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Terms and Conditions

The Use of AlUla Public Library’s Portal
This electronic Portal of AlUla Public Library (herein referred to as “the Portalis available for your personal use. Your access and use of the Portal is subject to these terms and conditions of use, as well as to the laws of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, your access and use of the Portal is considered as an unconditional agreement on the terms and conditions of use, whether you are a registered user or otherwise, and this agreement shall be effective from the date of the first access and use of this Portal. Any amendment to these terms and conditions shall be effective upon announcing it, unless otherwise is indicated, while your continued use this Portal, following the announcement of any amendment, shall imply your full acceptance to such amendment.

Library Responsibility:
AlUla Public Library is not responsible for any damage or misuse to which entities are exposed as a result of using this data published on the Portal, nor does it guarantee the continued availability of this data or part of it. The Library does not bear any responsibility towards the users of this data, or any damage or loss they may suffer due to its reuse.

Restrictions on the Use:
By using the Portal, you shall refrain from the following:

  • Provision or downloading of files that contain software, or material, or other data and information which is not owned by you, or you do not hold a license for it.
  • Using Data for political purposes, or to support illegal or criminal activity, or to make racist or discriminatory comments, or to incite or negatively influence culture, equality, or incitement, or any activity that is illegal or contrary to the customs and traditions of the Kingdom.
  • Using the Portal in any manner to send any commercial email or spam, or any misuse of such kind to the Portal.
  • Provision or uploading of files on that contain viruses or malware. Posting or advertising, distribution or circulation of material or information that contain defamatory content or violation of laws, or pornographic content, or obscene material, or contrary to the public morality, or any illegal material.
  • Engagement in any illegitimate or illegal activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    Advertising any product or service that makes us in a position that is in violation of any law or regulation applicable in any domain.
  • Use of any means, program, or action to intercept or in an attempt to intercept the appropriate operation of the Portal.

Links from and to the Portal
You shall not have the right to transfer, copy or set up electronic links on the Portal or any of its contents, except where the following circumstances apply:

  • You shall submit a specific application and obtain the written approval of AlUla Public Library prior to setting up any electronic links for the Portal or presenting any of its contents or engaging in any similar activities.
  • The Library reserves the right to impose any conditions when authorizing the setup of any electronic link for this Portal or any of its contents or presenting this Portal or any of its contents.
  • The Library shall have the full right to suspend and prevent any connection with any form of any website that contains inappropriate, obscene, pornographic, unacceptable, illegal topics. As well as any names, material, or information that are contrary to any law, or violate any intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or public rights.
  • The Library shall have the right to intercept and neutralize any connection in any unauthorized form, and it shall not bear any liability for the contents available on any website that can be accessed via the Portal or accessing the Portal through it.

Waiver of Claims
The Portal, services, information, materials and functions available in it, or that can be accessed through the Portal are provided for your personal use “as it is” and “as available” without any endorsement, promises or guarantees of any kind.
We cannot guarantee or be liable for any interruptions, errors or transgressions that may arise from the use of this Portal or its contents or any site linked to it, whether with or without our knowledge.
Any communications or information that the user may send through this Portal will not have the right to own it or guarantee its confidentiality.
In addition, any use or interactive use contained in the Portal does not guarantee or is not intended to guarantee the user any rights, licenses or any privileges of any kind.

Limitation of Liability
The services provided by the Portal and obtaining information are provided only to facilitate manual procedures.
You, hereby, acknowledge that you are fully aware that communications over the Internet may be subject to interference or interception by third parties.
Accordingly, accessing this Portal remains at your own risk, and we are not in any way responsible for any loss or damage of any kind that you may incur due to your use or visit to the Portal. As well as that may result from any delay in operation, communication failure, or Internet access issues, equipment or software malfunctions, or behavior or thoughts of any person accessing this Portal.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that your sole and exclusive means of remedying any damage or loss that may occur as a result of your access or use of this Portal is to refrain from using it or accessing it or not to continue to do so.

Compensation
You hereby acknowledge that you will not take any action against the AlUla Public Library or any of its management or operators. As well as any parties, employees or agents who are responsible for managing, maintaining, updating, or providing the Portal as a result of your use of the Portal.

Termination of Use
We may upon our absolute discretion, terminate, limit, or suspend your right to access and use the Portal without notice and for any reason, including violation of the terms and conditions of use or any other behavior that we may consider, at our sole discretion, illegal or harmful to others. In the event of termination, you will not be authorized to access the Portal.

Property Rights

The materials available on this Portal, including information graphics and software (contents) are protected by copyright, trademarks, and other forms of proprietary rights.
Except as otherwise indicated, you may not sell, license, rent, modify, copy, reproduce, reprint, upload, advertise, transmit, distribute, publicly display, edit, or create derivative works from any materials or contents from this Portal for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written consent of AlUla Public Library.
It is strictly prohibited to modify any of the contents of the Portal as well as the graphics and images in this Portal are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or exploited in any way, without the prior written consent of AlUla Public Library.

Jurisdiction and Governing Law
You hereby agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of courts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to all claims and disputes arising from your use of this Portal.