Terms & Conditions

General legal information

The The Water Sommelier website, located at thewatersommelier.sg, and the brand, The Water Sommelier, are owned and operated by The Water Sommelier Pte Ltd (hereinafter “The Water Sommelier”). The Water Sommelier reserves the right to modify or update these Terms of use at any time and changes will become immediately effective upon posting. Your continued use of the thewatersommelier.sg website will bind you to such changes and you should regularly visit this page to review the latest Terms of use. If you do not agree to these Terms of use, please do not continue to use the thewatersommelier.sg website.

The thewatersommelier.sg website and other related webpages accessible through this website is published and maintained by affiliates and/or related entities of The Water Sommelier. When accessing any related website through the thewatersommelier.sg website, please note that the related website may have its own Terms of use that are specific to that website.

Restrictions on use of materials

All materials on the thewatersommelier.sg website, including but not limited to images, software, audio text and video clips (“Content”), are owned by The Water Sommelier or the relevant owners. No material including without limitation, the website design and layout, graphics, images and hyperlinks from this website may be imitated, modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission from The Water Sommelier. You are not allowed to use the Content, except for the purposes specified herein. Any unauthorised use of the Content may violate The Water Sommelier’s copyright laws, trademark laws. You may view and download the Content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that you retain all copyright and proprietary notices contained in the Content. You may not amend the Content in any way or reproduce, publicly display, distribute or otherwise use the Content for any public or commercial purposes. Any use of the Content on any other website or networked computer environment for any purposes is prohibited.

You must not do any act that will or may interfere with the thewatersommelier.sg website’s accessibility and/or proper functioning, or that will or may place an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on The Water Sommelier’s servers.

Unauthorised modification and/or interference, misuse, abuse or unauthorised use of the thewatersommelier.sg website and any of its materials may violate The Water Sommelier’s and/or third-party owners’ intellectual property rights, and may also be an offence under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act (Chapter 50A, Singapore Statutes).

Trademarks

The Water Sommelier trademarks, logo and service marks found on the The Water Sommelier website including those licensed by The Water Sommelier are registered and unregistered marks of The Water Sommelier Pte Ltd. All other trademarks, trade names, product names, service marks are property of their respective owners. Any use of trademarks, logo, service marks, trade names and product names are prohibited without the written permission of The Water Sommelier or the respective owners.

Disclaimer of warranties

This website has been compiled in good faith by The Water Sommelier.

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the thewatersommelier.sg website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data.

The Water Sommelier WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

Any reference made by The Water Sommelier in the thewatersommelier.sg website to any entities or individuals, or to their services or products, is not an endorsement nor should it imply any such endorsement of the quality or fitness of purpose of that entity, or its services or products.

YOUR USE OF THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER The Water Sommelier NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER The Water Sommelier NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

The Water Sommelier HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The Content contained in or published on the thewatersommelier.sg website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL The Water Sommelier AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, INTERNS AND EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, HOWSOEVER CAUSED AS A RESULT (DIRECT OR INDIRECT) OF THE USE OF THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, AND ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS SUFFERED (i) ARISING FROM OR IN RELATION TO THE CONTENT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OBSCENITIES, INFRINGING OFFENSIVE UNLAWFUL OR DEFAMATORY INFORMATION AND MATERIAL IN THE CONTENT CREATED BY AND ATTRIBUTED TO THIRD PARTIES OTHER THAN The Water Sommelier, (ii) AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE, ANY CONTENT ON THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES AND (iii) AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE thewatersommelier.sg WEBSITE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Water Sommelier and our subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of use or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.

Changes & access

Any change may be made to thewatersommelier.sg website and any of its materials from time to time at The Water Sommelier’s sole discretion.

The Water Sommelier reserves the right to deny access to the thewatersommelier.sg website to any particular person or access from any particular internet address to the thewatersommelier.sg website, at any time, without having to provide its reasons.

Modifications to the products and prices

Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.

The Water Sommelier reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue the thewatersommelier.sg website (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time.

The Water Sommelier shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the products, or the thewatersommelier.sg website.

Products and services

While The Water Sommelier has made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours and images of our products, The Water Sommelier cannot guarantee that your computer monitor's display of any colour will be accurate.

The Water Sommelier reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit the provision and quantity of any product, feature or service that we offer. All descriptions of products, services, and respective pricing are subject to change at any time without notice, at the sole discretion of us. The Water Sommelier reserves the right to discontinue any product or provision of service at any time. Any offer for any product, feature or service made on this site is void where prohibited.

The Water Sommelier does not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the thewatersommelier.sg website will be corrected.

Pricing, payments and returns (if applicable)

Certain products or services may be available exclusively online through the thewatersommelier.sg website. These products or services may have limited quantities and are subject to return or exchange only according to our Return Policy/Terms of Trade/etc.

The prices of our products include Goods and Services Tax (GST) within the meaning of the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A of Singapore) (where applicable) at the applicable current rate chargeable in the Singapore for the time being. However, if the rate of GST changes between the date of your order and the date of delivery, The Water Sommelier will adjust the GST you pay, unless you have already paid for the Products in full before the change in GST takes effect.

Hyperlinks to third party sites

The thewatersommelier.sg website contains links to other websites which are not maintained by The Water Sommelier. Similarly, other websites may contain links to the thewatersommelier.sg website. The Water Sommelier is not responsible for the contents of those websites and shall not be liable for any damages or injury arising from the contents of those websites. Any links to other websites are provided as a convenience to you as a user of the thewatersommelier.sg website, and does not imply The Water Sommelier’s endorsement of the linked websites or association with their operators. The Water Sommelier disclaims all responsibility and liability for the use of linked websites, which are accessed and used at user’s own risk.

Any third party that wishes to establish links to the thewatersommelier.sg website should notify The Water Sommelier of their intention prior to doing so. The Water Sommelier reserves the right to deny permission for any such links to the thewatersommelier.sg website. If however The Water Sommelier gives its permission for any such links, The Water Sommelier is not under any obligation to establish reciprocal links with the third party.

Governing law

The thewatersommelier.sg website (excluding third-party linked sites) is operated by The Water Sommelier from its offices within Singapore. It can be accessed from all countries around the world where the technology permits. However, by accessing the thewatersommelier.sg website, you agree that all access and use of the thewatersommelier.sg website and the Content, and the Terms of use shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Republic of Singapore. You hereby agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.

Right of access

The Water Sommelier reserves all rights to deny or restrict access to the thewatersommelier.sg website by any particular person, or to block access from a particular internet address to the thewatersommelier.sg website, at any time, without ascribing any reasons whatsoever.

Ownership and copyright

The thewatersommelier.sg website is owned and operated by The Water Sommelier. Unless otherwise stated, all contents of the thewatersommelier.sg website should not be reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, modified, transmitted or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of The Water Sommelier or its members, whichever is applicable. Doing so constitutes a violation of our copyright and intellectual property rights.

You agree that you will not:
use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy any pages within the thewatersommelier.sg website or the Contents without The Water Sommelier’s prior written permission; use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the thewatersommelier.sg website; and take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on The Water Sommelier’s servers.

Agreement to our Terms of use

By accessing and using any part of the thewatersommelier.sg website, you unconditionally agree and accept to be legally bound by these Terms of use. If you do not agree to these Terms of use, please do not use the thewatersommelier.sg website.

These Terms of use may be changed from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page and your use of the thewatersommelier.sg website after such changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of use and all of the changes.

General provisions

These Terms of use and those found in The Water Sommelier’s Privacy Policy statement set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and The Water Sommelier with respect to the thewatersommelier.sg website. If any provision of these Terms of use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of other remaining provisions.

All Content on the thewatersommelier.sg website has been prepared in accordance with the laws of Singapore and may not satisfy the laws of any other country. We make no representation that the thewatersommelier.sg website is appropriate or available for use outside Singapore and access to the thewatersommelier.sg website from territories where its Contents are illegal or restricted is prohibited. If you choose to access the thewatersommelier.sg website from outside Singapore, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws. These Terms of use are governed and interpreted under the laws of Singapore. You agree that any claim or dispute against The Water Sommelier arising out of or relating to the use of this thewatersommelier.sg website must be resolved by a court located in Singapore unless otherwise agreed
upon by all parties.