For the purpose of these terms and conditions The House of Fibre shall mean The House of Fibre Limited, and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

1 Acceptance of terms and conditions

 

The House of Fibre provides the information contained on this website and any pages comprising the website to you subject to the terms and conditions of use set out herein. By accessing, using and/or downloading any information from the website, you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to these terms and conditions. If you do not accept and agree to the terms and conditions, do not access,use or download any information from the website.

 

2 Modification of terms and conditions

 

The House of Fibre may at any time modify the terms and conditions without notice to you and your continued access or use of the website will be subject to the terms and conditions in force at the time of such access or use. Accordingly, you should review the terms and conditions periodically as your continued access or use of the website shall be deemed to be your acceptance of the amended terms and conditions.

 

3 Content of the Website

 

Whilst every effort is made to update the information contained on this website on a regular basis, The House of Fibre makes no representations or warranties, whether express, implied in law or residual, as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of information, opinions, data and/or content contained on the website and shall not be bound in any manner by any information contained on the website. The House of Fibre reserves the right at any time to change the content or discontinue without notice, any aspect or feature of the website. No opinions, research information, data or content contained on the website (and whether posted by The House of Fibre or a third party) should be construed as advice and same are offered for information purposes only.

 

4 Links to other Websites

 

External links may be provided for your convenience, but they are beyond the control of The House of Fibre and no representation is made as to their content. Use of or reliance on any external links is at your own risk. No hypertext links may be created from any website controlled by you (whether directly or indirectly) to the website without the express prior written permission of The House of Fibre.

 

5 Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

 

Copyright and all intellectual property rights in and to all materials, texts, drawings and data made available on the website are owned by The House of Fibre alternatively, The House of Fibre is the lawful user thereof and same are protected by the Copyright Act, No 98 of 1978. Accordingly, any unauthorised copying, reproduction, retransmission, distribution, dissemination, sale, publication, broadcast or other circulation or exploitation of the materials or any component thereof will constitute an infringement of such copyright and other intellectual property rights. The trademarks, names, logos and service marks displayed on the website are the registered and unregistered trademarks of The House of Fibre. Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark without the prior written permission of The House of Fibre.

 

6 Public Forums and User Submissions.

 

The House of Fibre is not responsible for any material submitted to the public areas by you (which include bulletin boards, chat rooms, or any other public area found on the website). Any material (whether submitted by you or any other user) is not endorsed, reviewed or approved by The House of Fibre. The House of Fibre reserves the right to remove any material submitted or posted by you in the public areas, without notice to you, if it becomes aware and determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that there is a possibility that you may:

6.1 defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of other users or any third parties;

6.2 publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;

6.3 upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programmes that may damage the operation of The House of Fibre and/or a third party’s computer system and/or network;

6.4 violate any copyright, trademark, other applicable laws or intellectual property rights of The House of Fibre or any other third party.

You further agree not to use the website to send or post any message or material that is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, indecent, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, sexually oriented, racially offensive, profane, pornographic or which violates any applicable laws and you hereby indemnify The House of Fibre against any loss, liability, damage or expense of whatever nature which The House of Fibre or any third party may suffer which is caused by or attributable to, whether directly or indirectly, your use of the website.

 

7 Warranties and Disclaimers

 

The House of Fibre makes no warranties, representations, statements or guarantees (whether express, implied in law or residual) regarding the website. The House of Fibre shall not be responsible for and disclaims all liability for any loss, liability, damage (Whether direct, indirect or consequential), personal injury or expense of any nature whatsoever which may be suffered by you or any third party, as a result of or which may be attributable, directly or indirectly, to your access and/or use of the website and any information contained on the website and you waive any and all claims which you may have against The House of Fibre in respect of any loss, liability, damage (Whether direct, indirect or consequential) or expense of any nature whatsoever, which may be suffered by you or your dependants as a result of or which may be attributable directly or indirectly to the aforesaid. These limitations of liability shall apply regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, delict, strict liability or otherwise, and regardless of whether either party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, The House of Fibre shall not be liable for any indirect, contingent or consequential loss (including but not limited to loss of business or loss of profits) incurred or sustained by you or any third party howsoever arising in respect of your use of or reliance on the website or any information offered on or via the website.

 

8 General

 

8.1 These terms and conditions constitute the sole record of the agreement between you and The House of Fibre in relation to the subject matter hereof. Neither you nor The House of Fibre shall be bound by any express, tacit or implied representation, warranty, promise or the like not recorded herein. These terms and conditions supersede and replace all prior commitments, undertakings or representations, whether written or oral, between you and The House of Fibre in respect of the subject matter hereof. No addition to, variation or agreed cancellation of any provision of these terms of use shall be binding upon The House of Fibre unless agreed to by The House of Fibre. No indulgence or extension of time which The House of Fibre may grant to you will constitute a waiver of or, whether by estoppel or otherwise, limit any of the existing or future rights of The House of Fibre in terms hereof, save in the event or to the extent that The House of Fibre has signed a written document expressly waiving or limiting such rights.

8.2 The House of Fibre shall be entitled to cede, assign and delegate all or any of its rights and obligations in terms of these terms and conditions to any third party without notice to you.

8.3 All provisions of these terms and conditions are, notwithstanding the manner in which they have been linked grammatically, severable from each other. Any provision of these terms and conditions which is or become unenforceable in any jurisdiction, whether due to voidness, invalidity, illegality, unlawfulness or for any reason whatever shall, in such jurisdiction only and only to the extent that it is so unenforceable, be disregarded and the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall remain of full force and effect.

8.4 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law. You hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction of the South African courts in respect of any disputes arising in connection with these terms and conditions or any matter related to or in connection therewith.