DISCLAIMER

1.      Information posted to this website is done free of charge and at the initiative of the various users. None of the information posted to the website is a representation of Karibou Guest Lodge Consequently; representations are those of the individual authors.

2.      Karibou Guest Lodge has not verified or audited the correctness of the information posted to the website and does not express any opinion as to its reliability.

3.      Consequently, the available information is used at your own risk and Karibou Guest Lodge accepts no responsibility or liability for any incorrect information or any damages, including consequential damages for using this website, or the information posted thereon.

PRIVACY POLICY

Karibou Guest Lodge has an online service which was created for the specific purpose of matching accommodation seekers to available accommodation. In doing this, Karibou Guest Lodge handles some confidential information. Understanding this, and the importance of privacy and confidentiality to our Website visitors, we do not, at any time, share this confidential information with any other person or organisation..

Karibou Guest Lodge welcomes comments and questions on this policy
Karibou Guest Lodge is dedicated to protecting the use to which your personal information is put. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of technologies Karibou Guest Lodge uses to communicate with you, Karibou Guest Lodge may occasionally update this policy. Notice of any revisions will be posted to this site. Any comments or questions regarding Karibou Guest Lodge privacy practices should be sent to Karibou Guest Lodge using our "contact us" details.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Definitions

1.      "Karibou Guest Lodge" (karibou.co.za) is the interactive on-line service operated by Karibou Guest Lodge on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting of information services and content provided by Karibou Guest Lodge, affiliates of Karibou Guest Lodge and other third parties.

2.      "The User" means each person who establishes or accesses a connection ("account") for access to and use of Karibou Guest Lodge.

2. General
This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions applicable to use of Karibou Guest Lodge, including (but not limited to) supplemental terms and conditions set forth in paragraph 13 hereof ("Supplemental Terms") governing the use of certain specific material contained in Karibou Guest Lodge, sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of Karibou Guest Lodge by The User. By using Karibou Guest Lodge (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), The User agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use Karibou Guest Lodge is personal to The User and is not transferable to any other person or entity. The User is responsible for all use of The User's Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of The User's Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. The User shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of The User's password(s), if any. Karibou Guest Lodge shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of Karibou Guest Lodge, including (but not limited to) content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.


3. Changed Terms
Karibou Guest Lodge shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to The User's use of Karibou Guest Lodge, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including (but not limited to) adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including (but not limited to) posting on Karibou Guest Lodge, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which The User obtains notice thereof. Any use of Karibou Guest Lodge by The User after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by The User of such changes, modifications or additions.


4. Equipment The User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of Karibou Guest Lodge and all charges related thereto.


5. The User Conduct
The User shall use Karibou Guest Lodge for lawful purposes only. The User shall not post or transmit through Karibou Guest Lodge any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without Karibou Guest Lodge's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation.

1.      with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a The User that in Karibou Guest Lodge's discretion restricts or inhibits any other The User from using or enjoying Karibou Guest Lodge will not be permitted. The User shall not use Karibou Guest Lodge to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including (but not limited to) the solicitation of users to become users of other on-line information services competitive with Karibou Guest Lodge.

2.      Karibou Guest Lodge contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including (but not limited to) text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, are copyrighted as a collective work under copyright laws of the Republic of South Africa. Karibou Guest Lodge owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. The User may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. The User may download copyrighted material for The User's personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of Karibou Guest Lodge and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. The User acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

3.      The User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on Karibou Guest Lodge any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with The User. The User shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of Karibou Guest Lodge, The User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted Karibou Guest Lodge the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. The User also permits any other The User to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that The User's personal use. The User hereby grants Karibou Guest Lodge the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on Karibou Guest Lodge by The User.

4.      The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of Karibou Guest Lodge, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.

5.      Karibou Guest Lodge. The User hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this section shall apply to all content on Karibou Guest Lodge.

6.      In addition to the terms set forth above, neither Karibou Guest Lodge nor its affiliates, information providers or content partners shall be liable regardless of the cause or duration, for any errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or other defects in, or untimeliness or unauthenticity of, the information contained within Karibou Guest Lodge, or for any delay or interruption in the transmission thereof to the The User, or for any claims or losses arising therefrom or occasioned thereby. None of the foregoing parties shall be liable for any third-party claims or losses of any nature, including (but not limited to) lost profits, punitive or consequential damages. Neither Karibou Guest Lodge nor its affiliates, information providers or content providers warrant or guarantee the timeliness, sequence, accuracy, or completeness of the information provided. Additionally, there are no warranties as to the results obtained from the use of the information.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

1.      The User expressly agrees that use of Karibou Guest Lodge is at The User's sole risk. Neither Karibou Guest Lodge, its affiliates, nor any of their respective employees, agents, third party content providers, or licensors warrant that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of Karibou Guest Lodge, or as to the accuracy, reliability, or content of any information, service, or merchandise provided through Karibou Guest Lodge.

2.      Karibou Guest Lodge is provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including (but not limited to) warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than those warranties which are implied by and incapable of exclusion, restriction, or modification under the laws applicable to this agreement.

3.      This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. The User specifically acknowledges that Karibou Guest Lodge is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other The Users or their parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with The User.

In no event will Karibou Guest Lodge, or any person or entity involved in creating, producing or distributing Karibou Guest Lodge or the Karibou Guest Lodge software, be liable for any damages, including (without limitation) direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use.


7. Monitoring
Karibou Guest Lodge shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of Karibou Guest Lodge, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by Karibou Guest Lodge and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. Karibou Guest Lodge shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on Karibou Guest Lodge. Without limiting the foregoing, Karibou Guest Lodge (Pty) Ltd shall have the right to remove any material that Karibou Guest Lodge, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

8. Indemnification
The User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Karibou Guest Lodge, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of Karibou Guest Lodge by The User or The User's Account.


9. Termination
Karibou Guest Lodge may terminate this Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, Karibou Guest Lodge shall have the right to immediately terminate The User's Account in the event of any conduct by The User which Karibou Guest Lodge, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by The User of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 5(b), 5(c), 5(d), 6, 8, 10 and this Section 9 shall survive termination of this Agreement.


10. Trademarks
Karibou Guest Lodge and www.karibou.co.za and each of their logos are trademarks. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on www.kariboul.co.za are the property of their respective owners.


11. Third Party Content
Karibou Guest Lodge is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and The Users. Accordingly, Karibou Guest Lodge has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, The User or any other user of Karibou Guest Lodge, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Karibou Guest Lodge. Neither Karibou Guest Lodge nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.) In many instances, the content available through Karibou Guest Lodge represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, The User, or other users not under contract with Karibou Guest Lodge. Karibou Guest Lodge neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the website by anyone other than authorized Karibou Guest Lodge employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities. Under no circumstances will Karibou Guest Lodge be liable for any loss or damage caused by a The User's reliance on information obtained through Karibou Guest Lodge. It is the responsibility of The User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through Karibou Guest Lodge. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other content.


12. Miscellaneous
This Agreement and any operating rules for Karibou Guest Lodge established by Karibou Guest Lodge constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.
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