Legal
Last Updated: 20 December 2018.
Welcome to furgetmeknot.org.
Fur-Get-Me-Knot and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the conditions as outlined below. When you visit furgetmeknot.org, you automatically accept these conditions.
This website, furgetmeknot.org, provided by Fur-Get-Me-Knot, may be used for informational purposes only. The website includes links to other websites operated by affiliates or associates of Fur-Get-Me-Knot. Use of such websites shall be subject to the terms and conditions particular to such websites. In addition, you may be required to agree with other terms and conditions (including but not limited to those of an “End User License Agreement”) when you download certain contents, which, in the avoidance of doubt and in the case of possible conflict, will prevail.
1. Use of Materials, Copyright and Trademarks
Fur-Get-Me-Knot or third parties who have licensed specific products or services shall reserve all intellectual property rights (the rights which could be protected by the copyright law, the design law, the trademark law and other intellectual property laws) concerning any documents, programs, movies, animations, articles, sketches, drawings, software, databases, trademarks, logos and other materials available on the website (the “Information”). Except to enable your personal use of the information available on the website as well as rights granted to you under applicable mandatory law, you are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying, displaying, showing, publicly transmitting or otherwise creating derivative products or services of any of the information, in whole or in part, regardless of medium, without prior written permission from the intellectual property right owner(s).
The trade names, logos and product names of Fur-Get-Me-Knot and all companies, individuals, organisations or businesses appearing on the website are trade names or trademarks of those respective companies, individuals, organisations and businesses.
All content included on this site, text, photographs, logos, graphics, button icons, data compilations and software, and the selection, arrangement and layout thereof are the property of furgetmeknot.org or licensed to Fur-Get-Me-Knot and as such, are protected by South African and international copyright laws.
2. Privacy Policy
Fur-Get-Me-Knot respects your privacy. You can access and browse most of the website without disclosing your personal data and save information collected by cookies that we use. When we collect or use your personal data, we will protect your privacy and adhere to applicable South African law protecting Personal Data. As the website may contain third party links, Fur-Get-Me-Knot shall not be held responsible for how your personal information may be used when accessing or browsing these linked sites.
3. Prohibitions
Attempts to upload information or change information on the Fur-Get-Me-Knot Web Site are strictly prohibited unless specifically authorised in writing by Fur-Get-Me-Knot. This prohibition does not apply to users providing information through an online form created by Fur-Get-Me-Knot for that purpose.
4. Links to other Sites
Any sites of third parties linked to or from the website are not under the control of Fur-Get-Me-Knot, and Fur-Get-Me-Knot is not responsible for the contents of any such linked sites. Fur-Get-Me-Knot provides those links to you only for your convenience, and the inclusion of any link to a site does not imply endorsement of the site by Fur-Get-Me-Knot.
4.1. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Fur-Get-Me-Knot website as long as the link does not portray Fur-Get-Me-Knot or its affiliates, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner.
4.2. The Fur-Get-Me-Knot website contains hypertext links to other sites on the Internet. However, Fur-Get-Me-Knot is not responsible for any information contained in other websites, nor is it liable for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive, or illegal materials found on other websites.
5. Disclosures Required by Section 43 of the South African Electronic Communications and Transaction Act
5.1. The full name and legal status of the website owner is Fur-Get-Me-Knot, a registered South African non-profit organisation under 222-361 NPO.
5.2 Address of website owner: 23 Bay View Avenue, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001.
5.3. Membership to self-regulatory or accreditation bodies: Department of Social Development, and Cape Animal Welfare Forum.
5.4. Codes of conduct to which this web site subscribes: Non-Profit Organisations Act 71 of 1997, Animal Protection Act 71 of 1962, and City of Cape Town Animals Bylaw of 2010.
5.5. Legal persons: The contact of this website is Julie Marzio.
5.6. Main reason for website: To be a source of information about Fur-Get-Me-Knot to the public and offer full transparency with regards to the running and operation of the organisation.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
6.1. Subject to the provisions of sections 43(5) and 43(6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, Fur-Get-Me-Knot shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use this website or the services or content provided from and through this website. Furthermore, Fur-Get-Me-Knot makes no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content and technology available from this website are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free.
6.2. This website is supplied on an “as is” basis and has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user’s individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy itself prior to entering into this agreement with Fur-Get-Me-Knot that the service available from and through this web site will meet the user’s individual requirements and be compatible with the user’s hardware and/or software.
6.3. Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this site should not be regarded as professional advice or as the official opinion of Fur-Get-Me-Knot, and users are encouraged to consult professional advice before taking any course of action related to information, ideas or opinions expressed on this site.
7. Governing Law
This website is operated from the Republic of South Africa, and thus the South African Law governs the use or liability to use this web site and these terms and conditions.
