Introduction
These terms and conditions, as well as our Privacy Policy, govern your use of this website; by using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. Horse Sport Ireland (“HSI”) reserves the right to amend or modify these Terms and Conditions without notice, at its sole discretion by posting any altered Terms and Conditions on the Website. If you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Website.
License to use website
Unless otherwise stated, HSI and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the license below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
- republish material from this website (including republication on another website);
- sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
- show any material from the website in public;
- reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose
Acceptable use
You are responsible for your use of the Website. You may only use the Website for lawful purposes. You may not engage in any conduct that:
- breaches HSI’s intellectual property rights including but not limited to patents, copyright, database rights, design rights, trade marks (registrable or not), trade secrets or know-how;
- is deceptive, offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libellous or fraudulent;
- impersonates any person, company or entity including HSI, its employees, agents and affiliates;
- introduces viruses or any other code, files or programs which interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or equipment belonging to HSI;
- constitutes a criminal offence or that gives rise to civil liability as well as encourages such conduct;
- violates these Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy or any policy on the Website; or interferes with the use and enjoyment of the Website by others.
- You will not (and will not assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, download, reproduce, publish, modify, transfer, display, distribute, perform, reproduce, license, disseminate or broadcast in any way whatsoever any information, content, program, design, screen icon, GUI or materials on or relating to the Website. HSI reserves the right to edit, modify, alter, remove or shut down or alter all or any part of the Website (including information, content or material on the Website) without notice.
- You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
- You must not use this website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
- You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without HRI’s express written consent.
Registration
In order to receive certain information from HSI (such as the results of competitions, newsletters and other information relating to the activities of HSI and/or its affiliates), you must provide certain personal information (such as your name, address and/or mobile number) which must be complete and accurate. Such information will be held by HSI under the terms of our Privacy Policy. You may de-register at any time by contacting HSI by email at [email protected] or in writing to Horse Sport Ireland, 1st Floor, Beech House, Millennium Park, Osberstown, Naas, County Kildare.
Third Party and Affiliates
The Website may contain information, content and materials (“non-HSI Content”) provided by third parties and/or organisations, associations or bodies affiliated with HSI (“Affiliates”) as well as links to such third parties’ and/or Affiliates’ websites which are provided as a convenience to you. HSI does not endorse or approve the non-HSI Content on the Website or on the third party and/or Affiliate sites. HSI is not responsible for and does not make any representations regarding such content or the accuracy of non-HSI Content provided on the Website by third parties and/or Affiliates and/or contained on the third parties and/or Affiliates’ websites. If you rely on non-HSI Content and decide to access such websites, you do so at your own risk.
Hypertexts
Hypertexts or other links to this Website are prohibited without the consent of HSI. If you wish to provide a link to this Website, please email HSI [email protected] and give details of the URL(s) of the page(s) with links to the Website and the URL(s) of the page(s) to which you wish to link on the Website.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights (including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyright, future copyright, registered or unregistered design rights or applications for any of the foregoing; trade and/or business name; know-how; database rights and rights granted under licenses and consents; goodwill and reputation) in and relating to the Website (including but not limited to information, content, materials, programs, designs, screen icons, GUIs) shall remain and are the sole property of HSI. You are not permitted to use such intellectual property rights unless expressly authorised in writing by HSI or its licensors.
Privacy
You may be asked to input information about yourself on different pages of the Website. HSI will not use the information you provide for any purpose other than that stated at each location where such information is requested. Such use of the information will be governed by our Privacy Policy.
No Warranties/Limitation of Liability
This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Horse Sport Ireland makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.
To the maximum extent possible by law, HSI disclaims all warranties in relation to the information, content or materials on the Website. HSI makes no representations, warranties or undertakings in respect of the Website or any of the information, content or material on the Website or its quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose or any of the information, content or material on any website referred to or accessed by hypertext link or otherwise through the Website. HSI also does not represent or warrant that the Website shall be free from inaccuracies or typographical errors. HSI expressly excludes any warranty, representation or undertaking that you will be able to access or use the Website at times or locations of your choosing. HSI does not represent or warrant that the Website will be free from any virus, worm, Trojan horse or that the Website will be uninterrupted, secure or error free or is compatible with any other software or material.
Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, a recommendation of any kind.
HSI shall not be liable for any loss or damages (including but not limited to consequential, special, direct, indirect or damages) nor for any loss of data, profit, revenue or business, whosoever caused, arising from the use of (or inability to use) the Website; from any inaccurate or misleading information, content or material contained on the Website and any reliance on same is at your own risk.
Unenforceable provisions
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is, or is found to be, unenforceable under applicable law, that will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions.
Indemnity
You hereby indemnify HSI and undertake to keep HSI indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by HSI to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of HRI’s legal advisers) incurred or suffered by HSI arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions, or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms and conditions.
Breaches of these terms and conditions
Without prejudice to HSI’s other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, HSI may take such action as it deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing legal proceedings against you.
Termination
HSI reserves the right to immediate terminate your use of the Website in circumstances including but not limited to where you or if applicable your officers, directors and employees, servants and agents breach or procure a breach of these Terms & Conditions or otherwise engage in conduct which HSI determines in its sole discretion to be unacceptable or harmful to it or its users.
Waiver
The failure of HSI at any time to enforce any provisions of these Terms & Conditions shall in no way affect its right thereafter to do so. Any waiver by HSI of any breach of any term, provision or condition shall not be taken or held to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of any such term, provision or condition or to be a waiver of the term, provision or condition itself.
Agency
Nothing herein shall be deemed to create any agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship of any kind between HSI and any user, third party or other person or entity.
Variation
HSI may revise these terms and conditions from time-to-time. Revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of this website from the date of the publication of the revised terms and conditions on this website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.
Assignment
HSI may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with Horse Sport Ireland rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
Severability
If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
Entire agreement
These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and HSI in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
Law and jurisdiction
These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with Irish law, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland. This will not prevent HSI from pursuing a claim for breach of contract, copyright infringement or otherwise in respect of these Terms and Conditions in any other jurisdiction throughout the world.
Queries
If you have any queries regarding the Terms & Conditions or the Privacy Policy, please contact HSI as follows: Writing: Horse Sport Ireland, 1st Floor, Beech House, Millennium Park, Osberstown, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland; Telephone: 045 850800 or Email: [email protected]