Use Policy and Disclaimer

The National Center for Government Resource Systems website (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) is made available for your personal use. Your access to and use of the Website are subject to these Terms of Use, as well as the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By accessing, visiting, or using the Website, you unconditionally agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, whether or not you are a registered user. Such acceptance shall take effect from the date of your first use of the Website.

• The use of the Website is subject to a number of terms and conditions that may be continuously updated and amended as necessary. Any amendment or update to these terms and conditions shall become effective immediately upon being published on the Website, unless otherwise stated. You are therefore required to regularly review the Terms of Use and Disclaimer provisions to be aware of any updates or amendments thereto.
• Your continued use of the Website constitutes your acknowledgment that you have reviewed and fully accepted any amendments made to these Terms of Use. The Website Administration shall not be required to announce any updates or amendments made to these terms and conditions.
• This Policy applies to all users and visitors of the Center’s Website (hereinafter referred to as the “User”).

2. Terms of Use

By using the Website, you acknowledge and agree to refrain from the following:

• Providing, downloading, or uploading files containing software, materials, data, or other information that you do not own, for which you do not hold the necessary license, or which is not publicly available for use.
• Using the Website in any manner to send commercial or unsolicited emails, or otherwise misusing the Center’s Website in such a manner.
• Using the Website to engage in any activities that are unlawful or illegal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Providing, downloading, or uploading files to the Website that contain viruses or corrupted data.
• Publishing, advertising, distributing, or disseminating any materials or information that are defamatory, violate applicable laws, contain pornographic or obscene content, offend public morals, or are otherwise unlawful through the Center’s Website.
• Advertising any product or service on the Center’s Website in a manner that would place the Website in violation of any applicable law or regulation in any field.
• Using any means, software, or procedure to intercept or attempt to interfere with the proper operation of the Center’s Website.
• Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately excessive load on the infrastructure of the Center’s Website.
• Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable load, involves excessive downloading, or otherwise improperly utilizes the infrastructure of the Center’s Website.
• Engaging in any activity that constitutes a violation of the Anti-Cyber Crime Law or any other applicable laws and regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Creating, displaying, or placing electronic links to the Center’s Website on any website, except for links to services placed on websites whose objectives and general orientation do not conflict with the objectives, policies, and frameworks governing the Center’s electronic services.
• Contributing to or using the Website to gain unauthorized access to any service or system, or to search for vulnerabilities therein without authorization, including, without limitation, unauthorized security testing or vulnerability scanning.

3. Links To and From the Center’s Website

Use of Links to the Center’s Website

• Except as provided below, you may not transmit, copy, or create electronic links to the Center’s Website or any of its content, or display any of its content within a frame.
• You must submit a specific request and obtain the Center’s express approval before creating electronic links to this Website, displaying any of its content within a frame, or engaging in any similar activities.
• The Center reserves the right to impose any conditions when permitting the creation of an electronic link to this Website or any of its content, or when permitting this Website or any of its content to be displayed within a frame.
• Under no circumstances shall the Center be deemed to participate in, or be affiliated in any way with, any trademarks, logos, trade or service marks, or any other means used or displayed on websites linked to this Website or any of its content.
• The Center reserves all rights to suspend or prevent any connection or link, in any form, from any website containing inappropriate, offensive, abusive, obscene, pornographic, indecent, unacceptable, or unlawful subjects, names, materials, or information that violate any law or infringe any intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights.
• The Center reserves the right to disable any unauthorized link in any form and shall not be liable for the content available on any other website accessed through this Website or from which this Website is accessed.

4. Links from the Center’s Website

• Links to other portals and/or websites are provided for your convenience. The Center disclaims any responsibility for the content or reliability of the portals and/or websites to which such links lead and does not endorse their content. Your use of such links to access those websites or portals is entirely at your own risk.
• The Center endeavors to replace broken or non-functional electronic links to other websites; however, it cannot guarantee that such links will remain functional at all times.

5. Protection Against Viruses

The Center makes every effort to examine and test the content of this Website throughout all stages of production. The Center advises you to always use antivirus software on all materials downloaded from the Internet. The Center shall not be liable for any loss, interruption, or damage to your data, computer, or any other device that may occur while connecting to or using this Website or any material obtained from it.

6. Disclaimer of Claims

• The Center’s Website, services, information, materials, and functionalities available on or accessible through the Website are provided for your personal use on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any representations, promises, or warranties of any kind.
• The Center does not warrant and shall not be liable for any interruptions, errors, or omissions that may arise from your use of the Website, its content, or any website linked to it, whether or not the Center is aware of such circumstances.
• Any communications, information, or data that a User may submit through the Website shall not be considered proprietary to the User, nor shall the User have any right to guarantee the confidentiality thereof, except for personal data. The Center shall protect personal data in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and shall not use or disclose such data except to the extent permitted by such laws and regulations.
• Any use or interactive use of the Website shall not grant, and is not intended to grant, the User any rights, licenses, or privileges of any kind.
• The User acknowledges and agrees that certain data included in the services provided through the Website may be made available where such data is available on the Website, and that such data is provided in the form in which it was obtained from its owner, depending on the nature of the data. The Center shall not be responsible for the validity, accuracy, or completeness of the data and information made available to the User. If the User has any dispute with the entity that owns the data, the Center shall not intervene in such dispute and shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User as a result of the data-owning entity's failure to fulfill its obligations.
• The Center does not provide any endorsement, guarantee, or warranty regarding the provision of services through the Website, whether in terms of availability or any level of quality or accuracy, whether express or implied.
• The User agrees to hold the Center harmless from errors attributable to any third parties, including, without limitation, telecommunications service providers or interruptions in connection to the Website. The User acknowledges that the Center shall not be liable where Internet service providers are unable to establish an electronic connection to the services, or where the systems operated by such providers or by the Center are unable to provide the services in an appropriate manner.

7. Disclaimer of Liability

Limitation of Liability

The electronic services, information, and materials made available through the Center’s Website over the Internet are provided solely to facilitate manual procedures. Accordingly, you acknowledge that communications over the Internet may be subject to interference or interception by third parties, that the Website does not replace information available from official entities, and that applications and administrative procedures may be submitted directly to the competent authorities.

Accordingly, your use of this Website is entirely at your own risk. Under no circumstances shall the Center be liable for any loss or damage of any kind that you may incur as a result of your use of or visit to the Website, your reliance on any statement, opinion, or advertisement contained therein, or any delay in operation, connection failure, Internet access issues, equipment or software malfunctions, or the conduct or views of any person accessing the Website.

Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that the sole and exclusive remedy for any damage or loss that may occur as a result of accessing or using this Website is to refrain from using or accessing the Website or to discontinue such use or access.

8. Indemnification

You hereby acknowledge and agree not to bring any action against the National Center for Government Resource Systems, or any of its supervisors, operators, or employees responsible for managing, maintaining, updating, or providing the Website, in respect of any obligations or liabilities that may arise in connection with any claim resulting from your breach of these Terms of Use or any applicable laws, whether in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or in the jurisdiction in which you reside. You further agree to indemnify the Center against any such breach.

Without prejudice to the applicable liability regulations concerning damages under the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the User shall be responsible for any fines or other measures arising from the User’s violation of these Terms, where such fines or measures may be imposed by the competent authorities in accordance with their applicable regulations.

9. Termination of Use

The National Center for Government Resource Systems may, at its sole discretion, terminate, restrict, or suspend your right to access and use the Website without prior notice and for any reason, including violation of these Terms of Use or any other conduct that the Center, at its sole discretion, considers unlawful or harmful to others. Upon termination, you shall no longer be authorized to access the Website.

10. Intellectual Property Rights

• The copyrights, information, and materials, including but not limited to informational graphics and software (collectively, the “Content”), and all intellectual property rights available on and contained in the Center’s Website are assets owned by the Center or by other entities with which it has dealings. It is strictly prohibited to copy, publish, or use such Content in a manner contrary to the purpose for which it was published, or to exploit it for personal purposes, interests, or any other purpose without obtaining the Center’s prior express written permission. Where the Center’s written approval is obtained, the Center’s Website must be acknowledged as the source of such information when it is used.
• Unless otherwise stated, you may not sell, license, lease, modify, copy, reproduce, reprint, download, advertise, transmit, distribute, publicly display, edit, or create derivative works from any materials or Content of this Website for the public or for commercial purposes without obtaining the Center’s prior express written approval.
• Any modification to the Website’s Content is prohibited without obtaining the Center’s prior express written permission.

11. Jurisdiction

You hereby agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to all claims and disputes arising from your use of or visit to this Website. The Arabic language shall be the official language used for resolving any disputes arising from your use of the Website or any of its Content.

12. General Provisions

• These Terms do not restrict any rights of the Center’s Website established under any laws, regulations, decisions, or other documents applicable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• The Center shall not bear any financial or non-financial costs or obligations toward the User in connection with the User’s performance of their responsibilities. The Center shall also not be liable to the User for any direct or indirect damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising from the User’s use of or visit to the Website.
• The Center reserves the right to delete or decline to publish any comments, materials, ideas, or contributions submitted by Website users that the Website Administration, at its discretion, considers inappropriate.
• The Center’s Website may collect data relating to your use of the Website from your computer or any other device during your visit, browsing, or use of the Website. By using the Website, you acknowledge and consent to the Website’s use of the data provided by you.
• Arabic is the primary language for using the Website and benefiting from all materials published on it. Any translation of such materials is provided as an additional service. Accordingly, the available translation shall not be relied upon for the interpretation of any dispute concerning the content of the Website.