Terms & Conditions

TERMS & CONDITIONS – INDEPENDENT AGENCY NETWORK (“IAN”)

The company’s registered address is:

22 Gemini Lane
Croydon Vineyard Estate
Somerset West
Cape Town
7130

Any use of such web pages constitutes your agreement to abide by the following terms and conditions. By using the website, whether as a guest or as a registered user, you indicate that you accept these terms and conditions and IAN’s Privacy Statement and that you agree to abide by them. IAN reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify, alter, or otherwise update these terms and conditions and its web pages at any time without further notice and you agree to be bound by any such modifications, alterations, or updates as duly amended.

Please read the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions for the use of IAN’s web pages, please leave and desist from continuing to surf the website and exit.

Trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights

The corporate branding is a trademark of IAN and is registered in South Africa. The display of any of the above trade names or trademarks on pages at this website does not imply that any license has been granted to any third party in respect of the same. All other product or company names and devices, logos, icons, graphics, or designs referred to on the pages of this website are the trademarks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trademark owners and IAN intends no infringement of such trademarks.

The appearance or absence of products, services, companies, organizations, home pages, or other websites on this website does not imply any endorsement or non-endorsement thereof by IAN. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by IAN.

By accessing and using this website, you confirm that IAN is the exclusive proprietor of all intellectual property rights (including without limitation any copyright, design right, or registered designs) in and to any of the products appearing on or ordered through these web pages, other than where the contrary is indicated.

Products and Product Claims

Reference to any product, service, or item, on the site, does not constitute an offer to sell or supply that product, service, or item, and does not mean that the product or service is available at all or in a particular region or country, or that the name, description or specification of the product or service will be the same as that included on the site. Specific advice concerning the availability and suitability of any particular product or service should be obtained directly from IAN.

Information submitted to IAN

All information (including but not limited to ideas, suggestions, concepts, and graphics) submitted to IAN through the website, shall not create an obligation to IAN to maintain its confidentiality and IAN shall be entitled to use such content or information freely, without any obligations.

Content & information displayed

The information and materials contained in the website including text, graphics, links, or other items are provided on an “as is” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, IAN disclaims all warranties, representations, and understandings whatsoever, express or implied, specifically including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality or saleability, fitness of use for a particular purpose, void of computer viruses, and non-infringement of third parties’ rights.

Exclusion of Liability

IAN shall not be liable for any direct or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential loss or damage whatsoever including without limitation, damages for loss of income or revenue, loss of business, or loss of profits, contracts, data, or goodwill, wasted management or office time, work stoppage and computer failure resulting from the use of or inability to use, interruption or availability of this website, its operation or transmission, computer viruses, loss of data or otherwise in respect of the use of the website and howsoever caused.

IAN excludes any liability for any errors or omissions from information, materials, and functions included in this website except to the extent that such liability may not be lawfully excluded under the applicable law. To the fullest extent permitted by the relevant and applicable law, IAN disclaims all liability for negligence.

Linked Sites

IAN is not responsible for, nor assumes any liability for the contents of other websites or home pages which are linked to or from IAN’s web pages including, but not limited to, those which are linked by way of a third-party promotion.

Online discussion Fora or blogs

This website may include, from time to time, forms of discussion fora such as, but not limited to, chat room discussions, bulletin boards or blogs. These terms and conditions shall apply thereto but for the avoidance of doubt, IAN expressly excludes all liability whatsoever for the contents of such discussion for or blogs contributed by third parties.

Uploading material to the website

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to IAN’s site, or to make contact with other users of the site, you must comply with the following obligations:

Your contribution must not breach or infringe anyone else’s rights such as copyright or be in any way illegal or immoral.
Your contribution must not be defamatory, libelous, obscene, menacing, threatening, offensive, abusive, or fraudulent.
Your contribution will not and does not contravene any relevant local, national, regional, or international law or incite or encourage the contravention of any such law.

Location of Operation

IAN manages this website from South Africa and makes no representation that the information contained herein is appropriate or available for use in other locations outside these territories.

Governing law

These terms and conditions and the IAN Privacy Statement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the South African courts. You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from which you are accessing this website.

Copyright

The material contained on this website is owned by IAN and is Copyright protected by the laws of South Africa, international copyright treaties, and intellectual property laws.