Terms of Use and Disclaimer
This electronic portal of the Saudi Council of Engineers (“the SCE Portal" or “the Portal") is available for your personal use. Your use of this Portal is subject to the following terms and conditions, and to the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Your access and visit to the Portal is regarded as unconditional agreement to the terms and conditions of use, whether you are a registered user or not. This agreement is valid as of the date of your first use of this Portal.
Any amendment to these terms and conditions shall be effective as soon as it is announced, unless otherwise indicated. Your continued use of the Portal following any amendment announcement is regarded as agreement to the amendment.
These terms and conditions include the section on privacy policy and copyright.
Terms of Use
- By using the SCE Portal, you agree to refrain from the following:
- Upload or download files containing software, materials, data or other information that you do not own or have license to use.
- Use this Portal in any manner for sending commercial emails or spam, or for any similar abuse.
- Upload or download files containing malware or corrupt data.
- Publish, post, distribute or circulate materials or information that contain libel, violation of laws,
pornographic or obscene content, or any illegal content. - Participate through the SCE Portal in activities that are illegal or unlawful according to Saudi laws.
- Advertise on the SCE Portal any products or services that make us in violation of any law or code.
- Use any means, program or procedure to interfere with, or try to interfere with, the correct operation of the SCE Portal.
- Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the SCE Portal.
Links to and from the SCE Portal
Use of links to the SCE Portal:
- Except as described below, you may not transfer, copy, link or frame to the SCE Portal or any of its contents.
- You must submit a specific request and obtain the SCE's approval before linking or framing to this Portal or engaging in similar activities.
- The SCE maintains the right to impose any terms when permitting linking or framing this Portal or any of its contents.
- The SCE shall not be regarded as participating or relating in any manner to any brands, logos, trademarks, or any other means used or displayed on other websites linking to this Portal or any of its contents.
- The SCE reserves the right to block and restrict any link from any website containing material that is inappropriate, obscene, infringing, improper, unacceptable, or illegal; or names, material, or information violating any law or any intellectual property, privacy, or public rights.
- The SCE reserves the right to disable any unauthorized linking; and assumes no responsibility for the content available on any website accessed through this Portal or providing access to this Portal.
Links from the SCE Portal:
- Links to other portals and websites are provided for helping you; we are not responsible for the contents or credibility of such portals and websites and do not endorse their content. The use of such links is your exclusive responsibility.
- We work to correct broken links to other sites, but we cannot guarantee that such links will work permanently.
Protection against malware:
We are doing our best to examine and test the content of this Portal at all stages of production. We recommend that you always run antivirus software on all material downloaded from the Internet. We are not responsible for any loss, breach or damage to your data or your computer, which may occur while connected to this Portal or while using any of its material.
Disclaimer:
The SCE Portal and the services, information, material, and functions available on or accessible through the Portal are provided for your personal use “as is" and "as available" without any declaration, promises, or guarantees of any kind.
We cannot guarantee or take responsibility for any interruptions, errors or omissions that may arise, knowingly or unknowingly, from the use of this Portal, its content, or any site linked to it.
The user does not have the right to ownership or guarantee of confidentiality of any communications or information they may send through this Portal. In addition, any use or interactive use on this Portal does not guarantee, or is not intended to guarantee, the user any rights, licenses, or privileges of any type.
Limit of Liability:
The Portal's e-services and the information on various government agencies are provided only to facilitate manual procedures. Therefore, you acknowledge that you perfectly know that communications over the Internet may be interfered with or intercepted by third parties; that the Portal does not replace the information available through authorities; and that applications and administrative procedures can be made directly before the competent authorities.
Accordingly, the use of this Portal remains at your own risk. We are in no way responsible for any loss or damage you may suffer because of your use of or visit to the Portal, your reliance on any statement, opinion, or announcement on the Portal; or because of any operation delay, disconnection, Internet access problems, hardware or software failures, or the behavior or ideas of anyone visiting this Portal.
Therefore, you declare and agree that your exclusive and only means to remedy any damage or loss that may occur as a result of using this Portal is to refrain from or discontinue the use of this Portal.
Compensation:
You hereby declare that you will not take any action against the SCE or any of its departments, and to ensure the SCE and any parties, staff or agents who are responsible for managing, maintaining, updating or presenting its Portal, against liability and all obligations and responsibilities that may arise from your violation of the terms and conditions of use or any of the laws in force in Saudi Arabia or your place of residence.
Termination of service:
At our own discretion and without notice, we may terminate, restrict or stop you from accessing the Portal for any reason, including the violation of the terms of use or any other behavior we may consider to be illegal or harmful to others. If we terminate the service, you will not be authorized to log into this Portal.
Property Rights:
The copyrights of SCE portal, and all information, materials and intellectual property rights available on the portal are considered assets that are owned by SCE, its affiliates or other entities that work with SCE. It is strictly prohibited to copy, publish or misuse any of the information, materials and intellectual property rights available on the portal, or use them for personal gains or interests without a prior written consent from SCE. If SCE's consent is obtained, SCE portal should be mentioned as the source of such information.
Jurisdiction:
You agree to submit exclusively to the judicial authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding all claims and disputes that arise from your use of this Portal.
