Privacy

No personally identifiable information about visitors is retained on our servers.  However, commercial partners may retain information according to their privacy policies, so if you are referred to an external page you should check that you are happy with their policy.

However, if you register for comments, we will retain your email address.  This will not be used for spam.  It will not be shared with any third parties, except on production of an interdict.

Statistical information is collected about visitors and partner site may use cookies to accumulate information about browsing behaviors.

Unless you have changed the settings, the chances are that your browser will accept cookies automatically.  Some features of the site may not work correctly unless you accept cookies.  However, you may choose to not accept cookies by changing your browser options.  You also have options for controlling cookies by site, using Firefox plugins, for example.  And there are extensions that will assist you to delete cookies, even if your browser does not make this easy for you to do.

Google may set a cookie called a dart.  They provide a means for opting out of this at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.   That page is also worth reading as Google is a partner of this site and their privacy conditions augment those recorded here.  Google’s privacy policy can be examined here: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/privacy-policy.html

Copyright

All material on Diytravelexpert.com is copyrighted and may not be copied, or distributed in any form whatever without permission.  You may not deep link within frames or content scrape to so as to make it look like our content is yours.  Normal links are acceptable, providing that this is kept to a reasonable level.

Any comments or other submissions remain the copyright of the submitter but you agree that we may use it in any whatever, online or off line, without attribution.  We are not under any compulsion to treat any communication with us as confidential.  Materials and communications sent to us even in error will become our property to do with as we see fit and this right will have precedence over any restrictions that you may post to your web site.

You agree not to assert any ownership right of any kind in your submission (including, but not limited to copyright, trademark unfair competition or implied contract), you assign your copyright to us and you waive your moral rights to any copyrightable work.

You acknowledge that you are responsible for any submission you make — in other words, you acknowledge that you (and not we) have full responsibility for the submission, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.

Links

Any pages we link to are the copyright of the respective copyright holders,  We are in no way responsible for content hosted on other sites.

Limitation of liability

In no event will diytravelexpert.com or anyone associated with it be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect, consequential, exemplary (punitive) damages arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available on this web site whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence), or otherwise.

These include (but are not limited to) damages or injury caused by any – use of (or inability to use) the sites;

- use of (or inability to use) any site to which you hyperlink from our sites; error or omissions; non-availability of service for any reason; inaccuracy of information; defect; virus or malware.

Keep in mind that we are not liable for any damages of any kind, including damages intended to compensate someone directly for a loss or injury, including consequential damages; expenses resulting directly from a loss or injury (legally, “incidental damages”).

Furthermore, we are not liable even if we’ve been negligent or if our authorised representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages — or both.

No Warranties

While we work hard to provide you with the most current and accurate information, we do not warrant that everything on our web site be error free or complete. We do not warrant the quality, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any claims, statements or information on our web site. Further, we make no representations about the suitability of any of the information contained on this web site for any purposes.

The opinions expressed do not constitute advice and should not be acted upon without confirming the correctness and applicability independently, and even so is acted upon entirely at your own risk.

All information, products, materials, services and advice contained in this web site or provided by this web site, including all text, graphics, links, animation, java script, cookies, products, and materials are provided “as is” without any representations, warranties or conditions of any kind, either expressed or implied. Furthermore, we do not warrant that the web site will operate error free or that this web site and its server are free of computer viruses and other harmful effects.

Amongst other things we specifically disclaim any warranties that:

(a) the material is of any particular level of merchantability or fit for a particular purpose.

(b) the functional elements contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error free.

(c) defects will be corrected.

(d) our sites or the servers that make them available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

(e) successful results or outcomes will result from properly following any instructions or directions

Limited license

We retain full and complete title to the software and to all of the associated intellectual-property rights. So you are not allowed to redistribute or sell the material — or to reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise convert it to any other form that people can use.

No rights, other than display, are granted with respect to any of our trademarks used on the site. Any unauthorised use of our trademarks is strictly prohibited and no rights are extended with respect to third party trademarks or logos that may be used on the site.  Those trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.