Hip2b2.com USER AGREEMENT

Please read this user agreement carefully. It contains important contractual rights, obligations and conditions between you and hip2b2.com. Your acceptance of the terms of this user agreement is required for your continued use of this website.

 

USAGE
Persons (User(s)) using the hip2b2.com website for any reason whatsoever, subject themselves to and agree to these terms and conditions and privacy policy of hip2b2.com when accessing this website.
The hip2b2.com website [is only intended to provide the user with information regarding its products and services] / consists of information, content and services provided by hip2b2.com, its licensor(s), third parties and users of the hip2b2.com website.

hip2b2.com expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to amend, alter, and supplement this agreement. Nothing on this website shall be construed as an offer by hip2b2.com to you, but merely an invitation to do business.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS & LICENCE
All content, trademarks and data on this website, including but not limited to, software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, and designs are the property of or licensed to hip2b2.com and/or its appointed agencies, and as such, are protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The intellectual property rights in all content, information, services and/or software vesting in hip2b2.com shall continue to vest in hip2b2.com and no right, title or interest in any proprietary material or information contained in this website is granted to you.

Yu are granted a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to use, print and display all content, information, software, or file(s) for non-commercial purposes only.

Except as expressly permitted in this User Agreement, you may not reproduce, redistribute, retransmit, publish or otherwise transfer, or commercially exploit, any information, software or other content which you receive or access through the service.

 

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
By using this website or communicating with hip2b2.com by electronic means, you consent and acknowledges that any and all agreements, notices, disclosures, or any other communication satisfies any legal requirement.

 

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
This website may include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. hip2b2.com reserves the right to make improvements and/or changes or amendments to this website at any time. hip2b2.com reserves the right to change and amend the prices and rates quoted on this website without any notice.

 

PRIVACY POLICY
hip2b2.com respects your privacy and is committed to privacy protection principles. This privacy policy statement sets out hip2b2.com information gathering and dissemination practices.
While using this website, information about you may be either collected by us or provided by you. Such information will become the property of hip2b2.com.
hip2b2.com may use this personal information to provide you with information regarding our products, services, or events from time-to-time.
You may request that hip2b2.com cease sending you such information or request that your personal information be removed from our database or mailing list at any time by e-mailing editor@hip2b2.com.
You may also request access to any personal information concerning you that hip2b2.com holds. The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000 ("Proatia") set out and regulated how such a request should be made and under what circumstances such access may be refused.
You may update or correct your personal information by e-mailing editor@hip2b2.com. You may also view your personal information that we hold and correct it if necessary on written request to hip2b2.com.
hip2b2.com will not disclose any personal information to anyone except as provided for in this policy. We may however need to disclose personal information to hip2b2.com employees or agents who require such information to carry out their duties. There may also be situations where the law requires us to disclose your personal information. In all other situations, except in the case of the sale of hip2b2.com or its associated services or website(s), hip2b2.com will not disclose your personal information without giving you prior notice thereof and an opportunity to give your consent thereto.
hip2b2.com is not responsible for and gives no warranties or makes any representations in respect of the privacy policies or practices of linked or any third party websites.
hip2b2.com reserves the right to alter the terms and conditions of this privacy policy at any time.

 

TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION
The user acknowledges that information transmitted via the Internet, including without limitation e-mail, is susceptible to monitoring and interception. The user is therefore discouraged from transmitting to hip2b2.com any information that may be confidential, proprietary, or sensitive. The user shall bear all risk of transmitting such information in this manner and under no circumstances will hip2b2.com be liable for any loss, harm, or damage suffered by the user as a result thereof. hip2b2.com reserves the right to request independent verification of any information transmitted via e-mail and the user consents to such verification should hip2b2.com deem it necessary.
Any information or material sent to hip2b2.com will be deemed not to be confidential, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the user and hip2b2.com.

 

LINKING AND FRAMING
It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity or website to link to any page on this website, including the home page, without the prior written approval of hip2b2.com.
It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity, or website to frame any page on this website, including the home page, in any way whatsoever, without the prior written approval of hip2b2.com.

 

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
hip2b2.com provides links to the user only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply hip2b2.com's endorsement of such sites.
Linked websites or pages are not subject to the control of hip2b2.com. hip2b2.com shall not be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for the contents, use, or inability to use or access any linked websites or any links contained in a linked website.

 

SECURITY
It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website. Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website shall be held criminally liable, and in the event that hip2b2.com should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

 

WARRANTY
Whilst hip2b2.com has taken reasonable measures to ensure the integrity of this website and its contents, no warranty, whether express or implied is given that any files, downloads or applications available via this website are free of viruses, trojans, bombs, time-locks or any other data or code which has the ability to corrupt, damage or affect the operation of the user's system.

 

RISK & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Neither hip2b2.com, its affiliates, or their shareholders, agents, consultants or employees will be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, whether in an action arising out of contract, statute, delict or otherwise, relating to the use of, or inability to use, this website or the information contained therein. While all reasonable steps have been take to ensure the accuracy and safety of the hip2b2.com website, the use of the products or services advertised on this website are used at the user's own risk.

 

SEVERABILITY
These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between hip2b2.com and you, the user of this website. Any failure by hip2b2.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any term or condition of the use of this website is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

 

APPLICABLE LAW
This User Agreement is concluded in the Republic of South Africa , and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and the jurisdiction of the South African courts. The parties hereto acknowledge that they are barred from instituting any action or legal proceeding or process more than one year after the day on which the claim or cause of action arose.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions, queries or wish to request permission to use any part of this website, including, linking, framing, or searching, please contact us at:

 

Hip2B2 -  Shuttleworth Foundation
http://wiki.tsf.org.za/FrontPage
Address: P.O. Box 4163 , Durbanville, Cape Town , 7551, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 970 1200
Fax: +27 21 970 1201

 

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