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Terms
and Conditions of Use
Welcome to the House of Travel Web Site
("Site").
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
USE (collectively "Terms of Use") BEFORE USING OUR SITE. The Terms of Use govern
your use of our Site. By using our Site, you agree to follow and be bound by the Terms of
Use.
House of Travel reserves the right, at any time,
to change, modify, alter, update or remove portions of these Terms of Use. Your continued
use of [ The House of Travel Web Site (www.travel-philippines.net)] following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
This Site is owned and operated by House of
Travel, Inc. (referred to as "House of Travel", "we,"
"us," or "our" herein). Unless otherwise noted, the design of the
Site, the Site as a whole, and all materials that are part of the Site (collectively
"Contents") and all rights to patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and
other intellectual properties inherent therein and appurtenant thereto are owned,
controlled or licensed by House of Travel or its subsidiaries and affiliates.
The Contents are intended solely for your
personal, noncommercial use. No material from the Site may be copied, reproduced,
republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may
download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial
home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. No
right, title or interest in any Contents is granted or transferred to you, as a result of
any copying for your personal, noncommercial use allowed as set forth above. Except as
noted above, you may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create
derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, redistribute, sell, decompile,
reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise exploit in any way, any of the Contents or the
Site. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a
violation of House of Travels copyright and other proprietary rights. Unauthorized
use of the Contents is expressly prohibited by law and may result in severe civil and
criminal penalties.
Links to Other Web Sites and Services
This Site may include links to other Internet
sites maintained by third parties ("Linked Sites"). The inclusion of Linked
Sites does not imply endorsement by House of Travel of the Linked Sites. You access Linked
Sites at your own risk and by accessing them you leave House of Travel Site. Linked Sites
are not under the control of House of Travel and House of Travel is not responsible for
the accuracy, copyright, compliance, legality or decency of the contents of any Linked
Site. You irrevocably waive any claim against House of Travel with respect to such Linked
Sites.
Privacy
Data about activity of visitors to this Site is
automatically provided to House of Travel when you visit our Site. House of Travel may use
or disclose information about your demographics and use of the Site in any manner that
does not reveal your identity. E-mail addresses and other personally identifying data
about you is known to House of Travel only when voluntarily submitted or posted to us.
House of Travel may use or disclose to others such personally identifying data provided by
you to notify and familiarize you with products and new arrivals, to answer inquiries and
to send information, promotions or catalogs.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that are stored
by your browser on your computers hard drive. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for
you by saving your preferences while you are at our Site. The use of cookies is an
industry standard, which you will find at most major Web sites.
By showing how and when visitors use a site,
cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and
updates to the site are based on such data, such as total number of visitors and pages
viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. We also use the information
from cookies to provide services better tailored to our users needs by assigning you a
unique number which allows us to track the items in your Shopping Cart and to save past
purchase information, while still available, for the next time you visit. Cookies do not
allow us to collect any additional information other than the information that was
provided by you at the time of registration.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept
cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, note that some parts of our Site will not function properly or may be
considerably slower if you refuse cookies. Additionally, you may have difficulty
completing shopping transactions or entering contests.
Security
House of Travel makes every effort to protect
your online information by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol encryption
technologies to protect against information loss and Digital Signatures to ensure message
authenticity. Please note that some versions of browsers and some firewalls do not permit
communication through secure servers.
Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability and Indemnity
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN,
THIS SITE ALL CONTENTS AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS"
BASIS. HOUSE OF TRAVEL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HOUSE OF TRAVEL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL ELEMENTS. ALTHOUGH HOUSE OF TRAVEL ENDEAVORS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION, IT
DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF
INFORMATION ON THIS SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
NEITHER HOUSE OF TRAVEL NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR
RELATED ENTITIES OR ITS VENDORS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSONS OR
ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE,
SPECIAL OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER
BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR ANY INFORMATION OR
MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. HOUSE OF TRAVEL IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY,
OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE OR ANY
MATERIALS ON THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF HOUSE OF TRAVEL TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD
HARMLESS HOUSE OF TRAVEL , ITS SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTORS, VENDORS AND AFFILIATES
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, DEMANDS LIABILITIES, COSTS OR EXPENSE,
INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS FEES, RESULTING OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF ANY
OF THESE TERMS OF USE.
Denial of Access
These Terms of Use constitute an agreement which
is effective unless and until terminated by House of Travel. If in House of Travels
sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement, House of
Travel may deny you access to the Site. In the event of denial of access by House of
Travel, you are no longer authorized to access the Site, and the restrictions imposed upon
you with respect to material copied or downloaded, and the disclaimers and limitations of
liabilities set forth in these Terms of Use, shall continue in force. These Terms of Use
constitute the entire agreement between you and House of Travel relating to the subject
matter addressed herein.
Applicable Law
This Site is controlled and operated by House of
Travel from its offices within Manila, Philippines. House of Travel makes no
representation that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other
locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own
initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
The law applicable to the interpretation and
construction of these Terms and conditions of use and any transaction (including sales of
products) using or related to the Site, shall be the laws of the Republic of the
Philippines, without regard to conflict of laws. All proceedings relating to the Site,
these Terms of Use, or any transaction, including the sale of any products, using this
Site, shall be brought only in the courts of the Republic of the Philippines, and you and
House of Travel do hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
If any provision of these terms shall be
unlawful, void, or for any reason, unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from these terms and shall not affect the agreement between us relating to the
subject matter herein and shall not be modified, except in writing and signed by both
parties.
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