Version date: 18/05/2007

These website terms of use and our Privacy Policy as amended by us from time to time ("terms") govern your use of our website, http://www.afroscholars.com and any and all services (including online community message boards) that we make available on or through our website.

By using our website, you are agreeing to these terms, whether you are just browsing (a "Visitor") or whether you are a registered user (a "Member"). Please stop using our website if you do not agree to these terms.

We may revise these terms at any time at our sole discretion. If we do, we will notify you on our home page. Please also check back regularly for updates: you can easily determine whether changes have been made by confirming the version date at the top of these terms. Your continued use of our website means that you agree to these terms, as revised.

1. Registration/Password

1.1 Although portions of our website may be visited by any Visitor, you will need to register as a Member to search for scholarship information and benefit from certain other services we provide. Registration on our website is free.

1.2 To register as a Member, you must either:

(a) confirm that you are over 16 years of age; or
(b) if you are less than 16 years of age, please see Section 3, below.

1.3 You agree that any information you provide to us about yourself upon registration or at any other time will be true, accurate, up to date and complete. We reserve the right to terminate your membership and access to our website if we learn that you have provided false or misleading information.

1.4 When you register to use our website, you will be asked to create a username and password. You agree not to divulge your password to any other person. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and will be fully responsible for all liabilities arising in connection with your password's use (or misuse), whether such use or misuse is with or without your knowledge or approval. If you suspect that someone else knows of or is using your password, you must notify us immediately by emailing us.

1.5 If you forget your password, please reset your password.

1.6 We have the absolute discretion to cancel your username/password at any time if we suspect it is being used by an unauthorised person.

2. Your use of our website

2.1 For the purposes of these terms, "Content" refers to all data, text, logos, artwork, software, documents, images, photographs and other materials you may find available at our website including information about yourself, messages posted on the message board and information about certain courses.

2.2 You must ensure that any Content that you submit to our website:

(a) does not breach any applicable law;
(b) is not defamatory, profane, sexually or racially offensive or discriminating, harassing, threatening, obscene, pornographic, false, unreliable or misleading or otherwise objectionable in our opinion; or
(c) does not disrupt the communications of the online community in our message board area of the website.

2.3 You agree that you will not use our website:

(a) for commercial purposes or to obtain financial gain without our prior written consent;
(b) to send chain letters, junk mail, 'spam', business or bulk communications of any kind;
(c) to advertise a company, product or service of any educational establishment except under the terms of a written advertiser agreement that we have entered into with you;
(d) in a way, that might reasonably be expected to cause another person's computer systems and/or their communications network to be interrupted, damaged or rendered less efficient;
(e) to obtain personal information from "Users" (which means "Members" and "Visitors") under the age of 16 or from anyone if such information is gathered deceptively or in a non-transparent way;
(f) to obtain passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
(g) to attempt to impersonate another User; or
(h) to harass, threaten or intimidate any User.

2.4 You will be responsible for logging out from your registered account at the end of each session on our website.

2.5 If you are a Visitor, you agree not to obtain unauthorised access to areas of our website reserved for Members.

2.6 If you are aware of anything on our website which appears to infringe these terms, you agree to contact us immediately.

3. Under 16 years of age

3.1 If you are under 16 years of age and want to become a Member, you must obtain a parent or guardian's permission before registering on our website. You may also discuss these terms with them before obtaining their permission.

3.2 If you are a Member under 16 years old, you will need to obtain a parent or guardian's permission before taking part in any online discussions. You should never reveal personal information about yourself, such as your address, telephone number and school.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

4.1 You agree that our website and all Content contained in it are protected by Intellectual Property Rights that either belong to or are licensed to us.

4.2 You acquire no proprietary interest in our website or Content provided by us or others and may not use them in any way except as expressly permitted by these terms.

4.3 You acknowledge that you will not acquire any Intellectual Property Rights by downloading or otherwise using any Content on the Afroscholars.com website.

5. Our Rights

5.1 We have the right in our absolute discretion to alter, edit, remove, suspend or refuse any Content without notice, if we consider that the Content is objectionable or violates these terms or for any other reason.

5.2 We may preserve or disclose the Content and your personal details as well as any Content to any third party if such disclosure is necessary:
(a) for the purpose of maintaining our website;
(b) by law; or
(c) to respond to claims that our website infringes or restricts the right of any party.

5.3 We may suspend or terminate your access to our website at any time if you breach any of these terms.

6. Warranties

6.1 Our website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

6.2 Your use and participation in our website and services are solely at your own risk. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from our website shall create any warranty not expressly made in these terms or imposed by law.

6.3 We make no warranty that our website will meet your requirements, or that access to our website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of our website.

7. Limitation of Liability

7.1 EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND FOR ANY REASON.

7.2 EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, REVENUE IN EACH CASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS OR WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND WHETHER SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND FOR ANY REASON.

8. Assignment

We may assign our rights and obligations under these terms and upon such assignment we shall be relieved of any further obligation under these terms. You are not permitted to assign your rights and obligations under these terms.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the federal republic of Nigeria and any dispute shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of Nigerian courts.

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