Legal

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Last Updated: 28 February 2018

Welcome to watchcom.org.za.

Cape Town Central WatchCom and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the conditions as outlined below. When you visit watchcom.org.za, you automatically accept these conditions.

This website, watchcom.org.za, provided by Cape Town Central WatchCom, may be used for informational purposes only. The website includes links to other websites operated by affiliates or associates of Cape Town Central WatchCom. Use of such websites shall be subject to the terms and conditions particular to such websites. In addition, you may be required to agree with other terms and conditions (including but not limited to those of an “End User License Agreement”) when you download certain contents, which, in the avoidance of doubt and in the case of possible conflict, will prevail.

1. Use of Materials, Copyright and Trademarks

Cape Town Central WatchCom or third parties who have licensed specific products or services shall reserve all intellectual property rights (the rights which could be protected by the copyright law, the design law, the trademark law and other intellectual property laws) concerning any documents, programs, movies, animations, articles, sketches, drawings, software, databases, trademarks, logos and other materials available on the website (the “Information”). Except to enable your personal use of the information available on the website as well as rights granted to you under applicable mandatory law, you are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying, displaying, showing, publicly transmitting or otherwise creating derivative products or services of any of the information, in whole or in part, regardless of medium, without prior written permission from the intellectual property right owner(s).

The trade names, logos and product names of Cape Town Central WatchCom and all companies, individuals, organisations or businesses appearing on the website are trade names or trademarks of those respective companies, individuals, organisations and businesses.

All content included on this site, text, photographs, logos, graphics, button icons, data compilations and software, and the selection, arrangement and layout thereof are the property of www or licensed to Cape Town Central WatchCom and as such, are protected by South African and international copyright laws.

2. Privacy Policy

Cape Town Central WatchCom respects your privacy. You can access and browse most of the website without disclosing your personal data and save information collected by cookies that we use. When we collect or use your personal data, we will protect your privacy and adhere to applicable South African law protecting Personal Data. As the website may contain third party links, Cape Town Central WatchCom shall not be held responsible for how your personal information may be used when accessing or browsing these linked sites.

3. Prohibitions

Attempts to upload information or change information on the Cape Town Central WatchCom Web Site are strictly prohibited unless specifically authorized in writing by Cape Town Central WatchCom. This prohibition does not apply to users providing information through an online form created by Cape Town Central WatchCom for that purpose.

4. Links to other Sites

Any sites of third parties linked to or from the website are not under the control of Cape Town Central WatchCom, and Cape Town Central WatchCom is not responsible for the contents of any such linked sites. Cape Town Central WatchCom provides those links to you only for your convenience, and the inclusion of any link to a site does not imply endorsement of the site by Cape Town Central WatchCom.

4.1. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Cape Town Central WatchCom’s website as long as the link does not portray Cape Town Central WatchCom or its affiliates, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner.

4.2. The Cape Town Central WatchCom website contains hypertext links to other sites on the Internet. However, Cape Town Central WatchCom is not responsible for any information contained in other websites, nor is it liable for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive, or illegal materials found on other websites.

5. Disclosures Required by Section 43 of the South African Electronic Communications and Transaction Act

5.1. The full name and legal status of the Cape Town Central WatchCom is Cape Town Central WatchCom, a South African community organisation.

5.2 Address of Cape Town Central WatchCom: Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 8001

5.3. Membership to self-regulatory or accreditation bodies: N/A

5.4. Codes of conduct to which this web site subscribes: N/A

5.5. Legal persons: The contact of this website is Cape Town Central WatchCom

5.6. Main reason for website: N/A

6. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

6.1. Subject to the provisions of sections 43(5) and 43(6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, Cape Town Central WatchCom shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use this website or the services or content provided from and through this website. Furthermore, Cape Town Central WatchCom makes no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content and technology available from this website are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free.

6.2. This website is supplied on an “as is” basis and has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user’s individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy itself prior to entering into this agreement with Cape Town Central WatchCom that the service available from and through this web site will meet the user’s individual requirements and be compatible with the user’s hardware and/or software.

6.3. Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this site should not be regarded as professional advice or as the official opinion of Cape Town Central WatchCom, and users are encouraged to consult professional advice before taking any course of action related to information, ideas or opinions expressed on this site.

7. Governing Law

This website is operated from the Republic of South Africa, and thus the South African Law governs the use or liability to use this web site and these terms and conditions.

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