Terms and Conditions



Welcome to VAP Consult's website.


When you use the website you are deemed to have agreed to all of these terms of use governing the website.


Please check the website regularly for changes. The terms of use may change from time to time and without notice. The terms displayed at the time that you use the website will govern your use of the website.

Please address any comments or inaccuracies contained in the website to VAP Consult at webmaster@vapconsult.co.za


1.    Nature of website contents

  • Information contained on the website is intended to serve as general information on the chosen subjects and not as an exhaustive treatment of those subjects.

  • Calculations which may be displayed on the website are intended for the convenience of clients, may be approximations, and are intended only as guidelines. Should you wish to rely on any calculation you are advised to check the calculations before using them as VAP Consult will not be liable for any inaccuracy in the calculation.

  • Links to third party websites are provided for convenience only, and may be discontinued at any time. The fact that VAP Consult provides a link to a third party website does not necessarily mean that VAP Consult endorses, authorises, or sponsors that website, or that VAP Consult is affiliated to such website's owners or sponsors. 

  • The content on any websites which may be accessed from a VAP Consult website is not under VAP Consult’s control and VAP Consult will not be held responsible or liable for any content displayed on a third party website.

  • The content or information displayed on a VAP Consult website or any third party website which may be accessed through links provided on the VAP Consult website is not intended as advice but merely as information. Before making any decision or taking any action based on any information displayed on the VAP Consult website or any such third party website that may affect your personal finances or business, it is recommended that you first obtain appropriate professional advice.


2.    No warranties 

The content of the website is provided without any express or implied warranty of any kind whatsoever. In particular, VAP Consult does not warrant that it is appropriate or suitable for any particular purpose, that it is complete or accurate, or that it or any hardware on which it is stored is virus-free.

3.    Restricted use 

Unless otherwise specified, all information, products, and services displayed on or accessed through the website are for your personal and non-commercial use only. You may not -

  • Reproduce, modify, or create derivative works from; publish, distribute, transmit, or display; or license or transfer any of the content displayed on the website - unless you have VAP Consult’s prior written authorisation;

  • Decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the website, a linked website, or any software employed in the display or operation of the website;

  • Post on or transmit to the website content of an unlawful nature, for example: (a) contents that is threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane; or (b) that could damage VAP Consult’s image or impair its ability to do business; 

  • Use the website in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any VAP Consult server, or network connected to any VAP Consult server, or interfere with any other party's use of the website; 

  • Interfere with any content displayed on the website or attempt or gain unauthorised access to the information displayed on the website to which you may not be authorised, to any secure area on the website, a VAP Consult server or any other part of the VAP Consult information system. Any attempt, whether successful or unsuccessful to interfere with the information displayed on the VAP Consult website or to gain access to information or any part of the VAP Consult information system to which you are not authorized is unlawful and constitutes an offence in terms of the provisions of Section 86 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No. 25 of 2002. 

  • Create a link from another website to the website or any of the web pages which constitute the website without VAP Consult’s prior written authorisation;  

  • Frame the website or any of its pages without VAP Consult’s prior written authorisation.


4.    Electronic transactions, communications, and records

  • When you visit the website or send email to VAP Consult you consent to receiving communications from VAP Consult electronically. You thereby agree that all electronic agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications sent by VAP Consult satisfy any legal requirement that such communications should be in writing.

  • You accept the risks inherent in electronic communication in whatever form.

  • You authorise VAP Consult to act on the information communicated to VAP Consult electronically. You are responsible to ensure that VAP Consult has received the information communicated electronically.

  • You acknowledge and agree that VAP Consult, in its discretion, may retain and store your electronic communications. You agree that the electronic records stored by VAP Consult will constitute rebuttable proof of the content of the records. 

  • Any email communication sent to you will be deemed to have been received by you where it enters an information system outside of the control of VAP Consult.


5.    User ID and password

If you subscribe to a service or product provided on the website you may be required to choose a user id and/or password. You are entirely responsible for –

  • Maintaining the confidentiality of your password;

  • All activities that occur in your account, either with or without your knowledge;

  • Notifying VAP Consult immediately of any unauthorised use of your user id and/or password or any other breach of security; 

  • For losses incurred by VAP Consult or a third party due to someone other than you using your user id and/or password.


6.    Privacy policy 

Your privacy is important to VAP Consult. Personal information transmitted to VAP Consult will be treated in accordance with VAP Consult’s Privacy Policy.


7.    No liability

  • VAP Consult will not be responsible for any loss incurred or damages suffered (whether direct, indirect, special, or consequential) to you or any third party that may be attributable, directly or indirectly, to the use of, or reliance upon, any content displayed on the website by you.

  • VAP Consult will not be responsible for any interruption, delayed or failed transmission, loss of programs or other data, or the storage or delivery of information resulting from whatever cause.


8.    Warranties provided by you

For all purposes, and in particular for purposes of 6 above, you warrant –

  • Your identity (that is, you are who you say you are), and that you can prove your identity should VAP Consult require you to do so;

  • That all information you provide at any time to VAP Consult via the website, in writing, or to VAP Consult call centre staff will in all respects be current, complete, and accurate;


9.    Intellectual property rights

  • The website and all its content (including software, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, and designs) are owned by or licensed to VAP Consult.

  • As the intellectual property rights in the content referred to immediately above are protected against infringement by local and international legislation and treaties, it may not be used in any way without VAP Consult or the licensor's prior written permission.


10.    Breach 

VAP Consult reserves the right to -

  • Refuse you further access to the website if (a) you breach any of the terms of use applicable from time to time; (b) VAP Consult is unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to it; or (c) VAP Consult believes that you are conducting activities that are illegal, abusive, attack the integrity of the website, or may place VAP Consult in disrepute;

  • Refer any breach to the police if such breach constitutes a crime;

  • Claim damages for all loss and damage it suffers, and expenses it incurs, as a result of your breach.


11.    Indemnity 

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless VAP Consult and its respective trustees, officers, employees, suppliers, and any third party information providers from and against all losses and expenses (including attorney and own client costs), resulting from any failure to adhere to these terms of use by you.

12.    Jurisdiction and applicable law

  • Your use of the website will for all purposes relating to its use, constitute your consent and submission to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Court.

  • Any claim arising from –

    •  The use or inability to use the website; 

    • An application for, and the rendering of a service or providing of a product, 

Is subject to the laws of the Republic of South Africa - in respect of both the basis of the claim and the law relating to procedure and evidence.


  • All proceedings will be held in English and the unsuccessful party will be liable to pay all costs incurred by the successful party, including costs as between attorney and own client. 

13.    Permissions 

To obtain authorisation from VAP Consult as provided for herein, please address the request to webmaster@vapconsult.co.za.




 
 


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