Terms and Conditions of Use

General

SocietyNews provides news and other services subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use. Please note that failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Accuracy of Information

This website endeavours to report truthful news without bias, mistakes and discrimination. Users are advised to contact us if they spot anything to the contrary, so that we can rectify these inconsistencies.

Information disseminated on this website is for general use only and must not be regarded as professional advice. Users are therefore advised to consult with professionals, such as healthcare professionals, financial and legal advisors for their specific situations.

External Links

External links on this website are provided for reference purposes only. SocietyNews and publisher, QuartyMedia have no control of external internet sites, and thus we are not responsible for their content.

And also, your correspondence with advertisers on this website is solely between you and such advertiser, and SocietyNews shall not be responsible for anything arising from such a liaison.

You are advised to read the applicable Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy of those websites before proceeding further, as they may differ from that of this website.

Copyright

Copyright to all information on this website, from text to images from audio to video is held by SocietyNews and proprietor/publisher QuartyMedia, unless explicitly stated otherwise, it may be held by third party such as supplier or service provider.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos and names used on this website are owned by their respective proprietors.

Disclaimer

The use of SocietyNews is at your own risk. Also, there is no guarantee that information on SocietyNews will be reliable or accurate and error-free, and that the service will be uninterrupted.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that in no event shall QuartyMedia and SocietyNews, and its suppliers or service providers be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages connected with the use of this website, including, but not limited to damages resulting from your inability to use the website, its operational failure, or for any information, products and services obtained through this website or otherwise arising out of the use of this website.

Applicable Law

As this website is hosted and controlled from the Republic of South Africa, these Terms and Conditions of Use and the Privacy Policy below shall be governed by South African law and jurisdiction.

The Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy are binding to all persons who continue to use this website after reading them. However, if there are some aspects of these Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy you don’t agree with, please Click here.

Privacy Policy

General

SocietyNews provides news and other services subject to this Privacy Policy. Please note that failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Privacy Policy of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Personal Information

SocietyNews and/or sponsors may gather personal information, but only when voluntarily submitted by users for correspondence and competitions, and such information is never sold to third parties and is delete from our system when it becomes absolute.

Use of Cookies

This website may set software tags known as cookies on your computer to monitor the behaviour of users, statistics and performance of the website. Access to SocietyNews cookies is limited to SocietyNews and those companies that advertise on the website.

Users are able to delete or determine other cookie usage on their computer by adjusting settings of their respective internet browsers.

Applicable Law

As this website is hosted and controlled from the Republic of South Africa, the above Terms and Conditions of Use, and this Privacy Policy shall be governed by South African law and jurisdiction.

The Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy are binding to all persons who continue to use this website after reading them. However, if there are some aspects of these Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy you don’t agree with, please Click here.

Corporate Structure

SocietyNews is owned by QuartyMedia.

Contact Information

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Amendments

SocietyNews reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy at anytime without notice.

Last Revision Date

Saturday, 25 August 2007.