1. General

These General Terms of Use apply each time the website https://www.gipb.be and all its secondary sites (hereinafter referred to as "Website") are used, as well as any other service offered by GIPB having its registered office at Tommestraat 28, 3040 Ottenburg (hereinafter referred to as "GIPB" or "We"), with company number BE 0885 913 767, owner and manager of the Website.

The concept of "Service" as used in these General Terms of Use refers to all - visits and/or uses - of the Website, as well as any other service that We offer on or via the Website.

By simply using the Service, you acknowledge having read and accepted these General Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as "T&C").

These T&C may be modified or revised at any time. Modified or revised T&C are applicable as soon as they are published on the Website. At any time you can find the most recent version of the T&C via GIPB (website).

GIPB reserves the right to modify or discontinue, at any time, temporarily or permanently, the (part of the) Service, with or without prior notice.

2. Use of the Service

You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Service. Minors wishing to use the Service must be accompanied by at least one of their parents. The case of a minor using the Service without parental supervision does not engage Our responsibility in any way.

The user uses the Service at their own risk. The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

As a user of the Service, you declare to have understood and accepted the following prohibitions:

It is forbidden to collect and/or use usernames, passwords, email addresses or other personal data of users for any purpose.
Except with explicit and prior written authorization from GIPB, the use of "metatags" is prohibited.
It is forbidden to use the Service for illegal advertising purposes, including via spam, chain letters or unsolicited emails.
It is forbidden to use, on the Service, data explorers, robots (crawlers), screen scraping or similar tools for collecting data, except with explicit and prior written agreement from GIPB who is the producer of the database. It is forbidden to use "framing" or "framing techniques" in any part of the Service without having obtained explicit written authorization for this purpose.
It is forbidden to download or post spam.
It is forbidden to download, post or send worms, viruses or any other code of a destructive nature.
It is forbidden to use the Service for commercial purposes; only private use of the Service is authorized.

Links to third-party sites

GIPB cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, reliability or legality of websites to which links are created from the Website. Links to other websites are provided solely for information purposes and do not in any way constitute an approval or agreement with the content of these websites.

Personal data protection

Certain features of the Service may be subject to prior communication of certain personal data, in order to facilitate contact and/or to be able to send you the correct information.

The user who communicates personal data to Us guarantees that they are correct.

All data collections of the Service fall under the legal protection of databases, both in terms of structure and content.

Intellectual property rights

All intellectual property rights on the Website and on the Service are the exclusive property of GIPB. All intellectual property rights on information and data provided via the Service are the exclusive property of GIPB.

Users may not copy, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, sell, rent, download, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, adapt, translate or create derivative works from any content of the Website or Service, except with explicit and prior written authorization from GIPB.

Declaration of infringement of intellectual property

At all times, GIPB intends to respect intellectual property rights. Holders of these rights can inform GIPB at any time if they believe that GIPB itself or a user of GIPB's Service is ignoring their rights. These mentions are sent by mail to the following address: Tommestraat 28 - 3040 Ottenburg - Belgium.

In this regard, please clearly mention the content protected by intellectual property rights and the URL of the Website information that has not been respected or constitutes an infringement, as well as sufficient contact details allowing us to contact you (address, email address, telephone number).

4. Limitation of liability

You accept and declare that GIPB cannot be and will not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damages, secondary or special damages, consequential or incidental damages, including, but not limited to, damages to be compensated for loss of profit, goodwill, use, data loss or other intangible losses, as a result of:

Failures, interruptions or errors in the provision of electronic services, services or information obtained via the Service;
Viruses that, despite precautionary measures, appear on the Website; we advise users to install a firewall, antivirus program or other necessary security programs on their computer;
An error and/or negligence on the part of GIPB's workers and/or agents, except for possible ethical responsibility in case of breach of the ethical rules of the Professional Institute of Real Estate Agents;
Fraudulent falsification of data by third parties, resulting from unauthorized intrusions on the Website;
Statements or behavior of third parties on the Website;
The impossibility of using the Service;
Unauthorized access or modification of your transmission or contact details.

5. Other conditions

If GIPB does not exercise a right or provision (arising) from these T&C, this in no way means that it waives this right or provision.

If one or more aspects of these T&C are (or appear) wholly or partially unenforceable, the validity and binding nature of the other provisions are in no way called into question.

In case of conflict between these T&C and any special conditions applicable to certain services provided by GIPB, whether or not via the Service, the special conditions will apply.

These T&C are governed by Belgian law.

The parties agree that, in case of dispute relating to the Service (including concerning these T&C), only the courts of the judicial district of Brussels will be competent.

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