Terms and Conditions for Using the Website

Any use by you of the website operated by the company “Ouzo Plomari Isidoros Arvanitis Distillery S.A.” and its affiliates at the address www.theworldofouzo.gr (“the Website”) is conditional upon the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, including the Statement concerning Data Protection and the Use of Cookies (jointly the “Terms and Conditions”).

We reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time without prior notice and at our discretion. It is your responsibility to visit this page from time to time for updates, which shall come into effect once posted.

By using this Website you accept the Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to alter, amend, suspend or stop any part, feature or content of the Website at any time. We also may set limits to certain features or restrict your access to the Website fully or partially, without notice or any responsibility on our part.

The Website is intended to be used by you only if you have reached the statutory age for purchasing alcohol in your place of residence and the country from which you access the Website. If you do not belong in this category, you may be breaching the law or the regulations which apply in your country of residence or access, and, as a result, you must immediately exit the Website. You may restrict access to this Website by using a filter software or changing the settings of your computer (e.g. the browser or the operating system), as the case may be.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT FULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEBSITE.

1. Rights

All rights on the material and the content of the Website, including, but not limited to, text, images, web pages, sound, software, the linking and structure code of the Website, the videos and, in particular, their look and feel, design and dubbing, are owned by us or used by us under license. It is agreed that the use of this material and/or content is permitted only as provided by these Terms and Conditions.

2. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise provided, we are the owner and/or authorized user of all trademarks, service marks, design marks, patents, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) which appear or are contained in the Website. Excluding the cases stated in these Terms and Conditions, the use of this Website by you does not grant you any right, title, interest or license to any such intellectual property which you may access through the Website. Except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, any use or reproduction of the Intellectual Property is prohibited.

3. Restrictions of Use

Except as expressly permitted by law or as otherwise expressly authorized in writing by us or our competent licensors, you are not entitled to reproduce, transmit, license, sell, publicly perform, distribute, adapt, translate, modify, bundle, merge, share or otherwise make available to any person, or create derivative works of all or any part of the material or content which is available on this Website or use same for commercial purposes.

4. Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy for Public Forums

The Website may include interactive services, including discussion groups, news exchange groups, bulletins, chat rooms, blogs and other social media features, such as Linked Content from Interfacing Sites, in which you may be allowed to post, transmit or submit information, including, indicatively, text, images, depictions, sound and video recordings (the “Posts”).

We may monitor actively the Posts at the Public Forums. In a similar manner, we may carry out editing checks in the Posts at the Public Forums. At the Public Forums you may be exposed to content which is inaccurate, fraudulent or misleading or content which you may find offensive or questionable. You are responsible for using the Public Forums.

We reserve the right, without being obliged, to monitor the Public Forums, to remove or amend any Posts which we may find, at our absolute discretion, that they abuse these rules. We may restrict, suspend or stop any use of these services or the Website by you in the event where we find, at our absolute discretion, that there has been such misuse or abuse.

The following examples constitute misuse or abuse of the Website:

• using the Website for inappropriate, illegal or immoral purposes,
• nuisance caused by your use of the Website or jeopardizing or impeding the operation of the Website,
• using the Website to create, host or transmit defamatory, offensive or obscene material or participating in activities which may offend third parties in relation to race, religion, beliefs or gender,
• using the Website to cause harm or attempt to cause harm to minors in any manner whatsoever,
• using the Website to create, host or transmit material which threatens or endorses bodily harm or destruction of property or which would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability,
• using the Website to create, host or transmit material which infringes the copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy, advertisement or any other intellectual property or property rights of third parties,
• using the Website to create, host or transmit unsolicited material to other users,
• using the Website to create, host or transmit material which harasses third parties,
• using the Website to make false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent offers to sell or purchase products, goods or to send chain mail or pyramid schemes,
• to add, remove or amend identification information of a network header or copyright management information, including writers’ names, publication dates or names of copyright clearance offices in an attempt to deceive or mislead,
• using the Website to access or attempt to access accounts of third parties or to breach or attempt to breach security measures, computer software, material devices, electronic communication systems or telecommunication systems owned by us or third parties,
• using the Website to collect or attempt to collect personal data of third parties without their knowledge or consent, or to receive data from screens or databases or any other activity with the purpose to receive user lists or other data,
• using the website for any activity which affects adversely the ability of other persons or systems to use the services or the Internet in general, including, indicatively, flooding incidents and hacker attacks,
• reselling or redistributing Intellectual Property material which is provided by us without our prior consent or misusing the identity of any person or entity or using a fake name which you are not authorized to use,
• encouraging, tolerating or glamorising alcohol consumption by minors, drink-driving or excessive consumption of alcohol beverages,
• disclosing personal information about yourself or other parties (e.g. telephone number, address or any other information which may result in the identification of a person or such person’s contact details), and
• breaching the terms of use pertaining to Interfacing Sites.

The aforementioned cases constitute an indicative and not exhaustive list of unacceptable uses of the Website or the Public Forums. Given the global nature of the Internet, the users hereby agree that they will comply with all national rules concerning internet behaviour and acceptable content.

Any Posts you will make will not be considered confidential or secret. You must not include in your Posts any personal information about yourself or any third party which may lead to your identification. We are not responsible for any use or abuse of information or data, including any personal information you publish on the Public Forums.

You state and guarantee that the Posts you make are your own original texts, that they do not infringe any intellectual property rights of third parties, do not constitute lewd, obscene, offensive, malicious, prejudiced, defamatory or illegal material, that no third party has any rights thereon, as well as that you are granting to us a free, unlimited, global, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable right to assign and sublease, as well as a license to use, copy, reproduce, amend, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, perform and show these Posts and/or incorporate same in other works in any form, by any means or technology.

ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION OR MATERIAL PUBLISHED BY THE USERS ON PUBLIC FORUMS IS NOT ENDORSED BY US. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE AND CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OTHER USERS OR THROUGH PUBLIC FORUMS.

5. Interfacing Sites

You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the content (“Linked Content”) of third-party websites (the “Interfacing Sites”) with which you or we connect through the Website. We do not host or store Linked Content. You acknowledge and agree that we bear no responsibility or liability, directly or indirectly, for any harm, damage or costs which may actually or allegedly result from the use of any content, goods or services available to such Interfacing Sites by you.

6. Material Submitted by You

Unless expressly requested, we do not request or wish to receive from you any confidential, secret or private information or other material through the Website. Any information or material you submit without being expressly requested to do so by us is considered non-confidential. It is agreed that any information or material you submit on the Website may be used, reproduced and disclosed by us without limitation for such purposes as we think fit and without making any payment or mention of your name as the source of origin of such information or material.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE YOU MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF ANY USE OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MATERIAL BY US TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

7. Accounts and Security

We may permit you to create an account with a user name and a password in order for you to be able to visit and use certain areas of the Website. You are allowed to create an account only if you have reached the statutory age for purchasing alcohol in your place of residence. You must provide us with accurate account information and keep the password of your account strictly confidential.

You agree that:

7.1. you will notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other security breach, and

7.2. you will definitely log off from your account after using it. You are solely responsible for checking the disclosure and use of your password, checking the access and use of your account as well as for notifying us when you wish to deactivate your account. We are not responsible for any loss or damage which may result from your failure to comply with this provision.

8. No Warranties

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND YOU USE IT ON YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS AND TACIT WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, INDICATIVELY, WARRANTIES OF COMMERCIABILITY, SUITABILITY FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, ENFORCEMENT, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY VIRUSES OR THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, WITHOUT ERRORS OR DOWNTIME OR THAT ITS CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE, THE ONLY STEP YOU CAN TAKE IS TO STOP USING IT.

9. Goods and Third-Party Services

WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTIES ABOUT PERSONS, COMPANIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THE GOODS OR SERVICES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE OR APPEAR THROUGH OR ON THIS WEBSITE.

10. Your Responsibility

You must always verify the information that appears on the Website by addressing independent authorities before acting or relying on such information. You are solely responsible for using a virus detection software on any material you download from the Website.

In the event where you provide to us information concerning third parties, you guarantee that you have obtained their consent to disclose the information and that said third parties are aware of and agree to the Statement concerning Data Protection and the Use of Cookies.

11. Disclaimer

TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR EXECUTIVES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS AND OUR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, COST OR DAMAGE (DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHERWISE) YOU MAY SUFFER DUE TO THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR AS A RESULT OF A VIRUS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE OR OTHER WEBSITES WHICH YOU HAVE ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

12. User Information

In the scope of your use of the Website you may be requested to give us personal information (hereinafter referred to as “User Information”), such as your date of birth. Our policies on the collection and use of information pertaining to Users are stated in the Statement Concerning Data Protection and the Use of Cookies. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and the content of User Information.

13. Indemnity

You undertake to indemnify us and our executives, directors, servants, employees and representatives for any loss, damage or cost we may suffer or incur as a result of your using the Website, its services and any other information which is accessible through the Website, including information received by Interfacing Sites, or your submitting or transmitting information or material to the Website or Interfacing Sites or through them or your breaching these Terms & Conditions, the terms of use of the Interfacing Sites or any other laws, regulations and rules.

Furthermore, you hereby hold us and our executives, directors, servants, employees and representatives harmless from any claim that might be raised on the basis of the assertion that the information or material you have submitted or will submit to us breaches the law or any third-party rights (including, indicatively, claims for defamation, breach of privacy, breach of confidentiality, infringement of copyright or any other intellectual property rights).

14. Restriction, Suspension and Termination

We have the right to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Website and/or your ability to make use of the services of the Website, including the interactive services, if we find, at any time, that you have breached these Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, we have, at any time, the right to terminate this Website entirely or any sections or features of it.

15. Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions, including the Statement concerning Data Protection and the Use of Cookies constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to their subject matter and supersede all previous promises, warranties, agreements, statements and arrangements between you and us. Any failure of our company to exercise or enforce any right or provisions of these Terms and Conditions does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. We have the right, at our absolute discretion, to grant, assign or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, our rights and obligations which arise out of these Terms and Conditions to any third party/ies at any time.

16. Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions, including the Statement concerning Data Protection and the Use of Cookies and any other matter pertaining to the Website is governed by the Greek and EU laws. The Greek courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any legal proceedings which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of these courts.

By visiting and using the services of the website www.theworldofouzo.gr you unreservedly accept all the aforementioned Terms and Conditions.