Legal

This legal statement was last updated 21 March 2024.

Overview

This website www.eccireland.ie (“the Website”) is operated by the European Consumer Centre (ECC) Ireland. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“the CCPC”) hosts the ECC Ireland service.

ECC Ireland and the CCPC comply with the Regulations on the re-use of Public Sector Information, where required and as provided for under S.I. No. 279 of 2005 as amended.

ECC Ireland retains copyright over all the information featured on this website, unless otherwise indicated. ECC Ireland encourages the re-use of the content provided on its website for the purposes of research, study and the issuing of guidance to the public. This re-use may include copying, publishing and broadcasting. The use of any of our official logos, trademarks or illustrations is also not permitted without the prior written approval of ECC Ireland. The content provided is for information purposes and may not be used in a commercial context or for commercial purposes without the prior written approval of ECC Ireland.

ECC Ireland does not grant any user an exclusive right to the use or re-use of information contained on this website.

The re-use of information and documents obtained from this website is subject to the latest Public Sector Information (PSI) licence. There are a number of conditions relating to such use which must be satisfied.

In cases where you are supplying the information to others, you are required to acknowledge the source and copyright of ECC Ireland.
The information must be reproduced accurately.
The information must not be used in a misleading way.
The information must not be used for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service.
The information must not be used for or in support of an illegal, immoral, fraudulent, or dishonest purpose.
ECC Ireland and the CCPC are not liable for any loss or damage associated with the re-use of information contained on the ECC Ireland website.

ECC Ireland makes all reasonable efforts in administering this website and ensuring that the information found on the website is as up-to-date and accurate as possible. ECC Ireland and the CCPC, however, do not certify that all of the information on its website is free from error and fully updated. To that effect, the content of the pages on this website are provided as an information guide only and should not be construed otherwise. ECC Ireland and the CCPC do not give any warranties in respect of the site, in relation to the accuracy of the information or materials on the site, or in relation to any services available through the site. If you notice any errors or omissions on the site, please let us know as soon as possible. We endeavour to correct errors within a reasonable period of time.

There may be links to other sites listed on this website. ECC Ireland does not own, control or monitor such sites and is not responsible for the availability of or content on such sites. Links to such sites are provided solely as a convenience to the user and do not constitute any endorsement, authorisation, sponsorship or affiliation by ECC Ireland or the CCPC of such sites, their owners or providers.

Terms and conditions

This legal statement contains the terms and conditions as they relate to this website.

There are risks in using any information found on the internet and ECC Ireland advises users that it is their responsibility to verify any information before relying on it. By accessing and using this site, users agree to these terms and conditions.

The terms set out in these pages shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland.

If any provision of these terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity and the enforceability of the remainder of the provision in question and of the remaining provisions of these terms shall be separate and enforceable accordingly and shall continue to have full force and effect.

The failure of ECC Ireland or the CCPC to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the terms or conditions of these notices shall not be a waiver of them, nor a waiver of the right to enforce all terms and conditions of these notices at any time subsequently.

ECC Ireland reserves the right to make alterations to any part of this site and these terms.

Disclaimer

The website eccireland.ie is owned and operated by ECC Ireland. The materials on this site and its subsites are owned or licensed by ECC Ireland.

While every effort is made in preparing material for publication, no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of ECC Ireland, the CCPC or its third-party providers for any errors, omissions or misleading statements on these pages or any site to which these pages connect.

The ECC Ireland and the CCPC denies all warranties of every nature including without limitation, any implied warranties of quality or fitness for a particular purpose, any expressed or statutory warranties, and any warranties or duties regarding accuracy, timeliness, completeness or performance.

The use of this website is at the user’s sole risk. ECC Ireland and the CCPC shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of the website or the use of or reliance on the information on this site, including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss, or any damages arising from loss of use, data or profits, whether in contract, tort or otherwise.

Copyright

You are granted permission (a license) to:

Browse the material on the site (including making copies in RAM or other temporary storage device necessary to facilitate such browsing).
Print out hard copies for personal or business use.
Create links to the ECC-IE homepage, save files, distribute and reproduce pages – provided the source is stated and the material is not distorted.
URLs on personal or business sites which link to our website must be configured so that materials accessed on our servers are displayed as the sole element of the browser window.
Reproduce and/or re-use the information and documents obtained from this website provided that such re-use is subject to your compliance with all terms of the latest PSI licence – you can get more information on the PSI website.

It should be noted that the content provided is for information purposes. The content may not be used in a commercial context or for commercial purposes without the prior written approval of ECC Ireland.

The use of any of our official logos, trademarks or illustrations is also not permitted without the prior written approval of ECC Ireland.

Reproduction of our website content offline
If extracting information from our website, please include this sentence at the beginning;

‘This information has been taken from ECC Ireland’s website www.eccireland.ie’ , or indicate ‘Source: European Consumer Centre Ireland, www.eccireland.ie.’

Reproduction of our website content offline

If extracting information from our website, please include this sentence at the beginning;
‘This information has been taken from ECC Ireland’s website www.eccireland.ie’, or indicate ‘Source: European Consumer Centre Ireland, www.eccireland.ie.’

Reproduction of our website content online/links to our website

Please ensure the link to our information obviously links to this website. ‘This information has been taken from the European Consumer Centre’s website www.eccireland.ie’ or indicate ‘Source: eccireland.ie from the European Consumer Centre Ireland’. Where direct hyperlinks to the site are not included, spell out the URL.
The use of any of our official logos, trademarks or illustrations is not permitted without the prior written approval of ECC Ireland.
Links may not be put in a context that would lead to users believing that we endorse or support the contents or objectives of the other website or any organisation related to it.
We do not permit the reproduction of our website content online/links to our website to be used in association with commercial ventures such as online advertising promotion, without the prior written approval of the ECC Ireland.
The name of the organisation for public information purposes is: European Consumer Centre Ireland. The address of the organisation is ECC Ireland, Bloom House, Railway Street, Dublin 1.