TERMS OF USE

FAIR USE DISCLAIMER

The content published on this blog is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to serve as financial or other advice. It is intended to provide general information and opinions on various topics related to South Africa.

1. Fair use of copyrighted material:

1.1 Life and Figures may occasionally include copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make such material available in our efforts to advance understanding, knowledge, and dialogue on relevant subjects.

1.2 We believe this constitutes a “fair use” of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the South African Copyright Act, 1978. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this blog for purposes that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

1.3 Nonetheless, we strive to use copyrighted material in a manner that is consistent with fair use principles. We make every effort to provide proper attribution and credit to the original source, as well as link to the original material whenever possible.

2. Disclaimer of liability:

2.1 The information and opinions expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization, company, or institution. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information provided on this blog.

2.2 Life and Figures exclude to the extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising, which may result from, or be attributable to, directly or indirectly, the use of this website or reliance upon the contents of this website, or any other website linked to it. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify the accuracy and applicability of any information found on this blog before making any decisions or taking any actions based upon it.

2.3 Life and Figures may change, suspend or close the website without obligation to notify any person.  Life and Figures may also amend data formats without prior notice and Life and Figures may restrict access to all or parts of any application on the website.  By accessing this website and the information contained herein, you agree to the application of South African law to govern all matters between you and Life and Figures and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.

2.4 All intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright and trademarks in the material contained on this website is held by Life and Figures and may not be copied, reproduced, adapted, published or distributed in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Life and Figures

2.5 Life and Figures will not be liable, in contract, delict (including any and all forms of negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with the use of this website, for any: (a) economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); (b) loss of goodwill or reputation; and or (c) special or indirect or consequential loss.

2.6 If Life and Figures is found liable by a competent court with jurisdiction for your direct or indirect damages arising from or in relation to your use of this website, that liability (howsoever arising) shall be limited to R100-00 (one hundred Rand).

2.7 By accessing and using this blog, you acknowledge and accept the terms of this Fair Use Disclaimer.

PRIVACY POLICY

Life and Figures is operated by Life and Figures and they and their licensors know and respect that you care how information about you is used and shared. Life and Figures appreciates your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly.

1. By registering on Life and Figures websites, you are accepting the conditions and practices described.

2. Life and Figures is the proprietor of a website (and intellectual property thereto) known as “Life and Figures” in the Republic of South Africa.

3. Life and Figures is an online publication that publishes content. Life and Figures solicits comments and reviews on certain content posted to the Life and Figures site (s). These comments and reviews can then be accessed and read by other Life and Figures users. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, a “user” is defined as someone using the Life and Figures website.

4. By using Life and Figures, you permit the collection and use of your personal information as outlined below in the Privacy Policy. You should visit this page periodically to review any changes to the Privacy Policy.

5. When or if you voluntarily disclose personal identifiable information (e.g. user name, e-mail address) via profile set-up, newsletter subscription, posting of comments and or reviews, or in other areas of the Life and Figures website, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication, may be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. These activities are beyond the control of Life and Figures. E-mail addresses collected during the posting or submission of comments or reviews (from the relevant fields in the form) will not be published on the website. Please do not post any personal information on the Life and Figures website or in other areas that you expect to keep private.

6. As a registered Life and Figures user, you can modify your personal information at any time.

7. Upon your request, Life and Figures will remove you and your personal information from our records; however, it may be impossible to remove your entries as they may have created additional relevant content or legal obligations. Registered users who wish to delete their registration should do so by emailing queries@lifeandfigures.com.

8. Information we collect:

8.1. User submitted account information such as name and email address to identify you and may send you notifications related to the use of the service.

8.2. User submitted location information such as city, state, or area code.

8.3. User submitted reviews, opinions, experiences, and ratings of businesses and or service providers.

8.4. Advertiser submitted advertisements, photos, logos, specials, reviews, opinions and or incentives to contact their businesses.

9. Some information collected is not explicitly submitted by the user as Life and Figures logs your browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp.

10. How Life and Figures Uses Your Information:

10.1. If you so choose, Life and Figures will use your email address to send you newsletters, alerts and other email.

10.2. Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp data help Life and Figures diagnose problems with the Life and Figures systems, administer Life and Figures, and otherwise provide the highest possible level of service to you. Life and Figures may also use this information to perform statistical analysis of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the Life and Figures website and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on, their advertising banners.

10.3 At all times Life and Figures strives to collect only data which is strictly necessary. You may request access to all your data at any time, by emailing queries@lifeandfigures.com.

11. Transfer of Information:

11.1. Life and Figures and or its licensors and or associates will disclose information about individual users to governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.

11.2. Life and Figures and or its licensors and or associates may share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or suspected fraud, or to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

11.3. Life and Figures and or its licensors and or associates reserves the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Life and Figures or its business. In such an event, Life and Figures will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

12. External Links:

12.1. The Life and Figures website may contain links to third party websites to which Life and Figures has no affiliation. Life and Figures does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. Life and Figures suggests you read the privacy policies on these third-party websites.

13. Cookies Policy:

13.1. Like most websites, Life and Figures requires cookies to function properly. Cookies are small text files that reside on a user’s computer and identify you as a unique user. Life and Figures uses cookies to refine the Life and Figures website, store the user’s location-specific information and simplify the user experience. You should be aware that Life and Figures cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers, or any information advertisers may gather from their use of cookies. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, you should note that cookies may be necessary to provide you certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the Life and Figures website.

14. Security:

14.1. Your Life and Figures website membership is password-protected. Please do not under any circumstances offer to share this password with Life and Figures staff. Life and Figures will never request your password from you.

14.2. Life and Figures tries very hard to protect the Life and Figures website users’ information.

14.3. Life and Figures limits the access to your information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as customer service personnel.

15.4. If you have any questions about the security at the Life and Figures website, please contact Life and Figures.

14.5. Although Life and Figures takes appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, Life and Figures cannot assure you that personal identifiable information that Life and Figures collects will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

14.6. You hereby acknowledge that is not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the internet, and you hereby release and indemnify Life and Figures from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.

15. Contacting Life and Figures

18.1. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the privacy practices of this Life and Figures website, or if you want to exercise any of the rights that you are given under this Privacy Policy, you can contact:

Telephone number: +27 (0)66 267 3583
Email: queries@lifeandfigures.com

INFORMATION WE COLLECT:

We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our services, to communicate with you, or to make our services better. We collect this information from contact forms if and when you provide information to us and automatically through operating our services:

Basic account information:

We ask for basic information from you in order to set up your account. We require individuals who sign up for a Life and Figures.com account to provide an email address and password, along with a username and full name.

Contact forms:

You may provide us with information when you respond to surveys, communicate with our support desk, post a question to our editors, or sign up for a newsletter. When you communicate with us via completing a form, sending an email, or post a comment, we store a copy of all our communications.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. OWNERSHIP AND WARNING:

1.1 This website is owned and operated by Life and Figures and their associates and or licensors.

1.2 The use of the Life and Figures website (“Life and Figures”) is offered to you on the condition that you read, understand and accept all of the following terms and conditions (“these Conditions”), including the Life and Figures website Privacy Policy (at the top of this page).

1.3 By clicking “I Accept” when registering on this website, you will be deemed to have read, understood and accepted these Conditions. Acceptance by you and your use of the Life and Figures website will bind you to these Conditions. If you do not wish to accept these Conditions, do not click “I Accept”.

2. DEFINITIONS:

2.1. In these terms and conditions, unless the context indicates a contrary intention, the following words and expressions shall bear the meanings assigned to them hereunder and cognate expressions shall bear corresponding meanings:

2.1.1. “Life and Figures” means Life and Figures, operated by Life and Figures  and Life and Figures and their associates, companies incorporated in accordance with the company laws of the Republic of South Africa;

2.1.2. “Conditions” means all of the terms and conditions set out hereunder;

2.1.3. “Content” includes, but is not to, information, data, text, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages and other materials available via the Life and Figures Service;

2.1.4. “Licensee” means a licensee, partner or agent of Life and Figures, if any, or the Life and Figures website;

2.1.5. “Postings” includes, but is not to, comments, opinions, reviews, postings, blogs, pictures and other content posted via the Life and Figures Service;

2.1.6. “Privacy Policy” mean the Life and Figures website Privacy Policy;

2.1.7. “Life and Figures site” or “Life and Figures website” means the Life and Figures website located via Life and Figures’s website and/or such other website as may be determined by Life and Figures from time to time, including but not to any Licensee’s website and includes all linked pages owned and operated by Life and Figures;

2.1.8. “You” means you, the person who will use, uses, or wishes to apply to use, the Life and Figures website and “Your” shall have a corresponding meaning.

3. PRIVACY POLICY:

3.1. Before accessing the Life and Figures website, you must READ the Privacy Policy (top of this page).

3.2. You must not access or continue to use the Life and Figures Website if you do not agree with the Privacy Policy.

3.3. Access to and your use of the Life and Figures Website constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.

4. CAPACITY:

4.1. By accessing and using the Life and Figures site and or Life and Figures website, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to register and be bound by these Conditions.

4.2. The use of the Life and Figures website or service is at your own risk, and you are responsible for compliance with any local laws applicable to your use of the Life and Figures site and or Life and Figures service.

5. ABOUT THE LIFE AND FIGURES WEBSITE:

5.1. Life and Figures services are available exclusively through the Life and Figures website.

5.2. The Life and Figures service will, among other things:

5.2.1. offer you news, opinions, announcements and multimedia;

5.2.2. allow you to post and share opinions, reviews and experiences of your own for other Life and Figures site users;

5.2.3. allow you to view commercial content, including but not to directory listings of financial advisors.

6. LIFE AND FIGURES MAY REVIEW/DELETE POSTINGS:

6.1. Life and Figures and/or its Licensees reserve the right (but not the obligation) to review, delete, edit, reject or remove (at its sole and absolute discretion), any Postings, any Content that violates these Conditions or business listings (including business name, address, phone, fax, distance, reviews, rating).

6.2. Life and Figures and/or its Licensee is not required to provide reasons for its decision to review, edit, reject and/or delete Postings or business listings.

7. POSTINGS:

7.1. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any Postings that you publish, communicate or display on the Life and Figures website or transmit to other users.

7.2. The opinions expressed in the Postings do not reflect the opinions of Life and Figures or any of its Licensees and/or associates and Life and Figures and its Licensees and/or associates do not accept any liability for the content included in the Postings nor are they responsible or liable for its accuracy or reliability.

7.3. You acknowledge and agree that you will evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use and publication of any Postings, including any reliance on the content, integrity, and accuracy of these Postings.

7.4. Life and Figures, the Licensee or other licensors reserves the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and any person or entity which you have reviewed, or that is included in your Postings.

7.5. You grant to Life and Figures and its Licensees, and you represent and warrant, that you have the right to grant, Life and Figures and its Licensees, contractors, associates and other users of the Life and Figures website, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully sub-licensable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, reproduce, publicly perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and distribute your Postings and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Postings in all formats and in any manner, media or format now known or hereafter devised.

8. PROHIBITED POSTINGS AND REGISTRATION DETAILS:

8.1. When submitting your Postings in any form whatsoever or when providing details for your registration:

8.1.1. You must not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Life and Figures website and or Life and Figures service;

8.1.2. You must not edit, change, modify or create versions of Life and Figures logos or other trademarks.

8.2. Your Postings must not contain:

8.2.1. Content that includes any profanity, vulgarity, obscenity, hate speech or threat;

8.2.2. Content that is (or could be reasonably expected to be) defamatory, racist, offensive, an invasion of privacy, pornographic, contains sexually explicit material, or otherwise objectionable or unlawful;

8.2.3. Content that incites or perpetuates hatred against or vilifies any person or group on the basis of age, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual preference, religion or physical or mental disability;

8.2.4. personal information about another individual without their permission;

8.2.5. material that may harass another person;

8.2.6. Content that is not an original work in which you own all rights (including copyright);

8.2.7. Content that falsely expresses or implies that the material is sponsored or endorsed by Life and Figures, Life and Figures service, the Life and Figures website, the Licensee, other licensors or associates;

8.2.8. Content which you know or should reasonably have known is misleading, deceptive or false;

8.2.9. Content that infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights of any party;

8.2.10. Content that is (or could be reasonably expected to be) advertising or commercial in nature;

8.2.11. Content promoting or encouraging illegal activity;

8.2.12. advice of any kind in relation to tax, law, finance or other such advice of a professional nature; or

8.2.13. Content that is not in English or such other language as may be determined by Life and Figures from time to time.

8.3. You must not:

8.3.1. affect the way Life and Figures, Life and Figures service, the Life and Figures website, the Licensee’s site, other licensors or associates displays its pages, including, but to, placing pop-up windows over its pages or by framing blogs;

8.3.2. use web bugs or tracking technologies like sitemeter or Human Click, Using java, JavaScript, ActiveX or cookies;

8.3.3. use files or publish processes that might interfere with or pose a threat to the operation of the system or to the security of other users;

8.3.4. provide any Content containing Trojan horses, viruses, worms, cancelbots, time bombs or other computer programming routines that might damage, detrimentally interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;

8.3.5. edit, modify or customize the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites in a way that might affect or adversely affect the display of any advertising or promotional links on these sites and pages;

8.3.6. modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites;

8.3.7. use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites and/or pages other than the engine provided;

8.3.8. take any action that imposes, or may impose in Life and Figures’s sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites and/or IT infrastructure;

8.3.9. use the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material including that which are deemed threatening or obscene;

8.3.10. use the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites, intentionally or unintentionally, to violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;

8.3.11. collect information to access the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites without their written consent;

8.3.12. copy or store any Postings or Content offered on the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites other than for your own use;

8.3.13. collect any information about other users, including, but not  to, their username, email address or password;

8.3.14. share your password with another party;

8.3.15. create more than one account;

8.3.16. re-establish an account on Life and Figures after your registration has been terminated;

8.3.17. submit misleading or false information to Life and Figures or the Life and Figures website;

8.3.18. impersonate another person by entering, selecting or using that person’s name, User ID or email address;

8.3.19. recreate user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;

8.3.20. use email tools (such as “Email this page”) to send spam or use advertisements, paid links, affiliate marketing, or any other form of link spam;

8.3.21. speak on behalf of the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites by describing yourself as a Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites employee or use said business letterhead or logo’s on any material without written consent from the said entities.

9. TERM:

9.1. These Conditions will remain in full force and effect every time you use the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, and other licensors or associates’ sites.

10. OWNERSHIP:

10.1. Except for Postings submitted by users, the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service and all aspects thereof, including all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights therein, is owned by Life and Figures, the Licensee or other licensors.

10.2. As the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service and any underlying technology or software used in connection with the Life and Figures website and Life and Figures service contains Life and Figures’s proprietary information, you may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display or in any way exploit, any of the Content, software, and/or materials available on the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites in whole or in part without written consent of said businesses unless expressly permitted in Life and Figures and said business policies and procedures made available via the Life and Figures service.

10.3. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, Life and Figures, the Licensee and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights and all rights in the Life and Figures service are retained by Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, and other licensors or associates’ sites.

11. CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT OR THE LIFE AND FIGURES SERVICE:

11.1. These Conditions, the Life and Figures website and the Life and Figures service may be modified by Life and Figures at any time without prior notice, and such modifications will be effective upon Life and Figures posting of the new Conditions and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Life and Figures website.

11.2. You agree to review the Conditions periodically so that you are aware of any modifications.

11.3. Your continued use of the Life and Figures website and or Life and Figures service after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the modified Conditions.

11.4. Unless expressly stated by Life and Figures, any new features, new services, enhancements or modifications to the Life and Figures website and Life and Figures service implemented after your initial access to the Service shall be subject to these Conditions.

12. SECURITY AND REGISTRATION:

12.1. In order to use or access some of the Life and Figures service you will be required to register with Life and Figures and to select a password and username, which shall consist of an email address of own and user ID (“User ID”).

12.2. Your registration details would be kept secure and private and will not be used for any other purpose other than as a user of the Life and Figures website to use the Life and Figures website and Life and Figures service (Refer to the Privacy Policy).

12.3. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID and password.

12.4. You agree to immediately notify Life and Figures, Life and Figures services and/or the Licensee of any unauthorized use of your User ID or password;

12.5. You must ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

12.6. By using the Life and Figures services and/or Life and Figures website pursuant to these Conditions, you agree that Life and Figures may for security reasons and subject to the existing privacy laws, “intercept” and “monitor” (as defined in the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act No 70 of 2002) any communication that you make or receive through your use of the Life and Figures services and/or Life and Figures website. You agree that the consent given in terms of this clause constitutes written consent as contemplated in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No 25 of 2002 as amended and any other applicable legislation.

13. TERMINATION:

13.1. You must provide Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites with accurate, true, complete, and updated registration information and failure to do so will constitute a breach of these Conditions and may result in immediate termination of your registration.

13.2. Life and Figures may, at its sole discretion, refuse to register or, cancel or terminate your registration and User ID if Life and Figures considers, at its sole and absolute discretion, that you have breached any of these Conditions.

14. COPYRIGHT:

14.1. All data included on the Life and Figures website, Life and Figures service, the Licensee site, other licensors or associates sites such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, data compilations, and software (“data”) is the property of said businesses or its content suppliers and protected by international and/or applicable national copyright laws.

14.2. The compilation of all data on the Life and Figures website is the exclusive property of Life and Figures or its affiliates and protected by international and/or applicable national copyright laws.

14.3. All software used on the Life and Figures website is the property of Life and Figures, its affiliates, or its software suppliers and protected by international and/or applicable national copyright laws.

14.4. You must not distribute, sell, rent, sublicense or lease any information or data obtained from the Life and Figures website and/or Life and Figures service.

15. TRADEMARKS:

15.1. Life and Figures graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade dress of Life and Figures and/or Life and Figures are the authorised users of same.

15.2. Life and Figures’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Life and Figures’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers or in any manner that disparages or discredits Life and Figures.

15.3. All other trademarks not owned by Life and Figures, the Licensee or its affiliates that appear on the Life and Figures website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Life and Figures, the Licensee or its affiliates.

16. COPYRIGHT DISPUTE POLICY:

16.1. Life and Figures has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement:

(i) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of Life and Figures’s advertisers, affiliates, content providers, users; and

(ii) remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders.

16.2. Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements. If you believe that Content, material or Postings residing on or is accessible through the Life and Figures website or Life and Figures service infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the address listed below. This infringement notice must include:

16.2.1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;

16.2.2. identification of works or materials being infringed;

16.2.3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that Life and Figures is capable of finding and verifying its existence;

16.2.4. contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and email address;

16.2.5. a statement that the notifier believes in good faith that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

16.2.6. a statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.

16.3. Once an Infringement Notification is received by Life and Figures, it is policy:

16.3.1. to remove or disable access to the infringing material;

16.3.2. to notify the provider of the material or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material and that repeat offenders will have the infringing material removed from the system and that Life and Figures will terminate such provider’s or user’s access to the service;

16.4. If the provider or user believes that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or the provider or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, the provider or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information:

16.4.1. a physical or electronic signature of the provider or user;

16.4.2. identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled;

16.4.3. a statement that the provider or user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or a misidentification of the material; and 4. the provider’s or user’s name, address, telephone number, and, email address and a statement that such person or entity consents to the appropriate jurisdiction of the courts for the district in the Republic of South Africa in which the provider’s or user’s address is located, for any district in which Life and Figures is located, and that such person or entity will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

16.5. If a counter-notice is received by Life and Figures, Life and Figures may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the provider or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Life and Figures’ discretion. Please contact Life and Figures to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following email address: queries@lifeandfigures.com. Life and Figures reserves the right to change the email address from time to time.

17. CONTACT:

Please contact Life and Figures with any questions regarding these Conditions. Please report any violations of the Conditions to queries@lifeandfigures.com or such other address as may be provided by Life and Figures from time to time.

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