i.Unlawful or Improper Use: You must not use our website, your account, our products or any content made available through the website for any unlawful, fraudulent or improper purpose, or in any way that breaches these Terms or any applicable law or regulation. You must not use the website to encourage, facilitate or assist another person to do anything prohibited by this section.
ii.Fraud, False Information and Misrepresentation: You must not provide false, inaccurate, misleading or fraudulent information to us, impersonate another person, misrepresent your identity or authority, place an order using another person's details or payment method without permission, make a fraudulent payment or refund claim, falsely claim that a product was not received, or otherwise attempt to obtain any product, refund, credit, promotional benefit or other advantage by deception.
iii.Unauthorised Commercial Use and Resale: You must not use our website primarily to purchase products for resale, commercial distribution or another business purpose without our prior written agreement. You must not use multiple accounts, identities, payment methods, delivery addresses or other means to circumvent reasonable product allocation rules, quantity limits, brand restrictions or other purchase restrictions communicated by us.
iv.Misuse of Promotions, Offers and Benefits: You must not manipulate, misuse or circumvent the conditions of any discount, promotional code, free gift, e-gift card, price-match arrangement, finance offer, loyalty benefit or other promotion. This includes creating or using multiple accounts to obtain benefits intended to be available only once, providing false information to qualify for an offer, or using any promotion in a manner contrary to its stated terms.
v.Interference With the Website: You must not interfere with, damage, disrupt, disable, overload or impair our website, servers, networks, systems, databases or security measures. You must not introduce or transmit viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, malware, malicious code or any other material designed to damage, interrupt or gain unauthorised access to any computer system, software, data or network.
vi.Unauthorised Access and Security: You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of our website, another customer's account, our systems, servers, databases, administration areas or any other restricted system or information. You must not bypass, disable, interfere with, probe, scan or test any security, authentication, access-control, fraud-prevention or technical measure used by us or by a third-party provider supporting our website.
vii.Automated Access, Bots and Scraping: You must not use bots, crawlers, spiders, scrapers, scripts, automated purchasing tools or other automated systems to access, search, monitor, copy, extract or interact with our website without our prior written permission. You must not scrape or systematically extract product descriptions, photographs, prices, availability information, customer information or other data from our website, whether for commercial use, price monitoring, database creation, machine learning, artificial intelligence training or any other purpose.
viii.Manipulating Website Functions: You must not exploit bugs, errors, vulnerabilities or technical limitations in our website, checkout process, payment systems, pricing systems, stock systems or promotional mechanisms. If you become aware of an apparent error or vulnerability, you must not knowingly exploit it for financial or other advantage.
ix.Intellectual Property Misuse: You must not copy, reproduce, modify, republish, upload, transmit, distribute, sell, license, commercially exploit or create derivative works from our website or its content except where expressly permitted by these Terms or by law. You must not remove, conceal or alter any copyright, trade mark, branding, ownership notice, watermark or other proprietary notice appearing on our website or its content.
x.Berry’s and Third-Party Brands: You must not use the Berry’s Jewellers name, Berry’s branding, logos, trade marks or other brand assets without permission. You must also not use any manufacturer's, designer's or other third party's trade marks, logos, product photographs or other protected material obtained through our website in a manner that infringes their rights or falsely suggests that you are an authorised retailer, distributor, representative or affiliate of Berry’s or any brand featured on our website.
xi.Framing, Mirroring and Copying the Website: You must not frame, mirror, reproduce or create a copy of all or any material part of our website on another website, application, platform or service without our prior written permission. You must not create a website, page, advertisement or other material that imitates our website in a way that is likely to mislead customers about its source or association with Berry’s.
xii.Data and Privacy: You must not use our website to collect, harvest, obtain, publish or misuse personal information relating to another customer, employee or other person. You must not attempt to identify, access or obtain information about another customer's account, purchases, payment information, contact information or activity.
xiii.Communications and Submissions: Where our website allows you to contact us, submit information or otherwise communicate with us, you must not send material that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, discriminatory, harassing, malicious or that infringes another person's intellectual property, privacy or other legal rights. You must not use our contact facilities to distribute spam, unsolicited advertising, chain messages or other bulk or automated communications.
xiv.False Reviews and Reputation Abuse: Where you are able to submit or publish reviews, feedback or other content relating to Berry’s or our products, you must not submit fabricated reviews, impersonate another customer, receive or offer an undisclosed incentive for misleading content, or knowingly make false statements presented as statements of fact. Nothing in this paragraph prevents you from giving an honest account of your experience or expressing a genuine opinion.
xv.Payment and Finance Misuse: You must not use stolen, unauthorised or fraudulently obtained payment details, deliberately initiate an improper chargeback, provide false information in connection with a finance application, or attempt to manipulate or circumvent the requirements of a payment or finance provider. Finance applications are also subject to the applicable provider's own terms, eligibility requirements and verification procedures.
xvi.Circumvention: You must not attempt to avoid any restriction imposed under these Terms by using another account, identity, device, payment method, email address, delivery address or another person. Conduct carried out through connected accounts or by another person acting on your behalf may be taken into account where we reasonably believe it forms part of an attempt to circumvent a legitimate restriction.
xvii.Action We May Take: If we reasonably believe that you have breached this section, we may take proportionate steps to protect Berry’s, our customers, our brands and our systems. Depending on the circumstances, this may include restricting or suspending your account, preventing further access to particular website functions, refusing an order before it has been accepted, withdrawing access to a promotion where its conditions have been breached, or reporting suspected unlawful activity to the appropriate authorities. Any action relating to an order that we have already accepted will remain subject to your statutory rights and our existing contractual obligations.