Terms & Conditions

These Terms of Use (“TOU”), as may be modified or amended periodically by us, govern your access to and use of any of the Buy Christian (BC) properties, including BC website, and aspects of your interaction with our branded and controlled pages or accounts on certain third-party social media sites and apps (to which third-party terms may also apply) (collectively, the “BC Site”), as well as any use by you of the interactive business search and other related services we provide to consumers via the BC Site (“Consumer Service”), and/or the business listing or profile management and reporting access we provide on the BC Site for business owners/operators or their authorized agents (“BC for Business”, and together with the Consumer Services, the “Service(s)”). This TOU is a legally binding agreement by and between you, personally and, if applicable, on behalf of the entity for whom you are using any of the BC Site or Services (collectively, “you” or “your”), and Vision Communications , which is the provider of the BC Site and Services (“Vision Communications .”, “we”, “us”, “our”), so please read it carefully.

This TOU governs your access and use of the BC Site/Services on or after 1 June 2024 (“Effective Date”). BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE BC SITE OR SERVICES, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS TOU, WHICH CONTAINS A WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CLASS-ACTION RIGHTS AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE SO BOUND, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE ANY BC SITE/SERVICES. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED, VISION COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WHETHER PROVIDED BY VISION COMMUNICATIONS ., ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.

1. About the Services and BC Site

1.1

The BC Site and Search Results. The BC Site and the Services allow users to, among other things, search for, find and compare businesses, as well as products and services offered by those businesses. The BC Site may display paid business listings, advertisements or other sponsored information.

1.2

Eligibility. To use the BC Site/Services, you must be, and represent and warrant that you are, of legal age (18 years and over) and of legal competence to enter into a binding agreement, and are not otherwise prohibited from using or receiving the BC Site/Services in accordance with this TOU. By using the BC Site/Services on behalf of any third party or business entity you are representing to us that you are an authorized representative of that third party or business entity and that your use of the BC Site/Services constitutes their acceptance of this TOU.

1.3

Additional Terms. Vision Communications  provides a wide variety of services to both consumers and business users, including those that are paid advertisers. Some services and/or paid advertising are subject to additional or separate terms, which are listed below and/or presented to you when you use or contract for such services. If there is a conflict between this TOU and the additional or separate terms for a particular service, the additional or separate terms will control for that service and the provisions of this TOU will govern for your use of or access to our BC Site/Services outside the context of the separate service. You may not use any of those services unless you agree to our User-Provided Content Terms.

• In connection with our provision of the BC Site/Services, we are obligated by law and/or by contract to provide various legal notices and third-party attributions, which are available under our Legal Notices terms, and which are incorporated by reference into this TOU.

1.4

Nature of Services. In relation to the BC Site, Vision Communications provides sites and services that are, unless otherwise expressly stated, advertising sites and services. The BC Site display advertising on behalf of businesses and we rely upon those businesses for the accuracy, completeness and honesty of that advertising. Under no circumstances does Vision Communications endorse and/or have any other undisclosed connection with the businesses that advertise with us.

1.5

Changes to Terms. We may periodically modify and supplement these TOU, with or without notice to you. You are responsible for regularly checking these TOU for revisions, which will apply to your access on or after their listed Effective Date.

2. Using the BC Site/Services

2.1

Grant of Rights/Restrictions on Use of Data. Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of this TOU, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive right to use the BC Site/Services, and any content and materials made available to you in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services, only for your individual, non-commercial, informational purposes and for such other purposes (and subject to such further limitations) as may be provided in this TOU (including any additional terms applicable to a particular Service) or any instructions for use that we may provide from time to time (such as API Terms, where available). Data Mining/Scraping and Framing Prohibited. You may not use bots, scrapers, crawlers, spiders, or any similar methods, processes, or tools to “data mine” or otherwise gather or extract data from the BC Site, and you may not frame or proxy the BC Site or utilize any other techniques to re-display the BC Site (or any content on the BC Site) without Vision Communications .’s prior express consent, which consent, if given, may be withdrawn by us at any time, with or without notice, in our sole discretion.

2.2

Termination. You may stop using the BC Site/Services at any time, except to the extent you agree otherwise in the use of particular Services offered on a subscription or similar basis. We may terminate your access to the Services in whole or in part if we reasonably believe you have breached this TOU, or any other related terms, guidelines or policies. Following termination, you will not be permitted to use the BC Site/Services. If your access to the BC Site/Services is terminated, we may exercise whatever means it deems necessary to prevent unauthorized access to the BC Site/Services, including, but not limited to, technological barriers, IP mapping, and direct contact with your Internet service provider. This TOU will survive indefinitely unless and until we choose to terminate it, regardless of whether any account you open is terminated by you or us or whether or not you continue to use or continue to have the right to use the BC Site/Services.

2.3

Intellectual Property Rights.

1. Unauthorized Use of Content. Using the Services or accessing the BC Site does not give you ownership of or any rights to any materials or content that may be provided to you in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services, all of which is owned by Vision Communications ., its licensors, or other entities, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Except as expressly set forth in this TOU, you may not use, display, perform, copy, reproduce, represent, adapt, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, sublicense or otherwise circulate by any means whatsoever any materials or content made available to you in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services, without express permission from the owner or Vision Communications (as applicable).
2. Unauthorized Use of Marks. Using the BC Site/Services does not give you any rights to use any of our trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, or third-party marks, used in connection with the BC Site/Services, without express permission from the owner. Although Vision Communications protects and defends its rights in its intellectual property, it may not be aware of unauthorized use by a third party; accordingly, do not rely upon any third party’s use determining whether a third party is affiliated with Vision Communications , as such use may be unauthorized.

2.4

Prohibited Conduct. You may use the BC Site/Services any materials or content made available to you in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services only as expressly permitted by this TOU and only in a manner that does not interfere with Vision Communications .’s right or ability to provide the BC Site/Services or any third party’s right or ability to use or enjoy the BC Site/Services. Without limitation, you may not:

1. Infringe, violate, or transgress any right of any party;
2. Attempt to bypass, disrupt or interfere with the security, provision or use of the BC Site/Services;
3. Impersonate another person or entity, misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity (including BC), or use a false identity;
4. Attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the BC Site/Services;
5. Engage, directly or indirectly, in any type of unsolicited communication;
6. Collect, manually or through an automatic process, information about other users without their express consent or other information relating to the BC Site/Services;
7. Submit false or misleading information to Vision Communications .;
8. Violate any law, rule, or regulation;
9. Use any trademarks, domain names, or confusingly similar domains or other portion of the BC Site/Services (including in connection with meta tags or other “hidden text”) in advertising, promotions, or for other commercial purposes;
10. Use the BC domain name or any domain name that is confusingly similar to this or another domain name as a pseudonymous return e-mail address for any communications that you transmit from another location or through another service;
11. Link to or “frame” any BC Site (including deep linking to a specific portion of any BC Site) or overlay content on the Services or use or display the search results from the BC Site/Services for your own or a third party’s commercial benefit;
12. Conduct script searches or use search results of the BC Site/Services in a manner that results in the automated display of any material or other information on a third party website;
13. Use the BC Site/Services to compile information about a product or service for use in connection with a listing for a competitive product or service;
14. Take any action that may undermine the ratings or review or similar process(es) within the BC Site/Services; or
15. Assist any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this TOU. Vision Communications reserves the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the BC Site/Services for the purpose of determining that your usage is in compliance with this TOU.

2.5

Changes. Vision Communications may change or discontinue any of the BC Site/Services at any time without notice or liability to you or any third party.

3. Privacy Policy

You agree that we may collect, use, and share your provided or collected information in accordance with Vision Communication’s Privacy Policy.

4. Content and Feedback

4.1

Your Content. Some of the BC Site/Services allow you to submit or generate content. If you submit or generate content, you must comply with the BC Site’ User-Provided Content Guidelines. To the extent you have any intellectual property rights in such content, you will retain those rights subject to the grant of license in this Section. By uploading, posting or otherwise submitting content in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services, you grant Vision Communications (and its affiliates, distributors, and other contractors it may designate in its discretion) a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-terminable, transferable, license, with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers, to use, distribute, reproduce, create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display and transmit such content for any purpose without any compensation, attribution, or other obligation to you. You agree not to submit content unless you have the right to grant this license for such content.

4.2

Feedback. If you submit ideas, suggestions or anything else about the BC Site/Services (such as ways to improve the BC Site/Services) to us, you agree that we can use or publish that feedback for any reason, without payment or other compensation to you, forever and throughout the world. You agree not to submit any feedback to us in which you do not wish to grant such rights.

4.3

Third Party Content. The BC Site may provide access to third-party content, such as user-provided reviews, other content submitted by users of the BC Site/Services, content obtained from non-user third parties, and links to third-party websites. Vision Communications does not, unless otherwise provided: (i) undertake any obligation to review, screen, or investigate materials or other information submitted or otherwise provided by third parties (including other users) in connection with the BC Site/Services; (ii) undertake any obligation to review, screen, or investigate third parties who provide links to their websites (or the websites of other third parties) or the content of any such websites; or (iii) endorse any positions, ideas, ideologies, concepts, or opinions contained in such third-party content. Vision Communications is not responsible for any third party materials or other information, including whether the information is accurate or suitable or available for your use, for the performance or operation of any third party website, for any products or services advertised or sold by any third party (including on or through a third party’s website), or for any other action or inaction by any third party. Your use of any such third party websites will be subject to those terms to which you and the third party agree. Vision Communications will have the right to delete or modify any third-party content in its sole discretion. You assume all risks arising out of or resulting from your transaction of business over the Internet, and you agree that Vision Communications is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from your use of third-party content, websites, or services.

4.4

Objectionable Content. If you become aware of any objectionable third-party content, you may contact our Customer Service department to report it. We will address such requests if and to the extent we deem appropriate, in our sole discretion.

5. DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND INDEMNITY

5.1

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE BC SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. VISION COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE BC SITE OR SERVICES, THEIR USE, ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH: WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, DELAYS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS; WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; OR WILL OPERATE IN THE CONFIGURATION OR WITH HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE YOU USE. VISION COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OTHER THAN THOSE MADE EXPRESSLY IN THIS TOU, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. VISION COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY THIRD PARTY MATERIALS, INFORMATION, GOODS, OR SERVICES, WHETHER RECEIVED OR ACCESSED VIA ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES OR OTHERWISE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED FROM US OR ANY THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF USING THE SERVICES.

5.2

EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES. VISION COMMUNICATIONS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RELATING TO LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE BC SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION ON WHICH THEY ARE BASED, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE COST OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF USING THE SERVICES.

5.3

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF VISION COMMUNICATIONS ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TOU OR THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

1. AMOUNTS THAT YOU PAID VISION COMMUNICATIONS FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
2. WITH RESPECT TO SERVICES SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL TERMS, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN SUCH ADDITIONAL TERMS.

5.4

Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Vision Communications and its employees, representatives, agents, attorneys, affiliates, directors, officers, members, managers and shareholders (“Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any damage, loss, cost or expense (including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred in connection with any third party claim, demand or action (“Claim”) brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties: (i) alleging facts or circumstances that would constitute a breach by you of any provision of this TOU or (ii) arising from, related to, or connected with your use of the BC Site/Services. If you are obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this provision, you may not settle compromise or in any other manner dispose of any Claim against the Indemnified Parties without the written consent of the Indemnified Parties.

6. Disputes

6.1

If you have any dispute with us or any related third party, arising out of, relating to, or connected with the BC Site/Services, you agree to contact our Customer Service department; provide a brief, written description of the dispute and your contact information (including your username, if your dispute relates to an account); and give us 30 days within which to resolve the dispute to your satisfaction. Any dispute may, at the option of the claiming party, be resolved in small claims court provided that all claims by all parties in the dispute fall within the jurisdiction of the small claims court.

6.2

The terms of this Section 6 will apply to all disputes that may arise out of, are connected with or relate to this TOU or the BC Site/Services, subject only to the following exceptions: (a) if we reasonably believe that you have in any manner acted or failed to act in any manner that may cause irreparable or costly harm to the BC Site/Service, Vision Communications or any third party or third-party property, then we may immediately seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any court of competent jurisdiction regardless of any timing or other proscribed process steps set forth in a separate provision of this Section 6; and (b) to the extent certain services provided by Vision Communications are subject to different dispute resolution provisions, which are provided for in the terms applicable to such services. Furthermore, in no event will the terms of this Section 6 limit our ability to investigate complaints or reported violations of this TOU or to take any action we deem necessary and appropriate to mitigate actions against Vision Communications ., including reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties.

6.3

Limitation of Actions. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you may have arising out of, relating to, or connected with your use of the BC Site/Services, must be filed within one calendar year after such claim or cause of action arises, or forever be barred.

7. Force Majeure

Vision Communications will not be liable for failing to perform under this TOU because of any event beyond its reasonable control.

8. General

This TOU (which includes all documents referenced above) supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between you and Vision Communications or its predecessors in interest or former entity names relating to the BC Site/Services. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under this TOU without the prior written consent of Vision Communications Vision Communications may freely do so, in whole or in part. This TOU will be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of you and Vision Communications This TOU does not create any third party beneficiary rights. This TOU will be interpreted as if equally drafted by us and you. A party’s failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this TOU will not waive its rights to exercise such right, power, or privilege in the future, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power, or privilege, or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege under this TOU. You and Vision Communications are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer relationship is intended or created by this TOU or your use of the BC Site or Services. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this TOU will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this TOU, all of which will remain in full force and effect. The terms “includes” or “including” mean “includes, but is not limited to” and “including, but not limited to” respectively.

9. Contacts

By providing your email address, you agree that we may send emails to you related to the BC Site/Services. If you do not wish to receive general marketing emails, you can opt out by following the instructions in the message. Vision Communications may send any legal notices to you via email, notification by a message to your account or regular mail. To give legal notice to Vision Communications, please send written communication to:

Vision Communications .

Attn: Legal Department

info@visioncommunications.co.za

10. Terms for Registered Users (Consumer and Business)

IF YOU ACCESS ANY SERVICE THAT REQUIRES YOU TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A USERNAME AND PASSWORD, THEN IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE TERMS OF USE (ABOVE) AND THE TERMS APPLICABLE TO ANY OTHER SERVICE THAT YOU ARE USING, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL TERMS WILL APPLY TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.

10.1

Account Security. You are solely responsible for keeping your password and all other account information confidential and for all use of your username and password, including, without limitation, any use by any unauthorized third party. It is your responsibility to maintain the security of your mobile device(s) from unauthorized access. Our employees will never ask for your password. If you are asked for your password, or if you believe someone may have obtained your password, you must contact our Customer Service.

10.2

Keep Contact Information Current. You must provide and keep us up-to-date with accurate registration information, including name and email address. We may update your information with information available from third-party sources or otherwise available to us. The information you provide to register is subject to our Privacy Policy.

10.3

Storage of Account Information. When using the BC Site/Services, we may permit you to store data, preferences set by you, content or other information for your convenience, but we are under no obligation to retain any such data, preferences, content or other information, including, without limitation, any coupon that you may have stored, except where required by applicable law. Vision Communications ., in its sole and absolute discretion, may terminate access to your account for any reason (including reasons related to unlawful or unauthorized usage). We have no obligation to retain a record, after such termination, of your account or any data or information that you may have stored for your convenience by means of your account or the BC Site/Services.

10.4

Opt-In to Site Activity Tracking and Contact by Us. By creating an account, you are deemed to have “opted-in” to all tracking, collection, use, and sharing of information permitted under our Privacy Policy. Without limitation, you consent to Vision Communications .’s right to record your activity on the BC Site, including any reviews, comments, responses and ratings made by you in connection with your use of the BC Site/Services, and to use such information to improve or customize your experiences using the BC Site. By registering, you agree to receive administrative emails from us periodically relating to your account, site services, and changes to these TOU, as well as commercial emails such as marketing offers and promotions, including third-party offers. You may change your email preferences or unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time in your account settings.

11. User-Provided Content Terms

IF YOU USE THE SERVICES TO SUBMIT, POST OR GENERATE CONTENT, THEN IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS APPLICABLE TO ANY OTHER SERVICE THAT YOU ARE USING, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL TERMS WILL APPLY TO YOU. SUCH CONTENT IS REFERRED TO BELOW AS “USER-PROVIDED CONTENT.”

11.1

We reserve the right, but does not assume the obligation, to refuse to post or remove any User-Provided Content that violates our Publication Standards, in our sole and absolute discretion.

11.2

Publication Standards for BC Site. You represent and warrant that you will not post any of the following on the BC Site:

1. Any content that is unlawful, harmful, offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, profane, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectively inappropriate material of any kind, including, but not limited to, content or images related to child abuse, human trafficking, sex trafficking, prostitution, excessive violence, or any content that encourages or incites a third party to engage in conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
2. Content that is intended to annoy, harass or anger other users, (e.g., “trolling”), or reviews or comments that are exclamatory, inflammatory, or otherwise appear to be purposefully deceptive or not based on actual personal knowledge or experience (as determined by us in our sole discretion);
3. Assertions of patently unlawful conduct, including allegations of occurrences of illegal activity or criminal behaviour, malpractice, purposeful overcharging, or health code violations, or false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent advertising, including savings claims that do not offer provable savings or unsupported health claims (To report such assertions of illegal activity or criminal behaviour, Vision Communications encourages you to contact the local police or appropriate authorities who have the ability to investigate and handle such situations, and Vision Communications may contact local authorities to investigate criminal allegations posted on the BC Site if warranted.);
4. Political campaigning, chain letters, mass mailings of any kind or any form of SPAM, or reviews that contain the transmission, distribution or delivery of any unsolicited bulk or commercial e-mail;
5. Individual information of other users or messages soliciting the submission of such personal information, including email addresses, website addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and/or other personally identifiable information;
6. Reviews submitted by the reviewed business’s owners, employees (past or present), family members, agents, affiliates and/or competitors that do not explicitly disclose the relationship between the reviewer and the business;
7. Content that impersonates, disguises or conceals the identity of any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents a user’s affiliation with a person or entity, including the reviewed business or a competitor;
8. Any content that is promotional or commercial in nature, or is inappropriate or inaccurate based on the applicable subject matter, location or topic;
9. Content that is not legible or intelligible, that is encrypted or that contains viruses, malware, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, tracking mechanisms, or other computer programming code or routines that are intended to interfere with, damage, erase, follow, intercept or appropriate any system, data, individual user or personal information;
10. Any content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, publicity rights, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
11. Any content that involves unlawful advertising for or promotes unlawful use or sale of alcohol, tobacco, controlled or illegal substances, or weaponry, gambling, casinos, off-track betting, online gambling, or other gambling of any form, or that promotes or has a connotation with any illegal activity; and
12. Content that violates any publication or business standards or policies of Vision Communications as determined by us in our sole discretion.

11.3

If you see objectionable content in the course of your use of the BC Site/Services, you may report such content to us through any available reporting means as provided through the BC Site/Services (e.g., Flag, Feedback form, etc.) or by contacting our Customer Service. Vision Communications reserves the right to address such requests in any manner in its sole discretion.

11.4

Vision Communications may take measures to remove User-Provided Content from the business listing(s) of an advertiser or business who has decided to “opt-out” of the addition of all such supplemental material to its business listing(s), but will not otherwise edit or remove User-Provided Content, including reviews, photos, ratings or commentary, except as per this Section 11.

12. Third-Party Intellectual Property Policy

12.1 Copyright Policy

Vision Communications respects the copyright of others and we expect our users of the BC Site and Service to do the same. We reserve the right to remove, suspend, terminate access, or take other appropriate actions against users or third parties that we believe, in good faith, to be repeat offenders of our policy against infringing copyrighted material. It is important to note that Vision Communications does not determine copyright ownership in the event of a dispute. We will remove content, as required by law, from our site if we receive a complete and valid takedown notice. The party whose material has been removed then has the ability to respond with a counter notice. If and when we receive a valid counter notification, we will forward it to the person who submitted the original takedown request. If the dispute continues, it will be up to the two parties to settle the issue.

12.2 To File a Copyright Complaint

If you believe that any material on or accessible through the BC Site or Service infringes your copyright, please send us a written notice requesting takedown containing the following necessary information to info@visioncommunications.co.za:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) or material(s) claimed to be infringed;
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, or to be the subject of allegedly infringing activity and that is to be removed, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate and verify the material;
3. Your contact information sufficient for us to identify you, including: name, and address, telephone number and/or email address. If you are not the owner of the copyrighted material that has been allegedly infringed, please describe your relationship to the copyright owner;
4. Include the following statement:”I have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”;
5. Include the following statement:”The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”; and
6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

1. After receiving a properly-submitted notice sent to our Customer Service, it is our policy to:
   1. Remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing work or material;
   2. Notify the content provider, member, or user who posted it that we have removed or disabled access to the work or material and that they can file a counter-notice if they believe they have the right to use or post the material; and
   3. In the case of repeat infringers, remove the allegedly infringing material and terminate such content provider’s access to the service.

Please note that, if we take action on your request, our notification to the content provider, member or user who posted the allegedly-infringing material includes a complete copy of your Copyright Complaint (which may include your name, address, phone and email address). If you do not wish your contact information to be provided, you may want to consider using an agent to report the complaint on your behalf.

12.3 Copyright Complaint Counter-Notification Policy

1. If you believe your material which was removed is either not infringing or you believe you have the right from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent or pursuant to the law to post such material, you must submit a counter-notice containing the following information to info@visioncommunications.co.za listed below:
   1. Identification of the material that was mistakenly removed or disabled from access, in writing;
   2. A description that reasonably identifies the material that has been removed, or to which access has been disabled, and the location of the material prior to its removal;
   3. Your name, address, telephone number and email address;
   4. Include the statement: “I swear under penalty of perjury that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled from access as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.”;
   5. A physical or electronic signature of the content provider, member or user.
   6. If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may send a copy of such notice to the original complaining party informing them that we may restore the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 to 14 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days, or more, after receipt of the counter-notice.

12.4 Copyright Repeat Infringers

When appropriate, we will terminate a repeat infringer’s access to its accounts. If you believe that a user is a repeat infringer, please follow the instructions above to contact us and provide information sufficient for us to verify that the user is a repeat infringer.

12.5 Designated Agent

Please contact Vision Communications’s Customer Service for copyright complaints at:

info@visioncommunications.co.za

12.6 Trademark Policy.

A trademark is a word, slogan, logo, symbol or design that can be used to distinguish the products or services offered by one party from those offered by others. Vision Communications also respects the trademark rights of third parties and we expect our users of the BC Site and Service to do the same. We reserve the right to remove, suspend, terminate access, or take other appropriate actions against users or third parties that we believe, in good faith, to be repeat offenders of our policy against infringing trademarked material.

12.7 To File a Trademark Complaint

1. To report a claim of trademark infringement, please provide the following items to info@visioncommunications.co.za
   1. Your complete contact information, including: full name, telephone number, address and email. If you are not the owner of the trademark that has allegedly been infringed, please describe your relationship to the trademark owner;
   2. The specific word, symbol, etc. to which you claim trademark rights;
   3. The basis of your trademark rights, including, if applicable, the application or registration number;
   4. The country in which you claim trademark rights;
   5. The products and/or services covered by your claimed trademark rights;
   6. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including information regarding the location of the allegedly infringing materials that you seek to have removed, with sufficient detail so that we are capable of finding such material. The easiest way to do this is to provide a URL which leads directly to the allegedly infringing content;
   7. A statement detailing why the use of the trademark(s) at issue in the allegedly infringing materials creates consumer confusion as to source, origin, affiliation or endorsement;
   8. A statement representing that the trademark(s) at issue was registered and/or in use prior to the alleged infringement;
   9. The following statement: “I represent that the information in this notification is true and correct and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the trademark owner.”; and
   10. Your electronic or physical signature.
2. If we receive all of the above requested information, we will process your claim and consider whether to remove the allegedly infringing material. If we remove the content, we will issue a warning to the party that posted the content alerting them the material was removed due to a claim of trademark infringement. We may provide them with your contact information, including your name and email address. If they believe the content was improperly removed, they will be encouraged to contact you directly to resolve the issue. If you do not wish that your contact information be provided, you might want to consider using an agent to report the Complaint on your behalf. In some cases, the removed material may be restored and you will be notified.