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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE PDF Print E-mail
Written by ibrahim A shaaban   
Wednesday, 10 May 2006

 Terms of Use for Starehe.net

These terms and conditions apply whenever you access starehe.net website.

By using starehe.net you are deemed to have accepted these conditions.

Most areas of starehe.net require registration. By completing the registration form, and by entering your email address, username and password, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. Also, by subscribing to any of our email services, you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. If you register with starehe.net, you should read our privacy policy.

If you have registered with us and subsequently change your details, you should immediately update your profile on our website. To do so, click on Edit profile on our website.

Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will be reflected on this page.

1. Registration

When you register, you are registering as a personal user of starehe.net. Access to registration areas is via your Username and password.

We allow you access to the member's areas of the site on the basis that:

(i) your email address, username and password are personal to you and may not be used by anyone else

(ii) you will not do anything which would assist anyone who is not a registered user to gain access to any members only area of starehe.net

(iii) you do not maliciously create additional usernames for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the site, or other users; nor do you seek to pass yourself off as another user by adopting a similar username

(iv) you comply with these terms and conditions.

If, for any reason, we believe that you have not complied with these requirements, we may, at our discretion, cancel your access to the member's only areas of starehe.net immediately and without giving you any advance notice.

2. Termination of registration

If we wish to bring the agreement to an end, we will do so by emailing you at the address you have registered stating that the agreement has terminated. The agreement will terminate and your user name and password will become invalid immediately.

3. Use of material appearing on starehe.net

For the purposes of this agreement, "content" means material including, without limitation, text, video, graphics and sound material, published on starehe.net.

You may download and print extracts from the content and make copies of these for your own personal and non-commercial use only. You are not allowed to download or print the content, or extracts from it, in a systematic or regular manner or otherwise so as to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the material appearing on starehe.net

You must not reproduce any part of starehe.net or the content or transmit it to or store it in any other website or disseminate any part of the content in any other form, unless with our direct permission.

We may be prepared to allow you to distribute or reproduce some parts of starehe.net or the content therein, in certain other circumstances. Pleas read through our Rights and Permission page for more information.

If you would like to use starehe.net content on your website please contact us for permissions using our Talk to us form or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

4. Disclaimer of liability

To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the content. You must not rely on any statement we have published on starehe.net without first taking specialist professional advice. Nothing in the content is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person.

For the avoidance of confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the content or any part of it (except for death or personal injury attributable to our negligence/to the extent permitted at law).

You can access other sites via links from starehe.net. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents.

We give no warranties of any kind concerning starehe.net or the content therein. In particular, we do not warrant that starehe.net or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.

5. Third party material on starehe.net

You will see advertising material submitted by third parties on starehe.net. Individual advertisers are solely responsible for the content of advertising material which they submit to us, including ensuring that it complies with relevant legislation. We accept no responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein.

If you want to advertise on starehe.net, please use our Talk to us form to contact us or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

6. Letters to the Editor, Readers Comments, Discussion Boards, and Chat

Users of our site may submit content for publication in various areas of the site, including Letters to the Administrator and Baraza Forum. We accept no liability in respect of any content submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy.

If you want to submit content to us for publication in the Letters to the Administrator and Baraza Forum you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

(i) publication of any content you submit to us will be at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication

(ii) you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any content you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format

(iii) you warrant to us that any content you submit to us is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights

(iv) you warrant that the content you submit is not obscene, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal

(v) you agree not to post content which is deliberately intended to upset other users

(v) you acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.

(vi) we reserve the right to remove your access to the Discussion Forums, Letters to the Editor, Comments completely if we believe you are abusing them in any way.

7. Data protection

If you have indicated on the registration form that you wish to receive direct marketing material, your personal details will be included in a database compiled for direct marketing purposes. From time to time, you may receive direct marketing information from us or from third parties.

 

If you wish to unsubscribe from any of our email services please follow the instructions included in the emails.

8. Variations

These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the site after it has been posted.

9. Internet access

Although we will do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to starehe.net, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 March 2007 )