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.