Terms of Use

TERMS OF USE
The following terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) apply to your use of Josoor Institute website at http://www.josoorinstitute.qa (the “Website”). These Terms of Use are also in addition to other notices, guidelines and rules that may be published by us on the Website from time to time (each of which is incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference).

Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By using the Website, you indicate that you have read, understood, accept and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and by all applicable laws and regulations governing the Website and relating to the protection of the intellectual property owned by or licensed to Josoor Institute. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use please refrain from using the Website.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE

We may revise any part of these Terms of Use or any other notices, guidelines and rules otherwise incorporated by reference to these Terms of Use at any time. As a condition of using the Website, you are required to check these Terms of Use regularly to take notice of any changes we make as they are legally binding on you. By using the Website, you agree that the posting of new or revised Terms of Use on the Website shall constitute adequate and constructive notice to you of any and all revisions and changes. Continued use of the Website after any such changes or after explicitly accepting the new Terms of Use upon logging into the Website shall constitute your acceptance of such changes.

The use by you of particular Josoor Institute services may be subject to specific terms of service related to such services agreed between you and Josoor Institute. In using such services, you agree to be bound by such terms of service then in force. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between these Terms of Use such terms of service then in force agreed between you and Josoor Institute shall prevail.

The terms “we”, “us” and “our” as mentioned herein refer to Josoor Institute (and its successors and licensors). Josoor Institute is the owner and operator of the Website. We have been established in the State of Qatar by Emiri Decree No. (27) of 2011 as amended by Emiri Decree No. (3) of 2014 and our principal place of business is at Al Bidda Tower, P.O. Box 62022, Doha, State of Qatar. The term “you” or “your” as mentioned herein refers to the user or viewer of our Website. The content of our Website is for your general information and non-commercial use only. Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Use, you are granted permission to view, store, print, reproduce, distribute any pages or download any material from the Website for personal non‑commercial use provided that: (i) you do not modify any such page or any such material; and (ii) you include reference to, and a requirement for compliance with, these Terms of Use with any reproduction. Any unauthorised reproduction for commercial purposes of the Website or any part thereof shall not be permitted

ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE

Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend access to our Website without notice (see further below). We will not be liable if, for any reason, our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our Website, or our entire Website.

Certain features of this Website require that you create an account or otherwise interact with the Website. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of such information, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under such account. Josoor Institute shall have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at (i) any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use; or (ii) at our sole discretion.

You shall immediately notify Josoor Institute if you become aware or suspect any unauthorised use of your account, a breach of these Terms of Use and/or any other breach of security and provide Josoor Institute with the following information:

• the identity of the infringing party;
• the nature of the infringing activity;
• the location of the infringing activity;
• the date that such infringing activity was discovered; and
• any other information as may be requested by Josoor Institute.

By registering with us to obtain a user identification code, password or any other information as part of our security procedures, you represent and warrant that (i) you are over 18 years of age; (ii) the information that you provide to us with respect to such procedures is accurate and not misleading in any way; and (iii) you will continue to satisfy our requirements for such access from time to time. In addition, should any material information provided to us in connection with such procedure change, you shall immediately notify us of such change. If you provide, or Josoor Institute has reasonable grounds to suspect that you have provided, any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Josoor Institute reasonably considers that you have failed to comply with any provisions of these Terms of Use, Josoor Institute has the right to restrict access to some parts of the Website, or our entire Website, to users who have registered with us.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and that they comply with them.

ACCEPTABLE USE

You may use our Website only for non-commercial and lawful purposes. In using the Website you agree that you may not use our Website:

• in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation (including Qatari law);
• in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
• for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
• in any way that infringes the rights of, restricting or inhibiting anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website;
• to disseminate any unlawful or otherwise objectionable material in the opinion of Josoor Institute;
• to send, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our Terms of Use;
• to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); and
• to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:
• not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our Terms of Use; and
• not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
• any part of our Website;
• any equipment or network on which our Website is stored;
• any software used in the provision of our Website; or
• any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

CONTENT STANDARDS

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (“Contributions”), and to any interactive services associated with it. Any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy

You must comply with the spirit as well as the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.

Contributions must:
• be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and
• comply with applicable law in the State of Qatar and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions must not:
• contain any material which is defamatory of any person;
• contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
• promote sexually explicit material, violence or any illegal act;
• promote any sort of discrimination including, but not limited to, discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• infringe any copyright, database right or trademark of any other person;
• be likely to deceive any person;
• be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
• be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience, needless anxiety, harassment or alarm;
• be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; and
• give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.

Suspension and termination

We will determine, at our sole discretion, whether there has been a breach of the acceptable use rules of our Terms of Use through your use of the Website. In the event of a breach that we have determined that there has been such breach, we may take such action as we deem appropriate, including but not limited to, the following actions:

• immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Website;
• issue of a warning to you;
• take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from such breach;
• take any further legal action against you that we deem necessary; and/or
• disclosure of such information to our partners, affiliates and/or law enforcement authorities as we reasonably determine is necessary.

We exclude liability for any action taken in response to breaches of these Terms of Use.

OUR LIABILITY TO YOU

We exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and terms express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law. We accept no liability for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential or economic loss howsoever caused arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

We provide the content on the Website in good faith but give no warranty or representation that the content is accurate, complete or up-to-date, nor that the Website does not infringe the rights of any third party. We accept no responsibility or liability for your use of content on the Website and such use is entirely at your own risk. While we take reasonable precautions to prevent the existence of computer viruses and/or other malicious programs on the Website, we accept no liability for them. Information transmitted via this Website will pass over public telecommunications networks. We make no representation or warranty that the operation of this Website will be uninterrupted or error-free and disclaim all liability in respect thereof. By using this Website, you acknowledge and agree that Josoor Institute shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if Josoor Institute has been advised of the possibility of such damages) as a result of: (i) the use or the inability to use the Website; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute information resulting from any data or information obtained or transactions entered into through or in connection with the use of the Website; (iii) unauthorised access to the Website; (iv) proprietary materials, statements or conduct of any third party on the Website; or (vi) any other matter relating to the Website.

This Website may contain links to other websites. We accept no responsibility or liability for any material supplied by or contained on any third party website which is linked from or to this Website, or any use of personal data by such third party.

Nothing in these Terms shall limit our liability for anything that we cannot limit our liability for under Qatari law.

MATERIALS

Unless otherwise noted, the content on this Website includes, but is not limited to all information, text, articles, data, images, screens, badges, web pages, trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, internet domain names, design rights, moral rights, database rights, know-how, market information or other materials whether registered or unregistered (collectively, the “Materials”) that is owned, licensed to, or has been provided by (i) Josoor Institute (“Josoor Institute Materials”); or (ii) a third party (“Third Party Materials”) and is subject to copyright, trademark, service mark, trade dress, patent, database and other present and future intellectual property rights and rights in the nature of intellectual property rights existing in or in relation to the Materials under Qatari law or other laws, and international conventions of which the State of Qatar is a member.

The Materials may not be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published, reposted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, or used to create derivative works, except as provided in these Terms of Use. Josoor Institute grants to you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive and perpetual licence to access and use the Website privately for non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms of Use. Should you be interested in reproducing, duplicating or copying any of the content of the Website for any other purpose, please contact us using the “Contact Us” link at the Site or at Website – Josoor Institute, 32nd Floor, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Al Bidda Tower, P.O. Box 62022, Doha, State of Qatar.

THIRD PARTY MATERIALS

The Website may contain Third Party Materials. In allowing Third Party Materials to be on accessible on the Website, Josoor Institute is not making any representation or warranty to you as to any measure of quality, reliability, ability, reputation, suitability or any other representation or warranty whatsoever. To the extent that you may have arrangements, dealings or participations with third parties found on or through the Website any warranties or representations made by such third party to you are solely between you and such third party. You agree that Josoor Institute shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred or alleged to have incurred as the result of any such arrangements, dealings or participations with such third parties or as the result of the presence of such third parties on the Website.

The Website may contain links or feeds to third party websites or resources (“Links”). You acknowledge that Josoor Institute has no control over third party websites or resources and that you are taken to the third party website or resource at your own risk. You agree that Josoor Institute shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred or alleged to have incurred in connection with the Links or the use of, or reliance upon, any content, goods, services or any other material available on or through any third party website or resource.

TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

You acknowledge that the official Josoor Institute name in any language, and any other mark, design, slogan, emblem, title, name, logo, mascot, poster, designation, symbols, identifying music or sounds, other artistic or orthographic representations or other identification or symbol developed by Josoor Institute or selected by Josoor Institute for use in connection with Josoor Institute, the Website or any event organised by Josoor Institute including all goodwill attached thereto are owned by Josoor Institute absolutely and should not be used in any way in contravention of these Terms of Use and without the written approval of Josoor Institute.

Certain content, including but not limited to images, graphics, games, community/social tools, interactive features text, translation, interpretation, video, audio and football data content/editorial elements on the Website, is provided by third parties working with Josoor Institute. Any copying, re-publication or re-distribution of such content, including but not limited to framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of the relevant right holders. These right holders shall not be liable for any errors or delays in content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Please consult the respective websites of the concerned right holder for additional information. Nothing in the Website shall grant any licence, right to use, or any other rights over any names, logos, images, trademarks or other proprietary materials. No act of downloading or otherwise copying or reproducing from the Website will transfer any rights or title to you to any software or material on the Website.

LINKING RULES

From time to time, this Website may include Links. These Links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. We are not responsible for the contents or the reliability of any website or web page to which the Website (or a linked website) is linked and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.

Subject to the following conditions, you are permitted to create a link or deep-link to this Website from another website or document:

• you agree not to include the Website into the frame of another website;
• you agree not to create any third party association with the Website;
• you agree to ensure that any Link created by you does not state or imply that Josoor Institute sponsors or endorses any other website activity, company or entity, or presents Josoor Institute or the State of Qatar or any other third party in a false, misleading, defamatory or derogatory manner;
• you agree to ensure that the link or the third party website that contains the link does not state or imply an association with Josoor Institute or the State of Qatar;
• you agree that Josoor Institute shall accept no responsibility or liability for any material supplied by or contained on a website which is linked from or to this Website, or any use of personal data by such you. You agree to incorporate this term into your website’s terms of use; and
• the use of our logo or any other registered trademark(s) as a link to this Website is not permitted.

You agree that our Website does not permit you to use any Josoor Institute Materials or any other Third Party Materials unless separately agreed to in writing by Josoor Institute or the relevant rights-holder (as applicable).

REMOVAL OF MATERIALS

We are entitled, at our option, to remove, suspend or disable access to any Materials, whether Josoor Institute Materials or Third Party Material as the case may be, at any time without liability and with or without prior notice. If you are a rights-owner (or an agent acting for a rights-owner) and believe that any Material infringes the rights of you or your principal and you wish for us to remove such Material from the Website, or to suspend, or disable access to it, please contact us using the “Contact Us” link at the Site or at Website – Josoor Institute, 32nd Floor, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Al Bidda Tower, P.O. Box 62022, Doha, State of Qatar in additional to providing us with the following information:

• the original signature of the rights-owner or a person duly authorised to act on behalf of the rights-owner;
• details of the proprietary material that is claimed to have been infringed (including, to the extent reasonable practicable, a URL and/or screen shot);
• your contact information, such as a postal address, telephone number and, if available, an email address; and a statement by you that: (i) you believe in good faith that use of such Materials in the manner complained of is not authorised by the rights-owner or by applicable law (citing the specific provisions of such applicable law); (ii) the information in the notification is true and accurate; and (iii) you are the rights-owner or the duly authorised person to act on the rights-owner's behalf.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM OUR WEBSITE AND HOW DO WE COLLECT IT?

When you use the Website or contact us by post, telephone, fax, e-mail or SMS, we may collect, store and use certain personal information that you disclose to us. We may collect and process the following data about you:

• information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to any services under the Website, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website;

• general, aggregated, demographic, and non-personal data (such as aggregated anonymous information about website usage) may be collected by us. It will not be linked to any of your personal data, through cookies or other means, without your consent;

• if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;

• information which you provide to us by completing surveys or polls, and which we use for research purposes. You do not have to respond to these surveys; and

• details of your visits to our Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise, and the resources that you access.

The information that we may collect may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail and mobile contact details. Finally, we may receive information about you from third parties who are legally entitled to disclose that information. We will at all times only collect and process your personal information in accordance with the laws of the State of Qatar

COOKIES AND INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES

The Website uses cookies. Cookies are small files stored on your computer's hard drive which are used to collect your personal information as well as to gather information on your general internet usage. Cookies help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.

They enable us:

• to estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
• to store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our Website according to your individual interests;
• to speed up your searches; and
• to recognise you when you return to our Website.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Website.

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your internet protocol (IP) address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED?

By using the Website, you agree that your information may be used by us and by carefully selected third parties chosen by us for any of the following purposes: (a) to provide you with a personalised browsing experience when using the Website; (b) to send you details (including by post, phone, fax, e-mail or SMS) of products and services which we think may interest you, unless you inform us in writing that you do not want to receive these details; (c) to manage any account that you hold with us; (d) to comply with legal and regulatory requirements; and (e) to the extent that we find it necessary, in our sole discretion, to investigate, prevent or take action regarding actual or suspected illegal activities, fraud, emergency situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any persons or violations to our Terms of Use. We will not sell or rent your personal data without your consent.

We have put in place technical and organisational security measures to prevent the loss or unauthorised access of your personal information. However, while we have used our best efforts to ensure the security of your personal data, please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet.

At times, we may be under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation (including responding to requests from law enforcement authorities either within or outside of the State of Qatar) or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use, the terms of other agreements that we are party to; or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our partners, or other relevant parties. This includes exchanging information with other organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

WHERE DO WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of the State of Qatar. Such data may also be processed by persons operating anywhere in the world who work for us, our affiliates or for one of our third party service providers. By accessing the Website and/or submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will use reasonable efforts to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access

MARKETING AND NEWSLETTERS

We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post, e-mail or telephone.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, you will be given the opportunity to tick the relevant box situated on the form or page on which we collect your data. You can also opt-out of receiving future marketing communications from us at any time by following the directions contained in any correspondence to unsubscribe or by contacting us using the “Contact Us” link at the Site or at Website – Josoor Institute, 32nd Floor, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Al Bidda Tower, P.O. Box 62022, Doha, State of Qatar.

We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target. We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.

YOUR ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT WE HOLD

You have the right to contact us in order to find out what information we hold about you (please note that a QAR100 (US$30) fee will be payable to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you) or to access, cancel or correct any information that we hold about you.

MINORS

We do not knowingly collect personal data from persons under the age of 18 (“Minors”). We do not take specific steps to protect the privacy of Minors who disclose their personal identifying information to us and we shall take all reasonable steps required of us to protect the rights of Minors and their privacy under the laws of the State of Qatar.

PRIVACY COMPLIANCE

Josoor Institute is subject to Qatari data protection laws when collecting and processing your personal data.

NO OFFER OF SERVICE

Nothing on the Website shall be construed you as offering you or any other party any services whatsoever.

DISCLAIMER

JOSOOR INSTITUTE HAS TAKEN ALL REASONABLE CARE TO ENSURE THAT THE MATERIALS CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEBSITE IS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION. HOWEVER, JOSOOR INSTITUTE MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE (INCLUDING LIABILITY TOWARDS THIRD PARTIES), EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO ITS ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR COMPLETENESS AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND OTHER TERMS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE AND YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY AND ACCURACY).

YOU ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OR ANY LINKS, IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM (INCLUDING ANY DAMAGE BY VIRUS) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE EXCLUDE OR LIMITS OUR LIABILITY FOR ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

INDEMNITY

You agree that you shall indemnify and hold harmless Josoor Institute, its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, agents, partners and licensees from any and all claims, liabilities, cost or expenses, arising from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, penalties, fines, costs and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable legal fees, that may arise in connection with (i) your use of this Website; (ii) your breach of these Terms of Use; (iii) Josoor Institute publication, distribution or use of such materials provided by you; (iv) any claim by a third party that any content provided by you to the Website or any other use of the Website by you infringes any intellectual property, other proprietary or privacy right of such third party or has otherwise caused damage to a third party.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with Qatari law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Qatar.

GENERAL

Any failure by Josoor Institute to exercise or enforce any rights under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision and Josoor Institute shall continue to have such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law. To the extent any provisions under these Terms of Use is found to be invalid, you and Josoor Institute agree that the intentions of Josoor Institute, as reflected in such provision, shall be given effect to the fullest extent possible under applicable law and that other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.

These Terms of Use have been drafted in the English language. In the event of any discrepancy between the English and any translated text of the Terms of Use, the English text shall prevail.

These Terms of Use were last updated on 1 March 2015.