Introduction
The Northern Border University has established its Portal as an effective window to learn about the University’s activities and services to staff and other beneficiaries at the regional and international levels. The Portal Management has identified several Terms and Conditions and the User’s Policy is to determine the relationship between the Portal on the one hand and users on the other; This ensures better service and helps to make greater use of all the Portal’s information. This Northern Border University’s Portal is available for your personal use; Your access to and use of this Portal is subject to the Terms and Conditions and Saudi Arabia’s Regulations. Your access to this Portal is unconditionally approved by the Terms and Conditions, whether or not you are a registered user. This consent is effective from the date of your first use of this Portal. One of the most important goals of the Portal is to be a knowledge information interface for the University and a tool to facilitate its services’ beneficiaries through effective electronic services. In addition to raising awareness, disseminating knowledge, emphasizing the principle of participation and constructive dialogue, and reviewing the University’s role in sustainable development in the Kingdom. On this basis, using everything contained in the Portal means scientific, cognitive, and cultural augmentation, which makes using any information the Portal receives the user’s liability. The use of the Portal includes several terms and conditions that are subject to continuous updates and changes as needed, and any modification or update of any Terms and Conditions becomes effective as soon as the Portal’s management approves it; This requires you to continuously review the Terms of Use to find out about any updates to them; Your continued use of this Portal means that you are fully informed and accept any amendment to the Terms and Conditions. These terms and conditions include property rights, and the Portal’s management is not required to announce any updates to these terms.
By using the NBU portal, you agree to refrain from the following:
Uploading or downloading files that contain software, materials, data, or other information that you do not own or do not have licensed.
Using this Portal to send any business or unwanted e-mail or misuse of this kind to the University’s Portal.
Uploading files on this Portal that contain viruses, corrupted data, or any malicious software, or doing anything that might affect the integrity, reliability, or continued availability of information on the Portal.
Publishing, advertising, distributing or circulating materials or information containing defamation, violation of laws, pornographic or obscene materials, violation of Islamic teachings or public morals, or any illegal materials or information through the University’s Portal.
Participating through the University’s Portal in informal activities in the Kingdom.
Announcing on the Portal - about any product or service that makes NBU in violation.
Using any means, program, or procedure to interfere or attempt to interfere in the proper operation of the University’s Portal.
Taking any action imposes an unreasonable, large, or inappropriate load on the infrastructure of the University’s Portal.
Hyperlinking
- Links from other portals to NBU’s Portal:
Caching and framing this Portal or any of its contents are prohibited except as set forth below. Portal links can be shared at other sites that do not conflict with the University’s goals, policies, and frameworks. The University reserves the right to disable any unauthorized link. The University reserves its full right to impede any association with any website containing inappropriate, explicit, transgressive, insulting, pornographic, indecent, unacceptable, or unlawful subjects, names, materials, or information that violates the intellectual property, privacy rights, or public rights. It does not assume responsibility for the content available on any other site accessed through or from this Portal.
- Links from NBU’s Portal to other portals:
Links to other portals and/or websites are provided to assist the visitor; the University and Portandement are not responsible for the content or credibility of portals and/or websites and do not verify their contents. Therefore, using these websites or portals is entirely your responsibility. We aim to replace broken links to other sites but cannot guarantee that these links will always work as we have no control over the availability of other sites.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We shall not be held liable for any loss, disruption, or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur while connecting to this Portal or using material derived from this Portal.
Disclaimer
The Northern Border University portal, the services provided, and the information, materials, and functions available or accessible are provided for personal use without any acknowledgment, promises, or guarantees. We cannot guarantee or take responsibility for any interruptions, errors, or abuses arising from using this Portal, its contents, or any associated websites, with or without our knowledge. Users do not own any transmitted information or communication and cannot claim or have any right to ensure confidentiality. Any public or particularly interactive use contained in this Portal shall not guarantee the user any rights, licenses, or privileges of any kind. If the University waives any rights available to it and specified under these Terms on one occasion, it does not automatically and permanently waive any rights under other circumstances.
Limitation of Liability
Northern Border University’s Portal provides online services only to facilitate manual procedures. Therefore, you acknowledge that others may have interfered with or intercepted Internet communications. Thus, resorting to this Portal remains at your own risk. The Portal shall not in any way be liable for any loss or damage of any kind caused to you by your use of the Portal, your visit to it, or your reliance on any declaration, statement, or opinion on it that may result in any delays, communication disruption, Internet access problems, equipment or software failures, or the conduct or ideas of any person on this Portal. You hereby acknowledge and agree that your exclusive and sole means of remedying any damage or loss resulting from your access to or use of this Portal is to refrain from using, accessing, or failing to continue to use this Portal.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless NBU and any related entities, employees, and agents in charge of managing maintaining, updating, and supplying the NBU Portal from any liabilities incurred in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use or any applicable laws whether in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Termination of Use
We may, in our sole discretion, terminate, block or suspend your access to and use of this Portal without notice and for any reason, including for violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use or for other conduct which may, in our sole assessment, be unlawful or harmful to others. In the event of termination, you shall no longer be authorized to access this Portal.