Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Terms

1.1 Your access to and use of SevenHolidays ("the Website") and the Services outlined in Clause 2, are subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website/Services you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website/Services.

1.2SevenHolidays reserves the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of the Website/Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

2. The Services

The Website is an information resource about resorts of the Maldives. It is independent of travel agent or resort company.

All users do hereby expressly agree not to hold SevenHolidays (or SevenHolidays' agents, representatives, advertisers or employees) liable for any instruction, advice or services delivered which originated through the Web Site and SevenHolidays expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any damage, suits, claims, and/or controversies that have arisen or may arise, whether known or unknown therefrom.

3. User Accounts, Passwords and Security

3.1 To use the Service you will be required to complete the registration process to create a User Account by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with the Services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities that take place under your User Account. You agree to immediately notify SevenHolidays of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will SevenHolidays be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person’s account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

3.2 You may only open one User Account, SevenHolidays reserves the right to terminate your use of the system if multiple accounts are created.

3.3 You may not use account names that are offensive, libellous, or that attempt to masquerade as another user.

3.4 You agree that if asked to do so by SevenHolidays or any of its staff that you will identify yourself and provide a contact telephone number on which you can be reached. If you do not comply with such a request SevenHolidays reserves the right to close your account.

4. Acceptable Use

4.1 You acknowledge that all information on the web site posted by users ("the Content"), whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. SevenHolidays does not control or endorse the Content and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. SevenHolidays will not be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from the use of any Content transmitted via the Services and you agree to bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such Content.

4.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:

4.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;

4.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, obscene, disrespectful, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;

4.2.3 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

4.2.4 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;

4.2.5 collect or store personal information about others;

4.2.6 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;

4.2.7 violate any applicable laws or regulations;

4.2.8 use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;

4.2.9 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.

4.3 SevenHolidays has no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at its sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that SevenHolidays’ decisions with regard to the alteration or deletion of content are final and non-negotiable.

6. Termination

SevenHolidays has the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. SevenHolidays may also at any time, at its sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that SevenHolidays shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.

7. Links to third party web sites

The Website/Services may include links to third party web sites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that SevenHolidays is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

8. International Use

You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.

9. Intellectual Property Rights

9.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

9.2 SevenHolidays does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any protected or publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting SevenHolidays a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such content.

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold SevenHolidays and its employees and agents harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and any claim or demand brought against SevenHolidays by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or any Content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services, including without limitation, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by SevenHolidays in consequence of your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

11. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

11.1 Use of the Website/Services is at your own risk. The Website/Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

11.2 To the extent permitted by law, SevenHolidays will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website/Services.

11.3 SevenHolidays makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that the Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else that may be harmful or destructive.

11.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of SevenHolidays for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of SevenHolidays or that of its employees or agents.

11.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

12. Severance

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

13. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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