1.1. This website geico-spa.com (the “Website”) is operated by Geico S.p.A., a company with headquarters in Via Pelizza da Volpedo 109/111- 20092 Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, Italy, VAT no. 00688580968, a company subject to management and coordination pursuant to article 2497 of the Italian Civil Code by Taikisha Ltd (“Geico” or the “Company”) and provides information to the user, as a visitor to the Website (the “User”), regarding the services, products, and Content, as defined below, of Geico and its main commercial activities.
1.2. The various sections of the Site are managed by Geico or by third parties expressly specified from time to time.
1.3. This document contains the terms and conditions relating to the use of the Website and the services, products, and content made available through the Website (the “Terms of Use”). The User is invited to read the Terms of Use carefully.
1.4. Access to the Website and any action that involves browsing its pages constitute the User’s full acceptance of the Terms of Use in force at the time of access and published on the Website, and by accessing the Website the User agrees to comply with such Terms. If the User does not intend to accept the Terms of Use, it is sufficient that he or she refrain from browsing the pages of the Website and using it.
1.5. Geico reserves the right to make any changes to these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice to Users. The User is invited to periodically view the Terms of Use before accessing the contents of the Website.
2.1. The User acknowledges that “Content” means the text content, software, graphics, brands and logos, domain names, photos, sound, music, video, audiovisual content, news, features, thus including the graphical configuration of the Website and its graphical and functional interfaces, technical documentation and manuals and any material viewable and accessible through the Website, including databases, graphs and tables, slogans, animated cartoons or otherwise and any graphical representation of text or otherwise.
2.2. All Content and related rights are reserved and owned by Geico and/or individual owners who have granted the Company a specific license for use. It is therefore not permitted to copy and/or reproduce all or part of the Content available on the Website without the express permission of Geico.
2.3. Although every reasonable care has been taken in collecting and presenting the Content available on the Website, no warranty is given as to its accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or possible uses by Users. Geico therefore expressly disclaims any liability for errors, inaccuracies, or omissions relating to such Content and reserves the right to update and/or modify it without prior notice.
3.1. The use of the Website is subject to the following restrictions that the User declares to be aware of and accept.
3.2. Failure to comply with the limitations indicated below amounts to a violation of the Terms of Use. Within the limits of the law, Geico reserves the right to investigate and prosecute any violations of the Terms of Use, requesting the intervention of the judicial authorities where necessary.
3.3. The User may only use the Website for legitimate activities, and must not use the Website for any speculative or fraudulent activity.
3.4. It is expressly prohibited to use any part or section of the Website or the information, products, services, or Content on the Website for commercial activities or advertising of any kind unless expressly authorized by Geico.
3.5. The User declares to be of legal age (18 years old) or in any case of sufficient age to assume the obligations and responsibilities deriving from the use of the Website and the acceptance of the Terms of Use, and in any case over 14 years of age.
3.6. It is prohibited for the User to copy, reproduce, publish, upload, transcribe, transmit, or distribute in any way or form the Content of the Website without prior written authorization from Geico.
3.7. It is prohibited for the User to wholly or partially disseminate the Content of the Website through communication channels such as the Internet, television, radio, or any other type of system without prior written authorization from Geico.
3.8. It is prohibited for the User to make changes to the Website and/or its Content.
3.9. It is prohibited for the User to violate or attempt to violate and/or circumvent the protection and security systems implemented by the Website.
3.10. It is prohibited for the User to use the Website and the Content for commercial purposes, specifically the insertion of advertising, ads, sponsorships, promotions or the like by the User on any page of the Website through ads, photos or videos; the solicitation of other Users to enter into commercial transactions; the sale of Content.
3.11. It is prohibited for the User to use the Content for commercial purposes in order to create a database of any types, or to store (in whole or in part) the Content in pre-existing databases, whether accessible exclusively by the creator or made available to third parties.
4.1. All Content available on the Website – including the trademarks mentioned or reproduced on the Website, the design and patents relating to the products on the Website, the functional and graphic interfaces of the Website – are owned by the Company and/or individual owners who have granted the Company a specific license for use and are subject to copyright and other current rules on the protection of intellectual and industrial property, and therefore the whole or partial reproduction, modification, alteration, removal, use, transfer, distribution, and/or licensing is prohibited without prior written authorization from Geico.
4.2. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 3 above, any operation to extract or reuse the Content available on the Website not expressly authorized by Geico as well as any other activity that may harm the legitimate interests of the authors and holders of the rights to the intellectual property works accessible therein is prohibited.
5.1. This Website is managed by Geico. Geico respects the intellectual property rights of third parties.
5.2. Upon receipt of a duly motivated request submitted in writing or by email, Geico agrees to promptly remove any material on the Website that may be owned by parties other than the one indicated as the author of the material or curator of the section of the Website who can legitimately claim any right or interest to the material itself or its content, or if the material or its content harms any interest or right protected by law.
5.3. For any report, complaint, or information the User must send a written communication to:
Geico S.p.A.
Via Pelizza da Volpedo 109/111
20092 Cinisello Balsamo (MI), Italy
PEC certified email: geicospa@legalmail.it
Email: marketing@geico-spa.com
5.4. The User acknowledges and accepts that any communication or material sent to Geico, for example by email through the contacts specified on the Website, shall be considered non-confidential, with the exception of personal data that shall be processed pursuant to article 8 below.
6.1. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2.3 above, all Content, services, products, and information available on the Website are provided for general information purposes only and may contain inaccuracies and/or errors. Therefore, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Geico makes no warranty as to their accuracy, reliability, or completeness and reserves the right to modify and update such Content, services, products, and information available on the Website without providing prior notice to the User.
6.2. Except in cases of fraud or gross negligence, the Company shall not be held liable for any and all damages, including lost profits, expenses, costs, or losses suffered by the User and arising from the use and/or inability to use the Website and its Content, or websites directly or indirectly linked to it and/or managed and operated by third parties other than the Company, as well as resulting from omissions or errors.
6.3. Except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence, the Company shall not be held liable for any damage caused to the User’s software or hardware resulting from accessing the Website.
6.4. The Company reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the operation of the Website if necessary.
6.5. In such cases, except in cases of fraud or gross negligence, the Company shall not be held liable for any and all damages, including lost profits, expenses, costs, or losses suffered by the User and arising from changes or deletion of Content, or suspension or interruption of the Website.
7.1. The Website contains or may contain links to third-party websites or services. Hyperlinks have the sole function of facilitating the User’s navigation without there being any relationship between the content of the Website and that of the third-party website reached.
7.2. The User acknowledges and agrees that Geico does not guarantee or assume any responsibility for the content, goods, or services provided by such third parties, their completeness and accuracy, or for the content of the websites of such third parties. Geico does not guarantee and has no responsibility for the content, availability, operation, and compliance of any website that may be linked to this Website or from which you may have access to this Website.
7.3. The User acknowledges and accepts that if he/she provides his/her personal data to such third parties, such data will be processed by them in accordance with their privacy policy (if any), acknowledging that Geico’s Privacy Policy does not apply to such data or processing.
8.1. The Data Controller of the User’s personal data collected through the use of the Website is Geico S.p.A., with headquarters in Cinisello Balsamo, 20092, Via Pelizza da Volpedo 109/111, Milan, Italy, VAT no. 00688580968.
8.2. Geico processes the User’s personal data in compliance with Reg. EU no. 2016/679 (“GDPR“) and Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003, as amended by Italian Legislative Decree 101/2018 (the “Privacy Code”), in accordance with the provisions of the Geico Privacy Policy available at the link https://geico-spa.com/en/privacy-policy/ and by the Geico Cookie Policy available at the link https://geico-spa.com/en/cookie-policy/.
9.1. Geico reserves the right to transfer all or part of its rights or responsibilities under the Terms of Use to any other party without the prior consent of the User.
10.1. The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the User and Geico regarding the use of the Website, and replace any previous agreement or declaration made on the same subject.
11.1. Any invalidity or ineffectiveness of one or any of the provisions of the Terms of Use according to the Italian legal system shall not render null and void or compromise the validity and effectiveness of the other provisions.
12.1. Any failure or late exercise by Geico of the rights and faculties deriving from the Terms of Use must not be considered in any way as a waiver thereof, nor will the individual or partial exercise of these rights and faculties preclude in any way the possibility of exercising them later, since the aforementioned conduct must be considered as acts of mere tolerance.
13.1. The Terms of Use are published in Italian and English. In the event of any discrepancy between the texts in the two languages or doubts about their interpretation, the Italian text shall prevail.
14.1. Without prejudice to any rights that Users enjoy by virtue of national or international legal provisions, the Terms of Use of the Website are subject to Italian law and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith, including any dispute concerning the existence, validity, or effectiveness of the Website’s Terms of Use and any other agreement that refers to them.
14.2. Within the limits of the foregoing and always without prejudice to any rights that Users may enjoy by virtue of national or international laws, any dispute arising with regard to the Terms of Use of the Website as well as any other agreement that refers to them shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Milan.
