Terms & Policies
Terms & Policies


  1. Terms of Use

  2. Privacy Policy

  3. Mercantile Policy

  4. Consent and Changes to Terms and Policies

  5. Governing Law

  6. Assistance


Terms of Use

This web site is owned and operated by Pertorqueo Hellenic Specialty Foods Inc., its affiliates, agents and licensors (collectively “PERTORQUEO”). Before you commence using this web site (the “Site”) you must agree, without exception, to the terms of use (the “Terms”) set out below. You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Site. If you are not at least 18 years old, please do not access or use the Site.
Please note that the Terms may be updated at any time and that you will be bound by all subsequent revisions. An up-to-date version will always be available for your review and you are required to do so periodically. However, as PERTORQUEO may offer various other services, these may be governed by different Terms, e.g. if you if you hold an account with PERTORQUEO, your relationship will be governed by other agreements such as your account agreement. By using the services provided on the Site, you acknowledge that you have reviewed all corresponding rules and agree to be bound by them. You expressly agree that your use of all services is solely at your own risk.    

Grant of license
You are granted a license to access and use the Site on the condition that you continue to comply with the above-mentioned Terms. This license is a non-exclusive limited personal license and it may not be transferred or shared.
 
Accessing the Site
In accessing the Site, PERTORQUEO is not responsible for and does not warrant the speed, access or availability of the internet in general and the Site in particular.
By accessing the Site presented to you, you agree that you will not use any software, program, application, manual processes or routine:
  1. To access or log on to PERTORQUEO’S computer systems, Site or proprietary software
  2. To automate the process of obtaining, downloading, transferring, or transmitting any content information or quotes to or from PERTORQUEO’S computer systems, Site, or proprietary software
  3. To monitor or copy the web pages or the content contained herein without prior written permission
  4. To interfere or attempt to interfere with the working of the Site or any transaction conducted therein
  5. To take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure
  6. To reverse engineer, reverse assemble, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code
  7. To copy, reproduce, alter, modify, edit, create derivative works, or publicly display any content from the Site without our prior written permission, or that of the third party that has given us the license.

Hyperlinks
Links that PERTORQUEO presents for your convenience, as part of the Site, are not under its control. Hence, PERTORQUEO makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of the Site. The provision of links on the Site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to the Site, its owners or providers. PERTORQUEO  

Disclaimer of Warranties
PERTORQUEO reserves the right to make any changes or corrections to information provided on the Site at any time without notice in an attempt to provide accurate and timely information throughout the Site since there may be inadvertently technical or factual inaccuracies and typographical errors. Nevertheless, there is no commitment or guarantee made by PERTORQUEO to maintain the Site in an updated status, PERTORQUEO does not:
  1. Warrant the accuracy, completeness, conclusiveness or timelessness of the information, text, graphics, images, links, or any other items contained on the Site.
  2. Provide any guarantees against the possibility of deletion, non-delivery or failure to store communications, personalized settings, or other data.
  3. Bear any liability for errors, omissions in, the misuse of, or misinterpretation, of any information contained in the Site.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
PERTORQUEO and its market affiliates, agents, employees and licensors are free from any harm, claim or demand, including attorney’s fees, made by any third party arising from your use of the Site or your violation of these Terms against you and you agree to indemnify them collectively in respect of any such claim.
Under no circumstance, including but not limited to a negligent act, will PERTORQUEO, its market affiliates, or its agents be liable for any damages of any kind that result from the use of, or the inability to use, any portion of the Site, even if a  PERTORQUEO authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Restrictions of Use
No materials from the Site or any other web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by PERTORQUEO may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way except when and as authorized by PERTORQUEO. Material may be downloaded from the Site solely for personal or non-commercial purposes and in such an event you agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in such material. The content of the Site, including any text, images, audio or video, is not to be distributed, modified, transmitted or posted for public or commercial purposes unless written permission is sought and attained from PERTORQUEO.

Trademarks and Copyrights
The Site and its contents including trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and icons, are owned by and are proprietary to PERTORQUEO, its Market Affiliates or Agents. The contents of the Site are protected by the United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. There is nothing in the Site that grants, by implication, estoppels or otherwise any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of PERTORQUEO or such third party that may own the trademark in question. The use of trademarks displayed on the Site or any other content except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited. Unless specifically permitted under these Terms the use of any images displayed on the Site is prohibited. Such images are either the property of or used with permission by PERTORQUEO and any unauthorized use of it may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, or other regulations and statutes.  

Modifications to the Site
PERTORQUEO has the right to modify or discontinue, either on a temporary or permanent basis, all or any part of the Site with or without notice as it deems necessary and you agree that PERTORQUEO will not be liable if it proceeds with such course of action.

Term and Termination
You agree that the license granted here by reason of these Terms will be terminated in the event that you fail to comply or violate any term or condition. You agree that upon PERTORQUEO’s discretion whether it is with or without notice:
  1. Your access to part or all of the Site may be terminated
  2. Information within the Site may be removed or discarded
  3. PERTORQUEO may discontinue providing the Site
In the event that your access to the Site is terminated, you agree not to hold PERTORQUEO liable for any consequential claim.


Privacy Policy

PERTORQUEO, recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers, registered members ("Members") and users, and has established this Privacy Policy as a result. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:
  • the personal information we may collect from you when you visit the Site, respond to our emails, place orders via mail or fax, or otherwise contact us via telephone, email, fax or mail,
  • why we gather information from you,
  • how we collect it,
  • how we use it, and
  • the choices you have regarding our use of personal information you have provided.
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use, which governs your use of our web site located at www.pertorqueo.com (the Site). The Site is owned by PERTORQUEO.
Note: You must be 18 years or older to use, subscribe or register as a member of Pertorqueo/www.pertorqueo.com. The Site is a general audience web site and we do not knowingly collect, maintain or disclose personal information from or about children.

Why do we gather information?
PERTORQUEO gathers personal information to help improve our products and customer service, to communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized shopping experience and to inform you, and your gift  recipients, of special offers and discounts from us, our affiliated brands and selected third parties.

What information do we gather?

We collect information through the Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone, including when you:
  • place an order
  • participate in our forums, surveys, promotions, content submissions, requests for suggestions, and membership registrations, and
  • engage in other activities, services, products and resources we make accessible to our customers, members or user
Depending on how you are interact with us, we collect some or all of the following types of information:
  • your name, address, telephone number, email address
  • billing information (credit card number, expiration date and billing address)
  • gender and birth date, if you choose to enter such information
  • products purchased and occasion type (Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, etc.)
  • any promotion code and related information
  • Message and gift recipients' names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses
  • other information you provide us with, such as user submissionsInformation you provide to us may be collected by us even if an order, registration, or other process is started but not completed or otherwise cancelled.

How we use "Cookies" and "Action Tags".
A "cookie" is a small data file sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer. We use cookies to let us know that you are a prior customer, user or Member and to provide certain features to you. Most web browsers allow you to instruct the browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain aspects of the Site, such as the shopping basket, may not function properly.
We have relationships with third parties who may receive non-personal information directly from the cookies placed by the Site on your computer to assist in analyzing our business and customer trends.

How we use the information we collect
We use information we collect to communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized shopping experience, to inform you and your gift and message recipients of offers and discounts from PERTORQUEO and our affiliated brands and to enable you to receive credits for purchases under loyalty or buying programs which you have joined.
Our Market Affiliates are not considered to be third parties under this Policy. However, in connection with information collected under this Policy, they are required to comply with this Policy. "Market Affiliates" are persons or entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with PERTORQUEO .
We may combine information we receive from you via our Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone with information from our Market Affiliates. We use the combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us and to communicate with you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to disclose information you provide to us as required by law, in response to legal process and law enforcement requests and as necessary or appropriate, in our view, to operate the Site, process orders or registrations, to conduct promotions, contests, and to protect the rights and property of PERTORQUEO, its Users, Customers, Market Affiliates, Recipients, and Members.
Please note that any personal information you reveal or post on our Public Forums and User Submissions are not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be collected, shared and used by us to contact you.

Consent to Transfer and Submission
PERTORQUEO is operated in Greece and Canada. The Site is hosted in the United States. Please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred from our U.S. servers to our offices in Greece and Canada.
In addition, if you submit data to us about other individuals (such as your gift recipients), you agree that you have obtained consent from each such individual to the submission, transfer and processing of the information. Although personal information collected by us through the Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone is used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, laws generally applicable to the protection of personal data in Canada and Greece may not be as stringent as those in other countries.

Security and Passwords

If you place an order on the Site, it encrypts the credit card number you submit prior to transmission over the Internet using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology.  However, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we make reasonable efforts to safeguard personal information once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of information we receive.
Portions of the  Site (such as our Member registration) may require registration and log-in processes in which you will select a user ID and password (collectively, the "Password"). Passwords provided to you by us are the confidential property of PERTORQUEO and may be used by you solely for your individual use of the  Site (and otherwise as specified by us). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any Password and for all activities that occur using your Password, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Password or accounts.

How to Limit the Use of Personal Information

We want to communicate with you only to the extent you want to hear from us. If you prefer to set your preferences concerning promotional communications, please inform us.

Corrections
If you would like to update or correct information previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your new information, including your complete name, postal address, and email address to Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. .
Members can modify and update their membership information (including name, mailing address, birth date, telephone number and email address) by accessing the password-protected "Update Membership" page.


Mercantile Policy

Ordering Policy
Orders are placed directly through the Site, or by contacting the Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas.
All orders received by 6 p.m. (GMT+2),  are processed and shipped within 5 business days, unless a later date is specified. An Order Confirmation Receipt is sent to the provided for email address within 24 hours of the order request. Please assure that you have received this Order Confirmation Receipt, ensuring that we have received and approved your order. Contact PERTORQUEO if such is not the case. The Order Confirmation Receipt is a copy of your online order.
Order alterations may be requested. When possible, we would proceed to their completion. An additional shipment delay may be required in this case. Any Monetary Credit that arises from the alteration request, in favour of the Customer, will not be accompanied by a reimbursement of funds. Instead, a PERTORQUEO Credit Voucher (of indefinite period) is issued and offered, equivalent in monetary value to the Customer’s Monetary Credit.
Order cancellations may be requested within 24 hours of PERTORQUEO’S sending of an order confirmation. There is no reimbursement of funds. Instead, a PERTORQUEO Credit Voucher (of indefinite period) is issued and offered, equivalent in monetary value to seventy percent (70%) of the Order’s Final Balance Value.
 
Labeling Policy
Labels seen on the Company’s Website, the Online Store, the Company Catalogue or on any other marketing or informative source for the Company may be altered in part or in whole at anytime. An announcement will be posted on the Website of such changes, before any such product is distributed. Any mercantile dispute based on such a labeling alteration by the Company will not be held as a basis for dispute unless the customer had informed the Company in writing, upon place the order, of such particular labeling requests.   

Shipping Policy
PERTORQUEO offers shipping from warehouse within 5 business days. You can also select a specific date for delivery. The receiving date would be approximate depending on the recipient’s international location and Order Shipping Service selected.

The Site processes Worldwide Order Shipping, made possible by the Shipping Service Providers that Pertorqueo collaborates with, TNT Courier Service (TNT) and Hellenic Postal Service (HPS).
An order’s shipping charges are calculated per recipient and parcel, at checkout, according to the chosen Shipping Service Provider. An Order Shipment Reference Number is sent via email once the order has been shipped, to the e-mail you provide us with, when having placed your order.
All shipping orders are processed once credit card authorization and verification have been obtained, and with immediate stock availability. Any delay in order fulfillment will be notified as soon as possible, so please ensure a valid email address and telephone number is included in your order information to facilitate this course of action.
 
We do not assure that all of our products may be shipped with any one of the proposed shipping carrier servers. Various regulations and standards are evaluated and updated readily, depending on country policies. PERTORQUEO does its best to be informed in advance for any such changes. Our policy is to inform customers, in advance of PERTORQUEO’s acceptance of any payment, of such restrictions in shipping to their country of delivery. We are not responsible for any charges that the customer may incur for the cancellation of an order and its associated payment.
 
Our Economy and Standard and Priority shipping modes deliver to most countries worldwide. Please also note that the shipping charges for the products we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. The charges are calculated based on the weight of the product and the destination country.
Weight restrictions:
Courier / TNT Courier Service - limited to a maximum gross weight of 35 (thirty-five) kilograms, per parcel.
Priority / HPS Special Priority Mail (SPM) – limited to a maximum gross weight of 35 (thirty-five) kilograms, per parcel
Express / HPS Express Mail Service (EMS )– limited to a maximum gross weight of 35 (thirty-five) kilograms per parcel
Economy / HPS Surface Air Lift (SAL) - limited to a maximum gross weight of 20 (twenty) kilograms, per parcel.
For larger weight orders, special arrangements can be made. Contact our Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas (see Assistance below) with specifications of your desired order, via email, fax or telephone.

Please note that all shipping rates to other countries may be subjected to local customs or import taxes for which the customer is liable for. Pertorqueo will not accept responsibility for any of these additional expenses. For more information regarding your country's custom/taxes/import duty policies, please contact your local customs or post office.
Please allow:
Courier / TNT Courier Service - up to 7 (seven) working days for shipment delivery (Real-Time Parcel Traceability available).
Priority / HPS Special Priority Mail (SPM) - up to 7 (seven) working days for shipment delivery (Real-Time Parcel Traceability available).
Express / HPS Express Mail (EMS) - up to 7 (seven) working days for shipment delivery (Real-Time Parcel Traceability available).
Economy / HPS Surface Air Lift (SAL) - up to 14 (fourteen) working days for shipment delivery (Real-Time Traceability NOT available).
The above-mentioned delivery times exclude Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. PERTORQUEO does not guarantee any package’s arrival on a specific date.
All our orders are shipped with our basic packaging, which is not gift wrapping but materials used to secure the safety of purchases for protection and shipping purposes.

Quality Assurance 
All business processes within PERTORQUEO are governed by the principles of quality management to ensure user, customer, recipient and market affiliate satisfaction. Their wishes and needs direct us toward permanent monitoring and quality improvement.

We monitor the entire food safety assurance process from the moment when raw materials and products enter our premises, through the processing and handling of products, until the moment when they reach the end customers. Our competence and constant care assure the safety of our products and the trust of our recipients. We strive toward building selective production and sales teams, so that quality assurance may remain our single goal – Provide Unique Premium Products to Pertorqueo’s Members.


Tax Policy
The Hellenic Goods Tax (VAT) on Food is equal to eleven percent (11%). This charge is included in the products’ price posted on the Site.
The Hellenic Services Tax (VAT) on Services is equal to twenty-three percent (23%). This charge is applied or included in the Shipping charge for European Union Order Destinations only.


Return Policy
We guarantee your complete satisfaction with the products we sell from our website.

Your final Order proof is the Order Confirmation Receipt which you receive within 24 hours after placing an order. An incorrect shipment accusation can only be based on the contents of this Receipt.  

No merchandise may be returned, irrelevant it still being in the original packaging and un-opened, or not. If any products you have purchased are damaged, defective, or part of an incorrect shipment, we will make appropriate arrangements to have them picked up and replaced where possible. Where the latter is not possible, we will issue a Pertorqueo Credit Voucher for the value which we deem appropriate to the occasion. The above-mentioned take effect as long as the following conditions are complied:
Damaged/Defective Item - We adhere to strict packaging and quality control guidelines to ensure that your purchase reaches you in the best possible condition. However in the event that your purchase is defective or damaged during the shipping process, kindly send photographs of the defective/damaged products, together with your e-order/transaction number to Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas (see Assistance below), within:
14 calendar days, if shipped by Courier, Priority or Express Mail,  of the ship date on your receipt
24 calendar days, if shipped by Economy, of the ship date on your receipt
This time restriction is imposed in order for Pertorqueo to assess your situation and the cause of the mishap, in a prompt and achievable delay.

Non-received/Received Wrong Item - If your order was incomplete or if you received something that you did not order, please contact us immediately. We will need to know what item(s) you received in error, if any and what item(s) were missing from your order. To make the claim applicable, please email, fax or contact us by telephone at Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas (see Assistance below) within:

14 calendar days, if shipped by Courier, Priority or Express Mail,  of the ship date on your receipt
24 calendar days, if shipped by Economy, of the ship date on your receipt
This time restriction is imposed in order for Pertorqueo to assess your situation and the cause of the mishap, in a prompt and achievable delay. 

 

Consent and Changes to Terms and Policies

Subject to the above provisions, by using the Site, you consent to its Policies and Terms of Use. We may change our Policies or Terms of Use from time to time as new features or services are added, suggestions from our customers are incorporated or other changes are made. We will post the revised Policies and Terms of Use on the Site at least 15 days prior to their effective date - unless we believe changes must take effect sooner to comply with the law, or to protect PERTORQUEO, our Customers, Users, Members, Recipients, and Market Affiliates, in which case the changes will be effective upon posting or as otherwise specified.
The date on which the current Policies and Terms of Use took effect is listed at the top of Terms and Policies (see "Last Updated" at the top).
In addition, if you would like notice of changes to the Policies or Terms of Use prior to their taking effect (or upon taking effect, if effective immediately), email us at Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. from the email address to which you would like a notice sent. By using PERTORQUEO, after such changes take effect, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the revised Policies and Terms of Use, which bind the Site.


Governing Law

These Terms are to be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) notwithstanding any principles of conflict of law of your actual state or country of residence. Unless a dispute would be governed by an applicable arbitration clause, you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the Hellenic Republic (Greece). If any part of these terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
In compliance with the European Directive on The Protection of Personal Data Directive 95/46/EC and European Directive on Electronic Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC, you are hereby informed that the personal data that you are providing is held in an automated personal data file. The party responsible for this file is PERTORQUEO. You authorize use of this data for communications, including e-mail, which PERTORQUEO . may send out for promotional or informational purposes regarding the activities which PERTORQUEO organizes. You are likewise informed that you may exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and objection. For said purposes, you must contact Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas by letter or email (see Assistance below)


Assistance

If you require clarification on any type of the above mentioned matters, other matter, or would like to just pass on a comment -

Email us at
Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. from your email address

Write to us at
Pertorqueo Hellenic Specialty Food
Pertorqueo Sales Office - Hellas
Victoros Hugo 25,
Zefyri – Attiki, 13451
Greece

Call us at
Pertorqueo Sales Office – Hellas , T/F - +30.210.923.3915
Weekdays 9h00 to 19h00 (GMT+2)
Saturdays 10h00 to 14h00 (GMT+2)

For Calls, if we happen to be indisposed, please leave a complete message with your name, contact information and country of origin. All calls are returned within 24 hours (this delay is needed to compensate for time zone differences).


Mis à jour le Lundi, 06 Septembre 2010 17:12
 

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