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    Terms & Conditions

    PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.

    In terms of section 11 of The South African Electronic Communications And Transactions (ECT) Act 25 of 2002 these terms and conditions are binding and enforceable against all persons that access the Huis-Huis.co.za web site or any part thereof.

    IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORISED TO ACCESS OR USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE HUIS-HUIS.CO.ZA WEB SITE AND YOU MUST LEAVE THIS WEB SITE IMMEDIATELY. ALSO REMOVE ANY FULL OR PARTIAL COPIES OF THESE PAGES FROM YOUR SYSTEM. ANY FURTHER ATTEMPT TO USE ANY PART OF THE HUIS-HUIS.CO.ZA WEB SITE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BIND YOU TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND IMPLY YOUR UNCONDITIONAL AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE THERETO.

    By using this web site, the User is bound by the following terms and conditions and agree to abide by them:

    Definitions

    1. “the Huis-Huis web site” means the Huis-Huis web site owned and operated by Huis-Huis Property Information located at http://www.huis-huis.co.za, or http://huis-huis.co.za, and includes any page, part or element thereof.
    2. “Huis-Huis Property Information” means Johannes Stephanus Coetzee Trading As Huis-Huis Property Information.
    3. “You”, “Your” and “User” refers to you and any person who enters and uses the Huis-Huis web site even if such a person only visits the home page of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site.

    The Huis-Huis.co.za Web Site

    Huis-Huis.co.za is a web site that provides information about various aspects of real estate in the South African context. The Huis-Huis.co.za web site may also contain hyperlinks to related web pages not under the control of Huis-Huis Property Information.

    Limitation of Liability

    1. Huis-Huis Property Information takes reasonable steps to ensure the quality and accuracy of content available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site. However, Huis-Huis Property Information does not make any warranties that content from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site is free from any errors. Users are advised to obtain advice from legal, financial, and other professionals before acting on any information available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site.
    2. The Huis-Huis.co.za web site is supplied on an “as is” basis. It is the User’s responsibility to satisfy him/herself of the suitability of the website before entering into this agreement with Huis-Huis Property Information.
    3. Huis-Huis Property Information, its owners, managers, employees, suppliers, Internet service providers, partners, affiliates, representatives and agents shall not be held liable for any damages or losses caused by access to, or inability to access the Huis-Huis.co.za Website, or any part thereof.
    4. Huis-Huis Property Information shall not be liable, in any way or form, for damages or losses resulting from any misuse by the User or any third party who obtained any misused content from the User.
    5. Access to the Huis-Huis.co.za web site and the use of any information contained therein, as well as the use of any service offered therein is at the User’s sole risk.
    6. The user takes full responsibility for the use of Huis-Huis.co.za web content, and does so at the user’s own risk.
    7. The user indemnifies Huis-Huis Property Information against any damage, loss or liability that may result from the use of such content.
    8. Users acknowledge that the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may be unavailable at times, for whatever reason.

    Correction of Content

    Users are encouraged to report erronous or harmful content available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site. Huis-Huis Property Information will gladly correct any content if such report is accompanied by reasonable proof of such error or harm. The User agrees that no legal action will be taken in this regard without reporting such content to Huis-Huis Property Information and allowing reasonable time for corrections to be made.

    Changes And Amendments

    Huis-Huis Property Information reserves the right, at any time without prior notice or justification to change or remove any of these terms and conditions and/or any part of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site.

    Security

    Huis-Huis Property Information takes reasonable steps to secure the content of and access to the Huis-Huis.co.za web site, but 100% security cannot be guaranteed.

    Users must take precautions and refrain from damaging the Huis-Huis.co.za web site through malicious code or unlawful access. The user will be held responsible for damages and losses Huis-Huis Property Information, its owners, managers, employees, suppliers, Internet service providers, partners, affiliates, representatives and agents may suffer as a result of such damaging code or access.

    User Privacy

    Huis-Huis Property Information created this privacy policy to demonstrate our commitment to and respect for Your privacy.

    For the purpose of this clause, “personal information” is defined as in the Promotions of Access to information Act 2 of 2000, and includes:

    1. name and surname;
    2. contact numbers;
    3. non-personal browsing habits and click patterns;
    4. email address;
    5. IP address; and/or
    6. User selected username and password.

    Huis-Huis Property Information may electronically collect and store User’s personal information through cookies or voluntary submission by the User.

    Huis-Huis Property Information shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of Users.

    Huis-Huis Property Information will not sell personal information or make any of your personal information available to any third party, except through legal process.

    Personal information is only gathered to make it possible for the Huis-Huis.co.za web site to make available or to communicate requested information or services to the User, compile non-personal browsing habit statistics, diagnose server and software problems and improve the services offered to Users.

    Huis-Huis Property Information may collect, use and share any non-personal information it gathers with whomever it sees fit. Huis-Huis Property Information owns and retains all rights to non-personal statistical information it collects.

    Disclosures required by Section 43 of the ECT Act

    The full name and legal status of the web site owner:

    Johannes Stephanus Coetzee Trading As Huis-Huis Property Information.

    Street address:

    2 Strauss Street, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa;

    Postal address:

    2 Strauss Street, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa;

    Physical address for receipt of legal service:

    2 Strauss Street, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa;

    Main Business:

    Real Estate Agency.

    The web site address of the Huis-Huis web site is:

    http://huis-huis.co.za/

    The official email address of the Huis-Huis web site is:

    infohuis-huis.co.za

    The costs associated with the access and use of the Huis-Huis web site are as follows:

    1. Web site access and use: Free;
    2. Huis-Huis newsletter subscription: Free;
    3. Assistance request: Free;
    4. Submitting a question, comment or request: Free;

    Software And Equipment

    Huis-Huis Property Information makes the Huis-Huis.co.za website available for access by users.

    It is every User’s responsibility to acquire and maintain the necessary computer hardware, software, communication lines, and Internet access accounts required to access the internet, the Huis-Huis.co.za web site, an email account or any other service needed to use the Huis-Huis.co.za web site at his/her own expense.

    Allowed Use

    Huis-Huis Property Information hereby grants the User a non-exclusive and non-transferable license, which Huis-Huis Property Information may terminate or cancel at any time, without prior notice or any communication, allowing the User to:

    1. access, browse and use the Huis-Huis.co.za web site for lawful purposes.
    2. quote reasonable amounts of content available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site, provided such quotes are placed in inverted commas and acknowledged, or accompanied by a hyperlink to huis-huis.co.za if quoted in electronic format.
    3. view, download and print the content of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site for private, personal, educational and/or non-commercial purposes. Content from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may only be used for commercial or non-private purposes after obtaining written consent thereto from Huis-Huis Property Information.
    4. use the content for information purposes only.

    No Framing

    The Huis-Huis.co.za web site may under no circumstances be framed in any manner.

    Robots & Spiders

    The Huis-Huis.co.za web site and its contents may under no circumstances be electronically indexed, searched, copied, analyzed or cached using robots, spiders or similar scripts or mechanisms, except by bona fide search engine operators, without Huis-Huis Property Information’ prior written consent.

    Spam

    Contact and personal information available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may under no circumstances be used to target unsolicited communications at Huis-Huis Property Information, its owners, managers, employees, suppliers, Internet service providers, partners, affiliates, representatives, agents or any other person.

    Contact and personal information available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may under no circumstances be incorporated into any database used for electronic marketing or similar purposes.

    Hyperlinks

    Hyperlinks to the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may under no circumstances be directed at files and components that are not bona fide web pages. In other words, link only to Huis-Huis.co.za web pages, links to pictures, non-html pages and page components are not allowed. If you are unsure, direct your hyperlink to huis-huis.co.za (the home page of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site).

    Misuse

    Any use of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site and its content that breach these Terms And Conditions shall be deemed to constitute misuse.

    In the event of misuse of the Huis-Huis.co.za web site or its content, Huis-Huis Property Information reserves the right to:

    1. claim damages from the User and any third party who obtained any misused content from the User;
    2. bring criminal proceedings against the User and any third party who obtained any misused content from the User

    Intellectual Property Rights

    All intellectual property on the Huis-Huis.co.za web site are protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties. No intellectual property on the Huis-Huis.co.za web site may be copied, distributed, displayed, reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, whether electronically, mechanically, otherwise, without the prior written permission from Huis-Huis Property Information.

    Intellectual property on the Huis-Huis.co.za web site includes, but is not limited to, domain names, content, information, text, hyperlinks, meta tags, source code, software, databases, sounds, recordings, design elements, graphics, icons, trademarks and patents. These are the property of, or licensed to Huis-Huis Property Information and all intellectual property rights are expressly reserved.

    Communications

    The User shall be deemed to have received any data messages Huis-Huis Property Information sends to the address available to Huis-Huis Property Information. Data messages sent to Huis-Huis Property Information shall be deemed to have been sent and/or authorised by the User personally, and originate from within South Africa, and therefor fall under South African jurisdiction.

    Interceptions of Communications

    Although Huis-Huis Property Information does not implement a communications intercept policy, the user agrees that Huis-Huis Property Information has the right to intercept, block, filter, read, delete, disclose and use any communications sent or posted to the Huis-Huis.co.za web site, Huis-Huis Property Information, it’s staff and employees. The user agrees that the aforementioned consent satisfies the “writing” requirement as detailed in the ECT Act and the RIC Act.

    Agreement and Jurisdiction

    1. The Huis-Huis Property Information web site is hosted, controlled and operated from the Republic of South Africa and the User agrees that the South African law therefore applies.
    2. The User agrees to be bound to these Terms and Conditions.
    3. The User agrees that these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between Huis-Huis Property Information and the User. These Terms and Conditions take precedent over any legal notices attached to any communications from the User.
    4. The User agrees that this agreement is concluded in Bloemfontein, South Africa at the time the User enters the Huis-Huis.co.za web site for the first time;
    5. The User agrees that any term or condition that proves unenforceable or invalid for any reason shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall remain enforceable and applicable.
    6. If Huis-Huis Property Information fails to exercise or enforce any right or provision herein, such failure shall not be construed as a waiver of such right or provision.

    Complaints and Cooling-off period

    Users may return goods or services within 7 (seven) days as detailed in section 44 of the ECT Act and only if such goods or services are not detailed in section 42(2) of the ECT Act; and

    Users may lodge complaints concerning the Huis-Huis.co.za web site with Huis-Huis Property Information at: infohuis-huis.co.za or using the email form at http://huis-huis.co.za/contact/

    Please note that users who choose to send Internet E-Mail messages to Huis-Huis Property Information do so entirely at their own risk.

    Alternative dispute resolution

    All disputes regarding access to the Huis-Huis.co.za web site, the services and content available from the Huis-Huis.co.za web site and these Terms And Conditions shall be resolved in arbitration in terms of the expedited rules of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (http://www.arbitration.co.za). Such arbitration shall be conducted in Bloemfontein in English and/or Afrikaans. The arbitration ruling shall be binding and final. The unsuccessful party shall pay the costs of the successful party on a scale as between attorney and own client.

    Legal costs

    Huis-Huis Property Information advises users to seek professional advice relating to these Terms and Conditions, as with any content of the Huis-Huis.co.za website, but shall not be liable for such costs.

    IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PLEASE LEAVE THE HUIS-HUIS WEB SITE IMMEDIATELY.