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1) Welcome to RatingsWinner.com

  • a) Welcome to the RatingsWinner.com website. RatingsWinner.com is an internet-based service provided by Roving Radar Limited(“RatingsWinner”, “RatingsWinner.com” or the “site”), that enables you to select products and services by reference to their performance in evaluations, surveys and accreditations conducted, published and made available by third parties other than RatingsWinner("Third Party Accreditors").
  • b) RatingsWinner.com is a consumer guide that enables consumers to identify products and prices from High Street stores, online retailers and other providers that are considered by such Third Party Accreditors to be the best or amongst the best in their field on the basis of criteria defined and applied by such Third Party Accreditors.
  • c) RatingsWinner and other content partners publish this information
  • d) Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the site. These terms and conditions regulate the use of this web service provided by RatingsWinner. By using this site, you signify your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you do not accept the terms and conditions as described below, you should immediately stop using this service. RatingsWinner reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms of Use at any time and, by your continued use of the site, you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates.

2) Site Materials

  • a) The design and content of this site, including its colour, lay-out, screen design, site navigation, graphics, data, text, images and copy ("Site Materials") is, and will for all purposes remain, the exclusive copyright property of RatingsWinner and/or (where applicable) its various third party providers and distributors. Information found on this site must not be reproduced, republished, distributed, posted, sold, transferred, or modified without the express written permission of RatingsWinner.
  • b) Any such activity or other use of the Site Materials in a manner not specifically permitted by these terms will be regarded as a serious breach of copyright and will result in the instigation of legal proceedings.
  • c) For the avoidance of doubt reasonable downloading, copying and saving information from the website for non-commercial teaching and educational purposes, and for your own lawful, personal, non-commercial use is permitted.
  • d) When visiting this website you are welcome to print hard copies of the material found on it. All other copying, whether in electronic, hardcopy or other format, is not allowed. We allow you to access this website on the condition that you do not reproduce, transmit, publicly perform, distribute, adapt, translate, modify, bundle, merge, share or make available to any person, or create derivative works of any material located on this website, or use it for commercial purposes, without our prior written consent.
  • e) Any use of material found on this website other than in accordance with these terms is not allowed and will be in breach of these terms. If you are in breach of these terms then your permission to use this website will automatically terminate and you must immediately leave this website and destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from this website.

3) Trademarks

  • a) The name and brand RatingsWinner is a trademark owned exclusively by RatingsWinner and its owners.
  • b) RatingsWinner and all other trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on this site ("Trademarks") are registered and are common law Trademarks of RatingsWinner, its affiliates, and various third parties. No information on this site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of the Trademarks without the written permission of RatingsWinner or such other party that may own the Trademarks.
  • c) RatingsWinner does not claim to own any of the third party or affiliate retailers, suppliers or manufacturer brands or trademarks featured on its site.
  • d) By using this site you agree not to adopt any name or brand similar to RatingsWinner, you acknowledge and respect the exclusive ownership by RatingsWinner of the copyright in the site and the Trademarks and that, if by operation of law or otherwise, you obtain any rights in any of the aforesaid you will forthwith on request transfer the same to RatingsWinner.

4) Content

  • a) You retain ownership of all intellectual property rights subsisting in the content you submit to us. However, by submitting content to RatingsWinner, you grant to RatingsWinner a royalty-free world-wide non-exclusive licence for the duration of copyright to use your content, or any part of your content, in any way that RatingsWinner decides on the RatingsWinner website, any other website or through any other medium and to permit others to do the same.
  • b) In the event RatingsWinner allows content to be added to the site in the form of reviews, competitions or otherwise, RatingsWinner shall be entitled, at its absolute discretion, to publish, edit, refuse, or delete content provided to it.
  • c) Any material you transmit or post to this website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. RatingsWinner will have no obligation with respect to such material and will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.
  • d) You agree not to post any threatening or libellous e-mails or material on this site that RatingsWinner in its sole discretions considers illegal or otherwise unacceptable.
  • e) RatingsWinner will and is hereby authorised by the user fully to co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing RatingsWinner to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such e-mails or materials.
  • f) RatingsWinner reserves total editorial control of its content including the right to change, at its sole discretion and at any time, the content, design, services provided or any other aspect of the RatingsWinner website.
  • g) If RatingsWinner features any particular product or survey materials provided by a Third Party Accreditor or other third party it may at any time without liability cease to feature such products and materials or may display such materials in conjunction with any other materials of its choosing. RatingsWinner reserves the right to add to or modify in any way any content provided to RatingsWinner by any Third Party Accreditor or other third party

5) Use Policies

  • a) You may only use this site as a general guide to identify products and services that have received favourable evaluation from Third Party Accreditors and to make product comparisons in each case for your own private use and you agree not to use this site or any of the Site Materials for any other purposes.
  • b) You may download, display and print one copy of the material presented on this site for your personal, non-commercial use only. Unauthorised use of this site and/or the Site Materials may violate applicable copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property laws or other laws.
  • c) The use, dissemination or publication of any of the Site Materials in any publication or on any website or computer is strictly prohibited. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or in connection with the site any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

6) Accreditation Policies

  • a) Whilst every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy and currency of any information provided on this site, you acknowledge that all product descriptions, specifications and all other information found on the site have been provided by third party suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, publications and publicists or have been obtained from other third party sources and that RatingsWinner cannot and does not guarantee the reliability, completeness or the accuracy of any such information.
  • b) The purpose of this site is to provide a convenient source of information for users in order to assist such users to make their own personal assessment of the products and services featured. Information about the products and services featured is available from the Third Party Accreditors and from other public domain sources and accordingly the service provided by this site should not be relied upon by users as the sole source of information concerning any product or service to which reference is made on the site when such users are making their own personal assessment of such products and services. Accordingly, all decisions and actions taken by users of the site are the sole responsibility of users and all users are advised to conduct their own additional research prior to purchasing any products or services referred to on this site.
  • c) All expressions of opinion or other expressions or statements in relation to any product or service are not those of RatingsWinner but are solely those of the Third Party Accreditors or other third parties providing such opinions or statements even where the source of such opinions or statements is not disclosed. Accordingly, the user is advised to conduct their own further research in order to verify or substantiate all such expressions of opinion and other statements and users rely upon such expressions of opinion and other statements entirely at their own risk. RatingsWinner excludes liability for all such expressions of opinion and statements.
  • d) RatingsWinner does not endorse or recommend or accept any liability for any product, service or company featured or referred to on this site.
  • e) RatingsWinner cannot and does not make or give any guarantees that any information contained on the site is correct and hereby excludes liability to the fullest extent permissible by law for any actions taken based on the product and pricing information provided.

7) No Warranty

  • a) Subject to the limitation of liability provision below, RatingsWinner warrants to the user that the information services available on the site will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
  • b) Save as above, RatingsWinner does not give any representation or warranty as to: i) the accuracy, completeness and/or reliability of any content of the RatingsWinner website, nor ii) the fitness for purpose or any other aspect whatsoever of any product or service featured on the site nor iii) to any third party and hereby excludes liability for any loss or damage resulting from any of the foregoing or any business conducted with any company referred to on the site to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  • c) Save as above, RatingsWinner is not authorised to give and does not give any representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness and/or reliability of any content or any information contained on any other website (whether of a retailer, an advertiser, manufacturer or otherwise) which is accessed via the RatingsWinner website, nor any aspect of any product or service featured on such other website site.
  • d) No third party providers of information or distributors make any warranty of any kind regarding the content of this site which is provided on an “as is” basis.
  • e) RatingsWinner assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the site

8) Liability

  • a) RatingsWinner and any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this website) and any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or other loss or damages, and whether is contract, tort or howsoever arising, by your use of this website including but not limited to any such arising from or connected in any way with i) any use of this site or Site Material found herein or on any linked website; ii) any failure or delay (including, but not limited to the use of or inability to use any component of this site for any reason); iii) the performance or non-performance by RatingsWinner or any third parties; iv) any business interruption; v) any aspect of this website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this website, any websites linked to this website or the material on such websites including loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your downloading of any material from this website or any websites linked to this website even if advised of the possibility of damages.
  • b) If, notwithstanding the foregoing, RatingsWinner or any third party should be found liable for any loss or damage which arises out of or is in any way connected with any of the above described functions or uses of this site or its content, the liability of RatingsWinner and the third parties shall in no event exceed the sum of £1000.
  • c) In so far as we are able to do so we exclude liability for any and all direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages that result from your use of this website.
  • d) Nothing in these terms shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or fraud or any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
  • e) If your use of material on this website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof.
  • f) In its sole discretion, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to RatingsWinner and without any liability whatsoever, RatingsWinner at any time and without notice may terminate or restrict your access to any component of this site.
  • g) Your use of and browsing in the site are at your risk. Neither RatingsWinner nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the site. RatingsWinner cannot be held responsible for any technical malfunctions or disruptions to the services offered on the website.
  • h) RatingsWinner assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may affect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in this site or your downloading of any Site Materials.

9) Indemnity

  • a) The Site Materials are provided solely for private research and information purposes.
  • b) Neither RatingsWinner nor its affiliates or its content providers accept any liability to any user or person or entity whatsoever (including, without limitation, persons who may use or rely on such Site Materials or to whom such Site Materials may be furnished) for any loss, damage, injury, claim, liability or other cause of any kind or character whatsoever based upon or resulting from any information or opinions provided in the site.
  • c) You agree to indemnify, defend and hold RatingsWinner and its affiliates, and their respective directors, owners, agents, information providers and licensors harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by any person in connection with any breach by you of these Terms of Use.
  • d) RatingsWinner reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to co-operate with RatingsWinner"s defence of such claim.

10) Links

  • a) This site contains links to other websites that are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by RatingsWinner, its third party providers or distributors of the contents of such other websites.
  • b) RatingsWinner has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the site and is not responsible for their content. The linked sites are for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. RatingsWinner make no representation or warranty regarding any other web sites or the contents or materials on such web sites.
  • c) If you decide to access other web sites, you do so at your own risk and strictly subject to the terms of use of those websites. You agree to observe and perform the conditions and obligations set out in the terms of use of such websites and forthwith to indemnify RatingsWinner on demand for and against any and all costs, claims, liability, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by RatingsWinner or any other party by reason of your failure to observe and perform such conditions and obligations.
  • d) If you would like to link to this website, you may only do so, unless otherwise agreed with RatingsWinner in writing, on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this website, and subject to the following conditions: i) You do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the marks or any other trade marks appearing on this website; ii) You do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around this website; iii) You do not in any way imply that we are endorsing any products or services; iv) You do not misrepresent your relationship with us nor present any other false information about us; v) You do not otherwise use any of the marks or any other intellectual property displayed on this website without express written permission from us; vi) You do not link from a website that is not owned by you unless you have the written permission/authority of the owner of that website to do so; vii) Your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

11) Payments

  • RatingsWinner shall have no responsibility for transmission of funds due to any third party provider or distributor with whom you may elect to deal. You shall be responsible for transmitting all payments due on the terms agreed with any third party provider or distributor.

12) Miscellaneous

  • a) This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and both parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. Any action you, any 3rd party or RatingsWinner bring to enforce this agreement or, in connection with, any matters related to this site shall be brought only in the courts of England and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of said courts. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
  • b) These terms constitute the whole agreement and understanding between RatingsWinner and you in relation to your use of this website and they supersede any previous written or oral agreements made between you and RatingsWinner with respect to this website.
  • c) RatingsWinner may assign, transfer or otherwise sub-contract any of its obligations, benefits or rights under these terms to any third party but you may not.
  • d) Any person who is not a party to these terms has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of these terms.
  • e) By using this site you agree to the terms of this agreement and you confirm that you have read, understood and accepted the terms of our Privacy Policy as detailed in the section below.
  • f) If any provision of these terms is found by a court to be invalid, you agree that such provision shall be deemed substituted by an alternative provision so as to give effect to the original intentions of RatingsWinner and you and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
  • g) We may revise these terms at any time by updating them and re-posting them here. You should check to see if these terms have been revised from time to time because they are binding on you in their current form and in any revised form once posted here.

Our Privacy Policy

RatingsWinner is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.

1) The information we collect and how we use it

  • When you use or register for our service we may need to know your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and interests. We also need to know the specific goods/services that you are searching for. We gather this information to allow us to process your registration, process any requests you may make and tailor search results to your requirements.
  • The relevant information is then used by us, our agents and sub-contractors to communicate with you on any matter relating to the provision of the RatingsWinner service in general. We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
  • From time to time we may provide your information to our customer service agencies for research and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the services we provide. RatingsWinner, its agents, sub-contractors or associated companies may contact you by post, e-mail or telephone to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services as follows:
  • We may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our website or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send a blank e-mail message to contact@ratingswinner.com with the 'unsubscribe' in the subject field.
    We may also want to provide you with related information from third parties we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send a blank e-mail to contact@ratingswinner.com with the 'unsubscribe products' in the subject field.
    We may also provide your information to carefully selected third parties whose products or services we believe may be of interest to you. If you do not wish us to disclose your information in this way, please send a blank e-mail to contact@ratingswinner.com with the 'unsubscribe third party' in the subject field.

2) Our use of cookies

  • A cookie is HTML coding in the form of text that may be stored on your hard disk by our web server. We use cookies solely enable us to offer you a better user experience by tailoring each visit you make toRatingsWinner.com to your personal requirements, thereby also improving the effectiveness of the RatingsWinner service.

3) How we protect your information

  • The internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy
  • We also keep your information confidential. The internal procedures of RatingsWinner cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.

4) Sale of business

  • If this business is sold or integrated with another business your details maybe disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.

5) Updating your details

  • If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, for example if you change your e-mail address, name or payment details or if you wish to cancel your registration, please let us know the correct details by sending an e-mail to contact@ratingswinner.com.

6) Your consent

  • By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. We will also e-mail you should we make any changes so that you may consent to our use of your information in that way. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.
  • Owing to the global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use asset out in this policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.

7) How to contact RatingsWinner

  • We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to contact@ratingswinner.com.