Terms and Conditions of Use
Valid as of 20 november 2019
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Introduction
These Terms and Conditions of Use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms and Conditions") shall apply to your use of this website https://www.companyweb.be/ and the Companyweb application (hereinafter referred jointly to as the "Platforms").
The Platforms are owned and operated by Companyweb BV, having its registered office at 248D Leuvensesteenweg, 1800 Vilvoorde and registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises [central business register] (Brussels Legal Entities Register) under company number 0869.703.978, with VAT number BE0869.703.978 (hereinafter referred to as "Companyweb", "we", "us" or "our").
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. By accessing and using the Platforms, you shall be deemed to have understood and accepted them. If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Platforms.
By using the Platforms, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions and confirm that you have read and understood that your personal data shall be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
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Changes to the Terms and Conditions
Companyweb reserves the right to change any part of the Platforms, the Information or these Terms and Conditions at its sole discretion. Please check the Platforms regularly for changes to these Terms and Conditions. The date at the top of this webpage shall indicate when these Terms and Conditions were last updated. By continuing to use the Platforms, you agree to be bound by the amended version thereof. If you do not agree to the amended Terms and Conditions, you must stop using the Platforms after the date on which the changes enter into force.
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Authorized use of the Platforms
The intellectual property rights in the Platforms and the copyright on all material stored, displayed and accessed thereon are the property of Companyweb or duly licensed by a third party. All such rights are reserved.
The free part of these Platforms may be used only for non-systematic searches and solely for your personal use or for internal use in your organization.
You may not use the free part of these Platforms to conduct searches, whether systematic or otherwise, for the commercial exploitation of the results thereof, nor use software, bots or any automated system to extract information from them for reuse for commercial purposes. Companyweb reserves the right to take any action it should deem necessary if this prohibition on screen scraping is breached.
You may download, print, temporarily store and display information from the free part of the Platforms on a computer screen, print (but not photocopy) individual pages on paper, and store such pages in electronic form on a disk (but not on any other server or storage device connected to the network) for your personal use or for internal use in your organization.
You may not adapt or change any of the information contained in the free part of these Platforms (except were explicitly authorized to do so), and the information or any part thereof may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, transmitted or otherwise transferred to any third party for commercial purposes.
The use of the paying part of these Platforms shall be governed by our General Terms and Conditions.
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Disclaimer
The Platforms and all material and information available through them are provided "as they are" and "as and when". Companyweb does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, suitability, timeliness, completeness, operability or appropriateness of the Platforms for any particular purpose, nor any material or information available through them. We rely solely on the data made available by official bodies such as the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises [central business register] or the Belgisch Staatsblad [Belgian State Gazette]. It shall be your responsibility to ensure that the Platforms and the information they contain are suitable for your intended purposes. No responsibility shall be accepted by or on behalf of Companyweb for any errors, omissions or any inaccurate material or information on the Platforms. In addition, Companyweb shall give no guarantee that the Platforms or any material or information thereon will be available without interruption.
You shall moreover acknowledge and accept that the operation of the Platforms depends on the proper and effective functioning of the internet and other third party equipment and services, and that we do not provide any guarantee in this respect and cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever.
Although Companyweb endeavours to ensure that the information on these Platforms is accurate and up to date, it shall not be held liable for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the consultation or use thereof, whereby nothing herein shall limit liability for losses which may not be excluded or limited under the applicable legislation.
Under no circumstances shall Companyweb be held liable for any damages including but not limited to indirect or consequential damages (including but not limited to goodwill, loss of business, etc.), or any damages whatsoever due to loss of use, data or profits, whether under contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of these Platforms or the information contained therein.
Companyweb shall provide certain information on the solvency and liquidity of companies as part of its services. Such information is compiled from actual data at a specific point in time and provides a subjective interpretation of a company's creditworthiness using a mathematical and statistical model. Such assessments should be regarded purely as credit scores. They are in no way credit ratings within the meaning of Regulation (EC) no. 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies. They are merely a snapshot. Companyweb shall not be responsible for how its customers or third parties interpret or use these assessments or for what its customers or third parties draw from them.
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Linking
Websites or web pages linked to this Platform are displayed for information purposes only and have not been checked by Companyweb. We shall accept no liability for the content of such websites or webpages, nor for any losses or penalties resulting from the use of any links or reliance on the content of external websites linked to or included in these Platforms.
You may not frame, link, or deep link these Platforms to any other website without our prior written consent. If you wish to frame, link or deep link our Platforms, please contact [email protected].
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Computer viruses, worms and trojans
Companyweb makes reasonable efforts to protect these Platforms from computer viruses, worms and trojans. It does not guarantee that the Platforms are free from computer viruses, worms and trojans and shall accept no liability for damages that may result from the transmission of computer viruses, worms or trojans through the Platforms or through files made available on the Platforms for downloading.
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Protection of personal information and online privacy policy
We may process certain basic information that identifies you as an individual (hereinafter referred to as ("Personal Data"), such as (but not limited to) your name and e-mail address, so as (in particular) to enable you to benefit from specific services we offer. We shall use such Personal Data only to provide information you have requested or for other purposes as set out in this our Privacy Policy which can be consulted here.
In general, we may on occasion use Personal Data that we collect in order to provide you access to the Platforms and/or for marketing purposes. For example, we may send you information about our services that we deem to be of particular interest to you. If you have any questions regarding the processing of your Personal Data, please contact us at [email protected].
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Nullity and/or unenforceability
If these Terms and Conditions or any part thereof should be declared to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, they shall be deemed to be deleted to the extent that they are so, and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall continue to have full force and effect and to be binding.
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Circumstances beyond our control
Companyweb shall not be held liable for any breaches of these Terms and Conditions due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
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Downloading files
Certain files or information may be downloaded from these Platforms. Such files or information shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions and in particular Article 3, Authorized Use of the Platforms.
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Applicable law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by Belgian law and shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Brussels Dutch-speaking courts and tribunals.
Valid as of 20 november 2019