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Please read this carefully. These are the terms and conditions on which you may use the Rivieratimes.com website and the content/services available on it. These terms apply to your use of Rivieratimes.com and all The Riviera Times (RT in the following) Content both irrespective of the delivery platform you use - e.g. desktop PC, laptop, mobile device or otherwise - and irrespective of how the RT Content is delivered to you - e.g. via web browser, Mobile Internet browser, email, SMS or otherwise. By accessing Rivieratimes.com you are agreeing to the terms and conditions below. If you use Rivieratimes.com in the course of your business, you are also agreeing to these terms and conditions on behalf of that business and should also read the paragraph in Section 2 regarding At Work Use. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions (or are not authorised to do so) you should not use Rivieratimes.com. If you have any questions please contact help@rivieratimes.com. We recommend that you print, store or save a copy of these terms and conditions for your records. 1. Access and Use These terms and conditions were last updated on 13 september 2009 and replace all previous terms and conditions for Rivieratimes.com. RT may change, alter, suspend or withdraw any part of Rivieratimes.com or the services available on it at any time (with or without notice to you) and may also change the terms and conditions. RT will publish details of any changes to the terms and conditions in Section 14 below. You should regularly check Section 14 of these terms and conditions to see if any changes have been made - by using Rivieratimes.com after we have posted the changes, you are agreeing to be bound by them. If you do not agree to the changes you should cease using Rivieratimes.com and you may cancel your subscription to any Paid For Services in accordance with your rights set out in Section 9. References in these terms and conditions to ”RT” (or ”we”, ”us” or ”our”) refer to the company operating Rivieratimes.com, see the Corporate Information section below for more details. Rivieratimes.com is split into four sections. Areas and levels of access that are: (1) accessible to all; (2) accessible to registered users; (3) accessible to paying subscribers and (4) accessible to registered users invited by RT to join a specific section. Permitted Use: All RT Content belongs to RT or its licensors. RT or its licensors own all intellectual property rights (including copyright and database rights) in the RT Content and any selection or arrangement of the RT Content. You may for your personal, non-commercial use: retrieve and display RT Content on any compatible device; print a single copy of individual articles on paper (but not photocopy them);
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Rivieratimes.com contains sections or areas that are only accessible to users who have been invited by RT and who have been accepted by the RT to participate at its sole discretion. A subscription to Rivieratimes.com does not grant a subscriber the right to access these restricted areas of Rivieratimes.com. Any user who has been invited by the RT to access the restricted areas must be a registered user of Rivieratimes.com and have accepted to be bound by these Terms and Conditions prior to obtaining access to any restricted areas of Rivieratimes.com. We recommend that if you are invited to contribute to such a section, that you first read Section 3 above carefully. Rivieratimes.com and RT newspaper subscriptions are operated by Mediterraneum Editions sarl, whose principal place of business is at 8, Avenue Jean Moulin, F-06340 Drap/Nice (France) These terms and conditions were published on 10 August 2009 and replace with immediate effect the terms and conditions previously published. You can discuss with the journalists and the Web-Community using the comments on rczeitung.com, monacozeitung.com and rivieratimes.com, monacotimes.com. Here you can ask questions, tell us what you know, or tell us your opinions. This is an interesting way to get in touch and involve with the anglophone community in the South of France, Monaco and the Italian Riviera. Be tolerant and respect other opinions. Treat the users the same way you want to be treated. Abondon provocations and unnecessary polemic. Mediterraneum Editions sarl publishes all comments after checking to be appropriate following the internet etiquette. n: |
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