TERMS OF USE
Third Parties (external websites and electronic platforms)
Note that multiple links on this website transfer the user to external websites, which Frans Minnaar cannot guarantee the safety of. Furthermore, these platforms are administered by other hosting agencies, and may have its own terms and conditions. Please read such terms when visiting the sites; it is assumed that you will comply with its requirements, and Frans Minnaar will not accept responsibilities for any possible breaches in this regard that may constitute liabilities yourself.
Please remember that these external site may poetntially contains harmful contents. Frans Minnaar will not be liable for any harm resulting from visits to the sites.
Use of the website
The website makes extensive use of contents reprinted from external sources that allow the use of their contents in terms of relaxed or relinquished copyrights (or in terms of Creative Commons licencing). FRANS MINNAAR also makes use of material for which licences have been purchased. Some contents have been designed and developed by FRANS MINNAAR developers (by name Dr. Frans Minnaar).
Note that FRANS MINNAAR (Frans Minnaar) does not have the authority to relinquished the copyrights for any material or contents on this site that is used in terms of special licencing conditions. Where material developed by FRANS MINNAAR developers, the user-rights are only transferred to the user in so far as the specified terms and conditions allow it.
Subject to the specialised terms, all intellectual property rights are reserved and must be respected. You may view, download, and print pages [or other documents, pictures, videos and/or templates (any content)] from the website in terms of the specified conditions (which may also be implied in terms of subscription terms and conditions).
You must not:
-- republish material from this website (including republication on another website);
-- sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
-- show any material from the website in public, except if specifically authorised or allowed, either directly, or by implications (e.g. as part of purchasing offerings);
-- reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose, except if the required preconditions therefore have been met;
-- edit or otherwise modify any material on the website; or
-- redistribute material from this website [except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution] --
...if not specifically or implied authorised on the website, or as an implied benefit when subscribing to be a premium member.
(Un-) Acceptable use
You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity. You must not use this website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, toolkit or other malicious computer software.
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You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without F. Minnaar's express written consent.
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You must not use this website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.
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You must not use this website for any purposes related to marketing without F. Minnaar’s express written consent.
Restricted access
Access to certain areas of this website is restricted. F. Minnaar reserves the right to restrict access to [other] areas of its websites (or the entire sites) at F. Minnaar discretion. If F. Minnaar provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of this website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential.
F. Minnaar may disable your user ID and password on F. Minnaar's sole discretion without notice or explanation.
No warranties
This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. F. Minnaar makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, F. Minnaar does not warrant that:
-- this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
-- the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.
Limitations of liability
F. Minnaar will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website:
-- for any direct loss;
-- for any indirect, special or consequential loss; or
-- for any business losses, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data.
These limitations of liability apply even if F. Minnaar has been expressly advised of the potential loss.
Note that there are multiple widgets, links and feeds on this website that, if clicked, transfer the user to third-party sites or contents that are NOT UNDER FRANS MINNAAR’S CONTROL, AND THAT HE CANNOT, AND WILL NOT, BE HELD LIABILE FOR ANY LOSSES OR RISKS THAT MAY RESULT FROM SUCH LINKS.
Other parties
You accept that, as a limited liability entity, F. Minnaar has an interest in limiting the personal liability of its officers and employees. You agree that you will not bring any claim personally against F. Minnaar's employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website.
Without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph, you agree that the limitations of warranties and liability set out in this website disclaimer will protect F. Minnaar's employees, agents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns and sub-contractors.
Unenforceable provisions
If any provision of this website disclaimer is, or is found to be, unenforceable under applicable law, that will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of this website disclaimer.
Indemnity
You hereby indemnify F. Minnaar and undertake to keep F. Minnaar indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by F. Minnaar to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of F. Minnaar legal advisers) incurred or suffered by F. Minnaar arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions, or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms and conditions.
Breaches of these terms and conditions
Without prejudice to F. Minnaar’s other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, F. Minnaar may take such action as F. Minnaar deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing court proceedings against you.
Variation
F. Minnaar may revise these terms and conditions from time-to-time. Revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of this website from the date of the publication of the revised terms and conditions on this website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.
Assignment
F. Minnaar may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with F. Minnaar’s rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
Severability
If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
Entire agreement
These terms and conditions, together with the disclaimer, privacy policy and related notices and conditions selectively placed on the website, constitute the entire agreement between you and F. Minnaar in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with relevant South African and (where applicable) international law, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the [non-]exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of South Africa.
Contact: Frans Minnaar
E-mail: francois.minnaar5@gmail.com
Cellphone: 083 942 4747