Terms & Privacy

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Arloe LLC, a company registered in Switzerland. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Arloe.

Arloe offers this website, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.



By visiting our site and/ or purchasing something from us, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”, “Terms”), including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Terms of Service apply to all users of the site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content.


Please read these Terms of Service always before accessing or using our website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or use any services. If these Terms of Service are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms of Service.



Any new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also be subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and/or changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes. The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.


2. ONLINE STORE TERMS

By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.


You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorised purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).


You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your Services.


3. GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.


You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (1) transmissions over various networks; and (2) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.


You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission by us.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Content, such as text, graphics, images and other materials, on this Site are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights. The use of the Site does not give you rights in terms of the Content available on Arloe.

You are prohibited from using the Site or its content to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others.

You, the customer, are permitted to use the Content for your personal use solely as per authorisation from Arloe and/or any third party involved.

5. ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION

We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.


This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.

6. PRICING POLICY AND MODIFICATIONS

Prices are subject to change depending on VAT changes, exchange rate changes and other commercial factors. We reserve the right to make these changes at any given time. 


The Site shows prices in Euros and all prices include legal VAT, unless you have selected a country where VAT is not chargeable, and exclude delivery costs until “Checkout”. Shipping costs are added to the “Checkout” once the delivery address has been added.


If you wish for the item(s) to be delivered outside of Switzerland, import duties may occur once the package has reached its destination.

These import duties will not be calculated by Arloe and Arloe will not be responsible for these charges. For more information on this matter, please contact your local customs authorities.

The validity of prices and offers remains as advertised, and ends at the end of the period mentioned in the advertisement. If your debit or credit card is not denominated in Euros, the final price will be calculated with the applicable exchanged rate at the time and day your card issuer validates the transaction.
Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time. We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Checkout

Once you have selected all items you wish to purchase, follow the cart icon and click on Checkout. You will be asked to add your email address, and if you wish you can tick the subscription box. You will then be asked to fill in all personal details we require to deliver the product to you safely. You will have to select your preferred shipping option. Next step is the payment, here you will be asked to fill in your preferred payment type and details to process the order securely. Before the payment goes through, you are asked to review your order before you authorise the payment. Once you have placed the order, you will receive an email confirmation with all your order details. This is NOT an acceptance of your order, it is a confirmation that we have received it and are processing it thoroughly. Unless you cancel the order placed, you will receive an acceptance email confirming your order has been accepted and will be shipped as soon as possible.

7. PRODUCTS OR SERVICES (IF APPLICABLE)

Certain products or services may be available exclusively online through the website. These products or services may have limited quantities and are subject to return or exchange only according to our Return Policy.


We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours and images of our products that appear at the store. We cannot guarantee that your computer monitor's display of any colour will be accurate. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis.

We reserve the right to limit the quantities of any products or services that we offer. All descriptions of products or product pricing are subject to change at anytime without notice, at the sole discretion of us. We reserve the right to discontinue any product at any time. Any offer for any product or service made on this site is void where prohibited. We do not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Service will be corrected.

8. EXACTNESS OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. In the event that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing address/phone number provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.



You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made at our store. You agree to promptly update your account and other information, including your email address and credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed.



For more information, please review our Returns Policy.

Optional Tools
We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input.

You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools ”as is” and “as available” without any warranties, representations or conditions of any kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of optional third-party tools.

Any use by you of optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s).

We may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall also be subject to these Terms of Service.


9. THIRD PARTY LINKS

Certain content, products and services available via our Service may include materials from third-parties.


Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.


We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party's policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.

10. USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.


We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.


You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libellous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website.

You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.


11. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your submission of personal information through the store is governed by our Privacy Policy.

12. MIXED, ERRONEOUS OR OMITTED INFORMATION

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times and availability.

We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).
 We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law.

No specified update or refresh date applied in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.

13. UNAUTHORISED USES

Additionally to prohibitions as stated in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (1) for any unlawful purpose; (2) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (3) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (4) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (5) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (6) to submit false or misleading information; (7) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (8) to collect or track the personal information of others; (9) to spam (10) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (11) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.

We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.

We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable.

You agree that from time to time we may remove the service for indefinite periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you.

You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the service is at your sole risk. The service and all products and services delivered to you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided 'as is' and 'as available' for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.


In no case shall Arloe, or any of our stakeholders be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind, including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings, loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising from your use of any of the service or any products procured using the service, or for any other claim related in any way to your use of the service or any product, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the service or any content (or product) posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the service, even if advised of their possibility. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

15. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Arloe and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.


16. SEVERABILITY

In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

17. TERMINATION

The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all purposes.


These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services, or when you cease using our site.


If in our sole judgment you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this agreement at any time without notice and you will remain liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination; and/or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof).

18. TOTAL AGREEMENT

The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this site or in respect to The Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service). Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party.


These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of ARLOE LLC, Neuhofstrasse 27, 8834 Schindellegi, Switzerland.

19. ALTERATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE

You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.

20. CONTACT ARLOE

Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to carolina@thisisarloe.com

1. ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION ON THISISARLOE.COM.

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.


With your permission, email marketing (if applicable): we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates. We also collect your information if you create an account, respond to a promotional offer or register for our email subscription.

2. CONSENT

You grant us consent when you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, such as promoting, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.



Withdraw your consent?
If after you opt-in, you may want to withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, feel free to contact us anytime at info@thisisarloe.com.

3. SHOPIFY

Our store is accommodated on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.

Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.



Payment:

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify and Stripe stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service & Stripe's Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.

(https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement
(https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).

(https://stripe.com/en-ch/legal)(https://www.paypal.com/ee/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full)

4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND DISCLOSURE

We do not sell or rent your personal information to others, however we may share and engage third-parties to perform services in connection with the business only as set out in this Privacy Policy.

We may provide your personal information to certain of our service providers in order to operate our business and this site. Examples of these services include, but are not limited to:

  • - Payment processing and authorisation 
  • - Fraud protection and credit risk reduction 
  • - Order fulfilment and shipping


  • These third-parties are only authorised to use this information in connection with the services they perform or to comply with legal requirements.

    We may disclose information about you if:

  • - We are required to do so by law, governmental request, process or court order 
  • - We believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to conform or comply with such law, request or court order, as well as to protect the users of our Sites or the public 
  • - If you violate our Terms of Service 
  • - To investigate suspected fraud or other illegal activity


  • We may share non-personal information with third-parties, including advertising partners. This could include e.g. the number of daily visitors to our site, the orders placed on certain dates and will not directly personally identify you or any users of the Site.

    Links
    
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

    4. SECURITY

    To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

    
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

    5. COOKIES

    We also use cookies and you can choose if you want to opt-out or not. They are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser. These cookies are here to recognise your browser to then save and remember certain information that will enhance your customer experience. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

    On Arloe, cookies are used to, e.g.

  • Manage the sign-up process and general administration 
  • Remember that you have logged in for a certain time, so that you don’t have to keep reconnecting 
  • Help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. 
  • Compile data about site traffic and site interaction


  • We may contract with trusted third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

    6. AGE OF CONSENT

    By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

    7. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

    We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently.
    Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
    
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

    8. CONTACT US

    If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact us at info@thisisarloe.com

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