Website Terms & Conditions

Last updated: 27 September 2026

These Website Terms & Conditions govern the use of the IconicSX website and the information, materials and services made available through it.

They do not constitute the Sale Agreement for any kitten or cat. Individual reservations and placements are subject to separate terms provided privately to approved prospective owners before they are asked to make a reservation payment.

By using this website, you agree to use it lawfully and in accordance with these Terms.

1. About Us

This website is operated by:

IconicSX Limited
Registered in Scotland
Company No. SC796112

Registered Office: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4AN

Email: [email protected]
ICO Registration: ZB734232

IconicSX Limited operates under the registered brands IconicSX® and Iconic Sphynx®.

2. Registered Trade Marks

IconicSX® — UK00004208186
Iconic Sphynx® — UK00004208206

are registered trade marks of IconicSX Limited in the United Kingdom.

Our trade marks, names, branding and associated brand identifiers may not be used in the course of trade without our permission in a manner that infringes our registered rights or is likely to create confusion, imply association, affiliation, sponsorship, approval or endorsement by IconicSX Limited where none exists.

Without our prior written permission, our registered trade marks must not be incorporated into or used as part of another business or trading name, commercial website, domain name, social media identity, advertising campaign, promotional service, educational service, animal-related commercial activity or other commercial branding where such use would infringe our rights.

Nothing in these Terms prevents legitimate descriptive, referential or other use permitted by applicable law.

3. Copyright and Website Content

Unless otherwise stated, original text, photographs, graphics, educational material, articles and other original content published on this website are owned by IconicSX Limited or used by us under appropriate permission or licence.

You may view and access this website for your own lawful personal use.

Unless permitted by law or expressly authorised by us in writing, you may not:

copy or reproduce substantial parts of our content;
republish our articles or educational material on another website, social media account, publication or platform;
reproduce or distribute our photographs or graphics;
alter, adapt or create commercial reproductions of our materials;
remove copyright, authorship or trade mark notices;
use our content in advertising or promotional material;
present our content as your own;
systematically extract or reproduce our website content for a commercial database, publication or competing resource.

Limited quotation, criticism, review, research and other uses permitted by applicable copyright law remain unaffected.

Where our material is quoted under a lawful exception requiring acknowledgement, appropriate attribution should be given to the relevant author or IconicSX Limited.

4. Automated Extraction, Scraping and Machine Use

You must not use automated systems in a manner that disrupts, burdens, circumvents or interferes with the normal operation or security of this website.

Without our prior written permission, we do not authorise systematic commercial scraping, harvesting or extraction of our original website content for:

commercial databases;
competing websites or educational resources;
automated republication;
commercial text or data mining;
commercial machine-learning or artificial-intelligence training datasets;
other commercial exploitation of our protected content.

Nothing in this section is intended to restrict any use that cannot lawfully be restricted, including applicable statutory exceptions for non-commercial research or other permitted acts.

We reserve the right to use reasonable technical measures to protect our website, intellectual property and network security.

5. Educational and Health Information

Our website contains educational information about Sphynx cats, genetics, health, welfare, breeding practices and related subjects.

We make reasonable efforts to ensure that information is evidence-based and appropriately sourced where relevant. However, scientific and veterinary knowledge develops over time, and information may be amended as new evidence becomes available.

Educational material published on this website is provided for general information only and is not a substitute for individual veterinary diagnosis, treatment or professional veterinary advice.

If you have concerns about the health of an individual animal, you should consult an appropriately qualified veterinary professional.

6. Information About Our Breeding Programme

Information relating to IconicSX cats, breeding plans, prospective litters, health screening and availability reflects the position at the time it is published.

Breeding plans may change for health, welfare, genetic, veterinary or other responsible breeding reasons.

Publication of an expected mating, pregnancy, litter, kitten photograph or other information does not constitute a promise that a kitten will become available for placement.

We breed only occasionally and do not guarantee future availability.

7. Enquiries and Waiting List

Submitting an enquiry, completing an application, joining our waiting list or corresponding with us about a potential kitten does not create a reservation, contract, entitlement to purchase or guarantee of a future kitten.

Placement decisions are made individually.

We consider the needs and temperament of our kittens together with the circumstances and lifestyle of prospective owners when considering a placement.

Preferences may be taken into account, but joining a waiting list does not create a right to a particular kitten, phenotype, colour, eye colour, litter or position of priority.

We reserve the right not to proceed with a prospective placement where we reasonably believe that the proposed home is not appropriate for the individual cat or that proceeding would not be in the cat's welfare interests.

8. Prospective Owners

We only enter into reservation and placement arrangements with adults aged 18 or over.

Prospective owners may be required to complete our buyer-verification process before a reservation, visit, collection or delivery is confirmed.

This may include:

photographic identification;
proof of residential address;
references;
information relevant to the proposed home;
confirmation that animals are permitted at the property where relevant.

Further information about how personal information and verification documents are processed is contained in our Privacy Policy.

9. Accuracy and Authenticity of Information Provided to Us

Information supplied to IconicSX Limited as part of an enquiry, verification process, visit, reservation or placement must be accurate and genuine.

A person must not knowingly:

impersonate another person;
use another person's identity without lawful authority;
provide forged or fraudulently altered documentation;
provide a false residential address;
knowingly provide materially misleading information;
conceal the identity of the person for whom a kitten is actually being obtained.

Where information cannot reasonably be verified or gives rise to genuine security, identity or fraud concerns, we may suspend or decline the relevant enquiry, visit or placement process while the matter is clarified.

Any processing or retention of personal information in such circumstances will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection law.

10. Visits to IconicSX

IconicSX operates from our private family home, where we live and where minors are present.

Visits are therefore strictly by prior appointment.

For the privacy and security of our household, valid photographic identification and proof of residential address are required before a visit is confirmed.

Our residential location and any access information provided for a private appointment must not be published, distributed or shared with third parties without a legitimate reason or our permission.

We may refuse, postpone or terminate a visit where reasonably necessary for the safety, privacy, security or welfare of our household or animals.

11. Reservations

Our current reservation process is explained on the Adopting from IconicSX page.

A kitten is not reserved merely because an enquiry has been made or interest has been expressed.

Where a kitten is offered to an approved prospective owner, the applicable reservation information and relevant contractual terms will be provided directly before payment is requested.

The current reservation payment, where applicable, is deducted from the agreed purchase price.

Any cancellation, refund or amount retained is dealt with in accordance with the information provided to the prospective buyer, the applicable Sale Agreement and statutory consumer law.

12. Prices

Prices displayed on this website are intended to provide prospective owners with information about our usual placement prices.

Prices expressed as “from” are not a quotation or guarantee that every kitten will be available at that price.

The price applicable to an individual kitten will be confirmed before a reservation is made.

No website price overrides a price specifically agreed and recorded for an individual placement.

Nothing in this section affects any statutory rights relating to price information or consumer contracts.

13. Companion Placement Only

IconicSX kittens and cats offered through our programme are placed as companions only.

We do not sell kittens or cats with breeding rights.

Any specific obligations relating to neutering status, ownership, registration or non-breeding provisions are contained in the Sale Agreement provided to the prospective owner.

14. Formal Sale Agreement

Every completed IconicSX placement is subject to a written Sale Agreement.

The full Sale Agreement is provided privately to an approved prospective buyer and is not published on this website.

The Sale Agreement contains the detailed contractual terms applying to the individual placement, including matters relating to:

ownership;
health warranties;
buyer responsibilities;
collection and transport;
lifetime return provisions;
restrictions on resale or rehoming;
documentation;
other conditions relating to the individual cat.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as replacing the Sale Agreement or altering statutory consumer rights.

15. Payments

The payment methods currently accepted by IconicSX are described on our Adopting from IconicSX page and in the information provided directly to prospective buyers.

We currently accept payments by bank transfer.

We do not accept cash or PayPal for kitten purchases.

Payment details will only be supplied through our authorised communications.

You should contact us directly if you receive payment instructions which appear inconsistent with those previously provided by IconicSX Limited.

16. Collection, Delivery and Transport

Personal collection is encouraged wherever reasonably possible.

Where transport is required, transport must be arranged by IconicSX in accordance with our placement policy.

Buyer-arranged independent couriers or third-party pet transport services are not accepted.

Where transport is arranged, the cat may only be delivered in accordance with the verified buyer and destination information recorded during the placement process.

Specific arrangements, costs, ownership-transfer provisions and transport responsibilities are provided directly to the buyer and, where applicable, recorded in the Sale Agreement.

17. Consumer Rights

Nothing in these Website Terms & Conditions, our Adopting information or any other notice on this website excludes or restricts statutory consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.

Where statutory pre-contract information, cancellation information or other consumer information is required for a particular transaction, it will be provided to the prospective buyer in an appropriate form before they become legally bound.

The fact that information is published on this website does not remove or reduce any rights a consumer has under applicable law.

18. External Websites and Third-Party Information

This website may contain links to external websites, research papers, veterinary resources, cat registries or other third-party material.

Links are provided where we believe they may assist readers or identify a source.

A link does not necessarily imply endorsement of every statement, product, service or opinion appearing on the external website.

We do not control external websites and are not responsible for changes made to third-party material after we have linked to it.

19. Website Availability

We aim to keep this website accessible and accurate but cannot guarantee that access will always be uninterrupted or error-free.

We may temporarily restrict or suspend parts of the website for maintenance, technical reasons, security incidents or other operational reasons.

We may also restrict traffic or access where reasonably necessary to protect against:

malicious requests;
denial-of-service activity;
excessive automated traffic;
vulnerability scanning;
attempts to bypass security controls;
scraping that materially affects website operation;
other abusive or harmful activity.

20. Prohibited Use

You must not knowingly use this website:

unlawfully or fraudulently;
to impersonate another person;
to distribute malicious software;
to attempt unauthorised access to systems, accounts or data;
to interfere with website security;
to bypass technical access controls;
to conduct unauthorised vulnerability scanning;
to cause an unreasonable or disproportionate load on our systems or service providers;
to falsely suggest an affiliation with IconicSX Limited;
to infringe our intellectual property rights or those of another person.

We may restrict access to the website or take other proportionate action where reasonably necessary to protect our systems, household, animals, business or legal rights.

21. Privacy and Cookies

Personal information collected through or in connection with this website is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy also explains our use of services including Squarespace and Cloudflare and provides information about cookies, website analytics, security information, retention and individual data-protection rights.

22. Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or restricts liability where doing so would be unlawful.

Subject to those rights and protections, IconicSX Limited is not responsible for loss caused solely by:

reliance on general educational content as a substitute for professional veterinary advice;
third-party websites or materials outside our control;
temporary website unavailability;
unauthorised third-party activity that could not reasonably have been prevented by appropriate security measures.

Nothing in this section limits any responsibility we have under consumer law in relation to goods, services or contractual obligations.

23. Changes to Website Information

We may update, correct, expand or remove website content as our programme develops or as scientific, veterinary, regulatory or other information changes.

We may also update these Website Terms & Conditions from time to time.

The latest version will be published on this page together with its revision date.

Changes to these Website Terms & Conditions do not retrospectively alter an existing Sale Agreement.

24. Governing Law

These Website Terms & Conditions and matters relating to the operation and use of this website are governed by the laws of Scotland.

If you are a consumer, nothing in this section deprives you of any mandatory consumer rights or protections available to you under applicable law or any right to bring proceedings in a court available to you under applicable jurisdiction rules.

25. Severability

If any provision of these Website Terms & Conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be treated as modified or removed only to the extent necessary.

The remaining provisions will continue to apply.

26. Contact

If you have questions about this website or these Terms, please contact:

IconicSX Limited
Registered in Scotland — Company No. SC796112
Email: [email protected]
Registered Office: 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4AN

Privacy-related enquiries should be directed to our Data Protection Lead using the contact details in our Privacy Policy.

IconicSX® (UK00004208186) and Iconic Sphynx® (UK00004208206) are registered trade marks of IconicSX Limited in the United Kingdom.