Terms & Conditions

Welcome to the BALLANTINE'S® web site (the "Site").

We are very pleased to welcome you to our site, but before you read on about BALLANTINE'S®, we would be grateful if you would take a few minutes to read the important information that follows.

This Site is owned by Chivas Brothers Limited of 111/113 Renfrew Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire PA3 4DY, UK, Registered in Scotland No. 268758 (the "Company").

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 the ENTER function on our home page, 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 BALLANTINE'S® 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 word BALLANTINE'S® is a trade mark belonging to Chivas Brothers and is 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) are proud of 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:

It will always be available for you to visit/use in the current format;

Software downloaded from the Site will be compatible with your equipment or free from viruses;

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 BALLANTINE'S® logo;

(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 English law and the English courts shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction in respect of them.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

This Site is owned by Chivas Brothers Limited of 111/113 Renfrew Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire PA3 4DY, UK, Registered in Scotland No. 268758 (the "Company").

To keep things simple, we have referred to the Company as "we" and "us" in the paragraphs that follow.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and this statement summarises what personal details we may collect from you before, during or after you use our Site and what we will do with them.

Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page.

Personal Information - Before you enter our site you will be required to verify that you are of legal age to consume alcoholic beverages in the country from which you are accessing the site.

We use this information to prevent minors from accessing Our Site.

During your visit to Our Site, We will only collect personal information that you choose to provide, if for example you: contact Us with an enquiry; register on the Site; enter a competition; request Us to provide you with further information; post information to a public area of the site or take advantage of a promotion.

You can choose to have further information sent to you about products We think may interest you by opting-in on the page where you submit your personal information.

We may also use your information to enhance your visit to Our Site and to create a general demographic profile of visitors.

However, once your session ends (approximately 20 minutes after leaving the site or upon closing all instances of your web browser), the data will only be used in a collated form and We will not be able to identify you personally from such data.

We will endeavour to ensure that the personal information you submit to Us is kept private and secure.

We will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose the personal information you provide to Us through the Site to third parties (other than our sister, parent, subsidiary or associated companies) unless We are required to do so by law.

If you wish Us to remove your personal details from Our marketing database at any time, please use the "CONTACT US" section at the bottom of this site.

Sale and transfer - In the event of a sale, transfer, merger, change of control, consolidation, reorganisation or liquidation of Chivas Brothers or its parent company, We may sell, transfer or assign to third parties information you have provided to Us, including but not limited to personally identifiable information and other information concerning your relationship with Us.

Public areas - Any information you post on the public areas of the Site (e.g. chat rooms, 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.

Cookies are a standard method of registering user preferences when people use websites, to ensure a better and more personalised experience. These preferences are stored in a file on your computer's hard disk drive. For example, a cookie would contain your preferred country of residence so we do not have to ask you this question each time you visit.

We also use ‘analytical’ cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they’re using it. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users find what they need easily.

Our website uses both persistent and session cookies. Persistent cookies are cookies that stay on your computer permanently until you "manually" delete them. Session cookies delete themselves automatically when you leave a website and go to another one or shut down your browser.

For more information about cookies, including how to enable cookies, change your browser settings and find and delete cookies on your hard drive, please refer to your web browser's help menus or visit www.aboutcookies.org.

No data collected from children - Our Site is not directed at children and cannot be accessed by persons who do not verify that they are of legal drinking age.

We will not knowingly collect information from minors with or without their parent's or guardian's consent.

We may also occasionally transfer the information you supply to our affiliates outside the European Economic Area. Any such transfer of personal information will be in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Review and correction of information -If you are concerned that the personal information we keep about you is incorrect, please contact us and we will update or remove it accordingly.

We may continue to retain your information due to technical and legal requirements, constraints related to security, integrity and operation of our Site or to resolve disputes.

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