Terms of Use

Last updated: February 2021

About LBB ASIA Limited and these Terms of Use

LBB Asia Limited has its registered office at Flat/Rm 2104, 21/F, Chinachem Hollywood Centre, 1-13 Hollywood Road Central, Hong Kong, Business Registration Certificate No: 53714012-000-02-20-5. The Platform www.watchknowledge-certification.com is edited by LBB Asia Limited. Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (“FHH”) is a Swiss Foundation and has its registered offices at Pont de la Machine 1, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland. LBB acts as an authorised distributor for FHH for the purposes of distributing Digital Services for FHH. For any other information on FHH please refer to their website at https://www.hautehorlogerie.org/en/the-foundation/.

These Terms of Use govern your use of the Platform. In these Terms of Use, we use the term LBB Asia Limited (and "we", "us" and "our") to refer to the head office of LBB Asia Limited at the registered address above and its affiliates.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Platform. By using the Platform, you signify your assent and agreement to these Terms of Use and you will be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, then you are not authorised to continue using the Platform. 

Updates to these Terms of Use

We may make changes to these Terms of Use from time to time Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates. The latest version of these Terms of Use will always be available on the Platform. Any new version of these Terms of Use shall take effect and will govern the use of the Platform and your relationship with us immediately upon the date of posting. By continuing to use the Platform, you agree to be bound by the terms of these updates and amendments.

About our hosting services

Hosting Services for our website is provided by Shopify. For more details please www.shopify.com.

 

Our privacy policy

Our information collection practices on the Platform, such as the types of information we collect regarding visitors to the Platform and the ways in which we may use that information, are governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Conditions of Sale

Customers purchasing products online through LBB must read the Conditions of Sale, which will govern the terms and conditions of any such purchases. The provisions entitled "Limitation of liability" below do not cover the sale of products online; please refer to the Conditions of Sale for the relevant exclusions and limitations of liability.

Use of materials on the Platforms

LBB Asia Limited has created its Platform to provide information about its company and products for your personal use.

You may download a soft copy or print a hard copy of the material made available to you via the Platform, for your own non-commercial, educational, private or domestic use only, provided that proprietary notices, in particular intellectual property notices such as copyright©, trademark™, are preserved intact and are not modified, deleted or changed. Unless otherwise stated, you should assume that everything that you see or read on the Platform (such as images, photographs, including any person represented in the photographs, illustrations, icons, texts, video clips, music, written and other materials) ("FHH Material") are protected by legislation such as copyright, designs and trademark legislation and under international treaty provisions and national laws worldwide.

You are not authorised to sell, reproduce, distribute, communicate, modify, display, publicly perform, report or otherwise prepare derivative or second hand works based on or use any FHH Material in any way for any public or commercial purposes. Furthermore, FHH Material may not be displayed or communicated on any other platform, in a networked computer environment or on any other digital platform for any purpose whatsoever. In the event of breach of any of these Terms of Use, your permission to use FHH Material will automatically terminate and any copies made of FHH Material must be immediately destroyed. Any unauthorised use of FHH Material may infringe copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

Your submissions and unsolicited communications

This section concerns communications sent to LBB Asia Limited. It does not concern the communication of personal information to LBB Asia Limited in relation to customer enquiries, the use of services or the purchase of services through the Platform. The latter is governed by the rules stipulated in the Privacy Policy.

Any unsolicited communication or material that you transmit to LBB Asia Limited via the Platform or through social media, by electronic mail or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary by LBB Asia Limited. By sending communications to LBB Asia Limited, you automatically grant LBB Asia Limited a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such communication(s) alone, or as a part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known of hereafter developed and to sublicense such rights to anyone. Anything that you transmit may be used by LBB Asia Limited and its affiliated companies for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting, or developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

Limitation of liability

This section applies to the Platform and not to the products that may be sold online.

LBB Asia Limited tries to ensure that the information provided is accurate and complete. However, LBB Asia Limited does not warrant or represent that FHH’s Material is accurate, error-free or reliable or that use of FHH Material will not infringe rights of third parties.

LBB Asia Limited does not warrant that the functional and/or technical aspects of the Platforms or the FHH Material will be error free or that the Platform, FHH Material or the servers that make them available are free of viruses or other harmful components. If use of the Platform or FHH Material results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment, data or other element, LBB Asia Limited is not responsible for those costs. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Platforms is provided to you "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. LBB Asia Limited make no warranties about the FHH Material, software, text, downloads, graphics, and links, or about results to be obtained from using the Platforms.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, LBB Asia Limited shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the use of information available from the Platforms or any liability relating to any loss of use, interruption of business, lost profits or lost data, regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if LBB Asia Limited has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Please note that in some jurisdictions consumer protection laws may not allow certain exclusions or limitation of warranties or liabilities, and consequently some of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply.

Trademark notice

In general, all trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") that appear on the Platform are registered, unregistered or otherwise protected FHH trademarks or are licensed for use by FHH by third parties. Other trademarks are proprietary marks and are registered to their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Platform should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any licence or right to use any trademark without prior written permission. Misuse of any trademark displayed on the Platforms, or any other content on the Platforms, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.

Copyright notice

All content (including FHH Materials) on the Platform are either Copyright © FHH or are licensed for use by FHH. All rights are reserved. Please refer to the section above on Use of Materials on the Platform.

Links & linking

The Platform may contain links to other platforms operated by third parties not affiliated to LBB Asia Limited. The inclusion of any link to such third party sites does not imply endorsement by LBB Asia Limited of those sites. LBB Asia Limited has not reviewed all of the content contained in the linked sites and is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to any of the Platforms. If you choose to click through any link to off-site pages or third party sites then this is at your own risk. LBB Asia Limited does not authorise linking to any of its Platforms from a third party platform without its express prior written authorisation.

Termination and suspension

You agree that LBB Asia Limited may terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Platforms if LBB Asia Limited reasonably believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use, or violated the rights of LBB Asia Limited, its affiliated companies or any third party, with or without notice to you. You agree that LBB Asia Limited may modify or discontinue providing any of the Platforms, with or without notice to you. You agree that LBB Asia Limited will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such modification or discontinuation. The provisions entitled "Limitation of liability" and "General provisions" will survive termination of these Terms of Use.

General provisions

Unless otherwise specified, the information and materials presented on the Platforms are presented solely for the purpose of promoting FHH’s products and services and in certain cases to present products for sale via a variety of means. LBB Asia Limited makes no representation that FHH Material is appropriate or available for use in every country of the world. You are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, keeping in mind that access to FHH Material may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries.

If any provision, or part of a provision, of these Terms of Use is found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall be deemed not to form part of these Terms of Use, and the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder of the provisions of these Terms of Use shall not be affected, unless otherwise required by operation of applicable law.

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the use of the Platform, and replace and extinguish all prior agreements, draft agreements, arrangements, undertakings, or collateral contracts of any nature made by the parties, whether oral or written, in relation to such subject matter.

The waiver by LBB Asia Limited of a breach of any provision of these Terms of Use will not operate to be interpreted as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, without reference to conflict of laws provisions. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in relation to the Terms of Use, including the validity, invalidity, breach or termination thereof, shall be adjudicated or arbitrated in accordance with said Terms of Use.  Where the laws of Hong Kong are different to the mandatory consumer laws in your own country, we will afford you with similar protection.

Contact us

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Use, or matters generally, please contact us at the address provided below. You can also use this address if you wish to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

LBB Asia Limited Customer Service

Flat/Rm 2104, 21/F, Chinachem Hollywood Centre

1-13 Hollywood Road Central, Hong Kong

info@lbbasia.com