WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Bend-it - (hereinafter, "Bend-it" or "We") may collect your personal information for various purposes when you visit the Bend-it.com, Benditshoes.com, Benditshoes.nl websites (the "Site"). For example:

MEMBERSHIP

If you want to register an account on the site, you will need to provide us with certain contact details and other information about yourself. We want you to know how we limit collection and use of this information and how we restrict the collection of it. These same rules and restrictions apply to all information that you give to us when you place an order on this website.

PREFERRED CUSTOMERS

In order to become a Preferred Customer, you must first complete the registration form. During registration you are required to give personal contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to reward loyal customers for their business. By becoming a Preferred Customer, you are able to take advantage of special offers we make available to Preferred Customers about new promotions, fashion trends, etc. It is also more convenient for a Preferred Customer to make purchases online.

ORDERS

We request information from you on our order form. Here you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customers' orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with you.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 YEARS OLD

If you are under 16 years old (under 13 years of age if you reside in the United States), please get the consent of your parent or legal guardian before you give us any personal information about yourself by way e-mail or any other Internet means. Your parents or guardian can send us their consent by e-mail, although we may follow up by phone or other means in some circumstances. They will need to give us their name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, and any other identifying information that we may request. We need this information in order to verify that they have provided the necessary consent. Your parent or guardian should contact us by using the e-mail address: info@bend-it.com.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 YEARS OLD (UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE IF YOU RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES), DO NOT CONTACT US UNTIL AFTER YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS SENT US AN E-MAIL CONSENTING TO YOUR CONTACT.

BEND-IT POLICY ON CUSTOMER INFORMATION

We do not sell personal information to any third party, nor do we have any plans to do so. However, we may share your personal information with our agents, representatives, service providers and contractors for limited purposes, including but not limited to, fulfilling customer orders; offering certain products and services in connection with this Site; communicating to customers; providing customer service; enhancing and improving customers' shopping experience; administering or facilitating surveys, contests or sweepstakes; offering targeted marketing communications to users; providing a personalized shopping experience; preventing fraud; and completing payment processing.

Our database of personal information is a valuable asset. Therefore, if we sell or transfer an affiliate, business or line of business, we may transfer personal information used or held by that affiliate or business or used in connection with that line of business to the buyer, so long as the buyer agrees that the personal information we transfer will remain subject to this privacy policy.

Of course, we may disclose your personal information if you give us permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the disclosure is required to prevent harm or injury (such as product recalls, fraud, claims or other liability), or to comply with legal processes (subpoenas, warrants) or as otherwise required by law.

By personal information, we mean information that we collect and store in a way that allows us to relate it to you personally or to your family, such as your name, e-mail address, mailing or billing address and phone number. This privacy policy applies only to personal information. We may freely use, disclose or sell information that is not specifically associated with you personally or your family (such as statistics or aggregate information about our customers or website visitors.)

Under the terms of the applicable data protection rules and legislation you are entitled to inspect and, if necessary, correct any personal data concerning you. Furthermore, you are entitled to object to the use of your data for direct marketing purposes at any time. To this end you may address a request for such inspection, correction and/or objection to Bend-it at the following at any of the addresses listed in the “About Us” section of this document or by sending an email to info@bend-it.com.

Further, if our privacy policies change, we will post a notice here, so please check this page regularly. You understand that the privacy policy in effect at any time applies to all personal information held by Bend-it, whether or not that privacy policy was in effect when the information was collected. For that reason, we will provide customers with the means to let us know that they want us to delete information about them from our database. You may feel free to contact us for this purpose at info@bend-it.com. You will need to give us your full name and e-mail address.

We may transfer and process any personal information you provide to us to countries outside the European Economic Area whose laws may not afford the same level of protection to your personal information.  We will therefore ensure that all adequate safeguards are in place and that all applicable laws and regulations are complied with in connection with such transfer.

Bend-it will keep your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to provide you with services and to conduct our legitimate business interest or where otherwise required by law.

Bend-it ensures that adequate technical and organizational measures are taken to secure your personal data against loss or any unlawful processing.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

We may provide links to resources that you find useful or interesting. Any links that we provide will lead you to sites that may operate under different privacy practices. Our visitors are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements for such other websites. You should be aware that their privacy policies may be materially different from ours, or that they may have no privacy policies at all. We have no control over their policies or over their use or disclosure of any information. We are not responsible for any violations by the operator of any site to which we link you of any privacy or other policy. We make no guarantees about any third party sites. 

DISCLAIMER

THESE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY ("DISCLAIMER") APPLY TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE WEBSITES LOCATED AT BEND-IT.COM, BENDITSHOES.COM AND BENDITSHOES.NL ("WEBSITE") AND TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE (INCLUDING BY EMAIL) BETWEEN US AND YOU. PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING AND USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT (THE CONTENTS OF) THE DISCLAIMER AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE DISCLAIMER. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE DISCLAIMER, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. THE DISCLAIMER MAY BE MODIFIED AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME; THE DATE OF THE MOST RECENT CHANGES OR REVISIONS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PAGE. CONTINUED ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE BY YOU WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO THE DISCLAIMER.

This Disclaimer was last updated on 20 September 2014.

YOUR USE

The information provided on this Website relates to the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Germany only. Bend-it makes no representations that the information provided on or via this Website complies with legal requirements in other jurisdictions.

You agree that your attitude and conduct on this Website must be in accordance with that which can be expected from a responsible and careful Internet user. For instance, you may not use the Website or the information provided thereon for actions and/or conduct that are against the law, public order or common decency. In particular, the following actions and/or conduct are not permitted: (a) infringing any (intellectual property) rights of third parties; (b) making injurious, unlawful or misleading statements; (c) circulating material that is prohibited by law; and/or (d) evading or deleting the security of the Website. Furthermore, any use of this Website that (a) may hinder the use of other Internet users; (b) can endanger and/or jeopardize the functioning of this Website; and/or (c) can affect the information provided on or via this Website, is not permitted.

If you breach the provisions in this paragraph, your permission to use this Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed copies and/or extracts from this Website (including information provided on the Website).

You agree to indemnify Bend-it against third party claims that, directly or indirectly, relate to your non-compliance with the above requirements.

LIABILITY

The Website (including the information provided on this Website and related communications) is provided by Bend-it as a service to you for non-commercial, personal use on an "as is, as available" basis. You acknowledge that you are using the Website at your own risk and responsibility. Bend-it attempts to provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information, which has been obtained from sources that are considered reliable, but Bend-it does not warrant that the information provided on or via this Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date, nor does Bend-it warrant that this Website is free of viruses and/or functions without error or interruption.

Bend-it excludes its liability for any damages and/or other harm arising from or in connection with this Website in any way, including but not limited to (i) your use; (ii) the inability to use; (iii) your reliance on; and (iv) the results of such use of, the (contents of) this Website and/or any web sites linked to this Website. The exclusion of liability includes but is not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may affect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to this Website. Bend-it does not exclude, or in any way limit, its liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by Bend-it’ negligence.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All intellectual property rights in the Website (including all information provided on the Website), vest in Bend-it or its licensors. You may download and use information on this Website for personal and non-commercial purposes only, without altering or removing any trademark, copyright, or other notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the Website or unless permitted by mandatory laws, you may not - in whole or in part - copy, reproduce, make available, distribute or otherwise exploit this Website (including the information provided on this Website) without prior written consent of Bend-it or its licensors.

If you breach the provisions in this paragraph and/or otherwise infringe upon the intellectual property rights vested in the Website (including the information provided on the Website), your permission to use this Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed copies and/or extracts from this Website (including information provided on the Website).

USER GENERATED CONTENT

Bend-it may provide you with an opportunity to post content to the Website. You shall not post or transmit to or from this Website any material or content:

(a) that is, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, offensive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience; or

(b) for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses or approvals; or

(c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would otherwise be considered a criminal offence, give rise to liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Germany; or

(d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).

You understand that you are entirely and solely responsible for all content that you upload, post, or otherwise transmit via the Website. Bend-it shall have the right, but not the obligation, to delete, move, or edit any content that is in breach of this paragraph or is otherwise objectionable as determined by Bend-it in its sole discretion and without notice.

If you upload, post, or otherwise transmit content to the Website, you acknowledge that any such submissions become the exclusive property of Bend-it and, thus, may be used, edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, displayed and/or exploited by Bend-it for any purpose, including commercial uses. In as far as necessary under the applicable laws, you agree to execute any and all acts that may be necessary in order to record the property and/or ownership of your submission in the name of Bend-it . In as far as allowed under the applicable laws, you further waive any moral rights you may have in your submissions.

Bend-it reserves the right to monitor, review, retain, and/or disclose any information necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, legitimate governmental request or court order directing Bend-it to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of this Disclaimer.

You agree to indemnify Bend-it against third party claims that, directly or indirectly, relate to your non-compliance with the above requirements in this paragraph.

HYPERLINKS

Links to third party websites on this Website are provided solely for your convenience, and Bend-it is not responsible for such third party websites. Furthermore, Bend-it is not responsible for third party websites that contain links to this Website. Hence, Bend-it does not endorse or make any representations regarding the aforementioned third party websites. Your linking to and/or use of any third party website is at your own risk.

Links (whether by hypertext linking, deep-linking, framing, tagging or otherwise) to this Website are not permitted without the prior written consent of Bend-it.

GENERAL

Bend-it may assign, transfer, license, sub-contract or otherwise grant any of its rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use to any third party, without your consent.

This Disclaimer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Any disputes arising in connection with this Disclaimer shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.