Website Terms and Conditions of Use Relating to Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Proprietary) Limited (hereinafter referred to as “SRSA”) and affiliated websites.
These Terms and Conditions (“the Terms and Conditions”) govern your (“the User”) use of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd.’s (“SRSA”) website located at the domain name www.srigroup.co.za (“the Website”) and its affiliated websites. By accessing and using the Website, the User agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set out in this legal notice. The User may not access, display, use, download, and/or otherwise copy or distribute content obtained from the website for marketing and other purposes without the express written consent of SRSA.
You agree that your use of this website is for lawful purposes only. You agree that you will not use this website for any unlawful purpose, including committing a criminal offence, gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems, or transmitting unlawful material.
Electronic Communications
By using this Website or communicating with SRSA via electronic means, the user consents and acknowledges that any and all agreements, notices, disclosures, or any other communication satisfies any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be in writing.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
SRSA provides certain information at the Website. Content currently or anticipated to be displayed at this Website is provided by SRSA, its affiliates and/or subsidiaries, or any other third party owners of such content, and includes but is not limited to Literary Works, Musical Works, Artistic Works, Sound Recordings, Cinematograph Films, Sound and Television Broadcasts, Program-Carrying Signals, Published Editions and Computer Programs (“the Content”). All such proprietary works, and the compilation of the proprietary works, are copyrights of SRSA, its affiliates or subsidiary, or any other third party owner of such rights (“the Owners”), and is protected by South African and international copyright laws. SRSA reserves the right to make any changes to the Website, the Content, or to products and/or services offered through the Website at any times and without notice. All rights in and to the Content is reserved and retained by the Owners. Except as specified in these Terms and Conditions, the User is not granted a license or any other right including without limitation under Copyright, Trademark, Patent or other Intellectual Property Rights in or to the Content.
All pictures, writings and detailed features used without the consent of SRSA may be prosecuted. SRSA is not responsible in any manner for the content and the products or services offered on the website where SRSA would be linked by hypertext links or any other type of link. SRSA has no control over these websites and accepts no liability regarding access, content or use of these websites, which includes damages which may result.
Links to Third Party Sites
Links to websites which are operated by third parties are provided as an additional service to you. Such websites are totally independent and beyond our control. SRSA is not liable for the content of any of these third-party websites which you may access via any SRSA website, and accepts no accountability of any kind for the content, the compliance with data protection rules or the usage of such websites. Without limiting the foregoing, SRSA specifically disclaims any responsibility if such sites:
- infringe any third party's intellectual property rights;
- are inaccurate, incomplete or misleading;
- are not merchantable or fit for a particular purpose;
- do not provide adequate security;
- contain viruses or other items of a destructive nature; or
- are libelous or defamatory.
Limitation of liability
The Website and all Content on the Website, including any current or future offer of products or services, are provided on an “as is” basis, and may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Nevertheless, we do not guarantee, direct or indirect, its correctness, nor are we accountable for any decisions taken based on the information. We make no representation or warranty regarding the information’s correctness, legitimacy and safety. Neither SRSA nor any holding company, affiliate or subsidiary of SRSA, shall be held responsible for any direct or indirect special, consequential or other damage of any kind whatsoever and howsoever suffered or incurred, related to the use of, or the inability to access or use the Content or the Website or any functionality thereof, or of any linked website, even if SRSA is expressly advised thereof.
Privacy
The User may visit the Website without providing any personal information. SRSA is sensitive to the private nature of information you provide to us over the Internet.
Please note that when you use our websites, information can be stored on your computer in the form of cookies. You can choose not to accept these cookies in your browser settings.
SRSA only stores personal information relating to Users of its websites if consent for this has been provided. Personal information of the User is only used to process enquiries on the basis of consent granted by the User for a distinct purpose. Please note that on request, you are entitled to receive information about the personal information relating to you which has been stored. You are also entitled to have the information corrected, blocked or deleted.
Please note that when you use our websites, information can be stored on your computer in the form of cookies. You can choose not to accept these cookies in your browser setting. If you visit any of our websites with social media plug-ins, Internet Explorer will mechanically establish a link to the server on the appropriate network, regardless of whether you use the plug-in or not. The information that you have accessed is shared via this link. If you are logged into a social network during your visit to our website, the information communicated will be associated with your user account. This similarly applies if you interact with a plug-in. Whether you are or are not a member of a social network, your information may be stored by social networks.
When you use the website you may be providing SRSA with your personally identifiable information. In addition, our web servers may, by design, collect web site usage data from you when you visit our website. Website usage data informs us about how our visitors use and navigate our website, including the number and frequency of users to each webpage, their IP address and the length of their stays.
We may combine the personally identifiable information you provide SRSA with other information about you that is accessible to us, including website usage data and information from other sources. We may use this information to allow us to improve your experience on the website, to improve and develop new products, features and services, to provide the relevant departments with aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns, to allow us to personalise the advertising users see based on their personal characteristics or preferences and for other purposes.
We may share such information with third parties to help us improve our content and for the purposes as aforesaid. In addition, we may disclose any information about you to other third parties at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to contact you at any time regarding any problems or questions.
The personally identifiable information we gather about you is kept in restricted access servers. We have safeguards to protect the security, integrity, and privacy of these servers and of your personally identifiable information.
Please note that requests for quotes, containing your personal information, will be sent to relevant tyre dealerships/fitment centers who have been appointed by SRSA as authorised Dunlop dealers, in order to provide a dealer with information for purposes of contacting you in their regular course of business. The dealer is not restricted by SRSA in their use of your data.
SRSA assumes no liability or responsibility whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising from your request for a quotation and will not entertain any direct correspondence with anyone in this regard. Your sole cause of action relating to any quotation or occurrences thereof is with the relevant authorised Dunlop dealer Stores and not SRSA.
Choice of Law
This Website is controlled, operated and administered by SRSA from its offices within the Republic of South Africa. Access to the Website from territories or countries where the Content or purchase of the products sold on the Website is illegal, is prohibited. The User may not use this Website in violation of South African export laws and regulations. If the User accesses this Website from locations outside of South Africa, that User is responsible for compliance with all local laws. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and the User consents to the jurisdiction of the High Court in the event of any dispute. If any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of these Terms and Conditions, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between SRSA and the User with regard to the use of the Content and this Website.
Updating of these Terms and Conditions
SRSA reserves the rights to change, modify, add or remove from portions or the whole of these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If you are discontented with any portion of the website, or with any of these terms of use, your only remedy is to discontinue use of the website. Changes to these Terms and Conditions will become effective upon such changes being posted to this Website. The information, software, products, and services included in or available through this website may include inexactitudes or typographical errors. The information on these websites is not binding and is provided solely for information purposes. It is the User’s obligation to periodically check these Terms and Conditions on the Website for changes or updates. The User’s continued use of this Website following the posting of changes or updates will be considered notice of the User’s acceptance to abide by and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, including such changes or updates.
Issued: 10/02/2017