Our aim is to allow professionals to be more productive and successful. Our services are designed to promote economic opportunities by enabling you and millions of other professionals to exchange and share business contacts, meet, exchange ideas, find opportunities and make decisions based on a network of trusted relationships.
This user agreement applies to Office Connexion owned and operated by Billion Gates Network (Pty) Ltd. ("Office Connexion", "We", "Us", "Our").
When you use our Services, you agree to all of these terms. Your use of our Services is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which covers how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information.
You agree that by clicking “Accept”, “Join Office Connexion”, “Sign Up” or similar, registering, accessing or using our services (described below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Office Connexion (even if you are using our Services on behalf of a company). If you do not agree to this contract, do not click “Accept” and do not access or use any of our Services.
This Contract applies to OfficeConnexion.com and other Office Connexion-related sites, apps, communications, and other services that state that they are offered under this Contract (“Services”), including the offsite collection of data for those Services, such as our ads and the “Share with Office Connexion” plugins. Registered users of our Services are “Users” and unregistered users are “Visitors”. This Contract applies to both Users and Visitors.
You are eligible to enter into this Contract and you are at least our “Minimum Age.” The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 18.
To use the Services, you agree that: (1) you must be the “Minimum Age” or older; (2) you will only have one account, which must be in your real name; and (3) you are not already restricted by Office Connexion from using the Services.
You will keep your password a secret. You will not share an account with anyone else and will follow our rules and the law. Users are account holders. You agree to: (1) try to choose a strong and secure password; (2) keep your password secure and confidential; (3) not transfer any part of your account (e.g., connections); and (4) follow the law.
If you buy any of our paid Services, you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and to additional terms specific to the paid Services. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services.
You own all of the content, feedback, and personal information you provide to us, but you also grant us a non-exclusive license to it. As between you and Office Connexion, you own the content and information that you submit or post to the Services, and you are only granting Office Connexion and our affiliates the following non-exclusive license.
We may change, suspend or end any Service, or change and modify prices prospectively in our discretion. These changes may be effective upon notice provided to you.
Your use of others’ content and information posted on our Services, is at your own risk. Office Connexion is not responsible for third-party content.
Others may offer their own products and services through our Services, and we aren’t responsible for those third-party activities.
By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful. Office Connexion generally does not review content provided by our Users or others. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ content or information. We cannot always prevent this misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse. You also acknowledge the risk that you or your organization may be mistakenly associated with content about others when we let connections and followers know you or your organization were mentioned in the news.
You are responsible for deciding if you want to access or use third-party apps or sites that link from our Services. If you allow a third-party app or site to authenticate you or connect with your Office Connexion account, that app or site can access information on Office Connexion related to you and your connections. Third-party apps and sites have their own legal terms and privacy policies, and you may be giving others permission to use your information in ways we would not. Except to the limited extent it may be required by applicable law, Office Connexion is not responsible for these other sites and apps – use these at your own risk. Please see our Privacy Policy.
We have the right to limit how you connect and interact on our Services. Office Connexion reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other Members. Office Connexion reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if Office Connexion believes that you may be in breach of this Contract or law or are misusing the Services.
Office Connexion reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the Services. Using the Services does not give you any ownership in our Services or the content or information made available through our Services. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. Office Connexion logos and other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used for our Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Office Connexion.
We use data and information about you to make relevant suggestions to you and others. We will use the information and data that you provide and that we have about Users to make recommendations for connections, content and features that may be useful to you. Keeping your profile accurate and up-to-date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.
TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LAW, OFFICE CONNEXION AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT OFFICE CONNEXION WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) (A) DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS (E.G. WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NONINFRINGEMENT); (B) DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS, AND (C) PROVIDE THE SERVICE (INCLUDING CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW (AND UNLESS OFFICE CONNEXION HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), OFFICE CONNEXION AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT OFFICE CONNEXION WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR OTHERS FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION, PROFITS OR REVENUES, RELATED TO THE SERVICES (E.G. OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS, DOWN TIME OR LOSS, USE OF, OR CHANGES TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT).
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF OFFICE CONNEXION AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT OFFICE CONNEXION WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE FOR ALL CLAIMS, AN AMOUNT THAT IS THE LESSER OF (A) FIVE TIMES THE MOST RECENT MONTHLY OR YEARLY FEE THAT YOU PAID FOR A SERVICE, IF ANY, OR (B) US $500.
We can each end this Contract anytime we want. Both you and Office Connexion may terminate this Contract at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services. The following shall survive termination:
In the unlikely event we end up in a legal dispute, Office Connexion and you agree to resolve it in South African courts using South African law. You and Office Connexion both agree that all claims and disputes can be litigated only in the Commercial Crimes Court or high courts in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa and you and Office Connexion each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
If a court with authority over this Contract finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Contract.
To the extent allowed by law, the English language version of this Contract is binding and other translations are for convenience only. This Contract (including additional terms that may be provided by us when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
Office Connexion is a community of professionals. This list of “Dos and Don’ts” limit what you can and cannot do on our Services.
You agree that you will not:
Contact information for complaints about content provided by our Members. We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We require that information posted by Users be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties.
If you want to send us notices or service of process, please contact us: