Terms & Conditions

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY
Ownership of the Web Sites 
The Web Site is owned The Philippine Examiner: It is an Associated News Agency Publication and is syndicated to all its news networks.
 
This document sets forth the legal terms, conditions, and privacy policy for access to and use of the Associated News Agency (ANA) and all its syndicated news networks (WEB SITES / WEBSITES).   By accessing or using these websites or the materials contained therein, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions. 
 
 
Copyright and Trademark Notice 
These WEBSITES are protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation of the writer or the author of the article, pursuant to US Laws, and international conventions, including Italian and European Union copyright laws. These copyright and collective works and or compilations of the writer or the author of the article are not owned by ANA. Any access, use, authorized, or unauthorized usage of the materials contained in the Web Sites is strictly prohibited if you do not agree. All rights are reserved. You are free to leave immediately.
 
Associated News Agency® and its news syndicated network are registered trademarks. Any unauthorized use of such trademark or trademark's connected rights is strictly prohibited unless prior written consent is obtained from the Company. The Web Sites may contain documents, images, software, information, and other materials owned by others, such as photographs, commercials, film clips, and music. Any unauthorized use of the materials contained in these Web Sites is not owned by ANA.  Any concern should be addressed to them.  ANA is only a portal on the internet.  
 
Associated News Agency respects all the intellectual property rights of third persons. If anyone asserts that any of the Web Sites is infringing his own intellectual property rights, he is kindly requested to give email notice directly to the writer, please cc your objection to info@associatednewsagency.com.
 
Use and Access to the Web Sites 
The contents and materials ("the Contents") of these Web Sites are only for your personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable items displayed on these Web Sites only for your personal, non-commercial use; provided that you acknowledge that the copyright contained therein is protected and that you undertake to respect all copyright and all other rights contained in the Web Sites. 
 
Copying or storing of any Contents other than personal, non-commercial use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the writer or author. The company may change, cancel or discontinue all or any features of the Web Sites at any time, including the availability of all or any portion of the Web Sites' service, feature, and database. Associated News Agency may also correct any error or omissions in any portion of the Web Sites, impose limits on certain features and services, or restrict your access to parts or all of the Web Sites without notice or liability if we find that you are in violation to our common principles.
 
Links to other websites
It is expressly understood that the websites to which links are provided in these are not under the control of the Associated News Agency. Associated News Agency.and all its network, therefore, assumes no responsibility with respect to the linked sites, or for any potential damages arising or in connection with the use of any such link. The existence of a link between these Web Sites and any other websites are not and shall not be understood as an endorsement by Associated News Agency and all its network
 
Disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability
Associated News Agency and all its network expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, including warranties of accuracy, reliability, title, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranty, condition, guarantee, or representation, whether oral, in writing, or in electronic form, including but not limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained therein or provided by the Web Sites. 
 
Associated News Agency and all its network does not represent or warrant that access to these Web Sites or that these Web Sites will contain no failures, errors or omissions, or loss of transmitted information, or that no viruses will be transmitted on the Web Sites. 
 
Associated News Agency and all its network shall not be liable to you or to any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, or punitive damages allegedly sustained arising out of your access to or inability to access the Web Sites, including for viruses alleged to have been obtained from the Web Sites, your use of or reliance on the Web Sites or any of the information or materials available on the Web Sites.
 
Privacy Policy. 
Associated News Agency and all its networks are committed to protecting your privacy. 
 
You may have read about "cookies". Cookies are pieces of information that websites transfer to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. The use of Cookies is an industry standard, and a lot of websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. If you prefer, you can set your computer to refuse Cookies. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. This Privacy clause may be modified from time to time; notice of changes will appear on this page, so check back often.
 
Modifications. 
The above rules may be modified by Associated News Agency from time to time; notice of revisions of such rules will be announced on this page. Continued use of these Web Sites by you shall mean your acceptance of any changes or revisions of such rules; we, therefore, advise you to regularly check this page. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE RULES CONTAINED IN THESE PAGES, DO NOT USE THESE WEBSITES AND, PLEASE, EXIT IMMEDIATELY.