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1. INTENDED AUDIENCE/USE:
1.1 Casa Toscana provides this Web site,www.casatoscana.co.za (the "Site") to you, subject to these Terms of Use. By using this site, you signify your assent to the terms of use recorded herein and agree to be bound by them.
1.2 The Terms of Use may be updated by Casa Toscana from time to time without notice to you.
1.3 This Web site and all the information, communications, downloads, software, scripting, photos, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images and other materials and services found on the Site (collectively "Content"), is intended for the lawful use of Casa Toscana’s customers, dealers, employees and members of the general public. The Site is controlled and operated in whole or in part by Casa Toscana from its offices within South Africa. Casa Toscana makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access the Site do so at their own risk. You acknowledge that Casa Toscana reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Site by you at any time.
1.4 If you are under the age of 18, you must ask your parents or guardian before you:
1.4.1 E-mail the site, or ask us to e-mail you anything; or
1.4.2 Send in any information; or
1.4.3 Enter any contest.
2. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CONTENT:
2.1 THE UNAUTHORISED COPYING, DISPLAYING OR OTHER USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
2.2 You acknowledge having been advised by Casa Toscana that the Content is protected in South Africa and internationally by a variety of laws, including but not limited to, copyright laws and treaty provisions, trademark laws, patent laws, and other proprietary rights laws (collectively "Rights").
2.3 In addition to Casa Toscana’s Rights in individual elements of the Content, Casa Toscana or its licensors own a copyright in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the Content.
2.4 You are hereby granted permission to access the Content from the Site in whole or in part, solely for your personal, NON-COMMERCIAL use of viewing and browsing through the Site or ordering products or services from the Site. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of the Web Site Terms of Use. Use of the Content is limited to use authorised in terms of the Site. All other use of Content from the Site, including, but not limited to uploading, downloading, modification, publication, transmission, participation in the transfer or sale of, copying, reproduction, republishing, creation of derivative works from, distribution, performance, display, incorporation into another web site, reproducing the Site (whether by linking, framing or any other method), or in any other way exploiting any of the Content, in whole or in part, or downloading and using software repeatedly for uses other than those expressly permitted may not be made without Casa Toscana’s prior express written consent. By posting content on the Site, you are giving Casa Toscana the right to display such content on the Service and to use such content for promotional and marketing purposes.
3. TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS:
There are a number of proprietary logos, service marks, trademarks, slogans and product designations found on this Site. By making them available on this Site, Casa Toscana is not granting you a license to use them in any fashion. Access to this Site does not confer upon you any license under any of Casa Toscana’s or any third party's intellectual property rights.
4. PRIVACY AND SECURITY:
All personal information obtained by Casa Toscana through your use of this website is protected as set out in our Privacy Policy.
5. LINKS
5.1 No person, business or web site may link to any page on this site without the prior written permission of Casa Toscana.
5.2 This Site may provide links to other third-party World Wide Web sites or resources. Casa Toscana makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this Site. Because Casa Toscana has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Casa Toscana is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Casa Toscana makes no representation or warranty as to any third party Content, products or services, and you agree that Casa Toscana shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such third-party Content, products or services available on or through any such site or resource.
6. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS, COMPETITIONS AND OTHER SITE ACTIVITIES:
If you choose to participate in a promotion, competition or other Casa Toscana-sponsored activity ("Website Activity"), you agree to comply with any rules or regulations governing such Website Activity.
7. TRANSMITTED MATERIAL
Internet Transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the site may be intercepted by others, unless such message or information is encrypted. Sending a message to Casa Toscana does not cause Casa Toscana to have a special responsibility to you.
8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
8.1 Casa Toscana does not warrant or make any representations regarding the availability, use, timeliness, security, validity, accuracy, reliability, results of use, the content of the site or any other web sites linked to or from the Site.
8.2 Although Casa Toscana intends to take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, "Trojan horses" or other destructive materials to this Site, it does not guarantee or warrant that this Site or materials that may be downloaded from this Service do not contain such destructive features. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the site is done at your own discretion and risk and you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material, or use of this site.
8.3 The content of the site is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind either express or implied. The site has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user’s individual requirements and it is your sole responsibility to satisfy yourself that the service available from this website will meet your needs and requirements prior to entering into any agreement with Casa Toscana.
8.4 To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, Casa Toscana disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or other violation of rights. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Casa Toscana shall be deemed to alter this disclaimer of warranty, or to create any warranty.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Casa Toscana will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising out of or relating to the use or the inability to use this site, its content or links, including but not limited to damages caused by or related to errors, omissions, interruptions, defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, line failure, and all other direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages even if Casa Toscana has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Casa Toscana, its directors, officers, shareholders, managers, employees, family members, subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents, and licensors, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement.
11. ADDRESS FOR SERVICE
The address for service for all purposes relating to these terms of use including the giving of any notice, the serving of any process, is Casa Toscana, 5 Darlington Road Darlington Road, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, Gauteng
12. GENERAL
12.1 Casa Toscana may modify, suspend, withdraw or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Content, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. You agree that Casa Toscana shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, withdrawal or discontinuance of the Content. Casa Toscana may at any time revise these website Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and you agree to periodically visit this page to determine the then current website Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.
12.2 These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law.
12.3 You hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of South Africa in respect of any disputes arising in connection with the services referred to herein, or the terms or any matter related to or in connection therewith.
13. FULL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMER
Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information. However, given the substantial amounts of information for our communications at the time of dissemination, often uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We therefore accept no responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from reliance on information contained in any communication sent. Neither Casa Toscana, nor its holding company Casa Toscana, nor their employees and contractors, nor their subsidiaries and affiliates make any warranty with respect to the accuracy of any information expressed or implied in any communication. The information in this communication (which includes any files transmitted with it) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this communication are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any governing client engagement letter. The contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses which could damage your own computer system. While Casa Toscana has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the attachment. Copyright in this e-mail and any document created by us will remain vested in us and will not be transferred to you. We assert the right to be identified as the author of and to object to any misuses of the contents of this communication or such documents.
14. UNSUBSCRIBE
We at Casa Toscana make it our business to educate and inform you! However, should you not wish to receive any further communications from us, you can unsubscribe from our info-mailers and special offers by sending an e-mail noting such intent to
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for www.casatoscana.co.za
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the Webmaster by e-mail at
This statement reflects the privacy policy of Casa Toscana, the owner and operator of Casa Toscana Online, with respect to the website located at www.vipautotrader.co.za (the "Site"). This statement is intended to inform casual visitors of the Site, and visitors who actively use the Site, of the data collection and use practices of the Site. Amendments to this statement will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of any amendment, modification, or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof, except if your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner. See our Notification of Changes section below.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We only collect personally identifiable information, such as names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and contact numbers, from our visitors when such information is voluntarily provided. For example, when applying for a username and password, a visitor will be required to provide first and last name, company, contact details, e-mail address. etc. The personally identifiable information that Casa Toscana collects is used to provide services to participants of the Site, to customise content, product offerings and/or layout of our Site for each individual visitor, to notify visitors about updates to and activities on the Site, and to contact visitors for information verification purposes. Personally identifiable information collected on the Site is NOT shared with third parties without your prior express consent. While Casa Toscana uses personally identifiable information to learn more about how visitors use the Site and to provide visitors with information about goods and services that we feel may be of interest to you, we will not release any personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent. In order to participate in our forums, users must be registered as a member of our website. Upon participating in our forum, members will be asked for their username and password. In addition, members have the option to allow other members to view their email address. Always remember that in order to protect your privacy users should not post any personal information, such as their home address or credit card information, as this information is made available to all visitors. Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our website.
ENHANCEMENT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may at times enhance our user database information with third party data to better target our advertising and provide pertinent offers we think our users would be interested in. Certain summary demographics are also used in our research product offerings. Individual information is never used in our research product offering and is never tied back to the individual or resold for any purposes. Visitors that provide us with their postal address will be automatically eligible to receive special offers concerning new products and services or learn of upcoming events via postal mail. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please notify us by e-mail at
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. These communications are not promotional in nature.
SPECIAL OFFERS AND UPDATES
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a weekly newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regard to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users' wishes.
SURVEYS & CONTESTS
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as postal code). Contact information will be shared with the contest or survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes. Anonymous Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Users' personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, these intermediaries will not use the users' personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. Non-Personally Identifiable Information Our server automatically recognises visitors' domain name and Internet Protocol addresses (where possible). Our server does not collect any personal information about our visitors unless such information is voluntarily provided by the visitor. We also collect information about how visitors use the Site (for example what terms are searched for). This information, which is collected and maintained in anonymous, non-personal, aggregate form, allows us to improve the content of the Site and facilitate market research. Sometimes, we utilise the services of a third party to help us understand this information better, though the information that is disclosed to these entities remains at all times in anonymous, non-personal form. Other than improving the Site and providing our visitors with the best experience possible, we make no other use of this information. From time to time we also ask our visitors for certain information about themselves, such as buying preferences, street address, marital status, income, education level, occupation, industry, gender, birth dates, and country. We request this information to provide visitors with notices of special offers from the Site and others that may be of interest to such visitors. This information is kept in a database at Casa Toscana and not distributed to third parties.
COOKIES
"Cookies" are commonly used pieces of information in the form of small text files that are placed on an individual's computer hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with the Site. We use cookies to save certain information about users of the Site and others who visit the Site, in order to facilitate and enhance future activities with the Casa Toscana and/or Site. Casa Toscana does not use cookies to retrieve information from a computer that is unrelated to Casa Toscana or the Site. We may at times use an outside advertisement serving company to display advertisements on the Site. The advertisement serving company may place and collect cookies when it displays an advertisement on the Site. We do not have access to information that would confirm the use of cookies by the advertisement serving company. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
ACCESS, REVIEW, UPDATE
Visitors who have registered with the Site may access, review, delete/deactivate and update the personal information that was previously provided to us by emailing us at
OTHER WEBSITES: LINKS
Our Site contains links to other websites. Casa Toscana is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites.
CONSENT TO PROCESSING
By visiting this Site, all visitors consent to the collection, maintenance, and processing of their personal and non-personal information.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post material changes on www.vipautotrader.co.za so our users are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and if we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we would notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. However, if you have deleted/deactivated your personal account information you will not be contacted, nor will your information be used in this new manner.
SECURITY
Our Site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.
CASA TOSCANA CONTACT INFO
All inquiries concerning this statement and the Site in general may be sent to