IoT Advisory Terms and Conditions

Please take a moment to read these terms and conditions including our policies (“Terms”) to understand how they apply to your use of our website and any products or services that you may order online. If you have any questions regarding our website, the Terms, products, or services, please contact us at info@iotadvisory.co.za.

Website details

The IoT Advisory website at iotadvisory.co.za is owned and operated by Innovative Organisational Technical Advisory Proprietary Limited (“IoT Advisory”) a company registered in the Republic of South Africa under company registration number 2020/03519/07, which has its head office at 1st Floor, Block B, Metropolitan Park, 8 Hillside Road, Parktown, Johannesburg.

Terms and conditions apply These Terms apply to your use of this website. By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agree to be bound by them. They represent our entire agreement with you and supersede all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the extent permitted by law. Please do not use our website if you do not agree to be bound by these Terms.

Change in terms We may periodically update or change the Terms of this website without giving you prior notice. You should check them regularly, as your continued use of our website means that you accept any updated or revised Terms.

Applicable law This agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa.

Use of our website You are welcome to browse or use our website for your own personal, non-commercial shopping and information purposes only. No other use is permitted without our prior written consent. The unauthorised use, copying, reproduction, variation, modification or distribution of the content of this website, the uploading of any unlawful or damaging information or viral software, or the creation of any links to our website from any other site whatsoever, is strictly prohibited. You agree to indemnify us against any loss, damage, harm, claim or any other cost whatsoever that we may sustain as a result of your use of our website and/or its contents contrary to these Terms. We use cookies to identify the computer device with which you connect to our website. We reserve the right to restrict your use and access to our website or part thereof in the event of any unauthorized use. We reserve the right to suspend our website or any part thereof or terminate your account at any time if we, in our sole discretion, determine that you are not using the website in compliance with these Terms or if we believe the information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete. Any indulgence of extension of time granted to you shall not be construed as a waiver or variation of any of our rights or remedies in these Terms or law.

Accuracy of website content and commentary

Accuracy All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that the information on our website, social media channels and email marketing is accurate and up-to-date. We do not, however, warrant that the content or information displayed is always accurate, complete and/or current. Errors and omissions excepted (E&OE) Any comments uploaded by our users or any authorised experts invited as our guests are their opinions alone and do not in any way represent our views, opinions, beliefs or values.

Your comments: We value your comments, ideas, suggestions and feedback contact us via our website. We will not compensate you in any way whatsoever for your comments. Once received, your comments will become our property and we will not be limited in any way in the use, commercial or otherwise, of any of your comments. You warrant that your comments do not and will not violate the right/s of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or any other personal or proprietary right. You agree not to disclose, submit or offer any comments that are or contain any defamatory, unlawful, abusive or obscene material. We disclaim any liability towards any third party regarding your comments and you shall remain accountable towards any third party regarding any harm caused by your comments.

Intellectual Property

All rights, including copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights embodied in any logos, text, images, video, audio or other material on this website are owned by or licensed to us. All data and information communicated to or from the website including its database also belongs solely to us or our licensors. You agree to sign all documents as we may reasonably require in order to assign any rights that you may acquire in the content of our website. You agree also to waive any moral rights in such content. You are permitted to view, print or store electronically a copy of any information on our website, including these Terms, solely for your personal, lawful, non-commercial use. Unauthorised use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution is strictly prohibited and constitutes an unlawful infringement of our intellectual property rights.

Use of our logos, content and images You are not permitted to use the content of our website, our logos or any product or other images that appear on our website without our prior written consent. Unauthorised use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement of our or our licensor's intellectual property rights.

Advertising Advertising and other promotional material of third parties may appear on our website from time to time. We do not endorse such third parties or their products and/or services. Your reliance on any information contained in such material is entirely at your own risk.

IoT Advisory is committed to safeguarding the privacy of the users of this Site. IoT Advisory's Privacy Policy, which is accessible at iotadvisory.co.za, is incorporated by reference into these Terms and Conditions, forms part of these Terms and Conditions, and explains the personal information processing practices of IoT Advisory insofar as it relates to the Site. It may be necessary to capture your personal information and details which may then go into a Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) system. You may be providing information such as your name, email address, company name, telephone number and query details, so you may get access to a document, to sign up to a newsletter or to submit a query, so that an IoT Advisory representative may contact you.

Your captured details could then be used to send out newsletters, company updates via email, or to one of IoT Advisory's subsidiaries or divisions to follow up a potential sales lead.The CRM or forms will identify you as being someone who has opted in to get newsletters, emails, and other communications from IoT Advisory.

The paragraph below will limit and excludes obligations, liabilities, and legal responsibilities of IoT Advisory, and limits and excludes your rights and remedies and places various risks, liabilities, obligations, and legal responsibilities on you. IoT Advisory has reasonable security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and interception by third parties of the personal information under our control, but to the extent permitted by law, IoT Advisory assumes no liability for any damages you may suffer because of interception, alteration or misuse of information transmitted over the Internet. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details.

Consumer Protection Act

If these Terms and Conditions and/or any goods and/or services provided under these Terms and Conditions are regulated by the Consumer Protection Act No 68 of 2008, as amended, replaced or re-enacted from time to time (“Consumer Protection Act”), it is not intended that any provision of these Terms and Conditions contravenes any provision of the Consumer Protection Act and therefore all provisions of these Terms and Conditions must be treated as being qualified, if necessary, to ensure that the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act are complied with. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions does or purports to limit or exempt IoT Advisory from liability for any loss directly or indirectly attributable to the gross negligence of IoT Advisory or any person acting for or controlled by IoT Advisory where the law does not permit such limitation of liability and this clause also does not require you to assume the risk or liability for this kind of loss where the law does not permit such assumption of liability.

Agreements in Terms of Section 21 of the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act. No information or data on this Site constitutes an offer to do business but is merely an invitation to do business.

No agreements shall be concluded merely by sending a data message to this Site or its owners. Valid agreements will require an acceptance of an offer by IoT Advisory.

No e-mail message shall be deemed to have been received by IoT Advisory until a response has been issued from IoT Advisory. An automated response from IoT Advisory shall not satisfy this requirement.

Information in terms of Section 43(1) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act

If the user is an individual and IoT Advisory offers him goods or services for sale, hire or exchange by way of electronic transactions from, by or through the Site, IoT Advisory makes the following information available to the user, in terms of Section 43(1) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, No. 25 of 2002, as amended (“the Act”):

Full name: Innovative Organisational Technical Advisory Proprietary Limited (IoT Advisory or the Group), worldwide including subsidiaries and affiliates
Legal status: Registered private company
Physical address: 1st Floor, Block B&C, Metropolitan Park, 8 Hillside Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2193
Website address: iotadvisory.co.za;
E-mail address info@iotadvisory.co.za.
Membership of any self-regulatory or accreditation bodies to which IoT Advisory belongs or subscribes and the contact details of that body: Not applicable.
Code of conduct to which IoT Advisory subscribes and how that code may be accessed electronically by the user: The corporate codes of conduct of IoT Advisory are available on request.
Registration number 2020/103519/07.
Place of registration: Republic of South Africa.
Physical address where IoT Advisory will receive legal service of documents: 1st Floor, Block B&C, Metropolitan Park, 8 Hillside Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2193.
Description of the main characteristics of the goods or services offered by IoT Advisory to enable the User to make an informed decision on the proposed electronic transaction: IoT Advisory provides corporate advisory, management consulting and information technology related services over a wide range of industries and markets.
Full price of the goods or services, including transport costs, taxes and any other fees or costs: As provided to the user per quote, tender or otherwise.
Manner of Payment: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.

Any terms of agreement, including any guarantees, that will apply to the transaction and how these terms may be accessed, stored, and reproduced electronically by the User: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.

The time within which the services will be rendered: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.
The manner and period within which the User can access and maintain a full record of the transaction: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.
The return, exchange, and refund policy of IoT Advisory: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.

The alternative dispute resolution code to which IoT Advisory subscribes and how the wording of that code may be accessed electronically by the User: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise

The security procedures and privacy policy of IoT Advisory in respect of payment, payment information and personal information: The IoT Advisory manual in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000, is downloadable from the Site under the “PAIA Manual”/” Access to Information” section. Further, this information is as advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.
Where appropriate, the minimum duration of the agreement in case of agreements for the supply of products or services to be performed on an ongoing basis or recurrently: As advised to the user by IoT Advisory in the agreement, quote, tender, or otherwise.

The rights of the User in terms of Section 44 of the Act where applicable: The section provides as follows: “Section 44. Cooling-off period: (1) A consumer is entitled to cancel without reason and without penalty any transaction and any related credit agreement for the supply of goods within seven days after the date of the receipt of the goods; or of services within seven days after the date of the conclusion of the agreement. (2) The only charge that may be levied on the consumer is the direct cost of returning the goods. (3) If payment for the goods or services has been effected prior to a consumer exercising a right referred to in subsection (1), the consumer is entitled to a full refund of such payment, which refund must be made within 30 days of the date of cancellation. (4) This section must not be construed as prejudicing the rights of a consumer provided for in any other law.” The User should kindly visit the IoT Advisory company or division websites for details, where he/she transacts electronically with that company or division.

General

These Terms and Conditions constitute the sole record of the agreement between you and IoT Advisory in relation to the subject matter hereof. Neither you nor IoT Advisory shall be bound by any express, tacit, or implied representation, warranty, promise or the like not recorded herein. These terms and conditions supersede and replace all prior commitments, undertakings, or representations, whether written or oral, between you and IoT Advisory in respect of the subject matter hereof. No addition to, variation or agreed cancellation of any provision of these terms of use shall be binding upon IoT Advisory unless agreed to in writing by IoT Advisory. No indulgence or extension of time which IoT Advisory may grant to you will constitute a waiver of or, whether by estoppel or otherwise, limit any of the existing or future rights of IoT Advisory in terms hereof, save in the event or to the extent that IoT Advisory has signed a written document expressly waiving or limiting such rights.

IoT Advisory shall be entitled to cede, assign, and delegate all or any of its rights and obligations in terms of these Terms and Conditions to any third party without notice to you.

To the extent permitted by law, IoT Advisory may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time and you are responsible for periodically reviewing the most current version on the Site. To the extent permitted by law, your continued use of the Site will be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the updated Terms and Conditions. IoT Advisory reserves the right to change or delete any information, features, or contents of the pages of the Site at any time and without notice. Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, to the extent that any such change or deletion relates to any information, features, or contents for which you have paid or are required to pay any consideration, IoT Advisory will use its reasonable endeavours to exercise this right on notice to you.

All provisions of these Terms and Conditions are, notwithstanding the way they have been linked grammatically, severable from each other. Any provision of these Terms and Conditions which is or becomes unenforceable in any jurisdiction, whether due to non-availability, invalidity, illegality, unlawfulness or for any reason whatsoever shall, in such jurisdiction only and only to the extent that it is so unenforceable, be disregarded and the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall remain of full force and effect.

This Site is created, hosted, maintained, and controlled in the Republic of South Africa and as such you agree that the laws of the Republic of South Africa and the jurisdiction of the South African courts govern these Terms and Conditions, any disclaimers, copyright and use statements contained in the Site, and any legal matter resulting from the use or inability to use this Site, without giving effect to any principle of conflict of laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, IoT Advisory may seek recourse in any jurisdiction worldwide to restrain the unlawful use of any of the material contained in the Site.

All disputes in terms of the use of this Site or any agreement flowing therefrom, or relating to the inability to use this Site, will be referred at the sole discretion of IoT Advisory either to adjudication in the High Court of South Africa, or to arbitration in terms of the UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration and such arbitration shall be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and conducted in the English language.

Subject to the provisions of sections 43(5) and 43(6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, IoT Advisory shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use this Site or the services or content provided from and through this Site. Furthermore, IoT Advisory makes no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content and technology available from this Site are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be uninterrupted and error free.

This Site is supplied on an “as is” basis and has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user's individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy him or herself, prior to entering into this agreement with IoT Advisory, that the service available from and through this Site will meet the user's individual requirements and be compatible with the user's hardware and/or software.