Policy. To learn more about cookies, including which cookies are used and how to manage them and how to delete them, visit WWW.ALLABOUTCOOKIES.ORG.


5. Secure Area and Secure Users

There is a secured part of the website (“Secure Area”) which is for use by Subway® Franchisees who are members of IPC EMEA (“IPC EMEA Members”), the employees of IPC EMEA, the employees of Subway® or such other persons authorised by IPC EMEA from time to time (“Secure User(s)”). 

If You are a Secure User, You will need to complete the registration process in order to access the Secure Area You must click on the link sent to You by email from IPC EMEA and follow the steps.  We reserve the right to suspend or terminate Your access to the Secure Area at any time if We believe that Your further use is in any way disadvantageous or detrimental to Us or other Secure Users. By registering to use the Secure Area, You undertake to update Your registration data immediately in the event of a change.


6. IPC EMEA Member Secure Users

As an IPC EMEA Member or other authorised user, once You have completed the registration process as a Secure User, You may have the ability to add additional users to the Secure Area. Such additional Secure Users must be Your employees (“Additional Secure Area Users”).
Additional Secure Area Users must adhere to the same registration process as You.

You may restrict and/or remove an Additional Secure Area User’s access to the Secure Area at Your discretion, however, We will ultimately have the final say on whether an Additional Secure Area User may be given or retain access to the Secure Area.

You will be personally responsible for monitoring an Additional Secure Area User’s use of the Secure Area.  You will be responsible for maintaining an accurate and up to date database of Additional Secure Area Users registered to use the Secure Area.  You must delete any Additional Secure Area Users access rights from the Secure Area within 48 hours of the termination of their employment and/or contractual relationship with You.


7. Intellectual Property

The Website and the data and materials (“Material”) contained therein or provided to You are protected by copyright, database rights and trademark rights, as well as other intellectual property rights and laws around the world, and which are owned either directly by Us or by Our licensors. You are entitled to view or download the Material contained on the Website and may print it for Your business use should You be a Secure User. You must not modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer (whether in whole or in part) any Material on this Website (including in the Secure Area), underlying software code or underlying data nor copy or remove any Material from the Website without Our express consent. You must not modify, use or remove any copyright and trademark or other proprietary notices or intellectual property from the Website or the Secure Area without Our prior consent.


8. Links to other websites

We may occasionally include links from the Website to other websites owned and controlled by third parties or other IPC EMEA websites. These links are provided for Your convenience only and We do not endorse such websites. We have no control over and do not assume any responsibility or liability for the third-party websites. You access such other websites solely at Your own risk.


9. Monitoring

We may monitor the activity and content of the Website and will take reasonable measures if We suspect that You are in breach of these Terms and Conditions, including temporarily blocking or terminating Your access to the Website and/or the Secure Area, and/or notifying authorities or regulators of Your activities.


10. Security

If You have reason to believe that access to the Secure Area has been unlawfully made using your log in details, You must promptly change your password. Please contact ALERTS@IPCEMEA.ORG immediately so that We can investigate the problem. While such investigation is underway, We may need to suspend Your access to the Secure Area. Since Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure, there is a risk that messages or information that You send to us via the Website or Secure Area may be intercepted or possibly read by others.

We accept no liability for any transfer of information that You make to us and such transfers shall be at Your sole risk.


11. Disclaimer of liability and warranty

We make no representations that the Material available or made available to You on or through the Website is appropriate for your requirements. We disclaim all implied warranties and accept no liability (i) for the correctness, completeness or topicality of the information or Material contained on the Website; (ii) for the reliability, safety or stability of the Website; (iii) for access to the Website being continuous and uninterrupted (iv) for the Website being free of viruses. The Website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranty of any kind or liability of any kind.

No information contained on the Website may be construed as legal, financial or other professional advice. You should not rely on the information contained on the Website and should always seek professional advice.

You are responsible for configuring Your own information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website. You should use Your own virus protection software.


12. Liability

We shall not be liable to You or any third party for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential losses, damages, costs, claims or expenses, of whatsoever kind (“Losses”) arising out of Your access to, or Your use of the Website or Secure Area or any Material or information contained in it whether or not in the contemplation of the parties, whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise, even if We are aware of the possibility of such Losses. For the avoidance of doubt, We shall not be liable in any circumstances for loss of profit.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation.


13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliates, officers, agents and other partners and employees harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, costs, claims or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising as a result of Your breach of these Terms and Conditions or out of or in connection with Your use of the Website.


14. Rights of third parties

No provision of these Terms and Conditions grants any third-party rights, including but not limited to any Additional Secure Area Users, in accordance with the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act of 1999.


15. Waiver Notification

A delay in or decision against the enforcement of any of Our rights that We may have under these Terms and Conditions does in no way constitute a waiver of Our right and does not affect the rights. We may have to assert the same or any other right at any other time or against any other person.


16. Severability

If any provision contained in these Terms and Conditions is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court or competent authority, such offending provision shall be severed from these Terms and Conditions without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.


17. Changes

We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time. Any such changes will be effective from the time of posting the amended Terms and Conditions on the Website. Your continued access to or use of the Website is deemed to be Your acceptance of the amended Terms and Conditions. We encourage You to review these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Notice from time to time as they are legally binding. 

We may also modify the information and Material contained on the Website and/or the Secure Area; or We may terminate the Website or the Secure Area at any time without notice. 

 
18. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

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