1. Introduction
The object of this document is to regulate the RULES OF USE and to safeguard the PROTECTION OF THE USERS of www.theconstantinehotel.com (hereinafter www.theconstantinehotel.com), owned by Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. (hereinafter Abra), with corporate address at Hocapasa Mah. Alemdar Cad. No:19 Eminonu Fatih, telephone +90 212 513 08 08 and fax +90 212 526 05 06. The terms "You" and "USER" are used herein to refer to the individuals or entities that access this web site for whatever reason.
Through www.theconstantinehotel.com and its other official web sites, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. aims to bring the world of Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. closer to its users. To this end, through www.theconstantinehotel.com and its other official web sites, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. provides users with information on its hotels and other services, such as on-line Room Reservations, Pre-Reservation Services, Hotel Finder, Rates Finder, the Pre-Reservation of Function Rooms and Conferences, Customer Care Service, Shareholders' Information, Employment Opportunities and the different promotions constantly being developed (hereinafter the Services).
The use of this site and/or its services presupposes user's complete and unconditional agreement with and the validity of each and every one of the General Terms and Conditions stipulated in the latest updated version of these Rules of Use. Consequently, user must be aware of the importance of reading these rules each time it visits www.theconstantinehotel.com. Access to and/or the use of certain services on offer to users (hereinafter user) at www.theconstantinehotel.com may be subject to certain conditions which, depending on the case, may replace, amend and/or complete these Rules of Use, meaning that user must read and accept these conditions before accessing and/or using the services and contents.
2. Use of the www.theconstantinehotel.com website and services
2.1 User undertakes to use the www.theconstantinehotel.com site and the services made available through it in accordance with the Law, decency, respectability and law and order and the provisions of these Rules of Use. Consequently, user has the obligation of refraining from using www.theconstantinehotel.com and the services for illicit purposes and effects and/or contrary to what is established in these Rules of Use, in a manner that may be injurious to the rights and/or interests of third parties or that may in any way harm Abra and/or its image or the www.theconstantinehotel.com site or prevent its normal use or the Services accessed via the site by other users.
2.2 For greater efficiency in the working of its www.theconstantinehotel.com site for the benefit of its users, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. may at any time modify any substantial aspect of the site, the Services it provides or the operational, technical or usage conditions of www.theconstantinehotel.com. Similarly, with a view to improving the service and establishing an optimum quality level (the ultimate aim of Abra), users are invited to suggest any modifications they may consider useful by sending an email to the persons responsible for the site at the following address: dataprotection@theconstantinehotel.com
2.3 Users of www.theconstantinehotel.com must abide by any instructions that www.theconstantinehotel.com, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. or its duly authorized personnel may send by email.
3. Protection by Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. of Users' Personal Data
The user of the online pre-booking and booking services offered on www.theconstantinehotel.com voluntarily provides data of a personal nature (hereinafter Personal Data) and accepts expressly, fully and without reservation that Abra automatically process and incorporates into a file for the purpose of being able to provide offer its services. This file is the responsibility of Abra and is registered with the competent authority.
Due to the characteristics of the Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. activity and its services and in order for it to develop and meet its targets, it may be necessary for these data to be ceded to third parties, which may include international transfers. These personal data may be transferred to companies within the Abra Group and/or to other interested parties. The sole purpose of this transfer of personal data to these entities is the correct rendering of the services offered by Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd..
Users making available their personal data have the right at all times to access the file and exercise their rights of rectification, cancellation and opposition in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in data protection legislation. Similarly, user's consent to the processing and transfer of its personal data will be revocable at all times without retroactive effect, as per the provisions of Sections 6 and 11 of Spain's Law 15/1999, of 13th December 1999, of the Protection of Personal Data.
To this end, it will be sufficient for user to contact Abra by sending an email to info@theconstantinehotel.com or by writing to its registered office at Hocapasa Mah. Alemdar Cad. No:19 Eminonu Fatih, telephone +90 212 513 08 08 and fax +90 212 526 05 06. Abra guarantees that it has adopted all appropriate security measures in its installations, systems and files. Furthermore, Abra guarantees the confidentiality of all Personal Data, although it may disclose to the competent authorities Personal Data as well as any other information that is in its possession or is accessible via its systems and is required by the applicable legal regulations in each case. Users of www.theconstantinehotel.com guarantee and are responsible, in all cases, for the truthfulness, accuracy, validity and authenticity of the Personal Data made available and undertake to keep them duly updated.
Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. services are not for use by minors and Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. neither requests nor collects information relating to minors. Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. may collect information through such devices as cookies or log files on the browsing habits of its www.theconstantinehotel.com users. These devices are associated exclusively with one user and its own personal computer. In these cases, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. will only use these data as a whole and with the ultimate aim of improving its services. It is possible that Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. may share this information with client companies but always globally and solely for statistical purposes.
The electronic document in which the reservation is formalized is electronically stored during the legally established time period. Clients can access the data by exercising their corresponding access rights in the aforementioned manner.
Query operations for data related to user accounts and requests for services or products through the Abra Web are made through a secure server. The software of said server encrypts the information entered by the user before transmitting it to Abra. Likewise, Abra has strict security procedures concerning the storage and disclosure of data in order to prevent unauthorized access, as per the provisions of Section 9 of Spain’s Law 15/1999, of 13th December 1999, on the Protection of Personal Data currently in force in Spain.
4. Causes for exclusion
Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. reserves the right to temporarily or definitively exclude a user in the following cases:
Breach of any of the General Conditions of Use established in this document.
Violation of the Law, decency or law and order.
By excluding a user, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. does not waive its right to take legal action or the compensation that may correspond to it by Law.
5. Right to Amend the Rules of Use
Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. reserves the right to amend any of the terms and conditions of these Rules of Use, in the terms and conditions that it may deem necessary, informing users of such amendments at theconstantinehotel.com.
6. Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
All information contained in www.theconstantinehotel.com, its graphic design and the code in HTML, JAVA, JAVA Script or Active X language is protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. These rights belong exclusively to Abra or its licensors. Internet users who access the site can display the information contained in it and download or make copies of it in their own computer system, always provided that the copied elements are not subsequently ceded to third parties or installed in a server connected to the Internet or a local network. Without prejudice to the provisions of these Rules of Use, the distribution, modification, cession, public communication, reproduction or any other act relating to part or all of the information posted on www.theconstantinehotel, com, without the prior autorization of Abra, is prohibited.
User must use the information contained in www.theconstantinehotel.com and its contents in a diligent, correct and licit manner and, above all, solely for its personal and non-commercial use and on the condition that it does not eliminate or modify the content or any references to sources, copyright and all other data identifying the rights of Abra or third parties, i.e. respecting their original form. All reproductions and copies and the distribution or publication, of whatsoever type, of the content of the information posted at www.theconstantinehotel.com, without the prior written authorization of Abra, is prohibited. Authorization for reproduction can be requested by sending an email to dataprotection@theconstantinehotel.com. If a user or third party is of the opinion that a part of the contents of www.theconstantinehotel.com has been entered in violation of copyright or other intellectual property rights, user is requested to communicate this circumstance to Abra in writing by email to dataprotection@theconstantinehotel.com This communication should contain the following information, as a minimum: a) name, address, telephone number and email address of the claimant; b) details of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property rights that may have been infringed; c) an indication of the infringed contents and their position in the www.theconstantinehotel.com site; d) a declaration to the effect that the content has been entered without the express permission of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property rights. The foregoing notwithstanding, Abra reserves the right to defend itself against claims based on the pertinent rules relating to publicity, copyright and other intellectual property rights.
In case that a user or third party consider that any existing content on www.theconstantinehotel.com has been introduced in violation of an authors rights or any other intellectual property rights, we beg that you tell us, by sending and email to dataprotection@theconstantinehotel.com, which includes, at least, the following information: a) Name, address, telephone number and email address of the claimant. b) The clauses in which the authors rights or other rights regarding intellectual property are believed to have been infringed upon. c) Description of the content that has been infringed upon and the page location www.theconstantinehotel.com. d) A declaration that the content has been introduced onto the website without the express authorization of the author or owner of the intellectual property rights. Without damaging what is stated in the preceding paragraphs, Abra reserves the right to defend itself against with current legislation on publicity and the rights of the author or other rights protected by intellectual property rights.
7. Hyperlinks
7.1 In the event that www.theconstantinehotel.com refers, via links, to third-party publicity or Web pages, Abra is not responsible for the control and has not previously controlled, approved or taken on the services, contents, data, files, products or any kind of material contained in the third party web page or pages. Consequently, under no circumstances does Abra accept liability for the legality of the content of such page(s) and, as an example but in no way being limited thereto, the third party has sole responsibility for the contents' compliance with legality, decency, respectability and law and order and for ensuring that they do not impair the rights of any third parties. The existence of a hyperlink does not presuppose the existence of any type of relationship between Abra and the owner of the web page with which the link is established.
All users or third parties aiming to establish a hyperlink with the www.theconstantinehotel.com site must guarantee that the hyperlink only allows access to the pages or services of the www.theconstantinehotel.com site and, by way of an example but not being limited thereto, does not carry out reproductions of the contents, deep-links, browsers or inaccurate and incorrect statements on the www.theconstantinehotel.com site or its contents. With the exception of those signs which form part of the hyperlink, user must guarantee that the web page establishing the hyperlink does not contain brands, commercial names, company signs, trade names, logos, slogans or any type of distinctive sign pertaining to Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd..
7.2 Guarantee and Liability Disclaimer
8. Exclusion of garantees and responsibilities
8.1 Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO CONTROL AND HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED THE CONTENTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER ELEMENTS THAT MAY CAUSE ALTERATIONS IN THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE OF USER OR PERSONS WHO VISIT THE SITE AND, CONSEQUENTLY, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY OR CONTINUITY OF ITS SERVICES. LIKEWISE, Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. WILL SEEK TO RESOLVE THE INTERRUPTION AND, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, PUT ALTERNATIVE MEASURES AT THE DISPOSITION OF THE USER.
8.2 Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO CONTROL AND HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED, APPROVED OR TAKEN ON THE SERVICES, CONTENTS, DATA, FILES, PRODUCTS OR ANY KIND OF MATERIAL EXISTING ON THIRD-PARTY WEB PAGES AND, CONSEQUENTLY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS IT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEGALITY OFTHEIR WEB PAGES' CONTENTS, WHICH IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING, BY WAY OF AN EXAMPLE BUT NOT BEING LIMITED THERETO, THEIR CONTENTS' COMPLIANCE WITH LEGALITY, DECENCY, RESPECTABILITY AND LAW AND ORDER, ENSURING THAT THEY DO NOT IMPAIR THE RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.
8.3 Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO CONTROL AND DOES NOT CONTROL OR GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY OR CONTINUITY OF THE WORKING OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO USER BY THIRD PARTIES HOSTED OUTSIDE www.theconstantinehotel.com AND, THEREFORE, IT DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES AND/OR LOSSES OF ANY TYPE THAT MAY BE DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY OR CONTINUITY OF ITS WEB SITE OR SERVICES.
8.4 USER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES AND/OR LOSSES OF ANY TYPE THAT Abra Tourism Hotels Group Ltd. MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF USER'S NON-FULFILMENT OF THE LAW OR ANY OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THIS AGREEMENT.
9. Rules of Use Safeguard
Should any of the stipulations of these Rules of Use be declared null and void or unenforceable, the remaining conditions shall be maintained in the agreed terms. Abra undertakes to substitute the stipulation in question, adhering as far as is possible to the initial intent of the parties.
10. Applicable Law and Competent Jurisdiction
These Rules of Use are governed by Spanish Law. For the settlement of any disputes that may arise in connection with their total or partial validity, execution, compliance or resolution, Abra and user, expressly waiving their own or any other venue that may correspond to them, agree to abide by the jurisdiction of the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Madrid. This contract constitutes the total and complete agreement between Abra and user and substitutes all previous pacts, undertakings, statements and agreements, whether written or oral, that may have existed previously between both parties.