Privacy Policy

WELCOME TO DR. MARTENS FOR LIFE WEBSITE

Your visit to our web site ("the Site") is governed by these terms and conditions and any applicable laws or regulations affecting the Site and/or Internet.

By using the Site you agree to accept these terms and conditions. If you do not wish to accept these terms, please do not use this Site.

This Site is operated and owned by R. Griggs Group Ltd., ("Griggs"), a company incorporated under the laws of the United Kingdom and having its principal place of business in the United Kingdom.

Griggs has established this Site for you to find out more about the Dr. Martens brand as well as for your enjoyment and communication.

OUR RIGHTS TO THE SITE

You are not authorized to use any aspect of this site including copying, up or downloading, transmitting, distributing or modifying any part of it for public or commercial purposes without Griggs' prior written permission.

Your use of or access to the Site does not confer on or transfer to you any title or intellectual property rights in the Site or any aspect of it. All rights, title or interest in the Site or any aspect of it, remain the property of Griggs

PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

Griggs takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing a valuable service. This Privacy Policy Statement explains how Griggs may use any information about you arising from your use of the Site

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We process personal information collected via www.drmartens.com for purposes of:

  • providing a personalized service
  • conducting market research surveys
  • running competitions
  • providing you with information about products and services we offer

If you do not wish to receive information about our products or services, or the products or services offered jointly with or on behalf of our partners, please check the appropriate box on the registration form.

We also use information in aggregate form (so that no individual user is identified):

  • to build up marketing profiles,
  • to aid strategic development, and
  • to audit usage of the site.

USE OF COOKIES

We use "cookies" to identify you when you visit the Griggs Site and to build up a demographic profile.

A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information back from the browser. Find out more about the use of cookies on www.cookiecentral.com.

Our use of cookies may also allow registered users to be presented with a personalized version of the Site should this service become available.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your Site experience more efficient.

DISCLOSURES

We will not disclose any information we keep about you to any third parties, except for other companies in the R. Griggs Group of companies, our partners and any suppliers we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf.

INTERNET-BASED TRANSFERS

Your use of the Site and our use of information from it uses the Internet to collect and process data, including your personal data. This involves the international transmission of data across national borders.By browsing the Griggs Site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

OUR LIABILITY

When you visit or use the Site or any Site linked to it, Griggs shall not be liable for any:

i. Loss or damage occasioned to you, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or otherwise howsoever sustained; and/or ii. Errors or omissions, accuracy of site content, failure in performance, viruses, line failure or the like, including from linked sources on the Site

Griggs has no liability for any material on this Site which could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

The material appearing on the Site is provided to you "AS SEEN" and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties relating to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Further, Griggs accept no liability for negligence.

No warranties are provided or representations made as to:

i. The accuracy or reliability of material on the Site; or ii. That your visit to or use of the Site will be uninterrupted or free from defects or viruses.

MATERIALS YOU PROVIDE TO US

If you send ideas, remarks, questions, data, graphics or the like ("the Submissions") to the Site, these will become the exclusive property of Griggs, the Submissions will be deemed to be non-confidential and Griggs shall be entitled to use or disclose the Submission in any manner whatsoever, without liability or notice to you. The Submissions or any other information you send to the Site should not contain material which is offensive, pornographic, defamatory, blasphemous, unlawful or likely to infringe any applicable law, whether civil, criminal or religious. You agree that all material submitted to Griggs is original to you, and not copied in whole or part from any third party. Please do not send anything which is required to be kept confidential.

JURISDICTION

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with English law without observing any conflicts of the rules. By visiting or using the Site you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts in United Kingdom. in relation to any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions or your visit to or use of the Site and agree to commence proceedings relating to any such dispute in the courts of the United Kingdom.

TRADE MARK INFORMATION

Our trade marks are very valuable to us. Following is a partial listing of trade marks, service marks and associated logos, labels, Trade Dress ("the Trade Marks"), which are the property of Griggs, its subsidiaries, Licensees or related companies. DR. MARTENS, DOC’S, DM’S, DM’S DR. MARTENS, DOC MARTENS RESISTANCE RECTANGLE, AIRWAIR, AIRWAIR WITH BOUNCING SOLES, MADE LIKE NO OTHER SHOE ON EARTH, GETTA GRIP, GRIP TRAX, FLEX LINK

TRADE DRESS FEATURES INCLUDING:

  • TWO TONED GROOVED SOLE EDGE WITH YELLOW STITCHING.
  • BLACK AND YELLOW HEEL TAG READING "AIRWAIR WITH BOUNCING SOLES".
SOLE PATTERNS.

Nothing contained in or on the Site should be constructed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Trade Marks or other intellectual property rights displayed in or on the Site unless the prior written consent of Griggs has been obtained. Other than as provided by these terms and conditions, your use of the Trade Marks or any other intellectual property rights or any content in or on the Site in any way howsoever is strictly prohibited. Griggs operates a worldwide programme to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

LINKED SITES

Griggs is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site nor has it reviewed any such site. If you link to the Site, off-site pages or other sites, this action is at your own risk. Griggs is not responsible for the contents of any website which is electronically linked to the Site and which is not maintained by Griggs, nor the consequences of linking to any site from the Site

LINKING TO THIS SITE

Unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with Griggs, you may link to the Site only by a text-only link clearly marked DR. MARTENS OFFICIAL WEB SITE, and the link must be done in a way not to damage the goodwill in Griggs brand. The link must "point" to the URL and not to other pages within the Griggs Site. The appearnce of the link may not create the false impression that your organization is affiliated with or sponsored by Griggs; and the link may not be within a site that is likely to disparage or injure the reputation of the Griggs brands. Creation of any link in violation of these Terms of Use, or likely to injure the reputation of the Griggs brands may result in litigation to protect the Griggs brand.

COPYRIGHT

All site design, graphics, product images, photographs, text selections, arrangements and all software are Copyright © 2004, R. Griggs Group Ltd., and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.

You may not use any material appearing on this Site except as provided in these Terms of Use. You are not authorized to copy, up or download, transmit, distribute or modify any part of it for public or commercial purposes without Griggs' prior written permission. Griggs neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of other parties not owned by or affiliated with Griggs.

This Site displays various images of people or places which are either the property of, or used with permission by Griggs. Any use by you of these images other than in accordance with these Terms of Useis strictly prohibited. Any unauthorised use of these images may violate laws, regulations and statutes including but not limited to copyright, privacy and publicity. Griggs will not be liable for any claims by third parties arising from your unauthorised use of such material. You may download material displayed on the site for non-commercial personal use only, provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the material.

GENERAL

Please note that our products and promotions are not available in every part of the world and, as such, may be unavailable in the country from which you are accessing the Site. If any part or parts of these terms and conditions are deemed invalid, void or unenforceable, then that part or those parts shall be considered severable from these terms and conditions thereby not preventing the remainder from being enforceable or effective. These terms and conditions may be revised at any time and Griggs reserves the right to do so. You are, therefore, advised to regularly keep up to date with the contents of these Terms of Use as revisions shall be considered as binding upon you.

Some jurisdictions may not allow certain exclusions of liability contained in these terms and conditions which, therefore, may not apply to you.

TERMINATION

If you fail to comply with these Terms of Use, Griggs may terminate this limited license to use material on the Site. Upon termination you must destroy all materials obtained from the Site and all copies whether or not made under these Terms of Use.