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Terms of Use Policy

By accessing this website (obs-estate.org.za, the "Site", owned by Observatory Estate Resident Forum, hereinafter referred to as "OERF"), you are agreeing to be bound by these website Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms"), all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing the Site. The materials contained in the Site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

USAGE LICENCE

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information, or software) on the Site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a licence, not a transfer of title, and under this licence you may not:

  • modify or copy the materials;
  • use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
  • attempt to decompile, decode, deobfuscate, or reverse-engineer any software contained on the Site (JavaScript packages contained on the Site may be minified or obfuscated to preserve client-side bandwidth. Any attempt to deobfuscate such JavaScript packages is considered acceptable, and safe, provided that the attempt is not performed in order to decompile or hack software contained on the Site. You may only make the attempt for personal purposes);
  • remove any copyright or proprietary notations from the materials;
  • transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server;

This licence shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions, and may be terminated by OERF at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials, or upon the termination of this licence, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession, whether in electronic or printed format.

DISCLAIMER

The materials on the Site are provided on an "as is" basis - OERF makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, OERF does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on the Site or otherwise relating to such materials or any sites linked to this Site.

LIMITATIONS

In no event shall OERF or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on the Site, even if OERF or a OERF-authorised representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

REVISIONS, ERRATA

The materials appearing on the Site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. OERF does not warrant that any of the materials on the Site are accurate, complete, or current. OERF may make changes to the Site at any time, without any prior notice of any kind. OERF does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

LINKS

OERF has not reviewed all external websites linked to the Site, and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by OERF of such site. Use of any such linked site is at the user's own risk.

TERMS CHANGES, ALTERATIONS

OERF may revise these Terms for the Site at any time, with no prior notice of any kind. By using the Site, you are agreeing to be bound by the thus current version of these Terms.

If any changes are made, a description of these changes will be available below.

No changes have been made.

GOVERNING LAW

Any claim relating to the Site shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and in the appropriate jurisdiction.

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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") governs the manner in which OERF collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information from users (each, a "User", "Visitor", "you") of the Site. This Policy applies to the Site.

FUNDAMENTALS

We are committed to protecting your privacy on the Site. We do not collect any information that you do not choose to provide. These are some fundamentals to consider with regard to our position in protecting your privacy:

We will not ask you for your personal information, unless we truly need it in order to process and complete a transaction

If any information is collected from you, it will not be shared with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our services, or protect our legal rights

We do not store any personal/non-personally-identifying information (described below) on our own servers

POLICY

Below is the Policy, which is designed to incorporate the above-mentioned fundamentals.

Site Visitors

Like most website operators, we do collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and [most] servers typically make available. This includes your browser information (known as a User Agent), referring site, as well as the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting said information is to better understand the way in which our visitors use the Site. From time to time, we may release said information (in aggregate form), for example by publishing a report on usage trends of the Site.

Protection of certain personally-identifying information

We disclose potentially personally-identifying information and personally-identifying information only to those of our employees, contractors, and affiliated organisations that (a) need to know that information to process it on our behalf or to provide services available at the Site, and (b) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organisations may be located outside of your home country. By using the Site, you consent to the transfer of such information to them when necessary.

We do not rent or sell such information to anyone under any circumstances.

Other than the above, we disclose such information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests or, when we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our property or rights, or that of third parties and the public at large.

Browser/Session Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time a visitor makes a request (visits a page on the website).

We store client cookies on your computer in the event that you log into an administration/management-end of the Site. We also store a session cookie on your computer (this cookie holds no personally-identifying information, and is wiped at the end of the session).

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browser preferences accordingly, with the drawback being that certain features of the Site may not function correctly without them.

Logging

For debugging purposes, certain client-side software may log its events to your browser's console, if one exists. This log does not contain any personal information, and is cleared when the browser/browser tab is closed, or the page is refreshed/redirected.

For security purposes, some events will not be logged.

Business Transfers

If we, or substantially all of our business assets were to be acquired, or in the unlikely event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, any collected information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of our business and standing assets may continue to use your information as set forth in this Policy.

POLICY CHANGES, ALTERATIONS

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change this Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. We therefore encourage you to check this page for any changes to this Policy.

If any changes are made, a description of these changes will be available below.

No changes have been made.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY

By using the Site, you signify your acceptance of this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms set out in this Policy, please do not make use of the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this Policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

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