Terms and Conditions of Use

Regulatory information

This website is owned and managed by Grainger plc a company incorporated in England and Wales under number 00125575 whose registered office is at Citygate, St. James' Boulevard, Newcastle NE1 4JE.

Terms & conditions of use

Use of this web site is subject to acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, Copyright/Trade Mark Notices and Disclaimers as well as other notices posted on this web site from time to time.

Changes
Grainger plc reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these terms in whole or in part, at any time. Changes to the terms will be effective when notice of such changes is posted.

Warranty
Grainger plc has used utmost care to ensure and maintain the accuracy, completeness and currency of information published on this site. We, however, take no responsibility for any errors or omission, though if notified of any we will endeavour to rectify such immediately.

Website User Conduct
Users of this web site are prohibited from:

Links
The web site may contain links to other sites. Although utmost care is exercised in providing links to sites that share our high standards, Grainger plc shall not be responsible for the content, security, availability and privacy practices used by such linked sites.

The linked pages are provided for the convenience of our web site users only and do not constitute an approval of their services or practices.

Links from other web sites to our home page do not require prior permission from us but deep linking into any other page of our site should not be effected without prior permission from us.

Indemnification by Users
Users of Grainger's web site agree to indemnify, defend and hold the web site operators, officers, directors, employees, agents and business partners harmless from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage or expense asserted by any third party relating to a visitor's use of this web site or breach of these terms of use.

Limitation of Liability
The operators of Grainger's web site will not be liable to users or any third party for any damages however caused, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential relating to or arising out of a visitor's use or misuse of this web site.

Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy of Grainger plc is incorporated by this reference into this web site terms of use and describes the information collected when you visit this site and how such information is used. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully for more information on this.

Applicable Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute between Grainger plc and its web site users will be settled by English courts.

Privacy Policy
Grainger plc is committed to protecting the personal information of all visitors to this web site. We recognise our obligation to keep personal information secure and believe it is important for our customers and web site users to know how we treat their personal information.

Information Collected
Users of our web site can visit the site without revealing their identity or providing information about themselves.

We collect information directly from users when they voluntarily submit their personal information to us. At certain parts of our web site, we may provide the opportunity for users to register to join a mailing list or request information.

When this sort of information is collected Grainger will provide the reason for collecting the information and how the information will be used. We reserve the right to add to this list of opportunities available to our users to interact with us. It is completely up to users to provide us with their personal information.

Use of Collected Information
Generally, visitors are informed of the use of their personal information at the time of collection. Normally, personal information provided or collected is used to respond to inquiries or to process requests.

We may share visitors' personal information with other companies that we have hired to provide services to us. Such companies are contractually bound to adhere to our privacy policy and to use such personal information strictly for the performance of the particular services only.

Security of Collected Information
Grainger plc maintains strict physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to protect user's personal information from unauthorised or inappropriate access. Employees, business partners and affiliates who misuse a user's personal information are subject to legal or disciplinary actions.

User's Access to Collected Information
Users of our web site may review and update any personal information that is provided to us or collected through this web site and actually stored by us on written request to Grainger plc.

Copyright / Trade Mark Notices
The web site operator, affiliates and business partners each reserve copyright in all content that they provide to the site, including but not limited to design, text, software, drawings, graphics and other files.

No part of this web site may be republished, reproduced, downloaded, displayed, distributed, posted transmitted or sold in any form or by any means in whole or in part without prior written permission of the copyright owner.

Users of this web site may not reproduce and reuse for any commercial purpose whatsoever any aspect of the web site content.

The rights owners, therefore, retain copyright in all page headers, button icons, collection material, custom graphics and all other types of graphics used on this site and these may not be copied or imitated without the rights owners' permission.

The trade marks, logos and service marks displayed on this site belong to the operators of this web site and others who have contributed to the design of the site. The owners of the marks on this site retain exclusive rights in and to the marks. Nothing grants users the right to use, reproduce or display any of the marks without prior authorisation from Grainger plc.

Disclaimers
Grainger plc has used its best efforts to obtain and post on this web site the most accurate and reliable information available and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information on or accessed through this web site.

Grainger plc registered in England. Company registration number: 125575. Registered office: Citygate, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JE.

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