These terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern the use of www.alfarale.com (the “Site”). This Site is owned by ALFARALE (registration number of business name EE54146, owned by Rafaella Christoforou, of Limassol, Cyprus) and operated / powered by SoftwareCy Charalambous Limited (a private limited liability company registered in Cyprus under registration number HE 364361 and registered office at 63, Gialousas, 3071, Limassol, Cyprus). This Site is an artist website, marketing platform and an e-shop.

By using this Site, you indicate that you have read and understood these Terms and Conditions and agree to abide by them at all times.
 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All content published and made available on our Site is the property of ALFARALE and the Site’s creators. This includes, but is not limited to images, text, logos, documents, downloadable files, trademarks, copyrighted material and anything that contributes to the composition of our Site.

ACCEPTABLE USE

As a user of our Site, you agree to use our Site legally, not to use our Site for illegal purposes, and not to:

  • Violate the intellectual property rights of the Site owners or any third party to the Site;
  • Hack into the account of another user of the Site;
  • Act in any way that could be considered fraudulent;
  • Use third party accounts to redeem benefits of any promotions;
  • Use any data extraction methods;
  • Modify, copy or duplicate any content or promotion posted or produced or sent by email by the website;
  • Intrude with our service privacy and protection to any or all users, hosts and/or networks by any form of harassing, spamming, phishing DOS/DDOS, mail hacking, or any other form of virus/trojans.

If we believe you are using our Site illegally or in a manner that violates these Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to limit, suspend or terminate your access to our Site. We also reserve the right to take any legal steps necessary to prevent you from accessing our Site.

Personal data that you provide us with will be processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016 and the Law providing for the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and for the Free Movement of such Data of 2018 (Law 125(I)/2018).

SALE OF SERVICE

These Terms and Conditions govern the sale of services available on our Site.

We are under a legal duty to supply goods that match the description of the good(s) you order on our Site.

The following services are available on our Site:

  • Sale of original artworks;
  • Sale of original art paintings;
  • Sale of high-quality art prints;
  • Sale of art books.

The services will be paid for in full when the services are ordered.

These Terms and Conditions apply to all the services that are displayed on our Site at the time you access it. All information, descriptions, or images that we provide about our services are as accurate as possible. However, we are not legally bound by such information, descriptions, or images as we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all services we provide. You agree to use promotional services from our Site at your own risk.

We reserve the right to modify, reject or cancel your order whenever it becomes necessary. If we cancel your order and have already processed your payment, we will give you a refund equal to the amount you paid upon your request by contacting the email info@alfarale.com. . You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor your payment instrument to verify receipt of any refund.

CANCELLATION PRIVACY

The client has the right to cancel an order within 24 hours from the time of the placement of the order. If the cancellation is made after the lapse of 24 hours from the time of the placement of the order, no refunds will be applicable.

PAYMENTS
We accept the following payment methods on our Site:

  • Local -Intra
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Commercial

Inter Card Not Present

  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Commercial

When you provide us with your payment information, you authorise our use of and access to the payment instrument you have chosen to use. By providing us with your payment information, you authorise us to charge the amount due to this payment instrument.

If we believe your payment has violated any law or these Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to cancel or reverse your transaction.

SHIPPING PRIVACY

Worldwide free shipping of artworks/ art paintings/ art prints and art books.

All orders will be processed within a period from 48 hours to 14 days from the time of the placement of the order, depending on the country that the artworks will be shipped. Orders are not dispatched on weekends or on holidays.

If we are experiencing a high volume of orders, shipments may be delayed by a few days. Please allow additional days in transit for delivery. If there will be a significant delay in shipment of your order, we will contact you via email or telephone.

SHIPPING METHOD AND PACKAGING

We ship worldwide with UPS Shipping Company (“UPS”). UPS may use the email address and/or mobile number provided to update the receiver about the status of their package.

All original artworks and art paintings, whether framed or not, will be packaged safely and, as the case might be, in specific wooden boxes. Art prints and art books, as well as any other work on paper will also be packaged safely. The packaging of all orders will made 48 hours from the time of placement of the order.

SHIPMENT CONFIRMATION & ORDER TRACKING

You will receive a shipment confirmation email once your order has been shipped containing the relevant UPS tracking number(s). The tracking number(s) will be active within 24 hours and as per the applicable UPS policy.

REFUNDS

Refunds are only applicable in case of cancellation of the order within 24h.

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW

This Site is controlled and operated in the Republic of Cyprus. Where the Consumer Protection Law of 2021 (Law 112(I)/2021) and/or Sale of Goods Law, Law 10(I)/1994 and/or The Law on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce and relevant matters of 2004 (Law 156(I)/2004) and/or any other consumer protection legislation in Cyprus applies and cannot be excluded, these Terms and Conditions will not limit your legal rights and remedies under that legislation. These Terms and Conditions will be read subject to the mandatory provisions of that legislation. If there is a conflict between these Terms and Conditions and that legislation, the mandatory provisions of the legislation will apply.


LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

ALFARALE and the owner, any directors, officers, agents, employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates will not be liable for any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses including legal fees from your use of the Site.

INDEMNITY

Except where prohibited by law, by using this Site you indemnify and hold harmless ALFARALE and its owner, any directors, officers, agents, employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates from any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses including legal fees arising out of your use of our Site or your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

JURISDICTION AND LAW

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of Cyprus.

Any disputes arising out of any act or contract to which these provisions apply, save as provided by (3), shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Cyprus Courts.

Notwithstanding the above, ALFARALE is entitled to require any dispute to be determined by arbitration or to refer the matter to the Cyprus Consumer Center For Alternative Dispute Resolution. Please find further details at www.adr.com.cy


PRIVACY POLICY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Your privacy is very important to us and we are strongly committed to protecting it.

All information provided by you, either through our Site or in our meetings, will be treated securely, lawfully and in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus.

We will not disclose our clients’ personal information to any third party, our controlled subsidiaries and affiliates, without the client’s consent, and all information concerning the business, affairs, trade secrets, technical, commercial, financial, operational, marketing or promotional information or date in relation to the services provided by this Site will remain confidential, except as may be required by law, court order or any governmental or regulatory authority.

We shall be entitled to process your data in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy and our terms and conditions.

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy policy, please email us at: info@alfarale.com


PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our Site will ask their clients for their name, email address, billing address, telephone number and credit/debit card or other payment information. We may also ask you for your personal information if you would like to be notified of specific offers or availability of services.

Personal information about visitors of our Site is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. For example, we may need to collect information to provide you with further services or to answer or forward any requests or enquiries. Personal information submitted by visitors of our Site is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted. It is our intention that this policy will protect your personal information from being dealt with in any way that is inconsistent with applicable privacy laws in Cyprus.

We do not disclose our clients’ information to third parties, unless it is necessary to disclose such information to others who help us provide our services, including:

  • Distributors of our services.
  • Our employees in Cyprus or abroad.
  • For the purpose of authorizing your payment.
  • In special situations where we have reason to believe that disclosing your personal information is necessary to identify, contract or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring, or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
  • Where it is required or permitted to do so by law.
  • To credit reference and fraud detection agencies.
  • We aim to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our Site, and we review and update our security measures in light of current technologies.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secured, as there are many factors throughout the Internet that are beyond our reasonable control. However, we will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit to us. Once we receive your transmission, we will make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems. In addition, our employees are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we will not be responsible for events arising from unauthorized access to your personal information. Severability

If at any time any of the provisions set forth in these Terms and Conditions are found to be inconsistent or invalid under applicable laws, those provisions will be deemed void and will be removed from these Terms and Conditions. All other provisions will not be affected by the removal and the rest of these Terms and Conditions will still be considered valid.

CHANGES

These Terms and Conditions may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to the way we operate our Site and the way we expect users to behave on our Site. We will notify users by email of changes to these Terms and Conditions or post a notice on our Site.

CONTACT DETAILS

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Our contact details are as follows:

info@alfarale.com
00357 25635053
00357 99927233

CANCELLATION FORM

If you want to cancel your contract of sale with us you may use this form and email or post it back to us at the address below.

Email: info@alfarale.com