Terms and Conditions
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Cars.co.za survey. To take part in the survey you are required to provide some demographic information including your name e-mail address, telephone number and vehicle registration. These details will not be shared with any third party.
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1. Copyright
- a. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
- b. Users may only download, view and print content from this site for private use.
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2. Intellectual Property Rights
- a. All the content, trademarks and data on this website, including but not limited to, software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, designs and agreements, are the property of or licensed to Cars.co.za and/or Lightstone Consumer and as such are protected from infringement by local and international legislation.
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3. Electronic Communications
- a. When a user registers on the Cars.co.za survey or Cars.co.za website or Lightstone Consumer websites the user consents to receiving communications electronically and agrees that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications sent by Cars.co.za or Lightstone Consumer satisfies any legal requirements.
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4. Disclaimer
- a. Apart from the provisions of sections 43(5) and 43(6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, neither Cars.co.za or Lightstone Consumer nor any of its agents or representatives shall be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use this website or the services or content provided from and through this website.
- b. Furthermore, Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer make no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content and technology available from this website are free from errors or omissions.
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5. Governing Law
- a. The Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer websites are controlled and operated from the Republic of South Africa and therefore governed by South African law.
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6. Security
- a. Any person that delivers or attempts to deliver any damaging code to Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer websites or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any part of the websites shall be prosecuted and civil damages shall be claimed in the event that Cars.co.za or Lightstone Consumer suffers any damage or loss.
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b. The user agrees and warrants that its unique code and log-in access shall:
- i. be used for personal use only; and
- ii. not be disclosed to any third party.
- c. The user allows Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer to take all reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and security of the Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer websites and back-office applications.
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7. Changes to Agreement
- a. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer may, at their sole discretion, change this agreement or any part thereof at any time without notice.
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8. Disputes
- a. In the event of any dispute of any nature whatsoever arising between the parties on any matter provided for in, or arising out of this agreement shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in terms of the expedited rules of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa.
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9. Domicilium
- a. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer chooses as its domicilium citandi et executandi for all purposes under this agreement, whether in respect of court process, notice, or other documents or communication of whatsoever nature:
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Cars.co.za
18 Nicol Road,
Bedfordview,
Johannesburg
Lightstone Consumer (Pty) Ltd
SASFIN Building
56 Mangold Street
Newton Park
Port Elizabeth
6024
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10. Privacy
- a. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of Users. For the purpose of this clause, "personal information" shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA).
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b. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer may electronically collect, store and use the following personal information of Users:
- i. name and surname;
- ii. vehicle ownership;
- iii. gender;
- iv. country of residence;
- v. geographic location;
- vi. telephone number;
- vii. e-mail address; and
- viii. IP address
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c. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer collects, stores and uses the abovementioned information for the following purposes:
- i. to compile non-personal survey information about peoples’ preferences and satisfaction of their vehicles.
- ii. subject to the User's consent, inform the User about competitions and special offers from Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer and/or its partners/affiliates;
- iii. to compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits, click-patterns and access to the Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer website.
- d. Information detailed above is collected either electronically by using cookies or is provided voluntarily by the User. Users may determine cookie use independently through their browser settings.
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e. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer may collect, maintain, save, compile, share, disclose and sell any information collected from users, subject to the following provisions:
- i. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer shall not disclose personal information from Users unless the User consents thereto;
- ii. shall disclose information without the User's consent only through due legal process; and
- iii. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer may compile, use and share any information that does not relate to any specific individual.
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11. Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer
- Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer owns and retains all rights to non-personal statistical information collected and compiled by Cars.co.za and Lightstone Consumer and all database information is and remains the property of Cars.co.za and/or Lightstone Consumer.