Terms of Use

December 6th, 2007

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

The service that this site provides to you (”the visitor”) are subject to the following Terms of Use (”TOU”). The site owners reserve the right to update the TOU at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU can be viewed by clicking on the “Terms of Use” page.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Through its network of Web sites, the site owners (”we”) provide you with access to a variety of resources, download and support areas, communication blog(s) and product information (’Services’). The Services, including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new Web properties, are subject to the TOU.

COPYRIGHT / TRADEMARKS

The unique content in the Website is owned by the owner of this site and by International copyright laws. All rights are reserved.

All other trademarks and non-unique content are the property of their respective owners.

Any party using or accessing the Site (’Visitor’) is entitled to copy any such information for their own personal use but may not re-publish, store or reproduce any such information in any manner (1) without the prior written consent of the site owner or (2) save where such reproduction is expressly permitted as set out in the Website.

Any unauthorised downloading, re-transmission or other copying or modification of any of the contents of the Web Site may be in breach of statutory or common law rights which could be the subject of legal action. The site owner disclaims all liability which may result from any unauthorised reproduction or use of the information on the Website.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

As the internet is not a secure medium of communication, we cannot guarantee the security of any information which any party inputs on the Internet Site or any Internet Site accessed via a hypertext link from the Web Site (’Linked Website’). We are not and will not be responsible for any loss or damage any party may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of any such information.

LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES

The site owner’s and any third party involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the Website, any subsidiaries or affiliated companies, its officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents or any of them shall not be liable for any direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages including any loss of profits, business, revenue or goodwill arising from (1) the use of or access to or inability to use or access the Website or any Linked Website; (2) any interruption or unavailability of the Site or any Linked Website; (3) the operation or transmission of the Website or any Linked Website; and (4) any damage caused by any virus which may infect computer equipment, software, data or other property of any Web User accessing the Site or any Linked Website.

WARRANTIES

Visitors acknowledge, understand and agree that:

- their use of the Web Site is at their sole risk. The information on the Website, including but not limited to any content posted on the Internet Site by Website visitors (’Visitor Content’) is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the site owner expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement;

- the site owner makes no warranty that (1) the Web Site will meet the requirements of Visitors; (2) the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free; and (3) any information that may be obtained from the use of the Internet Site will be accurate or reliable;

- any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Site is obtained and used at the Visitor’s sole risk and discretion and Website visitors will be solely responsible for any damage to their computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material;

- no advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by Web Users through or from the Site shall create any warranty by the site owners;

- their use of this site, including the submission of comments or posts, shall not create any warranty by the site owners. All such postings or comments are expressed by individuals and in no way represent any obligations to or by the site owner;

- the site owner neither endorses the contents of any site communications, postings or comments - nor assumes responsibility for any threatening, libellous, obscene, harassing or offensive material contained therein, any infringement of third party intellectual property rights arising therefrom or any crime facilitated thereby. It is the responsibility of any Web visitor to report any such instances of the above, if they believe that the contents of a blog communication may infringe their ownership of copyright. All reported incidences will be investigated and may result in the relevant post or comment being removed from the blog site without notice.

- by becoming a contributor of the site (’the Service’), you agree to not use the Service to: (1) upload, post or otherwise transmit any computer data or files (”Content”) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (2) harm minors in any way; (3) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Dicontas official, blog administrator, author or fellow contributor, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (4) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under non-disclosure agreements); (5) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; (6) upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (7) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; (8) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, national or international law; (9) “stalk” or otherwise harass another; (10) collect or store personal data about other users; nor (11) promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual.

PRIVACY POLICY

By using the Web Site, Visitors agree to the capture and use of their data in accordance with the terms laid out in the Website’s Privacy Policy.

ACCURACY OF WEB SITE CONTENT

Content provided on the Website is believed to be reliable when displayed. The site owner does not guarantee that information on the Internet Site shall be accurate, complete and current at all times. All information on the Website is subject to modification from time to time without notice, as set out below.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS

The site owner reserves the right to make changes to any part of the Site and due to its policy statement of updating the Web Site from time to time we may update or amend the TOU. The amended terms shall become effective immediately upon the posting of the amended terms on the Website, and the use of the Internet Site by any Visitor on or after any such effective date shall constitute acceptance of such amended terms.

Web vitisors agree that the site owner, in its sole discretion, may at any time remove and discard any information appearing on the Site for any reason.

GENERAL

If any provision of the TOU is found to be invalid the validity of that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the TOU which shall remain in full force and effect.

Visitors may not assign, sub-licence or otherwise transfer any of their rights under these TOU.

If the site owner or any Website visitor fails to exercise any right or remedy available under the TOU, such failure does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

HEADINGS

The Headings in the TOU are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or effect.

GOVERNING LAW

The TOU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom. If any web visitor intends to take legal action in relation to the TOU and/or the Website such Web User agrees that the UK courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

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