Privacy Statement
GORD is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the GORD website (WWW.GORD.QA) and governs data collection and usage. By using GORD website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
GORD collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. GORD also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by GORD. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Website addresses. This information is used by GORD for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of GORD website.
GORD encourages you to review the privacy statements of Websites you choose to link to from WWW.GORD.QA so that you can understand how those Websites collect, use and share your information. GORD is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Websites outside of the WWW.GORD.QA Website.
Use of your Personal Information
GORD collects and uses your personal information to operate the WWW.GORD.QA Website and deliver services you request. GORD also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from GORD and its partners. GORD may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
GORD does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. GORD may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, GORD may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to GORD, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
GORD does not use or disclose sensitive personal information without your explicit consent.
GORD keeps track of the Websites and pages our customers visit within WWW.GORD.QA, in order to determine what GORD services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within GORD to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
The WWW.GORD.QA Website will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on GORD or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of GORD; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of WWW.GORD.QA, or the public.
Security of your Personal Information
GORD secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. WWW.GORD.QA secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
GORD will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. GORD encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how GORD is protecting your information.
Contact Information
GORD welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that WWW.GORD.QA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact GORD at info@gord.qa. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Agreement Between User and GORD
The WWW.GORD.QA Website comprises of various Web pages operated by GORD.
The WWW.GORD.QA Website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
WWW.GORD.QA reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the WWW.GORD.QA Website is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website.
Links To Third Party Sites
The WWW.GORD.QA Website may contain links to other Websites (“Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of WWW.GORD.QA and GORD is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. WWW.GORD.QA is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. WWW.GORD.QA is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by GORD of the site or any association with its operators.
No Unlawful Or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website, you warrant to GORD that you will not use the WWW.GORD.QA Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the WWW.GORD.QA Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the WWW.GORD.QA Website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the WWW.GORD.QA Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the WWW.GORD.QA Website.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO GORD OR POSTED AT the WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE
WWW.GORD.QA does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to WWW.GORD.QA (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to the WWW.GORD.QA Website or its associated services (collectively “Submissions").
However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting GORD and its partners permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. WWW.GORD.QA is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in WWW.GORD.QA’s sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. GORD AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.
WWW.GORD.QA AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WWW.GORD.QA AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL GORD AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE WWW.GORD.QA OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF GORD OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE WWW.GORD.QA WEBSITE.
SERVICE CONTACT : info@gord.qa
TERMINATION/ACESS RESTRICTION
GORD reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the WWW.GORD.QA Website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. GENERAL To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Qatar and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Qatar in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website. Use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and GORD as a result of this agreement or use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website. WWW.GORD.QA's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of WWW.GORD.QA's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the WWW.GORD.QA Website or information provided to or gathered by GORD with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and GORD with respect to the WWW.GORD.QA Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and GORD with respect to the WWW.GORD.QA Website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent an d subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:
This website and its content is copyright of Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) – © GORD 2018. All rights reserved. And the materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law under Law No. 7 of 2002.
Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:
- You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
- You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material
- You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
TRADEMARKS
GORD, GSAS, GSASGATE, LinkMe and/or other GORD products referenced herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of GORD in Qatar and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The use of these trademarks, of the company name Gulf Organisation for Research & Development and the company logo, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of criminal law. The products discussed herein may have different tradenames, different labelling, product presentation and strength in different countries. Please contact our local affiliate in case clarification is requested.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.