Terms of Use
Essity Aktiebolag (publ)
Registered office: Stockholm, Sweden
Reg. no.: 556325-5511
References below to “Essity”, “us” or “we” are references to Essity AB (publ) as a provider of this web page (“Site”) unless it follows that a certain Site or other service states another entity, whereby “Essity” will refer to such entity. These Terms of Use shall apply in relation to Sites and other services that refer to these Terms of Use.
Essity will for the purposes of providing its Site and these Terms of Use adhere to Swedish law. However, since the Essity Group includes entities worldwide, please note that if another company is stated as provider of a certain Site or service, the national laws of the country in which such entity is established may provide for different or additional rules. In such a case, the national applicable laws will apply and be adhered to by such entity to the extent required again.
Legal Statement
The materials on this Site are provided by Essity as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. Single copies may be downloaded subject to the provisions below.
By downloading any materials from this Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree to them, do not use the Site or download any materials from it.
Trademark Information
All names, logos and trademarks are the property of Essity, its affiliates, related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners.
Essity’s trademarks and brand names may be used only as stated in these Terms of Use or with prior written permission from Essity.
Any use of Essity’s trademarks in the advertising and promotion of Essity’s products requires proper acknowledgement.
Restricted Use/Single Copy Licence
All content included on this Site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips and software, is the property of Essity or its content suppliers and is protected by Swedish and international copyright laws. Unauthorised use or distribution of any materials on this Site may violate copyright, trademark and/or other laws and is subject to civil as well as criminal sanctions.
This Site or any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial use that is not expressly permitted in writing by Essity. You may download one copy of the information found on Essity Sites onto a single computer for your personal, non-commercial, internal use only.
You may not modify, use or transfer the information for any commercial purposes; nor may you remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from the information. You agree that you are responsible for preventing any unauthorised copying of the materials and for ensuring that all employees and contractors – if applicable – of your organisation adhere to these limitations.
You are responsible for obeying all applicable copyright laws. We permit you to make copies of this Site as necessary incidental acts during your viewing of it; you may print a copy, for your personal use, of as much of the Site as is reasonable for private purposes. All other use is strictly prohibited. You may not frame this Site nor link to a page other than the home page without our prior written permission.
Essity does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks or trade secret information.
Disclaimer of warranties
The information contained herein is provided “as is”, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose. In case Essity is linking to the web page of a third party, such linking is for the convenience of users only and Essity will have no liability for the content or accuracy of information contained in such web page.
In no event shall Essity be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of information, arising out of the use of or inability to use the information, even if Essity has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Essity further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items that may be contained within this information. Essity may make changes to this content, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Essity makes no commitment to update the information or other materials entered in this Site.
User Submissions
Any material, information or other communications you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, fully sub-licensable and non-proprietary (“Communications”). Essity will have no obligations concerning the Communications.
Essity will be free to disclose, copy, distribute, incorporate and/or otherwise use any Communications, together with all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein, for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
If you submit personal data to this Site or otherwise to Essity, you hereby consent to Essity’s use of such data for the purposes of evaluating your information and to market Essity’s products and services, including a right to transfer the data to third countries and post your personal data on the Internet. Essity will be responsible under Swedish Law for such processing of personal data and you may contact Essity in case of incorrect data or other issues related to the personal data.
You may not post any Communications that can be judged as offensive or as violating the privacy of other persons or that may be considered commercial marketing or that is in any way illegal or inappropriate. Essity will delete such communications when we become aware of them and we reserve the right to exclude you as a user from our Site or service.
For use of third-party services, such as Facebook, third-party terms may also apply. For example, Facebook applies its “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” to all users and visitors to Facebook, and we recommend that you read these terms before using any such third-party service.
Other
Essity may revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting.
Essity reserves, at its sole discretion, the right to (1) change this Legal Statement; (2) monitor and remove postings; and/or (3) discontinue Site availability, at any time without notice.
If any term, condition, or provision of this Legal Statement is determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms, conditions and provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Essity may engage external service providers, who act as a data processor of Essity, to provide certain services to Essity, such as website service providers, marketing service providers or IT support service providers. When providing such services, the external service providers may have access to and/or may process your personal data.
We request that those external service providers implement and apply security safeguards to ensure the privacy and security of your personal data.
· Other recipients
Essity may transfer – in compliance with applicable data protection law – personal data to law enforcement agencies, governmental authorities, legal counsel, external consultants or business partners. In case of a corporate merger or acquisition, personal data may be transferred to the third parties involved in the merger or acquisition.
· International transfers of personal data
The Personal Data that we collect or receive about you may be transferred to and processed by recipients, including agents in the same company group, that are located abroad, including inside or outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). The countries include those that provide an adequate level of data protection from a European data protection law perspective or the applicable local law perspective. Essity will take all necessary measures to ensure that transfers out of the EEA, or out of other original territories, are adequately protected as required by applicable data protection law. With respect to transfers to countries not providing an adequate level of data protection, we base the transfer on appropriate safeguards, such as standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission or by a supervisory authority, approved codes of conduct together with binding and enforceable commitments from the recipient, other local legislation transfer mechanisms such as specific contractual clauses and binding corporate rules, or approved certification mechanisms together with binding and enforceable commitments from the recipient. You can ask for a copy of such appropriate safeguards by contacting us as set out in Section 9 (Contact us) below.