WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
Any use by you of the website operated by Diageo North America, Inc. at
www.jeremiahweed.com (the “Site”) is conditional upon your acceptance of
these Terms & Conditions, including our
Privacy Statement.
We reserve the right to amend these Terms & Conditions from time to
time without notice and at our discretion. It is your responsibility
periodically to review this page for updates to these Terms &
Conditions, which shall come into effect once posted. See the box below
for a summary of updates. Your continued use of the Site constitutes
acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, including our
Privacy Statement.
We reserve the right to change, modify, suspend or discontinue any
portion of the Site at any time. We may also impose limits on certain
features or restrict your access to parts or the entire Site without
notice or liability. The Site is operated by a member of the Diageo
group of companies, the ultimate holding company of which is Diageo plc
(registered in England and Wales with company number 23307 and
registered address at 8 Henrietta Place, London W1G 0NB, United
Kingdom).
The Site is intended for use by you only if you are of legal
age to purchase alcohol in your country of residence and in the country
from which you are accessing the Site. If you do not fall within this
category, you may be in breach of laws or regulations applicable in
your country of residence or in your country of access and you should
leave the Site immediately.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS PLEASE LEAVE THE SITE NOW.
All references to 'our', 'us', 'we' or ‘company’ within this policy and
within the opt-in notice are deemed to refer to Diageo plc, its
subsidiaries, affiliates and associates.
1. Rights – all rights in all material and content (including,
but not limited to, text, images, web pages, sound, software
(including, code, interface and website structure) and video, and the
look and feel, design and compilation thereof) at the Site are owned by
us or our licensors. You agree that you are permitted to use this
material and/or content only as set out in these Terms & Conditions
or as otherwise expressly authorised in writing by us or our licensors,
and that you may not otherwise copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly
perform, distribute, commercially exploit, adapt, translate, modify,
bundle, merge, share or make available to any person, or create
derivative works of such material or content.
2. Intellectual Property – We are the owner and/or authorised
user of all trademarks, service marks, design marks, patents,
copyrights, database rights and all other intellectual property
appearing on or contained within the Site, unless otherwise indicated.
Except as provided in these Terms & Conditions, use of the Site
does not grant you any right, title, interest or license to any such
intellectual property you may access on the Site. Except as provided in
these Terms & Conditions, any use or reproduction of the
intellectual property is prohibited.
3. Copying – You may view the Site and you are welcome to print
hard copies of material on it solely for your lawful, personal,
non-commercial use. All other copying, whether in electronic, hard copy
or other format, is prohibited and may breach intellectual property
laws and other laws worldwide. Furthermore, you are not entitled to
reproduce, transmit, publicly perform, distribute, adapt, translate,
modify, bundle, merge, share or make available to any person, or create
derivative works of such material, or use it for commercial purposes,
without our prior written consent. All other rights are reserved.
4. Terms of Use and Acceptable Usage Policy Relating To Public Forums
The Site may contain interactive services, including, but not
limited to, discussion groups, news groups, bulletin boards, chat rooms
and blogs (collectively, “Public Forums”), which may allow you to post,
transmit or submit information, including, but not limited to,
writings, images, illustrations, audio recording and video recordings.
We may or may not actively monitor use of, or content or materials
posted on, our Public Forums. Similarly, we may or may not exercise
editorial control over the content of any Public Forum. As a result,
you may be exposed to content on our Public Forums that is inaccurate,
fraudulent or deceptive or that you find offensive or objectionable.
Your use of Public Forums is at your own risk.
However, we reserve the right, but are not obliged, to monitor
our Public Forums and to remove or alter any content, which we
consider, in our sole discretion, constitutes a misuse of these rules.
We may restrict, suspend or terminate your use of these services or the
Site where we believe that there has been such a misuse.
The following examples constitute a misuse of our Public Forums:
- using the services for any improper, unlawful or immoral
purpose, causing any nuisance by your use of the services or causing
the operation of the services to be jeopardised or impaired;
- using the services to create, host or transmit (whether in
a Public Forumor otherwise) any defamatory, offensive, or obscene
material or engaging in activities which would cause offence to others
on grounds of race, religion, creed or sex;
- using the services to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way;
- using
the services to create, host or transmit any material that threatens or
encourages bodily harm or the destruction of property or would
constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability;
- using the services to create, host or transmit material
which infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret,
privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or proprietary rights
of any other party;
- using the services to create, host or transmit unsolicited advertising material to other users;
- using the services to create, host or transmit any material that harasses another;
- using
the services to make false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent offers
to sell or buy products, items or services or to send chain letters or
pyramid schemes and the like;
- adding, removing or modifying identifying network header
information or copyright management information including author names,
publication dates or clearance agency names in an effort to deceive or
mislead;
- using the services to access, or to attempt to access, the
accounts of others or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, our or a
third party’s security measures, computer software, hardware,
electronic communication system, or telecommunications systems;
- using the services to collect, or attempt to collect,
personal information about third parties without their knowledge or
consent or to engage in screen scraping, database scraping or any other
activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other data;
- using the services for any activity which adversely affects
the ability of other people or systems to use the services or the
internet generally, including, without limitation, flooding and
hacking;
- reselling, repurposing or redistributing any services
provided by us our contractors or our licensees without our prior
written consent; or impersonating any person or entity or using a false
name that you are not authorised to use.
- encouraging, condoning or glamorising under-age drinking, drunk-driving or excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages
- disclosing
any personally identifiable information about yourself or any other
party (e.g. telephone number, geographic address or any other
information from which an individual’s identity or contact information
can be derived)
This list only serves to provide examples and is not meant to be an
exhaustive list of the type of unacceptable uses of the Public Forums
that may result in the restriction, suspension or termination of your
use of the Public Forums or of our Site. Due to the global nature of
the Internet, users hereby agree to comply with all local rules
regarding on-line conduct and acceptable content. Users also agree to
comply with any applicable rules regarding the export of any data from
any country.
Any content, information or material posted to a Public Forum
(“Postings”) will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. You
understand that personal and other information (e.g., username, email
address, phone number) that you post on or through Public Forums is
generally accessible to, and may be collected and used by, others and
may result in unsolicited messages or other contact from others. You
should not include any personally identifiable information about
yourself or any other person in any Postings. We reserve the right, but
not the obligation, to remove any Postings that contain personally
identifiable information. We shall not be liable for the use or misuse
of any information or data, including personal information, that you
post on our Public Forums.
You represent and warrant that your Postings are original to
you, do not infringe on another party’s intellectual property rights,
are not obscene, vulgar, offensive, malicious, discriminatory,
defamatory or otherwise unlawful, that no other party has any rights
thereto, and that any “moral rights” in your Postings have been waived,
and you grant us a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and
sub-licensable right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify,
adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute,
perform and display such Postings (in whole or part) and / or to
incorporate them in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed for editorial, commercial, non-commercial,
promotional or any other purpose.
We are not responsible for maintaining your Postings and we may delete or destroy them at any time.
CONTENT, INFORMATION AND MATERIALS POSTED BY USERS TO PUBLIC FORUMS ARE
NOT ENDORSED BY US. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE AND CONFIRM
THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OTHER USERS ON OR THROUGH
PUBLIC FORUMS. The opinions expressed in Public Forums are not
necessarily ours. Any statements, advice and opinions made by
participants are those of such participants only. We shall not be held
responsible for any statements, advice, opinions or other content or
materials on Public Forums. You release us from claims and demands of
every kind and nature, known and unknown, howsoever arising out of or
in any way connected with a dispute with another user of the Site.
5. Materials submitted by you – Unless specifically requested,
we do not solicit nor do we wish to receive any confidential, secret or
proprietary information or other material from you through the Site,
any of its services, by email, or in any other way. Any information or
material submitted by you, and which has not been specifically
requested by us, will be deemed not to be confidential, secret or
proprietary. You agree that any information or materials submitted by
you to the Site, whether ideas, creative concepts or other materials,
in any format, including, but not limited to, writings, images,
illustrations, audio recordings, and video recordings, may be used,
reproduced and disclosed by us without restriction for whatever purpose
we deem fit and without payment of any sum or acknowledgement of you as
their source. You also warrant that any “moral rights” in posted
materials have been irrevocably waived by the appropriate authors. WE
SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU AS A
RESULT OF USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SUCH MATERIALS BY US TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. This paragraph does not affect any rights you may
have under data privacy laws that protect your personal information or
similar privacy laws, to the extent that such rights cannot be
excluded.
6. Accounts and Security - We may enable you to establish an
account with a username and password to access and use the certain
areas of the Site, Public Forums and other services. You may not create
an account unless you are of legal age to purchase alcohol in your
country of residence and in the country in which you are accessing the
Site. You shall provide us with accurate account information. You are
responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account
password, and you are responsible for any activity under your account
and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify us of any
unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of
security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of
each session. It is your sole responsibility to control the
dissemination and use of your password, control access to and use of
your account, and notify us when you desire to cancel your account. We
will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from
your failure to comply with this provision.
7. NO WARRANTIES – THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND YOUR USE
THEREOF IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE, OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS AND ASSIGNS, DISCLAIM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
PERFORMANCE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE
SITE WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, ERROR-FREE,
UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THE CONTENTS WILL BE ACCURATE. ALTHOUGH WE TAKE
REASONABLE STEPS TO SECURE THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE INTERNET
IS NOT A COMPLETELY SECURE MEDIUM AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, THAT ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS YOU POST ON OR TRANSMIT
THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE SAFE FROM UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OR USE. IF YOU
ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING THE SITE.
8. THIRD PARTY GOODS AND SERVICES – WE DO NOT VOUCH FOR THOSE
PERSONS, COMPANIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHOSE GOODS OR SERVICES MAY
BE ACCESSED OR DISPLAYED THROUGH OR ON THE SITE.
9. Your responsibility – You should always verify the
information set out in the Site with independent authorities before
acting or relying on it. It is your responsibility to use
virus-checking software on any material downloaded from the Site and to
ensure the compatibility of such software with your equipment.
In circumstances where you provide us with information relating
to any third parties, you warrant that you have received that third
party’s consent in relation to such disclosure and that the third party
has been informed of, and agrees to, our Privacy Statement and the uses
that we may make of such information.
10. NO LIABILITY – TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE,
OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS, HEREBY DISCLAIM
ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, COST OR DAMAGE (DIRECT, INDIRECT,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHERWISE) SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF
THE SITE OR FROM ANY COMPUTER VIRUS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SITE, OR
OTHER SITES ACCESSED FROM THE SITE, WHETHER SUCH LOSS, COST OR DAMAGE
ARISES FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE AND EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY
INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. IN NO EVENT SHALL
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, COSTS, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF
ACTION IN THE AGGREGATE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR PRODUCT LIABILITY) AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OR ADVISED OR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE ARISING FROM THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS,
INCLUDING OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT, OR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE
AGGREGATE, $100.00 (US).
11. User Information – In the course of your use of the Site,
you may be asked to provide personal information to us (such
information referred to hereinafter as “User Information”). Our
information collection and use policies with respect to such User
Information are set forth in the Site Privacy Statement, which Privacy
Statement is incorporated into these Terms & Conditions by
reference. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible
for the accuracy and content of the User Information.
12. Links from and to the Site – You acknowledge and agree that
we have no responsibility for the information provided by websites to
which you may link from the Site (“Linked Sites”). Links to Linked
Sites do not constitute an endorsement by or association with us of
such sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials
presented on such sites. We have no control over these Linked Sites and
do not edit or monitor them. You acknowledge and agree that we are not
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage, loss or
cost caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or
reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such
Linked Sites. No website may be linked to the Site or its pages without
our prior written consent.
13. Indemnity – You will indemnify us and our officers,
directors, agents, employees and representatives, against any loss,
damage or cost incurred by us arising out of your use of the Site, any
of its services or any information accessible over or through the Site,
including information obtained from Linked Sites, your submission or
transmission of information or material on or through the Site or your
violation of these Terms & Conditions or any other laws,
regulations and rules. You will also indemnify against any claims that
information or material that you have submitted to us is in violation
of any law or in breach of any third party rights (including, but not
limited to, claims in respect of defamation, invasion of privacy,
breach of confidence, infringement of copyright or infringement of any
other intellectual property right). We reserve the right to exclusively
defend and control any claims arising from the above and any such
indemnification matters and that you will fully cooperate with us in
any such defenses.
14. Restriction, Suspension and Termination – We may restrict,
suspend or terminate your access to the Site and/or your ability to
avail of any of the services on the Site, including interactive
services, if we believe that you have breached these Terms &
Conditions at any time. Any such restriction, suspension or termination
will be without prejudice to any rights that we may have against you in
respect of your breach of these Terms & Conditions. We may also
remove the Site as a whole or any sections or features of the Site at
any time. Please note that we have the ability to trace your IP address
and if necessary contact your ISP in the event of a suspected breach of
these Terms & Conditions.
15. Entire Agreement – These Terms & Conditions, including
our Privacy Statement, constitute the entire agreement between you and
us in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any and all prior
promises, representations, agreements, statements and understandings
whatsoever between us. To the extent that software is available through
the Site, such software may be subject to a license agreement that is
distributed or included with such software and you agree to abide by
the terms and conditions of any such license agreements. The failure by
us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms &
Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If
any provision of the Terms & Conditions is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, the parties
nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the
parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other
provisions of the Terms & Conditions shall remain in full force and
effect. We may cede assign or otherwise transfer our rights and
obligations in terms of these standard terms and conditions to third
parties.
16. Copyright And IP Agent for the United States – We respect
the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people
who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been
copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward
the following information to the Copyright Agent named below:
Your address, telephone number, and email address;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of the alleged infringing activity and where the alleged infringing material is located;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorised by you, the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law;
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright
owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Copyright Agent:
Diageo North America, Inc., 801 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. Attn:
Jennifer Millones, IP Counsel, Telephone No: 203-229-2100, Facsimile
No: 203-229-8925, Email: copyright@diageo.com.
17. Export Controls - To the extent that software or technical
data is accessible through the Site, such software or technical data
may be subject to export, re-export and/or import controls imposed by
the United States or any other jurisdiction and may not be downloaded
or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of the laws of any
applicable jurisdiction including, but not limited to: (a) into (or to
a national or resident of) any country to which the U.S. has placed an
embargo or which is subject to relevant export restrictions; (b) to
anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals
list, or (c) in violation of the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of
Denial Orders.
18. Law and Jurisdiction – These Terms & Conditions,
including the Privacy Statement and any matter relating to the Site,
shall be governed by New York law without regard to its conflict of law
rules. Any legal proceeding arising out or relating to these Terms and
Conditions against or relating to us or any indemnified party under
these Terms and Conditions will be subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New
York, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
UPDATE SUMMARY
Changes from previous version:
8th Feb 2006
Section 4 Modified – Terms of use and Acceptable usage policy relating to Message Boards
Section 16 modified – Law and Jurisdiction
18th Aug 2006
Section 15 Modified Address of Copyright Agent.
2nd Jan 2007
Added company registration details as required by European Company Law
1 October 2007
Introduction Modified
Section 4 Modified - Terms of Use and Acceptable Usage Policy Relating to Public Forums
Section 5 Modified – Materials submitted by you
Section 6 Modified – Accounts and Security
Section 7 Modified – No Warranties
Section 10 Modified – No Liability
Section 13 Modified – Indemnity
Section 17 Modified – Export Controls
Section 18 Modified – Law and Jurisdiction
© 2009, Diageo, Norwalk, CT. All rights reserved.
Version 8.2 dated November 14, 2008