EMAIL USAGE: CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER WARNINGS
This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom, or to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email (or such person’s authorised representative), please notify the sender of this email immediately by return e-mail, facsimile or telephone and delete this message, together with any, and all attachments from your computer. If you are not the intended recipient then you may not, furthermore, print, store, forward or copy this message or any part thereof or disclose or cause information in this message to be disclosed to any other person, nor rely, or cause to be relied, on the information contained herein.
WARNING CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND AUTHORITY TO BIND
The information in or attached to this email message is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege and client confidentiality. Nothing in this message constitutes an offer, warranty or representation from Metrosure Group. While Metrosure Group may be entitled to rely on and hold you to your offers, warranties, representations or other statements made in or attached to this message, our employees or representatives may not conclude agreements or otherwise bind Metrosure Group via email unless the email is sent by a duly appointed officer of Metrosure Group. In the event of any doubt, recipients of Metrosure Group email should confirm with the sender whether the sender has the necessary authority to bind Metrosure Group, and if necessary, may request that the sender’s superior confirm this in writing prior to concluding any agreement via email.
DISCLAIMER CONCERNING VIRUSES
Although Metrosure Group has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, Metrosure Group cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments resulting from malicious software code or viruses contained in this message or attachments, including data corruption resulting there from. Metrosure Group warns all recipients that computer viruses can be transmitted via email. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses.
DISCLAIMER CONCERNING SENDING OF SPAM
Metrosure Group employees are prohibited from sending unsolicited messages (“spam”). If this email contains spam then the employee has acted outside the scope of her or his employment with Metrosure Group for which Metrosure Group accepts no liability whatsoever. Disciplinary action will be taken against such employees in addition to any legal action that may be instituted against such employees either by Metrosure Group, regulatory authorities and/or other external parties. If you regard this message as spam, please inform Metrosure Group immediately by sending an email to legal@metrosuregroup.co.za.
DISCLAIMER CONCERNING SENDING OF OFFENSIVE, DEROGATORY OR DEFAMATORY MATTER
Metrosure Group employees are prohibited from sending messages containing offensive, derogatory or defamatory statements or materials. If this email contains such matters then the employee has acted outside the scope of her or his employment with Metrosure Group for which Metrosure Group accepts no liability whatsoever, and only the sender can be held liable in his/her personal capacity. See also “Disclaimer concerning personal usage of email”.
DISCLAIMER CONCERNING PERSONAL USAGE OF EMAIL
The usage of Metrosure Group infrastructure including email and internet facilities is intended for Metrosure Group work-related products. Metrosure Group is cognisant however, that Metrosure Group personnel do make use of such facilities for personal reasons. Personnel do so, however, on the understanding that they may not use these facilities to bring Metrosure Group into disrepute, commit unlawful acts or in any other way to harm the interests of Metrosure Group. Metrosure Group does not accept any liability to recipient(s), either within Metrosure Group or external to Metrosure Group, for the actions of its employees when acting in a personal capacity and disclaims any liability for the contents of email sent by Metrosure Group employees using Metrosure Group facilities that contain partial or complete personal content. For the purposes of this policy the terms “personal usage”, “personal reasons” and “personal content” refers to the usage of Metrosure Group facilities such as email to convey messages to a recipient(s), be it within Metrosure Group or external to Metrosure Group, that is not Metrosure Group work-related product.
NOTICE CONCERNING MONITORING OF EMAIL
Metrosure Group employees making use of Metrosure Group facilities to send and receive emails, and the recipients or senders of such emails, are informed that Metrosure Group has the right to monitor the use of its facilities including the contents of emails sent and received by employees. Metrosure Group endeavours to protect the privacy rights of its employees provided that such rights do not impair, harm or threaten the rights of Metrosure Group and its legitimate interests, or any laws, rules and/or regulations of external authorities that may be binding on Metrosure Group.
GENERAL
Metrosure Group accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages whatsoever and howsoever incurred or suffered resulting or arising from the use of and/or reliance on this email or its attachments. Further, Metrosure Group does not warrant the integrity of this email nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception and/or interference.
All Metrosure Group emails contain an abridged disclaimer which is linked to this page of the Metrosure Group website which contains the entire disclaimer. The entire disclaimer is deemed to form part of the email contents in terms of any applicable Laws.
Unless otherwise agreed: (a) Metrosure Group is only deemed to have received an email once the recipient has confirmed receipt thereof to you; (b) Metrosure Group deems to have sent an email once reflected as sent on our email server.
For the purposes of this Confidentiality and Disclaimer Warning in respect of the usage of Metrosure Group email, the term employee refers to any person, whether employed on a permanent, temporary or contract basis who has access to email services provided by Metrosure Group.
If you have any questions on this policy, please contact Metrosure Group head office on +27 31 301 1192 or email us
at legal@metrosuregroup.co.za.
ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF THIS POLICY BY METROSURE GROUP PERSONNEL
At the sole discretion of Metrosure Group, disciplinary action may be taken against employees who breach the terms of this policy, and punishment may include, amongst other things, suspension or termination of employment. In addition, legal action may be instituted against such employees by Metrosure Group, regulatory authorities and/or other external parties.