Website Terms of Service

Stirling House (Pty) Limited · Registration number 2025/451705/07

These Terms of Service (Terms) are effective as of 5^th July 2025.

Language: Automatic translations are provided for convenience only. The English version of these terms is authoritative.

INTRODUCTION

These Terms and our Privacy Policy shall govern a User’s use of the Company’s website www.stirlinghouse.co and all of the content thereon (Website). By continuing to access and use the Website, a User is accepting and agreeing to these Terms and our Privacy Policy in full.

Should a User not agree with any of the Terms set out herein, such User must immediately stop accessing the Website.

Minors are not permitted to use this Website.

LAWFUL PURPOSES AND RESTRICTIONS

The User agrees to use the Website for lawful purposes only.

Accordingly, the User may not:

• publish or mirror any of this Website’s material in any media whatsoever;
• use this Website for any objectionable or unlawful purpose, including the posting of any threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, profane or spam material;
• take any action that may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Website’s infrastructure of any nature;
• use this Website in any manner would result in a User breaching any applicable legislation or licensing obligations (including with respect to privacy) or any obligations a User may owe to third parties;
• conduct any activity which compromises or breaches any third party’s patent rights, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights;
• introduce any virus, worm, trojan horse, malicious code or other program which may damage computers or other computer-based equipment of the Company or affect the performance of this Website;
• engage in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Website;
• use this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in any way may cause harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity;
• use this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing other than in a manner expressly permitted by the Website;
• crawl, spider or scrape the content of the Website, except to the extent required by recognised search engines (e.g. Google) for the purposes of indexing this Website; or
• provide unauthorised interfaces to the Website.

Certain areas of this Website may be restricted from being accessed by a User, and the Company may further restrict access by a User to any areas of this Website, at any time, at its absolute discretion. Any user ID and password a User may have for this Website are confidential and a User must maintain confidentiality as well.

In these Terms, “a User’s Content” shall mean any audio, video text, images or other material a User may choose to display on this Website, if applicable. By displaying a User’s Content, a User grants the Company non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.

A User’s Content must be a User’s own and must not be invading any third party's rights. The Company reserves the right to remove any of a User’s Content from this Website at any time without notice.

INFORMATIVE PURPOSES ONLY

The Website has been provided on an informative basis only. The Company reserves the right to update the Website from time to time and cannot guarantee that information provided will be accurate at any time. The User is encouraged to self-validate any information which may be made available on the Website, as this has been provided for informative purposes only and shall be expressing the opinion of the Company at all times. Without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, the User’s use of the Website is solely at the User’s risk.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Company and/or the Company’s licensors own all the intellectual property rights and materials as well as content as are contained on this Website.

The User is granted a limited license only for purposes of utilising this Website.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This Website may contain links or portals to other websites. The Company has no control over websites operated by third parties and a User agrees that the Company is not responsible for and will have no liability in connection with a User’s access to or use of any third party website whatsoever.

COOKIES

The Website may use small data files placed on the User’s computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device used by the User to access the Website from, that will allow the Company to record certain pieces of information about the User whenever the User visits or interacts with the Website. The User is referred to the Company’s Privacy Policy for more information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

It may be the case that the Company receives personal information as contemplated by the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 from you (for example, when the User contacts the Company through the Website). By providing such personal information, the User is agreeing to the Company’s Privacy Policy. The User is referred to the Company’s Privacy Policy for more information.

NO WARRANTIES

This Website is provided on a strictly “as is” and “as available” basis, and the Company expressly disclaims any and all representations or warranties, whether express or implied, of any kind related to this Website or the materials or content contained on this Website.

The Company cannot guarantee or warrant that any file downloaded from this Website or delivered to a User will be free of infection or virus, worms, trojan horses or other code that has contaminating or destructive qualities. A User is responsible for implementing appropriate processes, systems, and procedures to circumvent this type of issue.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

The User acknowledges and agrees that the Company has no obligation to provide the User with any support or maintenance in connection with the Website and the User’s use thereof. It shall be the sole responsibility of the User to ensure that there are no viruses, harmful code, malicious software or otherwise, which could adversely affect the device that the User is accessing the Website from.

In no event shall the Company, or any of its officers, directors, and employees, be held liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with a User’s use of this Website whether such liability is under contract, delict or otherwise.

A User indemnifies the Company and agrees to keep the Company indemnified, from and against any claim, loss, damage, cost, or expense that the Company may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with a User’s improper use of or conduct in connection with this Website, including any breach by a User of these Terms or any applicable law or licensing requirements.

To the extent that the Company’s liability cannot be excluded by law, the Company’s maximum liability, whether in contract, equity, statute, or tort (including negligence), to a User will be limited to the minimum amount imposed by such law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, in no circumstances will the Company be liable for any indirect, punitive, or consequential loss or damages, loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money or any loss or damages arising from or in any way connected to interruption of this Website of any type, whether in delict, contract or otherwise.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under any applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

VARIATION OF TERMS

To the extent permitted by law, the Company is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it deems fit, without prior notice to Users, and any revisions to the Terms will take effect when posted on this Website, unless a later date is stated in the revised Terms. A User’s continued use of this Website will be construed as a User’s consent to the amended or updated Terms and will be conditional upon the Terms in force at the time of use. A User’s only remedy, should such User not agree to these amended Terms, is to stop the use of this Website.

ASSIGNMENT

The Company is allowed to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification. However, a User is not allowed to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of its rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Company and a User in relation to a User’s use of this Website (unless a more specific agreement has been entered into in this regard).

GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION

These Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa.

DOMICILIUM CITANDI ET EXECUTANDI AND CONTACT INFORMATION

A User and the Company choose as their respective domicilium citandi et executandi for the purpose of legal proceedings and for the purpose of giving or sending any notice provided for or necessary to these Terms, the following:

Both a User and the Company may change its domicilium to any other physical address or email address by written notice to the other to that effect. Such change of address will be effective 7 (seven) days after receipt of notice of change of domicilium.

All notices to be given in terms of these Terms will:

• be given in writing;
• be delivered or sent by email; and
• be presumed to have been received on the date of delivery.

Notwithstanding the above, any notice received by the other will be deemed to have been properly given and received, even in circumstances where such notice has not been given in accordance with the provisions of this clause.