PART A: GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE
1. Terms of Use of the Website
1.1. Access to and/or navigation on the website cy.iqos.com (hereinafter “Website”) is subject to the following terms and conditions which, (hereinafter the “Terms of Use”). The website cy.iqos.com belongs to the company PHILIP MORRIS CYPRUS LTD, having its registered office at Sofouli 2, Chanteclair Building, 1096, in Nicosia, Cyprus, with registration number HE420512 (hereinafter “PHILIP MORRIS”). It is stressed that access to and navigation on the Website, registration in the Newsletter list sent by PHILIP MORRIS any information, the content, in any form (including videos or information of another form), provided by the Website, search of the nearest shop for the procurement of products, communication with PHILIP MORRIS, and the overall features and functions provided through the Website, are addressed to persons that
cumulatively meet the following requirements:
i) they are natural persons, over 18 years of age (such age must be completed already upon access to the Website and any action relating to it);
ii) they are smokers and/or users of other tobacco products and/or electronic cigarettes;
iii) they reside or stay in the Republic of Cyprus; and
iv) they have full legal capacity
v) they have created an account (hereinafter the “Users”).
Creation of an account is required for the User’s full access to the content of the Website, for the conduct of any purchase of IQOS products and related products (hereinafter “Products”). Creation of an account is also necessary for the fulfilment of the legal obligations of PHILIP MORRIS in relation to the current laws, and for proving compliance with the current laws, ethics and policy of PHILIP MORRIS for the protection of personal data, and the prohibition of sale, advertising and promotion of products to underage persons. Among other things, creation of an account is also necessary for further ensuring compliance with the age limit of 18 years, to the extent possible, which allows access and use of the Website. Users must also certify their residence within the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
1.2. PHILIP MORRIS takes all reasonable measures for the protection of minors from the use of tobacco products in general. The Website is exclusively addressed to persons who meet the requirements of the previous article above, its main purpose is the provision of information on the products at the User’s/Customer’s initiative, and it is not a recommendation or incitement for purchase of a Product. The Products fall under the category of new tobacco products, under Law24(Ι)/2017. Users gain access and use the Website on their own initiative and at their own responsibility, fully acknowledging and understanding the risk to their health.
1.3. Access to and use of the Website by the User is subject to these Terms of Use. PHILIP MORRIS invites Users to read these Terms of Use carefully before visiting or using the Website or creating a User account. A visit to the Website for navigation, as well as for the creation of a User account, includes the unconditional acceptance of all the present Terms of Use on the part of the User. The User must frequently visit the Terms of Use, as they may be amended at times without there being any other obligation for information about such amendment, except for their being posted on the Website. Both these Terms of Use and any amendments thereto are the contractual framework which governs the relationship between the User and PHILIP MORRIS at any given time. In the event of disagreement or reservation of the User about part or all of these terms, the User is invited to abstain from access to or navigation on the Website, or any other action on it, and to inform PHILIP MORRIS in this regard at contact.cy@iqos.com, the acceptance of all the Terms of Use is unreserved.
1.4. PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right, indicatively, and not exclusively:
a) to change at any time, without justification and without any prior notification, part or all of these terms of use;
b) to renew or upgrade part or the whole content of the Website;
c) to renew or upgrade part or the whole of the interface, structure, or configuration of the Website, as well as its technical specification; and to
d) limit access to the whole Website or part thereof. Also, PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to cancel, suspend, permanently or temporarily, or terminate the operation of the Website at any time, without any justification and without any prior notice to the User of the Website.
2. Features and functions of the Website
2.1. Informational section on IQOS
PHILIP MORRIS provides information of varied content with regard to the Products and the overall function thereof through relevant videos as well. Such information is provided for the necessary provision of information to the User about the products, and it does not recommend any product, or encourage the purchase of any product. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability for any damage that may be caused to any User/guest or third party, due to or on the occasion of information received from the Website or posted on the Website.
2.2. Nearest store locator
The Website allows the User to use an automated tool for locating the nearest store that sells the Products. This tool is made available to the User exclusively for the User’s facilitation, and the result extracted exclusively depends on the relevant data imported by the User. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability in relation to the results extracted by using the automated tool, or for any inaccuracy or deviation of such results in relation to the actual distances.
2.3. Contact with PHILIP MORRIS
The Website provides the User with various contact modes. Contact by PHILIP MORRIS with the User which is carried out in this manner and is agreed to in accordance with what is provided for on the Website, takes place on the initiative and at the request of the User, and is by no means made on the initiative of PHILIP MORRIS, even in the cases when PHILIP MORRIS itself calls the User at the contact details indicated by the User, as in this case also, PHILIP MORRIS contacts the User only at the User’s prior request, and under the terms of the Data Protection Policy.
2.4. Purchase of IQOS products, add-ons, and accessories
Through the Website, the User is given the opportunity, should he/she so wish, to visit the E-shop and purchase IQOS products (and other add-ons and accessories), hereinafter collectively the “Products”. To that end, it is absolutely necessary that an account has first been created, as specified in Article 1.3 above and Article 3 below. Electronic sales of Products through the E-shop are carried out which shall bear full responsibility for proper fulfilment of all its obligations to the E-shop and vis-a-vis purchasers. The E-shop is also governed by the General Terms and Conditions of Electronic Purchase of IQOS Products – PART B, described in detail below.
3. Creation of an account at the Website
3.1. The User may create an account even if they do not intend to proceed immediately or proceed at all to the electronic purchase of the Products, in order to acquire full access to the content of the Website, as it is specified in detail in the Data Protection Policy of PHILIP MORRIS. However, the conduct of purchases through the E-shop presupposes the user’s registration and the creation of an account, as described above.
Thus, the creation of a User’s account in the above manner is the basis of the above, a necessary precondition, both for navigating the wider, whole content of the Website and for navigating the E-shop, for sending any order and/or, in general, concluding the purchase remotely (through the E-shop).
In particular, the collection of the
required data of the User through the creation of a User’s Account, and the processing of such data on the part of PHILIP MORRIS is necessary in order for the User to navigate the Website and to further view content for the purpose of fulfilling the legal obligations of PHILIP MORRIS in relation to the current laws, and proving compliance with the current laws, ethics and policy of PHILIP MORRIS on the protection of personal data and the prohibition of sale, and promotion of products to underage persons.
The data requested as required are the necessary, pertinent and available data in order for PHILIP MORRIS
to take any reasonable additional measure of protection and for ensuring, to the extent possible, that no minors will navigate the whole of the content, and for purposes of identification of the User by the Website.
3.2. Accuracy of data submitted
Upon registration, the User enters the required data (and/or the optional data, should he/she so wishes) referred to in Article 1.2 of the PHILIP MORRIS Data Protection Policy. Those data must be entirely correct, true, accurate and updated, and the User must keep such data correct, true, accurate and updated while keeping the Account. In the event of subsequent change of any of such data, the User must notify PHILIP MORRISPHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com, or through the Website at the field “Support”, or at the telephone lines 800 088 03 within a reasonable period of time. In the event that the contractual or legal obligations of PHILIP MORRIS are not timely and duly fulfilled because of the use of untrue, erroneous or non-updated personal data stated by the User, PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability. Moreover, the User bears full and exclusive liability for any loss or damage caused to PHILIP MORRIS due to untrue, erroneous or non-updated data stated by the User. It should be stressed that any notification sent (as part of the legal obligations of PHILIP MORRIS, or in the case of special communication set forth in these Terms of Use) to the email address notified by the User during the creation of the account, shall be deemed to be valid, even if it is not delivered to the User due to an error in the data written by the User and/or technical or other failure of the User’s server, and/or telephone, and/or telecommunications provider, and/or due to change of the User’ data (provided that the User has not timely notified PHILIP MORRIS in this regard).
3.3. Protection of the codes of the User’s account
a) It is also necessary that the User creates a secret password, set by the User based on the each time applicable safety rules of PHILIP MORRIS regarding password creation. With such password, the User will acquire access to the whole content of the Website, to their account and to the E-shop, and they must always keep that password secret and safe.
b) In particular, Users shall bear full and exclusive liability for protecting the secret password that they have created and use for entering their accounts. Users must completely avoid revealing the password to other persons, so that any unauthorised access and use will be prevented (especially, but not exclusively, to any minors). Also, each User must promptly notify PHILIP MORRIS, if they have reasons to believe that
i) their secret password could or may have become know to a third party, or
ii) there is a risk that their password can be used without their licence.
iii) The User shall bear full and exclusive liability for any action (act or omission) carried out through their account. PHILIP MORRIS disavows any liability for damages arising from the use of a User’s account against third parties, on the grounds of unauthorised access or use of the User’s account, provided that the User has not previously duly notified PHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com, or through the Website at the field “Support”, or at telephone lines 800 088 03
3.4. Conclusion of the account creation procedure
After supply/submission of the above data and successful creation of an account, the User will receive an email from PHILIP MORRIS at the email address stated by the User, in order to activate his/her registration on the Website through a link. Following activation, the User will receive a new email notifying them on the successful conclusion of the registration process and the creation of a User’s account. Creation of a User’s account allows the User to log onto the Website, by using the secret password set by the User at the stage of creation of an account. Each User may change the personal data stored in their profile at any time, by accessing the part of the Website called “ProfileMy IQOS™”.
3.5. Account Deletion – Termination of contract with PHILIP MORRIS
In particular:
The User has the right to deactivate their account at any time, at will, by pressing the deactivation deletebutton. It should be noted that if the Customer has deactivated his/her account at the E-shop,
then his/her account as a whole will be deactivated, and his/her general navigation on the Website will be impossible (from the point where registration of a User is required), since the existence of both accounts is a necessary condition for the proper and lawful organisation and operation of the whole Website, as provided for in Article 2.1 and in the Data Protection Policy. Following deactivation, the data of their account are kept for six (6) months. Within such time period, the User may activate his/her account again. Otherwise, their data are deleted. If the User wishes their data to be deleted promptly, they must state so specifically by sending an email at contact.cy@iqos.com, or by calling at telephone lines 800 088 03 In any case, it is clarified that the deactivation or deletion of the account does not entail deletion of the User from the contact list of PHILIP MORRIS.
a) These Terms of Use are of an unlimited term, and they may be terminated at any time by any party (PHILIP MORRIS or User).
b) PHILIP MORRIS may terminate these Terms by sending a relevant email to the email address stated by the User and setting a reasonable deadline, after the expiration of which, the User’s account, as a whole, will be deactivated, as mentioned above.
c) PHILIP MORRIS may also delete the account of a User and/or deny access to the Website, for any reason. It is particularly entitled to take the foregoing actions on any serious ground, including, but not limited to the case where there is evidence of bad faith, illegal, or anti-contractual navigation and/or use of the Website (detected by it, or following a complaint by any third party). In this case, the User’s data are kept for the purpose of confirming that the same User will not register again on the Website.
It should be noted that the deletion of the account for any reason inactivates access both to the broadened content of the Website and to the E-shop, since, as it has already been mentioned, the account is necessary for further navigating on the Website as a whole, and is a necessary precondition for entering it further.
4. Access permission, access and use of the Website
4.1. Users, in principle, acquire access to the Website only if they solemnly declare that they are over 18 years of age. The Website is addressed to Users who permanently or temporarily reside in the Republic Cyprus. Access to the Website is prohibited for devices and IP addresses that are not within the territory of the Republic Cyprus. Moreover, access to the full content of the Website and the option to make purchases through the E-shop is possible only after the creation of a User’s account, under the terms set forth in Article 3 above.
4.2. Upon acceptance of these Terms of Use, the User is granted a non-exclusive permission of access and personal use of the Website, for the purposes specifically detailed in these Terms of Use. This permission shall by no means entail permission to take up or amend the Website or any part thereof, which can only be allowed with the written permission of PHILIP MORRIS. Such access permission granted to the User does not allow any resale or commercial use, reproduction, creation of copies, copying, transmission, announcement, placement on the market, amendment, or assignment of permission, or any other manner of exploitation of this Website or its content, any collection and use of any lists, descriptions or photographs of products, any derivative use of this Website or its content, any receipt or copying of account details for the benefit of a trader, or any use of data extraction tools, robots, or similar data collection and extraction tools use in any manner, or another kind of exploitation of the Website and its content for professional or commercial purposes, is prohibited. PHILIP MORRIS holds exclusive rights over the domain name iqos.com. Moreover, all the trade names appearing on the Website are duly subject to legal protection.
4.3. Any posting by any User of content from this Website on any other website shall not automatically enable access to the content of this Website. Access to it is possible only if the terms of Article 4.1. above are cumulatively met. Therefore, in order for any third party to gain access to the Website, even if they access it through a specific link, published by a User on any website, they must meet all the requirements set forth in these Terms of Use. The User must take any reasonable measure to prevent posts on websites addressed to minors. The User may not knowingly approach any minor, in order to inform them or encourage them to use this Website.
4.4. Use of the Website is allowed only provided that the User acts in a fair and lawful manner, and abstains from any action that causes harm to the reputation of PHILIP MORRIS, or from any unlawful exploitation thereof. The User is also prohibited from creating any connection that insinuates any kind of relationship of the User or a third party with PHILIP MORRIS, or approval or support by PHILIP MORRIS when there is none. It is not permitted for the Website to be placed in a frame on any other website, and, in any case, the User is prohibited from creating any link to any part of this Website other than the homepage. PHILIP MORRIS reserves its right to remove the connection permission without justification, without penalty and without any prior notice to the User.
4.5. The User is prohibited from using frames or frame techniques in order to frame any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or format) of the Website of PHILIP MORRIS and its associated companies and the companies of the Philip Morris Group, without its written consent. The User is not allowed to use any “meta-tags” or any other “hidden text” based on trade names or trademarks of PHILIP MORRIS or its associated companies, or companies of the Philip Morris Group, without its written consent. In the event of unauthorised use, the permission conceded by PHILIP MORRIS for access to the Website shall automatically and promptly cease to be in force.
4.6. It is highlighted that impeding the operation of the Website and replacing or amending its content (images, photographs, texts, etc.) is prohibited. Commission or facilitation of criminal offences in any manner, transmission of viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, and any action, in general, that may lead to an unaccepted or extensive encumbrance of the infrastructure or the operation of the Website is prohibited. Users must comply with the privacy obligations, while they must abstain from using the Website in a vulgar, offensive, illegal or obscene manner.
4.7. Additionally, the User may not destroy data, cause discontent to other Users, violate the property rights of other persons, send unsolicited advertising or promotional material, commonly known as “spam”, or try to influence the performance or functionality of any Website features or features to which the User gained access through the Website. PHILIP MORRIS informs its customers that it will notify the competent authorities of any such violation that may come to its knowledge. It will also notify the competent authorities of any data requested, in accordance with the requirements of the law.
4.8. The User uses the Website at their full and exclusive liability at their request and based on these Terms of Use. The User’s connection with the Website is made with technical means, and through providers of the User’s choice.
4.9. This Website can be linked through hyperlinks with other Websites, which are not related with PHILIP MORRIS, and whose content is not controlled by the latter (the “Linked Websites”). PHILIP MORRIS does not guarantee that the content posted on the Linked Websites is correct, legal, complete, updated, true, accurate, or of good quality, and does not bear any liability for it or for any loss or damage that may be caused as a result or on the occasion of the use thereof, or as a result or on the occasion of the sales of Products through it. Similarly, PHILIP MORRIS cannot check the collection and processing of the users’ personal data by the Linked Websites, and, therefore, it does not bear any liability in relation to such collection and processing. When the User visits the Linked Websites, the terms and conditions, as well as the data protection policy of each Linked Website shall apply accordingly. With regard to any issue that may arise indicatively in relation to the content or the use of a Linked Website, the User is invited to address directly the owner or administrator of each Linked Website. PHILIP MORRIS by no means embraces or accepts or approves the content or the services of the Linked Websites to which the User is referred through hyperlinks.
5. Intellectual Property, Software, Content and Trademarks
5.1. The intellectual property rights over the software and on the content of the Website belong either to PHILIP MORRIS, or to associated companies, or to companies of the Philip Morris Group, or to other lawful beneficiaries, and are protected by the applicable laws on intellectual property rights.
5.2. The appearance and display of the Website content may not be taken as transfer and/or assignment of a licence and/or a right to use thereof. The User may store, print and display the available content exclusively for personal use. The Users and any third party are prohibited from publishing, managing, distributing, copying in whole or in part, transferring, altering, storing, republishing, amending, or reproducing in any other manner, in any form, any part of the content or copies of the content that appear on this Website. Users are also not allowed to amend, translate, decompile, reconstruct, or create derivative works by using any software or accompanying documentation offered by PHILIP MORRIS or its licensors. The trademarks appearing on the Website belong either to PHILIP MORRIS or to the companies of the Philip Morris Group. The User or any third party does not have and does not obtain any permission or consent to use in any manner the trademarks of PHILIP MORRIS, or the trademarks belonging to companies of the Philip Morris GroupPHILIP MORRIS.
6. Operating framework of the Website and limitation of liability of PHILIP MORRIS
6.1. PHILIP MORRIS
shall not provide any guarantee (i) of the proper operation of the Websites and/or the Applications; (ii) of the access and use right; (iii) of the full, accurate, and updated nature of the contents, the information, or the data available on the Websites and/or the Applications; (iv) of the absence of any defects or errors in the content and/or the operation of the Website and/or the Applications; (v) of the absence of viruses or other malicious software; and (vi) of the absence of certain qualities that could be expected in relation to such Websites and/or Applications, or the content thereof. Thus, PHILIP MORRIS
informs the User that both the whole content of the Website, and the display of the Products (which can be purchased by the User only through the E-shop) are provided “as they are”, without any requirements or other guarantees on their truthfulness, accuracy, or suitability for the use or the purpose for which the Products sold are intended.
6.2. Access to and use of the Website is made through the User’s own means, as provided for in Article 4.7. PHILIP MORRIS and its associates exert their best efforts, in the context of technological inspections regularly carried out by them, so that the services and the content are provided smoothly and without any interruption, and that its highest standard of security is maintained. However, it shall not be liable in the case that, despite the reasonable measures taken by it, for any reason, including the case of negligence, the operation of the “Website” is suspended, or access to it becomes difficult and/or impossible, and/or if, despite the safety measures implemented, viruses or any other harmful software that impedes use of the Website are detected and transferred to the terminals of users, or if unauthorised third parties interfere in any manner with the content and the operation of the Website, rendering use thereof difficult or causing problems to the proper operation thereof, or intercept details concerning the users’ personal data. Moreover, PHILIP MORRIS shall not be liable in the case of suspension of access to the Website for reasons beyond its control, as well as for reasons due to a technical or other weakness of the network, or to reasons of force majeure which include omission, accident or explosion, fire, storm, earthquake, flood, riots, epidemics, pandemics, government action or other matter beyond the reasonable control of PHILIP MORRIS , or to unforeseeable circumstances.
6.3. PHILIP MORRIS shows due diligence, so that the photographs of the Products appearing on the Website, as well as any videos posted on the Website, depict the actual state of the Products, to the extent possible. However, in any case, the User accepts that the Products appearing in the photographs and the videos may deviate from the actual state, form, size, colour, and overall image of the Products sold by the E-shop. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability in the event of a deviation of the photographic depiction of the product or the depiction thereof in a video from its actual image. PHILIP MORRIS does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any information or content regarding any products, software, or advertisements included in the Website, as well as of the content of third parties to which the User is referred through hyperlinks from the Website, or to which the Website provides access.
6.4. PHILIP MORRIS takes any reasonable measures for preventing unauthorised access to the Website, i.e. from persons that do not meet the requirements set forth in Article 1.1. above. To that end, access to the Website is automatically deactivated after 30 minutes without any action by the User. However, the User must also take any possible provision for preventing use of the Website by unauthorised persons, such as, indicatively, avoiding making use of the Website before such persons (e.g. minors, vulnerable groups in relation to tobacco products, etc.) or leaving the Website open and/or without their supervision before such persons.
6.5. In view of the fact that it is technically impossible PHILIP MORRIS does not control and cannot control any posting of content (even under the access restrictions listed in Article 4.3 above) by the User to websites of third parties addressed to persons not meeting the requirements for access to this Website, under Article 1.1. above. The User must take any reasonable measure in order for posts on third-party websites to meet the requirements of Article 4.3. above.
6.6. The User uses the Website and acquires access to the content posted on it on their own initiative and at their own exclusive responsibility., having full knowledge of the fact that the PHILIP MORRIS is in the market of tobacco products. The User agrees to compensate, defend and indemnify PHILIP MORRIS, the companies of the Philipp Morris Group, the managers, officers, employees, consultants, representatives and associates thereof of any and all claims of third parties, liability, damages and/or costs arising as a result or on the occasion of any wrongful, illegal or anti-contractual use of the Website from the User, or as a result of the wrongful breach on the User’s part of any of the Terms of Use. In any case, the User must promptly notify PHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com or through the Website in the field “Support” or at the telephone number 800 088 03, if the User has become aware or has reasonable suspicion or indications that the Website has been used in an illegal or anti-contractual manner by the User (even due to the User’s negligence) or by any other person, so that PHILIP MORRIS will be able to take the necessary measures for the purpose of limiting any damage.
6.7. PHILIP MORRIS disavows any liability for any consequential, possible and indirect damages or for escaped profit, including profits not made, loss of data, suspension of activity, damage to the fame or reputation, or for the cost of purchase of substitute products, or any other damage of whatever nature that could arise from the use of its Websites and/or the applications, or the content thereof, or from the inability to use the Websites or applications, the inability to participate in any tendering procedure or offer, and/or the inability to purchase or send any item or product relating to its Websites and/or Applications, regardless of whether such damages could have been foreseen or whether they arise in the framework of the contract, the conduct of the purchase, out of the products appearing on the Website or on the E-shop, due to tort or by negligence, based on the applicable laws, or in another manner. In any case, however, and provided that any damage is due to the proven fault of PHILIP MORRIS, the latter shall bear liability only for the coverage of any actual damage caused to the damaged party that demonstrably originates from and relates directly to the event giving rise to the damage, and the wrongful act or omission. In the event of negligence, any damage shall be limited to the amount of EUR one thousand (€1,000). Thus, all the liability limitations contained in these Terms of Use, which are acknowledged and accepted by the Website User in their entirety as being valid and consistent with good faith and transactional practices, apply.
7. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus. The User and PHILIP MORRIS, upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, agree to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Nicosia, Cyprus.
8. Final provisions
8.1. The above Terms of Use bind the parties (PHILIP MORRIS and the Users) collectively, and constitute, as a whole, the whole contract of the parties, and prevail over any and all previous and current contracts between the User and PHILIP MORRIS.
The information mentioned on the Website is an integral part of the agreement and shall not be changed without an express agreement between the contracting parties (e.g. express agreement through the exchange of emails).
8.2. Should any term be judged as invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. . The term will be construed accordingly. Otherwise, you agree that the term must be repaired and it will be construed in a manner that approaches the original meaning of the term/sub-term to the greatest extent, in accordance with the law.
8.3. Any delay in the parties’ exercising some or all of the rights stemming from these Terms of Use shall not result in the weakening or waiver of such right, which may be exercised at any time, at a later stage, at the reasonable judgment of its holder.
8.4. The headings contained in these terms and conditions are set for reference purposes alone, and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation thereof.
PART B. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF IQOS PRODUCTS THROUGH THE E-SHOP
1. In general for the conduct of purchases of IQOS Products
1.1. Remote purchases of IQOS products and other add-ons and accessories relating to IQOS (hereinafter “Products”) are carried out through the electronic shop that is accessible through the website (hereinafter the “E-shop”). It should be noted that access and navigation on the E-shop, performance of any purchase through it or by telephone, any information, content of any form, including videos, or update provided by the E-shop, as well as the overall features and functions provided through the E-shop, are addressed to persons who cumulatively meet the following requirements:
i) they are natural persons, over 18 years of age (such age must be completed already upon access to the Website and any action relating to it);
ii) they are smokers and/or users of other tobacco products and/or electronic cigarettes;
iii) they reside or stay in the Republic of Cyprus; and
iv) they have full legal capacity (hereinafter the “Users”).
The persons that meet the above requirements and have created an account on the Website and at the E-shop have the right to make purchases through the E-shop (hereinafter the “Customers” or “Users”). PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to deny sale and/or delivery of Products to any person if it has any reasonable indication that such person violates any of the above terms.
1.2. PHILIP MORRIS takes all reasonable measures for the protection of minors from the use of tobacco products, in general. The Website is exclusively addressed to persons that meet the requirements of the previous article above, and its sole purpose is the provision of information on the products and remote sale of the Products at the User’s/Customer’s initiative, and it is not a recommendation or incitement for the purchase of a Product. Some of the Products fall under the category of new tobacco products, under the Protection of Health (Control of Smoking) Law of 2017, Law 24(Ι)/2017, as amened. Users gain access and use the Website on their own initiative and at their own responsibility, fully acknowledging and understanding the risk to their health.
1.3. Access and purchase of Products from the E-shop, are subject to these terms and conditions of PHILIP MORRIS. These Terms and Conditions form the contractual framework that governs the relationship between the Customer and PHILIP MORRIS, at any given time. PHILIP MORRIS asks Customers to read these Terms and Conditions carefully before visiting, navigating, or using the E-shop, or making any purchase through it.
In the event of disagreement or reservation of the Customer about part or all of these terms, the Customer is invited to abstain from access to or navigation on the E-shop, or any other action on it, and from making any purchase through it. Otherwise the acceptance of all the Terms and Conditions is unreserved.
In any case, continuing navigating on the E-shop and making purchases through it constitutes unreserved acceptance of all these Terms and Conditions on the part of the Customer.
1.4. The Customer must frequently visit both the Terms of Use concerning the Customer’s navigation on the general content of the Website (PART A. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE) and these Terms and Conditions concerning the organisation and operation of the E-shop, and the performance of electronic purchases through the E-shop, as any of them may be amended from time to time, by being posted on the Internet (being in force as of the moment of their posting). PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right (indicatively, and not exclusively):
a) to change at any time, without justification and without any prior notification to the Customer, any part or all of the present Terms and Conditions;
b) to renew or upgrade part or the whole content of the E-shop;
c) to renew or upgrade part or the whole of the interface, structure, or configuration of the E-shop, as well as its technical specifications;
d) to limit access to the E-shop or part thereof;
e) to cancel, suspend permanently or temporarily, or terminate the operation thereof;
f) to modify the Products offered for sale, to permanently or temporarily cease, or to cancel the sale of (some or all of the) Products of specific or all suppliers;
g) to change the manner of operation of the E-shop, and the charges; and
h) to post information for a specific period and/or until exhaustion of the stock, to make ordinary or extraordinary discounts on non-tobacco products, to carry out competitions, etc.
1.5. The E-shop offers the feature of using a product display tool per category. The automated tool is made available to the Customer exclusively for the Customer’s facilitation, without taking into account any additional criteria of the Customer, or any other parameters that may affect the Customer’s choice. PHILIP MORRIS does not bear any liability for any damage that may be caused to a Customer or any third party as a result or on the occasion of taking into account information or results arising from the use of the product display tool per category.
2. Creation of an account at the Website as a prerequisite stage for the purchase of Products through the E-shop
2.1. For the conduct of any purchase of Products, it is required that an account has been created on the Website, as mentioned in Article 3 of the Terms of Use of the Website of PHILIP MORRIS. Creation of an account is absolutely necessary for the fulfilment of the legal obligations PHILIP MORRIS (as supplier/importer) in relation to the current laws, and for proving compliance with the current laws, ethics and policy of PHILIP MORRIS with regard to the new tobacco products. To that end, and for the smooth operation and development of the use of the Website (which includes the display and posting of Products for sale by PHILIP MORRIS ), the User creates a User’s Account which is governed by these Terms of Use. PHILIP MORRIS acquires access to the data of the User’s Account for the purposes of the E-shop, and in general, for the actions pertaining to the order placement and sale process through the E-shop. Creation of a User Account is
a necessary prerequisite for navigation on the E-shop and for the dispatch of any order, and/or for the overall conclusion of a purchase through the E-shop.
2.2. Accuracy of data submitted
Upon registration, the User enters the required data (and/or the optional data, should they so wish). Those data must be entirely correct, true, accurate and updated, and the User must keep such data correct, true, accurate and updated while keeping the Account. PHILIP MORRIS acquires access to the data of the User’s Account for E-shop purposes, and in general, for actions pertaining to the E-shop order placement and sale process. In the event of subsequent change of any of such data, the Customer must notify PHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com, or through the Website at the field “Support”, or at the telephone lines 800 088 03 within a reasonable period of time. In the event that the contractual or legal obligations of PHILIP MORRIS are not timely and duly fulfilled because of the use of untrue, erroneous or non-updated personal data stated by the Customer, PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability. Moreover, the Customer bears full and exclusive liability for any loss or damage caused to PHILIP MORRIS due to untrue, erroneous or non-updated data stated by the Customer. It should be stressed that any notification sent (as part of the fulfilment of the obligations of PHILIP MORRIS arising from the sale) to the email address or another contact detail notified by the Customer while creating an account or while making their purchases at the E-shop, shall be deemed to be valid, even if it is not delivered to the Customer, due to an error in the data written by the Customer and/or technical or other failure of the Customer’s server, and/or telephone, and/or telecommunications provider, and/or due to change of the Customer’s data (provided that the Customer has not timely notified PHILIP MORRIS in this regard).
2.3. Special Term of Identification for the delivery of the Products upon sale
The sale of the Products is subject to the express condition of inspection of the Customer’s identity details during delivery of the Products, in order to verify that the Customer, who must also be the recipient of the Product, is not underage. If identification is not possible, or if there is any doubt, PHILIP MORRIS
has the right to refuse to deliver the Products, to entirely cancel the sale by merely stating this at the delivery place of the recipient. It is expressly clarified that delivery to any person other than the one who submitted the order is not allowed (for reasons of safety and identification).
2.4. Protection of the codes of the Customer’s account
a) It is also necessary that the Customer creates a secret password, set by the Customer based on the safety rules of PHILIP MORRIS applicable each time regarding password creation. With such password, the Customer will acquire access to the whole content of the Website, to their account and to the E-shop, and they must always keep that password secret and safe.
b) In particular, Users shall bear full and exclusive liability for protecting the secret password that they have created and use for entering their accounts. The Customer must completely avoid revealing the password to other persons, so that any unauthorised access and use will be prevented (especially, but not exclusively, to any minors). Also, each Customer must promptly notify PHILIP MORRIS if they have reasons to believe that
i) their secret password could or may have become known to a third party, or
ii) there is a risk that their password may be used without their licence.
iii) Customers shall bear full and exclusive liability for any action (act or omission) carried out through their account. PHILIP MORRIS disavows any liability for damages arising from the use of a Customer’s account on the grounds of unauthorised access or use of the Customer’s account, provided that the Customer has not previously duly notified PHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com, or through the Website at the field “Support”, or at telephone lines 800 088 03
Creation of a Customer’s account allows the Customer to log onto the Website by using the secret password set by the Customer at the stage of creation of an account. Each Customer may change the personal data stored in their profile at any time by entering the part of the Website called “Profile”.
2.5. Account Deletion – Termination of contract with PHILIP MORRIS
i) The User has the right to deactivate his/her account at any time, at will, by pressing the Deactivation button. It should be noted that if the Customer has deactivated his/her account at the E-shop,
then his/her account as a whole will be deactivated, and his/her general navigation on the Website will be impossible (from the point where registration of a User is required) since the existence of both accounts is a necessary condition for the proper and lawful organisation and operation of the whole Website, as provided for in Article 2.1 and in the Data Protection Policy. Following deactivation, the data of his/her account are kept for six (6) months. Within such time period, the User may activate his/her account again. Otherwise, the data are deleted. If the User wishes his/her data to be deleted promptly, he/she must state so specifically by sending an email at contact.cy@iqos.com, or by calling at telephone lines 800 088 03
In any case, it is clarified that the deactivation or deletion of the account does not entail deletion of the User from the contact list of PHILIP MORRIS.
a) These Terms of Use are of an unlimited term, and they may be terminated at any time by any party (PHILIP MORRIS or Customer).
b) PHILIP MORRIS may terminate these Terms at any time and without cause by sending a relevant email to the email address stated by the User and setting a reasonable deadline, after expiration of which the Customer’s account will be deleted.
c) PHILIP MORRIS may also delete the account of a User and/or deny access to the Website, for any reason. It is particularly entitled to take the foregoing actions on any serious ground, including, but not limited to the case where there is evidence of bad faith, illegal, or anti-contractual navigation and/or use of the Website (detected by it, or following a complaint by any third party).
In cases b) and c), the User’s data are kept for the purpose of ensuring that the same User will not register again on the Website.
It should be noted that the deletion of the account for any reason inactivates access both to the broadened content of the Website and to the E-shop, since, as it has already been mentioned, the account is necessary for further navigating on the Website as a whole, and is a necessary precondition for entering it further.
ii) In any case, it should be noted that each time that the Customer makes a purchase from the E-shop, a distinct, more specific sales agreement will be made, in accordance with Article 3.3. below, which will be governed by the specific terms of sale each time stipulated by the parties, based on the applicable (at the time of sale) Terms and Conditions.
3. Description of transactions – Terms and Stages of Conclusion of the Sale
3.1. Through the E-shop of, Products are available for sale to customers. The E-shop
is exclusively addressed to consumers(B2C).
It is clarified that for remote contracts,
consumer means any natural person acting for reasons that are not attributed to its commercial, business, industrial, or freelance activity.
Special term on the sale: In order for any Customer to make a purchase from the E-shop, they must cumulatively meet the requirements set forth in Article 1.1. above. Users who have not completed 18 years of age are expressly prohibited from carrying out any action on the Website and the E-shop. Upon placing an order, the Customer guarantees that all the details provided to PHILIP MORRIS are true and accurate. PHILIP MORRIS reserves its right to execute its contractual obligations from the purchase agreement vis-à-vis the Customer, in the event that the stated data that need to be identified upon delivery of the Product are not verified (identity and adulthood).
3.2. PHILIP MORRIS, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to select the Products it will make available for sale in its E-shop, and to amend, renew, and/or withdraw them at any time, without incurring any liability, and without any prior notification to the Customers. The same applies to product prices, any offers and discounts that may be offered by it at its absolute discretion, which may be modified without penalty, without any prior notification to the Customer, based on the commercial policy it forms freely and at its discretion.
3.3. The Customer bears the responsibility for selecting Product(s) and placing a correct order thereof through the E-shop.
It is expressly highlighted that this Website is not a proposal for a contract towards the Customer, but an invitation for submission of a proposal by the latter. The contract is concluded/entered into only if the Customer receives his/her order acceptance email, pursuant to Article 3.4. b) below.
The stages of the procedure from the submission of the order by the Customer until the conclusion of the sales agreement between the Customer and PHILIP MORRIS are the following:
a) Provided that he/she has already created an account, as provided for in Article 2 above, each Customer can navigate on the E-shop and select the Product in which he/she is interested out of the products appearing for sale. Then, he/she may add it to his/her shopping cart by pressing the relevant button, “Add to shopping cart”. Customers can, at any time, find details with regard to the content of their shopping cart (i.e. Products selected for purchase by the Customer at previous stages) and be informed about the cost thereof, as well as about the cost of dispatch (temporary data). Customers are also allowed to modify the contents of their shopping cart by deleting part or all of the contents, or by changing the quantities selected.
b) Customers can review the personal details (personal data and invoicing address) they had submitted while creating their Account. Customers may enter different data while making their purchases (e.g. delivery or invoicing address).
However, THEY MAY NOT CHANGE THEIR IDENTITY DETAILS (full name and date of birth), since the process of verifying their age through written identification upon delivery of the Product is a necessary condition for delivery of the Products, as specified in these Terms and Conditions. Moreover, for the same reasons, they may not send the Products to a person other than the one who has created the Account.
c) Then, Customers will be informed about how the Product will be sent, and about the time limit for delivery of the Products (depending on the place of delivery thereof). Customers can also submit any comment they wish to PHILIP MORRIS.
d) Then, Customers see an overall review of their order, based on all the data entered, under a-c) above, and, if they wish to submit the order, they will press the button “Order Completion”. In order for the order to be dispatched, the Customer must first read carefully and accept the Terms and Conditions, as set forth in Article 1.3 above.
The Customer, thus, submits a proposal to PHILIP MORRIS for the conclusion of a contract of sale of the Products he/she has selected.
3.4. a) As soon as the Customer’s order placement procedure is concluded, PHILIP MORRIS will send the Customer an automated email for order confirmation. The order confirmation or the notification about any problem may be carried out by telephone or by SMS. Until the Customer receives the order confirmation message and/or the relevant telephone call, he/she may make any correction to the order by calling at the telephone number 800 088 03. By the message above, PHILIP MORRIS
accepts the agreement proposal submitted by the Customer, and thus, the agreement between the Customer and PHILIP MORRIS
is concluded only when PHILIP MORRIS sends the message by which it confirms that it accepts the Customer’s offer.
b)
In any case, it is agreed that the time limits set forth in these terms commence as of the date when the above order confirmation email (Article 3.4 a) is sent, regardless of when the Customer will actually read the email.
3.5. Then, the Customer will be notified by email when the Product is given for delivery to the courier company, which will also include the necessary details in order for the Customer to be able to check the progress of delivery of his/her order.
3.6. Should any problem occur with regard to the order or the delivery times as set forth above, the Customer will receive relevant information by email or by telephone.
3.7. For the order to be concluded (E-shop), Customers, by accepting these terms, will consent to PHILIP MORRIS processing their personal data, in order to receive the foregoing communication by PHILIP MORRIS about their order and the development thereof. PHILIP MORRIS shall not be liable in the event that the Customer receives deficient information about the development of the order, due to an error or due to non-accuracy of the contact details that the Customer had stated to the Company.
3.8 From time to time, if such an option is available, you may pre-order Products which will be delivered after their official placement on the market. When available for sale on the e-shop, those Products bear a special label, and are accompanied by information about the cost and the estimated time of delivery thereof. In pre-orders payment is possible only by credit card and PayPal account (if it is available) via the e-shop (not by cash on receipt). With regard to all other aspects, the pre-ordering procedure is completed and carried out exactly in the same manner as any other order placement and purchase from the e-shop (unless any particular condition is applicable, as appropriate).
4. Product Prices
4.1. The product prices indicated on the E-shop are in Euros, they include the value-added tax (VAT), and they are total. This means that the Customer will not bear any additional cost for payment on receipt, and for the dispatch of the Products. PHILIP MORRIS may at its sole discretion enforce maximum limits without notice to the Customer. The maximum limits can change, and in any case, the limit presented as the maximum limit of purchase for each product code on the Website at the time of the order shall apply. PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to change its commercial policy regarding the cost of delivery and the payment methods, at any time, without penalty and without warning, notifying the Customer, of course.
4.2. PHILIP MORRIS, in general, reserves the right, which is accepted by the Customer, to freely set the prices of the Products, to modify, and change and/or withdraw offers at any time, without prior notice to the Customer, who will be informed of the current price each time by the relevant post on the E-shop (and such price will, of course, apply to future purchases). Even though PHILIP MORRIS maintains due diligence to make sure that all the details, descriptions and prices appearing on this Website are accurate, errors may occur.
5. Payment arrangements
For purchasing Products through the E-shop, the anticipated payment method is by credit card when that option becomes available on the Website. In any case, PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to change the payment arrangement method and to add or amend the processes, without prior notice to Customers, who will be informed about the payment methods each time in force, from the relevant post on such methods on the E-shop, before the conclusion of each agreement
In the event of payment of the price by credit card, this may be carried out with the cards that are acceptable by the E-shop. If the Customer selects credit card as method of payment, the process will be carried out and concluded through an acknowledged bank institution, offering, as stated by it, all the required safety guarantees for electronic payments. The collection and processing of the payment data submitted by the Customer is carried out only by the cooperating financial organisation which is exclusively responsible for processing thereof for the conclusion of the payment. For any problem that may arise during payment by credit card, the payment service provider will be responsible. PHILIP MORRIS does not store and does not process the data of the Customers’ cards. PHILIP MORRIS may also reject the Customer’s order or rescind the sale at any time if it is established or speculated that there is any problem in relation to the data of the card. The Customer shall bear the full and exclusive liability for properly entering and completing the data of their card in the payment system.
6. Delivery arrangements
6.1. The Products purchased by the Customer through the E-shop will be delivered by a courier company, regardless of the total weight or volume of the Products purchased. PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to change its product delivery policy at any time, notifying the Customer before the conclusion of each agreement, and only for future agreements.
6.2.Products can
only be delivered within Cyprus, in the areas controlled by the Republic, as delivery of Products abroad or in the areas not under the effective control of the Republic is not possible.
6.3. The customer does not pay for the cost of delivery. PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to modify the arrangements and terms of delivery of the Products, even with the addition of delivery charges, by notifying the Customer prior to the conclusion of the contract and only for future contracts.
6.4. After the product is delivered to the courier company by Cassandra, the dispatch of the product will be scheduled, and the Product will be sent within the time period set by the courier company, depending on the delivery address. It should be noted that the date of delivery of the Products may change. In this case, PHILIP MORRIS shall make reasonable effort to communicate with the Customer, in order to give him/her relevant information.
6.5. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability in the event that the employee of the courier company appears within the above time limits, but does not manage to deliver the product, due to the absence of the Customer. In such a case, the courier company employee will leave a dispatch notice at the stated delivery address, and the Customer will be informed (by telephone and/or by email) by PHILIP MORRIS about the unconcluded execution of the order.
6.6. SPECIAL TERM ON THE SALE & DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCTS: In any case, the Customer must appear in person for the delivery of the Products, and have the proper identification documents, demonstrating the Customer’s identification is the same with the person that keeps an Account (as set forth in Article 2), as well as the Customer’s age. Otherwise, the courier company, acting as the agent of PHILIP MORRIS, can refuse to deliver the Product which will be returned to PHILIP MORRIS and the sales agreement will be automatically cancelled ex tunc, since the identification and age verification is a necessary condition for the delivery of the product, without the stipulation of which the sale would have never been concluded (legal transaction foundation).
6.7. Release of PHILIP MORRIS from its liability with regard to the delivery arrangements.
PHILIP MORRIS cannot guarantee the proper and timely delivery of the Products to the purchaser when the delivery is carried out by a courier company (in which case there may be some differentiation as to the delivery time).
6.8. If it is required that the delivery be carried out on or by or after a specific deadline, PHILIP MORRIS stresses to its customers that they must state this in the space where the Customer can write their comments on their order (Article 3.3 c above). However, PHILIP MORRIS shall not be bound to carry out the delivery within the above deadline and order confirmation is not evidence of acceptance of the request.
6.9. PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to make any amendment to the above delivery arrangements, at any time, without penalty, and without prior notice, notifying the Customer upon placement of the order (which will be valid for future agreements). It goes without saying that PHILIP MORRIS reserves the right to replace the courier company with which it cooperates, at any time.
7. Rescission (exclusively for natural persons with the capacity of consumer)
7.1. Legal right of rescission
a)
Provided that the Customer is a natural person acting (only)
as a consumer, he/she may rescind this agreement without providing any explanation, without prejudice to the conditions of Article 7.3 below, by stating this to PHILIP MORRIS within 14 days
- from the time when the customer finalizes the order and, therefore, has received the invoice, or
- in the case of an agreement pertaining to a series of products ordered by the consumer in a single order and are, however, to be delivered separately: from the time when the customer finalizes the order and, therefore, has received the invoice.
In order for Customers to exercise the right to rescission, they shall notify PHILIP MORRIS by any reasonable means about their decision to rescind this agreement within 14 days, including a clear statement of rescission (indicatively):
- letter by post or courier at 23 John Kennedy Avenue, P.O 1075, Nicosia
- by telephone to 800 088 03 - by email to contact.cy@iqos.com
- by completing the rescission template on this link
If the statement of rescission is sent by email, PHILIP MORRIS will forward to the Customer, a confirmation of receipt of the Customer’s rescission. However, according to the law, the consumer bears the obligation to prove the exercise of the right of rescission.
In order for the Customer to comply with the deadline for rescission, and in order for the exercise thereof to be legal, the Customer must notify PHILIP MORRIS, as above, within 14 days, and return the product within 14 days from notifying the supplier about the exercise of rescission, in its original packaging and in the same state as received.
7.2. Additional Right to Return of Products
PHILIP MORRIS, in addition to the above legal right to rescission, will accept the return of a product, provided that the Product is returned
within 14 days from the time when the customer finalizes the order and, therefore, has received the invoice.
In any case, for the return to be accepted as above, it is enough that the date on which the invoice issued is within the 14-day deadline.
It should be noted that this term is a right additional to the legal right to rescission which is granted by PHILIP MORRIS to the Customer, at its own initiative, and, therefore, it may amend and/or revoke it at any time.
In addition, this term is a policy of PHILIP MORRIS that may be modified and/or revoked at any time and without notice to the Customer.
7.3. Customer’s obligations for the return of the Product, in the context of rescission or the additional right to return.
a) The Customer must visit an IQOS store, within the deadline set out above.
b) The Customer is liable for any decrease in the value of the Products that results from handling the products in a manner that was not necessary to specify the nature, the characteristics and the operation thereof.
It should be noted that for the purpose of determining the nature, the characteristics and the operation of the Products purchased by the Customer, the latter must handle and examine them in exactly the same manner the Customer would be allowed to do so in a shop, and no more than that.
c) For a return to be accepted, the Product sent by the Customer to be delivered by PHILIP MORRIS must (cumulatively):
be in the condition in which it was when received
if its initial packaging has been opene.d, it must be intact, without any damage and tears, and it must be returned, along with the Product,
be full
bear with it all the documents that accompanied the product. In the event that the Product is not accompanied by its documents, PHILIP MORRIS will not be able to identify the product with a specific order.
d) A personalised product (e.g. identifying initials have been overtly inscribed, the IQOS base contains a different lid from the original lid of the packaging, etc.) may not be returned on the grounds of rescission or an additional right to return.
e) Also, HEETS is allowed to be returned
7.4. Consequences of rescission and/or the additional right of return – Money return
If the Customer rescinds this agreement on the basis of Article 7.1 or returns the Product based on the additional right to return under Article 8.2. (and provided that all the conditions set forth in Article 8.3. d are met), PHILIP MORRIS will return to the Customer all the money it received from them (subject to any value impairment), without undue delay.
In the event that the order concerned more Products and only part thereof is returned, or only part thereof meets the conditions set forth in Article 7.3. d), it goes without saying that the money returned will duly correspond to the part of the Products returned.
b) The Customer expressly agrees that PHILIP MORRIS will return the money by cash.
8. Products with actual defects or lack of agreed features
8.1. PHILIP MORRIS shall exert all reasonable efforts to deliver to the Customer the Product ordered by the Customer, which shall bear the agreed features and will be without any actual defects. However, in the unlikely event that the Customer receives a product with defects, or if any other problem arises (other than the case of undue rescission, see above Article 8 which applies, provided it concerns a consumer and is within the time limit indicated above), the Customer must promptly contact PHILIP MORRIS at the telephone number 800 088 03, or send an email at contact.cy@iqos.com, in order to settle this issue.
8.2. If it is indeed a defective product, or a product lacking the agreed features, and provided that the Customer notifies PHILIP MORRIS within the period stipulated by the guarantee and/or the law, then, in this case, PHILIP MORRIS will agree with the Customer on the manner in which it can be fixed or perhaps be replaced by another product, unless such an action is impossible or requires disproportional expenses. In any case of liability of PHILIP MORRIS for an actual defect or lack of an agreed feature, the Customer, in addition to the foregoing right, shall also have the right to ask for a reduction of the price, or to rescind the agreement, unless it is a minor actual defect.
9. Guarantees
9.1. The Products are covered by legal warranty, which is an obligation for PHILIP MORRIS.
9.2. Besides the legal warranty, PHILIP MORRIS has the right to offer a commercial guarantee, at its absolute discretion.
9.3. In any event, during
the validity term of any guarantee, under the terms provided for by PHILIP MORRIS,
the Customer must produce the receipt of purchase of the product. Otherwise, the guarantee cannot be provided. It should be noted that the guarantee term is exclusively proven by the date indicated on the receipt of purchase of the Product.
9.4. It is clarified that the alternating current transformer, the USB stick, the IQOS cleaning tool, the IQOS cleaning sticks, and the IQOS covers are covered by a 1 year guarantee.
10. After-sale Customer support services
PHILIP MORRIS shall exert all possible efforts to fully satisfy the Customer. In the event that any problem arises with regard to the Products after the sale thereof, the Customer can call the telephone number 800 088 03, which operate between 09.00 - 21.00.
11. Limitation of Liability of PHILIP MORRIS
11.1. The whole content of the Website is provided “as is”, without any requirements or other guarantees of its accuracy or suitability for the use or the purpose for which the products sold are intended. Thus, access to the Website exclusively lies with the responsibility of the guest. In addition to what is expressly mentioned in these terms, to the maximum extent allowed by the Law, PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any obligations and guarantees which it has not expressly undertaken itself.
11.2. Liability from the Sale:
PHILIP MORRIS bears the responsibility of fulfilling the sale, and as specified in this agreement and the law on remote contracts and consumer’s protection. It is not liable for any direct, indirect, special, accidental, consequential damages of the purchaser, or for any loss of profit, or for damage to the fame, the clientèle, or the reputation of the purchaser, or for the cost of provision of substitute products and services, which arise from or relate to the sales agreements made in this E-shop, or from the use, failure of use, or operation, or infelicities of this Website. It is also not liable in the case the Customer is entitled to the return of part or all of the price for any delay on the part of the cooperating payment service providers for the execution of the relevant order timely given by PHILIP MORRIS.
11.3. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability for any loss or damage that may be caused by an attack involving denial of service, viruses, or other technologically harmful material which may contaminate your material, software, data or other property material, due to using this Website or downloading any material posted on this Website or on any Website associated with it.
11.4. PHILIP MORRIS and its associates exert their best efforts, in the context of technological inspections regularly carried out by them, so that the services, the content and the transactions are executed smoothly, and without any interruption, and that the highest standard of security is maintained. However, it shall not be liable in the case that, for any reason, including the case of negligence, the operation of the E-shop is suspended, or access to it becomes difficult and/or impossible, and/or if, despite the safety measures implemented, viruses or any other harmful software are detected and transferred to the terminals of users/guests, or if unauthorised third parties interfere in any manner with the content and the operation of the E-shop, rendering use thereof difficult, or causing problems to the proper operation thereof, or intercept details concerning the users’ personal data. Moreover, it shall not be liable in the case of suspension of access to the E-shop for reasons beyond our control, as well as for reasons due to a technical or other weakness of the network, or to reasons of force majeure, or to unforeseeable circumstances.
11.5. PHILIP MORRIS exerts due diligence so that the photographs of the Products appearing on the E-shop, as well as any videos posted on the E-shop, depict the actual state of the Products, to the extent possible. However, in any case, the Customer accepts that the Products appearing on the photographs and the videos may deviate from the actual state, form, size, colour, and overall image of the Products sold by the E-shop. PHILIP MORRIS shall not bear any liability in the event of any deviation of the photographic depiction of the product or the depiction thereof in a video from its actual image. PHILIP MORRIS does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any information or content regarding any products, software, or advertisements included in the E-shop, as well as of the content of third parties to which the Customer is referred through hyperlinks from the E-shop, or to which the E-shop provides access.
11.6. Liability for any other damage (beyond sale): In any case, for any other damage sustained by the Customer as a result of using or navigating on the E-shop, PHILIP MORRIS disavows any liability for any consequential, possible and indirect damages, or for escaped profit, including profits not made, loss of data, suspension of activity, damage to fame or reputation, or for the cost of purchase of substitute products, or any other damage, of whatever nature, that could arise from the use of its Websites and/or the Applications, or the content thereof, or from the inability to use the Websites/Applications, the inability to participate in any tendering procedure or offer, and/or the inability to purchase or send any item or product relating to its Websites and Applications, regardless of whether such damages could have been foreseen, or whether they arise in the framework of the contract, the conduct of the purchase, out of the products appearing on the E-shop, due to tort or by negligence, based on the applicable laws, or in another manner. In any case, however, and provided that any damage is due to the proven fault of PHILIP MORRIS, the latter shall bear liability only for the coverage of any actual damage caused to the damaged party that demonstrably originates from and relates directly to the event giving rise to the damage, and the wrongful act or omission. In the event of negligence, any damage shall be limited to the amount of EUR one thousand (€1,000). Thus, all the liability limitations contained in these Terms of Use, which are acknowledged and accepted by the Website Customer in their entirety as being valid and consistent with good faith and transactional practices, apply.
11.7. The Customer uses the E-shop and acquires access to the content posted on it, on his/her own initiative and at his/her own exclusive responsibility, having full knowledge of the fact that the Website contains tobacco products. The Customer agrees to compensate, defend and release PHILIP MORRIS, the companies of the Philip Morris International Group, the managers, officers, employees, consultants, representatives and associates thereof of any and all claims of third parties, liability, damages and/or costs arising as a result or on the occasion of any wrongful illegal or anti-contractual use of the Website by the User, or as a result of the wrongful breach on the User’s part of any of the Terms of Use. In any case, the User must promptly notify PHILIP MORRIS at contact.cy@iqos.com if the User has become aware or has reasonable suspicion or indications that the Website has been used in an illegal or anti-contractual manner by the User (even due to the User’s negligence) or by any other person, so that PHILIP MORRIS will be able to take the necessary measures for the purpose of limiting any damage.
12. Access permission, access and use of the E-shop
12.1. The E-shop is addressed to Customers that have acquired a User Account and cumulatively meet the requirements of Article 1.1. above. The Customer is granted a non-exclusive permission of access and personal use of the E-shop, for the purposes specifically detailed in these Terms and Conditions. This permission shall by no means entail permission to take up or amend the E-shop or any part thereof, which can only be allowed with the written permission of PHILIP MORRIS. Such access permission granted to the Customer does not allow any resale or commercial use, reproduction, creation of copies, copying, transmission, announcement, placement on the market, amendment, or assignment of permission, or any other manner of exploitation of the E-shop or its content, any collection and use of any lists, descriptions or photographs of products, any derivative use of the E-shop or its content, any receipt or copying of account details for the benefit of a trader, or any use of data extraction tools, robots, or similar data collection and extraction tools. Use in any manner, or another kind of exploitation of the E-shop and its content for professional or commercial purposes is prohibited. Moreover, all the trade names appearing on the E-shop are duly subject to legal protection.
12.2. Use of the E-shop is allowed only provided that the Customer acts in a fair and lawful manner and abstains from any action that causes harm to the reputation of PHILIP MORRIS, or any company of the Phillip Morris Group or from any unlawful exploitation thereof. The Customer is also prohibited from creating any connection that insinuates any kind of relationship of the Customer or a third party with PHILIP MORRIS, or approval or support by PHILIP MORRIS where there is none. It is not allowed that the E-shop be placed in a frame on any other website, and, in any case, the Customer is prohibited from creating any link to any part of this Website other than the homepage. PHILIP MORRIS reserves its right to remove the connection permission without justification, without penalty and without any prior notice to the Customer.
12.3. Customers are prohibited from using frames or frame techniques in order to frame any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or format) of the Website of PHILIP MORRIS and its associated companies, as well as the companies of the Philip Morris Group, without their written consent. Customers are not allowed to use any “meta-tags” or any other “hidden text”, based on trade names or trademarks of PHILIP MORRIS or its associated companies or companies of the Philip Morris Group, without their written consent. In the event of unauthorised use, the licence granted by PHILIP MORRIS shall cease to be effective.
12.4. It is highlighted that impeding the operation of the E-shop and replacing or amending its content (images, photographs, texts, etc.) is prohibited. Commission or facilitation of criminal offences in any manner, transmission of viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, and any action, in general, that may lead to an unaccepted or extensive encumbrance of the infrastructure or the operation of the E-shop is prohibited. Users must comply with the privacy obligations, while they must abstain from using the E-shop in a vulgar, offensive, illegal or obscene manner.
12.5. Additionally, the Customer may not destroy data, cause discontent to other Users, violate the property rights of other persons, send unsolicited advertising or promotional material, commonly known as “spam”, or try to influence the performance or functionality of any E-shop features or features to which the Customer gained access through the E-shop. The Customer who acts in a manner as described under this provision may be liable for a criminal offence. PHILIP MORRIS informs its Customers that it will notify the competent authorities of any such violation that may come to its knowledge. It will also notify the Authorities of any data requested, in accordance with the requirements of the law.
12.6. The Customer uses the E-shop at his/her full and exclusive responsibility. The Customer’s connection with the E-shop is carried out under these Terms and Conditions, with the Customer’s means, and through companies and providers selected by the Customer.
12.7. The E-shop may be linked through hyperlinks to other Websites which are not related to PHILIP MORRIS, and whose content is not controlled by the latter (the “Linked Websites”). Therefore, PHILIP MORRIS does not guarantee that the content posted on the Linked Websites is correct, legal, complete, updated, true, accurate, or of good quality, and does not bear any liability for it or for any loss or damage that may be caused as a result or on the occasion of the use thereof, or as a result or on the occasion of the sales of Products through it. Similarly, PHILIP MORRIS cannot check the collection and processing of the users’ personal data by the Linked Websites, and, therefore, it does not bear any liability in relation to such collection and processing. When the Customer uses the Linked Websites, the Terms and Conditions, as well as the Data Protection Policy of each website shall apply accordingly. With regard to any issue that may arise indicatively in relation to the content or the use of a Linked Website, the User is invited to address directly the owner or administrator of each Linked Website. PHILIP MORRIS by no means embraces or accepts or approves the content or the services of the Linked Websites to which the User is referred through hyperlinks.
13. Intellectual Property, Software, Content and Trademarks
13.1. The intellectual property rights over the software and on the content of the E-shop belong to PHILIP MORRIS, or to associated companies, or to companies of the Philip Morris Group, or to the lawful beneficiaries, and are protected by the applicable laws on intellectual property rights. The Customer has no licence or consent to use, in any manner, the trademarks appearing on the E-shop, or the trademarks belonging to third parties-legal persons (manufacturers of the products available for sale by PHILIP MORRIS). Moreover, all the trade names appearing on the E-shop are duly subject to legal protection.
13.2. The appearance and display of the E-shop content may not be taken as transfer and/or assignment of a licence and/or a right to use thereof. The Customer may store, print and display the available content exclusively for personal use. Publishing, managing, selling, distributing, copying in whole or in part, transferring, altering, storing, republishing, amending, or reproducing in any other manner, creating copies in any form, or exploiting the E-shop in any other form, or any part of the content or copies of the content that appear on the E-shop for any commercial purpose, without the written consent of PHILIP MORRIS, is prohibited. Users are also not allowed to amend, translate, decompile, reconstruct, or create derivative works by using any software or accompanying documentation offered by PHILIP MORRIS or its licensors.
13.3. Customers are prohibited from using frames or frame techniques in order to frame any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or format) of the E-shop and its associated companies, without the written consent of PHILIP MORRIS. Customers are not allowed to use any “meta-tags” or any other “hidden text” based on trade names or trademarks of PHILIP MORRIS or its associated companies, without its express written consent. The Customer is not allowed to extract and/or reuse parts of the content of the E-shop, without the written consent of PHILIP MORRIS. Moreover, the Customer is not allowed to use any data extraction tools, robots, or similar data collection and extraction tools, for the purpose of extracting any content (whether once or many times), or to reuse any substantial parts of the E-shop.
14. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus. The Customer and PHILIP MORRIS, upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, agree to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Nicosia, Cyprus.
15. Final provisions
15.1. The above Terms and Conditions bind the parties (PHILIP MORRIS and the Customers) collectively, and constitute, as a whole, the whole contract of the parties, and prevail over any and all previous and current contracts between the Customer and PHILIP MORRIS. The information mentioned on the website of PHILIP MORRIS is an integral part of the agreement and shall not be changed without an express agreement between the contracting parties (e.g. express agreement through the exchange of emails between PHILIP MORRIS and the Customer
15.2. Should any term of the contract be judged as invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The term will be construed accordingly. Otherwise, the parties agree that the term must be repaired and it will be construed in a manner that approaches the original meaning of the term/sub-term to the greatest extent, in accordance with the law.
15.3. Any delay in the parties’ exercising some or all of the rights stemming from these terms shall not result in the weakening or waiver of such right, which may be exercised at any time, at a later stage, at the reasonable judgment of its holder.
15.4. The headings contained in these terms and conditions are set for reference purposes alone, and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation thereof.
15.5. Alternative dispute resolution: According to Directive 2013/11/EU, which was incorporated in the Cyprus legislation through Law 85(I)/2017, there is now provision for the option of online dispute resolution for consumer disputes, with the process of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), throughout the European Union. If the Customer has the capacity of consumer (i.e. a natural person not acting in a professional capacity) and has any problem with a purchase made by the E-shop of PHILIP MORRIS, the Customer may initiate the ADR process via the single EU-wide platform for online dispute resolution (ODR platform), which is available at
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home.chooseLanguage
, which allows consumers and suppliers to submit any disputes arising from Internet purchases to an online dispute resolution process.
A list of approved ADR bodies are shown in the Website of the Consumer Protection Authority.
It should be noted that a necessary condition for consumers to appeal to the Alternative Dispute Resolution process is that they have previously notified their problem to the email contact.cy@iqos.com, seeking a solution. According to the law, the ADR process is not binding for the parties, which may depart from it at any time. The consumer can contact the above authority, in order to seek guidance throughout the process of submission and processing of their complaint.
For more information regarding alternative dispute resolution, you can visit the website http://www.consumer.gov.cy/mcit/cyco/cyconsumer.nsf/All/9928C44FD27EF38AC2257F16002A4A78?OpenDocument a>
PART C: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR CUSTOMER CARE SERVICE THROUGH DIGITAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
1. General
Customer Service
1.1. Philip Morris Cyprus LTD, with registered offices in Cyprus, Ave. John Kennedy 23, Globe House, 2nd floor, P.C. 1075, Nicosia, with registration number ΗΕ 420512 (“PM Cyprus”) in the framework of its obligation to have mechanisms to support and serve its consumers/customers and to offer the best possible service, it provides you the ability to communicate with it through the use of social media.
1.2. Digital Communication channels are framed by IQOS Customer Care Service representatives at the service hours (Monday – Friday from 9:00 in the morning to 21:00 in the evening and Saturday from 10:00 in the morning to 18:00 in the afternoon) to inform and serve you in relation to IQOS and related to its products, provided that you are adult smokers and reside in Cyprus (hereinafter "User"). Ιt is highlighted that PM Cyprus shall take the appropriate measures referred to in article 3 below to confirm that you fall under the definition of the user.
Digital Communication Channels
1.3. The term “Digital Communication channels”, includes the communication , via PM Cyprus’ Facebook, i.e. IQOS Cyprus, Live Chat via IQOS.com, via Viber on IQOS Support Cyprus and any other social media (page/account/profile), where PM Cyprus has an account.
1.4. The communication with PM Cyprus through social media, are governed by the present terms and conditions, which you are called to read carefully and accept prior using the Service as described in article 2 below.
Other means of communication
1.5. Alternatively, you can also search for help through the various IQOS Customer Service Channels: i.e. by phone at Call Center 8000 88 03 free of charge, from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 21:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m. or by sending an email to contact.cy@iqos.com and/or IQOS stores or through the authorized partners.
2. The service
2.1. You can conduct us by sending a message to PM Cyprus via its digital communication channels. The answer you receive from PM Cyprus will always be made in the form of personal communication with you as the purpose is to serve you personally (the “Service”).
2.2. Communication is conducted in the Greek or English language, according to your preference and is addressed only to users.
2.3. It is highlighted that communication takes place after your own initiative for communication with PM Cyprus and it is under no circumstances is it done on PM Cyprus’ initiative.
2.4. The Service operates from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 21:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
2.5. PM Cyprus will make the best possible effort to respond to your contact requests as promptly as possible. It may require a certain waiting time and/or inform you that we will come back with further information in our next communication with you.
2.6. PM Cyprus reserves the right not to answer any question or communication that at its discretion violates the present terms and conditions or is unlawful or offensive (indicatively offensive, libelous, etc.) or does not concern our information and support topics on the products. As products are defined the novel tobacco products and/or heated tobacco products and/or e-cigarettes and/or other products of Philip Morris International which are imported and distributed in the Republic of Cyprus by the partners and/or representatives of PM Cyprus and Philip Morris International (the "Products").
2.7. PM Cyprus makes no warranty as to the availability of the Service, which may change and/or cancel at its absolute discretion and shall not be liable for any damage that may occur to a user or any third party due to or on the occasion of the delay or failure to respond.
2.8. PM Cyprus is not liable in the event that for any reason the operation of social media is interrupted or the pages / accounts / profiles it maintains on them are removed or in case of interruption of access to social media for any reason, making the response to a user's contact request impossible.
3. Users
3.1. PM Cyprus addresses the Service exclusively to the Users, i.e. adult smokers who reside in Cyprus.
3.2. In compliance with its legal obligations, PM Cyprus takes reasonable steps to confirm whether you fall under the User's term. For example:
(a) In the event that PM Cyprus receives communication on the social media and the person who sent this communication has stated when registering a date of birth which makes him/her a minor, he/she will be excluded automatically by the use of the Service.
(b) During the first communication with PM Cyprus you will be asked to confirm that you are an adult user of tobacco products and you reside in Cyprus.
3.3. In case of communication via social media, each User is obliged, during the provision of the Service:
(a) to maintain correct, true, accurate and up to date the details of his/her social media account that he/she uses.
(b) to protect his/her password and to not allow the entry of third parties into the account he/she holds on social media in order to prevent any unauthorized access and use
4. Sole purpose of communication – important legal Notice
4.1. Any communication with you will be carried out solely in continuation of your communication/request for the provision of customer care services and will be a focused communication with you solely for these purposes.
4.2. The information you receive from your communication with PM Cyprus and in the framework of the provision of the Service, does not constitute (and do not intend to be) a suggestion or invitation to purchase a product; no health advice or otherwise.
4.3. The sole purpose of this communication and the provision of the Service is customer care service of the Users, your guidance for safety and use of the Products (according to our legal obligations), your support after sales (for any matter of commercial nature including the warranty) and the management of any related complaints.
4.4. The communication channels are provided "as is" and PM Cyprus makes no express or implied representations or warranties, of any kind, regarding them.
5. Publication at PM Cyprus’ social media by third parties
5.1. You are solely responsible for the content of your posts, where they are permitted, and your questions/comments, and you must comply with applicable law, as well as with the present terms and conditions.
5.2. Please note that PM Cyprus does not control, does not affect and is not responsible for any posts of Users or third parties on social media that it maintains. Each User or third party who takes note of these comments must evaluate the information that is included and of which he/she makes use of in his/her sole responsibility as no responsibility is borne by PMI Cyprus in relation to the truth, accuracy and correctness of User’s or third party’s feedback.
5.3. PM Cyprus is not responsible for any damage or harm that may occur to a User or any third party due to or on the occasion of taking into account comments by a User that are posted on the page / account / profile / group of a social media. The User or any third party bears full and exclusive responsibility for any loss or damage caused to PM Cyprus due to untrue, incorrect or non-updated information posted or published.
5.4. It is expressly clarified that the posts/publications of Users or third parties do not represent the views of Philip Morris International or PM Cyprus.
5.5. In addition, PM Cyprus has no responsibility for any content or links shared by users or third parties. Each user must refrain from and/or take reasonable measures for non-dissemination of data on the social media of PM Cyprus. It should be noted that PM Cyprus is not technically and organizationally responsible for limiting and/or fully controlling such dissemination, relaying information to third parties made by Users and/or by the social media systems themselves. It is the responsibility of each User, in the event that, in violation of the above they distribute them, to make sure that the persons accessing it are adult users of the Products.
5.6. PM Cyprus has the right (but not the obligation) to remove at any time at its discretion any publication/comment contains (indicatively and not limited to): Violation of any law, abusive, defamatory, false, inaccurate, misleading, harmful material, violations of Intellectual property rights, violations of third-party personal data, spam, bait links or files containing viruses that could harm the operation of devices, attacks on specific groups or any remarks aimed at harassing, threatening or abusing a person, trading proposals or promotion on products competitive to the Products, advertising or promoting tobacco products.
5.7. PM Cyprus also reserves the right to prohibit access to pages/profiles/groups and content that it maintains on social media and/or to delete any person for whom it is brought to its attention by either itself or on the basis of a Notice and take Down Process that carries out the above actions.
6. Content posts from PM Cyprus on its social media
6.1. PM Cyprus may occasionally post on social media content relating to news and information concerning PM Cyprus and in particular in relation to its business, public relationship, information on business collaborations, results of research and Statistical data etc.
6.2. In any case, this information is provided for your simple information and should not be taken as an expert advice or an invitation to purchase a specific product, as the said content in no way constitutes promotion or advertising of the Products.
6.3. PMI Cyprus bears no responsibility for any damage that may occur to a user or a third party, because of or on the occasion of information obtained from pages/accounts/profiles of social media that PMI Cyprus or posted to.
7. Privacy policy
Please read our Privacy Policy which explains how PM Cyprus uses and protects your personal data.
8. Intellectual Property
8.1. Unless otherwise specified, PM Cyprus is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights and material contained in its communication channels and all rights reserved.
8.2. The visibility and display of said content is not understood as a transfer and/or assignment of a license and/or right to use it. Users and any third party are prohibited from publishing, management, distribution, total or partial copying, transferring, processing, storing, republishing, modifying or reproducing otherwise, in any form, any part of the content or copies of the content is displayed on communication channels of PM Cyprus.
8.3. It is also not the modification, translation, reverse engineering, reconstruction, or creation of derivative works using any PM Cyprus’ material.
8.4. The trademarks appearing on the social media maintained by PM Cyprus belong either to PM Cyprus or to the companies of the Philip Morris Group. The User or any third party does not have and acquires no license or consent to use, in any way, the commercial Trademarks of PM Cyprus or of the trademarks belonging to companies of the Philip Morris International group without the special written license of PM Cyprus.
9. Use by minors
9.1. The use of communication channels by persons under the age of 18 is strictly prohibited.
10. Links to other websites
10.1. The communication channels may redirect you to other websites, which are managed by other parties, members of the Philip Morris International group other than PMI Cyprus.
10.2. Please make sure that you read the terms of use and privacy policies of any websites you may visit.
10.3. PM Cyprus does not control the nature and content of these websites, is not responsible and does not accept any liability for any information or opinion contained in any third party website. The inclusion of links on websites does not constitute an endorsement of the material on those websites or any association with them.
11. Miscellaneous
11.1 If any of the terms and conditions are declared to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then they shall be severed from these terms and conditions which shall remain in full force and effect.
11.2. These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between PM Cyprus and you in relation to the use of the communication channels and supersede all prior agreements and understandings in relation thereto.
11.3. The delay in exercising any of its rights or tolerating any act or omission (even repeated) does not constitute a waiver of PM Cyprus from exercising any of its rights at a later time.
11.4. PM Cyprus may amend these terms and conditions and the new terms and conditions shall apply by posting them on the communication channels.
12. Applicable law and jurisdiction
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus. Any dispute in relation to them is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the city of Nicosia in Cyprus.
PART D: GENERAL PRIVACY POLICY
CONSUMER PRIVACY NOTICE
We take privacy seriously. This notice tells you who we are, what information about you we collect, and what we do with it. Click on “find out more” in each section for further information.
Please also read our terms of use relating to the service you are interested in. They provide more information about the way we do business, and any restrictions on eligibility that may apply.
Who are we?
We are official distributors of of Philip Morris International’s products. Our details (name, address, etc.) will have been given to you separately at the time of (or to confirm) the collection of information about you, for example, in a notice on an app or a website, or in an e-mail, containing a link to this notice.
Find out more…
- PMI: Philip Morris International, a leading international tobacco group. It is made up of a number of companies or “affiliates”.
- PMI affiliates: Each member of the Philip Morris International group of companies is a “”. “
- We” (or “us” or “our”) refers to PHILIP MORRIS CYPRUS LTD which collects information about you.
- PMI product: means a of PMI or an affiliate.
How do we collect information about you?
We may collect information about you in various ways.
- You may provide us with information directly (e.g. filling in a form, or making a call to us).
- We may collect information automatically (e.g. when you use our website).
- We may acquire information from third parties (e.g. publicly-available information on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter).
In this notice, we refer to all the methods by which you are in contact with us as “touchpoints”. touchpoints include both physical (for example, retail outlets and events), and digital (for example, apps and websites).
We may collect information that you provide directly. Typically this will happen when you:
- sign up to be a member of our databases (this could be, for example, in person, via app, or online);
- purchase our products or services at a retail outlet;
- download, or use, a digital touchpoint (e.g. an app or a website);
- contact us through a touchpoint, or by e-mail, social media or telephone;
- register a device with us;
- register to receive press releases, e-mail alerts, or marketing communications;
- participate in surveys or (where permitted by law) or attend an event that PHILIP MORRIS CYPRUS LTD or a PMI affiliates has organised.
We may collect information about you automatically. Typically this will happen when you:
- communicate with us (for example, through a touchpoint; or social media platforms);
- make public posts on social media platforms that we follow (for example, so that we can understand public opinion, or respond to requests concerning our products).
We may also collect information about you automatically through the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies on digital touchpoints. The specific cookies and technologies used will depend on the touchpoint in question. To learn about the cookies (including Google analytics cookies) and similar technologies used on a touchpoint, including how you can accept or refuse cookies, please see the cookie notice made available on or through that touchpoint.
Where permitted by law, we may acquire information about you from third parties. This may include information shared between PMI affiliates, publicly-available profile information (such as your preferences and interests) on third party social media sites (such as Facebook and Twitter), and marketing lists acquired from third party marketing agencies.
We may also collect information in other contexts made apparent to you at the time.
What information about you do we collect?
We may collect various types of information about you:
- information necessary to fulfil your orders
- information necessary to provide warranty services
- information you give us in forms or surveys
- information about your visits to our outlets and events
- information you give us in calls you make to call centers.
- information about your preferences and interests
- information necessary to verify your age
Information that we collect from you directly will be apparent from the context in which you provide it. For example:
- if you order a product from us through a touchpoint, you provide your name, contact, billing details, and the products you have chosen so that we can fulfil your order;
- you may provide information on your product preferences and interests so that we can offer you products and services that will interest you;
- if you make an appointment to see us (or someone supporting our products or services), we may collect your name and contact details;
- we may collect information that enables us to verify your age, for example a copy of an identity document or your facial image.
Information that we collect automatically will generally concern:
- details of your visit or call (such as time and duration);
- in a sales outlet or at an event (including areas in the immediate vicinity), how frequently you visit, which areas you visit and for how long, and which purchases you make;
- your use of digital touchpoints (such as the pages you visit, the page from which you came, and the page to which you went when you left, search terms entered, or links clicked within the touchpoint); and
- your device (such as your IP address or unique device identifier, location data, details of any cookies that we may have stored on your device).
Information that we collect from third parties will generally consist of publicly-available profile information (such as your preferences and interests), for example from public social media posts.
For what purposes do we use information about you, and on what legal basis?
We use information about you for the following purposes:
- To comply with regulatory obligations, such as verifying your age and status as a user of our products
- To sell our products to you, including fulfilling your orders, processing your payments
- To provide sales-related services to you, including dealing with your inquiries and requests, and providing warranty services
- To inform you about our products, including administering loyalty programs, product improvement, market research, developing marketing strategies, administering marketing campaigns, and customizing your experiences at outlets that sell PMI products and at events
- To support all the above, including administering your accounts, corresponding with you, managing your appointments with us or with someone supporting our products or services (for example, regarding a new product, or after-sales service), customizing your experiences of our touchpoints, and administration and troubleshooting
- For business analytics and improvements, including improving PMI products, outlets and events, and the information that we (or our affiliates) provide to our customers
- For other purposes that we notify you of, or will be clear from the context, at the point information about you is first collected
The legal basis for our use of information about you is one of the following (which we explain in more detail in the “find out more” section):
- compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
- the performance of a contract to which you are a party;
- a legitimate business interest that is not overridden by interests you have to protect the information;
- where none of the above applies, your consent (which we will ask for before we process the information).
The purposes for which we use information about you, with corresponding methods of collection and legal basis for use, are:
PURPOSE |
METHOD OF COLLECTION AND LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING |
Comply with regulatory obligations:
- verify your age and status as a user of our products
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This information is generally provided to us by you directly. We use it because it is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation to sell products only to adults, or, in countries where there is no such legal obligation, because we have a legitimate business interest to sell our products only to adults that is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you. |
Sell our products:
- fulfil your orders (including sending receipts)
- process your payments
- provide warranty services
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This information is generally provided to us by you directly (typically, name, address, e-mail address, payment information).We use it to discharge our contractual obligations to you as a buyer of our products. |
Provide sales-related services:
- deal with your inquiries and requests
- correspond with you
- general administration and troubleshooting
- administer loyalty programs
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This information is generally provided to us by you directly. We use it because we have a legitimate business interest in providing sales-related services to our customers that is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you. |
Commercial communication
- understand your preferences (such as what products or events may interest you or may be better tailored to your needs)
- administer loyalty programs
- invite you to participate in, and administer, surveys or market research campaigns
- for market research
- develop marketing strategies
- customize your experience of touchpoints (for example, to personalize your visit, such as with greetings or suggestions that might interest you)
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This will typically be a combination of information that you provide to us (for example, your name and contact and social media details); information that we collect automatically (for example, using technology to monitor use of our touchpoints) and (where permitted by law) information that we acquire from third parties (such as public social media posts).We use it on the grounds that we have a legitimate business interest to market our products, to operate PMI touchpoints, and to customize your experiences, in these ways that is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you. |
Information which relates to our products and services
- provide you with information about products and services, outlets, events and the regulation of our products; and to develop and improve tools to pursue these purposes
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This will typically be a combination of information that you provide to us (for example, your name and contact details, your social media handles); information that we collect automatically (for example, using cookies and similar technologies) and (where permitted by law) information that we acquire from third parties (such as public social media posts).We use it on the grounds that we have a legitimate business interest to market these things that is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you. We will send you these materials in electronic format only with your consent. |
Support for all the above purposes:
- administering your accounts
- enabling you to use our touchpoints (for example, allowing you to remain logged in to sections of a touchpoint that are reserved for authorized users only, administering your language preference, associating your shopping cart with you)
- corresponding with you
- managing your appointments with us or with someone supporting our products or services (for example, regarding a new product, or after-sales service)
- enhancing your experiences
- administration and troubleshooting
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This will typically be a combination of information that you provide to us (typically, name, password (or equivalent)) and information that we collect automatically (for example, information about your device, and cookies and similar tracking technologies).We use it on the grounds that correspond to the purpose for using the information that we are supporting. For example, where we administer your account to support a purchase or to provide after-sales service, we use the information to discharge our contractual obligations to you as a buyer of our products; where we administer your account to show you our products, we are supporting marketing and so we use it on the grounds that we have a legitimate business interest to market our products that is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you, and so on. |
Business analytics and improvements:
- allowing us or our business partners to inform you of potential opportunities to get involved in our activities.
- for business analytics and improvements (including for PMI products, outlets that sell PMI products, events, digital PMI touchpoints and the information that we provide to our customers)
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This will typically be a combination of information that you provide to us; information that we collect automatically; and (where permitted by law) information that we acquire from third parties. We use it on the grounds that we have a legitimate business interest to analyze and to improve our business performance, our products, touchpoints, outlets and events,
and to invite others to get involved in our activities, that is not overridden by interests, rights and freedoms to protect information about you. |
Where we do not base our use of information about you on one of the above legal bases, we will ask for your consent before we process the information (these cases will be clear from the context).
In some instances, we may use information about you in ways that are not described above. Where this is the case, we will provide a supplemental privacy notice that explains such use. You should read any supplemental notice in conjunction with this notice.
Who do we share your information with, and for what purposes?
We may share information about you with:
- PMI and PMI affiliates;
- third parties who provide to us or you with products or services;
- PMI affiliates’ carefully selected business partners and advertisers (in areas connected with our products, or consistent with their style and image) so that they can contact you with offers that they think may interest you, in accordance with your preferences; and
- other third parties, where required or permitted by law.
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Sharing data with PMI and other PMI affiliates
- Information about you will be shared with Philip Morris International Management SA (based in Lausanne, Switzerland), which is the place of central administration of personal data processing for PMI consumers. Philip Morris International Management SA processes the information about you for all the purposes described in this notice.
- Information about you may be shared with the PMI affiliate that is responsible for the country in which you live (if it wasn’t the PMI affiliate that first collected the information) for all the purposes described in this notice.
- Information about you may be shared with any other PMI affiliate that you contact (for example, if you travel and you want to know where to buy PMI products in a new country, or where to find service or support for PMI products) in order to enhance our service to you.
Details of PMI affiliates and the countries in which they are established are available here.
Sharing data with Third Parties
- We may share information about you with third parties who provide, us, PMI and PMI affiliates or you with products or services (such as advisers, payment service providers, delivery providers, retailers, product coaches, information services providers and age verification providers).
- We may share information about you with other third parties, where required or permitted by law, for example: regulatory authorities; government departments; in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials; when we consider disclosure to be necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; and in the context of organisational restructuring.
Where might information about you be sent?
Information about you may be transferred globally (if your information is collected within the European Economic Area, this means that your information may be transferred outside it).
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When using information as described in this notice, information about you may be transferred either within or outside the country or territory where it was collected, including to a country or territory that may not have equivalent data protection standards.
For example, PMI affiliates within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) may transfer personal information to PMI affiliates outside the EEA. In all cases, the transfer will be:
- on the basis of a
European Commission adequacy decision;
- subject to appropriate safeguards, for example the or
- necessary to discharge obligations under a contract between you and us (or the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at your request) or for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in your interest between us and a third party, such as in relation to travel arrangements.
In all cases, appropriate security measures for the protection of personal information will be applied in those countries or territories, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
How do we protect information about you?
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information that we hold from unauthorised disclosure, use, alteration or destruction. Where appropriate, we use encryption and other technologies that can assist in securing the information you provide. We also require our service providers to comply with strict data privacy and security requirements.
How long will information about you be kept?
We will retain information about you for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the information was collected. After that, we will delete it. The period will vary depending on the purposes for which the information was collected. Note that in some circumstances, you have the right to request us to delete the information. Also, we are sometimes legally obliged to retain the information, for example, for tax and accounting purposes.
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Typically, we retain data based on the criteria described in the table below:
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EXPLANATION/TYPICAL RETENTION CRITERIA |
- commercial activities (including communications) (if you use digital touchpoints and are contactable)
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Most of the information in your profile is kept for the duration of our relationship with you; for example, while you continue to use digital touchpoints, or respond to our communications. However, some elements of your profile, such as records of how we interact with you, naturally go out of date after a period of time, so we delete them automatically after defined periods (typically 3 years) as appropriate for the purpose for which we collected them. |
- commercial activities (including communications) (if you are no longer in contact with us)
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This scenario is the same as the above, but if we don’t have any contact with you for a long period (typically 2 years), we will stop sending you communications and delete your history of responses to them. This will happen, for example, if you never click through to an invitation to an event, log on to a digital touchpoint, or contact customer care, during that time. The reason is that in these circumstances, we assume you would prefer not to receive the communications. |
- commercial activities (including communications) (if you are not contactable)
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If you have registered to receive marketing communications, but the information you give us to contact you doesn’t work, we will retain your details for a period of typically only 6 months to allow you to return and correct it. |
- commercial activities (including marketing communications) (incomplete registrations)
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If you commence registering yourself in a database, but do not complete the process (for example, if you don’t complete the age verification process, or you don’t accept the touchpoint’s terms of use), we will retain your details for only 6 months to allow you to return and complete the process. |
- market research
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If you are not registered with us for other purposes (e.g. communications, warranty, customer care), and we use publicly available information about you in order to understand the market or your preferences, we will retain the information about you for a short period in order to perform the particular item of market research. |
- purchases and warranty
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If you purchase goods, we will retain details of this for so long as required to complete the sale, and to comply with any legal obligations (for example, for tax and accounting record-keeping purposes). If you also register for a warranty for a device, we will retain details of this for so long as relevant to the warranty. |
- customer care
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If you contact customer care, we will make a record of the matter (including details of your enquiry and our response) and retain it while it remains relevant to our relationship, for example if you need us to replace a device under warranty, or if your recent enquiries are relevant. Temporary records (for example, an automated recording of a telephone call in which you ask us to direct you to a retail outlet) may be relevant only until more permanent records are made, and will be retained only temporarily. |
- system audit logs
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System audit logs are retained typically for a period of only a few months. |
- business analytics
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Business analytics data is typically collected automatically when you use our touchpoints and anonymised/aggregated shortly afterwards. |
What rights and options do you have?
You may have some or all of the following rights in respect of information about you that we hold:
- request us to give you access to it;
- request us to rectify it, update it, or erase it;
- request us to restrict our using it, in certain circumstances;
- object to our using it, in certain circumstances;
- withdraw your consent to our using it;
- data portability, in certain circumstances;
- opt out from our using it for direct marketing; and
- lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country (if there is one).
We offer you easy ways to exercise these rights, such as “unsubscribe” links, or giving you a contact address, in messages you receive.
Some mobile applications we offer might also send you push messages, for instance about new products or services. You can disable these messages through the settings in your phone or the application.
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RIGHT IN RESPECT OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THAT WE HOLD |
FURTHER DETAIL (NOTE: CERTAIN LEGAL LIMITS TO ALL THESE RIGHTS APPLY) |
- to request us to give you access to it
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This is confirmation of:
- whether or not we process information about you;
- our name and contact details;
- the purpose of the processing;
- the categories of information concerned;
- the categories of persons with whom we share the information and, where any person is outside the EEA and does not benefit from a European Commission adequacy decision, the appropriate safeguards for protecting the information;
- (if we have it) the source of the information, if we did not collect it from you;
- (to the extent we do any, which will have been brought to your attention) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you, or significantly affects you in a similar way, and information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you; and
- (if we have it) the source of the information, if we did not collect it from you;
- the criteria for determining the period for which we will store the information.
On your request we will provide you with a copy of the information about you that we use (provided this does not affect the rights and freedoms of others).
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- to request us to rectify or update it
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This applies if the information we hold is inaccurate or incomplete. |
- to request us to erase it
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This applies if:
- the information we hold is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which we use it;
- we use the information on the basis of your consent and you withdraw your consent (in this case, we will remember not to contact you again, unless you tell us you want us to delete all information about you in which case we will respect your wishes);
- we use the information on the basis of legitimate interest and we find that, following your objection, we do not have an overriding interest in continuing to use it;
- the information was unlawfully obtained or used; or
- to comply with a legal obligation.
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- to request us to restrict our processing of it
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This right applies, temporarily while we look into your case, if you:
- contest the accuracy of the information we use; or
- have objected to our using the information on the basis of legitimate interest
(if you make use of your right in these cases, we will tell you before we use the information again).This right applies also if:
- our use is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the data; or
- we no longer need the data, but you require it to establish a legal case.
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- to object to our processing it
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You have two rights here:
1. (i)if we use information about you for direct marketing: you can “opt out” (without the need to justify it) and we will comply with your request; and
2. (ii)if we use the information about you on the basis of legitimate interest for purposes other than direct marketing, you can object to our using it for those purposes, giving an explanation of your particular situation, and we will consider your objection. |
- to withdraw your consent to our using it
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This applies if the legal basis on which we use the information about you is consent. These cases will be clear from the context. |
- to data portability
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If:
1. (i)you have provided data to us; and
2. (ii)we use that data, by automated means, and on the basis either of your consent, or on the basis of discharging our contractual obligations to you,
then you have the right to receive the data back from us in a commonly used format, and the right to require us to transmit the data to someone else if it is technically feasible for us to do so. |
- to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country
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Each European Economic Area country must provide for one or more public authorities for this purpose. You can find their contact details here:
For Cyprus, please consult the Website of
the Data Protection Commissioner ( ). |
Country-specific additional points
According to which country you are in, you may have some additional rights.
Who should you contact with questions?
If you have any questions, or wish to exercise any of your rights, communicate with us at .
You may also contact the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data at commissioner dataprotection.gov.cy .
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice (and any supplemental privacy notice), from time to time. We will notify you of the changes where required by law to do so.
Latest Update: 28/02/2022