These Terms and Conditions apply to Your use of the
website located at www.ngcasia.com and
its related sites ("Website"). Access to and use of Website is provided by
National Geographic Asia Partnership subject to the following Terms and
Conditions. Use of Website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions which shall take effect from the first date You access the Website.
National Geographic Asia Partnership reserves the right to change these Terms
and Conditions at any time by posting those changes online.
In these Terms and Conditions, the user of the Website is defined as "You"
or "Your" and the provider of Website is defined as "We", "Us" or "Our".
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Content -
The Website is supplied to You by Us for personal information,
entertainment and education. We do not represent or warrant
that the information accessible via the Website is accurate,
complete or current. Material on the Website including
photographs, images and text, may not be copied, reproduced,
republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted
in any way except for your own personal non-commercial
home use. Any other use requires our prior written permission.
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You agree not to
adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any of the
material contained in the Website or use it for any other
purpose other than for your personal non-commercial use.
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes,
and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of,
or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Website
by any third party. These restrictions or inhibitions
include conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass
or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the
transmission of obscene or offensive content. |
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You must not post
or transmit through the Website any defamatory, threatening,
obscene, harmful or pornographic material or material
which would violate or infringe in any way the rights
of others (including intellectual property rights, rights
of confidentiality, or rights of privacy) or cause distress
or which do not comply with all relevant laws. You must
not express opinions that are vulgar, crude, sexist, racist
or otherwise offensive. We expect You to always treat
other users with respect. |
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Disclaimer -
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED AT LAW, WE ARE PROVIDING
THE WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION, NAMES, IMAGES, PICTURES,
LOGOS AND ICONS REGARDING OR RELATING TO US OR OUR PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES OR TO THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON
THE WEBSITE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND MAKE NO WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING NO IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPATIBILITY,
SECURITY AND ACCURACY. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
INCLUDING INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM USE OR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE.
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Errors and Interruptions
- We do not warrant that the functions contained in
the material on the Website will be uninterrupted or error
free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website
or the server that makes it available are free of viruses
or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy,
reliability of the materials. We assume no responsibility
and cannot be liable for any damages to or viruses that
may affect Your computer equipment or other property on
account of Your access to, use of or from browsing the
Website or Your downloading of any material, data, text,
images, video or audio clips. |
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Third Party Websites
- You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible
for the availability of any third party websites or material
You access through the Website, and We do not endorse
and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising,
products or services on or available from those websites
or that material, nor for any damage, loss or offence
caused, or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with
use of or reliance on any content, advertising, products
or services available on or available from those websites
or material. Any dealings between You and any advertisers
or merchants found on or via the Website, including payment
for and delivery of products, services and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations, associated
with such dealings, are solely between You and the relevant
advertiser or merchant. You agree not to hold Us liable
for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as the result
of any such dealings. |
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Logos - The
names, images and logos identifying National Geographic
Channel, third parties and their works, products and services
are proprietary marks of National Geographic Society,
NGT, Inc, NGC Network International, LLC and its subsidiaries,
NGC-Asia Partnership and its subsidiaries and/or third
parties. Nothing in the Website shall be construed as
conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence
or right under any trade mark or patent of those names,
images and/or logos to You, or any other third party.
All rights including copyright and database rights in
this Website and its contents are owned or licensed to
Us. |
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Submission of
Content - Where You are invited to submit any content
to the Website including any text, graphics, video or
audio ("Content") You are required by your submission
of the Content to grant Us a perpetual, royalty-free,
non-exclusive, sublicenseable right and license to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all
copyright and publicity rights with respect to the Content
worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any
media now known or later developed for the full term of
any rights that may exist in the Content. If You do not
wish to grant these rights to Us please do not submit
Your Content to the Website. By submitting Your Content
to Website, You warrant that:
• (original) the Content is original and You
are the copyright owner;
• (no infringement) nothing in the Content is
obscene, libellous, blasphemous of or infringes any
performer's right, any performer's property right, any
moral right, any right of copyright, right of privacy,
right of publicity or any other right whatever of any
third party;
• (no restrictions or payment) We can use, broadcast,
transmit and otherwise exploit the Content and exercise
the rights granted in this agreement without restriction
or payment to You or any third parties and You waive
all so-called moral rights in the Content; and
• (third parties) You have obtained all necessary
consents and releases from all individuals entitled
or required to give such permission in respect of the
Content and its use by Us and that neither the Content
nor the reproduction of it by Us will infringe any rights
of any third party.
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Indemnity -
You agree to indemnify Us immediately on demand, against
all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including
legal fees, arising out of any breach of these Terms and
Conditions by You or any other liabilities arising out
of Your use of the Website. |
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Termination -
We shall have the right immediately to terminate Your
use of the Website if We determine in Our sole discretion
that You have breached these Terms and Conditions or otherwise
been engaged in conduct which We determine in Our sole
discretion to be unacceptable. |
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Invalidity -
If any of these Terms and Conditions are determined to
be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason
of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms
and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the
extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or
Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall
be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining
terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force
and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
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Governing Law
- These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR"). Disputes arising
here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction
of the courts of HKSAR. |
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Non-Acceptance
- If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in
full, You do not have permission to access the the Website
and should cease using the Website immediately. |
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Privacy -
We shall comply with applicable Asia Data Protection legislation
from time to time in place in respect of any personal
information relating to You gathered by Us. You may be
asked to input various basic information about yourself
on different pages of the Website. We will use this information
in accordance with Our
Privacy Policy. |
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