Legal Terms & Conditions
Your Use of This Web Site Is Governed by These Terms and Conditions. Please take a few minutes to review these Terms and Conditions. In consideration of your use of and access to this Internet site (the "aran.com web site"), and the promises and obligations herein, and intending to be legally bound, YOUR USE OF THE ARAN.COM WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW THESE RULES AND TO BE BOUND BY THEM. If you do not agree with any of these Terms and Conditions, do not use the aran.com web site.
This Web Site Is Owned and Operated by Aran Sweater Market ULC. Aran Sweater Market ULC is a trading name of Aran Sweater Market ULC. The aran.com web site is owned operated by Aran Sweater Market ULC. The mailing address for the aran.com web site is:
Aran Sweater Market ULC, College Square, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Email: customercare@aransweatermarket.com
Tel: +353 64 662 3102 (Between 9am and 6pm GMT, 3am and 12pm EST)
Fax: +353 27-63526
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE.
Aran Sweater Market ULC reserves the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. Your use of the aran.com web site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms and Conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms and Conditions whenever you use this Web site.
TERMINATION
These Terms are effective until terminated by Aran Sweater Market ULC. Aran Sweater Market ULC may terminate these Terms without notice and at any time. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the aran.com web site, and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to the Content, and the disclaimers, indemnities, and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms shall survive termination
Aran Sweater Market ULC shall also have the right without notice and at any time to terminate the aran.com web site or any portion thereof, or any products or services offered through the aran.com web site, or to terminate any individual's right to access or use the aran.com web site or any portion thereof.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All of the content you see and hear on the aran.com web site, including, for example, all of the page headers, images, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips and text are subject to trademark, service mark, trade dress, copyright and/or other intellectual property rights or licenses held by Aran Sweater Market ULC, one of its affiliates or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Aran Sweater Market ULC. The entire content of the aran.com web site is copyrighted as a collective work under copyright laws, and Aran Sweater Market ULC owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of the content.
Aran Sweater Market ULC has carried out specific enhancement and other qualitative techniques and processes in ensuring images of appropriate dimensions, file size, and quality. No part, segment, or piece of any photographic image or data, no matter how small, may be used or merged in connection with other images or artwork so as to create a new image.
The content of the aran.com web site, and the site as a whole, are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use by the users of our site. You may download, print and store selected portions of the content, provided (1) no specific restrictions are displayed, (2) you only use these copies of the content for your own personal, non-commercial use, (3) do not copy or post the content on any network computer or broadcast the content in any media, and (4) do not modify or alter the content in any way, or delete or change any copyright or trademark notice.
No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading. Aran Sweater Market ULC reserves complete title and full intellectual property rights in any content you download from this Web site. You may not copy, download, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, transmit, transfer or create derivative works from the content without first obtaining written permission from Aran Sweater Market ULC.
The user shall indemnify and keep fully indemnified Aran Sweater Market ULC from and against all actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs (including any legal costs or expenses properly incurred and any compensation costs and disbursements paid by the user on the advice of their legal advisors to compromise or settle any claim), awards, and damages arising directly or indirectly as a result of any breach by the user of any of the user's undertakings, warranties, or obligations under the above conditions.
LINKED THIRD-PARTY SITES
Links to other Internet sites operated by third parties do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by Aran Sweater Market ULC of the content, policies, or practices of such linked sites. Linked sites are not operated, controlled, or maintained by Aran Sweater Market ULC, and Aran Sweater Market ULC is not responsible for the availability, content, security, policies, or practices of linked sites, including without limitation privacy policies and practices. Links to other sites are provided for your convenience only, and you access them at your own risk.
LINKS TO www.aran.com WEB SITE FROM THIRD-PARTY SITES
Any hyperlinks to the Site from another Web Site must be presented in such a manner that the viewing of the Site is not impaired by framing or similar techniques that may impair the visitor's user experience.
PRICES, ORDERS, AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS
Prices displayed on the aran.com site may be quoted in a range of currencies. All transactions are processed in US Dollars. Aran Sweater Market ULC may restrict delivery to addresses within certain geographical areas, as specified from time to time. Aran Sweater Market ULC will add shipping and handling fees and applicable sales/use tax (applicable sales/use taxes refers to sales taxes & VAT collectable within the EU & does not refer to the collection of national customs/duty taxes which may be levied outside of the EU). Courier may add additional shipping and handling fees. Aran Sweater Market ULC reserves the right without prior notice to discontinue or change specifications and prices on products and services offered on the aran.com web site without incurring any obligation to you. Products displayed on this site are available while supplies last. Descriptions of, or references to, products or services on the aran.com web site do not imply endorsement of that product or service, or constitute a warranty, by Aran Sweater Market ULC.
The receipt by you of an order confirmation does not constitute Aran Sweater Market ULC’s acceptance of an order. Prior to Aran Sweater Market ULC's acceptance of an order, verification of information may be required. Aran Sweater Market ULC reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept or decline your order, or any portion thereof, even after your receipt of an order confirmation from Aran Sweater Market ULC, for any reason. Aran Sweater Market ULC reserves the right to limit the order quantity on any item and to refuse service to any customer without prior notification.
As our website processes transactions in USD, depending on your location and on your card provider some card issuers may charge an extra fee as a foreign transaction service fee - please note: this is a charge that is implemented & controlled by the card issuing bank and is beyond our control. In some cases, a cross-border transaction fee may or may not be incurred depending on the terms enforced by your card issuing bank and is beyond our control.
In the event that a product or service is listed at an incorrect price due to supplier pricing information or typographical error, Aran Sweater Market ULC shall have the right to refuse or cancel orders placed for the product listed at the incorrect price, regardless of whether the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, Aran Sweater Market ULC shall promptly issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.
Shipments to EU countries are inclusive of VAT at the rate of the country of residence of the customer.
PROMOTIONS AND OFFERS
Promotions and offers at Aran Sweater Market ULC retail outlets may not always be available on the aran.com web site and promotions and offers listed on the aran.com website may not always be available at Aran Sweater Market ULC retail outlets. Individual promotions or offers are not available in conjunction with other separate individual promotions or offers.
CLAIMS
Claims must be made within 30 days of ordering. Claims not brought within 30 days of ordering are excluded and no liability shall be accepted under any circumstances in respect of such claims.
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Users of this website expressly agree that use of the aran.com web site is at the user's sole risk. Neither Aran Sweater Market ULC, nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, or employees, agents, third-party content providers, merchants, sponsors, licensors (collectively, "Providers"), or the like, warrant that the aran.com web site will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the aran.com web site.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information and material contained on the aran.com web site, Aran Sweater Market ULC, its directors, employees or agents assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date nature of the information provided on the aran.com web site or service, or merchandise provided through the aran.com web site and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions.
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY THE ARAN SWEATER MARKET ULC ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE ARAN SWEATER MARKET ULC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ARAN SWEATER MARKET ULC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ARAN SWEATER MARKET ULC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE ARAN SWEATER MARKET ULC NOR ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PROVIDERS, OR THE LIKE, SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR SHALL USER RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE.
Under no circumstances shall Aran Sweater Market ULC, its suppliers or their respective directors, officers, employees, or agents or any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing the aran.com web site be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the aran.com web site, including but not limited to reliance by a user on any information obtained from the aran.com web site or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to Aran Sweater Market ULC's records, programs, or services, whether or not damages are based on statute, contract, tort, or any other legal cause, and whether or not Aran Sweater Market ULC is advised of the possibility of such liabilities. Users of the aran.com web site hereby acknowledge that this paragraph shall apply to all content, merchandise, and services available through the aran.com web site. Because some countries and states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such countries and states liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.
SUBMISSIONS
We welcome your comments regarding the aran.com web site. However, any comments, feedback, notes, messages, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively, "Comments") sent to the aran.com web site shall be and remain the exclusive property of Aran Sweater Market ULC. Your submission of any such comments shall constitute an assignment to Aran Sweater Market ULC of all worldwide rights, titles, and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the comments. Aran Sweater Market ULC will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, publish, and distribute any material you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any comments that you do not wish to assign to us, including any confidential information or any original creative materials such as stories, product ideas, computer code, or original artwork.
Gift Messages
aran.com offers a gift message service. We ask that you do not use obscene, profane, or threatening language in a gift message. We may, but are not obligated to, restrict or remove any and all content from a gift message that we determine in our sole discretion violates these guidelines or is otherwise harmful to us or any third party. Examples of the kinds of conduct or content that are prohibited in aran.com gift messages include:
The transmission of any content that could violate, or could facilitate the violation of, any applicable law, regulation, or Aran Sweater Market ULC rule or policy.
The transmission of any content that is profane, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
The impersonation of any person or entity in any part of a gift message.
Colours
We have done our best to display as accurately as possible the colours of the products shown on the aran.com website. However, because the colours you see will depend on your monitor, we cannot guarantee that your monitor's display of any colour will be accurate.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Aran Sweater Market ULC, Aran Sweater Market ULC's vendors, and their affiliates and related entities and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and costs (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs), arising out of or relating to your breach of these Terms or your access to or use of the aran.com web site. The foregoing indemnification obligation shall survive termination of these Terms and the aran.com web site and any product or service provided to you arising out of or relating to your use of the aran.com web site.
PRIVACY POLICY
Aran Sweater Market ULC respects your right to privacy. As part of the operations of the aran.com web site, we will retain certain information including your name, address, phone numbers, e-mail address, IP address, billing address, and shipping address, and product selection.
This information will be retained in accordance with our obligations under the Irish Data Protection Act 1988. Aran Sweater Market ULC may use your personal data for the following purposes: to fulfill your order; if there are any queries on your order or if there is a problem with fulfilling your order; to advise you of any promotional offers that may be of interest to you; to facilitate ease of use of aran.com web site by you so that you do not have to input all your details again should you re-visit the aran.com web site. Aran Sweater Market ULC does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. Aran Sweater Market ULC may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mails, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer services. Such companies and individuals will have access to personal information needed to perform these functions, but may not use it for any other purposes and are required to process the data in accordance with the Irish Data Protection Act 1988.
Your information will be held by Aran Sweater Market ULC (or its successors, assigns, or purchasers). If you do not wish to receive information from Aran Sweater Market ULC about our promotional offers from time to time, please email customercare@aran.com.
By using the aran.com web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Aran Sweater Market ULC. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
In accordance with normal practice, every visit to this website is recorded. This information is used to enhance the operation of the service and to provide statistical data about the use of the aran.com web site. Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged. Aran Sweater Market ULC does not attempt to identify individual visitors or to associate any technical details with any individual. You should note that these technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003. Details recorded/logged include:
The date and time of every visit to an individual page on aran.com;
Each page visited in the aran.com web site on such a visit;
The IP/network address used by the visitor;
The type of web browser & device used by the website visitor.
Aran Sweater Market ULC may make these technical details available to companies under the control and direction of Aran Sweater Market ULC in order to provide an analysis of advertising and website traffic. These other companies may be supplied with or have access to this information solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.
Google Remarketing
The aran.com website uses Google’s remarketing technology. This allows us to display relevant ads based on what pages on the aran.com website you have viewed. The advertising will be displayed using cookies. If you would prefer not to receive any targeted advertising, you can deactivate the use of cookies for these purposes through Google by visiting the website: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/. Google has its own independent data protection policy which can be accessed here: (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/).
Facebook Conversion Tracking Pixel
Aran Sweater Market ULC may, from time to time, use Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. This tool allows Aran Sweater Market ULC to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. The collected data remains anonymous, and Aran Sweater Market ULC cannot see the personal data of any individual user. However, the collected data is saved and processed by Facebook. Facebook may be able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for its own advertising purposes (in accordance with Facebook’s Data Use Policy found under: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). Facebook has ultimate control of the information gathered through Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. You can opt-out of Facebook’s use of cookies and Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing through settings on your Facebook Account.
COOKIE POLICY
aran.com respects the privacy of all visitors to our website. This Cookie Policy outlines our policy concerning the use of cookies on our website. We may update our Cookies Policy to reflect any changes in technology or data protection legislation. Any updates or changes that may affect how we use cookies or how you, as a user, can manage cookies will appear on this page.
aran.com uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to help the web team analyze how users use aran.com.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
By using aran.com, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
MISCELLANEOUS
Aran Sweater Market ULC shall not be liable for any non-performance or delay in performance caused by any act beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts or omissions of third parties, unavailability of supplies, equipment failure, war, strikes, lock-outs, fire, flood, or any other Act of God, any law, regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any court, government, or governmental agency, or delays, unavailability, errors, or other failures of the Internet or other data networks.
GENERAL
Any disputes, claims, or proceedings arising out of or in any way relating to the aran.com web site shall be governed by the laws of Ireland. The Irish Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of any proceedings arising out of or in any way relating to the aran.com web site. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Aran Sweater Market ULC may seek provisional or protective relief in the courts of another State prior to, during, or after any substantive proceedings have been instituted in Ireland and Aran Sweater Market ULC may bring enforcement proceedings in another state on foot of an Irish judgment. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.