Ownership of Rights
All rights, including copyright, in this website are owned by or
licensed to Vortex Designs Limited. Any use of this website or its
contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part,
other than for your own personal, non-commercial use is prohibited
without the permission of Vortex Designs. You may not modify, distribute
or re-post anything on this website for any purpose.
Accuracy of Content
Vortex Designs has taken every care in the preparation of the content
of this website, in particular to ensure that the description of the
goods is as advertised on this website. We have made every effort to
display as accurately as possible the colours of our products that
appear on the website. However, as the actual colours you see will
depend on your monitor, we cannot guarantee that your monitor's display
of any colour will accurately reflect the colour of the product on
delivery. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Vortex Designs
disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the
information contained in any of the materials on this website. Vortex
Designs shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which
may arise from the use of any of the information contained in any of the
materials on this website.
Damage to your Computer
Vortex Designs makes every effort to ensure that this website is free
from viruses or defects. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of
this website or any websites accessible through it won't cause damage to
your computer. It is your responsibility to ensure that the right
equipment is available to use the website and screen out anything that
may damage it. Vortex Designs shall not be liable to any person for any
loss or damage which may arise to computer equipment as a result of
using this website.
Privacy Policy
We never release your personal details to companies outside of Vortex
Designs Limited for marketing purposes. When you visit our site, we may
collect certain personal information, submitted by you, (for example,
your name, email address and postal address). All such information is
held on secure servers and Vortex Designs will treat all your personal
information as fully confidential.
Availability
All items are subject to availability. Please contact our customer services at
sales@vortexdesigns.co.uk or telephone 01582 467 690
Links to Other Websites
We have placed links on this website to other websites we think you may
want to visit. We do not vet these websites and do not have any control
over their contents. Vortex Designs cannot accept any liability in
respect of the use of these websites.
Vortex Designs respect and understand how important it is to
protect your privacy while online, so we've outlined below what
information we need from you while you shop online with us and what we
do with it.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a text file that contains small amounts of information that
is downloaded to your computer mobile or other device when visiting a
website. These cookie files are then transmitted back to the Vortex
Designs website each time you subsequently visit. These are helpful as
they permit the Vortex Designs website to recognise a user's device.
Types of cookies include:
Persistent cookies - these are cookies that stay on your
computer, mobile or other device for a specified period of time and are
activated every time the Vortex Designs website (the site that that
created the specific cookie) is visited.
Session cookies - these are temporary cookies that help our
site remember what you have in your shopping basket. These cookies only
last while the browser session (from when an Internet browser window is
opened until it is closed). Session cookies are deleted when the browser
is closed.
Cookies perform a wide range of different functions, such as letting
you move between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and
generally enhancing the online visitor experience. More information
about cookies can be found at
www.allaboutcookies.org and
www.youronlinechoices.eu
Use of Cookies on our website
We have classified the cookies used on our website using the
classification developed by the International Chamber of Commerce UK.
This is to help give you more information about which cookies are used,
their purpose, and the functionality that will be lost if you select to
not allow them on your computer, mobile or other device.
Strictly necessary cookies - these cookies enable functions
and services visitors have specifically requested and are required to
allow you to navigate around the website. No consent is required for
these types of cookies as they are strictly necessary and in the absence
of these, cookies services asked for, such as shopping baskets would
not be able to be provided.
Performance cookies - these cookies gather anonymous
information on the pages visited on the the Vortex Designs website to
enhance how our website works. They do not collect any information that
can be used to identify you as a visitor. In using the website, you
agree that we can use these types of cookies on your computer, mobile or
other device. Cookies such as these are used to collect information
about visitor numbers and other statistical data. These cookies do not
collect information that identifies a visitor and everything is
aggregated and anonymous.
We use Google Analytics to help analyse use of our website. This is an
analytical tool which uses cookies to collect standard website visitor
behaviour and Internet log information anonymously. The information
generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP
address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to
evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports
on website activity which Google stores.
Functionality cookies - these cookies remember selections you
have made to enhance the online experience. In using our website, you
agree that we can use these types of cookies on your computer, mobile or
other device. These cookies allow our website to remember selections
you make and allow us to offer more personal features.
Content management cookies may also be used by the site in order for the website content management system to work.
Using browser settings to manage Cookies
If you do not have cookies enabled you will not be able to
shop on Vortex Designs, apart from browsing the website. As a result you
will need to have cookies enabled to be able to place orders on our
site. The majority of web/Internet browsers automatically have cookies
enabled but we have provided some information below on how to enable
these if needed.
If you would like to opt out of cookies you can block them in your
Internet browser settings, but please note that this may cause issues
when ordering from our and other sites. For further information about
cookies, please visit
www.allaboutcookies.org and
www.youronlinechoices.eu.
How do I find out if Cookies are enabled on my PC?
If you don't know what web browser or version of Internet browser you are using follow the instructions below:
PCs - select 'Help' in the top navigation options of your browser and click on 'About'.
Macs - when you have a browser window open, click on the Apple menu and then the 'About' option.
We've provided some instructions below to help you find out this for
the main PC Internet browsers. For Apple Macs simply click on the Apple
menu and then the 'About' option when you have an Internet browser
window open.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Select 'Tools' in the navigation options of your browser window and
then click 'Internet options' , then select the 'Privacy' tab. Check
that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below. If you set it above
this then it will disable cookies.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Select 'Tools' in the navigation options of your browser window and
then click 'Internet options', then select the 'Security' tab. The
'Medium' default option allows cookies, but to verify this you can
select the 'Custom Level' button. Scroll down until you see the word
'Cookies' and verify that the button next to 'Enable' is selected in
both options
Google Chrome
Select 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and the click on
Options. Then select the 'Under the Hood' tab, find the 'Privacy'
section, and click on the 'Content settings' button. Then select 'Allow
local data to be set'.
Opera
Select 'Menu' at the top of your browser window and then
click 'Settings'. After this click on 'Preferences', then the 'Advanced'
tab, and click the 'Accept cookies' option.
What information do you collect when I register?
When you register with us we will use the information that you supply,
like your name, and email address, to send you information via email
about our products. We'll only do this, however, if you choose to do so
by subscribing to our newsletter.
What information do you collect when I purchase something?
When you something from our web site we need to know your
name, e-mail address and mailing address. This allows us to process and
fulfill your. Credit card, debit card information is NOT collected by
us, this is done by the payment gateway, in our case, PayPal. Your
credit card details are supplied to PayPal on their secured site so we
never see any card details.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or
elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others. In
short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the
public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in
return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever
you're online.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By browsing our website and/or clicking the green tick at the top of
the screen, you consent to the collection and use of information by
Vortex Designs as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances we disclose it.
These Terms and Conditions do not affect your legal rights.