Terms & Conditions
Website Terms of Use
These terms and conditions (“the Terms and Conditions”) are binding on all persons that access the this website without qualification or exception. By entering the websites, the person accessing the websites (“the user”) agrees to be bound by and shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions, which the user acknowledges to have read and understood. If the user does not agree to any of the Terms and Conditions, the user may not enter, view or make use of the websites. QVWI may from time to time amend these Terms and Conditions without notice to the user. The user’s continued use of the website shall constitute the User’s agreement to the amended Terms and Conditions.
Copyright
The content of this website is subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for educational purposes or personal use, is prohibited without prior consent from QVWI.
All moral and any other rights of QVWI or other legal entity in respect of which content is contained on this website not expressly granted are reserved.
Intellectual property rights
All content, data and trademarks, including, but not limited to, software, technology, databases, know-how, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, designs, program, publications, products, processed, or ideas described in this website may be the subject of other rights, including other intellectual property rights (the “intellectual property”), which are the property of or licensed to QVWI, or a legal entity, and as such are protected from infringement by South African legislation and international treaties and conventions. Subject to the rights afforded to the user herein, all other rights to all intellectual property on this website are expressly reserved.
Website Use
The user may not, without QVWI’s written prior consent, use, reproduce, adapt, distribute, publish or in any other way deal or interfere with the intellectual property or the websites’ contents.
The user shall not infect the websites with viruses, worms, ‘trojan’ or any other code that has malicious, contaminating or destructive properties nor shall the User damage, interfere with or intercept any data or information contained on the websites.
Access to these websites is made available for information purposes only.
The websites may contain links to other websites. QVWI has no control over such websites, does not review their content and will not be liable for their content or accuracy. The user accesses such websites at the user’s own risk and discretion.
The user may not link to these websites without QVWI’s prior written consent.
Disclaimer
The information on this website is intended to provide general information on a particular subject or subjects and is not an exhaustive treatment of such subject(s).It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy itself prior to accessing this website that the website will meet the user’s individual requirements and be compatible with the user’s hardware and/or software. Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this site should not be regarded as professional advice or the official opinion of QVWI or any legal entity in respect of which information, ideas and opinions are expressed on this website. Users are encouraged to consult professional advice before taking any course of action related to information, ideas or opinions expressed on this site. QVWI makes no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, among others, the content and technology available from this site are free from errors or omissions, that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error-free or will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality. This site is provided ‘as is’. QVWI expressly disclaims all implied warranties, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, and accuracy. It makes no express or implied representations or warranties regarding the content of the website and that the website has been compiled or supplied to meet the user’s individual requirements. Users are encouraged to report any possible errors, malfunctions or offensive material by using the ‘feedback’ link. The use of the content of this website is at the user’s own risk. The user assumes full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the use of the content of this site. QVWI or any of the legal entities in respect of which information are contained on this site, or employees of QVWI or such entity, will not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages or any other damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, statute, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or otherwise, relating to the use of this document or information. If any of the foregoing is not fully enforceable for any reason, the remainder shall nonetheless continue to apply. Subject to sections 43(5) and 43(6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act 25 of 2002), QVWI 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. Certain links in the web server lead to resources maintained by third parties over whom QVWI has no control. QVWI makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of, or any other aspect relating to, those resources. The provisions of Part 2 of Chapter III of the Electronic Communications and Transactions, 2002 is hereby excluded from applying to any electronic communications and data messages that a user sends to QVWI via this website. Any communications or data message that a user sends to QVWI will be regarded having been received by QVWI when receipt is acknowledged in writing. If the user does not receive a response within a reasonable period of time, the user should follow it up with QVWI. QVWI shall not be liable for any failure to respond.
If a user requires any information from QVWI regarding its services or the content of this website, the ‘feedback’ link could be used.
Security Protection
QVWI has in place reasonable commercial standards of technology and operational security to protect all information provided by users from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. All reasonable steps will be taken to secure a user’s information. It is expressly prohibited for any person, business or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website. If a person delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website, a criminal charge will be laid against that person, and, if QVWI or any public body should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.
Linkage and framing
We welcome third-party websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages. It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity or website to frame any page on this website, including the home page, in any way whatsoever, without prior written approval of QVWI.
Links to third-party websites
QVWI l may provide links to other websites only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not imply QVWI endorsement of such sites. Linked websites or pages are not subject to the control of QVWI. QVWI is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for content, use, or inability to use or access any linked websites or any links contained in a linked website.
Privacy
Introduction
The privacy statement applies to QVWI Digital and any legal entity, which control, verify or make use of information that may be collected via this site.
A user may visit this site without providing any personal information. A user, however, agrees to the use of such data in accordance with this privacy statement. Please note that this site may contain links to other sites which are not being governed by this privacy statement. If a user has any questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement or the user’s privacy while using this website, the ‘feedback’ link could be used.
Cookies
QVWI Digital may use cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) or web beacons (electronic images that allow this website to count users who have accessed a particular page and to access certain cookies) to ensure that the website is well managed and to facilitate improvement of the site. QVWI Digital or its service-provider(s) may use cookies to collect aggregate data. QVWI Digital may use such devices from time to time to track information on its systems and identify categories of users by items such as IP addresses, domains, browser types and pages visited. The web administrator uses the information to analyse the number of users of different areas of the site and to ensure that this site is serving as a useful and effective information source.
Neither cookies nor web beacons collect personal information such as the user’s name or e-mail address. A user may reject cookies as most browsers permit individuals to decline cookies. Under certain circumstances, users may be denied access to some parts of this website if their browsers are set to decline cookies.
Severability
These terms and conditions of use constitute the entire agreement between QVWI and the user of this website. Any failure by the QVWI to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions of use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term or condition of the use of this website is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.