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Introduction

• By using the FirstRand Foundation and FirstRand Empowerment Foundation’s (the foundations’) grant application (grants) website* (the website), users agree to be bound to the provisions of these terms of use.
• The foundations shall, from time to time and at their sole discretion, be entitled to modify these terms of use. Users’ continued use of the website will be subject to the terms of use in force at the time of use. Accordingly, the foundations request that users review these terms of use periodically as users’ continued access or use of the website shall be deemed to signify their acceptance of the amended terms of use.
  * The website is owned by FirstRand Bank Limited, a service provider and an operator appointed by the foundations to administer the website.

Information on the website

• The information contained in this website is for general use. It is intended to be used for gaining access to grant funding applications, but does not guarantee the awarding of a grant.
• The foundations have taken reasonable care to ensure that information published on this website is accurate and complete as at the date of publication. Nevertheless, the foundations do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this website or referred to there.
• The foundations do not assume any liability for errors in or omissions from the content of this website, nor for any loss or damage which may result from reliance by any person upon information contained in this website.

Information provided by website users

• The personal information contained in the profiles created and applications submitted on the website by users in order to be considered for grant funding will be processed (collected, used, stored or otherwise dealt with) by the foundations for the purposes set out in the privacy notices available on this website. The foundations want to ensure that users fully understand how their personal information may be used. The purposes for which users’ personal information may be used have been described in detail by the foundations in their privacy notices. The foundations have also set out further information in their privacy notices for users regarding accessing, correcting or objecting to the processing of their personal information. The foundations strongly advise that users read their privacy notices prior to providing any personal information on this website.
• Users’ provision of personal information through this website does not guarantee that they will be awarded a grant. The awarding of grants is done at the sole discretion of the foundations and is subject to the conclusion of an agreement with successful grant recipients.
• The website automatically collects information regarding users’ use of the website. This practice is governed by the foundations’ cookie notice.

Third-party websites and information

• The foundations do not guarantee the accuracy, reliability or completeness of:
  • information on the website which is obtained from external third-party sources, such as development sector data;
  • content on external third-party websites to which the foundations have provided a hyperlink on this website; and
  • information provided in website contributions authored by independent third parties, such as the reports in the Knowledge sharing sections of the foundations’ focus area pages on this website.
• Users’ use of, or reliance upon such third-party information will be at their own risk.
• The views and opinions expressed in the Knowledge sharing sections of the foundation’s focus areas pages on this website, are those of the authors and do not reflect the policy or position of the foundations. Such information is subject to copyright and may not be used without prior consent.

Use of the website

• This website is intended for use by South African persons only.
• The content on this website, including all registered and unregistered trademarks, constitutes the foundations’ intellectual property rights or intellectual property of third parties which are licensed to, used and/or held (whether or not currently) by the foundations. Users may not copy, reproduce, display or use any intellectual property in any manner whatsoever without the foundations’ prior written permission. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any intellectual property. The copyright of this website belongs to FirstRand Bank Limited. All rights are reserved.
• Users may not establish a hyperlink, frame, meta-tag or similar reference, whether electronically (linking) or otherwise, to this website or any other subsidiary pages without the prior written consent of the foundation(s), which consent is at their sole discretion. Users may apply to establish such a link by submitting a request to social.investing@firstrand.co.za. In the event that users have not heard from the foundation(s) within five working days, please consider the request as having been rejected.
• This website may be unavailable from time to time due to routine maintenance or emergency repairs, or because of the unavailability of electricity, telecommunications systems or networks. For the duration of such unavailability, please contact the foundations at social.investing@firstrand.co.za.