Terms of Use

WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

Effective Date: 01/09/2011

Any use by you of the website operated by Guinness® & Co at www.guinness.com (the "Site") is conditional upon your acceptance of these Website Terms & Conditions of Use, including our Privacy and Cookie Notice (collectively, "Terms & Conditions"). We reserve the right to amend these Terms & Conditions from time to time without notice and at our discretion. It is your responsibility to review this page periodically for updates, which shall come into effect when posted. (See the box below for a summary of updates.) Your continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of these Terms & Conditions. We reserve the right to change, modify, suspend, or discontinue any portion, features, or content of the Site at any time. We also may impose limits on certain features or restrict your access to parts of 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 your use 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 access, and you should leave the Site immediately.

You may restrict access to this site using content filtering software or by changing your computer settings (e.g. browser or operating system), as appropriate.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY PLEASE LEAVE THE SITE NOW.

All references to 'our', 'us', 'we', or 'company' within these Terms & Conditions are deemed to refer to Diageo plc, its subsidiaries, affiliates and associates.

Rights

All rights in all material and content (including, but not limited to, text, images, web pages, sounds, software (including code, interface, and website structure), and video, and the look and feel, design, and compilation thereof) on the Site are owned or licensed by us. You agree that you are permitted to use this material and/or content only as set forth in and to the extent permitted by these Terms & Conditions.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, we are the owner and/or authorised user of all trademarks, service marks, design marks, trade dress, patents, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property (collectively, the "Intellectual Property") appearing on or contained within the Site. Except as provided in these Terms & Conditions, your 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.

Terms of Use and Acceptable Usage Policy Relating To Public Forums

Except as expressly authorized by law, by us, or by the applicable licensor in writing, 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 to create derivative works of, any or all of the materials or content available on the Site, or to use it for commercial purposes

Acceptable Usage Policy

The Site may contain interactive services, including but not limited to discussion groups, news groups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, blogs and other social networking features, such as the display of Linked Content from Interfacing Sites (as described in Section 5 below) (collectively, "Public Forums"), which may allow you to post, transmit or submit information, including but not limited to writings, images, illustrations, audio recordings, and video recordings ("Postings"). We may or may not actively monitor Postings on Public Forums. Similarly, we may or may not exercise editorial control over Postings on any Public Forum. You may be exposed to content on 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.

We reserve the right, but are not obliged, to monitor Public Forums and to remove or alter any Postings that we consider, in our sole discretion, to constitute misuse of these rules. We may restrict, suspend or terminate your use of these services or the Site where, in our sole discretion, we believe that there may have been such a misuse.

The following examples constitute misuse of the Site:

using the Site for any improper, unlawful, or immoral purpose,
causing any nuisance by your use of the Site or causing the operation of the Site to be jeopardised or impaired;
using the Site to create, host, or transmit (whether in a Public Forum or 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 Site to harm or attempt to harm minors in any way;
using the Site 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 Site to create, host, or transmit material which infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any other party;
using the Site to create, host, or transmit unsolicited advertising material to other users;
using the Site to create, host, or transmit any material that harasses another;
using the Site to make false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services, or to send chain letters or pyramid schemes or 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 Site 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 systems, or telecommunications systems;
using the Site 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 Site 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 Intellectual Property 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); and
violation of the terms of use associated with an Interfacing Site.

This list only serves to provide examples and is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the type of unacceptable uses of the Site or Public Forums that may result in the restriction, suspension, or termination of your use of the Site or Public Forums. Due to the global nature of the Internet, users hereby agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Users also agree to comply with any applicable rules regarding the export of any data from any country.

Any Postings you make 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 any editorial, commercial, non-commercial, promotional, or 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 all 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.

Interfacing Sites

You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the content ("Linked Content") hosted by unaffiliated websites ("Interfacing Sites") to which you or we may link from the Site, or otherwise display on the Site via an application programming interface or other method.

We do not host or store Linked Content. The display of Linked Content or the provision of links to Interfacing Sites does not constitute an endorsement by or association with us of such Linked Content, Interfacing Sites, or products, advertising, or other materials presented on such sites. 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 your use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on such Interfacing Sites, or for any action taken by Interfacing Sites.

We reserve the right to remove Linked Content from our Site or Interfacing Sites, to the extent we have such control, at any time, and for any reason, including violation of these Terms & Conditions or the applicable terms of use on the Interfacing Site.

To utilize some of the functionality of the Site you may be required to establish an account with a username and password with Interfacing Sites. As these are unaffiliated sites, we are not responsible for any username, password, or other information these sites may collect. We also will never ask you to provide us with your password for Interfacing Sites. If you are unable to establish accounts on these Interfacing Sites for any reason, you may not be able to fully utilize the functionality provided by the Site.

In addition to these Terms & Conditions, the Linked Content that is displayed on our Site, including your rights relating thereto, are subject to the applicable terms of use as set forth by the Interfacing Website.

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 or any of its services, by email or in any other way. Any information or material you submit that has not expressly been requested by us will be deemed not to be confidential, secret, or proprietary. You agree that any information or materials you submit 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 waived or excluded.

Accounts and Security

We may enable you to establish an account with a username and password to access and use 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 using 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.

NO WARRANTIES

THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND YOUR USE THEREOF IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE AND OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS DISCLAIM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND 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 AND SHALL BE TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

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.

Your responsibility

You should always verify any information set forth on 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 for such disclosure and that the third party has been informed of, and agrees to, our Privacy and Cookie Notice and any uses we may make of such information.

NO LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE AND OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND 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, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LOSS, COST OR DAMAGE ARISES FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE OR HAVE BEEN 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) ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, $100.00 (US). EUROS

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 Privacy and Cookie Notice. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of the User Information.

Indemnity

You hereby indemnify us and our officers, directors, agents, employees, and representatives against any loss, damage, or cost 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 Interfacing Sites, your submission or transmission of information or material on or through the Site or Interfacing Sites, or your violation of these Terms & Conditions, the terms of use of Interfacing Sites, or any other laws, regulations, and rules. You also hereby indemnify us and our officers, directors, agents, employees, and representatives against any claims that any information or material you have submitted or will submit 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 or violation 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 you hereby agree to cooperate fully with us in any such defenses.

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, at any time if we believe that you have breached these Terms & Conditions. 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 internet service provider in the event of a suspected breach of these Terms & Conditions.

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 of any sort 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. Our failure to e xercise 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 that provision, and the other provisions of the Terms & Conditions shall remain in full force and effect. We may, at our option, cede, assign, or otherwise transfer any or all of our rights and obligations under the Terms & Conditions to any third party or parties at any time.

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: Evan Gourvitz, Sr. Counsel Litigation, Intellectual Property, Telephone No: 01 203 2294264 Facsimile No: 203-229-8925. Email: copyright@diageo.com.

We may not be able to remove Linked Content that is hosted by Interfacing Sites. You may need to contact the appropriate Interfacing Site for removal of your work.

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) 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.

Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms & Conditions, including the Privacy Statement and any matter relating to the Site, shall be governed by English law without regard to its conflict of law rules. Any legal proceeding arising out or relating to these Terms & Conditions that is against or relating to us or any indemnified party will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in England, and you hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Version 9.0 dated 01/09/2011.

The Arthur Guinness Fund Terms & Conditions

The applicant shall be deemed to accept and to agree to abide by the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions").

Submission of an application to the 'Arthur Guinness Fund awards programme' constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, which shall include any instructions which may be separately or subsequently provided by Guinness & Co.
Entry to the application for the 'Arthur Guinness Fund awards programme' is free. All entries must be received by November 30th 2011 5pm.
Only one entry per person/organisation.
Applications must be submitted on-line. Please ensure you submit a valid and working email address as we will email you a copy of your application after submission. We will do this only once.
Entries that are altered, amended or damaged shall be deemed invalid. Proof of making an entry does not constitute proof of receipt by Guinness & Co. No responsibility will be accepted for entries lost, damaged, or delayed.
The primary applicant (person completing the application form) must be 18 years old or over at the time of submitting the application form. Personnel working on the project must also be 18 years old or over.
Successfully short-listed applicants will be notified via email and/or phone by March 2012, so a valid email account and phone number are required for your submission. The winner(s) will be announced by May 2012.
Cheques will not be made payable (nor funding otherwise given) to individuals but rather to organisations only.
The applicant will retain all proprietary rights to his/her business ideas and plans.
The applicant expressly warrants and confirms that his/her proposal is his/her own original work, is not defamatory and does not infringe any applicable laws or the intellectual property and/or any other rights of any third party, and the applicant further expressly warrants and confirms that he/she has the right, power and authority to give Guinness & Co. permission to use his/her proposal. The applicant undertakes that he/she shall not knowingly or negligently infringe any third party rights including intellectual property and goodwill or damage the reputation of a third party or cause or allow Guinness & Co. / the Arthur Guinness Fund inadvertently to do so.
The applicant expressly acknowledges and agrees as a condition of entry to allow Guinness & Co to use, for the purposes of publicity and in any media worldwide, each applicant’s name, any photographs, images, text, content and other information that he/she provides.
Finalists and winners, as a condition of entry, agree to be involved in publicity relating to the Arthur Guinness Fund, for their projects, their logos and other information related to the winner being publicised alongside the Guinness & Co name, and to co-operate in publicity events and for photographs of them taken at such events to be used by Guinness & Co for publicity in any media worldwide.
The applicant must make his/herself available to respond to the judges' queries and to present his/her proposal at the relevant stages of this application process.
Guinness & Co. expressly reserves the sole discretion and right to disqualify any applicant and/or application form which violate the rules, regulations or the spirit of the Arthur Guinness Fund award program. In such circumstances, the applicant in question will be notified by Guinness & Co.
Guinness & Co. expressly reserves the sole discretion and right to alter the eligibility criteria or other application rules, judging criteria/process and / or timelines in such manner as it sees fit at any time including, without limitation, to the right to extend the application deadlines at any time. The applicant, where necessary will be notified of any such alterations by Guinness & Co.
The list of finalists and winners, including the ideas/proposals may be published on www.guinness.com
All decisions made by Guinness & Co. judges are final.
Guinness & Co. must be provided with advance written notice of any proposal by or on behalf of a finalist or winner to publish or announce their finalist or winner status or any related details. Applicants agree that Guinness & Co. is entitled to final approval of any such proposed publication or announcement and that the making of any such announcement or issuing of any such publication is subject to the finalist or winner obtaining Guinness & Co.’s prior written consent.
The applicant shall indemnify Guinness & Co. to the fullest extent possible by law against any loss and / or damage whatsoever or howsoever arising which Guinness & Co. suffers or incurs as a result of a breach of any warranty, confirmation, undertaking or agreement given by the applicant to Guinness & Co. hereunder or howsoever otherwise provided by the applicant to Guinness & Co. in connection with the Arthur Guinness Fund.
By considering applications, Guinness & Co. is not implying endorsement of any applicant, its organisation, its aims, function, remit, purposes, products or services. All applications must comply with all legal and regulatory requirements in relation to applying to the Arthur Guinness Fund imposed on the applicant or its associated organisation.
The applicant expressly agrees that he/she will not at any time, without Guinness & Co. prior written consent, disclose or reveal any information disclosed by Guinness & Co. or its officers or agents, including, but not limited to, any terms of funding offered by Guinness & Co. or any of its associated group companies to the applicants, or the terms applicable to any donation, except as may be required by law.
Short listed applicants will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement with Guinness & Co.
All expenses of application to and participation in The Arthur Guinness Fund are the sole responsibility of the applicant.
Any failure on the rrpart of Guinness & Co. to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other term or condition hereunder, or a subsequent breach of such term or condition.
All application forms should be submitted in English.
"The Arthur Guinness Fund" and the Terms and Conditions will be governed by Irish law and any dispute will be determined by the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.

Guinness & Co is a registered business name of Diageo Ireland, St. James's Gate, Dublin 8.

Data Protection

Guinness & Co. is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. Please contact Guinness & Co here if you have any queries relating to the use of your data.
By completing this application form you are agreeing that Guinness & Co. use the information you provide in order to process your application for the Arthur Guinness Fund. While processing your application the information you provide may be made available to members of evaluation and interview groups chosen by Guinness & Co. We may also use the information you provide on this form to contact you about the Arthur Guinness Fund awards programme and your application.
If your application is successful we will retain it and any information on your project as submitted by you to Guinness & Co. and as contained in other publicly available printed and electronic form for as long as you or your project benefit from money from the Arthur Guinness Fund and 2 years thereafter we will delete all information regarding you, your project and your application in a secure manner, save for a summary of your project for which we will retain the right to publish in either printed or electronic form as a historical record of our awards.
If your application is unsuccessful we will delete it in a secure manner within one year of the completion of the application process.

Rugby Six Nations Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions

The 'Rugby Six Nations Ticket Draw' (the "Promotion") is open to residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland aged 18 years or over only (proof of age may be required), excluding employees of the Promoter, their families, any associated or affiliated companies or any agencies professionally involved or otherwise associated with the Promotion.

No purchase is necessary.

To enter, users must click on the 'ENTER NOW' link in the email which will take them to an Edit Profile Page where they will need to complete all of the mandatory fields and click 'SUBMIT' to be entered into the competition prize draw. Only one entry per person.

There will be one (1) winner. The winner will be selected at random after 12:00pm on Friday 27th January 2012.

The winner will receive a pair of tickets (2) to the Ireland v Wales RBS Rugby Six nations game at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Sunday 5th February 2012.

The Promotion is open from 12:00pm on Monday 12th December 2011 and closes on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at 12:00pm. Offer is as stated. The prize is non transferable and there is no cash alternative.

The winner will be contacted by phone or email on Friday 27th January 2012 and the tickets will be delivered to their chosen address.

The Promoter does not accept liability for loss or damages incurred, or responsibility for any claim, as a result of acceptance of the prize.

The winner and their guest must be 18 years of age or over.

The winners' names can be found out by sending an SAE to Target McConnells, 20 Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4. No other correspondence will be entered into and the Promoter's decision is final.

The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity.

The Promoter does not accept any liability for loss or damages incurred, or responsibility for any claim, as a result of acceptance of this prize.

The Promoter reserves the right to amend and/or withdraw the Promotion, the prize and/or these terms and conditions without notice.

The Promoter reserves the right to terminate or temporarily suspend the Promotion in the event of technical or other difficulties that might compromise its integrity.

By participating in the Promotion and entrant is deemed to have unconditionally accepted these terms and conditions.

Entrants' personal data will only be held for the purposes of contacting and selecting the winner and will not be used for any other purposes without their prior permission.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Laws of Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Ireland.

The Promoter is Diageo Ireland, St James's Gate, Dublin 8, Ireland

Enjoy GUINNESS sensibly

Dublin NYE Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions

The 'New Year Live Tickets Draw' (the "Promotion") is open to residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland aged 18 years or over only (proof of age may be required), excluding employees of the Promoter, their families, any associated or affiliated companies or any agencies professionally involved or otherwise associated with the Promotion.

No purchase is necessary.

To enter, users must click on the 'WIN TICKETS' link in the email which will take them through to 'Thank you' page. By clicking on the 'WIN TICKETS' link, users will automatically be entered into the competition prize draw. Only one entry per person.

There will be one (1) winner. The winner will be selected at random after 12:00pm on Thursday 22nd December 2011.

The winner will receive four tickets (4) to attend the New Year Live event at the GUINNESS STOREHOUSE® on 31st December 2011 plus one nights accommodation at a 4 Star, Dublin City Centre Hotel for all four people on 31st December 2011. Accommodation is on a B&B basis only.

The Promotion is open from 12:00pm on Tuesday 20th December 2011 and closes on Wednesday 21st December 2011 at 12:00pm. Offer is as stated. The prize is non transferable and there is no cash alternative.

The winner will be contacted by phone or email on Friday 23rd December 2011 and the tickets will be delivered to their chosen address.