Welcome to the web site for The Glenlivet (the "Site"). We are very pleased to welcome you to our site, but before you read on about The Glenlivet, we should be grateful if you would take a few minutes to read the important information that follows:
This Site is owned by Chivas Brothers Limited, Registered Office 111/113 Renfrew Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire PA3 4DY, UK (the "Company"), Registered in Scotland no.: SC268758. To keep things simple, we have referred to the Company as "we" and "us" in the paragraphs that follow.
The purpose of this section is to describe the conditions (the "Terms") that apply to your access to and use of our Site. If you visit us at this Site, and click a flag on our home page to enter the Site, we will assume that you understand and intend these Terms to apply to you in the same way as any signed, written contract.
The following points may help you to understand the legal environment in which we operate:
Legal drinking age - to use this Site you must be of legal drinking age in your country - if you are not, please exit this Site. We look forward to informing you about The Glenlivet at an appropriate time in the future. If you are of legal age, our products should be enjoyed and consumed in moderation.
Restricted Territories - in some countries of the world it is not permissible for citizens to visit a Site like ours due to local laws restricting the sale and/or promotion of alcoholic beverages. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of this country or territory in which you are located and if you are visiting from a country where restrictions apply you should exit this Site now. If you are unsure about the law then we suggest that you exit now and check your legal position before continuing.
Privacy - it is important that you understand the way in which we will use the information we hold about you. Our privacy policy will provide you with further details.
Rights - All of the material you see on this site is owned by us or used by us with the consent of the owner. We are very happy for you to visit this Site and to print copies of material on it for your personal, non-commercial use, but all other copying is prohibited and all other rights are reserved.
Trade marks - the words Glenlivet and The Glenlivet are trade marks belonging to Chivas Brothers Limited and are registered in many different countries. This is also true of many of the other logos and creative materials that you will see on our product pack and on this Site. We (and the other owners of materials used on this Site) attach considerable importance to these precious assets and make every effort to protect them. Any use or reproduction of these trade marks without the express prior written consent of the Company is prohibited.
No warranties - we provide this Site "as is". We have taken care in preparing materials for the Site but we cannot guarantee that:
(i) It
will always be available for you to visit/use in the current format;
(ii) Software downloaded from the Site will be compatible with your equipment
or free from viruses;
(iii) All materials will be accurate or complete.
Our Liability - to the fullest extent possible at law we (and all of our sister, parent and subsidiary companies) exclude all liability for any loss or damage (including direct, indirect, economic or consequential loss or damage) suffered by you as a result of any visit to or use of this site or of any materials provided on it or downloaded from it or your inability to use this site or any error in the provision of this Site or any computer virus transmitted through this Site whether such loss or damage arises from our negligence or otherwise and even if we are expressly informed of the possibility of such loss or damage.
Materials submitted by you - you must take care with the posting of materials to our Site. We cannot treat these materials confidentially and similarly we must be free to use and to disclose these whether they are ideas, creative concepts or other materials without payment of any sum or acknowledgement of you as their source. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of use or disclosure of such materials by us. This paragraph does not affect any rights you may have under data protection or similar laws, to the extent that such rights cannot be excluded or limited by us. Please see our privacy statement for further details.
Links to other sites - Links to third party sites on this Site are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave this Site. We have not reviewed all of these third party websites and we do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.
Linking this site - If you would like to link to this Site you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of this Website, and subject to the following conditions:
(a) you
do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the logo
for The Glenlivet;
(b) you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around
this Site;
(c) you do not in any way imply that the Company is endorsing any products or
services other than its own;
(d) you do not misrepresent your relationship with the Company nor present any
other false information about the Company;
(e) you do not otherwise use any trade marks displayed on this Site without
written permission of the Company;
(f) you do not link from a website that is not owned by you; and
(g) your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or
controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of
any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and
regulations.
Other legal notices - there are other legal notices on areas of this Site which relate to your use of specific areas.
Changes to this legal notice - we may amend this legal notice from time to time.
Law and Jurisdiction - these Terms and any matter relating to this Site will be governed by Scots law and the Scottish courts shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction in respect of them.
This Site
is owned and made available by Chivas Brothers Limited of 111/
Subject to your consent we will store your details, where given, in order to e mail you with details of new products and special offers of the Chivas Brothers group of companies of which Chivas Brothers Limited is a member. All such information is held on a secure server and is treated as confidential. We will not otherwise sell, distribute or disclose information about you as an individual or your personal usage of the online store unless required or permitted to do so by law.
Chivas Brothers Limited will control the information which you provide during any visit to the Site. When you visit the Site, we recognise only your domain name and not your e-mail address. We will see your e-mail address only if you fill out a form or send us an e-mail message.
If you use the Site to request information and/or enter any form of competition/promotion and/or complete a survey or any other form of interactive contact made via the Site (“Contact Form”) from the Site, we need to know your name, e-mail address, contact details and mailing address. This allows us to process your Contact Form.
We may use the information we collect:
We may disclose your information:
We may disclose and/or provide your information and that of Users to third parties for marketing and promotional purposes and research and analysis in an aggregated (ie anonymous) form only. We will not sell, rent or transfer your information except in an aggregated form to any third party or as required to do by law.
We may log and use your Internet Protocol address. We may use this information in conjunction with your personally identifiable information in order to improve our profile of you so that we can provide you with a better and more personal service.
If you no longer wish to receive information about our products and services or to stay on our mailing list, log into your account on our website and select the unsubscribe box in the 'My Account' section. If you would like to remove your information from our database completely, input your membership number listed in 'My Account' in the adjacent 'delete data' box. You can also keep the information about you up-to-date in this section.
You
should note that any information which you post on the public areas of the Site
such as chat rooms and bulletin boards are accessible to and used by others and
may result in unsolicited messages or other contact from others. You are
advised to use caution when posting personal information about yourself in
public areas of this Site.
By using the Site, you signify your consent to the collection and use of your
personal data (i.e. your information) in the manner and for the purposes described
in this Privacy Policy. For our part, we will abide by the terms of this
Policy. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, you can decide whether
or not you wish to continue to provide the same or additional data to us on the
revised terms if so, your original data will be held by us under the
Privacy Policy applicable at the time when the data was received by us, unless
that data is subsequently refreshed or replaced by you in which case we shall
hold the data on the terms of the Privacy Policy applicable at the time of
receipt of the refreshed, repeated or replaced data.
We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.