Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, OR IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE BUT AT LEAST 13 YEARS OLD YOU HAVE A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S CONSENT TO USE THIS SITE.  IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED SUCH PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, YOU MAY NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR ANY REASON, USE THIS SITE. BY USING THE SITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL CAPACITY TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER DESCRIBED BELOW, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.

Thomas Brunner Hygiene GmbH and its affiliates (“syNeo,” “we,” or “us”), require that all visitors to this Web site operated by syNeo (the “Site”) adhere to the following terms of use. By accessing and using the Site, you agree to be bound by and comply with the following terms of use (these “Terms”) and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not authorized to use the Site.

  1. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND THE SITE

We may change these Terms at any time, and all such changes are effective immediately upon notice, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of these Terms or other notice on the Site.  In such event, the “Last Updated” line above will be updated.  You should view these Terms often to stay informed of changes that may affect you. Your use of the Site constitutes your continuing agreement to be bound by these Terms, as they are amended from time to time. We also expressly reserve the right to make any changes that we deem appropriate from time to time to the Site or to any information, text, data, databases, graphics, images, sound recordings, video material, audio clips, logos, software,  features, services, and other materials within the Site (all such materials, and any compilation, collection, or arrangement thereof, the “Content”).

  1. LICENSE TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE
    • YOU MAY ACCESS AND USE THIS SITE ONLY FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE. Any other access to or use of the Site or the Content constitutes a violation of these Terms and may violate applicable copyright, trademark, or other laws. We make no representation that the Site or Content is appropriate or available for use in locations other than the United States. If you choose to access this Site from locations other than in the United States, you do so at your own initiative, at your own risk, and are responsible for complying with applicable local laws.
    • We grant you a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license to access and use the Site, and download and print the Content, for your personal and non-commercial informational use only, provided you do not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice that appears on the Content. Any other use of the Site or any Content, including but not limited to the modification, distribution, performance, broadcast, publication, licensing, copying of source code or images, reverse engineering or resale of, or the creation of derivative works from, the Site or any Content, is prohibited, except as expressly permitted by applicable law.
    • You may not access, use, or copy any portion of the Site or of the Content through the use of bots, spiders, scrapers, web crawlers, indexing agents, or other automated devices or mechanisms. You agree not to remove or modify any copyright notice or trademark legend, author attribution, or other notice placed on or contained within any of the Content. Except as expressly authorized by us in writing, in no event will you reproduce, redistribute, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purpose any portion of the Site or the Content or any access to or use of the Site or the Content.
  2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You understand and agree that we own, or (where applicable) we have licensed from third parties, all right, title, and interest in and to the Site and all of the Content. You acknowledge and agree that the Content constitutes valuable proprietary information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other proprietary rights, laws, and treaties of the United States and other countries, and that you acquire no ownership interest by accessing or using the Site or the Content. Such intellectual property and proprietary rights may include, but are not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and service marks, trade dress, and trade secrets, and all such rights are the property of syNeo or its licensors and content providers.  Except as specifically provided in these Terms, nothing in these Terms or on the Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any intellectual property or proprietary rights without our or the licensor’s prior written consent.

  1. INFRINGEMENT NOTICE

If you believe in good faith that any Content has been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may forward the following to us at info@syneo.us (i) your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (ii) identification and description of each copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) the exact URL or location of the material that you claim is infringing; (iv) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (v) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owners.

  1. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE AND PRODUCT CLAIMS
    • In addition to the Site, syNeo controls and operates Websites in other countries of the world. Each claim or statement about the effectiveness of syNeo products and/or each claim or statement comparing the effectiveness of syNeo products to the effectiveness of other products is expressly limited to the country where the Website making these claims or statements is published, unless otherwise disclosed.
    • Access to any syNeo Website from territories where its content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access a syNeo Website from locations outside the country where such Website is published do so on their own initiative and risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
  2. PRODUCT INFORMATION
    • The products displayed on the Site are only distributed in certain selected countries. All information presented on the Site is intended to be used for personal, educational or informational purposes only. You are responsible for seeking the advice of appropriate professionals concerning information, opinions and products included on the Site. Our products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition or disease. All products should be used strictly in accordance with their instructions, precautions and guidelines. You should always check the ingredients of products to avoid potential allergic reactions. Minors should use our products only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian.
    • Products may vary slightly from their pictures. The images of the products on the Site are for illustrative purposes only. Although we have made every effort to display the colors accurately, we cannot guarantee that a device’s display of the colors accurately reflects the color of the products.
    • While we will take reasonable care to ensure that the details, descriptions, and images appearing on the Site are correct at the time the information was entered onto the system, we do not warrant, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that the product descriptions, colors or other content on the Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free.
  3. USER CONDUCT

In connection with your access and use of the Site and that of any person authorized by you to access and use the Site, you are responsible for complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies of all relevant jurisdictions, including all applicable local rules regarding online conduct. Not in limitation of the previous sentence, in connection with your use of the Site, you shall not do any of the following:

  • use the Site or Content for any unlawful purpose;
  • use the Site to post or transmit any material that contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, malware, adware, or other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information;
  • interfere with or inhibit any other user of this Site from using or enjoying the Site; or
  • use the Site to post or transmit any unlawful, fraudulent, libelous, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening, abusive, hateful, offensive, harassing, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind.

 

  1. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit the Site or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We may in our discretion communicate with you electronically, including but not limited to, by posting notices on the Site or by responding to your e-mail. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures or other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

  1. LINKS

The Site may include links to other websites which are not maintained by syNeo. We are not responsible for the content of such external websites and we make no representations whatsoever concerning the content or accuracy of, opinions expressed in, or other links provided by such websites. The inclusion of any link to external websites does not imply endorsement by syNeo of those websites or any products or services referred to therein. The terms of service and privacy policies applicable to external websites may be different from those applicable to our Site. If you decide to access any external website through a link within our Site, you do so entirely at your own risk, and syNeo will have no liability for any loss or damage arising from your access or use of any external website.

  1. TERMINATION

You understand and agree that we may terminate your account or password, delete your account information, and/or prohibit you from accessing the Site, in whole or in part, for any reason or no reason at all, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice. We shall not have any liability to you or any other person for any termination of your access to the Site and/or the removal of information concerning your account. In addition, any violation of these Terms may be referred to law enforcement authorities .

  1. DISCLAIMERS

The use of this SITE is at your sole risk. ACCORDINGLY, THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. SPECIFICALLY, syNeo AND ITS AFFILIATES AND CONTENT-PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (a) THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (b) THE USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITE WILL ALLOW YOU TO OBTAIN ANY PARTICULAR RESULTS WHATSOEVER; (c) THE CONTENT OR ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE ARE OR WILL BE ACCURATE, CURRENT, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY PARTICULAR VALUE OR QUALITY; (d) ANY DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR IN THE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (e) THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DISABLING DEVICES OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

REFERENCE TO ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OF ANY THIRD PARTY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ITS ENDORSEMENT OR RECOMMENDATION BY US. VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF USERS OF THE SITE DO NOT NECESSARILY STATE OR REFLECT OUR VIEWS AND OPINIONS.

NOT IN LIMITATION OF THE PRECEDING, CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE CONTAINS HEALTH- OR MEDICALLY-RELATED MATERIALS. HOWEVER, SUCH CONTENT DOES NOT COVER ALL AILMENTS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OR THEIR TREATMENT, AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDER WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION. syNeo DOES NOT RECOMMEND SELF-MANAGEMENT OF ONE’S HEALTH CARE. RELIANCE ON ANY OF THE CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH CARE–RELATED QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL OR SEE YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PROMPTLY. YOU SHOULD NEVER DISREGARD MEDICAL ADVICE OR DELAY SEEKING IT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON THE SITE. IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR 911 IMMEDIATELY.

THESE LIMITATIONS WILL ONLY APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND DO NOT APPLY TO DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM OUR ACTS OR OMISSIONS OR TO LIABILITY RESULTING FROM OUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

  1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
    • To the extent permitted by law, syNeo, its contractors, suppliers, content-providers, and other similar entities, and the officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively, our “Representatives”) will in no event be liable to you or any third party for any liabilities, claims, expenses, losses or damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, alleged under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of, or reliance on, the Site or the Content; (b) our performance of or failure to perform our obligations in connection with these Terms; or (c) your purchase or use of any goods or services provided by third parties.
    • Under no circumstances will syNeo or our Representatives be liable to you, or any third party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, special, or similar damages or costs (including, but not limited to, lost profits or data, loss of goodwill, loss of or damage to property, loss of use, business interruption, and claims of third parties) arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the use of the Site or the Content, even if we were advised, knew, or should have known of the possibility of such damages or costs. In a jurisdiction that does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for certain damages, the liability of syNeo and the Representatives will be limited in accordance with these Terms to the extent permitted by law.
    • Without limiting any of the foregoing, if syNeo or any of the Representatives is found liable to you or to any third party as a result of any claims or other matters arising under or in connection with these Terms, the Site, or your use of the Site, the maximum liability for all such claims and other matters will not exceed twenty five dollars ($25.00) in any calendar year.
  2. For the purpose of clarification, nothing in these Terms shall limit syNeo’s liability for (a) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;; or (b) any other liability which syNeo cannot exclude or limit by law.INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless syNeo, our affiliates and our respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, third-party service providers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, judgments, awards, losses, liabilities, expenses, damages, costs, fines, penalties and fees (including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees and court costs) (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of or relating to: (a) your access to and use of the Content or the Site other than as expressly authorized in these Terms; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) claims arising from your fraud, intentional misconduct, criminal acts or gross negligence. If you cause a technical disruption of the Site or the systems transmitting the Site to you or others, you agree to be responsible for any and all Losses arising or resulting from that disruption. You will cooperate as fully and as reasonably required in syNeo’s defense of any claim. We reserve, and you grant to us, the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you hereunder.

  1. DISPUTES SUBJECT TO BINDING ARBITRATION

These Terms will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS YOU ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AND THAT ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS, THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT SHALL BE SETTLED BY BINDING ARBITRATION TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, BEFORE A SINGLE ARBITRATOR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION. Any such claim or controversy shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated with a claim of any other party. Each party shall bear its own costs relating to such arbitration, and the parties shall equally share the arbitrator’s fees. Judgment on any award resulting from such arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. You further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Illinois for the enforcement of this arbitration agreement and of any such award. The foregoing shall not preclude syNeo from seeking any injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction for protection of syNeo’s intellectual property rights.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS
    • These Terms (as may be revised and amended from time to time according to their respective terms) collectively constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of the Site and the Content.
    • Our electronically or otherwise properly stored copy of these Terms will be deemed to be the true, complete, valid, authentic, and enforceable copy, and you agree that you will not contest the admissibility or enforceability of our copy of these Terms in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms.
    • Any provisions of these Terms that are reasonably inferable to have been intended to survive termination (including, but not limited to, any provisions regarding limitation of our liability or indemnification) will continue in effect beyond any such termination of access to the Site.
    • These Terms do not confer any rights, remedies, or benefits upon any person other than you.
    • We may assign our rights and duties under these Terms at any time to any third party without notice. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent.
    • Our waiver of any breach of these Terms will not be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach thereof. For any waiver of compliance with these Terms of Service to be binding, we must provide you with written notice of such waiver through one of our authorized representatives.
    • If any provision of these Terms is held to be unlawful, invalid or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be stricken and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
    • Possible evidence of use of the Site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities.
    • Discontinuation of use of the Site is your sole right and remedy for any dissatisfaction with the Site or any of the Content.

15.10  We shall not be liable for any failure to perform our obligations herein where such failure results from a cause beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic communications failure or degradation.

15.11 The section heading in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Service. Any use of the word “including” in these Terms of Service shall be read as being followed by “without limitation” where appropriate.

  1. QUESTIONS

Please contact us with any questions regarding the Site or these Terms at:

Thomas Brunner Hygiene GmbH
Germany:
Carl-Benz-Strasse 7
73095 Albershausen
info@syneo.us
Call in the US:
(312) 377-6133