You must agree to the following terms and conditions of use before you access or otherwise use or participate in the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community. Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement with Colgate-Palmolive to be bound by, and to act in accordance with, these Terms and Conditions.
The role of C Space
The community is conducted by C Space (https://www.cspace.com/), on behalf of Colgate-Palmolive UK Ltd.
The terms ‘we’ and ‘us’ as used in these Terms and Conditions refers to C Space and not Colgate-Palmolive. We will use the term ‘Colgate-Palmolive’ when referring specifically to Colgate-Palmolive UK Ltd.
Notification of Changes
We may change or revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time by updating this posting. Please visit the Terms and Conditions area each time you visit the Web site to keep up to date with the current terms regarding your use of the Web site. Your use of the Web site reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms and Conditions. Any future changes to these terms and conditions will be posted on the community Web site.
Confidentiality
Your invitation to participate in the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community is personal and non-transferable. In order for you to participate, neither You or anyone in your household or immediate family can work for an advertising, marketing or market research agency or a competitor of Colgate-Palmolive. You may not disclose to others any of the information that we disclose to you or any ideas or information that are generated in the community. Your community member name and password are for your use only. You may not disclose your password to any other person.
Assignment
You irrevocably assign to Colgate-Palmolive all rights in any ideas or expressions of ideas that you provide to the community. All comments, suggestions, graphics, ideas (including product and advertising ideas), and other information or materials you submit to to this Web site will become and remain the exclusive property of Colgate-Palmolive, including any future rights associated with such submissions, even if these Terms and Conditions are later modified or terminated. This means that you disclaim any proprietary rights in such submissions, and you acknowledge Colgate-Palmolive unrestricted right to use them (or materials or ideas similar to them) in any medium, now and in the future, without notice, compensation or other obligation to you or any other person. It also means that with the exception of your personal information, Colgate-Palmolive has no obligation to keep your submissions confidential.
You further release and waive all claims against Colgate-Palmolive with respect to any intellectual property or other proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, rights of attribution, or any other liability under the applicable laws. You agree to indemnify and hold Colgate-Palmolive harmless from all claims, actions, damages, costs, judgments, penalties or expenses of any kind whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys' fees except as provided herein), which may be obtained against, suffered by, or imposed upon Colgate-Palmolive and/or its officers, directors, agents or affiliates as a result of any claim for its use of any information you provide through the community that was proprietary, confidential or protected by the laws of any jurisdiction.
Privacy
To the extent that you also provide C Space and Colgate-Palmolive with any of your personally identifiable information, each party will only use such information in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and their respective privacy policy a copy of which is available at https://www.cspace.com/privacy_en-us/ and http://www.colgate.co.uk/app/Colgate/UK/Corp/LegalPrivacy.cvsp. Please note that by clicking on the "I Accept" button below, you consent that (i) C Space and Colgate-Palmolive may collect and process any personally identifiable information voluntarily provided by you on this Web site and (ii) any personally identifiable information you submit may be directed to a third party site administered and hosted by a third party vendor retained by Colgate-Palmolive or C Space provided, that in such event, the third party vendor is subject to confidentiality agreements and will have no right to use any such information other than as necessary to fulfill its services to Colgate-Palmolive or C Space.
When collecting sensitive personal information (e.g. ethnicity, income, education, etc.), we are doing so for the purposes of conducting market research and creating a balanced community reflective of Colgate-Palmolive’s professional customer population or its segments. Such information is not collected for any discriminatory purposes.
Personal information collected on the site may be stored or processed in your country of residence or any other country in which C Space, Colgate-Palmolive or its subcontractors or agents maintain facilities. If C Space or Colgate-Palmolive is required to do so, your personal information may be disclosed to the governments, courts, law enforcement or regulatory agencies under a lawful order in a jurisdiction where your personal information is stored and/or processed. You cannot opt out of disclosure of your personal information if required by lawful order. By using the site and agreeing to these Terms & Conditions, you consent to any transfer of information outside your country of residence.
You agree that Colgate-Palmolive may monitor any discussions, ideas or expressions of opinion exchanged in the community and that selected parts of your personal profile will be available to be seen by other members. Colgate-Palmolice may, in its sole discretion, you authorize C Space to suspend or terminate your access to the Community if you breach of any of these Terms of Use
If you do not want your personally identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like us to correct or remove it from our records, please contact the community facilitator, Juliane Lo jlo@cspace.com. C Space is a self-certified member organization of the U.S. Department of Commerce EU Safe Harbor Framework, and strictly adheres to applicable data privacy protection laws.
Code of Conduct
You agree not to upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Web site any materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Web site, or contain a virus or other harmful component, (ii) violate any laws or violate or infringe any rights of third parties (including copyright, trademark, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right), or (iii) are not appropriate or pertinent to the purpose of the Web site (as determined by C Space or Colgate-Palmolive) or are libelous, defamatory or offensive. You will agree to abide by the copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property and proprietary rights of Colgate-Palmolive.
You agree to abide by these rules of conduct:
· Only those who are members of the community may access it.
· In order to participate, neither you or anyone in your household or immediate family can work for an advertising, marketing or corporate market research department, or work / be professionally linked (either in a paid or unpaid capacity) with any competitors of Colgate-Palmolive
· You must keep confidential all information that Colgate-Palmolive, other community members, and you share with the community unless you are otherwise granted permission to disclose by Colgate-Palmolive.
· You agree not to use behavior that does not support a safe and comfortable environment for all members, or to engage in any proselytizing or commercial activity.
· You agree not to post any of the following: material that advocates illegal activity, advertising or any form of commercial solicitation, or copyright-protected files.
· You agree not to copy or download any material from the community.
· Colgate-Palmolive has the right to use the ideas and information that you put forth in the community.
· You agree to receive emails from the Community regarding Community Activities
Links to Third Party Sites
This Web site may contain links to other Web sites for informational purposes and are not intended to suggest any affiliation with Colgate-Palmolive unless expressly stated. The reliability, availability and performance of these other Web sites are beyond Colgate-Palmolive’s control, and Colgate-Palmolive makes no representations or warranties with respect to such Web sites. Colgate-Palmolive provides these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link to such Web sites does not imply endorsement by Colgate-Palmolive of those Web sites. Colgate-Palmolive reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. Any trademarks, copyright or other registered material or intellectual property of the Websites remain the property of their respective owners.
No Duty To Monitor
Colgate-Palmolive is not responsible for content provided by others and is under no obligation to pre-screen content posted within a Community. Colgate-Palmolive and C Space, however, retains the right to refuse to post, redact or delete any content for any reason whatsoever. Notwithstanding this right, neither Colgate-Palmolive nor C Space is responsible for any failure or delay in removing material.
You acknowledge that Colgate-Palmolive does not make any representations or warranties to you about any products or services of Colgate-Palmolive or any third party that you are asked to use and/or evaluate as part of your membership in the community. You hereby release Colgate-Palmolive from any and all liability that may arise in connection with your use of the community
Membership
Your membership in and access to the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community is strictly at the discretion of Colgate-Palmolive and may be revoked at any time without cause and without notice. You hereby release Colgate-Palmolive from any and all liability that may arise in connection with your use of the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community.
Warranty
Colgate-Palmolive does not represent or endorse the correctness, accuracy, reliability or any other aspect of advice, opinion, statement or other information distributed through the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community, and reserves the right to remove any content from the community Web site that it deems inappropriate.
Colgate-Palmolive and/or its agencies endeavor to maintain this Web site and its operation, but are not, and cannot be, responsible for the results of any defects that may exist in the Web site or its operation. As to the operation of the Web site, Colgate-Palmolive expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including, but not limited to all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Colgate-Palmolive makes no warranty that (i) the operation of the Web site will meet the user's requirements; (ii) access to the Web site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components, or free of defects or errors; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Web site will be accurate or reliable; or (iv) defects will be corrected. You (and not Colgate-Palmolive) assume the entire cost of all servicing, repair, or correction that may be necessary for your computer equipment and software as a result of any viruses, errors or any other problems whatsoever you may have as a result of visiting this Web site.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall Colgate-Palmolive and/or its agencies be liable for any damages or injury, including any direct, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages, that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, the Web site or any materials in this site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the Web site or information available in the Web site. Colgate-Palmolive shall not be liable even if Colgate-Palmolive or an Colgate-Palmolive authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. These include but are not limited to damages or injury caused by error, omission, interruption, defect, failure of performance, delay in operation or transmission, line failure or computer virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful component.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Colgate-Palmolive and/or its agencies harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party against Colgate-Palmolive due or arising out of your participation in the Colgate-Palmolive Online Community and/or any breach by you of the provisions of this agreement.
Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions and any disputes arising under or related to these Terms and Conditions (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be governed by the laws of England and Wales, without reference to its conflicts of law principles.