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Mica’s Website Privacy Policy

Attention: Please read these terms of use (“terms”) carefully before using this website (“site”). Using this site indicates that you have read and accepted these terms. If you do not accept these terms, you are not authorized to use this site. These terms govern your use of the site, any content (such as text, data, information, software, graphics or photographs) that Mica may make available through the site (collectively, “materials”) and any services that Mica may provide through the site (collectively, “services”). The site, materials and services are referred to in these terms collectively as the “Mica websites”.

Use of Mica Websites

Except as set forth in “Other agreements; software, services or access”, below, Mica authorizes you to use the Mica Websites only for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. Use of the Mica Websites for any public or commercial purpose (including, without limitation, on another site or through a networked computer environment) is strictly prohibited. If you make copies of any of the materials, you must retain on any such copies all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials. You may not modify, publicly display, publicly perform or distribute the materials. As between you and Mica, Mica owns the Mica Websites. The Mica Websites are protected under South African and international copyright laws. Any unauthorized use of the Mica Websites may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. If you breach any of these Terms, your authorisation to use this site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.

Access

You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all equipment and services needed for access to and use of the Mica Websites and for paying all charges related thereto. When you register to open an account anywhere on the Mica Websites or when you contact Mica through the Mica Websites for the purpose of receiving products or services, Mica may collect certain personal information about you. Mica’s use of such information is governed by the provisions of the Mica Online Privacy Statement for the Site. By using our Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is true, accurate, current and complete information (and, for as long as you continue to use your Mica Websites account, you agree to update such information and to keep it true, accurate, current and complete). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Mica Websites password and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your password. You agree to notify Mica immediately of any unauthorised use of your password or any other breach of security related to the Mica Websites.

Prohibited uses

You agree not to use the Mica Websites (including, without limitation, any Materials or Services you may obtain through your use of the Mica Websites): (a) in a manner that violates any local, state, national, foreign, or international statute, regulation, rule, order, treaty, or other law (each a “Law”); (b) to stalk, harass, or harm another individual; (c) to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or (d) to interfere with or disrupt the Mica Websites or servers or networks connected to the Mica Websites. You further agree not to (x) use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with the Mica Websites; or (y) attempt to gain unauthorised access to any portion of the Mica Websites or any other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Mica Websites, whether through hacking, password mining, or any other means and as further detailed below.

Viruses, Hacking and other offences: You must not misuse the Mica Websites by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Mica Websites, the server on which the Mica Websites are stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Mica Websites. You must not attack the Mica Websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Mica Websites will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Mica Websites or to your downloading of any Materials posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Termination

Except as set forth in “Other agreements; software, services or access”, below, Mica may terminate, suspend or modify your registration with, or access to, all or part of the Mica Websites, without notice, at any time and for any reason. You may discontinue your participation in and access to the Mica Websites at any time. If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use the Mica Websites automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials (and any copies thereof).

Disclaimers

The Mica websites are provided “as is” and “with all faults” and the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Mica websites is with you. Should the materials or services prove defective, you, and not Mica, assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing and repair. Mica expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, with respect to the Mica websites (including, but not limited to, any implied or statutory warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use or purpose, and non-infringement of intellectual property rights). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Mica makes no warranty that the Mica websites will meet your requirements or that the Mica websites will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free or that defects in the Mica websites will be corrected. Mica makes no warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Mica websites or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Mica websites. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you through the Mica websites or from Mica, its parents, subsidiaries, or other affiliated companies, or its or their suppliers (or the respective officers, directors, employees, or agents of any such entities) (collectively, “the Mica parties”) shall create any warranty. Mica disclaims all equitable indemnities.

Limitation of liability

In no event will any of the Mica parties be liable for (a) indirect, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages whatsoever or howsoever caused or (b) any direct damages whatsoever in excess of one hundred south african (zar100.00) rands (including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of revenues, lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss of use, business interruption, loss or corruption of data or other intangible losses), directly arising out of or in connection with the Mica websites (including, without limitation, use, inability to use, or the results of use of the Mica websites), whether such damages are based on warranty, contract, tort, statute, or any other legal theory and even if any Mica party has been advised (or should have known) of the possibility of such damages.

Exclusions and limitations

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages. Accordingly, some of the above disclaimers and limitations of liability may not apply to you. To the extent that any Mica Party may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of the Mica Party’s liability shall be the minimum permitted under such applicable law.

Other agreements: software, services or access

Mica may provide products (such as hardware or software) services (such as hardware maintenance or repair or software maintenance, installation or training) or access to Mica Websites under the terms of a separate agreement between you and Mica (each, an “Other Agreement”). Mica ‘s obligations with respect to any product, service or access that it makes available to you under any Other Agreement shall be governed solely by the Other Agreement under which such product or service is provided and these Terms shall not be deemed or construed to alter the terms of such Other Agreements.

For example, the use of any software that is made available to download from the Mica Websites (“Software”) is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software (“License Agreement”). You may not install any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first have agreed to the License Agreement terms. If no end user license agreement accompanies or is included with the Software, then such Software shall be deemed to be Materials hereunder and these Terms shall govern your use of such Software. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION OF ANY SOFTWARE IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING OR INCLUDED WITH SUCH SOFTWARE.

Modifications to Mica Websites

Mica reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Mica Websites at any time without notice to you. For example, Mica may make changes to the Materials and/or Services or to the products and prices described in them, at any time without notice. The Materials and Services may be out of date and Mica makes no commitment to update the Materials and Services whatsoever. Information published on a Site may refer to products, programs or services that are not available in your country. Consult your local Mica business contact for information regarding the products, programs and services that may be available to you.

User submissions

Certain areas of the Mica Websites (e.g.: chat rooms or customer ratings and review areas) may permit you to submit feedback, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials (each, a “User Submission”). By submitting a User Submission, you grant Mica an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide, license (sub licensable through multiple tiers) to (a) use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (or any modification thereto), in whole or in part, in any format or medium now known or later developed and (b) use (and permit others to use) your User Submission in any manner and for any purpose (including, without limitation, commercial purposes) that Mica deems appropriate in its sole discretion (including, without limitation, to incorporate your User Submission or any modification thereto, in whole or in part, into any technology, product, or service). Mica reserves the right to display advertisements in connection with User Submissions and to use User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes. Mica may, but is not obligated to, pre-screen User Submissions or monitor any area of the Mica Websites through which User Submissions may be submitted. You agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. Mica is not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions on or through the Mica Websites and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions for any reason. Mica is not responsible for any loss, theft, or damage of any kind to any User Submissions. Mica does not want to receive any User Submission that is confidential. You understand and agree that any User Submission will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and that Mica will be free to disclose your User Submission to any third party absent any obligation of confidence on the part of the recipient. Mica does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Mica or any third party to edit or delete any User Submission you have submitted.

By submitting any User Submission, you represent and warrant that:

  • you are at least 13 years old; you own all rights in your User Submissions (including, without limitation, all rights to the audio, video, or digital recording and the performance contained in your User Submissions) or, alternatively, you have acquired all necessary rights in your User Submissions to enable you to grant to Mica the rights in your User Submissions described herein;
  • you have paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other financial obligations, of any kind, arising from any use or commercial exploitation of your User Submissions;
  • you are the individual pictured and/or heard in your User Submissions or, alternatively, you have obtained permission from each person (including consent from parents or guardians for any individual under the age of eighteen (18)) who appears and/or is heard in your User Submissions to grant the rights to Mica described herein;
  • your User Submissions do not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party;
  • you voluntarily agree to waive all “moral rights” that you may have in your User Submission;
  • any information contained in your User Submission is not known by you to be false, inaccurate, or misleading;
  • your User Submission does not violate any Law (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising);
  • your User Submission is not, and may not reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially, ethnically, religiously, or otherwise biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership, or corporation, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or invasive of another’s privacy;
  • you were not and will not be compensated or granted any consideration by any third party for submitting your User Submission;
  • your User Submission does not incorporate materials from a third party website, or addresses, email addresses, contact information, or phone numbers (other than your own);
  • your User Submission does not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, adware, or other potentially damaging programs or files;
  • your User Submission does not contain any information that you consider confidential, proprietary, or personal; and
  • your User Submission does not contain or constitute any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation.

Links to third-party websites

Links on the Mica Websites to third-party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Mica Websites. Mica is not obliged to review such third-party websites, does not control such third-party websites and is not responsible for any such third-party websites (or the products services, or content available through the same). Thus, Mica does not endorse or make any representations about such third-party websites, any information, software, products, services or materials found there or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to from the Mica Network, you do this entirely at your own risk.

Linking to this Site

You may create links to this Site from other websites, but only in accordance with the following terms and in compliance with all applicable laws.

Without Mica written authorisation to the contrary, a website that links to this Site:

  • may link to, but shall not replicate, any Materials (including any Mica logo);
  • shall not create a browser or border environment around any Materials;
  • shall not imply that Mica endorses such website or any products, services or content available through such website;
  • shall not misrepresent its relationship with Mica;
  • shall not present false or misleading information about Mica, its products or its services;
  • shall not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial; and
  • shall contain only content that is appropriate for all age groups. Mica reserves the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Cookies

Certain parts of the Mica Website use “cookies” to keep track of your visit and to help you navigate between sections. A cookie is a small data file that may be stored on your computer’s hard-drive when you visit a website. Cookies can contain information such as the pages you have visited.
We use cookies on the Mica Website to enable us to deliver content that is specific to your interests and to give us an idea of which parts of the Mica Website you are visiting and to recognise you when you return to the Website. Our cookies do not read data from your computer’s hard-drive or read cookies created by other websites that you have visited. This means that your visit will be tracked, but that to all intents and purposes you remain anonymous.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Mica Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you access the Website.

Trademarks

Mica and any other product or service name or slogan or logo contained in the Mica Websites are trademarks of Mica and its suppliers or licensors and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Mica or the applicable trademark holder. Ownership of all such trademarks and the goodwill associated therewith remains with Mica or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any name, trademark or product or service name of Mica without Mica’s prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site (including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts) is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of Mica and may not be copied, imitated or used (in whole or in part) without Mica’s prior written permission. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by Mica.

Electronic communications

When you visit the Site or send e-mails to Mica, you are communicating with Mica electronically. We may respond to you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all such notices, disclosures and other communications that Mica provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Collection of personal data

Mica Hardware processes personal data about contacts (existing and potential Mica Hardware customers and/or individuals associated with us) using a CRM system.
The collection of personal data about contacts is initiated by a Mica Hardware product user and will include name, contact title, phone, email and other business contact details. In addition, Mica Hardware may collect data from Mica’s email (sender name, recipient name, date and time) and calendar (organiser name, participant name, date and time of event) systems concerning interactions between Mica Hardware and contacts or third parties.

Use of personal data

Personal data relating to business contacts may be visible to and used by Mica Hardware users to learn more about an account, client or opportunity they have an interest in, and may be used for the following purposes:

  1. Developing our businesses and services.
  2. Providing information to you about us and our range of services.
  3. Making personal data available to Mica Hardware employees for performing services and for offering new services.
  4. Identifying clients with similar needs.
  5. Performing analytics such as on market trends, relationships maps or sales opportunities.

Data retention

Personal data will be retained on the Mica Hardware for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out above (e.g. for as long as we have, or need to keep a record of, a relationship with a business contact).

Newsletter Terms And Conditions

By subscribing to our newsletter you agree to receive email from us. The aim of our newsletter service is to keep our customers and visitors updated about promotions and Mica communication. The subscription to our newsletter service is not mandatory.
We reserve the sole right to unsubscribe users / visitors from or newsletter service, without notice. We will do so with any subscriber we deem registered with fake data.

Opt-in

We require all subscribers to opt-in to receive communication from Mica Hardware upon registration. Subscribers can choose to opt-out of receiving communication from Mica Hardware at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link on the bottom of the Mica Email received at any time. If a subscriber would like to contact us to be manually unsubscribed – please email us at cic@www.mica.co.za

Privacy policy

We will not communicate / spread / publish or otherwise give away your address. You’ll be able to change your subscription settings or to delete it all together anytime.

General

These Terms, together with any additional terms to which you agree when using particular elements of the Mica Websites, constitute the entire and exclusive and final statement of the agreement between you and Mica with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding any prior agreements or negotiations between you and Mica with respect to such subject matter. The Mica Parties are third party beneficiaries with respect to the provisions in these Terms that reference them. These Terms and the relationship between you and Mica shall be governed by the laws of SOUTH AFRICA and by using this Site you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the SOUTH AFRICAN courts. The failure of Mica to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the intentions of Mica and you as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. These Terms shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any termination of your use of the Mica Websites. These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Mica without restriction.

Modifications to these Terms

Mica may, at its sole and absolute discretion, change these Terms from time to time. Mica will post notice of such changes on the applicable Site. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the Mica Websites. Continued use of the Mica Websites following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of the Mica Websites and, in such circumstances, the expressly designated legal notice or term shall be deemed to be incorporated into these Terms and to supersede the provision(s) of these Terms that are designated as being superseded.

Revised 1 August 2018