Terms and Conditions of Use

The use of this web site constitutes agreement with the following terms and conditions:

This web site (the “Site”) is maintained as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site (“Users”). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. Permission is granted to Users to visit the Site and to download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for the User’s personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific Material within this Site. Users who use Materials from the Site are obligated to mention JAIF Management Team, ASEAN Secretariat as the source.
All Material on this Site appears subject to the present Terms and Conditions.
The views expressed, the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials on this Site are those of the various authors who prepared the work and do not necessarily represent the views of the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Member States, or the Government of Japan. Mention or depiction of any firm, entity or process in any images does not imply endorsement of it by the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Member States, or the Government of Japan.

Disclaimer

Materials provided on this Site are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. ASEAN Member States and their officials and ASEAN Secretariat and members of its staff, and the Government of Japan (“Site Organiser”) specifically do not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. JAIF Management Team, ASEAN Secretariat periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall the Site Organiser be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this Site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. The use of this Site is at the User’s sole risk. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall the Site Organiser or their affiliates or associates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if the Site Organiser has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that the Site Organiser is not liable for any conduct of any User.
This site may contain advice, opinions and statements of various information providers. The Site Organiser does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider, any User of this Site or any other person or entity. Reliance upon any such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall also be at the User’s own risk. Neither the Site Organiser nor their affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.
As a condition of use of this Site, the User agrees to indemnify the Site Organiser and their affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of the User’s use of this Site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by the User of these Terms and Conditions. If the User is dissatisfied with any Material on this Site or with any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, the User’s sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.
This Site may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the Site Organiser, and the Site Organiser is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The Site Organiser provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by the Site Organiser.
If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Forums”), the User agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and materials that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example and not as a limitation, the User agrees that when using a Forum, he or she shall not do any of the following:
1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
2. Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
3. Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all consents therefor as may be required by law;
4. Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer;
5. Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
6. Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; and
7. Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file posted by another user of a Forum that the User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
The User acknowledges that all Forums and discussion groups are public and not private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other Users are not endorsed by the Site Organiser, and that such communications shall not be considered to have been reviewed, screened or approved by the Site Organiser. The Site Organiser reserves the right to remove, for any reason and without notice, any content of the Forums received from Users, including, without limitation, e-mail and bulletin board postings.

Preservation of immunities

Nothing here in shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of the Site Organiser, which are specifically reserved.

General

The Site Organiser reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Site or any Materials in any respect. The Site Organiser shall have no obligation to take the needs of any User into consideration in connection therewith.
The Site Organiser reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion thereof without notice.
The Site Organiser encourages entities associated with ASEAN to link their website to the Site after obtaining approval from JAIF Management Team, ASEAN Secretariat.
No waiver by the Site Organiser of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be binding except as set forth in writing and signed by its duly authorized representative.
For further enquiries, please contact JAIF Management Team, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta at admin.jmt@asean.org.

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