What a Surfer needs to know........

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In the event that any portion of all the terms and conditions on this Web page is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of SIPUG and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Hyperlinks

This is a free service offered to you by SIPUG. As a result, we cannot and do not guarantee that the links set out on our site will be accurate at the time of your access. Moreover, the sites pointed at by Hyperlinks are developed and possibly maintained by persons over whom SIPUG exercises no control. We cannot and do not monitor the sites linked to our pages on the Internet. Accordingly, SIPUG does not assume any responsibility for the content of any site referenced to by any Hyperlink or otherwise.

Copyrights

SIPUG believes that persons who make information available on the World Wide Web or in newsgroups do so with the expectation that such information will be publicly and widely available. Further, the respective entity believes that its making available Hyperlinks to publicly accessible Web pages and news groups is legally permissible and consistent with the common, customary expectations of those who make use of the Internet. If access to a particular Web site is restricted, the entity providing the service will remove the links from their site at the other site operator's written request.

Reliability of Information

You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the Web pages created and offered by SIPUG or other persons. Neither SIPUG nor any of its employees make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever (including without limitation warranties of title or noninfringement, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with regard to any merchandise, information or service provided through its Web pages or on the Internet generally. They shall not be liable for any cost or damage arising to you or any third party either directly or indirectly from any transaction, be it through the Internet or otherwise. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services and other information, and the quality and merchantability of all merchandise, provided through the Web pages of SIPUG or on the Internet generally. All information contained on any page set up by SIPUG is distributed with the understanding that the authors, publisher and distributor are not rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice or opinions on specific facts or matters, and accordingly they assume no liability whatsoever in connection with its use. You should always consult with your legal or tax advisor with respect to your situation. SIPUG shall under no circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages that result in any way from your use oft he Internet or your reliance on or use of information gained or services or merchandise provided on or through our Web sites or the Web sites of third parties.

Data Protection

SIPUG has no obligation to monitor any transmission made through the respective Web pages and newsgroups. However, you agree that SIPUG has the right to monitor their Internet services electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request or to protect itself.

Software Quality

SIPUG does not warrant that any information, software or other material accessible through one of its Web pages is free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components.

User Conduct

When making use of the service provided on the Web pages of SIPUG you may not :

• post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, national or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations
  
  
• post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful component
  
  
• post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information, software or other material obtained through our Web pages for commercial purposes (other than expressly permitted by the provider of such information, software or other material)
  
  
• upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way information, software or other material obtained through our Web pages which is protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder
  
  
• upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of our Web pages themselves or derivative works with respect thereto, except where expressly stated.

Update of Legal Information

This page is updated and modified from time to time. Every time you access a Web page of SIPUG you must make sure that you check this page.