Terms of Use/ Legal Notice
This website (www.academyofvisioncare.com/uk) is operated by Bausch & Lomb U.K. Limited (“Bausch+Lomb” or "we", “our” or "us"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 143720 and have our registered office at One, Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS. Our main trading address is 106 London Rd, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6TN.
By using our website you accept these terms
These terms of use ("Terms of Use") apply to your use of this website. Please read these Terms of Use before you start using the website. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use you must not use our website.
These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our website:
Bausch+Lomb may alter these terms from time to time, so you should periodically check these terms as any changes will take effect as soon as they are posted to this website.
1. Use of Website.
Your access to and use of the information contained in the website is subject to these Terms of Use. You agree to act lawfully at all times in using and accessing this website and you will not do anything which damages, interferes with, disrupts access to, interrupts or impairs the functionality of this website or inhibits other users’ use and enjoyment of the site.
Although the information on this website is accessible to users outside of the EU/UK, the information on the website is intended for use only by the EU and UK residents. Other countries may have laws, regulatory requirements and medical practices that differ from those in the EU and UK.
2. Content.
Nothing contained in this Website should be construed as a promotion or solicitation for any product or for the use of any product in a particular way which is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the country where the user is located.
This website is designed to provide general information about eye care and Bausch+Lomb's products. It is not intended to provide medical advice. Consumers and patients should always consult an eyecare professional, doctor or other qualified healthcare professional for advice on the treatment of a specific condition or for any other particular need.
You agree that access to and use of this website and its content is at your own risk. Bausch+Lomb may add, alter, delete modify or supplement materials from this website at any time at its discretion without notification to anyone.
Bausch+Lomb will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website but Please view our Internet Privacy Policy for information as to how we collect and use information collected or received through this Website. makes no representations, warranties or assurances (express or implied) as to the accuracy, currency, fitness for purpose or completeness of such information. Bausch+Lomb disclaims all warranties, express or implied to the fullest extent permitted by law. Bausch+Lomb shall not be liable for any damage or injury which may arise from the use of or reliance upon any information provided in this Website or from your inability to access the Website. Bausch+Lomb its affiliates, or any party involved in creating, producing or delivering this website assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damage or injury to you, your computer or other personal property including but not limited to damages caused by viruses that infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to our Website or from your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio, or other items from the website.
3. Privacy.
Bausch+Lomb respects the privacy of its website users. To learn more about how we protect Customer and Health Care Professionals privacy, please also consult our B+L HCP Privacy Policy.
4. Third Party Websites and Links.
This website may contain links or references to other websites maintained by third parties over whom we have no control. Such links are provided merely as a convenience. Similarly, this website may be accessed from third party links over which Bausch+Lomb has no control. Bausch+Lomb makes no warranties, undertakings or representations of any kind as to the accuracy, currency, quality, completeness or fitness for purpose of any information contained in such websites and shall have no responsibility or liability for any loss, damage or cost of any kind arising from such information. Inclusion of any external sites does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by Bausch+Lomb and Bausch+Lomb makes no representation or warranty as to the content contained in any such external website.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
All brand names, characters, slogans, logos, service marks, and trademarks whether or not appearing in italicized, bolded and/or in large print, with or without the trademark symbols, are owned by or licensed to Bausch+Lomb or its affiliates, and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution or confusing or misleading uses under national and international trademark and copyright laws.
Any unauthorised use of the content or trademarks or any materials, may violate copyright, trademark, unfair competition, false advertising, privacy, and/or other laws and/or international laws, and may infringe upon the rights of Bausch+Lomb or its affiliates. Such unauthorised use may result in your personal liability, including potential criminal liability. This includes the entire content of the website, copyrighted and protected as a collective work. Please note that Bausch+Lomb actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
Reproduction of Images and Other Copyrighted Material. As with any image, possession of a copy of a digitized image does not give unrestricted rights to use it. The copyright of an image is generally owned by the photographer and only the copyright owner, or the owner's legal representative, can grant permission to copy, distribute, or publicly display the image.
It is illegal to reproduce photographs taken by a professional photographer or other copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.
Use of Information on this Website. The copyrights of the images and other material on this Website are owned by Bausch+Lomb or the individual photographers who have authorized their use on this Website.
Use of Other Images and Information. Other images and information may be downloaded, reprinted and reproduced for non-commercial, private purposes. Other images and information may not be manipulated or altered without the express permission of Bausch+Lomb or the photographer.
This website may contain Intellectual Property owned by third parties, including but not limited to promotional and business partners, licensors, licensees, sponsors and advertisers. The third-party product names/brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
The contents of this website may only be copied for non-commercial individual reference with all copyright or other proprietary notices retained, and thereafter may not be recopied, reproduced or otherwise redistributed. Except as expressly permitted above, you may not copy, display, download, distribute, modify, reproduce, republish or retransmit any information, text or documents contained in this website or any part of it in any electronic medium or in hard copy, or create any derivative work based on it, without Bausch+Lomb’s express written consent.
6. Applicable Law
These Terms of Use and your use of the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising in connection with this website. If any provision of these terms of use shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed void but shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.