Terms and Conditions

Introduction

Welcome to the website of Benin Maritime Administration (BMA). These Terms of Use  govern your access to and use of the BMA website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you may not access or use the Website.


Permitted Uses

You are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access and use the Website for your personal, non-commercial purposes only. You may:

  • Browse the Website and access the information, resources, and services offered.
  • Download and print materials from the Website for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other proprietary notices.
  • Participate in interactive features of the Website, provided that your participation complies with these Terms.

Prohibited Uses

You are prohibited from doing any of the following while using the Website:

  • Violating any applicable law or regulation.
  • Infringing on the intellectual property rights of BMA or any third party.
  • Transmitting any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially or ethnically offensive.
  • Interfering with or disrupting the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website.
  • Attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Website or any portion thereof, including any account, computer system, or network connected to the Website, through hacking, password mining, or other means.
  • Using the Website to collect or harvest personal data about other users.
  • Using the Website for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of BMA.

User Content

The Website may allow you to submit comments, feedback, or other content. You retain all ownership rights to your User Content. However, by submitting User Content to the Website, you grant BMA a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and display such User Content on the Website and in connection with BMA’s business.
You represent and warrant that you own all rights to your User Content or have obtained all necessary permissions and licenses to grant the rights set forth in this Section 4. You further represent and warrant that your User Content does not violate the rights of any third party.

Intellectual Property

The Website and all content, materials, and other intellectual property on the Website are owned by BMA or its licensors. The Content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, or commercially exploit any Content without the express written consent of BMA.

Disclaimer

The Website and Content are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, express or implied. BMA disclaims all warranties, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. BMA does not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall BMA be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website or the Content, even if BMA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Termination

BMA may terminate your access to the Website for any reason, at any time, without notice.
Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [your country], without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and BMA regarding your use of the Website.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Waiver

No waiver of any breach of any provision of these Terms shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.

Updates to Terms

BMA may update these Terms at any time. The updated Terms will be posted on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of the updated Terms constitutes your acceptance