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Welcome to Propertynews.com (“the Site”). References below to “we” and “us” are to Propertynews Ltd. The terms and conditions below (the “Terms and Conditions”) constitute an agreement between you and us and are the conditions upon which you may access the information, products, and services available on or through the Site and upon which such information, products, and services are provided. By accessing, viewing or using any of the information, products or services available on or through the Site, you acknowledge that you intend these Terms and Conditions to be the equivalent of a signed, written document and that you agree to be legally bound by them. Do not use this site in any way unless you agree to all the terms and conditions below.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK

The intellectual property rights in all elements of the Site, including without limitation the copyright, database rights, trade marks and patents, know how, confidential information and collections of personal data are owned or controlled by us or as otherwise stated.

The word Propertynews and the device are our trademarks. Save as provided in these Terms and Conditions any use or reproduction of these trademarks is prohibited.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Privacy Policy set out on the Site forms part of these Terms and Conditions. We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

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Our Privacy Policy explains that in relation to your personal information, we are a data controller and that we will always process your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and all applicable law. Please note that if you are using our website to submit your personal details to an estate agent for any reason, then that estate agent will from that point onwards have a separate and independent duty to you as regards the use and security of your personal information. You should therefore ensure that you have received and read the Privacy Notice of that estate agent to make sure you are happy for them to process information about you.

COPYING

You are permitted to view the contents of the Site on screen. You are also permitted to print one copy of reasonable extracts from the Site for your personal use and to save one copy of such reasonable extracts to your local hard disk for your personal use. All other copying and distribution of any of the contents of the Site is strictly forbidden.

DISCLAIMER AND WARRANTIES

(a) We have taken care to ensure the accuracy or completeness of the contents of the Site. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on the Site and to the extent permitted by law, we disclaim any and all representations, warranties and undertakings in connection with the Site including all implied warranties and conditions, including such as to merchantability, fitness and title except as expressly otherwise provided in these Terms and Conditions.

(b) We do not warrant that the Site or any software of whatsoever nature available on or downloaded from it will be free from viruses or defects, compatible with your equipment or fit for any purpose. It is your responsibility to verify any information that you may obtain on the Site with independent authorities before acting on it and to use suitable anti-virus software on any material that you may download from the Site and to ensure the compatibility of such software with your equipment.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION

Artist and computer images are for general guidance only. Landscaping and vehicles are not included. All details, visual impressions and maps are given for illustrative purposes only and are presented in good faith as a guide only.

The developer reserves the right to substitute materials of similar quality should they become difficult to source, out of stock or require to be substituted due to changes in Building Control or Planning legislation. Details of changes in specification or materials can be obtained from the agents.

Drawings, plans or maps are reproduced for information only and should not be relied upon as forming part of any contract, sale or lease and are not to scale. All dimensions are approximate and should be checked on site for absolute accuracy. Completion dates are approximate.

A booking deposit does not constitute a contract and is offered only as stake holding until such times as a binding contract is in force when the booking deposit will comprise part of the purchase price.

There may be other Terms and Conditions on areas of the Site which relate to your use of such areas, all of which will, together with these Terms and Conditions, govern your use of the Site.

LINKS

Within the Site you may find links or references to third party materials and third party sites. We accept no liability of any description in respect of the contents of such materials or sites. We should not be taken to be endorsing, publishing, permitting or authorising such sites or materials.

Should you do business with any of the third parties referred to above, the contract will be directly between you and the relevant party. We shall not be responsible or liable for any such dealings.

ESTATE AGENTS

When you advertise a property on this Site, you acknowledge that we may be sharing with you the personal information of visitors to the Site (Shared Personal Data) who are interested in such property and want to make direct contact with you so as to arrange a viewing (Purpose). You agreed that this is the only use you will make of such Shared Personal Data and as we are both controllers in relation to it, the purpose of this section of these Terms is to set out the principles and procedures we both adhere to and the responsibilities we owe each other.

We both agree to ensure compliance at all times with all applicable data protection laws whilst ever we are processing Shared Personal Data.

The only information we will share with you via our Site is names, email addresses and telephone numbers for those wishing to contact you about the properties you are advertising on the Site.

We will each ensure that we:

  • process the Shared Personal Data fairly and lawfully;
  • have a legitimate ground under applicable data protection laws for the processing of it;
  • provide clear and sufficient information to the individuals concerned of the Purpose, the legal basis for the Purposes and such other information as is required by Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
  • provide such assistance as is reasonably required to enable the other party to comply with requests from the individuals to whom the Shared Personal Data relates to exercise their rights under any relevant data protection legislation within the time limits imposed by such legislation.

The Shared Personal Data is uploaded to our Site by the individual. As such we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information.

You hereby confirm that:

  • you will not retain or process the Shared Personal data for longer than is necessary to carry out the Purpose;
  • if you appoint a third party processor to process the Shared Personal Data you shall comply with Article 28 and Article 30 of the GDPR and you will remain liable to us for the acts and/or omissions of the processor.
  • you will not transfer any Shared Personal Data to anywhere outside of the EEA;
  • if you process the Shared Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, you will first ensure the appropriate level of consent has been obtained from the individuals concerned and that you have effective procedures in place to allow those individuals to “opt-out” from having their Shares Personal Data used in that way.

Both parties undertake to have in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing of the Shared Personal Data and the accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, the Shared Personal Data. We each also agree to ensure a level of security for the Shared Personal Data which is appropriate to the harm that might result from such unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the Shared Personal Data to be protected.

Each party will comply with its obligation to report a Personal Data Breach to the appropriate Supervisory Authority and (where applicable) data subjects under Article 33 of the GDPR and shall each inform the other party of any Personal Data Breach irrespective of whether there is a requirement to notify any Supervisory Authority or data subject(s).

The parties agree to provide reasonable assistance as is necessary to each other to facilitate the handling of any Personal Data Breach in an expeditious and compliant manner. For these purpose as Personal Data breach is any accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to the Shared Personal Data

You undertake to indemnify us and hold us harmless from any cost, charge, damages, expense, fine, penalty or loss which you cause us as a result of your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Artist and computer images are for general guidance only. Landscaping and vehicles are not included. All details, visual impressions and maps are given for illustrative purposes only and are presented in good faith as a guide only.

The developer reserves the right to substitute materials of similar quality should they become difficult to source, out of stock or require to be substituted due to changes in Building Control or Planning legislation. Details of changes in specification or materials can be obtained from the agents.

Drawings, plans or maps are reproduced for information only and should not be relied upon as forming part of any contract, sale or lease and are not to scale. All dimensions are approximate and should be checked on site for absolute accuracy. Completion dates are approximate.

A booking deposit does not constitute a contract and is offered only as stake holding until such times as a binding contract is in force when the booking deposit will comprise part of the purchase price.

There may be other Terms and Conditions on areas of the Site which relate to your use of such areas, all of which will, together with these Terms and Conditions, govern your use of the Site.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to change any of the Terms and Conditions (whether contained in these Terms and Conditions or in any other Terms and Conditions contained on any of the pages of the Site) at any time. It is your responsibility to visit the Terms and Conditions of the Site on a regular basis to ascertain whether any amendments to these Terms and Conditions or to any of the Terms and Conditions on other areas of the Site have been made. If you do not agree to such an amendment, you should immediately cease to use the Site.

LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms and Conditions and any matter relating to the Site shall be governed by Northern Ireland law and the Northern Ireland courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of them.