Website usage terms and conditions

• Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Cottages-in-Scotland.com’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
• The term ‘Cottages-in-Scotland.com’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is 45 Main Road, Fairlie, Ayrshire, KA29 0AB, U.K. The term ‘you’ and ‘your’ means any and all persons using this website including, without limitation and where applicable, property owners. ‘Property(ies)’ means, individually and collectively, the properties and accommodation units advertised for rental on this website. ‘Property owner(s)’ means the party or parties who are legally responsible for the property. References to property owner also include an authorised agent of the property owner.
• The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
  • The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
  • Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  • This website is purely an advertising medium. Its purpose is to enable property owners to advertise the availability of their properties for holiday rentals to persons visiting the website. All bookings, enquiries and other communications are made directly between the property owners and the person(s) concerned. All contracts for the rental of any properties are entered into directly between the property owners and the person(s) making the booking. We do not have any involvement in and are not a party to any booking or contract for the rental of any property or otherwise. We are not the agent of any property owner. We have no responsibility for the acts, defaults, omissions, errors, breach of contract, negligence, misrepresentation or other fault or failings of any description on the part of any property owner(s) or other third party.
  • All material (including but not limited to descriptions, photographs, images, video, plans, maps and other information) relating to the properties which appears on this website is provided by the property owners and is the sole responsibility of the property owners. We do not check this material and make no express or implied warranty, representation or promise that it is accurate, current or complete or that properties are available either generally or for or during any particular period(s) of time. Nothing on this website constitutes an offer on our part. We do not visit or assess any property and make no warranty or representation that it complies with any description given, any laws or health and safety requirements or as to its suitability, standard, quality or otherwise.
  • Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any property or information available through this website meets your specific requirements.Finally, while we do take certain measures with a goal to assist users to avoid potentially fraudulent or other illegal activity of which we become aware, we assume no liability or obligation to take any such measures or actions. In the event we do provide warnings or messages to users about any such activity, we do not warrant that such messages are accurate or that such messages will reach any or all users they should have reached in a timely manner or at all or that such messages or measures will prevent any harm, result or action.
  • This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
  • All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
  • Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
  • This website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
  • Cancellation / refund policy for property owners. We offer a 24 hour cancellation service whereby a newly published advert can be cancelled and all subscription fees refunded. To cancel your advert and claim your refund, you will need to email support@cottages-in-scotland.com within 24 hours of the advert going live. This cancellation service applies to the first 24 hours of advertising only, it cannot be applied beyond this period. It applies to the initial advertising period only, it cannot be applied to renewal amounts.
  • By loading material relating to a property onto this website, you warrant and confirm that you are legally entitled to do so and legally have full power and authority to enter into a contract with any person(s) or entity wishing to make a booking of the property for holiday rental purposes (subject always to your right to refuse particular bookings). Contracts for the rental of the property are entered into directly between you and person(s) or entity wishing to make a booking without any involvement on our part. We are entitled to require you to produce appropriate proof of your individual identity, your ownership of the property or authority to represent the owner in advertising and entering into contracts for use of the property for holiday purposes.
  • Material posted on the website. You warrant and represent that all material you post on the website is accurate, complete, up to date and fairly represents the property(ies) to which it relates and is not misleading in any respect. You warrant that all material is suitable for posting on the website given its nature and purpose and does not breach and is in compliance with any and all applicable laws and/or legal requirements. You are responsible for changing and updating it whenever required so that these warranties and representations at all times remain correct. You further warrant and represent that you own the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in any material you post (including without limitation any photograph(s)) or alternatively have the written permission of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property rights to use the same at all times while it is posted on the website. You also warrant and represent that you have the written permission of any and all persons (or their parent or guardian in relation to any child) shown in any photograph to post the same on the website. We are entitled at any time and without prior notice to remove, modify or refuse to accept any material (including, without limitation, any hypertext links or website addresses) where we, in our sole discretion, consider it appropriate to do so. You grant us a perpetual, royalty free, worldwide licence to display, use and reproduce all material posted on the website as we consider appropriate for the purpose of or in connection with advertising the property on the website.
  • Termination. We are entitled to terminate the advertising of any property immediately on giving the property owner notice in writing (which may be by way of an e-mail to their last known e-mail address) (1) in the event of any material or repeated breach of these terms or any other terms which relate to the advertising of the property on the website by the property owner or any breach of these terms or any such other terms following any warning or communication from us in relation to any breach of these terms or any such other terms or (2) in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the property owner or (3) in the event of our having reason to believe that the property owner is no longer able to offer the property for holiday rental purposes either at all or for the reasonably foreseeable future or for substantial periods of time, for whatever reason or (4) in the event of our having reason to believe that the property owner is not complying with the law or any other legal requirements relating to the property or the letting of the same in any respect or is in any way behaving in a manner which may in our sole opinion damage or potentially damage our reputation or the reputation of the website. In the event of termination in any such circumstances, no refund of any payment made to us by the property owner will be made and we will have no liability whatsoever to the property owner.
  • Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Scotland.

Privacy Policy

• This privacy policy sets out how Cottages-in-Scotland.com uses and protects any information that you give Cottages-in-Scotland.com when you use this website.
• Cottages-in-Scotland.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
• Cottages-in-Scotland.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 20.09.2011
• What we collect
  We may collect the following information:
  • name.
  • contact information including email address.
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests.
  • other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
  • property owners will be asked to supply details on the properties that they wish to advertise on this website.
• What we do with the information we gather
  We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. If you do not wish to receive such marketing, there will be an ‘unsubscribe’ option on all email marketing or alternatively, send an unsubscribe request to: support@cottages-in-scotland.com
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
• Security
  We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
• Links to other websites
  Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
• Controlling your personal information
  You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at support@cottages-in-scotland.com
• We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
• You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to: Cottages-in-Scotland.com, 45 Main Road, Fairlie, Ayrshire, KA29 0AB, U.K.
• If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Copyright Notice

• This website and its content is copyright of Cottages-in-Scotland.com. © Cottages-in-Scotland.com 2010-2011 All rights reserved.
• Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:
  
  • you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only.
  • you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material.
• You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.