TERMS & CONDITIONS : Trauma Society of South Africa
- You must carefully
familiarise yourself with the terms and conditions set out in this agreement before
using our website. In addition to setting out the terms of use of our website, this
document contains important information in regard to security and data and privacy
protection. Although we regard these conditions as normal and appropriate for the
purposes of our online presence, they do include terms which exclude and/or limit
our liability and which place certain obligations on you.
- By visiting our
website, you irrevocably agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. This is
a legally binding agreement.
- If you do not
agree with the terms and conditions contained in this agreement you should immediately
discontinue using our website.
GENERAL
- For the purposes
of this agreement all references to "us", "we" and "our" will mean Trauma Society of South Africa
and all references to "you" or "your" will mean you as the individual reading these
terms and conditions.
- We agree to provide
you access to our website in accordance with these terms and conditions.
- You agree to use
our website in a manner consistent with these terms and conditions.
- You accept that
our website is provided on an "as is, as available" basis and that all information
displayed on our website is subject to change. Under no circumstances will we be
liable to you if our website is unavailable or not fully functional at any time.
- Your access to
and use of our website may be terminated immediately if you use, or attempt to use,
our website for any illegal and/or immoral purposes.
- These terms and
conditions contain the entire understanding between us with respect to this website
and no representation, statement , inducement oral or written, other than those
contained herein shall bind either of us unless specifically agreed to, in writing,
between us.
- You agree not
to impersonate another person in the use of this website or in the sending of any
e-mail to any address listed on our website.
- Should any part
of these terms and conditions be declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, this shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion
and such remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect as if the invalid
portion of these terms and conditions had been eliminated.
- The laws of South
Africa shall govern as to the interpretation, validity and effect of this agreement
and your use of our website notwithstanding any conflict of law provisions or your
domicile, residence or physical location. You hereby consent and submit to the jurisdiction
of the courts of South Africa in any action or proceeding instituted under or related
to this agreement.
USING OUR WEBSITE
- Our website is
to be used by you strictly for browsing and learning more about our business, products
and services i.e. as an online brochure. You are not permitted to commercially profit
by "on-selling" our online services in any manner whatsoever and may not use the
website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and conditions.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Either we or our
licensors own the intellectual property and all rights attached thereto for the
contents of, and technology used to create and display, this website including the
copyright in all information displayed on our website and the arrangement of the
contents of this website. Intellectual property shall be given the widest possible
meaning in interpreting this clause and shall include copyrights; trademark and
trade name rights; domain name rights; trade secret rights and patents, designs
and algorithms of whatever nature however known around the world including logos,
distinctive marks and any other unique identifiable feature whether arising by operation
of law, contract, licence, or otherwise, and all registrations, initial applications,
renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions or reissues now or hereafter in force.
- You are granted
a non-exclusive limited licence to view information upon our website and to use
(display or print) short extracts of the information displayed on the website for
your own non-commercial use only, provided the information is not modified by you
and you shall be fully responsible for any consequences resulting from such use.
Any other use of the information is prohibited. None of the information contained
on this website may be reproduced, republished or re-disseminated or copied, transmitted
or distributed in any manner or form without our prior written consent. We will
take appropriate legal action to enforce our rights.
SECURITY
- We make every
effort to maintain the highest standards of security and, where applicable, will
employ the latest SSL encryption standards in our personal interactions with you
upon our web site. Our Internet servers are also housed in a most secure environment.
However, because of all the variables involved in Internet security, we will not
be responsible for any damages you or any third party may suffer as a result of
the transmission of confidential information which you may make to us through the
Internet.
- Due to all the
variables involved in Internet security, we will not be responsible for any damages
which you or any third party may suffer as a result of the transmission of confidential
information which you may make to us or our agents through the Internet. We do,
however, reiterate our commitment to maintaining the highest possible prevailing
Internet security standards.
- Whilst every effort
is made to ensure that all information provided on our website does not contain
computer viruses, you should take responsible and appropriate precautions to scan
for computer viruses and should ensure that you have a complete and current backup
of all important items of information contained on your computer system. You should
pay specific attention to some of the viruses that have been written to execute
automatically when an infected word-processing document is loaded into certain word-processing
programs.
DATA COLLECTION AND PRIVACY ISSUES
- We will for internal
market research and technical purposes collect and process data obtained from and/or
about you in the course of your accessing our website. This information collection
may include:Placing "cookies" on your computer which are very small digital files
containing basic data which, amongst other things, identify you to us and obviate
the need for you to enter certain information every time you visit our website.
- We consider any
information provided to us by you as confidential and will never share your information
with third parties, outside of our company and its group, without your permission.
We will, however, divulge your personal data to third parties, without notice to
you, where compelled to do so by law or by a court or other judicial body of competent
authority.
- In accordance
with the then prevailing South African data protection legislation (currently the
Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000), information, if any, on what
data is held about you can be obtained by contacting us. Furthermore, in accordance
with the then prevailing South African data protection legislation, we reserve the
right to charge a fee for providing any of the information that we hold on you.
HYPERLINKS
- Our website may
contain links to other websites. These links are provided as references to help
you identify and locate other Internet websites that may be of interest. These other
websites may have been independently developed by parties other than us and/or they
may be under the control of parties other than us and we do not assume responsibility
for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information contained in such websites.
In providing links to other websites, we are in no way acting as a publisher or
a disseminator of the material contained on those other websites, unless specifically
stated to the contrary and do not seek to control the content of, or maintain any
type of editorial control over such websites. A link to another website should not
be construed to mean that we are affiliated or associated with, or are legally authorised
to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyrighted material that may be reflected
in the link or a description of the link to such other websites. Furthermore the
mention of any party or its product or service on this website should not be construed
as an endorsement of that party or its product or service, unless specifically stated
otherwise.
DISCLAIMERS / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES AND EXPENSES
OF WHATEVER NATURE AND HOWSOEVER ARISING WHICH YOU MAY SUFFER, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION AND DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITAVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS
OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS CAUSED BY VIRUS, LOSS OF INCOME OR PROFIT. LOSS OR DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY, CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, OR OTHER LOSSES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER,
EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE WITH WHICH IT
IS LINKED.
- The information
and services included in or available on our website may include inaccuracies or
typographical errors. We reserve the right to make improvements and / or changes
to the website at any time and to withdraw access to the website at any time and
for any reason.
- We do not warrant
that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be corrected.
- The website is
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
- We reserve the
right to amend or modify these terms and conditions at any time and for any reason.
INDEMNIFICATION
- You agree to indemnify
and hold us as well as our employees, harmless from any claim, demand or damage
asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the
website.
CONTACTING US
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