Terms and conditions for web site only

Please note that these Terms and Conditions of Use relate to this web site only. Please consult the End User Licence Agreement for GhostWare Software for Terms and Conditions of Use for GhostWare Software and our e-mail disclaimer for e-mail communications.

Permitted use

Anyone using this web site ("you"), for whatever reason, agrees to abide by the Terms and Conditions of Use and privacy policy of this web site as set out below. This web site aims at providing you with news about property law and the conveyancing industry as well as information about GhostWare products and services offered.

Korbitec (Pty) Ltd ("Korbitec") authorises you to view, copy, download to a local drive, print and distribute the content of this web site or any part thereof, provided that such content is used for information and personal and/or non-commercial reasons only.

Reproduction of the content of this web site, or its portions, must include the following copyright notice: "Copyright © 2006 Korbitec (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved." You may also quote small and reasonable amounts of content from the GhostWare web site, provided the extracts are in inverted commas and acknowledged. If you wish to use content from the site for commercial purposes you may only do so with Korbitec's prior written permission.

Copyright and other intellectual property rights

All content, trademarks and data on this web site, including but not limited to, software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, designs and agreements are the property of or licensed to Korbitec, and are thus protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties. Other than as set out in these Terms and Conditions of Use no unauthorised use may be made of any intellectual property as described herein.

E-communications acceptance

By visiting this web site or communicating with GhostWare through the Internet, you consent and acknowledge that all agreements, notices, disclosures and suchlike satisfy the requirement that such communications should be "in writing".

Privacy policy

1. Use of technology to monitor your use of our web site
   
   We gather and analyse information on our visitors' use of this web site. We use this information to determine which sections of the web site are most frequently used, to help us to continually improve our service. This information is collected and permanently stored for statistical analysis and because it is collected in aggregated manner individual personal information, behaviour or patterns cannot be identified.
   
   
2. How we use the personal information we collect
   
   In general you may use this web site without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information about yourself. However we may need to collect personal or other information if we are to meet our obligations to you, to register you for our services, to inform you of new services and offerings and to respond to feedback from you.
   
   
3. When we will disclose personal information without consent
   
   We will not disclose personal information to anyone outside of our organisation without your permission unless:
   • we are compelled to do so by law or in terms of a court order;
   • it is in the public interest to do so (for example in the case of an emergency);
   • it is necessary to protect our rights.
     
     
4. Mail, e-mail or SMS promotions
   
   We will only use your contact details to send you information that may be of interest to you if you have agreed to allow us to do this. From time to time we will mail, e-mail or SMS information to you about us, our products and services, or our partners and their products or services. If you don't want to continue getting this information please contact us and we will remove you from our mailing list.
   
   
5. Storing personal information
   
   Personal information we collect via the web site is stored in a secure environment and is not available to any person outside our organisation.
   
   
6. Right to access, change and dispute personal information
   
   Please contact us if you wish to find out what personal information we hold about you and if you wish to update the information or dispute the accuracy of information we hold about you. Please note that we may require proof of identity before providing you with this information.

Security policy

Any person, business or entity, is forbidden from attempting or effecting any unauthorised access to this site. This includes hacking into the web site and/or damaging the web site by any means whatsoever, including but not limited to, denial of service attacks and viruses. Such person, business or entity shall be criminally liable and in the event that Korbitec suffers any damage or loss that person, business or entity shall be prosecuted for civil damages.

Korbitec takes reasonable precautions to ensure that your and our information is secure. If we discover that your information has been compromised we will inform you as soon as possible.

Linking, framing, meta-tags and spider technology

Hyperlinks

You may link to the homepage or any of the other pages (i.e. "deep linking" to this web site) without the prior electronic or written approval of Korbitec. Although as a courtesy such notification would be appreciated. Links from unlawful, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate sites and or web pages is prohibited. Korbitec reserves the right to claim damages and or institute criminal proceedings against any you for damage, loss or liability caused by the inappropriate use of the content of the GhostWare web site.

Hyperlinks from this site to third party web sites are provided as a service to you. Korbitec cannot control or edit these sites. Consequently we are not responsible for the accuracy of information provided, opinions expressed or reliability of software downloaded from them.

Framing

No person, business, entity or web site may frame this web site in any way without the prior written approval of Korbitec. Nor may any part of this web site be incorporated into sites not forming part of those administered by Korbitec.

Meta-tags

No person, business, entity or web site may use a metatag which is identical to those of Korbitec's, or which refers to the GhostDigest webpage, or which creates the false impression that such person is affiliated to Korbitec and/or GhostDigest.

Spiders and crawlers

No person, business, entity or web site may use any technology such as a "web-crawler" or "web-spider" to search and acquire information from this web site.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

This web site has been created for information purposes only. The material contained herein is provided as a service to the Internet community, and does not constitute legal advice. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, and laws are constantly changing, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel.

We try to provide quality information, but we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites.

Nevertheless we update the site continuously to try and ensure that the information which we provide or refer to is correct and current. We cannot accept any responsibility should any connection, reference, hyperlink or information at any time be unavailable for any reason or incorrect or out of date. If such problems occur we would appreciate it if you advised us of them so that we could rectify them.

Applicable law

This web site is hosted, controlled and operated from the Republic of South Africa, and therefore South African Law and the jurisdiction of the South African courts governs the use or the inability to use this web site.

Severability

These terms and conditions of use constitute the entire agreement between Korbitec and you. Failure on our part to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions of use shall in no way constitute their waver by us. If any term or condition of the use of this web site is not fully enforceable or becomes invalid for any reason, it shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions which remaining terms and conditions shall be unaffected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

Changes or amendments to terms and conditions

We reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time and use of this web site after a change to these Terms and Conditions indicates acceptance of the updated Terms and Conditions. All amendments to these Terms and Conditions of Use will be posted on the web site. Unless otherwise stated, the current version shall supersede and replace all previous versions of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Contact information/Domicilium citandi et executandi

If you have any questions or would like permission to use any part of this web site, including linking, framing or searching please contact us at:

Korbitec (Proprietary) Limited
Registration number: 1987/000763/07
Directors: A J Basson (Managing Director), M Karpul (Chairman), R Bryan, M Golden, C S Seabrooke, M Todes
Physical Address: Great Westerford, 240 Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Postal Address: PO Box 243, Newlands, Cape Town, 7725, South Africa
GhostWare web site: http://www.ghostware.co.za
GhostDigest web site: http://www.ghostdigest.co.za
Korbitec (Pty) Ltd web site: http://www.korbitec.com

Korbitec (Pty) Ltd Terms and Conditions of Use Version 1.1 - 01 December 2006