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<p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:center;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF DIGITAL SPATIAL DATA</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm 12pt; text-align:center;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>Terms and Conditions of use:</span></b></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>By accessing GIS data from the Departmental Server or the Departmental website, you affirm your acceptance of the following terms and conditions:</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>1.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> You have read, understood, and agreed to the Department of Water and Sanitation GIS disclaimer. GIS data is included under this disclaimer.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>2.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> You agree to indemnify and hold the Department harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses resulting from misuse of this website or any of the contents, or infringement of any of the Departments intellectual-property rights.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>3.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> All data is supplied without distribution rights.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></b></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>4.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> This data has been developed using public funds. The data is therefore in the public domain. Data supplied by the Department may not be sold in any form (value added or not), or distributed to other bodies/organisations.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>5.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> All data is supplied with no expressed or implied warranty with regards to its suitability for purpose, planimetric accuracy or completeness.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>6.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> The Department has acquired many of these data sets from outside sources. Some of the data sets have been modified for department’s purposes. If you want to be sure that you are using data as provided by these outside sources, you understand that you will need to acquire the data from these sources.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>7.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> Data is continuously updated. The dataset(s) supplied are already historical on the day of supply. It is up to the recipient of dataset(s) to ensure that they receive subsequent updates.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>8.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> Spatial data is supplied free of charge and any enhancement (or correction of errors) of Departmental data undertaken by the recipient must be offered back to the Department free of charge.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>9.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> You acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the Department’s GIS Data and Map Distribution Policy and Procedure.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>10.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> You acknowledge that the Department does not guarantee that the data and map services will be available to you without interruption or error. Furthermore, the Department of Water and Sanitation may modify or remove data sets, map services and access methods at will.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>11.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> The Terms, Conditions and Disclaimer notice as well as all associated rights and obligations shall be governed by South African Law.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>12.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> The Terms, Conditions and Disclaimer are deemed to form part of any message in terms of section 11 of the South African Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, No. 25 of 2002 as amended.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>Disclaimer:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'></span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>The Department of Water and Sanitation acquires, develops, maintains, and uses GIS data in support of its internal business functions and the public services it provides. The GIS data which the department distributes and to which it provides access may not be suitable for other purposes or uses.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>Although the greatest care has been taken to ensure that data used is up to date and accurate, the department gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness, utility or assumed suitability for a particular purpose or use. It is your responsibility to verify any information derived from the GIS data before making any decisions or taking any actions based on the information. Use of all GIS data and map services provided by the department are covered by this disclaimer.</span></p><p style='margin:6pt 0cm; text-align:justify;'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow", sans-serif;'>Note: To facilitate ‘seamless’ viewing, a geographical coordinate System was used. As this lends itself to some horizontal distortion the application is not suitable for conducting accurate measurements.</span></p> |