3. Content

3.1 The information and materials published on this website are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute professional advice. While every effort is made to update the information regularly and to offer the most current, correct and accurate information, Direct Transact accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever if any information is, for whatever reason, incorrect, inaccurate or dated. Direct Transact accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, which may arise from access to or reliance on the information contained in these pages.

3.2 Direct Transact has also taken reasonable measures to ensure the integrity of this Website and its contents, however no warranty is given that this Website or the delivery, hosting and ancillary services or facilities of third-party suppliers utilised by Direct Transact will continue to operate, will operate without interruptions or will be error-free or that it will be free of any software virus or other harmful component.

3.3 You will be entirely responsible for any resulting damage to software or computer systems and/or any resulting loss of data caused as a result of any use of the Website.

4. Restrictions on Use

4.1 You may utilise the material contained on the Website for your own, non-commercial use.

4.2 You must not, other than as provided for in these Terms and Conditions:
4.2.1 reproduce, redistribute, alter or transmit any material or information contained on the Website;
4.2.2 use the material for commercial purposes without first obtaining the express written permission of Direct Transact; and
4.2.3 use the materials from the Website in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of Direct Transact.

4.3 Under clause 5.4 below You indemnify Direct Transact against certain claims, and this places various risks, liabilities, obligations and legal responsibilities on You.

4.4 To the extent permitted by law, You hereby indemnify Direct Transact against any and all claims arising from the use by third parties of any materials from the Website that they have accessed as a result of your reproduction, redistribution, alteration or transmission of that material in contravention of these Terms and Conditions.  

5. Third party website

5.1 The Website may contain hyperlinks to Websites owned or operated by third parties. Direct Transact is not responsible for the content of such websites and does not endorse or approve the contents thereof.

5.2 The fact that a website is linked to this Website does not imply that Direct Transact sponsors, endorses or is affiliated or associated with the entity that owns or is responsible for that website. As such, Direct Transact shall not be liable for the operation and content of any third-party websites that may be linked to this Website (regardless of whether or not a link has been permitted by Direct Transact).  

6. Intellectual property

6.1 Except where expressly stated to the contrary, copyright in the HTML, text, graphics, audio clips, video clips, source and / or object code and all other works contained in this Website (“Website Content””) is owned by Direct Transact, which asserts and reserves all of its rights in this regard. Access to or use of this Website will not in any way result in an assignment or license of any intellectual property owned by the Company or any other party.

6.2 The Website Contents may not be reproduced, copied, downloaded, distributed or published in any way. Direct Transact reserves the right to take legal action in respect of any reproduction, copying, distribution, framing, uploading to a third party, publication, adaptation, broadcast, public performance or other use or communication to the public of the information contained on the Site without the prior written consent of Direct Transact.

6.3 You are not permitted to use any of the trademarks displayed on the Website without the prior written consent of Direct Transact or the third party that owns the trademark.

6.4 Direct Transact accepts no liability for loss, damage or expense inter-alia arising from, but not limited to;  
6.4.1 any defects, errors, imperfections, faults, mistakes or inaccuracies of the Website Content;  
6.4.2 any unavailability of the Website, or any part thereof;  
6.4.3 any form of computer viruses or processes arising from your use of this Website; and  
6.4.4 any claim by a third party where your use of this website infringes its intellectual property rights.  

7. Linking, framing and crawling

7.1 The prior written authority of Direct Transact is required before any hyperlink is created. Authority, if granted, will be subject to the condition that the party linking to this Website alerts Users to the application of these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Notice. Requests for authority can be emailed to the Direct Transact compliance officer at compliance@directtansact.co.za.

7.2 Permission to link to this website will be granted strictly without the assumption of any liability on the part of the Direct Transact compliance officer. The Direct Transact compliance officer reserves the right to withdraw permission granted to link to the Website at any time in the entire discretion of Direct Transact compliance officer.

7.3 The prior written authority of the Direct Transact compliance officer, which may be subject to conditions, is required before this Website, any of its pages and/or any of the information contained on the Website is framed.

7.4 Save for the use of bona-fide search engine and the search facility provided on the Website for Users, no person may use or attempt to use any technology or applications (including web crawlers or web spiders) to search or copy content from the Website for any purpose without the prior written consent of Direct Transact. Any attempt to do so, whether successful or not, is an offence as contemplated in point.

8. Security

8.1 Any person who in any manner interferes with the data or information displayed on this website in any way which causes it to be modified, destroyed or otherwise rendered ineffective or inaccurate, acts contrary to the provisions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (“ECTA”) and is guilty of an offence.

8.2 Any person who in any manner interferes with any third party’s access to the Website or denies access to the Website, whether partial or absolute, is guilty of an offence in terms of ECTA.

8.3 Any attempt to commit or aid and abet someone in the commission of the offences referred to in clause 9.1 and 9.2 is guilty of an offence in terms of the ECTA.

8.4 Direct Transact will, as it may be advised, cause the prosecution and/or institute appropriate action to obtain relief against the perpetrator of the actions contemplated in clause 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 with a view to recovering any damages that it may suffer and to protect the Website against defacement, unauthorised amendment of content and disruption of the use of the Website.

8.5 While Direct Transact takes appropriate security precautions to protect the Website against abuse by third parties, by accessing and browsing the Website You accept that no liability will lie against Direct Transact for any damages caused to You by the malicious interference with the operation of the Website, and/or any destructive data or code that may be communicated to computers or information systems used by You as a result of your access and browsing of the Website.