These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern access to and use of diariko.com, including its articles, news, lifestyle and opinion content, categories, search, newsletters, comments or other interactive features, embedded content, advertising and related services (collectively, the “Website”).
The Website is operated by the person or entity that controls it (the “Operator”, “we”, “us” or “our”). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you should stop using the Website.
- General information service
The Website provides general editorial, informational, news, commentary, lifestyle and entertainment content. Content may be original, curated, summarised, sourced from public information, licensed, contributed by third parties or generated with technological assistance.
Publication does not imply endorsement of every statement, person, product, service, source or viewpoint described in an article.
- No professional advice
Content is provided for general information and should not be treated as legal, medical, financial, investment, tax, travel-safety or other professional advice.
Health, personal-care, finance, travel, sports or similar articles may discuss topics that require individual assessment. You should seek appropriate professional advice or official information before making decisions that may materially affect health, finances, legal rights or safety.
- Accuracy, timeliness and corrections
News and online information can change quickly. Although reasonable efforts may be made to provide accurate and useful content, we do not guarantee that every article is complete, current, error-free or suitable for a particular purpose.
Headlines, summaries, dates, translations, images, quotations and third-party information may be corrected, updated, supplemented or removed without notice.
If you believe content contains a material factual error, rights violation or misleading statement, you may submit a correction or complaint through the Website’s available contact mechanism.
- Editorial independence, sponsored and commercial content
The Website may display advertising, sponsorships, affiliate links, promotional content, product references or other commercial material. Where required by law or editorial policy, commercial relationships will be identified in an appropriate manner.
Advertising or sponsorship does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or warranty by the Operator. Transactions with advertisers or third parties are between you and the relevant third party.
- Intellectual property
Unless otherwise indicated, the Website’s layout, branding, text, compilations, graphics, databases, original articles and other materials are owned by or licensed to the Operator and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may access and display content for personal, non-commercial use and may share ordinary links to public pages. Any other reproduction, republication, commercial distribution, systematic copying, syndication or creation of a substitute publication requires permission unless permitted by law.
Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of Website intellectual property to you.
- Automated access, scraping and data mining
You may not use bots, crawlers, scrapers or automated tools to extract substantial portions of the Website, circumvent technical measures, reproduce the publication, create a competing database, overload infrastructure or collect personal data in violation of law.
General-purpose search engines may crawl public pages in accordance with ordinary indexing standards and technical directives. Any broader use of Website content to train, fine-tune, benchmark or commercially develop machine-learning or generative systems requires permission to the extent such restriction is enforceable under applicable law.
- User comments and submissions
If the Website allows comments, messages, tips, photos, text or other submissions (“User Content”), you retain rights you hold in that content but grant the Operator a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt for formatting, display, moderate, distribute and otherwise use the content for operating, promoting and archiving the Website.
You represent that you have the rights needed to submit User Content and that it does not unlawfully infringe copyright, privacy, confidentiality, publicity, trademark or other rights.
Public submissions may be visible to others and may be indexed by search services. Do not submit information you wish to keep confidential.
- Content standards and moderation
User Content must not be unlawful, threatening, harassing, hateful, defamatory, fraudulent, deliberately deceptive, sexually exploitative, invasive of privacy, infringing, malicious, spam, malware, or content that facilitates unlawful activity.
We may moderate, reject, hide, edit for formatting, disable or remove User Content, and may restrict access to interactive features, where reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, comply with law, protect users or maintain the quality and security of the Website.
Moderation decisions may use automated tools and human review. We are not obliged to pre-screen every submission.
- Copyright and rights complaints
If you believe Website content infringes your copyright, privacy, image rights, trademark or other legal rights, you may submit a sufficiently detailed notice through the Website’s contact mechanism identifying the material, the right claimed, the basis of the complaint and a means of contacting you.
We may request additional information, remove or restrict access to disputed material, preserve evidence or forward relevant portions of a complaint to the contributor or source where appropriate and legally permitted.
- Newsletters and subscriptions
If you subscribe to newsletters or content updates, you consent to receive the communications you request subject to the Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe using the mechanism provided in the message or Website.
Subscription to editorial updates does not guarantee a particular frequency, topic, format or continued availability unless expressly stated.
- Third-party links and embedded content
The Website may link to external sources or include embedded videos, posts, tools, advertisements or other third-party content. We do not control or guarantee external content, security, availability, privacy practices, products or services.
Following a link or interacting with an external service is at your own discretion and may be subject to separate terms.
- Search, recommendations and rankings
Search results, related-article suggestions, trending lists, rankings and similar features may be produced using editorial criteria, chronology, engagement signals, automated systems or a combination of methods.
Placement or ranking does not necessarily indicate endorsement, importance, accuracy or commercial value.
- Privacy and cookies
The Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy explain how the Website handles personal data and tracking technologies and form part of the Website’s legal framework.
- Security and prohibited conduct
You may not interfere with Website operation, attempt unauthorised access, introduce malicious code, exploit vulnerabilities, impersonate another person, manipulate engagement metrics, evade bans, misuse contact functions or use the Website for unlawful activity.
We may take reasonable technical and legal measures to investigate and respond to abuse.
- Website availability and changes
We may update, reorganise, suspend or remove articles, categories, features or the Website itself without notice for editorial, operational, technical, security, legal or commercial reasons.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, preservation of every article or comment, or compatibility with every device or browser.
- Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or uninterrupted operation.
Nothing in this clause excludes warranties or rights that applicable law does not permit to be excluded.
- Limitation of liability
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Operator is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, opportunity, goodwill, data or anticipated savings arising from use of or reliance on the Website.
For free access to editorial content, the Operator’s aggregate liability is limited to the minimum amount that applicable law allows to be limited. This does not affect mandatory consumer rights.
- Indemnity for unlawful use
To the extent permitted by law, you are responsible for losses, claims and reasonable costs resulting from your unlawful User Content, infringement of third-party rights, malicious conduct or material breach of these Terms. This does not apply to the extent a claim results from the Operator’s own unlawful conduct.
- Age and minors
The Website is intended for a general audience. Interactive features should be used only by persons capable of providing any legally required consent or with appropriate parental or guardian authorisation where required.
- Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the law applicable to the Operator’s establishment and operation of the Website, without depriving consumers of mandatory protections that apply in their place of habitual residence.
Subject to mandatory consumer jurisdiction rules, disputes may be brought before a competent court having jurisdiction over the Operator. The parties are encouraged to attempt good-faith informal resolution through the Website’s contact channel before formal proceedings.
- Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect changes in law, editorial practices, technology, Website features or operations. The current version published on the Website applies from its stated effective date.
- General provisions
If any provision is invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain effective.
Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. The Operator may transfer rights and obligations in connection with a reorganisation, financing, sale or transfer of the Website or related business, subject to applicable law.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy, constitute the general terms governing use of the Website unless a separate written agreement expressly applies.
- Contact
Questions, correction requests, complaints, rights notices and other legal communications may be submitted through the contact or other communication mechanism made available on diariko.com.