Terms of Use
These are the Terms of Use for www.lineablu.com (“Website”). The Website is operated by LINEABLU (PTY) LTD, registration number 2017/455948/07, with its registered office at 36 The Isle Emerald Boulevard, Greenstone Hill, Edenvale Gauteng, 2100, Republic of South Africa (hereinafter “LineaBlu”, “we”, “us” and “our”).
By using the Website, you agree to these Terms of Use (“Terms”), which incorporate the Privacy Policy, and any other terms and conditions and legal notices that appear on this Website (collectively, “Legal Notices”). We may update the Legal Notices from time to time. Any such update shall take effect upon posting on this Website.
Your personal information/personal data
Our Privacy Policy sets out what personal information/personal data we collect via this Website, what we use it for and how we treat it.
Access to our Website
We do not guarantee that this Website will operate in accordance with your expectations, that it will be uninterrupted or error-free. All express or implied representations and warranties (whether statutory or otherwise) relating to this Website or its content are excluded, except to the extent that their exclusion is prohibited by applicable laws.
We may update this Website from time to time and we reserve the right to modify, restrict access to or close this Website and/or its content at any time and without notice. This includes our right, at our sole discretion, to remove all or part of the content that you contribute to the Website.
Any disruptions in the operation of the Website or any other issues may be reported to the LineaBlu Administrator Team (hereinafter “Administrator”) by email to the address info@lineablu.com. The Administrator shall address any claim or complaint within thirty days of its filing.
No client-lawyer relationship between you and LineaBlu is or may be created by your access to or by any use of the Website or any of its content. Unsolicited messages sent to LineaBlu through the contact forms or general mailboxes provided on this Website or through any of its content will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others, may not be responded to, and do not create a lawyer-client relationship with LineaBlu. The only way to become our client is through an officially executed agreement between you and us, after we have completed our standard business acceptance process. If you wish to find out more about the information on our Website or require legal advice or other legal services, please contact us by email at info@lineablu.com.
LineaBlu does not generally accept service of court proceedings, other proceedings or formal notices of any kind on behalf of clients by email without specific prior written agreement or unless permitted by applicable laws.
Content on our Website
The content on this Website is for general information purposes only, is not intended to constitute legal or any other professional advice, and should not be relied on or treated as a substitute for specific professional advice relevant to the particular circumstances. We make every effort to ensure that the content on this Website is accurate and correct, but no warranty or representation is given that such content is free from inaccuracies or omissions, or that it is up to date.
We (or our third party service providers or other third parties who have granted us permission to reproduce their content on this Website) own all intellectual property rights in the Website and its content.
You may:
- view this Website electronically;
- print or save to your individual or your organisation’s personal computer, tablet or storage medium extracts from this Website for such use, but only for your personal use or for the purposes of the legitimate business of yours or of your organisation; and
- recopy extracted content to individual third parties for their personal use only, but only if:
- you do so on an occasional basis and completely free of charge;
- any copyright notices and the Website’s URL address www.lineablu.com will remain intact on all hard and electronic copies or, if not presented on the original, you expressly acknowledge the Website as the source of such content; and
- you inform such third parties that these Terms apply to them.
You may not incorporate the content on our Website or any part of it in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic or any other form. In particular (but without limitation), no part of the Website may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose or for any fee. We only permit electronic links that fairly indicate LineaBlu or the Website’s URL address www.lineablu.com as the destination of the link to pages of this Website and from which the Legal Notices can be accessed. You may not provide an electronic link to any other page of this Website or to any other documents located on this Website without our prior written permission.
When accessing and using our Website, you must:
- comply with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements relating to your use of this Website;
- comply with all reasonable instructions we provide to you in connection to this Website;
- ensure that all content you send or upload to this Website is legal, not offensive, decent and truthful, does not infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of LineaBlu or any third party, is not defamatory, unreliable or misleading or otherwise objectionable or harmful and is free of bugs, worms or viruses;
- not advertise or sell any goods or services to other users of this Website; and
- not benefit commercially from the content on this Website.
Links and third parties
Where another entity is identified or otherwise mentioned on this Website in relation to specific content, then such other entity is solely responsible for their content. LineaBlu does not have any responsibility in respect of it, except to the extent that such exclusion is prohibited by applicable laws. Nothing on this Website is to be taken to constitute a partnership between any such other professional firm and LineaBlu, nor constitute either such other professional firm or LineaBlu the agent of the other for any purpose.
When you browse through this Website, you may access other websites that are subject to different terms of use. When using these other websites, you will be bound by the terms and conditions posted on those websites. Links to other websites are provided for your convenience only and may not be current or maintained. We do not endorse, recommend, or approve any information, products or services referred to on such linked websites and we are not responsible for the content of any other website to which this Website offers links.
General
Neither LineaBlu nor any LineaBlu employee, personnel, director or officer assumes responsibility for any loss or damages in connection with this Website or the content on this Website and all liability is disclaimed accordingly.
Any disclaimers or limitations of liability on this Website shall apply to the largest extent permitted by applicable laws in any jurisdiction in respect of relevant loss or damage in connection with this Website or any such other website, but nothing on our Website excludes or limits our liability for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations or for death or personal injury arising from our negligence.
Any dispute or claim between you and LineaBlu arising out of or in connection with use of or access to this Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws of the Republic of South Africa. Users of this Website do so on the basis that they thereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of South Africa for the purpose of any such dispute or claim.
Version 1.0
Published 27 July 2023
