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 Terms of Use 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND South African National Disaster Management Center

The South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by South African National Disaster Management Center.

The South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

The information provided on this web site is proprietary to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, its agencies and certain clients and suppliers.
All logos and trademarks included in this website may not be used for any purpose without the express prior permission of the COGTA or its client or supplier to whom such logo or trademark belongs.
The information provided is provided without warranty of any sort, express or implied. By using this web site you confirm that you fully indemnify and hold COGTA and all of the other parties represented on this web site harmless from all and every claim arising from your use of this web site and the information provided thereon, including special, direct and indirect, and consequential damages. The web site and any web site linked to it is used entirely at your own risk.
You expressly undertake not to use this web site or any other web site linked to it or the information provided on it for any illegal purpose or to transmit or transfer any undesirable material or information of any nature or in any form.
Any software provided by means of this web site or any of the web sites linked to it is provided strictly subject to the license agreements and terms and conditions prescribed by the holder of the proprietary rights in such software, and you undertake to honour such rights and prescriptions of the proprietary rights holder concerned.
The Management and staff of the COGTA and its agencies do not necessarily share or agree with the views and opinions published on this web site, as such views and opinions are published, in many instances, for information only.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE

South African National Disaster Management Center reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

The South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of South African National Disaster Management Center and South African National Disaster Management Center is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. South African National Disaster Management Center is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. South African National Disaster Management Center is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by South African National Disaster Management Center of the site or any association with its operators.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site, you warrant to South African National Disaster Management Center that you will not use the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the South African National Disaster Management Center Web Sites.

USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES

The South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

South African National Disaster Management Center has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, South African National Disaster Management Center reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. South African National Disaster Management Center reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

South African National Disaster Management Center reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in South African National Disaster Management Center's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. South African National Disaster Management Center does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, South African National Disaster Management Center specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized South African National Disaster Management Center spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of South African National Disaster Management Center.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO South African National Disaster Management Center OR POSTED AT ANY South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE

South African National Disaster Management Center does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to South African National Disaster Management Center (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any South African National Disaster Management Center Web Site or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting South African National Disaster Management Center, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. South African National Disaster Management Center is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in South African National Disaster Management Center's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. South African National Disaster Management Center AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

South African National Disaster Management Center AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. South African National Disaster Management Center AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL South African National Disaster Management Center AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF South African National Disaster Management Center OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE South African National Disaster Management Center WEB SITE.

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TRADEMARKS

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.