Bridgestone New Zealand Limited (‘Bridgestone’, ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’) wants you to enjoy its website but also must protect its own interests. Therefore, you must not access or use this website unless you accept all of these terms of use. By accessing and using this website you agree that you have read, understood and accepted these terms of use and agree to be bound by them. These terms of use constitute an agreement between you, the website user, (‘you’, ‘your’) and us.
Use of Website
The information expressed, and the trademarks displayed, at this site are protected by intellectual property rights of Bridgestone or others in agreement with it. This includes copyright and other laws in New Zealand, and under similar laws and international conventions abroad. You acknowledge and agree that all copyright and other intellectual property rights that may subsist in materials available through this website including text, illustrations, artwork, photographs, video, music, sounds, layout, designs, computer programs, source code, belong to us or to our licensors or related parties. You may only copy or print the information, without alteration, from this site only for personal use and subject to the copyright notice and trademark notice(s) at this site. This right granted to you can be revoked or changed at any time. No other use is permitted without prior written consent.
Certain content and materials available through this website may include materials owned by third parties. You agree that you will not use any third-party materials in a manner that would infringe or violate the rights of any person and that Bridgestone is not in any way responsible for any such use by you.
You agree not to use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or to engage in any conduct that may impair or cause damage to the operation of this website whether by way of a virus, corrupted file or through any other means. Furthermore you agree not to alter, modify, reproduce, transmit or otherwise deal with the content, software, text, graphics, layout or design of this website otherwise than in accordance with these terms of use.
Privacy
Subject to Bridgestone’s Privacy Policy, access by you to this site grants to Bridgestone the right to review and use for its own internal purposes information about you to the extent that you provide such information as a matter of access to the site, in response to inquiries at the site, or other means common in internet communications. However, Bridgestone will not accept any confidential information from you without prior written consent of an officer of the company. If given anyway, it is no longer confidential. Where we collect personal information about you as a result of your accessing and using this website, our privacy policy will apply to that information. Accordingly, these terms of use must be read together with our privacy policy.
Warranties
You view the information expressed at this website "as is," without warranty of any kind, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. In particular, these terms of use shall not limit or restrict any right you may have under New Zealand law, including the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, if it is applicable. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are using this website or our services for business purposes, you agree that the guarantees provided under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 shall not apply to this website or those services.
Content
Bridgestone reserves the right to change the content of this site at any time. You should review these terms of use periodically to be aware of such changes. By continuing to access or use this website following such publication you accept the revised terms of use.
Any links provided to other websites are provided solely for convenience; there is no endorsement of those websites or their content. Any other notices or conditions of use within this site must also be observed.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will Bridgestone be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other types of consequential damages for use of this website or any other hyperlinked website including without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, or loss of data, even if Bridgestone is expressly advised about the possibility of such damages. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked sites maintained by third parties, including the accuracy or legality of any linked site.
Security and malicious code
All information transmitted to you is transmitted at your risk, and you assume all responsibility and risks arising in relation to your use of this website and the Internet. We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which may arise in connection with your accessing of this website or any hyperlink.
Although we endeavour to prevent the introduction of viruses, Trojans, worms, or other malicious code (together, ‘malicious code’) to this website, we do not guarantee that this website, or any data available from it, does not contain malicious code. We will not be liable for any damages or harm attributable to malicious code. You are responsible for ensuring that the process that you employ for accessing this website does not expose your computer system to the risk of interference or damage from malicious code.
Governing law
This website is controlled and operated by us, from offices within New Zealand. Information and products and services on this website have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand law and may not satisfy the laws of any other country. We make no representations or warranties as to whether or not any information, products or services available from this website are appropriate or available for use in other countries. If you choose to access this website from outside New Zealand you are responsible for compliance with applicable local law.
These terms of use are governed by the laws of New Zealand and the courts of New Zealand shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute arising in relation to these terms of use.
These terms of use were last updated on 9th August, 2013.