Website terms and conditions
Access to and use of Viva's websites, (www.viva.org, www.asia.viva.org, www.africa.viva.org, www.india.viva.org, www.europe.viva.org, www.northamerica.viva.org), is provided subject to the following terms By using these websites you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately
By using these websites you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use the websites. Viva may change these terms at any time by posting changes online. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made. Your continued use after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated.
Use of this site and intellectual property
You may only use Viva's websites for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of them. The content of Viva's websites is subject to copyright and design rights of Viva and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence by Viva to use any item displayed.
Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary information.
This website or any portion of this website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent. You may not adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any website content except for non-commercial use. Documents may be copied for non-commercial use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, and they are not reproduced in a derogatory or misleading manner or context.
However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not Viva). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated).
You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any logo, or other proprietary information of Viva without express written consent.
Links
We welcome links to our websites. Any link to one of our websites must comply with the following conditions:
You may not use the Viva logo as part of the link without our express written consent;
the link must not create the false impression that your organisation or any of its products or services is recommended by or associated in any way with Viva;
the existence of the link, its position, appearance or any other aspect of it must not damage or be likely to damage the name or reputation of Viva Network;
selection of the link by a user must display our website as a full screen and not within a frame on the website on which the link appears;
you shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the use and existence of the link does not cause the transmission to any Viva website of viruses or other deleterious programming routines.
We reserve the right to require the removal of any link to any of our websites at any time (whether or not previous consent to such link has been given).
Our websites include links to other websites that we hope you find useful and informative. However, we do not endorse or accept liability for the content or privacy policy of anyone else's websites.
Disclaimers
Content of Viva's websites, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Viva, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "as is" and on an "is available" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law) to the extent permitted by law, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. Viva does not warrant that its sites or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or bugs.
In no event will Viva be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.
We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of the website will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the website may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for maintenance. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.
Currency of payments
Online payments made via HSBC will be in sterling (GBP).
For information on payment security, see our privacy policy.
If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on Viva's websites relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
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