COLOMBO PORT CITY ECONOMIC COMMISSION WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome The Colombo Port City Economic Commission Portal and Website.

Accessing this website constitutes automatic and unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time and without notice and encourages users to refer to them regularly. These terms and conditions constitute an agreement between The Port City Commission and the user. Any amendment or supplementary content which is added to the website will be subject to these conditions.

1. ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE

With the exception of the connection cost charged by your internet service provider, you may access the content of this website free of charge and without first registering or subscribing unless specified. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission reserves the right to modify or withdraw, either temporarily or permanently, all or part of this website at any time and without prior notice to the user.

2. WEBSITE OWNERSHIP

This website is owned exclusively by the Colombo Port City Economic Commission

3. COPYRIGHT

All the content (regardless of whether this is text, comments, heading texts, photos, sounds, images, data, designs, animated audio sequences, videos , graphics and such other information within the website.) which is reproduced on this website, as well as the design, format and software on the website, are the property of the Port City Economic Commission (unless otherwise specified) and are protected by the laws in force in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission grants users permission to use the website for their own personal, occasional , official and non-exclusive use. Reproducing, copying, or using the content of the website for unlawful or illegal actions may be punishable according to laws in force in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

4. TRADEMARKS

The trademarks and/or logos that belong to the Port City Commission and which appear on this website are protected by Intellectual Property Law in force in Sri Lanka. Any reproduction of all or part of the website, without the permission of the Port City Commission, is a violation and maybe punishable according to the laws in Sri Lanka.

5. USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS

The user agrees not to commit any unlawful, illegal, immoral acts or any acts which infringe human rights or, generally, the interests of third parties on the website. The present general conditions of use prohibit any acts which may lead to the tarnishing of the name or image of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and /or the Colombo Port City Commission or which may damage, overload, disable, compromise or cause the website to fail. The following are strictly prohibited: sending content via email (or via any other method of communication) which serves to persecute, harass, slander, discriminate or insult, diffusion of personal information or opinions concerning one or more individuals or diffusion of information which infringes human rights or the rights of users who are under the age of 18. .

6. LIABILTY

The Colombo Port City Economic Commission does not implicitly or explicitly guarantee that the website will function properly, nor do they guarantee the content of the website. The Colombo Port City Commission will not be held liable for direct or indirect commercial or non-commercial damage resulting from the use of the website. The Colombo Port City Commission does not guarantee the functional continuity, access or availability of the website and associated services. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission does not accept any liability pertaining to viruses which could be imported while downloading components of the website or other websites to which the Port City Economic Commission connects by way of hyperlinks.

7. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

You may view the Port City Commission website privacy policy for terms and conditions regarding personal data.

8. HYPERLINKS

Links to this website and to other websites must first be authorized by the Colombo Port City Economic Commission. The website may provide the user, as well as third parties, with links to other websites or other Internet sources. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission does not check these websites and cannot be held liable, nor bear any liability, with regard to the content, advertisements, products, services or any other material which is available on these third party websites. The Colombo Port City Economic Commission cannot be held liable for any damage or losses which were caused, or allegedly caused, following or relating to the use or trust of the content of third party websites or products or services which are available on these third party websites. The user is liable and bears all the risks pertaining to the use they make of the content of the website, especially when the user relies on the timeliness, usefulness or completeness of this content. If a link takes a user to unlawful content which violates the legislation which is in force, the user should stop using the website concerned, unless they are willing to incur penalties provided for by the aforesaid legislation.

9. COOKIES

The Colombo Port City Economic Commission uses “cookie” tracking technology. A cookie does not allow us to identify a user. Nevertheless, it does record information pertaining to the browsing of the user’s computer on the present website (pages looked at, date and time the pages were looked at, etc.) which cannot be read when the same user visits the website again.