Terms of use for:
www.alainzoo.ae

User Agreement

www.alainzoo.ae, is owned and operated by the “Zoo & Aquarium Public Institution in Al Ain (ZAPIA)”. ZAPIA is a Government entity, established and reorganized pursuant to law number 28 for the year 2007 and well known as “Al Ain Zoo”. This website is offered to the users on the condition the user accepts without modification the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. By accessing and using this website, the user of www.alainzoo.ae agrees to the following terms:

All information, documents or material, creative works, text, data, software links, graphics, images (photographs), illustrations, forms, ZAPIA trade mark and logos, copyrighted material and other intellectual property rights on the Website and any technology (“Content”) are owned and/or controlled by ZAPIA.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, ZAPIA grants to you a limited, nonexclusive, non-transferable license, without the right to sublicense, to access, view, download and print, where applicable, any ZAPIA Content solely for your personal and noncommercial purposes.

 You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Website or ZAPIA Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms.

Any downloading, reproduction, republication, extraction, modification, copying, distribution, transmission, display or sale of Content or any other part of the Website without the consent of ZAPIA for any purpose is strictly prohibited.

The user understands that bulletin boards, chats, conferences, guest books, and any other forms of communication hosted by this website are public and not private communications. The content of these communications forums by yourself and others do not necessarily represent the views of ZAPIA.

All comments, guest book entries, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or information disclosed or offered to or in response to ZAPIA through this website shall be owned and shall remain the property of ZAPIA. By utilizing this website as a vehicle for communication, you grant ZAPIA a royalty free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted license to use any comments for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the author or provider of the comments.

WEBSITE ACCESS

While ZAPIA endeavors to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, you hereby acknowledge that ZAPIA shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period or if your access to the Website is suspended.

Applicable Laws

The Website and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United Arab Emirates as applicable in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, ZAPIA exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Website and ZAPIA Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Website or ZAPIA Content. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Emirate of Alain.

Limitations of Liability

Use of www.alainzoo.ae is at the discretion of the user. Under no circumstances shall ZAPIA, its representatives, officers, employees, members, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, ZAPIA materials, including those consisting of this website. You specifically acknowledge and agree that ZAPIA is not liable for any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with any ZAPIA material, or with any of the ZAPIA’s terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using or visiting www.alainzoo.ae.

Pages within this website may contain links and pointers to other Internet Web sites that are maintained by third parties and are not under the control of ZAPIA. Accordingly, ZAPIA makes no representation or endorsement concerning the content of any third party website, which you shall review "as is" and use at your own discretion.

Modifications

ZAPIA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend and/or discontinue all aspects and/or any part of the Website, including any portion thereof on a global or individual basis, and to block access from a particular Internet address, Internet protocol (IP) address or geographical territory to the Website, at any time, without ascribing any reasons whatsoever. Any and all changes shall take effect at the time they are posted on the Website and/or directly communicated to you unless otherwise specified

USER Representation

Users represent and warrant that they will not:

Misuse the Website or any communication systems that the Website uses in any way of any kind, or use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful in any relevant jurisdiction or is otherwise prohibited by these Terms;

access, interfere with, or use non-public areas of the Website, ZAPIA’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of ZAPIA’s providers; or attempt to review, test, or examine the reliability of any ZAPIA system or network or avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by ZAPIA.

Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or other form of solicitation; or use the Website or ZAPIA Content for any profitable purpose for the benefit of you or any third party or in any manner not allowed by these Terms;

Attempt to decode, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Website or ZAPIA Content; or interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, worm, Trojan horse, or overloading, flooding or spamming the Website;

ZAPIA reserves the right:

To use cookies to store your preferences and to record information in accordance with ZAPIA’s Privacy Policy; and to use your personal data as set out in these Terms in accordance with ZAPIA’s Policies.

Your use of the Website and Content and any other content made available through the Website is at your sole risk and discretion, and ZAPIA hereby disclaims any and all liability to you or any third party relating thereto.

DISCLAIMER

While ZAPIA endeavors to ensure that the Content is correct and current, ZAPIA makes no express or implied condition, warranty, representation or undertaking as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. ZAPIA may make changes to the Content and the products, services and programs described on the Website, at any time without notice. The Content may be out of date, and ZAPIA makes no commitment to update such Content.

MISCELLANEOUS

ZAPIA may assign, transfer, novate or subcontract any or all of its rights and obligations under these Terms at any time. These Terms may be available in English and Arabic languages. For the avoidance of doubt the English-language version shall at all times take precedence in the event of any discrepancy.