Terms
and Conditions of Use
As used herein, the word "Terms"
means the "Terms and Conditions Governing the
Services and Use of Philippines.com.au Site".
The word "Site" means the Philippines.com.au
Site. The word "User" means any person who
gains access to the Site and downloads graphic images,
asp code, banners, buttons, text, or media files and
shall extend to other natural person or juridical
entities utilizing any material from the Site which
came from the person who actually accessed the Site.
1. Coverage
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the Terms shall
apply to all information, products, services, features,
and any and all content or entries in the Site, which
may be current or hereinafter included or updated
from time to time without notice to the User.
2. Acceptance
All the terms and conditions herein stated and any
amendments thereto from time to time, shall be deemed
to have been read, understood and accepted by the
User when the User proceeds and/or continues to access
or use the Site.
3. The Site
The Site and all it contains at present and hereafter
shall remain the property of Philippines.com.au, Inc.
The use of the information, products, services, features,
and any content and entries in the Site does not in
any way grant a license, intellectual property rights,
or any other proprietary rights to the User.
4. Conditions of Use
a) Philippines.com.au reserves its exclusive right
to carry out, authorize or prevent the following:
reproduction of the Site and all it contains and all
or substantial portion of the Site and/or all it contains;
modification, translation, adaptation, abridgment.
arrangement, publication, reformatting or other transformation
of the Site and/or all it contains;
public distribution of a copy of all or a portion
of what the Site contains by sale or other forms of
transfer of ownership;
rental of a copy of all or a portion of what the Site
contains; and
public display of all or a portion of what the Site
contains;
b) The use for the Site and/or all it contains must
be solely for fair use such as but not limited to
using the Site and/or all it contains for criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching including simple
copies for classroom use, scholarship, research, and
similar non-commercial and/or non-profit educational
purposes. In determining whether the use of the Site
and/or all it contains in any particular case is fair
use, Philippines.com.au, Inc. shall consider the following
factors:
The purpose and character of the use, including whether
such use is of a commercial nature or is for a non-profit
educational purposes;
The amount and substantiality of the portion used
in relation to the Site and/or all it contains; and
The effect of the use upon the actual or potential
market for or value of the Site and/or all it contains.
5. Conditions of Services
a) Philippines.com.au does not warrant or guarantee
to the User any of the following:
The completeness or accuracy of any search results.
The accuracy or availability of the links associated
with the Site directory or Web search at the exact
time of search.
The veracity, integrity or accuracy of the entries
associated with the Site's focused lists.
The ranking results for any web page/website or any
other entry in the Site's directory, Web search or
focused lists.
b) A given website may link to the Site, or may place
the Philippines.com.au search box on the website,
under the condition that it follows strictly the procedure
indicated on the Site, and under the condition that
the linking website does not:
Contain material that consists of immoral, deceptive
or scandalous/pornographic matter, or matter which
may disparage or falsely/confusingly suggest a connection
with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs,
or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or
disrepute;
Promote racial, ethnic, sexual, class, or gender hate;
and/or
Endorse criminal or illegal acts.
6. User's Risks
Any loss of data or any damage to the User and/or
the User's computer system arising from the use of
the Site and its services, including any download
therefrom shall be borne solely by the User. Philippines.com.au
assumes no responsibility for the content of any site
or entry included in the Site's directory, Web search
or focused lists, and will not be responsible for
any errors, omissions, or objectionable materials
that may be encountered.
7. Indemnity
The User shall hold Philippines.com.au, Inc., its
directors, officers, employees and agents free and
harmless from any claim or demand by any person or
party for injury, loss or damage, of whatever nature,
resulting from the use and/or availment of the services
of the Site, or from the non-observance and non-performance
by the User of rules, regulations, ordinances, laws
and the provisions of the Terms.