Terms and Conditions

This website (driftekharshams.com) is owned and operated by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully to ensure that you understand and agree to them, as they contain the legal terms and conditions you are deemed to have agreed to whenever you use the Site. You should not use this Site if you do not accept these terms and conditions.

Purpose of the Site

The Site’s purpose is to provide you with information related to Authors, Books at Driftekharshams.com, and other related matters.

Other Terms and Conditions

Please note that additional terms and conditions may apply to specific sections of the Site. Please ensure that you review these where they are drawn to your attention.

Username and password

You may be required to register as a user of the Site to be able to access certain areas of the Site. In such a case, you must provide a username and password. Keep your username and password secret, and do not disclose them to anyone, as you will be responsible for all activities under your username and password. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other security breach as soon as you become aware.

Privacy

Our privacy policy will use your personal information.

Code of conduct

You agree that you are responsible for everything that you transmit to the Site, and you agree not to and warrant, represent and undertake that you will not:


Use Site in any way that will violate or infringe any laws or regulations of any jurisdiction or the rights of any person, nor post, submit or upload or otherwise transmit or publish content or information which is unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented or pornographic, racially offensive or which otherwise includes objectionable material; post, submit or upload or otherwise transmit or publish content or information which you do not have the right to use or which contains advertising of any kind, or transmit to the Site any material containing software viruses or files designed to damage or disrupt or corrupt data or the good working order of any computer or telecommunications equipment; or impersonate any other person or entity while using the Site. We will be entitled at our discretion to remove anything transmitted to, from, via the Site or posted on the Site which, in our opinion, is objectionable or does not comply with these terms and conditions in any way. We will not be liable for doing this. However, to avoid doubt, we will not be required to monitor the use of or access to the Site generally.

Availability and access

We have taken reasonable care in the preparation of the Site. However, we cannot guarantee that you will have uninterrupted access to the Site at all times, and we reserve the right to suspend the Site at any time without notice or liability. We reserve the right in our absolute discretion to monitor, suspend, revoke or otherwise limit access to this Site for any person at any time. Access to the Site and the information on the Site is not directed at any person in any jurisdiction where (because of that person’s nationality, residence, or otherwise) it is prohibited to access the Site or direct such information for any reason. If you are in a jurisdiction where such prohibitions apply, you must not access this Site.

Amendments

We may delete or update any information on the Site, add material or amend, alter, redesign or change anything contained on the Site at any time, without notice and any liability to any person. We shall have no responsibility for ensuring that the Site is kept up to date.

We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions without notice to you from time to time. Any such amendment shall be effective once the revised terms and conditions have been posted on the Site, and it shall be your responsibility to check these terms and conditions for any such amendments.

Information on the Site

Nothing on the Site should be construed as the making of an offer.


We have made reasonable efforts to ensure that all information on the Site is accurate at the time of inclusion. However, there may be errors in such information, for which we apologize, but we shall have no liability. We cannot guarantee that any information displayed on the Site has not been changed or modified through malicious attacks or “hacking.”

Ownership of Materials on the Site and Intellectual Property Rights

Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams are, unless otherwise stated, the owner of all copyright, database, and other intellectual property rights in the Site and its contents, with all rights, reserved. This includes, without limitation, copyright and other intellectual property rights in the videos, presentations, photographs, audios, documents, images, buttons, layout, and text contained on or in this Site. You may not publish, distribute, extract, re-utilize, or reproduce any part of the Site in any form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means) other than (i) as expressly permitted by applicable law and (ii) by making copies as part of any necessary incidental acts during your viewing of the Site or for solely educational, non-commercial purposes. In particular, you shall not incorporate any material from any part of the Site in any commercial work or publication, whether in hard copy, electronic, or any other form. No part of a page from this Site may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose.

All brand, product, and service names, logos, and images used in this Site are the property of Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams unless otherwise stated, with all rights reserved. You may not distribute products or offer services under or by reference to or otherwise use or reproduce any of the trademarks, trade names, or service marks on this Site without the prior written permission of Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams or, where applicable, the owner of such trademarks, trade names or service marks.

Contributions to the Site

Where you submit information to the Site, you warrant, represent and undertake that it:


It is your original work, and you have the right to make it available to Driftekharshams.com for all the purposes you submit; it is not defamatory and does not infringe any law.

External Links Driftekharshams.com is not responsible for the content of external websites. This Site may include links to other websites from time to time, so when you access certain links on this Site, you may leave the Site. These links are provided for your convenience. External websites are not part of this Site, and we do not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content of those websites (nor the products or services on them), are not responsible for the availability of the websites, and will not be liable in any way for any loss or damage which you may suffer by using those websites. If you decide to access linked websites, you do so at your own risk.

Google translations

The Google translate facility on the Site generates a statistical machine-based translation that is not retained in our system. Informa, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the translation. Informa shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused directly or indirectly in connection with, about, or arising out of the use of the translation. Your use of this feature is subject to these Terms.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

This Site is provided “as is,” and your access and use are at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Driftekharshams.com makes no representations, undertakings, or warranties about the content of any information provided through this Site, including any hypertext links or other items used directly or indirectly from the Site. Driftekharshams.com accepts no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions in the Site, and any decisions based on information contained in the Site are your sole responsibility.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, all representations, warranties, and undertakings (express or implied) in respect of the Site and the content of and your use of the same are excluded. In particular, but without limitation, we do not warrant that the Site or any videos, software, information, or material available on or downloaded from the Site will be free from errors, faults, viruses, other computer or data-corrupting or data-damaging material or defects, compatible with your equipment or fit for any purpose.

Liability

Except in the case of fraud, death, or personal injury caused by our negligence or other instances in which by law liability cannot be excluded or limited, we exclude all liability to you in respect of your use of this Site or any information or other content obtained either directly or indirectly from this Site, howsoever arising and whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation or otherwise.

Under no circumstances shall we have any liability for any loss of profit, business opportunity, goodwill, anticipated savings or data, or for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss or damages of whatsoever kind resulting from the use of this Site or any information or other content obtained either directly or indirectly from this Site, howsoever arising and whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation or otherwise.

You shall be liable to us for any loss, liability, or cost we (or any of our affiliates) suffer due to your use of this Site or any breach of these terms and conditions. By using this Site, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams and its affiliates against all legal fees, claims, liabilities, damages, costs, losses, and other expenses that may be incurred or suffered by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams or its affiliates as a result of your use of the Site or breach of these terms and conditions.

Applicable law

These terms and conditions are governed by and will be construed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these terms and conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.