Terms of service

Please carefully read the following Terms and Conditions before using the www.protectthewestcoast.org website (“Website”).

Website

This website, accessed at www.protectthewestcoast.org, is owned and operated by Protect The West Coast, a Not-for Profit Company (NPC), located in South Africa.

By accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time, and apply to all transactions for the sale of goods on the site, including ordering processes, payment, delivery and any refunds in relation to such goods. Accordingly, you should check the date of the Terms and Conditions (which appears at the bottom of this document). If, at any time, you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions of this site, please do not make use of the Website.

Protect The West Coast (including its board members, volunteers, employees, suppliers, Internet service providers, partners, affiliates, agents and/or representatives) shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability of any nature incurred by accessing this Website, including but not limited to loss or damage arising from content available on the Website.

Without derogating from the aforegoing, Protect The West Coast hereby authorises the user to view, share on social media, in print and email, the content of this Website, provided that:
Such information is used for non-commercial purposes only; and
Any reproduction of the content of this Website, or portion thereof, must include the following credit: www.protectthewestcoast.org

You may not otherwise access, display, use, download, or otherwise copy or distribute content from this Website for marketing and other purposes without our consent. Users that wish to use content from this Website for commercial purposes may only do so with prior written permission of the Directors.

While Protect The West Coast does take all necessary steps to ensure the accuracy of the content and information on this site, the Company does not make any warranties or representations that such content and information shall in all cases be true, correct or free from any errors.

You agree to not in any way use any device, software or other instrument to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website. You also agree to not in any way use any robot, spider, other automatic device or manual process to monitor, copy, distribute or modify the Website or the information contained herein, without the prior written consent of an authorised representative of Protect The West Coast (such consent is deemed given for standard search engine technology employed by Internet search websites to direct online users to this Website).

You may not use this Website to distribute material which is offensive, defamatory, contains or amounts to hate speech or the incitement of violence or is otherwise unlawful.

Protect The West Coast reserves the right to hold Users liable for any losses suffered by Protect The West Coast arising out of Users’ misuse of this site or the commission of cybercrime committed by the Users on or in relation to this Website.

These terms apply to Users who are consumers as described in the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 of South Africa (“CPA”). In the terms of the CPA, certain provisions in these Terms and Conditions appear in bold font, to draw your attention to important provisions that must be noted by the User and that:
May limit Protect The West Coast’s risk or liability; and/or
Impose an obligation on the User to indemnify Protect The West Coast for any other person for any reason; and/or
Constitutes and acknowledgement of any fact by the User.