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Date of Last Review: 15 March 2004
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS SUBJECT TO
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET OUT BELOW. BY USING THIS SITE THE
USER AGREES TO OBSERVE ALL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE, INCLUDING ANY
PRIVACY OR OTHER POLICIES WHICH MAY APPEAR ELSEWHERE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Definitions
“web site owner” and/or “we” means the Natural Heritage Institute, a
non-profit, public interest law firm principally based in California,
USA
“this web site” and/or “we” means www.sharingwater.net
“user” means any person accessing any part of the web site
Use of this site
1. Use of this web site is at the sole risk of the user.
2. Unless otherwise indicated, users are welcome to copy, download or
print out any of the visible text or images on this site for personal
and non-commercial use.
3. Commercial use or other non-personal use may, at the discretion of
the web site owner, be permitted upon request.
A request for permission can be submitted by e-mailing
dhitchcock@n-h-i.org
Owner information
4. Please submit any query in respect of these Terms & Conditions or the
use of this web site to us in any of the following ways
Web site owner: Natural Heritage Institute
Board of Trustees: please visit
http://www.n-h-i.org/AboutUs/Board/Board.html
for a list of current trustees
Contact details: please visit
http://www.sharingwater.net/EContact.asp
for a list of contacts relevant to this site
E-mail: dhitchcock@n-h-i.org (project co-ordinator)
No offer
5. Users should regard nothing contained in this web site as an offer to
do business.
Disclaimers
6. THIS ENTIRE WEB SITE, INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGES, LINKS, DOWNLOADS AND
CODING, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". THE WEB SITE OWNER MAKES
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO WARRANTIES AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OR SUITABILITY OF EITHER THE
WEB SITE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT.
7. While we take all reasonable security precautions, no liability will
lie for damage caused by the malicious use of this site or by
destructive data or code that is passed on to the user through the use
of this site.
8. We will pursue prosecution of and compensation from any person that
delivers or attempts to deliver any destructive code to this web site or
attempts to gain unauthorized access to any page on this web site.
9. The web site owner, its servants, subcontractors, subsidiaries and
affiliates disclaim all responsibility or liability for any damages,
including but not limited to direct, economic, consequential loss or
loss of profits, resulting from the use of this site in any manner.
INDEMNITY
10. USERS AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE WEB SITE, ITS
SERVANTS, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES FROM ANY DEMAND,
ACTION OR APPLICATION OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING FOR ATTORNEYS FEES
AND RELATED COSTS SUCH AS TRACING FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY AND
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USERS USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR
ANY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH IT IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF CONTENT.
Copyright and Intellectual Property protection
11. Copyright in all information, images, source codes and other
original material contained in this web site which is not attributed to
a third party, is held by the web site owner. THE WEB SITE OWNER ASSERTS
AND RESERVES ALL ITS RIGHTS IN THIS REGARD.
Confidentiality of communications
12. Further information regarding the manner in which we respect the
privacy of users’ personal information is contained in our privacy
policy.
Hyperlinks, deep links, advertising, framing
13. The express permission in writing of the web site owner is required
before any hyperlink other than to the Home Page of this web site is
created. Permission, if granted, will be subject to the condition that
the party linking to this site alerts users to the application of these
terms and conditions. Requests for permission can be mailed to
dhitchcock@n-h-i.org
14. Permission to link to this web site is given without assumption of
any liability. We reserve the right to withdraw permission granted to
link to this web site at any time and for any reason.
15. Hyperlinks and/or advertisements contained on this web site and
directed towards other web sites or users are provided without any
warranties or endorsements as to the content, suitability, accuracy or
security of the site linked to. This web site in no manner controls or
edits the content of sites or pages linked to.
Use of the sites or pages linked to is accordingly exclusively at the
risk of the user.
16. The express permission in writing of the web site owner, which may
be subject to conditions, is required before this site, any of its pages
and/or any of the information contained on the site is framed. Requests
for permission can be mailed to
dhitchcock@n-h-i.org
What law governs this Agreement?
17. The user hereby agrees that the law applicable to these terms and
conditions of use, their interpretation and any matter or litigation in
connection therewith or arising from them will be the law of California,
USA, notwithstanding the fact that this web site is hosted and
maintained within the Republic of South Africa.
Amendment of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
18. Please note that, due to legal and other developments, we may be
required to amend these Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time.
Please refer to the last revision date at the top of this page.
19. We will attempt to give notice of any amendments, but reserves the
right to effect binding amendments, additions or deletions without
notice.
Enforceability of this Agreement
20. In the event of any part of these Terms and Conditions being found
to be partially or fully unenforceable, for whatever reason, this shall
not effect the application or enforceability of the remainder of this
Agreement.
21. These Terms of Use contain the record of the entire agreement
between the user and the web site owner.
22. Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall
not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce
such provision.
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