Terms & Conditions

Santam Women of the Future Awards in association with FAIRLADY & TRUELOVE

Santam Woman of the Future

1. Entries on www.womenofthefuture.co.za only.
2. The entrant must be a successful entrepreneur whose business has been around for 1000 days or more.
3. The entrant must be a female resident of South Africa.
4. The entrant is to supply her full name, contact details (including email) and date of birth.
5. The entrant must upload a recent photograph of herself.
6. The entrant must answer the questions relating to her business.
7. The closing date for all entries is 3 June 2024 and no late entries will be accepted.
8. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. Entrepreneurs who were finalists between 2015 and 2023 and have been previously featured in FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE are eligible for entry.
10. A copy of your financial statements will be required.
11. If chosen as a finalist, the entrant must make herself available for the awards ceremony that will take place in Johannesburg on Friday, 11 October 2024. Flights will be provided for finalists not residing in Gauteng.
12. Staff members of Media24, the sponsors and their immediate family members may not enter.

Santam Rising Star

1. Entries on www.womenofthefuture.co.za only.
2. The entrant must be between the ages of 16 and 35 years old.
3. The entrant’s business must be between 6 months and 3 years old.
4. The entrant must be a female resident of South Africa.
5. The entrant is to supply her full name, contact details (including email) and date of birth.
6. The entrant must upload a recent photograph of herself.
7. The entrant must answer the questions relating to her business.
8. The closing date for all entries is 3 June 2024 and no late entries will be accepted.
9. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
10. Entrepreneurs who were finalists between 2015 and 2023 and have been previously featured in FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE are eligible for entry.
11. A copy of your financial statements will be required if you are selected as a finalist.
12. If chosen as a finalist, the entrant must make herself available for the awards ceremony that will take place in Johannesburg on Friday, 11 October 2024. Flights will be provided for finalists not residing in Gauteng.
13. By entering this competition, you warrant: that you are 18 or over; OR, if you are between 16 and 18, that you have your parents’ or legal guardian’s/s authorisation, consent and permission to enter this competition, participate in our activities and to be bound by these terms and conditions.
14. Staff members of Media24, the sponsors and their immediate family members may not enter.

Santam Social Entrepreneur

1. Entries on www.womenofthefuture.co.za only.
2. The entrant must be a successful NGO, NPO, social enterprise or company whose business has been around for 1000 days or more.
3. The entrant must be a female resident of South Africa.
4. The entrant is to supply her full name, contact details (including email) and date of birth.
5. The entrant must upload a recent photograph of herself.
6. The entrant must answer the questions relating to her business.
7. The closing date for all entries is 3 June 2024 and no late entries will be accepted.
8. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. Entrepreneurs who were finalists between 2015 and 2023 and have been previously featured in FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE are eligible for entry.
10. If chosen as a finalist, the entrant must make herself available for the awards ceremony that will take place in Johannesburg on Friday, 11 October 2024. Flights will be provided for entrants not residing in Gauteng.
11. Staff members of Media24, the sponsors and their immediate family members may not enter.

For any queries please email women@fairlady.com

Welcome to Women of the Future, a microsite currently located at www.womenofthefuture.co.za and which forms part of FAIRLADY’s and TRUELOVE’s Women of the Future project.

Important Notice:
Please read these Terms of Use carefully. Use of this website constitutes the following:
1. You, the User, acknowledge and understand that by accessing and using this website, you agree to these terms of use.
2. Your use of this site and any of the services offered on this website will be subject to the most current version of these terms of use posted on the site at the time of such use.
3. When you subscribe to or utilise the services offered by us on this website, you are entering into a legally binding and enforceable agreement with us and you are acknowledging that you have read, understood and accept these terms of use.
4. When you subscribe to or utilise the services offered by us on this website, you warrant that you are 18 or over, or, alternatively, that you have your parents’ or legal guardians’ authorisation, consent and permission to use the services, participate in our activities and be bound by these terms and conditions.
5. If you do not accept these terms of use, you may not use any of the services available via this site. You can do so by clicking on ‘NO’. If, however, you agree to these terms unconditionally, you should click on ‘YES’, which will make you eligible to be a User of this site.
6. We may change any of these terms from time to time without further notice. Such changes will take effect as and when published. Therefore, you should keep up to date with their content and read these terms of use at all times prior to using this site since the then current version of the terms will apply to your use. By utilising any of the services offered on this site or concluding any transaction via this site, you indicate that you have done so.
Should you have any questions regarding this site’s terms of use, please send an email to us at women@fairlady.com.
Part A: General Information and Terms

1 General Information

For your convenience, we list some general information about ourselves:
• ‘We’ are Media24, our Media24 Lifestyle Division, and ‘us’ and ‘our’ have a corresponding meaning herein.
· Media24 is a private company incorporated in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa with registration number 1950/038385/06.
· The chief executive officer of Media24 is Mr I Davidson, and the General Manager of the Lifestyle Monthlies Division is Ms M Ferreira. The office-bearers and board of directors of Media24 is available from our website at www.media24.com.
· Our postal address is PO Box 1802, Cape Town 8000.
· Our address of establishment is 19^th Floor, Media24,  40 Heerengracht, Cape Town, South Africa and we will accept service of all legal documents there.
· Our telephone number is Tel: +27 (21) 406 4552
· Our email address is flmag@fairlady.com
· We are members of the following professional bodies: IAB South Africa.
· We subscribe to the following codes of conduct: IAB South Africa.
· Our webmaster can be contacted at flmag@fairlady.com

2 Definitions

In these Terms of Use:
· Account means your subscription account for the use of our services.
· Content means any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, comments, ideas, feedback, suggestions and the tags contained on this website
· Contributor Guidelines means our guidelines for making content contributions to this website, which is set out here;
· Privacy Policy means our privacy policy, which is set out herein.
· Terms of Use means the terms and conditions set out herein.
· User means any User of this web site, including any advertiser, subscriber, blogger, member, contributor or other User of the services offered herein.
· We, us and our means Media24 (and, unless the context indicates otherwise, its owners, employees, suppliers, internet service providers, agents and affiliates);
· You means a User of this website;
· The singular includes the plural and vice versa; and
· Hyperlinks, which are not operational, will not in any way detract from the validity and interpretation of the Terms;
3 General Conditions of Use for this Website
1. To enter the competition you must be a natural person. If you are under the age of 18 we require your parent or legal guardian to read and accept these terms of use and to consent to your use of our services and your participation in the activities offered on womenofthefuture.co.za before you use any of our services or participate in the activities offered. We may require your parent or legal guardian to complete a Parental Consent Form to confirm such acceptance prior to allowing you to use our services or to participate in activities offered on womenofthefuture.co.za.
4. The information that you (or your parent/guardian) supply to us upon entering the competition will be subject to our Privacy Policy, which can be found herein (see
Part D).
5. You agree to use this site in accordance with these terms of use, and all laws, regulations and codes of conduct (including self-regulatory) applicable to you and your use of the Internet and the services provided to you on this site, including our Contributor Guidelines. In particular, you agree to use this site only for lawful purposes and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use of or enjoyment of this site by any third party. Furthermore, you agree not to use the site in a manner that would bring us, our business and/or any of our affiliates into disrepute.
6. Please be aware that the Content on this website, including without limitation, as may be found in the blogs, forums, chat groups, comment sections and bulletin boards of the website, does not amount to professional advice of any kind, be it legal, professional, medical, personal or otherwise, and we recommend Users seek their own advice from a professional in their area. If you choose to rely on such Content you do so entirely at your own risk and you accept that we will have no liability to you in this regard. We do not generally monitor, edit, control or filter the Content posted by our Users. You acknowledge that Content submitted to this
website by other Users do not necessarily represent our views and that we have not authorised nor endorsed such Content. We do not endorse any events, products or services posted, promoted and/or listed by Users on our site and our display of such events, services or products should not be construed as any form of endorsement thereof. All arrangements regarding such events, products and services are to be made directly with the relevant User and are made at your own risk and we, our subsidiaries, officers and employees accept no liability regarding any event, service or product advertised, supplied or otherwise promoted on this site by any third party or any arrangements made in respect thereof, or otherwise incurred in connection with any such events, products or services.
7. You agree not to use our website for any unlawful purpose, and, specifically, you agree not to post or transfer to our website (nor include in any message sent to our website) any material that is unlawful or violates any third party’s rights or which is obscene, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, illegal, in breach of any copyright or other intellectual property right, or damaging to data, software or the performance of our or any other parties’ computer system. You agree to indemnify us in respect of any liabilities, losses, expenses, or other costs whatsoever incurred as a result of a breach of your obligation hereunder, including, but not limited to, any claims made against us by any third party.
8. We have to protect our business and secure our systems. Consequently, you agree that we may intercept and monitor any communication that you may send to or receive via our website to the maximum extent allowed by law and you understand that we may use, publish and disclose such communications for any lawful purpose. Monitoring may include (without limitation) the filtering of incoming and outgoing electronic data messages to identify, limit and/or prevent the transmission of unlawful or otherwise undesirable material or Content.
9. We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, without notice to remove any material you have submitted to our website and/or to suspend and/or terminate your subscription, access and/or use of any or all of the services and/or this site at any time without notice, and we will probably do so if you act in breach of these terms.
10. You acknowledge that the ownership in any intellectual property rights (including without limitation, copyright and patent rights) in the components and features of this site belongs to us, excluding any data, materials, comments, ideas, feedback or suggestions specifically submitted by Users, which will remain vested in such Users. You acknowledge that we also own any intellectual property rights in the compilations, collective works and derivative works created by us which may incorporate the Content of Users. Accordingly, no part of this site (including its source HTML code) may be used, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner other than for the purposes of utilising this site, meaning that you may only display it on your computer screen and print it out on your printer for the sole purpose of viewing its Content. Framing of the content on this site without our written consent is expressly prohibited. If you submit any Content to our website, you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free license to use, compile, display, publish, publicly perform, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, lease, adapt, modify and promote such Content in any manner of form, which license will survive termination of any contractual arrangement between us.
11. You may only use the trademarks featured on our site for the purpose of displaying this site on your computer screen or printing out this site on your printer for the purpose of viewing same. Any other use of the trademarks without prior written consent is strictly prohibited.
12. We, our subsidiaries, officers and employees do not make any warranties, representations or undertakings, express or implied, about the content of this site or the services provided on it or about the content of any other website which may be referred to or accessed by hypertext link from this site, and we do not endorse or approve the content of such third party websites. In particular, we disclaim all warranties implied by law and we do not make any representations as to the accuracy, suitability, non-infringement, availability, timeliness, security, completeness or reliability of information contained on this site and we shall not be bound in any manner whatsoever by the information contained on this website, including errors and omissions. Furthermore, we do not represent that this site is free of viruses or bugs or anything else, which may have a harmful effect on any technology or that the site is compatible with all computer systems and browsers. Any material and/or information downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website is thus done at the User’s sole discretion and risk and the User is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
13. We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will compile and use the information which you give to us to provide you with services and personalise your use and visits of this site. We may also use such information to inform you, the User, about changes in the services we offer and/or about features we think you would find of interest. By giving us this information, you consent to our use of it for these purposes and for the purposes outlined in our Privacy Policy, including for the purpose of processing your requests. For further information regarding our treatment of your personal information, you are referred to our Privacy Policy.
14. You use our website at your own risk. We exclude any and all liability that we, our subsidiaries, officers and employees may incur for any losses or claims arising from an inability to access this site or use a service on this site, or arising from any use of this site or reliance of the data obtained from or transmitted using this website, to the fullest extent permissible by law, even if we, our subsidiaries, officers or employees were negligent or aware of the problem in advance. In no event will we, our subsidiaries, officers and/or employees be liable for any loss of profit, revenues, goodwill, opportunity, business, anticipated saving and/or other direct or indirect or consequential loss of any kind in statute, contract, delict (including negligence and gross negligence) or otherwise arising in connection with your use of this site, save where such liability cannot be excluded by applicable law.
15. You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees on a party and own client scale, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these terms or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
16. We also reserve the right, without notice and in our sole and absolute discretion, to make changes to any parts of the site inclusive of changes to these terms of use. It is your sole responsibility to review our terms of use on each occasion prior to making use of this site. If you continue to use this site after our amended terms of use has been posted on the website, it will constitute a deemed acceptance of such amended terms of use. We specifically reserve the right at any time to change, suspend or discontinue without notice, any service component and/or feature of this website.

Part B: Event Terms
1. Our events may be subject to additional terms and rules, which will apply in addition to these Terms of Use. In the event of conflict, the event specific terms will prevail.
2. Attendance at our events is subject to availability, and is on a first-come, first-served basis, provided that FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE may in some cases receive priority booking.
3. Please make sure that your details are correct before submitting an attendance request to us since it is unlikely that any mistake you make can be rectified later. When submitting a request you warrant and represent that you are over the age of 18 (eighteen) or that you have the consent of your parents or legal guardians and that you are authorised to make payment in the stipulated manner. We may require reasonably adequate proof of your age or of such consent, particularly in the event of events for which a minimum age is stipulated by law. If you are under the age of 18 we will require proof of consent to your participation in an event or workshop in the form of our Parental Consent Form.
4. Proof of payment is required to secure your seat. We reserve the right not to accept or process your booking request and we will notify you if this is the case. We will send you a confirmation email to confirm your attendance if we elect to accept your request. We do not guarantee that such confirmation notice will be received by you, or that, if it is received by you, that it will be legible and uncorrupted.
5. If you do not receive a confirmation notice after submitting your payment information, you should confirm with our Marketing Department whether or not your request has been received and processed. Only you may be aware of any problems that may have occurred during the booking process. We will not be liable for any losses you may incur if you assume that a booking was not processed because you failed to receive our confirmation notice.
6. We do not warrant the accuracy of the arrangements for events and workshops displayed on this site and disclaim, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any liability arising from any omissions and inaccuracies pertaining to such display and description. In particular, we disclaim any and all warranties as to the occurrence, suitability or quality of the seating arrangements, performances, venues or events and will not be liable for any claims arising in respect thereof, even if we have acted in a negligent or grossly negligent manner.
7. No refunds will apply to a cancellation by you of your booking to attend an event or to your failure to attend an event, unless the contrary is expressly stated. You are welcome to contact our Customer Care Centre to enquire about any relevant refund that may apply in these instances.
8. We may refuse admission to events, alter the program or arrangements (such as speakers, venue, time etc) for our events, or even postpone or cancel events in certain circumstances. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any liability should any of the aforementioned occur. Our decisions in this regard are final and no correspondence will be entered into. However, you are welcome to contact our Customer Care Centre to enquire about any relevant refund that may apply in these instances.
9. Unless the contrary is stipulated in writing, all events and workshops are provided without warranty of any kind. Without limiting the aforesaid, we do not give any warranties or make any representations regarding the occurrence, timing, suitability, quality or performance of any event or workshop, or in respect of the venue, admission to such venue or the seating arrangements for such venue.
10. You assume all risks incidental to the event for which attendance is procured, whether before, during or thereafter. You agree that we will not be liable for any loss or damage you or anyone accompanying you may incur in the course of attending such an event and that you will indemnify us against any losses, damages, injuries and claims arising in connection therewith.

Part C: Competition Rules
1. Unless expressly stated otherwise, these terms will apply to all competitions offered on this website. In the event of conflict between these terms and the rules applicable to any specific competition, the specific competition’s rules will prevail.
2. All competitions offered on this website will be open to residents of South Africa only, unless expressly stated otherwise.
3. Anyone working for us or for the specified competition partner, or for any of our affiliated companies, or for any of our advertising, media or PR agencies, as well as any family members or associates of the aforesaid persons are prohibited from entering a competition offered on this website.
4. No cash alternative is available to any prize unless expressly stated otherwise.
5. The closing date for any competition will be as stated. The judges cannot accept responsibility for late entries.
6. Any entrant may be required to submit proof of age. Entrants that are under 18 years of age may be required to provide proof of permission from their parent or legal guardian to participate in competitions in the form of a completed Parental Consent Form available at [insert hyperlink].
7. The judges’ decision will be final. We will not enter into correspondence.
8. All entrants’ information will be used only in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
9. Where entry by SMS is applicable, SMSes are charged at premium rates apply. Free rates do not apply.
10. We reserve the right to cancel any competition without notice at any time.
11. Multiple winners may be subject to tie-break to decide an outright winner.
12. Any deviation from the rules and/or attempt to manipulate the outcome of the prize will result in disqualification.
13. Winners may be required to be photographed for publicity purposes or to participate in a live presentation, radio or television broadcast. No fees will be payable in this regard.
14. Prizes are non-transferable in whole or in part, must be taken as stated and may not be sold to a third party. You must confirm acceptance of the prize as stated, failing which you will no longer be eligible for a prize, and that prize will be re-allotted.
15. Where prizes involve travelling abroad, winners must be in possession of a valid passport, required visas and the relevant health certificates.
16. We accept no responsibility for any incorrect or incomplete registration details that you may supply as part of your registration. No responsibility will be accepted for undelivered, lost or delayed entries. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Errors in entries may, in the judges’ discretion, void entries.
17. We may re-allot prizes if we are unable to contact selected winners. Please ensure that you provide the correct contact details.
18. If any prize offered is unavailable, we reserve the right to select alternative prizes of equivalent value and we reserve the right to modify, supplement or withdraw all or part of this competition without notice and no refunds of costs of entry will be payable.
19. Entrants acknowledge that in consideration of the prize offered to winners by us the winning entries may be released, displayed to the public by us or any company connected with the promotion. This will be in the form of the winner’s name and place of origin. Entrants agree that we are the owner of all rights, titles and interests in all entries, including the entire copyright, whether now existing or howsoever, arising in the future, including all worldwide rights to promote, reproduce for commercial use or otherwise, edit, advertise and publicise, produce, record and reproduce by any art medium or method whether now known or later developed (‘Exploitation Rights’) to be exercised in our sole discretion throughout the world for the full term of copyright and other rights in the entries and all extensions thereof including for the avoidance of doubt, the right to register any design rights and/or trademarks. Entrants undertake to do all things necessary, including the execution of any requisite documentation to transfer the Exploitation Rights to us, as and when requested by us.
20. Further, the entrant irrevocably and unconditionally waives all moral rights to which they may now or at any time in the future be entitled pursuant to any copyright law and under any similar law in force from time to time anywhere in the world in respect of all works referred to herein.
21. Media24 Ltd, our other affiliates, our competition partner/s and their respective shareholders shall not be liable in any way whatsoever for any loss, damage, injury or costs, howsoever arising, suffered as a result of your participation in a competition.

Part D: Privacy Policy
1 Introduction
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about the use of any personal information which you provide to us. Your privacy is very important to us. We are therefore committed to protecting that privacy whenever personal information is requested from you. Provided it is reasonably possible, we will try to use or disclose your personal information only in the manner stated in this Privacy Policy. We do, however, reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, in which case the amended Privacy Policy will supersede and replace any previous policies with effect from the date on which it is posted on this website. Wherever possible, we will give you notice of any changes prior to their implementation. Please visit this Privacy Policy regularly to familiarise yourself with the latest version and to understand what we can do with your personal information. This Privacy Policy forms part of the Terms and Conditions of use for this website.
2 Personal Information
Personal information refers to all information about you as an identifiable individual, including (but not limited to) your name, address, email address, telephone number, and identity number, but for the purposes hereof will exclude all information that you submit to a publicly accessible section of our website such as a blog, chat room, bulletin board, discussion group. All information which you submit to a publicly accessible section of our website may be collected, used and disclosed freely and will not be protected under this Privacy Policy. Your submission of information to such a publicly accessible section of our website is thus at your own risk. For your protection we recommend that you do not disclose any sensitive personal information about yourself or anyone else on this website, including information pertaining to your or anyone else’s mental or medical condition, criminal record, participation in court processes, employment, sexual activities or preferences, religious beliefs, political opinions, race or ethnic origin. Please be aware that such information could be abused by others.
3 Your Consent
· 3.1. You do not have to give us personal information in order to visit or access the freely available sections of our website. Some services on our website may, however, be restricted to subscribers only (including but not limited to the placing of orders, promotional features and competitions). In order for you to use such subscriber services we will need some personal information about you. The information will be collected when you register with us or when you choose to use one of the subscriber services available via our website. We may also collect information regarding your use of our website to enable us to improve our services and to assess your compliance with the terms applicable to such use.
· 3.2. All your personal information so collected, will be stored, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and you consent to such storage, use and disclosure when you subscribe to these subscriber services. If you are under the age of 18, we may also require the consent of your parent or legal guardian authorising you to submit personal information to us by way of our Parental Consent Form.
4 Personal Information Shared
· 4.1. We will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent, or if you are under 18 the consent of your parents or legal guardians, provided that by using our website and/or subscribing for any of our services, you provide your express and informed consent for us to disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:
4.1.1. to third party companies employed by us to provide services for us, including, for example, website hosting, administration, maintenance and development. These companies require access to your personal information to perform their functions and not for any other purposes;
4.1.2. to transfer our customer database/s, including personal information contained therein, to any third party who acquires all or substantially all of the assets or shares in our company or our website service whether by sale, merger, acquisition or otherwise;
4.1.3. to governmental agencies, exchanges and other regulatory or self-regulatory organisations if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to
4.1.3.1. comply with the law or with any legal process;
4.1.3.2. protect and defend our rights and property or that of our customers and companies in our group;
4.1.3.3. prevent fraud or abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of our website; and/or
4.1.3.4. protect the personal safety or property of our customers or the public (if you provide false or deceptive information about yourself or misrepresent yourself as being someone else, we will disclose such information to the appropriate regulatory bodies and commercial entities); and
4.1.4 if applicable, to personalise your experience on our website, to help you log on in future and to continue to use the website, to reply to queries you might have, to provide you with support and to help us select services or materials for inclusion on our website which may be of interest to you.
· 4.2. We reserve the right to share non-personal, non-individual information in aggregate form with third parties for business purposes, for example, with advertisers on our website or business associates and partners. You will not be identifiable from such data as such. We are not responsible and cannot be held liable for the privacy practices of such third parties.
5. Use of Your Personal Information
· 5.1. We and our commercial partners may use your personal data for the purposes of executing transactions concluded with you, for billing purposes or in order to serve relevant advertising to you. We may send you information, special offers, notices about upcoming events and advertising by email, through SMS, within our regular newsletters, through once-off promotional offers or by telephone.
· 5.2. We may also make available your personal information to our affiliates and business partners (who may be located outside South Africa) in order to enable them to offer goods and services that they think will interest you. By using our services and by submitting your personal details, you consent to this transfer.
· 5.3. We may receive information about you from reliable third parties and add it to our database. When we receive such information, we shall use it to improve the personalisation of our service.
· 5.4. If you do not want to receive the information as set out above then please send an email to us at online@fairlady.com or contact our switchboard on
(021) 406 4552.
6. Feedback and Complaints
If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, or if you have a complaint about how we are using your data, then please write to us or send an email to us at online@fairlady.com.
7. Competitions
When you enter a competition or other promotional feature, we will require your name, telephone number, postal address and/or email address so that we can notify you if you have won. We will require your physical address to deliver any prizes you win. We may use this personal data in the same way as explained in clauses 4 and 5 above.
8. Information Protection
We may protect personal information by establishing appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect from you. This helps prevent unauthorised access, maintains data accuracy and ensures that the personal information is used correctly. In order to carry out these security procedures, we may sometimes ask for proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
9. Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that is deposited by our computer server when you visit our website which is stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting the website, our computer server will recognise the cookies, giving us information about your last visit. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website.
10. Data Profiles
· 10.1 We may also utilise a personal profile page, which will enable you to update your personal information. This will allow us to maintain accurate and up-to-date personal data. You will have the right to require its correction or removal from our records at any time. If you wish to be deleted from our database entirely, then please send an email to us at online@fairlady.com stating just that.
· 10.2 If you want to update any of your personal information held by us, you can either make certain changes online by amending your account details (if enabled) or you can send an email detailing the required amendments to online@fairlady.com. If your account details are password protected, you can help to preserve your privacy by never sharing your password with anyone else.
11. IP Addresses
Every time you connect to our website we store web server logs which show your IP address (the unique number which your machine uses when it is connected to the Internet); what you looked at; whether the page request was successful or not, and which browser you used to view the pages. The use of this data is strictly for statistical purposes and personalisation purposes only. This helps us understand which areas of the site are of particular interest and also which pages are not being requested. It also tells us how many hits and page requests we get.
12. Links
Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible and cannot be held liable for the privacy practices of third party websites or the manner in which they use cookies and advise you to read the privacy statements of each website you visit which collects personal information.
Part E: Contributor Guidelines
To be a part of our community and engage with other Users on an ongoing basis, there are two non-negotiable rules we enforce to protect Users and ourselves:
· Rule 1: We require and encourage our Users to share their opinions openly but with due consideration for others. In other words, we want Users to express their opinions freely but without being abusive. While we appreciate constructive criticism we expect all Users to treat others with respect. Users must also be at least 18 years old or have the consent of their parents or legal guardians to post comments, chat or blog on this site. We may require you to provide us with proof of your age and, if you are under 18, with the consent of your parents or guardians by way of a duly completed Parental Consent Form.
· Rule 2: We refuse to publish and will remove any content we think is unacceptable. We call everything that is published on our website Content, including your blogs, comments and responses, as well as your personal and business profile information, messages, poll responses, video, text, images etc. If it is available on our site, it is considered Content. And while we encourage you to share your views, expand your network and make the connections that count, we must insist that your content not include or be linked to any of the following, which we will probably consider to be unacceptable:
• Hate speech, racism, discrimination, or content that is libellous, defamatory, false, demeaning or misleading or misrepresents another person – particular if obvious or deliberate.
• Any writings that include swear words or obscene or inappropriate language.
• Activities that constitutes stalking, harassment or abuse, or is considered threatening towards a person or other people.
• Anything that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights (including copyright, trademark, trade secret or patent) or amounts to an unauthorised disclosure of confidential information or trade secret. If you quote someone in the content you provide, it is up to you to credit the original author and publication.
• Anything that contains unsolicited advertising or marketing links or material – particularly if such links or material is unrelated to the particular discussion.
• Anything else, the publication of which could cause emotional, moral, physical or mental harm to you or other Users, including sensitive personal information about you or other Users, such us medical conditions, criminal records, participation in court processes, employment related information, information relating to sexual activities or preferences, religious beliefs, political opinions, race and ethnic origin.
We generally decide what is acceptable or not on an item-by-item basis, but we are also in no way limiting ourselves to only evaluating the things mentioned above. We reserve the right to edit and/or remove content, and alter the unacceptable list, as and when required without notifying Users. To a large degree, we will be relying on you to help us evaluate the content on the site. If you become aware of something that you feel is in breach of any or all of the above, please contact us directly on (021) 406 4552 or email us at info@fairlady.com.
Part F: Complaints and General
1. We aim to provide you with a quality service. If, however, you feel that you have cause to complain, you can contact us at the email address given in section 1 of Part A above. We will try to do our best to resolve any problems that arise. Please provide us with the following as part of your complaint:
· Your full names, physical address, telephone number and email address
· The location and description of the feature or component of our website which is the cause of your complaint
· The reason for your complaint, including any rights that you allege to be infringed by such feature or component
· The actions you would like us to take to remedy the problem
· A statement confirming that you are making the complaint in good faith
· A statement confirming that the information you are providing to us is to the best of your knowledge true and correct
· Please incorporate your signature into the complaint
2. Use of this website is subject to the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town provided that we may, in our discretion, approach any Magistrate’s Court of competent jurisdiction over your person to adjudicate on any dispute arising from or in connection with these terms of use, and you consent thereto. You agree to accept service of legal process at the addresses you may provide to us when you use or subscribe to our website services.
3. These terms of use and the terms incorporated herein by reference constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to this site, the services offered here and any products and services acquired through this site, and supersede any previous agreements, negotiations, representations, arrangements, undertakings or proposals whether written or oral concerning the subject matter hereof.
4. Our failure to enforce any provision of this agreement will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. In the event that a portion of this agreement is held unenforceable or invalid by any competent authority, the unenforceable portion will be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, failing which it will be severed from the remainder of the provisions which will remain of full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.
5. You will not have the right to subcontract, cede, delegate, transfer and assign any of your rights, obligations or duties hereunder to any other person and/or entity without our prior written consent. We will have the right to cede, delegate, transfer and assign our rights, obligations and duties hereunder to any person and/or entity, and you hereby consent to such cession, delegation, assignment and transfer.
6. We will be excused any failure to perform or delay in performance of any or all of our obligations hereunder as a result of an event of force majeure, including without limitation acts of God (including flood, fire, earthquake or other similar events), riots, war, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes, epidemics, failure of telecommunications systems, failure of the world wide web, any outages of the internet or connection or communications thereto, governmental restraints and act(s) of legislature or any other cause outside our reasonable control.