Terms & Conditions

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These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Times of Georgia’s Website, located at www.timesofgeorgia.co.nz.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to & please cease from the use of this site immediately if you do not agree to take all the terms and conditions stated on this page.

These terms and conditions apply whenever you access site, regardless of whether it is by computer, telephone, or another device.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of New Zealand. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will notified on this page of our site so to keep informed of any updates please visit this page often.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing Times of Georgia, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the Times of Georgia’s Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, Times of Georgia and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Times of Georgia. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from Times of Georgia for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Republish material from Times of Georgia
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from Times of Georgia
  • Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from Times of Georgia
  • Redistribute content from Times of Georgia

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies.
  • Search engines.
  • System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly known consumer and/or business information sources.
  • associations or other groups representing charities.
  • online directory distributors.
  • internet portals.
  • accounting, law, and consulting firms; and
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Times of Georgia; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Times of Georgia. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libellous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or
  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
  • By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of Times of Georgia’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the material. You must not rely on any statement we have published on this site without first taking specialist professional advice.

For the avoidance of confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the material or any part of it.

You can access other sites via links from this Web site. These sites however are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for their content, usage of third-party services either through Google Gadgets or any other service on the website is entirely at a user’s risk. We accept no liability whatsoever for its content.

We provide no warranties of any kind concerning the material on this site. We do not warrant that it or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by software which has destructive properties.

Third party material

From time to time you will see advertising material submitted by third parties on this site. Individual advertisers, ad servers, and/or advertising agencies are solely responsible for the content of advertising material which they submit to us, including ensuring that it complies with relevant legislation. We accept no responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission, or inaccuracy therein.

Story contributions to Times of Georgia

Any content you submit must at the time of submission be yours to do with as you wish. By contributing the said content, you are declaring:

  1. you have the right to make the work available to Times of Georgia.
  2. you grant Times of Georgia a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution;
  3. the supplied content is not defamatory in any way, shape, or form; and
  4. your contribution does not infringe any law.

Further to the above, by submitting the content you:

  1. indemnify Times of Georgia against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Times of Georgia because of your breach of the above declaration; and
  2. waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Site and the purposes specified above.

Your Privacy

Please read Privacy Policy

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it is linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Force Majeure

Although we will do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to this Website, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

Disclaimer

If you are a business using the Site, then you agree that the provisions of the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 do not apply to your use of the Site or your reliance on the Site. If you breach the Terms in any way you agree to Times of Georgia fully indemnified against all the consequences of your breach.

While we endeavour to keep information and materials on the Site secure and confidential, we are not responsible for any breach of security which is out of our control. We do not warrant that the Site is completely secure. We respect your privacy and comply with the Privacy Act 1993. We will ensure that all personal information, if any, stays within the Times of Georgia group. We may use such information in relation to providing publications, services, and information to you. You are entitled to access the personal information we hold about you and amend it if it is incorrect.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury.
  • limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
  • limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.