Terms of Use
The website of the General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS) is available for your personal use, and every user of the site is subject to these terms and conditions of use, as well as the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including policies specific to the institution and legislative bodies such as the National Data Management Authority and the National Cybersecurity Authority. Your access to and entry into the site constitutes unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions of use, which become effective from the date of your first use of this site. The use of the site includes several terms and conditions, which are subject to continuous updates and changes as necessary. Any amendment or update to these terms and conditions will take effect immediately upon its approval by the organization, requiring you to continuously review the terms of use and disclaimer principles to learn about any updates. Your continued use of this site means you fully acknowledge and accept any modifications to the terms and conditions of its use. These terms and conditions include intellectual property rights, and the site administration is not required to announce any updates to these terms.
Usage Restrictions
By using this site, you agree to refrain from the following:
• Providing or uploading files that contain software, materials, data, or other information not owned by you or for which you do not have a license.
• Using this site in any way to send any commercial or unsolicited email, or any form of misuse of the site.
• Providing or uploading files on this site that contain viruses or corrupted data.
• Publishing, advertising, distributing, or circulating materials or information that are defamatory, violate the laws, are pornographic, obscene, violate public morals, or are illegal through the site.
• Participating in any illegal or unauthorized activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through this site.
• Advertising any product or service on the site that would place us in violation of any law or regulation.
• Using any means, software, or procedure to intercept or attempt to intercept the proper operation of the site.
• Taking any action that imposes a large load on the infrastructure of the site or affects the safety, reliability, or continued availability of the information on the site.
• Anything that constitutes a violation of the Anti-Cybercrime Law or any related regulations in the Kingdom.
Links to the Website
It is prohibited to transfer or copy any of the contents of the organization's website, create any electronic links to it, or display any of its contents in any framework that does not comply with these terms and conditions. Links to the organization's site can be placed on other websites that do not conflict in their objectives and general direction with the organization's site. In no case shall the organization's website be considered a participant or associated in any way with any trademarks, logos, symbols, or other means used or appearing on websites linked to this site or any of its contents. The organization's website reserves the right to disable and block any link in any form from any site that contains inappropriate, offensive, infringing, obscene, or illegal content, or names, materials, or information that violate any law or intellectual property rights. The organization's website reserves the right to disable any unauthorized link in any form and bears no responsibility for the content available on any other site accessed through this site or from this site.
Links from the Organization's Website
Links to other portals and/or websites are provided for your convenience, and we are not responsible for the content or credibility of the portals and/or websites we link to, nor do we endorse their content. Using the links to access those sites or portals is entirely at your own risk. We aim to replace broken electronic links with other sites, but we cannot guarantee that these links will work permanently.
Intellectual Property Rights
This site is supervised by the organization. All the site's content, including programs and information, is fully protected in accordance with Saudi laws related to copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. All intellectual property rights for the site's content belong to the organization. Unless stated otherwise, you may not sell, license, rent, modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, advertise, transmit, distribute, publicly display, edit, or create derivative works from any materials or content from this site for the public or commercial purposes without prior written consent from the organization's management. Any modification of the site's content is strictly prohibited. The graphics and images on this site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or exploited in any way without prior written permission from the organization's management.
Jurisdiction
By this, you agree to comply exclusively with the judicial authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concerning all claims and disputes arising from your use of this site.
Limitation of Liability
The electronic services provided by the site on the internet and access to information regarding various government entities and stakeholders are offered solely to facilitate manual procedures. You fully acknowledge that communications via the internet may be subject to interference or interception by others, and that the site does not replace the information available through official entities. Requests and administrative procedures can be taken directly before the competent authorities. Therefore, resorting to this site remains at your own risk. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any kind that you may incur as a result of using or visiting the site, or relying on any statement, opinion, or advertisement on the site, or resulting from any delay in operation, interruption, access issues, or equipment or software malfunctions, or the behavior or ideas of any person accessing this site.
Termination of Use
We may, at our sole discretion, terminate, restrict, or suspend your right to access and use the site without notice for any reason, including violation of the terms and conditions of use or any other behavior that we, at our sole discretion, consider unlawful or harmful to others. In case of termination, you will not be permitted to access this site.
Virus Protection
We make every effort to scan and test the site's contents at all stages of production. We advise you to always run an anti-virus program on all materials downloaded from the internet. We are not responsible for any loss, interruption, or damage to your data or computer or any device you use for browsing that may occur while connecting to this site or when using any material from it.
Disclaimer
The organization's website, services, information, materials, and functions available on or accessible through the site are provided for your personal use "as is" or "as available" without any acknowledgment, promises, or guarantees of any kind. We cannot guarantee or be responsible for any interruptions, errors, or breaches that may arise from using this site or its content or any site linked to it, whether we are aware of them or not. Any communications or information that the user sends through this site will not have ownership rights or confidentiality guarantees. Additionally, any use or interactive use of this site does not guarantee or intend to guarantee the user any rights, licenses, or privileges of any kind.
Indemnification
By this, you agree not to take any action against the organization, any of its departments, or claim compensation and insurance for liability, as well as any entity or employees or agents responsible for managing, maintaining, updating, or presenting the site, for any liabilities and responsibilities that may arise in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you of the terms and conditions of use or any of the regulations in force whether in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the place where you reside.