Terms and Conditions for TFZ Website Use
These Terms of Use, together with the policies and terms referred to below, set out the rules for using www.teachforzimbabwe.org (“our website”), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, applying for a job, applying to become a fellow or registering to use our site. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use our site. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use our site. About us www.teachforzimbabwe.org is a site operated by Teach for Zimbabwe (“We”). We are a Non-Governmental Organization registered in Zimbabwe with Deed Registration Number 0001400/2018.
Your use of the Website is also subject to the Organization’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Website and informs users of our data collection practices. Your agreement to the Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.
Changes to these Terms of Use The Organization reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which the Website is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. The Organization encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.
Access to our site Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site at any time without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason all or part of our site is unavailable or interrupted at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them. Your account and password You may access most areas of our site without registering your details with us, but certain areas of our site will only be open to you if you register with us. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code, password or account at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you know your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at [email protected]. You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site: · in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law, regulation or code of practice; · in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect; · in any way that infringes any intellectual property right or right to privacy; and/or · to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation to any person. You also agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of these Terms of Use. Breach of any of these conditions of use of our site constitutes a material breach of these Terms of Use. Interactive services We may from time to time provide interactive services to you on our site. For example, We may allow you to leave reviews on our services or posts. Use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. By submitting any content to our site or through our interactive services, you agree that We shall have a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide right and licence to use, reproduce, distribute and make available such content on our site and other documents. We may, from time to time, if We consider it appropriate, moderate any interactive service provided on our site. However, We are under no obligation to do so. Moderation may be carried out automatically and/or manually, by us or by a third party on our behalf. Any content posted on our site by users through any interactive service does not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, values or ideas of Teach For Zimbabwe or our personnel. We expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of these Terms of Use, whether the service is moderated or not. If you wish to complain about information or materials uploaded to our site by other users please contact us on [email protected]. Materials Provided To The Website The Organization does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to the Website (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Website or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you are granting the Organization, our affiliated companies, and necessary sub-licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein.
The Organization is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in the Organization’s sole discretion. By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions. Content standards You must ensure that any and all information and material which you post to our site (User Content) and use of any interactive services associated with it complies with following standards.
User Content must be accurate (where it states facts), be genuinely held (where it states opinions) and comply with applicable law in the (country) and in any country from which it is posted.
User Content must not:
• contain any material which is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, hateful, malicious or inflammatory or which promotes violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• infringe any intellectual property right of any other person;
• be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
• be threatening, abusive or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
• disclose the name, address, telephone, mobile or fax number, e-mail address or any other personal data in respect of any other person. In the case of product reviews, you may include your first name and location in your review, but should not include any other personal information;
• be likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
• give the impression that it emanates from us, if this is not the case;
• advocate, promote or assist any illegal activity or unlawful act; or
• contain any advertising or promote any goods or services or links to other websites.
We will determine, at our discretion, whether there has been a breach of these content standards through your use of our site. When a breach of these content standards has occurred, We may take such action as We deem appropriate and reserve the right to reject publication of any such User Content or delete such User Content from our site. If we reject any content we may send it back to you with an explanation of why it has been rejected and we may give you the opportunity to edit and resubmit your content. Failure to comply with these content standards constitutes a material breach of these Terms of Use. You will be responsible and will compensate us for any loss or damage We suffer as a result of you breaching these content standards. Viruses, hacking and other offenses We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs, and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offense under national and international laws. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. Intellectual property rights All intellectual property rights on our site, and in the material published on it, are owned by us and our licensors. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organization to content posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our site will cease immediately. Changes to our site We may update our site from time to time and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and We are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions. No reliance on information The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Although We make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, We make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete, or up-to-date. Disclaimer of Liability The material displayed on this Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions, or warranties as to its accuracy. Unless expressly stated to the contrary to the fullest extent permitted by law we and our suppliers, content providers, and advertisers hereby expressly exclude all conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity and shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but without limitation to any direct, indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for loss of use, profits, data or other intangibles, damage to goodwill or reputation, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, performance or failures of this Website or the Linked Sites and any materials posted thereon, irrespective of whether such damages were foreseeable or arise in contract, tort, equity, restitution, by statute, at common law or otherwise. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, nor for fraudulent misrepresentation, misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. Our rights If We determine, at our discretion, that there has been a breach of these Terms of Use, We may take such action as We deem appropriate, which may include issuing a warning to you, withdrawing your right to use our site, taking legal proceedings against you and/or disclosing such information to law enforcement authorities as We reasonably feel is necessary. Linking to our site You may link pages of our site to your personal social media accounts where social media sharing plug-ins are available on our site. Any other linking to our site is prohibited without our prior written consent. You must not establish a link to our site: • in a way that is not fair or legal or which damages our reputation or takes advantage of it; • in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists; or • in any website that includes unlawful or fraudulent content, has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect or breaches the content standards set out above. You must not frame our site on any other site or create a link to any part of our site other than the home page without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to make any use of the content on our site other than permitted in these Terms of Use, please contact us through [email protected] or through the contact form on our contact page. Third-party links and resources in our site Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties (including where our social media sharing plug-ins include links to third party sites), these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Indemnity You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Teach For Zimbabwe, its directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, and affiliates, from any and all third party claims, liability, damages, and/or costs (including, but not limited to, legal fees) arising from your use this Website or your breach of the Terms of Service. Termination And Access Restriction The Organization reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, and you hereby consent to resolve any and all disputes arising under or related to this Website or the Terms of Use pursuant to the Arbitration Clause above. Use of the Website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. No Joint Venture Or Other Relationship You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and the Organization as a result of this agreement or use of the Website. The Organization’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of the Organization’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website or information provided to or gathered by the Organization with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Contact us If you wish to contact us in respect of our site, please contact us at [email protected] or through the contact form on our contact page. Effective as of 28/09/2020