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Sonae Sierra, SGPS, S.A. informs you of the following:

IDENTIFICATION OF THE OWNER AND OF THE USER

www.wearereify.com (hereinafter, the “Website”) is the property of Sonae Sierra, SGPS, S.A., NIPC 502290811 (hereinafter, “Sonae Sierra”). The registered office and contact details of Sonae Sierra is as follows: Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, 4470-177 Maia, Tel.: +351 22 940 17 00.

A User is any natural person who makes any use of the Website of Sonae Sierra and content that Sonae Sierra thereby offers or provides.

OBJECT

The following legal notice (hereinafter, the «Legal Notice«), which includes and develops on the Website Usage Conditions established by Sonae Sierra, defines the legal conditions that generically apply to access to the Website and content provided by Sonae Sierra which include in particular the Website.

The User undertakes carefully to read the content of this Legal Notice. Access to the Website, in any form and via any means, entails express acceptance by Users of this Legal Notice and all obligations and procedures here established that would apply.

Users shall at all times and in all cases have access to this Legal Notice, which may be stored and/or reproduced.

We hereby inform you that in order properly to function, the Website uses cookies and other elements serving to ascertain the activity performed by Users (small data files housed on your device, which contain information about Users’ visits to the Website). Those Users not wishing to receive or maintain cookies on their device or wishing to be informed as to the setting thereof may configure their browser for this purpose.

DATA PROTECTION

Sonae Sierra makes responsible, fair and transparent use of Users’ personal data at all times. For further details as to how we use the information we gather, and how you may exercise your rights, you should consult our «Personal Data Protection Commitment» and our «Cookies Policy»

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE BY USERS

a) Access to the Website is open and free of charge, although dependent on express acceptance and strict fulfilment by Users of this Legal Notice.

b) Access to and usage of the aforementioned Website by Users is performed subject to their sole, exclusive responsibility, with users giving the following undertakings:

• Not to access and/or use the Website for unlawful purposes.
• Not to perform any activity that could harm, overload, hamper and/or prevent the normal activity of the Website.
• Not to transmit, distribute or make available to third parties via the Website any class of material that would contravene, or that was obtained in contravention of, the legislation in force, good faith or public policy and this Legal Notice and/or that would be harmful for third parties.

c) Should any Users cause harm to Sonae Sierra or to third parties by accessing or making use of the Website, they expressly release Sonae Sierra, the custodian thereof, from any liability that might be claimed against it. To this end, any liability that might arise shall attach solely to said Users, holding Sonae Sierra entirely harmless.

d) The Website is subject to constant upgrades, and as a result Sonae Sierra reserves the right to modify them, either in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice.

e) Sonae Sierra takes reasonable efforts in order to keep the Website available at all times. Notwithstanding the above, Sonae Sierra reserves the right to interrupt or restrict access thereto or the functionality thereof, or of any of the elements or content thereof, at any time and without prior notice.

f) In order to oversee and maintain the proper usage thereof, Sonae Sierra reserves the right to monitor any access to or usage of the Website. Likewise, Sonae Sierra shall ensure as far as possible that such usage complies with the legislation in force. Notwithstanding this, Sonae Sierra cannot and does not conduct proactive control of all instances of access to and/or usage of the Website.

g) Sonae Sierra reserves the right to restrict usage of the Website at any time and without prior notice, and to deny access at any time and without the need for prior notice to be served on any Users that are in breach of this Legal Notice or any other applicable standard.

h) Access to and/or usage of the Website entails acceptance by Users that Sonae Sierra does not acknowledge any warranty, whether explicit or implicit, and declines all liability as a result of access to or usage of, or impossibility or error in access to or usage of, the Website.

SECURITY MEASURES.

In fulfilment of the regulations in force, Sonae Sierra has adopted the legally required security measures, and aims to install any other additional technical measures and resources available to it in order to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of the personal data provided by Users. Users must nonetheless be aware that Internet security measures are not impregnable.

Sonae Sierra shall bear no liability for any possible damage or loss that might result from interferences, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, telephony failures or disconnections in the operational functioning of this electronic system, for reasons not attributable to Sonae Sierra from delays or blockages in the use of this electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloading of telephone lines, the Internet system or other electronic systems, and any damage that might be caused by third parties by means of unlawful intrusions outside the control of Sonae Sierra.

Nonetheless, if Users publish personal information online that is accessible to the public, it is possible that they may receive unsolicited messages from other persons, and that their data may therefore become known to third parties.

Given all the above, the recommendation is that the utmost care be taken in this regard, employing all security tools available to Users, with Sonae Sierra accepting no liability for any unlawful theft, modification or loss of data.

INTELLECTUAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

The structure and content of the Website, including without any restriction all of its elements (texts, software, scripts, images, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive functionalities and similar, and trademarks, trading names and/or logos, in addition to any other protected elements) are the property of Sonae Sierra or have been licensed to it, and are protected by exclusive IP rights that are exclusively reserved in favour of their respective holders.

An explicit prohibition specifically applies to any reproduction, distribution, transformation, public communication and/or making available in whole or in part of the aforementioned content or elements, irrespective of the medium employed, without the prior, express and written authorisation Sonae Sierra or, where applicable, the holder of the corresponding rights, with any Users contravening said provisions otherwise accepting any direct or indirect liability that might arise.

In no case shall it be deemed that access to and browsing of the Website or usage would entail any waiver, transfer, licence or total or partial assignment of said reserved rights.

Users enjoy only a right of private, corporate, non-exclusive, non-transferable usage which may be revoked at any time, and is intended solely in order to facilitate browsing of the Website in accordance with this Legal Notice, and with any other documents or current legislation that would apply.

Likewise, access to or use of the Website does not vest in Users any right over the trademarks, logos and/or distinctive signs contained therein and protected by Law.

Furthermore, references to trading names and brands or registered trademarks, logos or other distinctive signs, whether owned by Sonae Sierra or by third parties, inherently entails a prohibition on the use thereof without prior, express and written authorisation of Sonae Sierra or of their legitimate owners.

CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE AND LINKS.

Sonae Sierra accepts no liability for any misuse made of the content of the Website, as Users accessing or using them bear sole liability.

Likewise, Sonae Sierra accepts no liability for information contained on any third-party web pages that might be accessed by links or search engines from the Website. The presence of links on the Website is intended purely for information purposes, and in no case constitutes a suggestion, invitation or recommendation with regard thereto.

Any Users wishing to include a link to the Website on their web page must serve prior notice on Sonae Sierra and link directly to the homepage, without in any way reproducing elements that comprise the Website.

The inclusion of content on third-party websites is strictly prohibited if it could in any way harm the image of Sonae Sierra, which reserves the unilateral right to prohibit, restrict or demand the cancellation of any links pointing to the Website whenever it might deem so appropriate, merely by serving notice on the owner of the web page, without in this regard in any way being obliged to make payment of any compensation as a result thereof.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE LEGAL NOTICE.

Sonae Sierra reserves the right to modify this Legal Notice, without the prior need for express acceptance by Users, who shall be deemed automatically to have accepted the modifications made by continuing to access the Website after the date of publication of said modifications. Users must otherwise immediately desist from accessing and/or using the Website.

Users accept that the English language version of this document shall prevail over any version hereof in any other language.

MISCELLANEOUS.

1. 1. 1. Should any clause contained in this Legal Notice be deemed wholly or partially null and void or unenforceable, said condition shall affect only that provision or part thereof that would be null and void, with all other terms remaining in place in full. All clauses must be interpreted independently and autonomously, none of the other provisions being affected in the event that any one of them might have been declared null and void by a binding court judgment or arbitration decision, in which case said provision must be replaced with one that would maintain the effects pursued by the Legal Notice.
      2. The headers of the different clauses are for information purposes only, and do not affect, qualify or extend the interpretation of the Legal Notice.
      3. Should Sonae Sierra fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision contained in this Legal Notice, this shall not constitute a waiver thereof, unless acknowledged and agreed in writing.

 

APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND JURISDICTION.

This Legal Notice is governed by the applicable Portuguese regulations in force.

For the resolution of any dispute that might arise as a consequence of the terms of these provisions, Users waive any other legal forum to which they might have been entitled, and accept the jurisdiction of the Courts of Lisbon, Portugal.

This document was updated most recently on March 29^th, 2021