1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Welcome to www.jmsolar.co.za (“the Website”). The Website is owned by JM & Sons Solar Solutions Pty Ltd (Registration Number:
2014/096001/07) (“the Owner”).
1.2 This document sets out the terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) applicable to accessing the Website.
1.3 The Terms and Conditions are valid, binding and enforceable against all persons who access the Website, web pages, landing page or any part
thereof. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, then you must immediately cease your use of, or access to, the
Website in any manner whatsoever.
1.4 We reserve the right to revise and amend the Terms and Conditions at any time. All amendments to the Terms and Conditions will be uploaded
to the Website. You are advised to review the Terms and Conditions from time to time to ensure that you are up to date with any amendments.
1.5 By continuing to browse or use the website after any amended terms and conditions become effective, you agree to be bound by the amended
Terms and Conditions
2 INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
2.1 Headings to the clauses in this Agreement are inserted for reference purposes only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the
provisions to which they relate.
2.2 Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary intention, words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing any gender shall include the other genders, and words importing persons shall include corporate bodies and vice versa..
2.3 The following expressions shall have the meanings set out against them:
2.3.1 “Data Message” shall mean a data message as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 25 of 2002;
2.3.2 “Personal Information” means personal information as defined in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000;
2.3.3 “Terms and Conditions” means these terms and conditions that apply to your access and/or use of the Website;
2.3.4 “User” means all individuals, whether natural or juristic accessing the website for any reason whatsoever;
2.3.5 “Website” means the mobile web-based portal, www.jmsolar.co.za, including any subdomain of such website;
2.3.6 “You/Your” means all individuals, whether natural or juristic accessing the website for any reason whatsoever.
3 USE OF THE WEBSITE
3.1 Whilst the Owner makes every effort to ensure that the information provided on the Website is up-to-date and accurate, you may not assume
that the information is up-to-date and accurate and your use of, or reliance on, information provided on the Website, whether by the Owner
or other third parties, is at your own risk.
3.2 You agree that your use of the Website is for lawful purposes only and that you will not, without limiting the generality of the aforegoing
statement, use the Website:
3.2.1 for any unlawful purpose;
3.2.2 to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
3.2.3 in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others;
3.2.4 in a manner that will violate the privacy or other personal rights of others;
3.2.5 for the transmission of unlawful material;
3.2.6 to gain unauthorised access to other computer systems.
3.3 In addition to the aforegoing, the following conduct is prohibited in respect of the Website:
3.3.1 use of any robot, spider, other automatic device and/or manual process to:
3.3.1.1 monitor or copy any part of the Website;
3.3.1.2 generate automated postings and/or spam;
3.3.1.3 interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
3.3.2 take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website infrastructure.
3.3.3 access the Website by any means other than through the interface that is provided by the Owner or attempting to access the Website without
first logging in through the Website log in page (if applicable and authorised to do so).
3.3.4 reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code relating to the Website or any tool therein, except to the extent that
such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.
3.3.5 attempt to access any area of the Website to which access is not authorised.
3.4 It is the responsibility of the User to acquire and maintain, at his/her own expense, the computer hardware, software, lines and account to
access the Website
4 HYPERLINKS
4.1 The Website may provide hyperlinks to other websites for your convenience. Such links must not be construed to constitute any relationship,
affiliation, association or endorsement of the linked third party.
4.2 Use of the linked third party website and information or content set out therein is done at your own risk. The Owner shall not be held
responsible, whether directly or indirectly, in any way for the contents, use or inability to use, or access, any linked websites or any
links contained in a linked website.
4.3 The prior written authority of the Owner is required before any hyperlink is created. Authority, if granted, will be subject to the
condition that the party linking to this Website alerts users to the application of these terms and conditions. The Owner reserves the right
to withdraw permission granted to link to this Website at any time in the entire discretion of the Owner.
5 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
5.1 By using this Website or communicating with the Owner by electronic means you consent and acknowledge that any and all agreements, notices,
disclosures, or any other communications satisfy any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such
communications shall be “in writing”.
5.2 Section 21-26 (Part 2) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002:
5.2.1 The User agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the parties agree that such agreement is concluded in Midrand (South Africa)
at the time the User enters the Website for the first time.
5.2.2 No information or data on the Website shall constitute an offer to do business but is an invitation to do business.
5.2.3 No e-mail communication shall be deemed to have been received by the Owner until a response has been issued by The Owner acknowledging
receipt thereof. An automatically generated response from The Owner shall not fulfil this requirement.
5.2.4 Electronic signatures, encryption and/or authentication is not required for valid electronic communications between the User and the Owner.
5.2.5 The User agrees and warrants to the Owner that any data messages that are sent from a computer, IP address or mobile device ordinarily used,
or owned, by the User, was sent and/or authorised to be sent by the User.
6 PRIVACY
6.1 The Owner may collect (whether electronically or submitted to us by you), store and use any information supplied by you during the course of
your use of the Website. Such information may be personal information (which may include your name and surname, email address, contact
number, IP address, User selected password and non-personal browsing habits and click patterns) as set out above or relating to you, your
business, company or other legal entity. The Owner may collect, store, use and process (including sharing with third parties if applicable)
such information in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 and any other applicable
legislation in the Republic of South Africa. You warrant that you are authorised to provide us with any information you may supply to us and
hereby consent to the Owner’s processing and any further processing of such personal information.
6.2 The owner collects, stores and uses the abovementioned information for the following purposes:
6.2.1 providing the Product, support and services to the User;
6.2.2 subject to the User’s consent, inform the User of facts relating to his/her access and use of the Website;
6.2.3 subject to the User’s consent, inform the User about competitions and special offers from the Owner and/or its partners / affiliates; and
6.2.4 to compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits, click-patterns and access to the Website.
6.3 The Owner owns and retains all rights to non-personal statistical information collected and compiled by the Owner or its authorised
representative.
7 COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
7.1 All intellectual property on the Website, including but not limited to content, trademarks (or any confusingly similar trademarks), logos,
pictures, audio, videos, downloads, domain names, patents, design elements, software, source code, meta tags, databases, text, graphics,
icons and hyperlinks are the property of, or are licensed to, the Owner.
7.2 Access to or use of this Website will not in any way result in an assignment or license of any intellectual property owned by the Owner or
any other party.
7.3 The contents of this website may not be transmitted, transcribed, reproduced, stored or translated into any other form without the prior
written permission of the Owner. However,
the Owner permits you to display the content of this Website on your computer and to print, download and use the underlying HTML, text,
graphics, audio clips, video clips and other
works available to you on this website provided that:
7.3.1 the use thereof is for personal, non-commercial and informational purposes only;
7.3.2 you do not modify the content of this material; and
7.3.3 the Website and address is acknowledged source.
8 SECURITY
8.1 If access to any portion of the Website requires a login and your details, all reasonable steps will be taken to secure your personal
information. You undertake not to divulge your username and password to any other person.
8.2 Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, but without limitation:
8.2.1 accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the User is not authorised to access;
8.2.2 attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper
consent and/or authorisation;
8.2.3 attempting to interfere with the service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the
website, overloading, “flooding”, “spamming”, “mailbombing” or “crashing”;
8.2.4 sending and/or posting unsolicited e-mail, including promotions; advertising content and/or advertising of products or services;
8.2.5 forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part thereof;
8.2.6 deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity;
8.2.7 using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this website or any activity being
conducted on this site.
8.3 Any person who in any manner interferes with the data or information displayed on this Website in any way which causes it to be modified,
destroyed or otherwise rendered
ineffective or inaccurate or in any manner interferes with any third party’s access to this Website or denies access to the Website, whether
partial or absolute , acts contrary to the provisions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 and is guilty of an
offence.
8.4 Any attempt to commit or aid and abet someone in the commission of the offences referred to in 8.4 is guilty of an offence in terms of the
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002.
9 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
9.1 It is a condition of the use of the Website that you expressly agree that use of the Website is entirely at your own risk. The Website
contents are provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the accuracy of the contents
of the Website. Without limiting the generality of this clause, the following warranties are expressly excluded:
9.1.1 compatibility of the Website with your technology, equipment or software;
9.1.2 uninterrupted or error-free functionality of the Website; and
9.1.3 non-infringement of any rights.
9.2 By accessing and browsing this website you accept that no liability will lie against the Owner for any damages caused to you by the
malicious interference with the operation of this Website, and/or any destructive data or code that may be communicated to computers or
information systems used by you as a result of your access and browsing of the Website.
9.3 The Owner makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the information, material,
services, software, text, and graphics set out on the Website. Insofar as the Website contains links to any other internet websites, you
acknowledge and agree that the Owner does not have control over any such websites, and shall therefore not be liable in any way for the
contents of any such linked website, nor for any costs, expenses, losses or damages of any nature whatsoever arising from your access and/or
use of any such website.
9.4 Whilst the Owner has taken reasonable measures to ensure the integrity of the Website and its contents, no warranty, whether express or
implied, is given that the Website will operate without interruptions or will be error-free or that any files, downloads or applications
available via the Website are free of software viruses, trojans, bombs, time-locks or any other data, code or harmful mechanisms which has
the ability to corrupt or affect the operation of your system.
9.5 In no event shall the Owner, its employees and/or any third party contributors of material to the Website be liable for any costs, expenses,
losses and damages of any nature arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Website, your inability to use the Website
and/or the operational failure of the Website.
9.6 You indemnify the Owner and its directors, employees, officials, agents, suppliers or representatives and keep them fully indemnified from,
and against, any loss or damage suffered or liability incurred by your, or in respect of, any third party, which arises from your use of the
Website.
9.7 You will be entirely responsible for any resulting damage to software or computer systems and/or any resulting loss of data caused as a
result of any use of this website.
10 GENERAL
10.1 Any costs incurred the User in respect of any advice sought in relation to these Terms and Conditions shall be for their own account.
10.2 Each and every term of the Terms and Conditions must be read as separable from the other Terms and Conditions. Should any court or qualified
authority find that any of the terms are invalid or unenforceable, the other Terms and Conditions will remain valid and enforceable, despite
any invalidity or unenforceability of an individual term.
10.3 No waiver by either party with respect to a breach of any provision of the Terms and Conditions shall be construed as a waiver of any rights
it/he/she may have in terms of this agreement.
10.4 The Website is owned and operated from the Republic of South Africa. These Terms and Conditions and the use of, or inability to use, the
Website are accordingly governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. You agree to submit any dispute arising out of the use of
this Website to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of South Africa.
11 CONTACT DETAILS
11.1 You can contact the Owner at: info@jmsolar.co.za
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