The Services and products
1.1 You hereby agree that your use of the Service shall at all times be subject to the terms
and conditions as set out herein. If you are not willing to agree to these provisions, you
must NOT use the Service.
1.2 Upon successful registration for the Service, you are solely responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and are fully responsible for all
activities that occur under your account and password. You agree to immediately notify us
of any unauthorised use of your password or any other breach of security. You further agree
that we will not be liable to you or any other party whatsoever in respect of any losses or
damages resulting from someone else using your password, whether with or without your
knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses or damages incurred by us or any
third party due to someone else using your password and account.
1.3 We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, either
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) as well as products, with or without
notice to you
and you agree that we will not incur any liability, of whatsoever nature, to
you for any
such occurrence
1.4 We will, at our own discretion, determine the period and level of support, if any,
offered with regard to the Service and we make no representations and give no warranties, of
whatsoever nature, in this regard.
Product and Service Availablity
2.1 While we will use reasonable endeavors to keep the Service and products available at all times,
you
acknowledge that we make no guarantees, of whatsoever nature, in respect of the availability
of the Service and that we will not be liable to you or any other party whatsoever in respect of any
loss or damages suffered as a result of the unavailability of the Service for
any reason whatsoever.
Website Usage
3.1 You hereby agree to adhere to generally acceptable messaging and ordering etiquette. In this regard,
without being limited to the examples listed below, you agree not to:
3.1.1 Engage in any spamming or posting of unsolicited messages to recipients who did not
request to receive such messages;
3.1.2 take any action aimed at deceiving or misleading another party or attempt to
impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation to any person or entity;
3.1.3 use the Service to transmit anything which is defamatory, discriminatory, obscene,
offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, harmful, hateful or that violates any other
personal rights;
3.1.4 use the Service to transmit viruses or any other destructive features, regardless of
whether or not damage is intended;
3.1.5 use the Service to collect or attempt to collect personal information about third
parties without their knowledge or consent;
3.1.6 violate the privacy of any person or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the
Service, whether through hacking, password mining or any other means;
3.1.7 use the Service to engage in any illegal or unlawful activity;
3.1.8 use the Service to transmit content which carries any child pornography, religious or
racial slurs or threatens or encourages bodily harm or the like;
3.1.9 use the Service in any manner that may infringe another partys intellectual property
rights (for example copyright or trade mark) or other proprietary rights;
3.1.10 use the Service to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items or services,
or to offer or solicit for any type of financial scam such as "pyramid schemes";
3.1.11 in any way manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of anything
transmitted through the Service; and/or
3.1.12 use the Service in any manner which could damage, impair, overburden or disable the
Service or interfere with any other partys use or enjoyment of the Service.
3.2 Should you engage in any of the above practices, which shall be determined in our sole
discretion, we shall be entitled to suspend or terminate, without notice, your access to
and/or use of the Service.
Breaches of these Terms & Conditions
4.1 Should we believe you to be in breach of any of these terms and conditions, we will be
entitled, but not obliged, to exercise any rights that we may have in law and to respond to
such breach and/or any complaint lodged against you in one or more of the following manners:
4.1.1 issue a warning;
4.1.2 suspend or terminate your access to and/or use of the Service;
4.1.3 claim immediate payment of all costs incurred by us in exercising our rights in terms
of this clause 4;
4.1.4 institute legal proceedings against you or any third party, including a claim for any
loss or damages, whether direct or indirect, sustained by us as a result of your breach and
/or any complaint lodged against you; and
4.1.5 respond to the matter in any other manner deemed appropriate by us.
Indemnity
5.1 You understand and agree that all material of whatsoever nature, sent or received by you
through the Service, is the sole responsibility of the party from whom such material
originates. Accordingly, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such
material and under no circumstances whatsoever will we be liable in any way for any
material, including (without being limited to) any errors or omissions, or any loss or
damages of any kind incurred as a result of or in any way relating to such material.
5.2 You further understand and agree that we will not, under any circumstances, be liable
for any loss or damages, of whatsoever nature, resulting from the unavailability of the
Service, your use of, or inability to use the Service, unauthorised access to, or alteration
of your transmissions through the Service, or any other matter relating to the Service.
5.3 The entire risk relating to the use of the Service is borne by you and you assume full
responsibility and liability for all claims, losses and damages arising as a direct or
indirect result of your use of the Service. You understand that the Service and products is
provided on
an "as is" and "as available" basis and that we give no warranties of any kind,
whether
express or implied, with regard to the Service. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or
liability for timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery, corruption or failure to store any
messages or other material maintained or transmitted by or through the Service.
5.4 You hereby indemnify us and agree to hold us harmless from any claim, demand or damage
asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service.
5.5 You hereby indemnify us and agree to hold us harmless from any loss or damage of
whatever nature and howsoever arising from your use of the Service and/or failure to comply
with these terms and conditions and/or any other requirements that we may impose from time
to time.
5.6 You hereby agree that we will not, under any circumstances whatsoever, be liable for any
indirect, consequential, special or incidental loss or damages, howsoever arising from or in
connection with the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damages and
whether arising from negligence, breach of warranty or contract or otherwise.
5.7 The Designaweb does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the currency,
correctness, accuracy, reliability or any other aspect regarding characteristics or use of
the Service. You accept sole responsibility and risk associated with the use and results of
the Service, irrespective of the purpose to which such use or results are applied. In no
event shall Designaweb be liable for any damages resulting from misconduct committed by us or
any other third party.
Alterations to Terms & Conditions
6.1 We reserve the right to alter these terms and conditions at any time.
6.2 You acknowledge that by using the Service, you will be bound to the then current version
of the terms and conditions (the "Current Version") from time to time and that, unless
stated otherwise in the current version, all previous versions will be superseded by the
Current Version.
6.3 You are responsible for reviewing the Current Version each time you make use of the
Service.
6.4 Without derogating from the a foregoing, and without imposing any obligation whatsoever
on us, we reserve the right to give you notice of amendments of the terms and conditions. On
receipt of notice of amended terms and conditions, you will be obliged to visit the Information
section of the esn.za.net and view the then Current Version.
6.5 The conditions stated here as compiled by one of our directors, whose appointment, qualification
and authority need not be proved, shall be prima facie proof of the content of the Current Version and
all previous versions of the terms and conditions.
Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 The website esn.za.net is operated by us www.designaweb.co.za and the copyright
with regard to the Service belongs to www.designaweb.co.za and www.designaweb.co.za rights
in this regard are
reserved. Unauthorised use of Designaweb marks and logos is prohibited.
7.2 All materials contained in the esn.za.net website and its derivatives, which are
created or developed on the basis of Designaweb copyrighted material by any party rightfully authorised
by Designaweb or sub-contracted by us, are the copyrighted property of Designaweb or its
affiliated companies. Except for any fair use for purposes of study, research, criticism and
review, as permitted under applicable copyright legislation, no part of the aforesaid
materials may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or any
other means be used, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, broadcast or transmitted
without the prior permission of Designaweb. Whoever develops or creates the aforesaid
derivatives, including (without being limited to) esn website, animations, cartoons and
icons, shall not break any applicable laws or infringe upon any third partys rights,
including (without being limited to) intellectual property right and the right of privacy.
7.3 All trademarks, service marks, logos, and trade names relating to the Services (the "
Trademarks") are proprietary to Designaweb or its affiliates. You may not change any Trademark
in any way, including (without being limited to) changes in the color, proportion or design,
or removal of any words, artwork or trademark symbols. No part of any Trademark may in any
form, alone or in combination with other marks, names or products, or by any electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or any other means be used, reproduced, broadcast or
transmitted without prior permission from Designaweb.
General
8.1 These terms and conditions shall in all respects be governed and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and all disputes, actions and other matters in
connection herewith, shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
8.2 Failure to enforce any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as
a waiver of our rights, nor shall such failure in any way affect the validity of the whole
or any part of these terms and conditions, nor prejudice our right to take subsequent
action.
8.3 These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement that applies to your use of
the Service and no other provision shall be binding on us. No addition to, or variation of
these terms and conditions (save for those effected under clause 6 above) shall be of any
force or effect.
8.4 If any part of these terms and conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable,
it shall not affect the remainder of the terms and conditions, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
Date of publication: August, 2011
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