Terms of use

The materials on this Site are provided by Essity as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. Single copies may be downloaded subject to the provisions below.
By downloading any material from this Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree to them, do not use the Site or download any material from it. You further agree that Essity’s Privacy Policy governs your use of and access to this Site.

All names, logos and trademarks are the property of Essity, its affiliates, related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners.

Essity's trademarks and brand names may be used only as stated in these Terms of Use or with prior written permission from Essity.

Any use of Essity's trademarks in the advertising and promotion of Essity's products requires proper acknowledgement.

All content included on this Site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips and software is the property of Essity or its content suppliers and is protected by Swedish and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use or distribution of any materials at this Site may violate copyright, trademark, and/or other laws and is subject to civil as well as criminal sanctions.

This Site or any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial use that is not expressly permitted in writing by Essity. You may download one copy of the information found on Essity Sites on a single computer for your personal, non-commercial, internal use only.

You may not modify, use or transfer the information for any commercial purposes; nor may you remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from the information. You agree that you are responsible to prevent any unauthorized copying of the materials and to ensure that all employees and contractors – if applicable – of your organization adhere to these limitations.

You are responsible for obeying all applicable copyright laws. We permit you to make copies of this Site as necessary incidental acts during your viewing of it; and you may print a copy for your personal use of so much of the site as is reasonable for private purposes. All other use is strictly prohibited. You may not frame this Site nor link to a page other than the home page without our prior written permission.

Essity does not grant any expressed or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks or trade secret information.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN CASE ESSITY IS LINKING TO THE WEBPAGE OF A THIRD PARTY, SUCH LINKING IS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF USERS ONLY AND ESSITY WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR THE CONTENT OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH WEBPAGE. THE TERMS OF USE AND APPLICABLE PRIVACY POLICY OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY SITE SHALL GOVERN YOUR USE OF SUCH THIRD PARTY SITES

In no event shall Essity be liable for any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of information, arising out of the use of or inability to use the information, even if Essity has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Essity further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items that may be contained within this information. Essity may make changes to this content, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Essity makes no commitment to update the information or other materials entered in this Site.

You agree to indemnify and hold Essity and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, due to or arising out of your use of the Site or violation of the TOU.

Any material, information or other communications you transmit to Essity or any of its representatives or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, fully sub-licensable and non-proprietary (“Communications"). Essity will have no obligations concerning the Communications.

Essity will be free to disclose, copy, distribute, incorporate and/or otherwise use any Communications, together with all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein, for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes, in each case without compensation of any kind to you.

If you submit personal data to this Site or otherwise to Essity, you hereby consent to Essity´s use of such data for the purposes of evaluating your information and to market Essity´s products and services, including a right to transfer the data to third countries and post your personal data on the Internet.

In connection with your access to or use of the Site, you shall not:

a. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that: (i) is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful or otherwise objectionable; (ii) you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as confidential or proprietary information learned as part of an employment relationship or under a non-disclosure agreement); (iii) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party; (iv) consists of unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation; or (v) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; b. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, Essity personnel, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; c. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Site; d. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to scroll faster than other users of the Site are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects the ability of other users to use the Site; e. take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately heavy load on the Site or its infrastructure; f. interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site; g. use spiders, crawlers, robots or any other similar means to access the Site or substantially download, reproduce or archive any portion of the Site; h. sell, share, transfer, trade, loan or exploit for any commercial purpose any portion of the Site, including, but not limited to, your user account and password; or i. violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation.

You may not post any Communications that can be judged as offensive or violating the privacy of other persons or which may be considered as commercial marketing or which is in any way illegal or inappropriate. Essity will delete such communications when we become aware of them and we reserve the right to exclude you as a user from our Site or service and other affiliated websites at Essity’s discretion.

For use of third-party services, such as Facebook, third-party terms may also apply. For example, Facebook applies its “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” to all users and visitors to Facebook, and we recommend that you read these terms before using any such third-party service.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to the TOU, your visit to the Site or products you purchase through the Site or by phone shall be resolved through confidential arbitration by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its then-applicable rules, including its Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes. Such arbitration shall: (a) be heard and resolved by a single independent and neutral arbitrator; (b) take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and (c) be conducted in the English language. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. Judgement on the arbitral award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under the TOU shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to the TOU, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and Essity may seek injunctive relief and any other equitable remedies from any court of competent jurisdiction to protect our intellectual property rights, whether in aid of, pending or independently of the resolution of any dispute pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth above.

Essity may revise these Terms of Use at any time at its sole discretion. Continued use of the Site after revision shall constitute your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use as amended.

Essity reserves in its sole discretion, the right to (1) modify these Terms of Use; (2) monitor and remove postings; and/or (3) discontinue Site availability, at any time without notice.

If any term, condition, or provision of these Legal Statement is determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms, conditions and provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

What is a Cookie?

Small data files that are transmitted from a website to your PC hard drive are referred to as "cookies". They are not computer programs, but merely small text files that enable websites to store and gather information about the search habits of an Internet user. Most websites use cookies because they are part of the tool box and improve the user experience on the Internet. Cookies allow websites to provide personalized services (e.g. store login information, keep products in the shopping cart or display relevant content).

How we use Cookies

Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the Cookie Settings button to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

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