Terms of use
Thebackpacker.net allows users to make content submissions, edit subjects and submit reviews and comments about various travel and backpacker topics.
By using and/or visiting thebackpacker.net you signify your agreement to these terms and conditions.
You agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of thebackpacker.net. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use thebackpacker.net. These Terms of Use apply to all users of thebackpacker.net, including users who are also contributors of video content, information, and other materials or services on the website. By visiting thebackpacker.net and/or accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms of Use. You also represent and warrant that you will use the website in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. Use of the Web Site is governed by these terms and you must perform your obligations set out below as long as you continue to use the Web Site. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms do no use Web Site, access its pages or make submissions. If you wish to make a submission on the Web Site, you will be asked to agree to these terms before being able to continue.
Thebackpacker.net welcomes all users to access its pages however we advise some content may not be suitable for children under the age of 16.
WE reserve the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.
Jurisdiction
This agreement is governed by Gibraltar Law. You hereby agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Gibraltar in all claims or disputes arising out of your use of the Web Site.
Content Submissions
Any material submitted will require an associated valid e-mail address at which you can be contacted. You warrant that any information about yourself that you supply to us or that you supply to any other party through use of the Web Site is true and accurate.
Our expectation is that Users make their submissions to the Web Site in good faith and that any opinions expressed by them are true and fair. Users are responsible for the accuracy of their submissions including information they provide on any subject/topic. Statements submitted by Users are not statements of thebackpacker.net or Bisca (international) Investments Ltd and accordingly we do not accept any responsibility for their accuracy.
Right to Monitor and Edit Content
Thebackpacker.net or Bisca (interantional Investments Ltd) reserves the right, but does not have an obligation, to monitor and/or to review all materials posted to the Web Site or through the Web Site's services or features by users, and is not responsible for any such materials posted by users. thebackpacker.net or Bisca (interantional Investments Ltd) is not responsible for any failure to monitor, review and/or delete any materials posted to the Web Site or through the Web Site s services or features by users. However,
thebackpacker.net or Bisca (interantional Investments Ltd) reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary or advisable to satisfy any law, regulation or government request; and to edit, to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in thebackpacker.net or Bisca (interantional Investments Ltd) s discretion, are objectionable or in violation of these Terms and Conditions, thebackpacker.net or Bisca (interantional Investments Ltd) s policies or applicable law or for any reason whatsoever. We may also impose limits on certain features or restrict your access to part or all of the site without notice or penalty if we believe you are in breach of the guidelines set forth in our Terms and Conditions or in violation of applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability.
You agree that you will not use thebackpacker.net to post or disseminate any communication that encourages or assists any other person to engage in illegal activities or that is abusive, defamatory of any person or legal entity (irrespective of justification) or indecent or obscene or racist or offensive or threatening or inflammatory or menacing or likely to cause annoyance or anxiety to others. Furthermore, if you access the Web Site from any other legal jurisdiction, you are responsible for complying with the laws of that jurisdiction and you agree that your use will comply with those laws.
You agree to indemnify us in respect of any liability that may arise from your use of the Web Site (whether criminal or civil) in any legal jurisdiction including but not limited to Gibraltar and the jurisdiction from which you access the Web Site.
Copyright of and Rights of other Users
You warrant that you will not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroymaterial:
(1) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, or
(2) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectualproperty rights of others or violate the privacy or publicity of other personal rights of others, or that is libellous, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful. You agree only to include in your submissions to thebackpacker.net, only material in respect of which you own the copyright or have the permission of the owner to publish the material. While the copyright remains with its owner, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format.
Breach
You acknowledge that any breach of the warranties above may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently on demand against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.
Privacy Policy
The information collected from you will be used as set out in this privacy policy. This policy is being provided to enable you to make knowledgeable choices about whether to provide information to us:
We will never willfully disclose personal information about you to any third party without first having obtained your permission, unless we are instructed to do so by a legal authority. While we will not normally pass on your details to anyone else, we reserve the right to disclose any material under our control, including personal data about you, to a relevant person or authority if you breach the Terms and Conditions of this site.
We may use the information we collect about you to notify you from time to time about important changes or other services that may be of interest to you. We will not contact you to notify you of these changes or services if you have asked us not to, unless the service concerned impacts any service we are due to provide to you.
We also analyze the personal information that we have collected from this website in order to enable us to develop services and offerings tailored to the relevant customer base. This data allows us to create special offers that our customer base is most likely to avail themselves of.
In some cases, segments of information known as "cookies" may be created that enable us to recognize you from your computer when you revisit thebackpacker.net website. Separate "cookies" may be created which recognize your name, the date and time of your most recent visit. You may avoid the use of "cookies" by websites with which you communicate by turning off "cookies" on your computer's browser.
By using this website to send us data about yourself, you consent to the computer storage, processing and transmission of your personal data by thebackpacker.net/Bisca (International) Investments Ltd.
This Privacy Statement reflects only the policies of Bisca (International) Investments Ltd, thebackpacker.net, their agents and their representatives.
If you so wish, you may enquire about, check or correct errors in the information that you have provided to us by contacting info@yeego.com. To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to or making corrections to your information.
We reserve the right to transfer the ownership of the web-site www.thebackpacker.net, and, as a result, transfer any information we hold on you (or material you have posted) to the transferor without notice to you.
Liability
While we will make our best efforts to take appropriate action if notified of the inaccuracy of data thebackpacker.net.com makes no representations or guarantees regarding the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any information submitted by users, or any other communication engaged in by users. It is solely your responsibilty to check and verify the truth and accuracy of any content on the website. We are not responsible for and accept no liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages arising from or connected to the use of this website. Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits our liability for any death or personal injury caused by negligence on our part or liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.
Complaints and Removal of material
If you become aware of any material on the Web Site that you believe infringes your legal rights you should immediately notify us with details. Depending on what action if any we decide to take, we may contact you to explain our decision but we are not obliged to do so.
If, for whatever reason, you wish to request the removal of your own submission from the Web Site,you should contact us with details of the submission in question. We will always use our best endeavours to comply with removal requests within a reasonable time taking account of the circumstances. However, non-urgent requests for removal may take up to 30 days.
Termination of Use
We reserve the right to suspend, restrict or terminate your use of the Web Site or any portionthereof at any time and without notice in the event of:
(i) any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use;
(ii) the use of your password by any person other than you;
(iii) any other act which we consider, in our sole discretion, to be a misuse or abuse of the Web Site;
You may terminate your use of the Web Site at any time without notice.
If any provision of this Site User Agreement is held by a court or other competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other provisions of this Site User Agreement and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
Any delay or failure by us in enforcing any right under this agreement is not a waiver of that right and will not prevent that right or any other right or remedy from being exercised or enforced by us.
This document constitutes the entire agreement between the User and Bisca (international) Investments Ltd with respect to use of thebackpacker.net Web Site and supersedes all prior agreements between us if any.