Mitchells Plain Local Football Association (MPLFA)
LFAMP Offices,
Weltevreden Rd,
Cape Town,
7785
Tel: 021 392 9132

The Mitchells Plain Local Football Association (“MPLFA”, “We”, “Our”) is pleased to provide you its website https://lfamp.co.za (“MPLFA Website”) and the MPLFA Application (the “MPLFA App”) (together hereinafter referred to as “MPLFA Digital Applications”), including any services, content and software (“Services”), subject to the following Terms of Service and any documents referred to in them (“Terms”).

  1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

1.1 By accessing, downloading, installing, or using the MPLFA Digital Applications, whether or not you become a registered user (“User”, “You”, “Yourself”, “Your”), You agree to be bound by these Terms, which You acknowledge that You have read and understood.

1.2 We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter these Terms at any time. You must review these Terms at https://lfamp.co.za/terms-and-conditions on a regular basis to keep Yourself informed of any changes.

1.3 By using the MPLFA Digital Applications, You agree that the posting of new or revised Terms on or within the MPLFA Digital Applications shall constitute adequate and constructive notice to You of any and all revisions and changes. Continued use of the MPLFA Digital Applications after any such changes or after explicitly accepting the new Terms upon logging into the MPLFA Digital Applications shall constitute Your acceptance of such changes.

1.4 The use of particular Services may be subject to specific terms of service related to the concerned Service. In using such Services, You agree to be bound by the terms then in force. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the Terms and any other terms of service, those other terms of service shall prevail in respect of the concerned service.

  1. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS

2.1 Certain areas of the MPLFA Digital Applications require registration (“Restricted Areas”). By registering, You represent and warrant that: (i) You are eligible for an account as set forth in these Terms; and (ii) the information You include as part of the registration process is accurate and not misleading. Accounts may be obtained and used only by: (i) individual, independent professionals who are eighteen (18) years old or of legal age in their country of residence if such age exceeds eighteen (18); (ii) those individuals whose registration has been authorised either by their parents or legal guardian if they are below the legal age in their respective country of residence; or (iii) individuals with the right and authority to act on behalf of an organisation or entity for the purposes of accessing and using the MPLFA Digital Applications.

2.2 In respect of Your use of these Restricted Areas, You agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about Yourself as prompted by the registration form (“Registration Data”); and (ii) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If You provide, or MPLFA has reasonable grounds to suspect that You have provided, any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or MPLFA otherwise reasonably considers that You have failed to comply with any provisions of these Terms, MPLFA has the right to suspend or terminate Your account and refuse You access to any and all current or future use of the MPLFA Digital Applications (or any portion thereof).

2.3 In order to use the MPLFA App, You must have an account on the Google Play Store, owned and operated by Google Inc., or an Apple ID on the Apple app store, owned and operated by Apple Inc. Your use of the Google Play Store is governed by a legal agreement between You and Google Inc. consisting of the Google Terms of Service (found at http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS), the Google Play Store Terms of Service (found at http://www.google.com/mobile/android/market-tos.html), and the Google Play Store Business and Program Policies (found at http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/android/market-policies.html) (all together “Google Terms”). Your use of the Apple app store is governed by a legal agreement between You and Apple Inc. consisting of the Apple Website Terms of Use (found at http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html), the iTunes store Terms of Sale and Terms and Conditions (found at http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html#service), and the Apple App store Terms of Sale and Terms and Conditions (found at http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/jm/terms.html#SERVICE) (all together “Apple Terms”).

2.4 You may not access or use the MPLFA App if you do not comply with the Google Terms or Apple Terms. These Terms shall prevail in case of contradiction with the Google Terms or Apple Terms.

  1. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

3.1 You will receive a password and account designation upon completing any registration process (as described in Sections 2.1 and 2.2). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under Your password and account.

3.2 You agree to: (i) immediately notify MPLFA of any unauthorized use of Your password or account and any other breach of security; and (ii) ensure that You exit from Your account at the end of each session. MPLFA cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from Your failure to comply with this Section 3.

  1. SUPERVISING CHILDREN

MPLFA is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its Users, particularly those not yet of legal age in their respective country of residence. For this reason, parents / guardians who wish to allow their children access to the MPLFA Digital Applications should review these Terms and assist such children with the setting up of any relevant accounts and supervise the child’s access to the MPLFA Digital Applications. By allowing Your child access to the MPLFA Digital Applications, he or she will be able to access all of the MPLFA Digital Applications, which may now or in the future include public and private communication tools as well as other features that may not be appropriate for use by unsupervised children. Please remember that the MPLFA Digital Applications are designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is Your responsibility to determine whether any of the MPLFA Digital Applications and/or information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, feeds offered through the MPLFA Digital Applications (“MPLFA feeds”), application programming interface (“MPLFA API”), and any other material on the MPLFA Digital Applications (“Content”) are appropriate for Your child.

  1. CONTENT

The MPLFA Digital Applications include Content: (i) provided by MPLFA (“MPLFA Content”); (ii) Content that is uploaded, posted, submitted or otherwise transmitted by Users of the FIFA Digital Platforms (“User Submissions”); and Content that is uploaded, posted, submitted or otherwise transmitted (iii) by third parties (“Third Party Content”).

(i) MPLFA Content

5.1 All MPLFA Content, including MPLFA feeds, is owned by, or licensed to, MPLFA. MPLFA Content is provided to You “AS IS” and may not be used, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes than their access and usage on the MPLFA Digital Applications. For that sole and exclusive purpose, MPLFA grants to You a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access and use the MPLFA Digital Applications privately for non-commercial purposes, in accordance with these Terms.

(ii) User Submissions

5.2 You retain all rights in any User Submission that You provide to the MPLFA Digital Applications. You shall be solely responsible for Your own User Submissions and the consequences of uploading them. Please also refer to Our MPLFA.com Local Football associations Rules at https://lfamp.co.za/theLFA/rules.html, which form an integral part of these Terms.

5.3 The MPLFA Digital Applications provide in some cases unfiltered access to User Submissions. You understand and agree that MPLFA only acts as a platform for such User Submissions and that We have no liability related to such content posted on the MPLFA Digital Applications, whether arising under intellectual property laws, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. MPLFA cannot, nor does it undertake any obligation to control User Submissions. By their very nature, User Submissions on the MPLFA Digital Applications are changed frequently, may be inaccurate and in some cases may be mislabeled or deceptively mislabeled. MPLFA does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to User Submissions.

5.4 You represent and warrant that Your User Submissions: (i) shall not infringe any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary right or right of publicity or privacy; (ii) shall not violate any law or regulation; (iii) shall not be defamatory or trade libellous; (iv) shall not be obscene or contain pornography; (v) shall not include incomplete, false or inaccurate information about Yourself or any information about any other individual; and (vi) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programmes that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. You in particular represent and warrant that You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in any User Submission to use their name or likeness.

5.5 You grant to MPLFA an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform User Submissions in connection with the MPLFA Digital Applications or MPLFA’s (and its successor’s) business, including, without limitation, for the purpose of promoting and redistributing part or all of the User Submissions (and derivative works thereof) in any and all media formats and through any and all media channels. You also hereby grant each User of the MPLFA Digital Applications a non-exclusive license to access and use Your User Submissions through the MPLFA Digital Applications.

5.6 You understand and agree that MPLFA has no obligation to post any User Submission from You or anyone else. In addition, MPLFA may, in its sole discretion, edit, remove or delete any User Submission that You post or submit, as well as terminate Your access to the MPLFA Digital Applications without notice if, in its opinion, such User Submission infringes another’s intellectual property rights or otherwise does not comply with any provision of these Terms. In particular, MPLFA reserves the right to determine the final design, layout and functionality of the MPLFA Digital Applications, which may involve the review, formatting and editing of User Submissions.

(iii) Third Party Content

5.7 Your business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, any advertisers and merchants found on or through the MPLFA Digital Applications, including payment for and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between You and such advertiser or merchant. You agree that: (i) MPLFA shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or merchants on the MPLFA Digital Applications; and (ii) any orders placed by You on, and any product specifications and product availability appearing on, the MPLFA Digital Applications (including, without limitation, any online store) are subject to confirmation by, and the terms and conditions of business of, the relevant advertiser or merchant.

5.8 Third parties may provide, and the MPLFA Digital Applications may contain, APIs, links or feeds from or to other websites or resources. Because MPLFA has no control over such sites and resources, You acknowledge and agree that MPLFA is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content available on such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that MPLFA shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to have been caused by or in connection with the use of, or reliance upon, any such content, goods, services or any other material available on or through any such APIs, links or feeds from or to other websites or resources.

5.9 In the event that You wish to establish a link to the MPLFA Digital Applications, You expressly agree: (i) not to include the MPLFA Digital Applications into the frame of another website; (ii) not to create any third party association with the MPLFA Digital Applications; (iii) to properly attribute the MPLFA Digital Applications referred to in Your link to MPLFA; and (iv) to ensure that the link does not state nor imply that MPLFA approves of, sponsors or endorses any other website activity, company, resource or entity, or presents MPLFA and/or its activities in a false, misleading, defamatory or derogatory manner or otherwise damages MPLFA’s reputation or takes advantage of it.

Irrespective of the promise made by You to MPLFA in term 5.9 regarding the misappropriation and/or any potential confusion in respect of Third Party Content, the link to the MPLFA Digital Applications does not permit You to use any MPLFA and/or Third Party Content, names, logos, pictures or trademarks, unless separately and previously agreed to in writing by the relevant rights-holder. If You wish to use MPLFA Marks (See Section 6 below), please send Your request to: www.safacapetowndigitalarchive.com.
MPLFA reserves the right to require You at any time to remove any link to the MPLFA Digital Applications.

5.10 If You wish to use or display any MPLFA feeds / MPLFA APIs on Your website:
(a) MPLFA grants to You a non-transferable, royalty free, non-exclusive license to display such feeds on Your website subject to these Terms; (b) You expressly agree: (i) to ensure that the MPLFA feed / MPLFA API does not state or imply that MPLFA approves of, sponsors or endorses any other website activity, company or entity, resource, content, or presents MPLFA and/or its activities in a false, misleading, defamatory or derogatory manner or otherwise damages MPLFA’s reputation or takes advantage of it; and (ii) to properly attribute the MPLFA feeds used to MPLFA to avoid any misappropriation or confusion; (c) where possible, You must create a functional link back to the MPLFA story or other material summarized by the relevant MPLFA feed.

  1. TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

6.1 MPLFA, the MPLFA logo, the emblems and mascots of MPLFA events, including the emblem and other MPLFA logos, MPLFA event marks and product and service names are trademarks and copyright material of MPLFA (the “MPLFA Marks”). Aside from the right granted to You under Section 5.10 to use the MPLFA feeds / MPLFA APIs (which may include certain of the MPLFA Marks), You agree not to display or use the MPLFA Marks in any other manner without MPLFA’s prior written permission.

6.2 Certain content on the MPLFA Digital Applications is provided by third parties. Any re-publication or re-distribution of such content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of the relevant right holders. MPLFA shall not be liable for any errors or delays in content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Please consult the respective websites of the concerned right holder for additional information.

  1. COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT AGENTS

MPLFA respects the intellectual property of others. If You believe that any of Your intellectual property rights have been infringed on the MPLFA Digital Applications, please provide MPLFA with the following information: name, last name, address, email address, type and extent of infringement (date, time, etc.) via the contact form at https://lfamp.co.za/contact/.

  1. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE

MPLFA reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the MPLFA Digital Applications, the Services, the MPLFA Content, the User Submissions, and the Third Party Content (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that MPLFA shall not be held liable to You or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, MPLFA Content, User Submissions, and Third Party Content. Although MPLFA will take reasonable care in ensuring the MPLFA Digital Applications, the Services, and the MPLFA Content are up to date, any of the MPLFA Digital Applications, the Services, and the MPLFA Content may be out of date at any given time, and MPLFA is under no obligation to update it.

  1. PRIVACY POLICY

By using the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, and MPLFA Content, You or any person You allow to access and use Your account may provide MPLFA with or the MPLFA collects certain personal data, including the Registration Data and certain other information about You. By accessing or using the MPLFA Digital Applications, or submitting Your personal information to the MPLFA Digital Applications, You agree to MPLFA’s use of such data in accordance with the MPLFA Privacy Policy set out at https://lfamp.co.za/privacy  (“Privacy Policy”).

  1. TERMINATION

MPLFA may, in its sole discretion and without liability to You, with or without cause, in particular if you do not comply with these Terms, the Google Terms, or the Apple Terms, with or without prior notice and at any time: (i) terminate Your access (whether restricted or not) to the MPLFA Digital Applications in whole or in part; and (ii) deactivate or delete any of Your accounts and all related information and files in such accounts as well as Your User Submissions.

  1. DISCLAIMERS

11.1 If you access and use our FIFA digital platforms, you do so at your sole risk. The MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. MPLFA expressly disclaims, and you waive, all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

11.2 MPLFA makes no warranty or representation that: (i) the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content will meet your requirements; (ii) the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content will be accurate or reliable; (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content will meet your expectations; and (v) any errors in the content will be corrected.

11.3 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content, is done at your own discretion and risk. You will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.

11.4 Commentary and other materials posted on or within the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content, are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. No information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from MPLFA, or through or from the MPLFA Digital Applications, the services, or the MPLFA content, shall create any warranty or other obligation not expressly stated in the terms and MPLFA disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed upon such materials by any visitor to the MPLFA Digital Applications or by anyone who may be informed of any of its services or MPLFA content.

  1. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold MPLFA and its members, affiliates, licensors, licensees, officers, agents, co-branders and other partners, and employees, harmless from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, penalties, fines, costs and expenses, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, that may arise in connection with: (i) Your use of and access to the MPLFA Digital Applications, the Services, or MPLFA Content, including without limitation any content, or User Submission, as well as Your connection to the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services or MPLFA Content; (ii) Your failure to comply with any provision of the Terms; or (iii) any claim by a third party that any of Your User Submissions or any other use of the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content, by You infringes any intellectual property, other proprietary or privacy right of such third party or has otherwise caused damage to a third party.

  1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You expressly acknowledge and agree that MPLFA shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if MPLFA has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the MPLFA Digital Applications; (iii) unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Your transmissions of data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content; (v) results of the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content, any of the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content linked to it and any materials posted on it; or (vi) any other matter relating to the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of, or related to, the use of the MPLFA Digital Applications, Services, or MPLFA Content, must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action first arose.

  1. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations of sections 12 and 13 may not apply to You.
Nothing in these Terms shall affect the statutory rights of any consumer or exclude or restrict any liability for death or personal injury arising from the negligence or fraud of MPLFA or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

  1. NOTICES

Notices to You will be made via either email or post to the relevant email address or postal address provided by You to MPLFA from time to time.
If We amend these Terms in any way We shall place an updated version on this page of the MPLFA Website. The MPLFA Website and/or the MPLFA App may also provide notices of changes to the Terms or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to You generally on or within the MPLFA Digital Applications.

  1. GENERAL INFORMATION

16.1 These Terms (including the specific terms applicable to certain Services) constitute the entire agreement between You and MPLFA in relation to their subject matter, superseding and extinguishing any prior agreements, arrangements, undertakings of any nature, between You and MPLFA, whether oral or written in relation to such subject matter. You may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when You use affiliate services, Third-Party Content or third-party software.

16.2 Any failure by MPLFA to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

16.3 If any provision of the Terms is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the parties’ intentions, as reflected in the provision, shall be given effect to the fullest extent practicable, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect. The section titles in the Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

16.4 You may not assign or transfer any of Your rights or obligations, or subcontract the performance of any of Your obligations, under these Terms. MPLFA may assign or transfer any right or obligation, or subcontract the performance of any of its obligations, under these Terms to any third party at any time without Your consent.

16.5 The Terms and the relationship between You and MPLFA shall be governed by the laws of South Africa. All disputes in connection with these Terms are to be resolved by the High Court in Cape Town.

16.6 These Terms have been drafted in English and have been translated in other languages. In the event of any discrepancy between the English and the translated texts, the English text shall prevail and be used to solve doubts of interpretation.

  1. VIOLATIONS

Please report any violations of the Terms to MPLFA via the online contact form located at: https://lfamp.co.za/contact/