These Terms and Conditions, together with all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use under which you may use this website, http://westcorkirishwhiskey.com/ (“Our Site”). Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms and Conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
2. Information About Us
2.1 Our Site, Lighthouse Drinks Limited.com, is operated by Lighthouse Drinks Limited, a limited company registered in Ireland under CRO number 618769, whose registered address is Unit 3, Cork Bonded Warehouses, Little Island Business Park, Little Island, Cork, T45 YF43
2.2 Our VAT number is IE 3520864QH.
3. Access to Our Site
3.1 Access to Our Site is free of charge.
3.2 It is your responsibility to make all arrangements necessary to access Our Site.
3.3 Access to Our Site is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We may alter, suspend or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if Our Site (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time and for any period.
4. Our Products and Packaging
4.1 Each Product image displayed on our website is for illustration purposes only. We make every effort to accurately display the appearance of each Product, but from time to time the delivered Product may vary slightly. The device you use to view Our Site, and the Product image, may affect your ability to render the image accurately.
4.2 The Tasting Notes we have listed for each Product on our site reflect our teams experience and taste. The tasting of spirit drink is entirely subjective and different people will have a different experience, even on the same product. The tasting notes do not form part of the description of any Product.
4.3 We may change a Product from time to time to reflect changes in applicable laws and regulatory requirements (which may include changes to Product labels to include nutritional information or changes to Product packaging in order to comply with packaging waste requirements, for example). We may also change a Product in order to implement minor technical adjustments and improvements. We do not anticipate that these changes will materially affect your use or enjoyment of the Product.
5. Age Restrictions
5.1 In the Republic of Ireland it is illegal for:
5.1.1 any person under the age of 18 to buy (or to attempt to buy) alcohol for themselves or for any other person under the age of 18; and
5.1.2 an adult to buy (or to attempt to buy) alcohol for any person under the age of 18.
5.2 You may only purchase an alcoholic Product from us if you are:
5.2.1 at least 18 years old;
5.2.2 not buying that Product for any person or persons under the age of 18; and
5.2.3 of legal age to purchase alcohol both in the country where you place the order and the destination country.
You must check with the local authorities in the country where you place the order and the destination country to ensure that you will not be breaking any law or regulation by ordering alcohol from us. By placing an order to purchase a Product, you promise to us that it is lawful for you to order the relevant Product in the country where you place the order and for the recipient to receive the relevant Product in the destination country. If you breach this promise, we may end the Contract and charge you reasonable compensation for the net costs which we incur. We may deduct the compensation payment from the bank account which you used to pay for the Product. We may make that deduction from that bank account in more than one payment.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
6.1 All Content included on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by Us. All Content is protected by applicable Republic of Ireland and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
6.2 Subject to sub-Clauses 4.3 and 4.6 you may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-licence, store, or in any other manner re-use Content from Our Site unless given express written permission to do so by Us.
6.3 You may:
6.3.1 Access, view and use Our Site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app);
6.3.2 Download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching;
6.3.3 Print one copy of any page from Our Site;
6.3.4 Download extracts from pages on Our Site; and
6.3.5 Save pages from Our Site for later and/or offline viewing.
6.4 Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors, as appropriate) must always be acknowledged.
6.5 You may not use any Content saved or downloaded from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from Us (or our licensors, as appropriate) to do so. This does not prohibit the normal access, viewing and use of Our Site for general information purposes whether by business users or consumers.
6.6 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes the provisions of Chapter III of the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ‘Acts Permitted in Relation to Copyright Works’, covering in particular the making of temporary copies; research and private study; the making of copies for text and data analysis for non-commercial research; criticism, review, quotation and news reporting; caricature, parody or pastiche; and the incidental inclusion of copyright material.
7. Links to Our Site
7.1 You may link to Our Site provided that:
7.1.1 You do so in a fair and legal manner;
7.1.2 You do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement or approval on Our part where none exists;
7.1.3 You do not use any logos or trade marks displayed on Our Site without Our express written permission; and
7.1.4 You do not do so in a way that is calculated to damage Our reputation or to take unfair advantage of it.
7.2 You may not link to any page other than the homepage of Our Site, http://westcorkirishwhiskey.com/. Deep-linking to other pages requires Our express written permission.
7.3 Framing or embedding of Our Site on other websites is not permitted without Our express written permission. Please contact Us at info@westcorkdistillers.com for further information.
7.4 You may not link to Our Site from any other site the main content of which contains material that:
7.4.1 is sexually explicit;
7.4.2 is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful or otherwise inflammatory;
7.4.3 promotes violence;
7.4.4 promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
7.4.5 discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group or class of persons, race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
7.4.6 is intended or is otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
7.4.7 is calculated or is otherwise likely to deceive another person;
7.4.8 is intended or is otherwise likely to infringe (or to threaten to infringe) another person’s privacy;
7.4.9 misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents the identity or affiliation of a particular person in a way that is calculated to deceive (obvious parodies are not included in this definition provided that they do not fall within any of the other provisions of this sub-Clause 5.4);
7.4.10 implies any form of affiliation with Us where none exists;
7.4.11 infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, trade marks and database rights) of any other party; or
7.4.12 is made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.
7.5 The content restrictions in sub-Clause 7.4 do not apply to content submitted to sites by other users provided that the primary purpose of the site accords with the provisions of sub-Clause 7.4. You are not, for example, prohibited from posting links on general-purpose social networking sites merely because another user may post such content. You are, however, prohibited from posting links on websites which focus on or encourage the submission of such content from users.
8. Links to Other Sites
Links to other sites may be included on Our Site. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under Our control. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third party sites. The inclusion of a link to another site on Our Site is for information only and does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
9. Disclaimers
9.1 Nothing on Our Site constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only. Professional or specialist advice should always be sought before taking any action relating to alcohol consumption.
9.2 Insofar as is permitted by law, We make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that Our Site will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.
9.3 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on Our Site is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the Content is complete, accurate, or up-to-date.
10. Our Liability
10.1 To the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability to any user for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) Our Site or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on Our Site.
10.2 To the fullest extent permissible by law, We exclude all representations, warranties, and guarantees (whether express or implied) that may apply to Our Site or any Content included on Our Site.
10.3 Our Site is intended for non-commercial use only. If you are a business user, We accept no liability for loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
10.4 We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is free from viruses and other malware. We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus or other malware, a distributed denial of service attack, or other harmful material or event that may adversely affect your hardware, software, data or other material that occurs as a result of your use of Our Site (including the downloading of any Content from it) or any other site referred to on Our Site.
10.5 We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of Our Site resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.
10.6 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or restricts Our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other forms of liability which cannot be excluded or restricted by law. For full details of consumers’ legal rights, including those relating to digital content, please contact your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Office.
11. Viruses, Malware and Security
11.1 We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
11.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
11.3 You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via Our Site.
11.4 You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our Site, the server on which Our Site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to Our Site.
11.5 You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
11.6 By breaching the provisions of sub-Clauses 9.3 to 9.5 you may be committing a criminal offense under the Criminal Damage Act 1991. Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use Our Site will cease immediately in the event of such a breach.
12. Acceptable Usage Policy
12.1 You may only use Our Site in a manner that is lawful. Specifically:
12.1.1 you must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national or international laws and/or regulations;
12.1.2 you must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
12.1.3 you must not use Our Site to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware, or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind; and
12.1.4 you must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is intended to harm any person or persons in any way.
12.2 We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to Our Site if you materially breach the provisions of this Clause 10 or any of the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions. Specifically, We may take one or more of the following actions:
12.2.1 suspend, whether temporarily or permanently, your right to access Our Site;
12.2.2 issue you with a written warning;
12.2.3 take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;
12.2.4 take further legal action against you as appropriate;
12.2.5 disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as required or as We deem reasonably necessary; and/or
12.2.6 any other actions which We deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).
12.3 We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions (including, but not limited to those set out above) that We may take in response to breaches of these Terms and Conditions
13. Privacy and Cookies
Use of Our Site is also governed by Our Cookie and Privacy Policies, available from Privacy Policy. These policies are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by this reference.
14. International Delivery
14.1 We deliver products to many international destinations. An international destination means any destination outside the Republic of Ireland. We charge Irish VAT and Irish excise duty on all sales made from this website bound for the EU. Any sale made to a customer outside the EU will not be liable for Irish VAT and therefore Irish VAT will not be charged.
14.2 For any delivery made to an international destination, your purchase may be liable for local sales taxes or import duties or other charges on arrival in your country which may be charged at the time your package is clearing customs or at any other time.
14.3 Before you place an order on this website from an international destination you should contact your local customs office with regards to the charges mentioned in 14.2.
14.4 We are not responsible or liable for any of the charges mentioned in 14.2. All or any additional charges are your responsibility as the legal owner of the goods. Failure to pay any charges may result in the goods being destroyed by customs or returned to us. If the goods are returned to us, we will deduct any shipping or associated costs from any refund owed to you and return the balance.
14.5 You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the Republic of Ireland, of the country from which the order is placed and of the country for which the Product is destined. We will not be liable or responsible if you break any such law.
15. Returns and Cancellation
Use of Our Site is also governed by Our Returns and Cancellation policies available from Returns and Cancellation. These policies are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by this reference.
16. Changes to these Terms and Conditions
16.1 We may alter these Terms and Conditions at any time. If We do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of Our Site after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
16.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms and Conditions and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
17. Contacting Us
To contact Us, please email Us at info@westcorkirishwhiskey.com or using any of the methods provided on Our contact page at Contact us.
18. Communications from Us
18.1 If we have your contact details, We may from time to time send you important notices by email. Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, service changes and changes to these Terms and Conditions.
18.2 We will never send you marketing emails of any kind without your express consent. If you do give such consent, you may opt out at any time. Any and all marketing emails sent by Us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of receiving emails from Us at any time, it may take up to 7 business days for Us to comply with your request. During that time, you may continue to receive emails from Us.
18.3 For questions or complaints about communications from Us (including, but not limited to marketing emails), please contact Us at info@westcorkirishwhiskey.com or via Contact us page.
19. Data Protection
19.1 Any and all personal information that We may collect will be collected, used and held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 and your rights and Our obligations under that Act.
19.2 We may use your personal information to:
19.2.1 Reply to any communications you send to Us;
19.2.2 Send you important notices, as detailed in Clause 14;
19.3 From time to time your data will be shared with trusted third parties who have an interest in such data.
20. Law and Jurisdiction
20.1 These Terms and Conditions, and the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of the Republic of Ireland.
20.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Sub-Clause 16.1 above takes away or reduces your rights as a consumer to rely on those provisions.
20.3 If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms and Conditions, or the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland, as determined by your residency.
20.4 If you are a business, any disputes concerning these Terms and Conditions, the relationship between you and Us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the [non] exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland.
