General Terms and Conditions of Sale

www.sinews.es

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

The ownership of this website www.sinews.es, (hereinafter Website) is held by: SINEWS MTI SLP, provided with NIF: B85431153 and registered in: Registro Mercantil Comunidad de Madrid; and whose registry details are and whose contact details are:

Address: C/ Sagasta 16 bajo derecha Madrid CP 28004

Contact telephone: 917001979

Contact email: info@sinews.es

This document (as well as other documents mentioned herein) regulates the conditions governing the use of this Website (www.sinews.es) and the purchase or acquisition of products and/or services on it (hereinafter, Conditions).

For the purposes of these Conditions, it is understood that the activity that SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute carries out through the Website includes:

Psychotherapy sessions by general health psychologists, psychiatric consultations, speech therapy sessions and accent reduction.

In addition to reading these Conditions, before accessing, browsing and/or using this website, the User must have read the Legal Notice and the General Conditions of Use, including the cookies policy and the privacy and data protection policy of SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute. By using this Website or by making and/or requesting the purchase of a product and/or service through it, the User agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and by all of the above, so if you do not agree with all of the above, you should not use this Website.

We also inform you that these Conditions may be modified. The User is responsible for consulting them each time he/she accesses, browses and/or uses the Website, as those in force at the time the purchase of products and/or services is requested will be applicable.

For any questions that the User may have in relation to the Conditions, he/she may contact the owner using the contact details provided above or, where appropriate, using the contact form.

2. THE USER

Access, browsing and use of the Website confers the condition of user (hereinafter referred to, indistinctly, individually as User or jointly as Users), and therefore, from the moment browsing the Website begins, the User accepts all the Conditions established herein, as well as their subsequent modifications, without prejudice to the application of the corresponding legal regulations of obligatory compliance as the case may be.

The User assumes responsibility for the correct use of the Website. This responsibility extends to:

  • To make use of this Website only to make enquiries and legally valid purchases or acquisitions.
  • Not to make any false or fraudulent purchases. If it could reasonably be considered that such a purchase has been made, it may be cancelled and the relevant authorities will be informed.
  • To provide truthful and lawful contact details, e.g. e-mail address, postal address and/or other details (see Legal Notice and General Conditions of Use).

The User declares that he/she is over 18 years of age and has the legal capacity to enter into contracts through this Website.

The Website is aimed primarily at Users residing in Spain. SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute does not ensure that the Website complies with the laws of other countries, either totally or partially.

The User may formalize, at its option, with SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute the contract of sale of products and / or services desired in any of the languages that are available on this Website.

3. PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION PROCESS

Duly registered Users may purchase on the Website by the means and forms established. They must follow the online purchase and/or acquisition procedure of www.sinews.es, during which a single service can be selected and added each time to the final purchase space and, finally, click on: ‘Book and pay now’.

Likewise, the User must fill in and/or check the information requested at each step, although, during the purchase process, before making the payment, the purchase data can be modified.

Subsequently, the User will receive an email confirming that SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute has received their request for the provision of the service, i.e. confirmation of the order. And, where appropriate, you will also be informed by email when your purchase is being shipped. Where appropriate, this information may also be made available to the User via his or her personal connection space on the Website.

Once the purchase procedure has been completed, the User consents to the Website generating an electronic invoice which will be sent to the User by e-mail and, where appropriate, via his or her personal connection space on the Website. Likewise, the User may, if he/she so wishes, obtain a paper copy of his/her invoice by requesting it from SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute using the contact spaces on the Website or through the contact details provided above.

The User acknowledges being aware, at the time of purchase, of the particular conditions of sale concerning the service in question and shown next to the presentation of this on its page on the Website, indicating, by way of example, but not exhaustive, and according to each case: name of the service, professional in charge of it, price and duration of the session or consultation and acknowledges that the completion of the purchase order or acquisition materializes the full and complete acceptance of the particular conditions of sale applicable to each case.

Communications, purchase orders and payments involved in transactions made on the Website may be filed and retained in the computerized records of SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute in order to constitute a means of proof of transactions, in any case, respecting the reasonable conditions of security and the laws and regulations in force in this regard are applicable, and particularly in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data (RGPD) and Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights, and the rights of Users in accordance with the privacy policy of this Website.

4. AVAILABILITY

All purchase orders received by SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute through the Website are subject to the availability of the professionals who provide the services, that no circumstance or force majeure (clause nine of these Conditions) affect the provision of services. If difficulties arise in the provision of the contracted service, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute undertakes to contact the User and reimburse any amount that may have been paid as a fee. This shall also apply in cases where the provision of a service becomes unfeasible.

5. PRICES AND PAYMENT

The prices displayed on the Website are final prices, in Euros (€) and include taxes, except for VAT, as health services are exempt from VAT.

However, unless otherwise indicated, the prices of the services offered exclude the costs of sending by ordinary mail or parcels of prescriptions or medication, which may be incurred, which will be added to the total amount due at the time of managing the shipping procedure. In this case, the company shall be free to choose the most convenient one.

Under no circumstances will the Website automatically add additional costs to the price of a product or service, but only those that the User has voluntarily and freely selected and chosen.

Prices may change at any time, but possible changes will not affect orders or purchases for which the User has already received an order confirmation.

Accepted means of payment will be: Credit or debit card

SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute uses all means to ensure the confidentiality and security of payment details transmitted by the User during transactions through the Website. As such, the Website uses a secure payment system SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

Credit cards will be subject to checks and authorisations by the issuing bank, if the issuing bank does not authorise payment, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery and will not be able to enter into any contract with the User.

Once SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute receives the purchase order from the User through the Website, a pre-authorization will be made in the appropriate card to ensure that there are sufficient funds to complete the transaction. The charge to the card will be made at the time the User is sent confirmation of shipment and / or confirmation of the service provided in the manner and, where appropriate, place established.

In any case, by clicking on ‘Book and pay now’ the User confirms that the payment method used is his/her own.

6. PROVISION OF THE SERVICE

The user must bear in mind that in order to be able to provide the service, it is essential that he/she connects at the time agreed in the appointment reservation, following the instructions available on the website and with the appropriate technical means. In the event that the appropriate technical means are not available, the user may request in good time that the video call be replaced by a telephone call without any variation in cost.

7. TECHNICAL MEANS FOR CORRECTING ERRORS

The User is informed that if he/she detects that there has been an error when entering data necessary to process his/her purchase request on the Website, he/she may modify them by contacting SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute through the contact spaces provided on the Website, and, where appropriate, through those enabled to contact customer service, and/or using the contact details provided in the first clause (General Information). Likewise, this information may also be corrected by the User through his or her personal connection space on the Website.

In any case, the User, before clicking on ‘Book and pay now’, has access to the space, trolley or basket where his or her purchase requests are recorded and can make modifications.

Similarly, the User is referred to consult the Legal Notice and General Conditions of Use and, specifically, the Privacy Policy to obtain more information on how to exercise their right of rectification as established in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data (RGPD) and in Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights.

8. RETURNS/CANCELLATIONS

In the cases in which the User acquires products on or through the Website of the owner, he/she is entitled to a series of rights, as listed and described below:

Right of Withdrawal

The User, as a consumer and user, makes a purchase on the Website and therefore has the right to cancel said purchase within 14 calendar days without the need for justification.

To exercise this right of withdrawal, the User must notify, at least 24 hours in advance, his decision to SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute. This can be done, where appropriate, through the contact spaces provided on the Website.

In the event of withdrawal, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will reimburse the User for all payments received no later than 14 calendar days from the date on which SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute is informed of the User’s decision to withdraw.

SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will reimburse the User using the same payment method used by the User to make the initial purchase transaction. This refund will not generate any additional cost to the User.

In this same sense is governed by the provision of a service that the user could hire on this website, as this same law states that the right of withdrawal will not assist users when the service has been fully executed, or when it has begun, with the express consent of the consumer and user and with the recognition on his part that he is aware that, once the contract has been fully executed by SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute, he will have lost his right of withdrawal.

In addition, the products must be returned in or including all packaging.

In the following link you can download the model withdrawal form.

9. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

Unless otherwise provided by law, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute accepts no liability for the following losses, irrespective of their origin:

  • any losses which are not attributable to any breach by you;
  • business losses (including loss of profits, revenue, contracts, anticipated savings, data, loss of goodwill or unnecessary expenses incurred); or of
  • any other indirect loss which was not reasonably foreseeable by both parties at the time the contract for the sale and purchase of the services was entered into between the parties.

Likewise, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute also limits its liability in the following cases:

  • SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will use its best endeavours to make video consultation technology available to the client. However, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute shall not be liable for damages resulting from a malfunction of the service provider, in particular due to the unavailability of the videoconferencing service.
  • Technical failures that, due to fortuitous or other causes, prevent the normal operation of the service via the Internet. Lack of availability of the website for maintenance or other reasons, which prevents the availability of the service. SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute puts all the means at its disposal for the purpose of carrying out the process of hiring the service, however disclaims liability for causes that are not attributable to him, fortuitous event or force majeure.
  • In general, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the fulfilment of any of the obligations assumed, when the same is due to events beyond its reasonable control, i.e. due to force majeure, and this may include, but is not limited to:
  • Strikes, lockouts or other industrial action.
  • Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist threat or attack, war (declared or undeclared) or threat or preparation for war.
  • Fire, explosion, storm, flood, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or any other natural disaster.
  • Inability to use trains, ships, aircraft, motor transport or other means of transport, public or private.
  • Impossibility of using public or private telecommunications systems.
  • Acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government or public authority.

In this way, the obligations will be suspended during the period in which the cause of force majeure continues, and SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will have an extension in the deadline to fulfil them for a period of time equal to the duration of the cause of force majeure. SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will use all reasonable means to find a solution that allows it to fulfil its obligations despite the force majeure.

10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTICES

By using this Website, the User agrees that most communications with SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute will be electronic (email or notices posted on the Website).

For contractual purposes, the User consents to use this electronic means of communication and acknowledges that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute sends electronically comply with legal requirements to be in writing. This condition shall not affect the User’s statutory rights.

The User may send notifications and / or communicate with SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute through the contact details provided in these Conditions and, where appropriate, through the contact spaces on the Website.

Likewise, unless otherwise stipulated, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute may contact and/or notify the User by e-mail or at the postal address provided.

11. WAIVER

No waiver by SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute of any specific legal right or action or failure by SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute to require strict performance by the User of any of its obligations shall constitute or waive any other rights or remedies under any contract or the Conditions, or relieve the User from the performance of its obligations.

No waiver by SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute of any of these Conditions or any rights or remedies under a contract shall be effective unless it is expressly stated that it is a waiver and is formalised and communicated to the User in writing.

12. VOID

If any of these Conditions should be declared null and void by a final decision issued by a competent authority, the rest of the clauses will remain in force, without being affected by said declaration of nullity.

13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms and Conditions and any document to which express reference is made in these constitute the entire agreement between the User and SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute in relation to the object of sale and replace any other previous agreement, agreement or promise agreed verbally or in writing by the same parties.

The User and SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute acknowledge that they have consented to the conclusion of a contract without having relied on any statement or promise made by the other party, except as expressly mentioned in these Conditions.

14. DATA PROTECTION

The information or personal data that the User provides to SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute in the course of a transaction on the Website, will be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Policy or data protection (contained, where appropriate, in the Legal Notice and General Conditions of Use). By accessing, browsing and/or using the Website, the User consents to the processing of such information and data and declares that all information or data provided is true.

15. APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND JURISDICTION

Access to, browsing and/or use of this Website and contracts for the purchase of products/services through the same shall be governed by Spanish law.

Any dispute, problem or disagreement that arises or is related to access, navigation and / or use of the Website, or the interpretation and enforcement of these Conditions, or sales contracts between SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute and the User, shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Spanish courts and tribunals.

16. COMPLAINTS AND CLAIMS

Users may send SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute their complaints, claims or any other comments they wish to make through the contact details provided at the beginning of these Conditions (General Information).

In addition, SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute has official complaint forms available to consumers and users, which they can request from SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute at any time, using the contact details provided at the beginning of these Conditions (General Information).

Furthermore, if a dispute arises from the conclusion of this purchase contract between SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute and the User, the User as a consumer may request out-of-court dispute resolution, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the settlement of consumer disputes online and amending Regulation (EC) 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC. You can access this method via the following website: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.