Website Terms of Use

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC and its subsidiary companies respective websites (“Website”) are operated by Dechra.

The terms “Dechra”, “we”, “us”, “our” and “ours” when used in means Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC, which includes both subsidiaries, divisions, branches, affiliates or companies under control of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC.

The terms “you”, “your” and “yours” when used in this Terms of Use means any user of this website.

AGREEMENT

Access to and use of this Website and the information, materials, and services available through this Website are subject to all applicable laws and regulations and to these Terms of Use.

By accessing this Website, you agree to these Terms of Use which form a legally binding agreement. If you do not agree, please exit this Website.

These Terms of Use may be changed by us from time to time without specific notice to you. The latest Terms of Use will be posted on the Website, and you should always review these Terms of Use prior to using the Website to ensure that you have a current understanding of the Terms of Use under which you are permitted to access this Website. If you cannot access the Terms of Use via the Internet, we can provide a copy of the most recent Terms of Use by e-mail upon request.

ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) AND THE USE OF INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE (OR PORTIONS THEREOF), IS NOT INTENDED, AND IS PROHIBITED, WHERE SUCH ACCESS OR USE VIOLATES APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS.

SERVICES AND INFORMATION

Unless otherwise indicated, this Website is for information purposes only.

OWNERSHIP

Unless otherwise indicated, this Website and its design, text, content, selection and arrangement of elements, organisation, graphics, design, compilation, digital conversion and other matters (“proprietary rights”) related to this Website are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary (including, but not limited to, intellectual property) rights and are the property of Dechra or the material is included with the permission of the rights owner and is protected pursuant to copyright and trademark laws. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

You do not acquire ownership rights to any such proprietary rights viewed through this Website. Except as otherwise provided herein, none of these proprietary rights may be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, modified, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without our express prior written permission.

Permission is hereby granted to the extent necessary to lawfully access and use this Website and/or information, materials and/or services available on it to display, download, archive and print in hard copy, portions of this Website for personal use only, provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain any and all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of these Terms of Use. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any downloaded, archived or printed materials.

TRADEMARKS

The Dechra name and its logo, all product names, all page headers, all custom graphics, all button icons, all trademarks, service marks and logos appearing on this Website, unless otherwise noted, are trademarks (whether registered or unregistered) of Dechra (the “Marks”). All other trademarks, product names, company names, logos and trademarks mentioned, displayed, cited or otherwise indicated on the Website are the property of their respective owners. You agree not to display or use the Marks in any manner without our prior written permission. You agree not to display or use trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks and/or trade dress of other owners without the prior written permission of such owners. The use or misuse of the Marks or other trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks and/or trade dress or any other materials contained herein, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited.

HYPERLINK DISCLAIMER

This Website may contain links to websites maintained by unrelated companies and persons. A link to another website does not mean that Dechra approves, endorses or accepts any responsibility for that website, its content or use, or the use of products and services made available through such website.

We are not responsible for the actions, content, accuracy, opinions expressed, privacy policies, products or services provided through these links or made available through these resources or appearing in such websites, nor for any damages or losses, directly or indirectly, caused or alleged to have been caused as a result of your use or reliance on such websites.

Such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, completeness or conformance with applicable laws and regulations by us. We do not make any representations whatsoever, or give any warranties of any kind, expressed, implied, or otherwise about other websites which you may access through this Website, the content thereof, or the products and/or services made available through such websites. If you decide to leave our Website and access these other websites, you do so at your own risk. All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating procedures of such websites will apply to you while on such websites.

LINKS FROM THE OTHER WEBSITES

Any link to this Website without our written permission is prohibited. Notwithstanding authorisation to link to this Website, linking to any page other than the initial start page of Dechra is prohibited. Persons providing access to this Website via link from another website are solely responsible for the content, accuracy, opinions expressed, privacy policies, products or services of, or available through, the source website and for any representations made or impressions created concerning entity.

Authorisation by us to link to this Website is given without assumption of any liability by us relating to such links, and we hereby disclaim any such liability. We reserve the right to withdraw any authorisation to link to this Website at any time and for any reason.

Anyone providing access to, or information relating to this Website, whether by link or otherwise, is responsible for bringing these Terms of Use to the attention of the person receiving such access or information. Failure to do so will not result in liability for us.

DATA PROTECTION CONSENT

By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy.

Any communication or material you post or transmit to us over the Internet is, and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Upon the transmission of any personal information to us, you expressly grant permission to us to disseminate and/or use such information for any lawful purpose.

Posting or transmittal of any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or violation of any law is strictly prohibited.

We reserve the right to monitor your communications with us whether by mail, voice, fax, e-mail or any other form of transmission for the purposes of quality control, security and other business needs.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all personal data provided to us as a result of this Website will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Statement (http://www.dechra.com/privacy-statement).

NO WARRANTIES

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS, WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR USE “AS IS”. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE AND ANY WEBSITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED. WE ALSO MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO WHETHER THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED, IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT. YOU ACCEPT THAT OUR OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THIS CLAUSE.

It is your responsibility to evaluate (or take professional advice on) the accuracy and completeness of all information, statements, opinions and other material on this Website or any website with which it is linked.

Your statutory rights as a consumer, if any, are not affected by these provisions, and we do not seek to exclude or limit liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Exclusion of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws we, on behalf of our employees and volunteers exclude liability for any losses and expenses of whatever nature and howsoever arising including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages, loss of use, loss of data, loss caused by a virus, loss of income or profit, loss of or damage to property, claims of third parties, or other losses of any kind or character, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses, arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website or any website with which it is linked. You assume total responsibility for establishing such procedures for data back up and virus checking as you consider necessary. Price and availability of information, materials, products and/or services is subject to change without notice.

INDEMNITY AND RELEASE

You agree to indemnify, release and hold us harmless as well as our officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees from any claim, liability, loss, expense or demand, including legal fees, related to your violation of these Terms of Use or your access or use of this Website or any of the information, materials, products or services available through this Website.

MODIFICATIONS AND DISCONTINUATION

We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify, edit, delete, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently this Website (or any portion thereof) and/or the information, materials, products and/or services available through this Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, editing, deletion, suspension or discontinuance of this Website.

ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING

These Terms of Use contain the entire understanding between you and us with respect to this Website and no representation, statement, inducement oral or written, not contained herein shall bind any party to this agreement. Should any part of these terms for any reason be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion and such remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect as if the invalid portion of these terms had been eliminated. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.

LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms of Use are made under English law and this Website is operated from England. Access to, or use of, this Website or information, materials, products and/or services on this Website may be prohibited by law in certain countries or jurisdictions. You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from which you are accessing this Website. We make no representation that the information contained herein is appropriate or available for use in any location.

You agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any controversy or claim of whatever nature arising out of or relating to use of this Website, and that the laws of England and Wales shall govern such dispute or claim. However, we retain the right to bring legal proceedings in any jurisdiction where we believe that infringement of this agreement is taking place or originating.

CONTACTING US

If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use or any other matter, you may contact us by writing to us at 24 Cheshire Avenue, Cheshire Business Park, Lostock Gralam, Northwich CW9 7UA or emailing us at corporate.enquiries@dechra.com.

 

Cookie Policy

This cookie policy is in relation to Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC and its subsidiary companies respective websites (“website”). This statement does not cover links within the website to other websites.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a very small text file that is placed on your device by websites that you visit. and collects information about the way you navigate and use the website and the internet. The information the cookie contains is set by the server that operates the website and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site.

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to collect information that will distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a more personal experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site and services.

Types of cookies

We collect both "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies which are explained below:

Session cookies

These cookies are temporary. They are stored in the devices’ memory only during a user's browsing session and are automatically deleted from the user's device when the browser is closed.

Persistent or permanent Cookies

These cookies are stored on the user's device and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies can retain user preferences for a particular website, allowing those preferences to be used in future browsing sessions. These cookies remain on your device until you erase them or they expire (this depends on how long the visited website has defined the cookie to last.

First party cookies

First party cookies are set and can only be read by our website.

Cookie

Name

Category

Description

Duration

Session

ASP.Net_SessionId

Analytic

This cookie allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily

Session

Session

gaTrackTrans

Strictly necessary

This cookie decides if tracking of an ordering transaction should be done on the receipt page in the checkout flow. This is used when you are ordering customer support literature or other documents from our website

Session

Session

eDisableInpageModalCart

Strictly necessary

This cookie decides whether a modal-window should be shown every time a product is put into a shopping basket . This is used when you are ordering customer support literature or other documents from our website

Session

Session

eInpageModalCardID

Strictly necessary

This cookie is used to record whether a modal-window has been shown or not

Session

Persistent

VisitorID og VistDate

Analytic

This cookie allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily

1 year

Persistent

DW_Extranet

Strictly necessary and Functionality

This cookie allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily

30 days

Persistent

Dynamicweb.CookieOptInLevel

Strictly necessary

This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on our website

14 days

Third party cookies

Our website uses the following third-party suppliers who may also set cookies on your device as you browse our website. Please note that, where we embed content from third-party sites such as YouTube, you may also have cookies from these third-party websites installed on your device. Dechra does not control these cookies and you should check the privacy policy of the relevant website for more information.

Cookie

Name

Category

Description

Duration

Further information

Persistent

CONSENT

Google

Google EU Consent Cookie

20 years

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please use this link: Google’s privacy policy

 

To opt out of Google Analytics, please use this link: Opt out of Google Analytics

Persistent

NID

Google

Google preferences cookie

180 days

Persistent

_ga

Google Analytics

Used to distinguish users.

2 years

Persistent

_gid

Google Analytics

Used to distinguish users.

24 hours

Persistent

_gat

Google Analytics

Used to throttle request rate.  If Google Analytics is developed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id>.

1 minute

Persistent

AMP_TOKEN

Google Analytics

Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.  Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.

30 seconds to 1 year

Persistent

_gac_<property-id>

Google Analytics

Contains campaign related information for the user.  If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.

90 days

Persistent

_utma

Google Analytics

Determines first visit to the site
from a particular browser

2 years

Persistent

_utmt

Google Analytics

Used to throttle request rate.

10 minutes

Persistent

_utmb

Google Analytics

Used to establish and continue
a user session with the site

30 minutes

Persistent

_utmc

Google Analytics

Holds timestamp of the exact moment
in time when a visitor leaves the site

Session

Persistent

_utmz

Google Analytics

Records type of referral used by visitor
to reach the site (such as direct, referring link,
Web site search, ad campaign, e-mail link)

6 months

Persistent

_utmv

Google Analytics

Used to store visitor-level custom variable data.  This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable.  This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method.  The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

2 years

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please use this link: Google’s privacy policy
To opt out of Google Analytics, please use this link: Opt out of Google Analytics

Persistent

__utmx

Google Analytics

Used to determine a user’s inclusion in an experiment.

18 months

Persistent

__utmxx

Google Analytics

Used to determine the expiry of experiments a user has been included in.

18 months

Persistent

_gaexp

Google Analytics

Used to determine a user’s inclusion in an experiment and the expiry of experiments a user has been included in.

Depends on the length of the experiment but typically 90 days

Persistent

Visitor_INFO1_LIVE                                               

 

YouTube

Google set a series of cookies on any page that includes a YouTube video. Google will automatically create these cookies. These cookies are installed by Google

8 months

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please use this link:

Google’s privacy policy (www.youtube.com/t/privacy)

Persistant

cfduid

Knightlab.com

Performance measurement cookie

1 year

Pingdom Privacy Policy https://www.pingdom.com/legal/cookie-policy

Persistant

cfduid

Pingdom.net

Performance measurement  cookie

1 year

Pingdom Privacy Policy https://www.pingdom.com/legal/cookie-policy

Persistent

_hjClosedSurveyInvites

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal pop-up.  It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown.

1 year

For more information about Hotjar’s privacy policy, please use this link:

www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy

 

You can opt-out of the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link.

 https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out

 

Persistent

_hjDonePolls

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor completes a Poll using the Feedback Poll widget.  It is used to ensure that the same Poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.

1 year

Persistent

_hjMinimizedPolls

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget.  It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site.

1 year

Persistent

_hjDoneTestersWidgets

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget.  It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.

1 year

Persistent

_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit Users Testers widget.  It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site.

1 year

Persistent

_hjDoneSurveys

Hotjar

This cookie is set once a visitor completes a survey.  It is used to only load the survey content if the visitor hasn’t completed the survey yet.

1 year

Persistent

_hjIncludedInSample

Hotjar

This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc.

1 year

Persistent

_hjShownFeedbackMessage

Hotjar

This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback.  This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show.

1 year

Session

_hjRecordingEnabled

Hotjar

This value is set when a recording starts.  It is used to see if the user is already recording this particular session.

Session

Site usage and consent

By continuing to use the Dechra website we assume that you agree to accept cookies on your device in accordance with this cookie policy. We have detailed where to find information on how to delete and manage cookies.

Deleting and managing cookies

Most web browsers allow you to manage or delete your cookies by accessing the browser settings. However, if you choose to block or delete cookies, this may affect the functionality of our website.  To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org