Terms of Use

USE OF THE SA2010 Government Communications (“GCIS”) Website

ACCESSING ANY PAGES OF THIS WEBSITE IMPLIES THAT YOU, (“THE `USER”), AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

• Introduction

• Your use of the website

• Disclaimer

• Applicable Law

• Accuracy of Information

• Your Privacy

• Copyright and use of material

• Your comments

• Links and linking

• Exclusion of Liability

Introduction

1. (1) GCIS hereby introduces a South Africa 2010 website: www. sa2010.gov.za (“the website”). The purpose of this website is to provide information about and regarding South Africa’s preparedness for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).

(2) By accessing and using the website, the user, agree to be bound by the terms and conditions that are set out in this notice. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, then you may not access, display, use, download and/or otherwise copy or distribute any of the content of this website.

Your use of the website
2. (1) The user shall use the website for lawful purposes and the user warrants he or she shall not –
(a) use the website for transmission of “junkmail”, “spam”, “chain”, letters, or unsolicited mass distribution of SMS;
(b) you agree that your use of this website is for lawful purposes only; and
(c) You agree that you will not use this website for unlawful purpose, including but not limited to: to the commission of a criminal offence; to gain unauthorised access to other computer systems; or for the transmission of unlawful material.

General disclaimer
3. (1) whilst effort has been made by GCIS to ensure that the proper performance of this website, the accuracy of information and images, and the reliability of the binary data on the website, GCIS or any of our employees, do not guarantee the availability of services, content and information offered on this website (“the Services”) or the accuracy of the information and/or images in this website.
(2) GCIS make no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, and assume no liability or responsibility for the proper performance of the website and /or the Services and/or the information and/or images contained in this website, and the Services are consequently utilised at your own risk. GCIS does not specifically make any warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or that they may not be interrupted at any stage of your use, nor that they are complete, timely secure or error free.
(3) You are required to read the Exclusion of Liability clause in this notice, as no legal claim would be entertained by ant user’s failure to observe what is contained in the Exclusion of Liability clause.

Applicable law
4. (1) This website is owned and operated within the Republic of South Africa. These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed with the laws of South Africa, and you shall submit to the jurisdiction of the South African Courts in the event of any dispute.

(2) These terms and conditions are severable, in that if any provision is determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to have been deleted without affecting the remaining provisions of terms and conditions.

(3) GCIS failure to exercise any particular rights or provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision, unless acknowledged and agreed by us in writing.

(4) These terms and conditions, as varied by us from time to time constitute the sole agreement between yourself and GCIS.

(5) These terms and conditions shall be for the benefit of GCIS and may be waived by us in our discretion.

Accuracy of information
5. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information provided on the website is current and accurate, you should not assume that the information on the website is always current or accurate, and other sources of this information should be consulted before making any decision to act on the information displayed on this website.

Privacy and confidentiality of communications
6. (1) GCIS shall ensure that it respects the privacy of the users or visitors to the site.
(2) The user may use the site without providing personal information. However, for GCIS to be able to continue providing optimum services, shall engage in an exercise in respect of which it will be gauging popularity of the site and for the purposes of communication, improvement of the site for visitors sake, we may collect information on the number of visits to the site, pages viewed and any further related information.

(3) The user’s or visitor’s attention is drawn to the fact that information transmitted via the Internet is susceptible to monitoring and interception. The user is therefore discouraged from transmitting to the Website or Website owner any information that may be confidential, proprietary, or shall bear all risk of transmitting such information in this manner and under no circumstances shall the GCIS be liable for any loss, harm, or damage suffered by the user.

(4) GCIS reserves the rights to request independent verification of any information via e-mail and the user consents to such verification should GCIS deem it necessary.

Intellectual property rights
7. (1) The user acknowledges that GCIS owns the intellectual property rights in and to this website, and all Services contained herein, and unauthorised use thereof is expressly prohibited.
(2) All associated logos and symbols and combinations of any of the aforegoing with another word or mark, used in this site, are the intellectual property of GCIS, or any of its parastatals.
(3) GCIS retains copyright in the website and all current and future content that is displayed on the website which is not owned by the third parties.
(4) In terms of a limited licence, granted for general use, GCIS grants you, the user, subject to these terms and conditions, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable right to access, display, use, download and otherwise copy the current and future content of the website for your personal, non-commercial and information purposes only
(5) GCIS grants the user permission to copy and distribute information from the website provided that the source of the information is acknowledged by reference to the source.
(6) The website and content may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express prior written consent.

Your comments
8. We value comments receive from visitors to our site. However, you agree not to transmit any material that is unlawful or harmful, defamatory, abusive, threatening, vulgar or obscene. You liable to any third party for your comments, and GCIS is not liable to any third party regarding the content of comments.

Comments: website [e-mail link to sa2010@ gcis.gov.za].

Links and linking

External links
9. This website provides links to other websites. The fact that we have such links must not be construed as constituting any relationship or endorsement of linked third party, and reliance on all information and content provided by the external link is done so at your own risk. Third party advertising and promotional material may be displayed on the site from time to time, and the display of such material should be construed as GCIS endorsing or creating any relationship between GCIS and that third party. Reliance on any such promotional or advertising material is entirely at your own risk.

Linking
10. Any third party wishing to link to their website must obtain permission from GCIS by directing such request to the webmaster, and permission may be granted on terms and conditions agreed on.

Exclusion of liability
11. (1) It is a term and condition of the use of this website that you expressly agree that the use of the site is entirely at your own risk. The website and all content on the website is provided an “as is” basis, and GCIS makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the accuracy of the contents on the website. GCIS does not warrant that the function provided by the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the site or the server is free from viruses or other harmful components.
(2) GCIS, its management team, employees , officials, suppliers, agents and/or representatives shall not be liable for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any expense of any nature whatsoever, which may be suffered by the user, which arises directly or indirectly upon reliance of or on the website and/ or its content.
(3) GCIS, its agents or suppliers shall not be responsible for any direct special consequential damage of any kind whatsoever suffered or incurred by the user and related to use of, or your inability to access or use, the content or the website or any functionality of the website or of any linked website, even where GCIS is expressly advised thereof.
(4) You will indemnify GCIS and keep GCIS indemnified, from and against any loss or damage suffered or liability incurred in respect of any third party, which arises from your use of the website.