PKNIC Advisory Group

Terms and Conditions

 

 


1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. PKNIC provides the membership ("Membership") of its Advisory Group to you, subject to the following terms of membership ("Terms of Membership"), which may be updated by PKNIC from time to time without notice to you. The membership is open to all valid holders of Pakistan National Identity card. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Membership at any time at: http://pknic.net.pk/ag-terms.html 

2. YOUR MEMBERSHIP OBLIGATIONS. You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Membership's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete, and (c) provide on request by PKNIC an attested copy of your Pakistani National ID card. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or PKNIC has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, PKNIC has the right to suspend or terminate your membership. You are required to provide advise to PKNIC when so asked, in terms of polls and voting about its Domain Name policy changes proposals, conducted by PKNIC from time to time, but not more than twice a year. You may also be required to participate in decision-making about appeals by domain applicants against any decision based on the interpretation of the PKNIC policy.

You agree to not use the Membership to:

a.

impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a PKNIC official or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

b.

forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Membership;

c.

upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation to the other members, or non-members.

d.

trasfer, sell, or exploit for any commercial purposes, the Membership, use of the Membership, or access to the Membership.

3. MEMBER ID, PASSWORD AND SECURITY. You will receive a password and Membership ID upon completing the Membership's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and ID, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or member ID. You agree to (a) immediately notify PKNIC of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. PKNIC cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.

4. INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify and hold PKNIC, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Membership, your connection to the Membership, your violation of the Terms of Membership, or your violation of any rights of another.

5. TERMINATION OF ADVISORY GROUP. PKNIC reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Advisory Group (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that PKNIC shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Membership.

6. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. You agree that PKNIC, in its sole discretion, may terminate your Membership, for any reason, including, without limitation, for your lack of participation or response to PKNIC polls and voting, or if PKNIC believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Membership. PKNIC may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Membership, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Membership under any provision of this Terms of Membership may be effected without prior notice. Further, you agree that PKNIC shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your Membership.

7. PKNIC PROPERTIES. You acknowledge that, as between PKNIC and yourself, PKNIC owns all rights, title, and interest in the PKNIC logos, product and service names and trademarks (the "PKNIC Marks"), PKNIC gTLD, PKNIC domain names, all components of PKNIC web site, and all the software used by PKNIC for the domain registration and other functions (collectively, the “PKNC IP”). You acknowledge that use of Membership does not give you any right, title, equity, ownership or representation of PKNIC, or its name, properties, web site, assets, and other Intellectual properties. You agree that you will not claim any representation of PKNIC other than what is explicitly stated herein. Any copyrightable works, ideas, discoveries, inventions, patents, products, or other information (collectively the "Work Product") developed in whole or in part by yourself in connection with the Membership provided by PKNIC will be the exclusive property of PKNIC. Without PKNIC's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the PKNIC Marks.

8. SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Agreement will be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions will continue to be valid and enforceable.  If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision will be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PKNIC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF PKNIC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE MEMBERSHIP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE MEMBERSHIP; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP..