Terms of Use – Digital Services and Websites

1. GENERAL

These Terms of Use apply to the use of websites and digital services provided by legal entities belonging to Ruukki Construction business area, including but not limited to Ruukki Construction Oy, Plannja AB and other local Ruukki and Plannja companies (hereinafter "Ruukki") belonging SSAB Group. The Terms of Use apply to websites and digital services made available through the websites, mobile applications and other digital platforms from time to time, such as Ruukki’s eCom services, MyRuukki portal, calculators and other applications (hereinafter “Services”). Some digital services and applications made available by Ruukki may be subject to specific terms and conditions which prevail over these Terms of Use in case of discrepancies. For example, Ruukki Design Tools located at https://designtools.ruukki.com are governed by their own general conditions. 

These Terms of Use apply to the relationship between Ruukki and the users of the Services as well as the organizations they represent.  “User” means the individual user accessing and using the Services as well as the legal entities and organizations on behalf of which the individual user acts in connection with the use of Services. The individual user confirms that they have the legal right to represent their legal entity or organization when accepting these Terms of Use.

The use of Services requires an acceptance of these Terms of Use, either by explicit confirmation or implicitly by using the Services, and sometimes requires a registration as a User of the Services. 

Ruukki reserves the right to amend and/or supplement these Terms of Use as it may deem appropriate. In case of any such change, the User shall be deemed to have accepted the new version upon continuing the use of the Services. With respect to some Services, the User may be required to approve the new version of these Terms of Use upon next login, renewal of registration or by other means required by Ruukki. Ruukki reserves the right to define which Services are available at any given time to the User. Ruukki also reserves the right to amend and modify the Services and any of their features from time to time.

In addition to these Terms of Use, specific contract terms and conditions shall apply to the order and purchase of Ruukki products and services transacted through eCom or otherwise. In case these Terms of Use conflict with any transaction terms concluded between Ruukki and the User, the transaction terms shall prevail. In such case, these Terms of Use shall apply to the extent that they do not conflict with the terms of a particular transaction.  

The Services may contain links to other websites. Ruukki assumes no liability for any content created, owned or published by third parties that Ruukki’s Services may link to nor does Ruukki endorse or recommend the content, products or service of such third parties.

The Services and any information therein is only applicable to Ruukki’s products. The Services or any of their content/information must not be applied to or used for design of any other products than original Ruukki’s products.

2. SERVICES ACCESS; USE OF PASSWORDS

Access to some Services may require a personal user ID and a personal password (user ID and password collectively hereinafter "Passwords"). The User undertakes to promptly notify Ruukki of any changes in the information submitted during the registration, e.g. when the employment of a person named as an authorized user expires or is terminated. The User shall be responsible in full for any use of the Services with the User‘s Passwords and not entitle third parties to access the Service. User shall keep Passwords strictly confidential and ensure that the Passwords are not used by any unauthorized person. The User shall promptly notify Ruukki of any unauthorised use of Services or loss of Passwords.

Ruukki takes no liability that the User‘s Passwords are in possession of right persons. The responsibility thereof lies with the User. Ruukki has no obligation to verify the Service enterer’s identity or its right to represent the User in any other way. After the User has notified Ruukki of unauthorised use or loss of its Passwords or some other breach of security, Ruukki shall terminate the user rights and/or close the Services with respect to such Passwords. 

For security reasons and in its sole discretion, Ruukki may also terminate the user rights and/or close the Services with respect the Passwords based on User’s inactivity in the Service after certain period of time, which may vary for different Services.

3. SYSTEM INTEGRITY

Services are accessible via various terminal equipment and availability, features or design may vary with respect to the terminal equipment used. 

The User is responsible for the technical functionality of the hardware, software and data communication services used by it to access the Services. The User shall not use any device, software or routine containing viruses or otherwise intended to damage, interrupt or interfere with the proper function of the Services. The User shall neither use any device, software or routine, which purpose is to surreptitiously intercept or expropriate data or personal information from the Services or copy its systems.

The User may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately loads Ruukki‘s infrastructure, including but not limited to "spam" or other such unsolicited mass e-mailing techniques.

4. PRODUCT ORDERS, TERMS OF SALE IN ECOMMERCE

These Terms of Use also apply to the use of Ruukki’s eCom services. A contract for the supply of products shall be concluded on Ruukki’s eCom services when the following conditions are met cumulatively:

User hereby grants Ruukki the perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, fully-paid, royalty-free and worldwide right to collect, access, store, retain, download, modify and otherwise use User’s Content in order to 

The User warrants that it will not submit any material or content to the Services that is protected by third party Intellectual Property Rights or that is not lawful.

7. CONFIDENTALITY

The content and information made available to the User in the Services with limited access rights may contain Ruukki’s business secrets and confidential information, such as technical or commercial information or data related to Ruukki’s production and operations, business plans, pricing, financial information, non-public product information, designs and drawings, to the extent such information is marked as confidential or should be reasonably understood to be of confidential nature (hereafter “Confidential Information”).

The User shall treat as strictly confidential any Confidential Information disclosed to the User in the Services or in connection with the use thereof. The User shall not disclose to third parties or use Confidential Information, nor have it disclosed or used, directly or indirectly otherwise than for the purpose of the use of the Services.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Ruukki or its third party licensors own all Intellectual Property Rights in the Services and its contents. Intellectual Property Rights means any patents, rights of patent, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, inventions, design patents, trade secrets, know-how and/or any other intellectual and/or industrial property rights, and applications thereof. All rights reserved.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Ruukki disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties and condition of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or usability in connection with the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Ruukki does not provide any warranty that the Services will be free from errors or interruption. Ruukki shall not be liable for any kind of damages and/or costs arising therefrom, whether special, incidental, consequential or directly or indirectly related to the use of, or the inability to use, the services or the content, information or results included in the services, including but not limited to the loss of revenue or anticipated profits or lost business or lost sales even if Ruukki has been advised of the possibility of such damages (collectively hereinafter "damages"). The services and any content, information or results of the services are provided “as is”.

The User agrees that Ruukki shall not be liable to the User or any third party for damages resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the Services, and in particular any of the following: