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Username and password
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Access
You understand that recommended.nz may for security and technical reasons at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice to you, prohibit or restrict your access to the Site. recommended.nz will notify you as soon as possible of any restriction to your access rights.
No advice
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Information and warranties
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Linked sites
No link appearing in the Content and no linked site is endorsed by recommended.nz and no responsibility is taken for material on any linked site.
You agree that by accessing any linked site you are doing so at your own risk and you agree to fully indemnify recommended.nz against any liability arising out of your accessing any linked site.
Intellectual property
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Unauthorised use of the Content is strictly prohibited and may infringe the IP Rights in the Content. No content may be reproduced, published or transmitted in any manner without the prior written consent of recommended.nz.
In particular and without limitation, you may not without prior written permission from recommended.nz: – archive the Content or any part of it; – form a database whether electronically or otherwise by systematically downloading or storing all or any of the Content; – redistribute or republish the Content ; or – link to the Site including (without limitation) linking in any way which frames the Site; replicates the Site or misleads any person regarding any association with the Site; or your association with recommended.nz or otherwise whether implicitly or expressly.
User-generated content
Photographs and video may be sent to the site as user-generated content. Digital Advance Limited reserves the right to store electronically any pictures sent in by recommended.nz readers and to use the images free of charge in any of its online publications. Amateur photographers retain the copyright to their photographs or videos if they are to be published elsewhere.
Community guidelines
You acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to the rules contained within the community guidelines.
Technical difficulties
You acknowledge that your use of the Site and associated services may be subject to interruption or delay. Due to the nature of the Internet and mobile phone communications, recommended.nz and it’s service providers do not make any warranty that the Site or services will be error free, without interruption or delay or free from defects in design or engineering.
Liability
To the maximum extent permitted in law you specifically agree to indemnify and hold recommended.nz harmless from any and all claims relating to your use of the Site or its use by any person on your behalf. For the purposes of this paragraph, Site means and includes any linked site.
Privacy
You acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to the terms of the privacy policy.
Severability
The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any part of the T&C will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder.
Variations
recommended.nz may vary these T&C from time to time. By continuing to use the Site after a Variation has been posted on the Site or after you have been notified of a Variation you will be deemed to agree to the varied T&C.
Termination
recommended.nz may immediately terminate this agreement without liability if it reasonably believes you are in breach of these T&C or wishes to withdraw the Site or any part of it.
Law
These T&C and your use of the Site will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand Courts.