These Website terms of use ("Terms") set out the terms under which you may use this Website, www.mikron.com (“Website”). Please read these Terms carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms, you must stop using the Website.
Website Terms of Use / Cookies / Privacy Notice
Definitions and Interpretation
In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
| "Content" | means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on or forms part of the Website; and |
| "Mikron/we/us/" | means Mikron Holding AG, a company registered in Switzerland, whose registered address is Route du Vignoble 17, CH-2017 Boudry, Switzerland |
Information About Us
The Website www.mikron.com is owned and operated by Mikron.
Access to the Website
Access to the Website is free of charge. It is your responsibility to make any and all arrangements necessary in order to access the Website.
Access to the Website is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We may alter, suspend or discontinue the Website (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if the Website (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time and for any period.
Intellectual Property Rights
Mikron®, CrazyDrill™, CrazyMill™, CrazyReamer™, Dico™, Flexcell™, Flexifactor™, G05™, IDEO™, IMPI™, MiquDrill™, Mikron EcoLine™, Mikron EcoPal™, Mikron NRG-50™, Mikron Polyfeed™, Mikron Tool™, Multifactor™, Multifast™, Multistar™, Multistep™, Polyfactor™, Polyline™, and Stepcam™ are trademarks of Mikron.
All Content included on the Website and the copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by us. All Content is protected by applicable Swiss and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
Unless stipulated otherwise by the applicable mandatory law, you may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-license, store, or in any other manner re-use Content from the Website, unless we give you express written permission to do so.
You may not use any Content saved or downloaded from the Website for commercial purposes without first obtaining a license from us (or our licensors, as appropriate) to do so.
Links to the Website
You may link to the Website provided that:
- you do so in a fair and legal manner;
- you do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement or approval by Mikron where none exists;
- you do not use any logos or trademarks displayed on the Website without express written permission; and
- you do not do so in a way that is intended to damage the reputation of Mikron or to take unfair advantage of it.
Links to Other Websites
Links to other sites may be included on the Website. Unless expressly stated these sites are not under the control of Mikron. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third-party sites. The inclusion of a link to another site on the Website is for information only and does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
Disclaimers
Nothing on the Website constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only.
To the extent permitted by the applicable law, we make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that the Website will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.
We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on the Website is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the Content is complete, accurate, or up-to-date.
Liability
To the extent permitted by the applicable law, we accept no liability to any user for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) the Website or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on the Website.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and guarantees (whether express or implied) that may apply to the Website or any Content included on the Website.
We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that the Website is free from viruses and other malware. We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus or other malware, a distributed denial of service attack, or other harmful material or event that may adversely affect your hardware, software, data or other material that occurs as a result of your use of the Website (including the downloading of any Content from it) or any other site referred to on the Website.
We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of the Website resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.
Cookies
This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., You Tube, LinkedIn and Xing ("Social Media Plugins"). Social Media Plugins uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the Website analyse how users use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Social Media Plugins on servers in Europe or also outside, such as but not limited to the United States. Social Media Plugins will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and Internet usage. Social Media Plugins may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Social Media Plugins's behalf. Social Media Plugins will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Social Media Plugins. You may refuse the use of cookies and/or consent thereto by selecting the appropriate settings in the cookie banner which pops-up when first using this Website.
Changes to these Terms
We may alter these Terms at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of the Website after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this Website from time to time.
In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless expressly stated otherwise.
Data Protection
This privacy policy applies only to your use of the Website. It does not extend to any Websites that are linked to from the Website. We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other Websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such Websites before providing any data to them.
The Website does not collect any data from you unless you contact us via an email link included on the Website or if you visit the Website (cookies).
From emails we may collect your name, your email address and any other information which you choose to give us.
The Website automatically collects the following data:
- Your IP address;
- Information related to your IP address (e.g. localization, etc.)
- User agent and related information
All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the applicable data protection laws.
We do not generally collect any data. Where we do (if you email us, for example), we may use your data as follows:
- responding to communications from you
- sending you newsletters and other marketing information about Mikron
- sending you invitations to events and exhibitions
- maintaining our list of contacts
- entering into or performing a contract or other business relationship with you
We only keep your data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.
Some or all of your data may be stored or transferred outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), namely in China, Singapore and USA. You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using the Website and submitting information to us. If we do store or transfer data outside the EEA (this may be the case, for example, if our email server is located in a country outside the EEA), we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the applicable data protection legislation. We have for example concluded the EU Standard Contractual Clauses with our group companies and third party providers. The countries outside the EU/EEA to which we export your data are the following: China, Singapore, USA.
Data security is of great importance to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure any data we hold about you (even if it is only your email address).
Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the Internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting data to us via the Internet. You have the following rights under the applicable data protection laws:
- the right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
- the right of access to the personal data we hold about you;
- the right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete;
- the right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you;
- the right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
- the right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
- the right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
- rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). For more details, please contact us at dpo.mho@mikron.com, or using the contact details below.
Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Swiss law (to the exclusion of Swiss Private International Law and international treaties, in particular the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods dated April 11, 1980).
Any disputes concerning these Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of the City of Zurich, Switzerland.
Contacting Us
To contact us, please email us using any of the methods provided on the contact page at www.mikron.com/en/group/inside/locations