3. Usage Terms
3.1You agree to comply with any and all guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions pertaining to the use of the Web Portal and the Portal Materials (including Guidelines), any amendments to the aforementioned issued by us from time to time, as well as any applicable laws and regulations.
Third Party Terms as described in Clause 6 may also apply.
3.2The Web Portal and the Portal Materials are owned by or licensed to us. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, non-sub-licensable and non-transferrable right to use the Web Portal and the Portal Materials.
3.3If you are accessing and using the Web Portal or the Portal Materials on behalf of another person, you represent and warrant that you have been validly authorised to (a) access and use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials on behalf of that person; and (b) agree to and bind that person to these Terms, in which case, all references to “you” or “your” as used in these Terms shall include that person.
3.4 You agree that you will not, and will not permit any other person (whether directly or indirectly) to:
(a) modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, adapt, publish, redistribute or sub-licence any part of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, or interfere with or intercept any transaction which is part of the Portal Materials, without our prior written consent;
(b) use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party (save where authorised by us), including renting, selling or leasing the Web Portal or the Portal Materials (or any part thereof) to any other person, or directly or indirectly charging any other person for access to or use of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials (or any part thereof);
(c) reproduce, duplicate or copy any part of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, without our prior written consent, except that you may make reasonable copies of any insubstantial part of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, solely for your personal use;
(d) remove, circumvent, impair, bypass, disable or otherwise interfere with any security-related feature of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, including any feature that:
- prevents or restricts access or use of any particular functionality or feature of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials; or
- prevents or restricts the access to, use of or the copying of any Content;
(e) misrepresent or make false or misleading claims regarding the Web Portal or the Portal Materials;
(f) access or use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials for the benefit of any other person, save where validly authorised by such person and, where applicable, in accordance with these Terms;
(g) access or use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials for any illegal activity, unlawful purpose, or any other purpose prohibited by these Terms or by law or in any manner contrary to law;
(h) use, transmit or upload any device, software, malicious code, exploit or routine, including any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, malware, time bombs, robots, spiders, data-mining or data scraping tools or cancel bots that may:
- damage or interfere with the proper operation of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials;
- intercept, expropriate or destroy any Content or personal data; or
- introduce security vulnerabilities to the Web Portal, the Portal Materials or Devices of any other persons;
(i) access or use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials in any manner that could damage, disrupt, disable, overburden, or impair the operation of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, interfere with any person’s access to or use of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on any system or server used in the provision of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials;
(j) use any Content obtained from the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, in order to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, harm or otherwise violate the rights of another person;
(k) upload, post or transmit any Content of any type that —
- is contrary to any law or legislation;
- is false, offensive, defamatory or fraudulent; or
- infringes or violates the rights (including the Intellectual Property Rights) of any other person;
(l) access any Content not intended for you;
(m) solicit Login Credentials or personal data from any other person for purposes of accessing or using the Web Portal or the Portal Materials;
(n) access the Web Portal or the Portal Materials through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise;
(o) engage in any automated use of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools;
(p) systematically retrieve data or other content from the Web Portal or the Portal Materials to create or compile a collection, compilation, database or directory;
(q) make any unauthorised or improper use of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, including
- collecting usernames or email addresses of Users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or any other purposes unauthorised by us, or
- submitting false reports of abuse or misconduct;
(r) trick, defraud or mislead us or other Users;
(s) attempt to impersonate another User or person, or use the username of another User or person;
(t) harass, annoy, intimidate or threaten any of our employees, contractors or agents in providing any portion of the Web Portal or the Portal Materials to you;
(u) except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop or distribute any automated system, including any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper or offline reader to access the Web Portal or the Portal Materials, or using or launching any unauthorised script or other software; and
(v) violate any applicable law, legislation or regulation, or infringe any person or entity’s rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) or other proprietary rights.
Any unauthorised use immediately terminates the licence and permission granted by us to you.
3.5You shall immediately notify us if you are aware of or have any reason to suspect any vulnerability, defect, bug, exploit or other potential weaknesses in the Web Portal or the Portal Materials or any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Web Portal or the Portal Materials. You shall not inform any other person of such vulnerability, defect, bug, exploit or potential weakness, without our prior written consent.
3.6Where you have authorised another person to access and use the Web Portal or the Portal Materials on your behalf, you shall ensure that such person complies fully with these Terms as though the words “you” or “your” in these Terms refer to such person. You shall be responsible for any breach of these Terms by such person.
3.7You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against any Losses arising out of or related to your conduct, your use or inability to use the Web Portal or Portal Materials, your breach or alleged breach of these Terms or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorised use of the Portal Materials, or your violation of any rights of any other person.