Effective Date: 2nd July 2023
Acceptance of Terms
Access to and use of Friends Book Store within and outside Tanzania is facilitated by Friends Book Store (international website users may see business advertisements on several pages provided by the commercial unit of Friends Book Store) under the following conditions:
By using Friends Book Store, you agree to these terms, which take effect as soon as you start accessing ‘Friends Book Store.
If you do not agree with all of them, please do not enter, use, and/or contribute to ‘Friends Book Store.
Friends Book Store may change these terms from time to time, so please check them regularly. Your use of ‘Friends Book Store’ will be considered as agreeing to the added or amended terms. If you do not agree, you are required to stop using this website.
In case of any conflict between these terms and terms that may appear in other parts of ‘Friends Book Store’ (including page policies), the most recent and relevant ones will apply.
The terms of use include:
👉 Use of ‘Friends Book Store’
👉 Intellectual property rights
👉 Contribution to Friends Book Store
👉 Friends Book Store communities
👉 Disclaimer and limitation of liability
👉 General
1. Use of Friends Book Store
You agree to use ‘Friends Book Store’ for legally acceptable activities and not to prevent anyone’s rights or prohibit anyone from using and benefiting from ‘Friends Book Store.’
Prohibited actions include harassment, causing trouble or disruption to anyone, distributing abusive content, or disrupting the normal flow within ‘Friends Book Store.’
2. Intellectual property rights
All copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in the content of ‘Friends Book Store’ and all content (including software) on the website will remain the property of Friends Book Store or other licensed entities (including other users).
You are not allowed to copy, reproduce, republish, reverse engineer, decompile, download, transmit, broadcast, or otherwise use the content of ‘Friends Book Store’ in any way except for personal use and non-commercial purposes.
You also agree not to adapt, modify, or create derivative works from any information on ‘Friends Book Store’ unless it is for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of ‘Friends Book Store’ information requires written permission from Friends Book Store.
Names, images, and logos identifying Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or other parties and their products and services are protected by copyright, design rights, and trademarks of Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or other parties. No part of these terms shall be deemed to grant any license or right to use any trademark, design right, or copyright of Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or any other party.
3. Contributions to Friends Book Store
By submitting any contribution (including any text, images, graphics, audio, or video) to Friends Book Store, you agree to grant Friends Book Store, free of charge, permission to use the contribution in any way it desires (including modifying and adapting the contribution for operational and editorial reasons) for Friends Book Store’s services in any media worldwide (including on Friends Book Store’s website accessible to international users). In some cases, Friends Book Store may exchange your contribution with other trusted individuals or parties.
The copyright in your contribution will remain with you, and this permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use your contribution in any way, including allowing others to use it.
In order for Friends Book Store to use your contribution, you confirm that your contribution is your own original work, does not defame anyone, and does not violate any UK laws. You also confirm that you have the right to grant Friends Book Store permission to use your contribution for the specified purposes mentioned above and that you have obtained consent from any identifiable individuals in your contribution or the consent of their parent or guardian if they are under the age of 18.
Normally, we display your name alongside your contribution, unless you have requested otherwise. However, for practical reasons, it may not always be possible to fulfill your request.
Friends Book Store may need to contact you for administrative and verification purposes regarding your contribution or specific projects. For all relevant details regarding how and when we may contact you, please refer to the Friends Book Store Privacy Policy and any applicable terms in your country.
Please do not endanger yourself or others, take unnecessary risks, or break any laws while preparing your contribution, which may be exchanged with Friends Book Store.
4. Copyright
All copyrights, trademarks, design rights, and other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) within and in relation to ‘Friends Book Store’ and all information (including all usage) posted on the website shall remain under the ownership of Friends Book Store or licensed entities authorized by Friends Book Store (including other users).
You are not allowed to copy, reproduce, republish, reverse engineer, recreate, download, transmit, broadcast, distribute, make publicly accessible, or otherwise use the information from ‘Friends Book Store’ in a manner beyond your personal, non-commercial use.
You also agree not to modify, alter, or create derivative works from any information on ‘Friends Book Store’ except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of ‘Friends Book Store’ information requires written permission from Friends Book Store.
Names, images, and logos identifying Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or other parties and their products and services are protected by copyright, design rights, and trademarks of Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or other parties.
No part of these terms shall be deemed to grant any license or right to use any trademark, design right, or copyright of Friends Book Store, Friends Book Store Media, or any other party.
If you do not wish to grant permission to Friends Book Store under the aforementioned terms, please do not submit or exchange your contribution with or for Friends Book Store.
In the event of a contribution related to news, please note that it may be shared with Friends Book Store’s partners, respected broadcasting organizations that are not permitted to alter or provide the information to other broadcasting or publishing organizations in Tanzania.
If you have any questions regarding the information provided as a contribution to Friends Book Store, please refer to the [Frequently Asked Questions by Users].
To participate and contribute to selected social sections of ‘Friends Book Store’ (including message boards and blogs), registration may be required. Any personal information provided to ‘Friends Book Store’ as part of this registration process or any interaction with ‘Friends Book Store’ will be treated, stored, and used in accordance with Friends Book Store’s privacy policy. [Privacy Policy].
5. Community Guidelines
You agree to participate in the recommended communities of ‘Friends Book Store’ according to the Community Guidelines of Friends Book Store listed below:
Regarding your contributions:
👉 Contributions must be informative and engaging.
👉 Disruptive, offensive, or abusive behavior is not allowed; contributions must be constructive, respectful, without malicious intent, and not intended to cause harm.
👉 Illegal contributions are not permitted: contributions that are illegal, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, offensive, sexually explicit, racially discriminatory, or otherwise unacceptable are not allowed.
👉 Be tolerant: Users of all ages and abilities may participate in the relevant Friends Book Store communities.
👉 Off-topic or harmful contributions are not allowed. We do not allow submitting a contribution that has been used or closely resembles previous discussions. Please do not resubmit your contribution multiple times or contribute information that is off-topic in specific areas.
👉 Advertising or self-promotion is not allowed.
👉 Contributions in languages other than your own (for example, Swahili) may be removed unless permitted by the laws of the relevant region or country.
👉 Impersonation of another person is not allowed.
👉 Unacceptable usernames are not allowed (e.g., offensive usernames).
👉 URLs (website addresses) can only be submitted or shared if permitted and within the guidelines of the relevant organization.
👉 Deliberate misuse of the complaint submission area is not allowed. A continued violation may result in action being taken against your account.
6. Your Friends Book Store account
If you use multiple logins to disrupt the community or harass other users, action may be taken against all your accounts. All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you regularly use to receive emails.
Accounts registered using someone else’s email address or temporary email addresses may be closed without notice. We may require users to re-verify their accounts if we believe they have been using an incorrect email address.
Friends Book Store reserves the right to close accounts if any user is found to be using IP addresses to attempt to use multiple Friends Book Store accounts, if a non-Tanzanian user pretends to be a Tanzanian user, or if a user disrupts our services in any way.
7. Security
We strongly advise against sharing personal or anyone else’s sensitive information publicly in any Friends Book Store community.
8. Legal Requirements
Do not submit or exchange any contribution that is defamatory or illegal in any way within the Friends Book Store communities. This includes text, graphics, film clips, programs, and audio.
▪️ Contributions to Friends Book Store communities that are intended to incite or promote illegal activities are strictly prohibited.
▪️ You agree to submit or exchange with Friends Book Store communities only contributions that are your own original work. Do not infringe upon or violate the rights of Friends Book Store or any other parties, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, or ownership rights.
If you are under the age of 18:
Please obtain the permission of your parent or guardian before participating in any Friends Book Store community.
Never disclose personal information about yourself or anyone else (such as school, phone number, full name, home address, or email address).
If you violate these community guidelines
If you fail to follow these Community Guidelines (and/or any others specific to the relevant organization) while participating in Friends Book Store communities, you will receive an email notifying you of the rejection or editing of your contribution.
The email will also serve as a warning that continued violations of these guidelines may result in action being taken against your account(s).
This action may include reviewing any contributions submitted by you before they are allowed on the website, temporarily or permanently suspending your ability to participate in specific areas or the entirety of Friends Book Store communities.
If you submit or exchange offensive or unacceptable contributions to any Friends Book Store communities or engage in disruptive behavior within Friends Book Store or elsewhere, and Friends Book Store considers the impact of such behavior to be significant and/or repeated, Friends Book Store may use any available information to prevent further violations.
This may include notifying other parties, such as employers, schools, or email service providers, about the violation.
Friends Book Store has the right to delete any contribution or take action against any Friends Book Store account at any time for any reason.
Denial and Limitation of Liability
The majority of contributions submitted in Friends Book Store communities are made by the public. The opinions expressed are their own, and unless otherwise stated, those opinions are not attributable to Friends Book Store or Friends Book Store Media.
Friends Book Store and Friends Book Store Media are not responsible for the content of any public contributions made in Friends Book Store or for the availability or contributions of any other external websites accessible through Friends Book Store.
Any links to external websites from Friends Book Store do not imply endorsement by Friends Book Store or Friends Book Store Media, and any use of such websites is at your own risk.
Friends Book Store contributions, including information, names, images, and logos associated with Friends Book Store and Friends Book Store Media, are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. To the extent permitted by law, Friends Book Store disclaims all representations and warranties (whether express or implied by law), including implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, and accuracy.
Friends Book Store does not guarantee a specific time, completion, or performance of the website or any information.
While we endeavor to ensure that all information provided by Friends Book Store is accurate at the time of publication, no liability is accepted by or on behalf of Friends Book Store for any errors, omissions, or inaccurate information on the website.
Nothing in these terms shall exclude or limit Friends Book Store’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its proven negligence.
Subject to the preceding sentence, Friends Book Store and Friends Book Store Media shall not be liable for any loss or damage (whether such loss or damage was foreseeable, known, or otherwise):
▪️ Loss of data
▪️ Loss of revenue or anticipated profits
▪️ Loss of business
▪️ Loss of opportunity
▪️ Loss of goodwill or reputation
▪️ Losses suffered by third parties or any indirect, special, or consequential loss or damage arising out of the use of Friends Book Store, regardless of whether action is taken,
Friends Book Store and Friends Book Store Media do not warrant that the functionality available on Friends Book Store will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that Friends Book Store or the server that makes it available are free from viruses.
You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to use appropriate software and conduct virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your specific requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.
The failure or delay of Friends Book Store to enforce or exercise any of these terms does not constitute a waiver of that right.
9. Warranty and Liability
Friends Book Store app and Friends Book Store Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and by downloading, installing, and using Friends Book Store app and viewing Friends Book Store Content, you do so at your own discretion and risk.
Friends Book Store has taken precautions to ensure that Friends Book Store apps and Friends Book Store content are free from defects, errors, viruses, or disruptions, but Friends Book Store does not guarantee that everything will function without issues.
To the extent permitted by law, Friends Book Store disclaims all warranties (expressed, implied, or otherwise) regarding Friends Book Store apps, Friends Book Store Content, or the Friends Book Store website, and Friends Book Store shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from or related to Friends Book Store apps or Friends Book Store Content.
You are advised to take all necessary precautions to protect your computer, smartphone or any other device from viruses.
Friends Book Store may modify Friends Book Store Content at its discretion and may restrict the use of Friends Book Store apps if you violate these End User License Agreements.
10. General
If any provision of these terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable for any reason in any country or jurisdiction where these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the legal capacity in which such provision is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, it shall be deemed severed from these terms, and the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable.
Failure or delay by Friends Book Store to exercise or enforce any right in these terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right.
The use of the Friends Book Store website is subject to the laws and regulations of Tanzania, which shall be interpreted in accordance with Tanzanian law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tanzanian courts.
11. Conclusion
If you have any specific questions regarding these Terms of Use, please send an email message through our contact page below.
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