Terms of Use
Effective 1 July 2023
These Terms of Use set out the terms and conditions on which you may make use of our website located at armsintel.com (“ArmsIntel”, “our site”), and all content, services, features, activities and products available at or through our site, whether as a visitor, guest, or registered user. Use of our site includes (by way of example) accessing, browsing, registering to use, and/or subscribing to any information or services offered through our site.
You are advised to read these Terms of Use and any document(s) referred to below, carefully before you start to use our site, as they apply to your use of our site.
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and the document(s) referred to below (to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions), and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, or the document(s) referred to below, you must not use our site.
Other Applicable Terms
These Terms of Use refer to our Privacy & Cookies Policies, which set out the terms on which we process any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you. By using our site, you consent to such processing.
1. Platform-Generated Content
1.1. In General.
The Content (as defined below) on our site is provided primarily for informational purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by Arms Intel or any other party.
Although we make reasonable efforts to provide only quality Content on our site, we make no warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the information on our site is always 100% accurate, complete, or up-to-date. However, where we find that any of the information on our site may be inaccurate or out-of-date, we are under no obligation to correct or update it.
1.2. Ownership.
The Content (as defined below) on our site is intended for your personal, non-commercial use only. Commercial use of any of the Content is strictly prohibited. Certain materials published and/or distributed on or through our site (including, but not limited to informational articles and illustrations) (collectively, the “Content”), are protected by copyright pursuant to Nigerian and international copyright laws, and are owned or controlled by ArmsIntel or the party credited as the provider of the Content. You may not modify, publish, transmit, adapt, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create new works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content in whole or in part, without the express written consent of ArmsIntel or the copyright owner identified in the copyright notice in the Content. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices that appear in the Content. You may not use any ArmsIntel logo or proprietary graphic or trademark without ArmsIntel’s express written permission. As between the parties, title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Content, and any copies or portions thereof, shall remain in ArmsIntel and/or its content providers or licensors. ArmsIntel reserves any rights not expressly granted in this Agreement.
2. User-Generated Content
2.1. Prohibited Actions.
You are solely responsible for your communications on, and your use of our, site. You agree not to do any of the following: (A) post or transmit any libelous, defamatory, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, deceptive, abusive or pornographic message, data, image, content or program; (B) post or transmit any message, data, image, content or program that would violate any property rights of others; (C) use our site to threaten, harass, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; (D) upload or download files that contain software, marks, logos, data, images, content or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other applicable law, unless you own or control the rights to such files or material or have received all necessary consents; (E) falsely purport to be an employee or agent of ArmsIntel; (F) act, in your use of our site, in a manner that is contrary to applicable law or regulation; (G) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of our site or the Content therein; (H) access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of our site, or any computers, servers or databases connected to or with our site, any equipment or network on which our site is stored, or any software used in the provision of our site; or (I) reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of these Terms of Use.
2.2. User Submissions.
ArmsIntel retains an exclusive right to manage User Submissions. You acknowledge that any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products or services) you post or submit to our site, including but not limited to comments, reviews, text, photographs, and computer code (each, a “User Submission”) may be edited, removed, deleted, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by Arms Intel at its sole discretion and without your permission, and you waive any rights you may have (including any moral rights) in preventing the material from being altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. You expressly agree that we may remove, disable or restrict access to or the availability of any User Submissions from our site at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all. ArmsIntel reserves the right to treat User Submissions as content stored at the discretion of users for which ArmsIntel will not exercise control except to block or remove content that comes to ArmsIntel’s attention and is offensive, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, threatening, abusive, illegal, libelous, defamatory, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading or otherwise objectionable to ArmsIntel, or to enforce the rights of third parties or the content restrictions set forth below in this Agreement when notice of their violation comes to ArmsIntel’s attention. However, ArmsIntel shall not be responsible for controlling or editing any Content, and ArmsIntel has no contractual obligation to remove inappropriate or unlawful Content. Under no circumstances will we be held liable for removing, disabling or restricting access to or the availability of Content.
2.3. Responsibility of Users.
You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, your User Submissions. ArmsIntel does not assume any responsibility or liability for any User Submissions posted on our site and makes no express or implied warranty or guarantee about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or any other aspect of the User Submissions.
2.4. Non-Confidentiality of Your User Submissions.
ArmsIntel is available to the public, and your User Submissions, along with information concerning your identity that you may provide on our site (including your name, image, employer and location), may be publicly available. Do not post information you consider confidential on our site. In addition, you agree that Arms Intel may reveal your identity and whatever information we know about you to any law enforcement agent or official in the event of legal action or a legal request arising from any User Submission made by you.
3. Links to Third-Party Websites
Our site may contain links to third party websites (“Third Party Websites”). Access to Third Party Websites is at your own risk, and ArmsIntel is not responsible for the accuracy, availability or reliability of any information, goods, data, opinions, advice or statements made available on Third Party Websites. These links may also lead to Third Party Websites containing information that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. The Third Party Websites are not under the control of ArmsIntel and, as such, ArmsIntel is not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any Third Party Website. The inclusion of any links to Third Party Websites on our site does not imply express endorsement or recommendation by ArmsIntel. ArmsIntel is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any link, nor is ArmsIntel responsible if any of these links are not working properly. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by any privacy statements and terms of use posted in connection with Third Party Websites, and these Third Party Websites are not governed by this Agreement.
4. Linking to or from Our Site
4.1. You may link to any page of our site, provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal, and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must comply with all directions that we may give in relation to the placing or positioning of our company, business, domain names or logos on your website.
4.2. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out above.
4.3. You must not:
- establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists;
- establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you; or
- frame our site on any other website.
4.4. We reserve the right to, at any time, withdraw linking permission without notice, or require you to immediately remove any links to our site or any references on your website to our company, business, domain names or logos.
4.5. Where our site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. While we may have reviewed those websites or resources, we have no control over or responsibility for the contents of them.
4.6. On some of our pages, you’ll find links that let you click to compare quotes from various suppliers, relevant to the product, service or topic you are reading about. If you enter into a contract with a supplier, we may receive payment for the introduction. This helps us to provide even more useful information. It carries no additional cost to you, and does not affect our editorial independence.
5. Limitation of Our Liability
- NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE EXCLUDES OR LIMITS OUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE, OR OUR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY ENGLISH LAW.
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER TERMS WHICH MAY APPLY TO OUR SITE OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY USER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH:
- USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR SITE;
- USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON OUR SITE; OR
- YOUR APPOINTMENT, INSTRUCTION OR USE OF SUPPLIERS OR OTHER PERSONS FOUND THROUGH OR AS A RESULT OF USING OUR SITE.
- PLEASE NOTE IN PARTICULAR THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:
- LOSS OF PROFITS, SALES, BUSINESS, REVENUE OR EARNINGS;
- BUSINESS INTERRUPTION;
- LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS;
- LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL OR REPUTATION; OR
- ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE.
- WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A VIRUS, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF OUR SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
- WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF WEBSITES LINKED ON OUR SITE. SUCH LINKS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS ENDORSEMENT BY US OF THOSE LINKED WEBSITES. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE FROM YOUR USE OF THEM.
6. Miscellaneous
ArmsIntel may terminate or suspend your access to our site immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you breach this Agreement or for any other reason. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you except with the prior written consent of ArmsIntel. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind ArmsIntel in any respect whatsoever. The headings of the sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
7. Contacting Us / You
To contact us, please email info@armsintel.com
We may contact or communicate with you in connection with these Terms of Use (or any document referred to herein) via any email address that you provide to us. Such contact or communication will be regarded as being in writing.
Last updated: July 2023