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ABOUT US
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UNSOLICITED MATERIALS
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1. Reached the age of “majority” where you live; or
2. Valid legal parental or guardian consent to be bound by the terms of these Terms of Use; or
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OWNERSHIP OF CONTENTS AND LICENSE TERMS
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Further to the above, access to certain Contents may be limited to residents of certain geographical territories, and Pemandu Associates reserves the right to modify such restriction.
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RISK
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9. Any software downloaded from the Site;
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INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless and keep us indemnified in full against all and any claims, actions, proceedings, loss, damage, costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis), expenses and liabilities of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising which may be brought against or suffered or incurred by us arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to:-
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2. Any breach or non-observance of any of these Terms of Use by you or by any other person or entity where such person or entity was able to access and/or use the Website by using your user id and password (where applicable); or
3. Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right.
This indemnity clause will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Contents or Site.
HYPERLINKS
Any hyperlinks from the Site exist for information purposes and are for your convenience only. Pemandu Associates accepts no liability for any Losses arising directly or indirectly (including consequential loss) from the accuracy or otherwise of materials or information contained on the pages of such websites or loss arising directly or indirectly from defects with such websites. Our inclusion of hyperlinks does not imply any warranty, endorsement, guarantee or verification of the products or services on such websites and such websites should only be accessed at your own risks.
ASSIGNMENT
You may not transfer or assign these Terms of Use and all rights and licenses granted hereunder to another but Pemandu Associates may do so without restriction and notice.
APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
We make no representation that the Site and/or Contents contained herein are appropriate or available for use in other locations or jurisdictions other than Malaysia. In the event that the laws of the jurisdiction you are in do not permit or impose restrictions on the access to the contents of the Site, you shall forthwith discontinue access or comply with such restrictions (as the case may be).
These Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Malaysia but in enforcing these Terms of Use, Pemandu Associates shall be at liberty to initiate and take actions or proceedings or otherwise against you in Malaysia or elsewhere as we may deem fit. You hereby agree that where any actions or proceedings are initiated and taken in Malaysia, you shall submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Malaysia in all matters connected with your obligations and liabilities under or arising out of these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use together with the Privacy Policy at and any other legal notices published by Pemandu Associates on the Contents or Site shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Pemandu Associates concerning the Contents.
WAIVER AIVER AND SEVERABILITY
No failure or delay by us in exercising or enforcing any right or option under these Terms of Use shall be considered as a waiver thereof or limit, prejudice or impair our right to take any action or to exercise any right as against you or render us responsible for any loss or damage arising therefrom.
If any one or more of the provisions in these Terms of Use are deemed invalid, unlawful or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
VARIATION
Pemandu Associates reserves the right to change or amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice. The new version will be posted on the Site and will take effect immediately upon posting. It is your responsibility to check and review these Terms of Use for any changes. Your use of the Site or Contents following any amendments or changes of these Terms of Use will indicates your agreement to be bound by the new Terms of Use.
We shall not be responsible or liable to you for any expense, loss, damage, liability or other consequence suffered by you or incurred by you in connection with any of the foregoing action.
Pemandu Associates is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
This Privacy Policy provides an explanation as to what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this page. Please read this Privacy Policy when using the Pemandu Associates Website. By accessing the Pemandu Associates Website, you are agreeing to the terms stated in this Privacy Policy as amended from time to time. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Details of your visits to the website www.pemandu.org (hereinafter referred to as (“the Pemandu Associates Website”) and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, personal data, traffic data, statistical data, location data, weblogs and other communication data.
Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Pemandu Associates Website, such as when you sign up for our newsletter or register for information. Information provided to us when you communicate with us, in any manner, for any reason. Information obtained from you through our relationship with you or when you have engaged our services or entered into any contractual relationship with us.
USE OF COOKIES
On occasion, we may gather information to analyze statistical information regarding access to the Pemandu Associates Website to enhance our services. Such information will not identify you personally it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
All computers have the ability to automatically accept or decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which determines how to deal with cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of the Pemandu Associates Website.
Any third parties whose website is linked to our website may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on the Pemandu Associates Website.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
1. To provide you with information requested from us, relating to our products/programmes or services.
2. To provide information on other products/programmes which we feel may be of interest to you, where you have consented to receive such information.
3. To meet our contractual commitments to you and if necessary to enable us to enforce any rights granted to us in our contracts with you or as permitted under the law.
4. To notify you about any changes to the Pemandu Associates Website, such as improvements or service/product/programmes changes, that may affect our service.
5. If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about products/programmes and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous dealing with you. Further, we may use your data so that you can be provided with information about unrelated products/programmes and services which we consider may be of interest to you. We may contact you about these products/programmes and services by any of the methods that you consented at the time your information was collected.
6. If you are a new customer, we will only contact you when you have provided consent and only by those means you provided consent for.
7. If you do not want us to use your data you will have the opportunity to withhold your consent to this when you provide your details to us on the form on which we collect your data.
8. Please be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate statistical information about our visitors.
9. In connection with any claims, actions or proceedings (including but not limited to drafting and reviewing documents, transaction documentation, obtaining legal advice, and facilitating dispute resolution), and/or protecting and enforcing our contractual and legal rights and obligations.
10. To comply with any applicable rules, laws and regulations, codes of practice or guidelines or to assist in law enforcement and investigations by relevant authorities.
11. To manage the administrative and business operations of the Companies and complying with internal policies and procedures. Other purpose relating to any of the above.
STORING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Data that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to any transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to ensure its safety.
The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
DISCLOSING YOUR INFORMATION
Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any member of the Pemandu Associates group of companies (“Pemandu Associates Group”) including those that are situated outside of Malaysia. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any).
We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
1. Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets/shares to a third party.
2. Where we are legally required to disclose your information.
3. To assist fraud protection.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
You might find links to third party websites on the Pemandu Associates Website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details below.
CONTACTING US
We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of information as outlined above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.