St Teresa’s Mercy School

Terms and Conditions of use

1. Definitions

   In this User Agreement, the words below have the following meanings assigned to them :
   1. “we”, “us”, “our” and “St Teresa’s” means St Teresa’s Mercy School
   2. “web site” means the internet set with the address http://www.stteresas.co.za
   3. “you” and “your” means the user of the web site.

2. Your consent

   Your use of the St Teresa’s web site is subject to the conditions set out below. These conditions may change from time to time so please familiarise yourself with this Agreement regularly.

3. Warranties

   1. You warrant your identity (ie you are who you say you are) and that you can prove your identity should we require you to do so.
   2. St Teresa’s reserves the right to refuse to provide services to you if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.
   3. You will keep any log-in name and password confidential and you will not divulge your log-in name or password to anyone nor allow others to use them.
   4. Any use of the log-in name and password by any person shall be deemed to be use by you.
   5. We will not ask you to disclose your password in an unsolicited phone call or written correspondence.

4. Full disclosure of all relevant facts

   1. You guarantee that all information you provided at any time to St Teresa’s via this web site, in writing, or to the staff of St Teresa’s, will be true and correct.
   2. You guarantee that you have fully disclosed all material facts. Any breach of your contractual duties under this Agreement may lead to the contract or any transactions arising from the contract being rendered void.
   3. St Teresa’s may need certain personal and financial information from you. It is in your best interest to keep the information up-to-date and accurate

5. Electronic transactions, communication and records

   1. You accept the risk of choosing electronic communication as the channel to be utilized by the parties. You authorize St Teresa’s to act on the information that you send electronically. You further agree that all records will be stored electronically by St Teresa’s and such electronic record will constitute conclusive proof of the contents of such record, unless you prove otherwise.
   2. Any e-mail sent to you will be deemed to have been received by you upon dispatch by St Teresa’s.
   3. We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information and maintain confidentiality, including the use of encryption technology. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us online and you do so at your own risk.

6. What do we do with the information we collect?

   1. St Teresa’s is committed to keeping your information confidential. We will use it to personalise your experience, provide services to you, and to directly communicate with you.
   2. We will disclose information when required to do so
      1. by any regulatory authority
      2. to comply with any regulation passed under the relevant legislation, or any legal process
      3. to protect and defend St Teresa’s rights and property (including St Teresa’s intellectual property).

7. Parties other than St Teresa’s may also collect information

   Some advertisers or web sites that have links on our web site may collect personal information about you when you access or use their links. St Teresa’s does not control the collection or use of such information. This document does not apply to these web sites and their advertisers.

8. Copyright

   1. All rights in the St Teresa’s trademarks and data remain the sole property of St Teresa’s Mercy School.
   2. This web site is the property of Triangulum Computers CC. The web site, the intellectual property and all software, computer code, tools, calculators and devices are protected by copyright. Our software may not be decompiled, reverse-engineered, or disassembled, or used in any manner whatsoever.

9. Disclaimer

   1. St Teresa’s is committed to providing you with the best possible service. However, we are not responsible for
      1. interrupted, delayed or failed transmission, storage or delivery of information due to a power failure, equipment or software malfunction, natural disasters, fire, labour unrest, or any other cause beyond the control of St Teresa’s.
      2. any negligent act or omission by St Teresa’s.
      3. inaccurate or inadequate information obtained from the web site inaccurate information supplied by you.
   2. We are not responsible for any direct or indirect loss or damages that may arise from
      1. any of the events described in this paragraph (no. 2) and the paragraph above (no. 1).
      2. your actions or omissions that result in a breach this Agreement.
      3. links with other web sites over which we cannot control the content of or the products offered on those sites.
      4. a denial of access to the web site should we believe that you are conducting activities that are illegal, abusive, attack the integrity of the site or put St Teresa’s in disrepute.
      5. the reliance on the information obtained from this web site.

10. Indemnity

    1. While St Teresa’s makes every effort to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date, St Teresa’s makes no representations or warranties about the suitability of the products that appear nor about the soundness of the content on the web site.
    2. All information, including products and services or any terms or conditions pertaining to them, is subject to change at any time.
    3. All calculations made on the web site are approximations, are meant as guidelines only and should be confirmed before relying on them.
    4. St Teresa’s is not responsible for any defects in, malfunctions of, or inaccuracies in the performance of any calculators used in the calculations.
    5. All services provided via this site are subject to confirmation at the time of the finalising of any transactions.
    6. Some of our information is derived from external sources. We are not responsible for the incorrect information received from these external sources.