TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE GLEANER ONLINE

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, LEGAL AND PRIVACY POLICY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY YOUR USAGE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW THE SITE IS ACCESSED.

WELCOME TO THE GLEANER ONLINE

1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

This site is owned by The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited and is operated by The Gleaner Online Limited (the GOL) on the World Wide Web at Go-Jamaica.com. The Terms and Conditions herein shall apply to each and every use of this website, irrespective of the means by which it is accessed, directly or indirectly. By accessing the sites www.Go-Jamaica.com and any of its associated websites, www.jamaicagleaner.com, www.jamaica-gleaner.com, www.flairja.com, www.flairjamaica.com, www.discoverjamaica.com , www.youthlinkjamica.com , www.sportsjamaica.com , www.golocaljamaica.com , www.daflex.net , www.jamaica-star.com , www.jamaicastar.com , www.gojamaica-host.com , www.gleanerclassifieds.com , www.gleanersubscriptions.com , www.gleanersubscription.com , www.gleanerarchives.com , www.gleanerlibrary.com , www.caribbean-media.net , www.go-localjamacia.com , www.hospitalityjamaica.com, www.jamaica-elections.com, www.jamaicaelections the user agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use, Legal and Privacy Policy of this website. If you do not wish to be bound you must exit the website immediately.

2. ACCESS TO SITE Once you access this website whether directly or indirectly, it is your responsibility to read the Terms and Conditions of Use and Disclaimer and Privacy Policy. While The GOL will endeavour to provide a reliable service we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to the site and we make no warranty to this effect and the site is accessed as is.
3. USER OBLIGATIONS AND WARRANTY

You may retrieve the contents of this website for personal use only, however it shall not be stored on any retrieval system or device for use by others.

1. The contents of this website shall not be exploited in any way and you may not abuse the services offered herein. You agree that the website and it’s contents shall not be modified in any way.
2. The user agrees not to use or allow third parties or others to use the service in any way (without limitation to contents posted) which may be offensive, abusive, indecent, threatening, menacing, defamatory, in breach of any intellectual proprietary rights or any third party rights, anything which is immoral, malicious of any individual, illegal and unlawful.
3. That you will not cause any annoyance, inconvenience, anxiety, harassment to any person from our website or the internet in violation of any laws in any jurisdiction or any international laws.
4. That you will not introduce any virus or any disruptive or other harmful program or anything that will impair the service offered or any other service on the internet or generally anything in breach of this agreement.
5. By submitting or posting content/s to this website (excluding our chat room), you agree to and grant The Gleaner, its licensees, agents, employees and subsidiaries the right to use, reproduce, modify, display, distribute in any way any material or contents submitted, except as provided otherwise herein.
6. You warrant that all information submitted to us is your original work and you own all proprietary rights, including but not limited to any copyright you retain.
7. DISCLAIMER

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, HEREIN, NEITHER THE GLEANER, THE GOL, NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES GIVE ANY WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES FOR THE CONTENTS OR ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE AND SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INCLUDING ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUFFERED OR INCURRED BY THE USER FOR WHATEVER REASON. THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE IS OBTAINED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES AND MAY INCLUDE; FACTS, VIEWS, OPINIONS, PREDICTIONS OR FORECASTS AND INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE OF USE TO YOU GENERALLY. THE CONTENT SHOULD THEREFORE, BE USED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. WHILE EVERY CARE IS TAKEN, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, TIMELY, CURRENT AND COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION OR CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES AND THAT IT WILL BE FREE FROM ANY VIRUS OR OTHER HARMFUL OR DESTRUCTIVE SOFTWARE WHICH MAY CAUSE HARM OR DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM ON ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE. DUE CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN BY ALL USERS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SYSTEM OR MEANS OF ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE IS PROTECTED FROM ANY HARMFUL OR DESTRUCTIVE VIRUS WHICH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WHILE ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB. THE USE OF AND ACCESS OF THIS WEBSITE WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED, WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER SITES ACCESSED BY HYPER-LINKS FROM OUR WEBSITE. THE CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT SHARE, ENDORSE, WARRANT, NOR ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIEWS, OPINIONS, PREDICTIONS OR FORECASTS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SITE. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON ANY STATEMENT PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE IN TAKING ANY DECISION OR ACTION WHATSOEVER, WITHOUT CONDUCTING YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT CHECKS OR TAKING EXPERT OR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. BUYERS SHOULD THEREFORE, BEWARE AND MAKE THEIR OWN CHECKS AND INQUIRIES BEFORE CONTRACTING AND PROVIDING SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES WHILE ON THE INTERNET OR THIS WEBSITE.

5. INDEMNITY

THE USER HEREIN AGREES THAT IT WILL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE GLEANER COMPANY (MEDIA) LIMITED, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, CO-BRANDERS AND EMPLOYEES HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES, LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, COSTS AND FEES IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, CONSEQUENTIAL AND INCONSEQUENTIAL LOSS WHICH MAY BE SUFFERED ARISING OUT OF EACH OR ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER ACCESSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, VIOLATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OR ANY BREACH OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN OR ANY OTHER USER POLICY AND REQUIREMENT WHICH MAY BE POSTED FROM TIME TO TIME AS AMENDED.

6. THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF ANY SERVICE OR SERVICES OFFERED BY US WHICH INCLUDE THE SENDING AND RECEIVING O EMAIL OR FILES WHICH MAY CONTAIN HARMFUL VIRUS WHICH MAY DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM.

7.CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The GOL reserves the right to make amendments from time to time to any part or all of its website, Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy. It is the responsibility of all users to check these terms and conditions each time the website is accessed. Each and every access of this website constitutes an agreement that all users are bound by the terms and conditions as amended.

8. CHAT ROOM POLICY

While in the chat room the information you display can be view by others and is not private. The chatroom is a public forum and you should not place any information there you do not wish other third parties to access or see. We will accept no liability for any personal or private information you place in the chatroom for the view of the public in general. Please see User Obligations & Warranty and Indemnity.

9. COOKIES

A cookie is a file that tracks a user or customer’s preferences on pages visited while on a website. On our website we may use cookies or third parties may do so on our behalf. Should you accept a cookie, each subsequent visit to our site will identify you and collect and compile anonymous statistics related to your interests, tastes, purchasing intentions and general uses of the sites. The data collected by the cookie is compiled and used in the future to market other products and services or advertisements to you, to analyze the usage of our website to provide data on how to improve the website and for feedback generally. No sensitive personal data or personally identifiable data capable of identifying you as a private individual are collected. All data are for specific purposes for our private use only and not for use of any other third party unless specifically instructed by us and only for specific purposes, such as marketing of products and services. You do not have to accept cookies and you may block or disable all cookies from your browser at any time.

10. CONTRACT FORMATION

The terms and conditions herein constitute a binding contract made within the jurisdiction stated. By accepting these conditions you agree to abide by and be bound by them as amended, which we are entitled to do from time to time. If you do not intend to be bound by them you should not use this website or its other sites. Please see our Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.

11. 11. All contracts for services or goods for money or money’s worth will have their own procedure and terms and conditions. These must be complied with if you intend to enter into a binding contract. These may include but are not limited to our; classifieds, subscription, library or other restricted microsites, which may require you to register and pay for the services offered there. You should not provide confidential financial and personal information if you do not intend to be legally bound by the terms and condition as set out on those pages. See Also Jurisdiction, Disclaimer, Privacy Policy.
12. CO-BRANDED SITES

Please read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy There may be sites with which we are associated and provide a link from our website. These sites are however operated by third parties with whom The Gleaner may have a commercial relationship. This may include some sites which require that you make payment to access. In accessing these sites which are under the control of the third party, you may be asked to provide confidential and or financial details. The Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy of The GOL does not apply to these sites and these third parties will have their own privacy policy and terms and conditions of use and or contract terms. You must decide whether to enter into legal relations or contract with them or agree to the third party’s use of your personal information, which they may decide to do. We make no warranty or guarantees in respect of these sites as they are not under our control. The Gleaner and the GOL and or their subsidiaries accepts no liability in this regard.

13. COMPETITIONS & CONTESTS

From time to time, competitions may be advertised and run on our websites. Separate rules, conditions and any applicable laws in force at the time will apply. We will not be liable for any competition, game, contest or lottery which is done without the requisite permit or license and any such act carried out by any third party, is not with the permission of the Gleaner, the GOL or any of its subsidiaries. We cannot and do not make any representation or warranties for any third party who may choose to do so. Except that where The Gleaner or its subsidiaries promote competitions and contests it will do so as required by law in its own jurisdiction. It is your responsibility to ascertain whether these may be in breach of any laws within the jurisdiction you reside.

14. INTELLECTUAL & PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

15.(i) Copyright 

This service is protected by Jamaican and international copyright laws. All material, including but not limited to; text, sound, photographs and graphics in any form appearing on the site are considered as a collective work and are subject to copyright protection.

16. Copyright laws prohibit you from copying, reproducing, distributing or modifying any part of the collective works except that you are authorized to copy documents and information published by The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited on this site (henceforth referred to by “documents”) for non-commercial use only. Non-commercial use is defined as making one machine-readable and/or print copy, excluding photocopying, that is limited to occasional articles of personal interest which are for your sole personal use.
17. Neither the Name of The Gleaner, The Sunday Gleaner, The Financial Gleaner, The Jamaica Gleaner Online, The Star, Discover Jamaica, Go-Jamaica, Go Local Jamaica, Youthlinkjamaica, Da Flex, Caribbean Media.net, Sports Jamaica GoJamaica-Host, Jamaica Elections, Hospitality Jamaica nor the name of any of its subsidiaries, nor the Gleaner Logo, nor the logo of any of its subsidiaries or sites, nor their likeness or any derivative thereof may be used in conjunction with these documents for advertising or publicity purposes without prior written permission being obtained.
18. (ii) Trademarks

The trademark of The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited are registered by us. We retain all proprietary rights in them, www.Go-Jamaica.com and any of its associated websites, www.jamaicagleaner.com, www.jamaica-gleaner.com, www.flairja.com, www.flairjamaica.com, www.discoverjamaica.com, www.youthlinkjamica.com, www.sportsjamaica.com, www.golocaljamaica.com, www.daflex.net, www.jamaica-star.com,   www.gojamaica-host.com , www.gleanerclassifieds.com,   www.gleanersubscription.com, www.gleanerarchives.com, www.gleanerlibrary.com, www.jamaica-elections.com, www.jamaicaelections.com, www.caribbean-media.net, www.go-localjamacia.com, www.hospitalityjamaica.com. You may not use them in any form, likeness or derivatives, without our written consent.

Advertisers or links on our website may display or have their logos, names, trademarks or trading names thereon. We make no warranties in respect of these and you must do your own independent enquiries or make direct contact with them.

19. All trademarks acknowledged.

Please direct all questions to :

The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited

7 North Street

Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

(876) 922-3400 tel

(876) 922-3196 fax

Email: ads@jamaica-gleaner.com

20. JURISDICTION

This agreement, including these Terms and Conditions of Use and any other terms and conditions which are posted on the pages of our site constitute a contract made in Jamaica and is governed in all respects by the Laws of Jamaica and must be construed, applied and interpreted in accordance with those laws. Any and all dispute, controversy or differences as to the interpretation, construction or any contract or any action which may arise in tort, the choice of law shall be Jamaican law.

21.Except that the GOL retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in any court including, the courts of your country of residence or the country of your domicile or principal place of business. On accessing this website you irrevocably agree that the Jamaican court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with the accessing of and or use of the site or its content in any way whatsoever.

22. ARBITRATION

All disputes, whether in tort or contract or any conflicts(excluding conflicts of laws), differences which may arise out of or in connection with this agreement or its construction, operation, interpretation or termination shall be settled by arbitration. The parties shall decide the venue of such arbitration and where they are unable to do so within SEVEN (7) DAYS one shall be appointed by the Court or a Judge may do so on an application by either party. The arbitration shall be in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1900 or any laws or regulations in force in Jamaica are deemed to be incorporated. The number of arbitrators shall be three. Each party to the proceedings shall be permitted to appoint its own arbitrator within SEVEN (7) DAYS and both arbitrators may appoint a third arbitrator or referee. If the appointment of the third arbitrator or referee is not made by the parties or the arbitrators, so appointed by the parties; any party or arbitrator may serve written notice on the parties to the proceedings, or the arbitrators. If the appointment is not made within seven days after service of the notice, the Court or a Judge may on application by a party or an arbitrator who gave the notice, appoint a third arbitrator or referee, who shall have the like powers to act and make an award as if he had been appointed by the consent of the parties.

23. The arbitration and any subsequent award shall take place in Jamaica. All submissions and awards in relation to the arbitration proceedings shall be made in English. The arbitrators shall resolve all dispute referred to them in accordance with the substantive laws of Jamaica.
24. HYPER-LINKS AND THIRD PARTY SITES

There will be links from our website to other sites owned and operated by us or third-party sites. The third parties may include advertisers, merchants or others. The inclusion of third party hyperlinks is not an endorsement of the websites or its contents nor does it imply that by your use it will not infringe the rights of others. You must assume the risk of infringement. These may be provided for easy reference and convenience and we accept no responsibility for their operations, accessibility or content as they are not under our control. They will have their own terms and conditions of use and privacy policy and it is your responsibility to read these. When you access a hyperlink external to our sites you would have exited out domain and entered that of the third party for whom we have no responsibility or obligation in respect of the use of its site or its terms and conditions. This is the sole responsibility of the third parties. We exclude all liability and make no warranties or guarantees in respect of these sites whatsoever. All information, services, products, and any transactions entered into, terms agreed to or representations made are entirely between you and the third party. We will not accept any liability and you hereby agree to indemnify us from every and all liabilities and as set out in our indemnity clause.

25. MESSAGE BOARDS

At our sole discretion, The Gleaner and The GOL reserves the sole right to remove any and all material or information posted on our message boards or website. All messages are subject to our editorial control and we may edit, make corrections or refuse at our sole discretion information received before posting.

26. PRIVACY POLICY

Because of the anonymous nature of the internet, we will require certain confidential information known only to you and is necessary for us to identify you. All necessary precaution is taken to keep confidential all personal or financial information submitted on our website. When we ask that you provide us with confidential information such as credit card, charge cards or other electronic or digital modes of payment we use technologically secure electronic systems. Strict corporate policies and procedures are adhered to, to prevent any breach or access by unauthorized persons and periodic reviews are conducted to avoid a breach of these policies to prevent any loss, misuse or changes to the information submitted.

27.The information collected will not be used for any purpose other than the intended purpose when requested. There may be occasions when parts or all of the information provided by you will be shared with other third parties who are acting on our behalf. They are mandated by us to maintain a strict code of conduct and confidentiality and are instructed to use the information only in accordance with our privacy policies and procedures.

28. The accessibility of the internet globally means it does not recognize national boundaries. Therefore the collection and transmission of personal data is not confined to one country. By using the internet and our website your personal data may be processed and transferred to or via jurisdictions without our knowledge and or control. You, therefore, agree that your personal data may be processed or transmitted in these several jurisdictions.
29. Minor (children)

It is the responsibility of a guardian or parent to ensure that a child or minor is monitored while using the World Wide Web. While we will exercise due care to protect their privacy and will not knowingly permit advertisement which if promoted to a minor may be immoral, unsuitable, inappropriate or illegal, we strongly advise that parental permission be given before any action is taken by a minor in response to any direct marketing for any products or services while using this website.

30. As a commitment to maintaining your privacy, we are a TRUST.e licensee. You may contact us at legal@gleanerjm.com regarding our privacy policy.
31. REPRODUCTION OF CONTENT

The contents of this site are copyrighted to or licensed to us for our use exclusively on this site and in the manner displayed or portrayed. The contents may also include the trademarks, designs or other works of advertisers, merchants or other third parties. You may not reproduce in any form whatsoever, create a derivative of, store on any retrieval system accessible to a third party, the content of this website or the proprietary rights of any third party. See Intellectual & proprietary rights. Written permission must be given by The Gleaner or the relevant party for the reproduction of the content of this website or any material, graphic or design posted on the site.

32. REGISTRATION

You may be required to register or access some pages on our website in order to use them. You must provide complete and accurate information when prompted to do so. It will be your responsibility to update your registration data should there be any changes.

33. When you register, it is for a single user only and your user name and password is for your exclusive use only, and must never be shared or used by anyone. Separate terms and conditions will apply on registering for these pages and registration will be terminated unless you accept the terms and conditions of use for the specified pages, which will be in addition to the terms and conditions for the general use of our website.
34. Registration will be exclusively for the GOL and does not apply to registration on websites of any third party, who will have their own procedure.

35.SERVICES

All subscriptions must be done in accordance with the terms and conditions set out on that page, in addition to any laws or terms which may apply as amended from time to time. See our:

(i) Subscriptions,

(ii) Classified Advertisements,

(iii) Archives,

(iv) Library Services

(v) Careers Section

(vi) Newsletter

36. TERMINATION OF ACCESS

Without prejudice to its other rights The Gleaner reserves the right at any time without prior notice or reference to you and without limitation; to terminate, suspend or restrict access from this website or its pages in the following circumstances where you are abusing the services provided, arising out of such event which prevents us from providing the service, any breach of the terms and conditions herein or there are any changes in any laws or regulations governing the website or the internet, where there has been any infringement of any proprietary rights which you have failed to comply with or are unlikely to comply with.

37. SEVERABILITY

Should any provisions of this agreement be declared void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed and construed to give legal effect to the parties intention, and the remaining agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

38. The headings or subheadings used herein shall have no legal effect whatsoever and are used for ease of reference.
39. GENERAL

The user may by statute or law acquired some right from which a claim or action may arise out of the use of or in connection with the terms and conditions herein. The user hereby agrees that any such action shall be filed within one (1) year from the date on which the claim or action arose or be barred forever.