Terms and Conditions

SECTION 1 - OWNERSHIP

This website ­at URL www.HauteCurature.com is owned and operated by Jia Jin International Ltd. Haute Curature is a trading name of Jia Jin International Ltd. Haute Curature is a retailer in antique, vintage and contemporary homewares registered in England, Company No. 09777531. 

SECTION 2 - USE OF THE WEBSITE

Access - By accessing the website of Haute Curature you agree to these Terms and Conditions which apply to all online sales between Haute Curature (Haute Curature/us/we/our) and the Customer (user/you/your) in relation to all sales of goods and services. You must not access our pages if you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions.

  • Haute Curature reserves the right to revise the pages or withdraw access to them at any time.
  • Haute Curature makes every effort to ensure that this website is free from viruses or defects. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of this website or any websites accessible through it won't cause damage to your computer. It is your responsibility to ensure that the right equipment is available to use the website and screen out anything that may damage it. Haute Curature will not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise to computer equipment as a result of using this website.
  • The dimensions indicated are approximate only. The specifications and descriptions of products on this website are not intended to be binding and are intended only to give a general description of the products. Please note that as computer displays do not always accurately reproduce the colour and texture of a rug or textile, the actual items may slightly differ from what you see on your screen.

SECTION 3 – SALES OF PRODUCTS

By placing an order via this website you are making an offer to Haute Curature to purchase the goods detailed in your order upon the terms described in your order. Once you have placed an order we will send you a confirmation that your order has been received but this is not a confirmation that your offer to purchase the goods has been accepted. A contract between you and Haute Curature for the sale of our products will only exist once an order has been accepted and processed. This does not affect your statutory rights. If you do not receive this email please contact Support@HauteCurature.com, so that we may investigate and confirm that your order has been placed successfully.

  • We retain ownership of any products ordered until we have received full payment for such products.
  • Prices and availability of goods are subject to change without notice. A delivery charge will be added to your order value where appropriate.
  • We retain ownership of any products ordered until we have received full payment for such products.

SECTION 4 - LIABILITY

The contents of Haute Curature website are provided "as is". Haute Curature, its directors, employees, agents and suppliers shall not be liable for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of this website, or any of the information contained in any of the materials on this website, in any off-website or in any linked websites that Haute Curature website have a link to at present or have had at any time in the past.

Haute Curature reserves the right to modify the contents of the Service and terms and Conditions without prior notice. Should this happen the new Terms and Conditions are immediately effective and automatically supersede prior published information.

SECTION 5 - COPYRIGHT

The contents of Haute Curature website are the copyright of Haute Curature. All rights reserved. Reproduction, transfer, distribution, or storage of part or all of the contents in any form without the prior written permission of Haute Curature is prohibited except for storing on your computer or printing copies of extracts from these pages for your personal use only

SECTION 6 - THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND JURISDICTION

Third Party Rights: None of these Terms shall be enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any third party.

Applicable Law: English law governs these Terms. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

SECTION 7 – DATA PROTECTION AND COOKIES

Haute Curature is a registered data controller in accordance with The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (" GDPR "). We process your personal data in accordance with the GDPR. We will make sure that any information you provide on the website will be kept safe and secure.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help this website analyse how users use the site. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. You can manually remove cookies from your system. For more information on disabling and enabling cookies you should search for or lookup 'Cookies' in your Operating System Documentation. Please see our PRIVACY POLICY AND STATEMENT for full details.

GDPR: Haute Curature is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data; thus, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, we have put measures in place to protect your personal data.

Haute Curature only collects personal data essential for the purposes of its retail and sales activities and website optimisation. In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws, 'personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person and will be treated as confidential and securely stored.

Haute Curature collects your Personal Data when you order online on its website www.HauteCurature.com. The Personal Data collected includes your first name, surname, billing and delivery addresses, email address and telephone number (your user account data) and transaction- and navigation data.

Haute Curature will use this data to identify the customer/user to process orders and transactions made via the website. When you place an order or create an account with us, you, the customer/user, authorise Haute Curature to process your Personal Data in accordance with these Terms and Conditions generally and our Privacy Policy in particular. In placing an order online and/or creating an account the customer/user agrees to provide data that is true, accurate, current, complete and factually correct in all respects and to allow Haute Curature to collect and process your Personal Data, including your IP address.

The collection and processing of this information and your Personal Data allows Haute Curature to process, fulfil, ship and deliver your order(s) and allows Haute Curature to improve the user experience and conduct statistical analysis through Google Analytics. Your Personal Data is collected solely for internal use by Haute Curature and will not be transmitted to third parties other than to our online payment service provider, currently Shopify Payments and PayPal who are subject to the same data protection legislation.

When signing up to our newsletter currently hosted by Shopify and through its portal we will seek your explicit consent, which can be withdrawn at any time by following the link provided at the bottom of each newsletter.

Provider's Access to Personal Data

The Personal Data used to identify the User will not be communicated to any third parties, except those that Haute Curature use to provide services. The third parties in question include selected service providers that carry out certain functions on Haute Curature's behalf, such as delivering orders, processing credit card payments, detecting and preventing fraud and hosting and developing the Website. Any such third parties and partners must also comply with the applicable data protection legislation and regulations.

Haute Curature may be required to disclose your Personal Data to third parties pursuant to a law, regulation or to comply with a decision made by a competent administrative regulatory or judicial authority.

Your rights as a clients and website user: You can exercise your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation in relation to your Personal Data by contacting us at Support@HauteCurature.com or write to us: 3 Blagdon Walk, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom, BA11 2XX.

  • Right to be forgotten: You may terminate your account at any time, in which case we will permanently delete your account and all data associated with it
  • Right to object: You may opt out of inclusion of your data in our data science projects simply by changing the Privacy Setting on your account.
  • Right to rectification: You may access and update your account settings at any time to correct or complete your account information.
  • Right of access: Our Privacy Policy describes what data we collect and how we use it. If you have specific questions about particular data, you can contact us via the contact details given above.
  • Right of portability: We will export your account data to a third party at any time upon your request

In the event of a dispute or disagreement, you can contact or lodge a complaint with the The Information Commissioner's Office https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

Privacy Policy

Our full privacy policy and statement can be accessed here: https://hautecurature.com/pages/privacy-policy-and-statement

SECTION 8 – ORDERING AND SHIPPING

VINTAGE/QUALITY

The majority of our stock consists of unique, one-off, vintage or antique items, hence wear and signs of usage must be expected. We strive to provide items in good to excellent condition. While we try to precisely describe each piece and can provide high-resolution images, please bear in mind that a photo and a description are only a representation at best.

SHIPPING

Our shipping fees can be found at https://hautecurature.com/pages/shipping

Our shipping fees currently do not take into account the effects of The United Kingdom leaving the European Union, ‘Brexit’, which may have upon our ability to make deliveries speedily and in a timely manner.

If you have any specific questions regarding shipments and deliveries, please contact us at Support@hautecurature.com

We aim to ship items listed in stock within 3 - 5 working days of receiving your confirmed order. When your order is shipped, we notify you by e-mail and provide you with the shipping tracking reference number. It is your responsibility to track the progress of their delivery. Haute Curature does not accept liability for any delivery instructions you may need to provide to the delivery company.

By placing an order with us, you will be deemed to have read, understood, and agreed to our Terms and Conditions. If you have questions or are unclear about any aspect of these terms, please contact us before placing an order (at Support@HauteCurature.com). Please note that all items are delivered DDU (delivered duties unpaid); if your products are shipped to a destination outside of the European Union, import duties and local sales taxes may be applied; these are not included in our charges. The risk of loss or damage to the products shall pass to you at the time of delivery.