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Privacy & Cookie Notice

INTRODUCTION

AJPRS along with its affiliated associations including the Sri Lanka Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons wants to inform you about the ways we process your personal information. In this Privacy & Cookie Notice we explain what personal information we collect, use and disclose.

Personal information means any data relating to an individual who can be identified, directly or indirectly, based on that information. This may include information such as names, contact details, (online) identification data, online identifiers or other characteristics specific to that individual.

This Privacy & Cookie Notice applies when you visit our websites, solutions and other services, including events and web chat communications, that refer or display a link to this notice (“Services”). This Privacy & Cookie Notice may be supplemented or replaced by additional privacy statements or terms provided to you from time to time.

LAYERED NOTICE HEADERS:

WHO WE ARE

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

THE USE OF COOKIES AND INTEREST BASED ADVERTISING

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

WHO WE ARE

The Asian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AJPRS) is a noteworthy bi-annual peer-reviewed publication which offers indispensable research, insights and reviews surrounding the plastic and reconstructive surgery field. Comprehensive and innovative, this journal serves as an informative platform for scholars, practitioners, and students alike around the world.

We are committed to safeguarding the personal information of our users, while helping our scholars, practitioners, and students to expand their knowledge.
If you wish to contact us in relation to questions regarding your personal information, we refer you to the ‘HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US’ section below.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

The type of personal information we collect depends on your relationship with us and the Services we deliver to you. To that end, we may collect the following personal information about you:

Name and contact details, such as, first and last name, email address, postal address, telephone number
Work-related information, such as, job title and other employment or education information
Account credentials, such as, passwords and other security information for authentication and access.
Financial information, such as, bank account, credit and debit card numbers for processing of payments.
Computer, device and connection information, such as, IP address, browser type and version and location, advertising identifiers, cookie or tracker identifiers and related information
Audio and visual information, such as your voice and image as captured in photographs, video, or audio recordings if you attend our events or leave us a message
Any other information shared by you through our websites.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We and our third-party service providers may collect personal information from the following sources:

Direct interactions, such as when you register to our website or subscribe to our journal.
Data from third parties, such as information on third-party websites or other information you may have made publicly available, or information provided by third party sources, including but not limited to government entities.
Automated tracking technologies, such as information automatically collected about your interaction with our Services and websites using various technologies such as cookies, web logs and beacons and internet tags.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information is used for the purposes for which it has been collected and might be further used for statutory or other legitimate purposes only. As an example, registering an account allows you to log in, manage your profile, and participate as an author/reviewer/editor. We use cookies and session information to streamline your use of the website (for example for you to remain logged-in when you return to a journal). You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use the websites, although if you do you will then need to enter your username and password to login. In order to take advantage of certain features of the websites, you may also choose to provide us with other personal information, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary.
Personal data submitted with the article or book is collected to allow follow good publication ethics during the review process, and will form part of the official published record for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

To be able to provide you the best possible knowledge and information, we may share certain information internally or with selected third parties. There might also be a certain statutory or legal obligation that we believe in good faith requires us to disclose your personal information externally. Parties we might share data with include:

other AJPRS affiliates or subsidiaries, e.g. SLAPRAS.
subscribing, accrediting or professional organizations, e.g. for providing utilization information to organizations that provide you with access to our Services and/or sharing tracking and redeeming credits for professional accreditation.
organizations involved in business transfers, e.g. to a purchaser or successor entity in the event of a sale or any other corporate transaction involving some or all of our business.
other parties, e.g. as needed for external audits, compliance, risk management, corporate development and/or corporate governance related matters; or
governmental authorities, regulators and other third parties, in response to a legal request, court orders and/or as otherwise necessary to comply with applicable law.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Your personal information will be processed to the extent necessary for the performance of our obligations, to comply with legal obligations, and for the time necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is collected, in accordance with our data retention policies and the applicable data protection laws. When we no longer need your personal information, we will take all reasonable steps to remove it from our systems and records or take steps to properly anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We have put in place an internal framework of policies and minimum standards across all our businesses to keep your data safe. In addition, we limit access to personal information by our employees, business partners, service providers and third-party service providers to a ‘need-to-know’ basis. More specifically and in accordance with the law, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures (policies and procedures, IT security and others) to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal information and the way it is processed.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

As a global organization, we operate in different jurisdictions which grant individuals different levels of protection in relation to the processing of personal information. We will honour your rights under the extent provided under Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), No. 9 of 2022, your rights may include the following:

Right of Access (‘Overview of Your Personal Information’): You have the right to obtain an overview of the personal information we process about you. This enables you to understand what data we hold and how it is being used.
Right to Rectification (‘Correct Your Personal Information’): If you find that your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or update it.
Right to Erasure (‘Right to be Forgotten’): You can request the deletion of your personal information where permitted by law. However, there may be instances where we cannot comply with your request, such as when processing is required to meet a legal obligation or fulfill a contract. Additionally, certain information is necessary for the provision of our Services, and if you do not provide this information, you might be restricted from accessing or using certain features.
Right to Data Portability (‘Transfer Your Personal Information’): You can request that we transfer your personal information directly to you or to another entity of your choice, where technically feasible. This right applies to personal information processed by automated means with your consent or based on a contract with us.
Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we restrict or halt the processing of your personal information for a specified period or indefinitely. This request may be declined if the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations or if we have compelling legitimate grounds.
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal information, particularly if it is based on legitimate interests. We will cease processing unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons to continue. You also have an unconditional right to object in cases of direct marketing.
Withdrawal of Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information at any time. This withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

For assistance with these rights or any questions regarding the handling of your personal information, please refer to the ‘HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US’ section below.

If you believe we have not addressed your concerns appropriately or if you disagree with our data privacy practices, you have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.

THE USE OF COOKIES AND INTEREST BASED ADVERTISING

Cookies are small text files, which might be stored on your computer or mobile device. Similar technologies may include pixels, beacons, tags, embedded scripts, social media plugins or other tracers or similar technologies. These tracking technologies are often used in conjunction with cookies but may be stored in a different manner.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (collectively referred to as “Cookies”) for several different purposes, including to optimize our websites, to facilitate website browsing and to analyse website traffic. Cookies may collect information to analyse personal browsing behaviour, remember you and your preferences, personalize our Services, and to deliver and measure advertising (including interest-based advertising).

We may use Cookies belonging to one of the four categories listed below.

Strictly Necessary Cookies – These are necessary for the website to function. They are usually set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, this may have an effect on the proper functioning of (parts of) the site.
Functional Cookies – These enable the website to provide enhanced functionality, user experience and personalization, and may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies – these support analytic services that help us to improve our website’s functionality and user experience.
Advertising Cookies – these can be applied to collect insights, to issue personalized content and advertising on our own and other websites.

If you do not want Cookies to be stored, most modern browsers allow you to select the appropriate options or preferences from the settings in your browser or you may select the appropriate preferences in the cookie-tool(s) provided on some of our websites.

We use the services of third parties, including Google, for our own marketing purposes and to deliver advertising (including interested-based advertising), and these third parties also may use Cookies for these purposes and to track visitors on our websites and elsewhere on the internet. To opt out of Google’s use of Cookies or device identifiers, you can visit Google’s Ad Settings or by visiting the Google Marketing Platform opt-out page. You may also opt out of certain interest-based advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page and the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page. We do not maintain or control these opt-opt mechanisms, which are provided by non-affiliated third parties. Further, we do not control which third parties choose to participate in these opt-out mechanisms. Please note that opting out of interest-based advertising does not mean that you will no longer see advertising on the services, but these ads may be less relevant to your interests.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our websites may contain links to other AJPRS or third-party websites, which may have privacy & cookie notices that differ from ours. We are not responsible for the collection, processing or disclosure of personal information collected through such other websites.

We are also not responsible for any information or content contained on such websites. Links to other websites are provided solely for convenience. Your usage and browsing on any such website is subject to that website’s own policies. Please review the privacy notices posted on other websites that you may access through our website.

AJPRS may provide you with additional or different privacy notices, in specific instances, on how your personal information is collected and used for a specific Service.

HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US

If you have any questions about how we process your personal information or if you want to exercise one of your rights, you can contact us at: Email: [email protected] or Mobile: (+94) 75 764 0860

If you feel we are unresponsive or disagree with our data privacy practices, you also have a right, depending on applicable law, to file a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.

In response to a request, we might ask you to verify your identity if needed, and to provide information that helps us to understand your request better. If we do not grant your request, whether in whole or in part, we will explain why.

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

From time to time we may update this Privacy & Cookie Notice or any other specific privacy statement. When making changes to this Privacy & Cookie Notice, we will add a new date to this Privacy Statement. This version is effective as of 24th of September 2024.

Terms and Conditions of Use

Asian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons affiliate and subsidiary associations including the Sri Lanka Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons welcomes you to its website located at https://www.slapras.com/ Please take a moment to review them. When you access, view, submit, or use the software, articles, content, material, or publications available on or through the Site you agree, on behalf of yourself, any company or organization on whose behalf you actually or allegedly act, and any individual that receives access to the Site through you, you indicate that you have read and understand these Terms and Conditions, and that you agree to them and intend to be legally bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you are not granted permission to use the Site and must exit immediately. Any violation of these Terms and Conditions or other act or omission by any person that obtains access to this Site through you that would be a breach of these Terms and Conditions if committed by you is deemed a breach of these Terms and Conditions by you for which you shall be responsible.

Informational Purposes Only

The information on this Site is for informational purposes only. No information, services, or materials offered by or through this Site shall be construed as or understood to be medical advice or care. None of the information on this Site shall be used to diagnose or treat any health problem or disease.

Proprietary Rights

All works of authorship, information, content, functional components, articles, reports, information and material appearing on, contained in, or made available through the AJPRS Site are protected by law, including copyright law. Except as explicitly stated on the Site, the entirety of the Site Materials are AJPRS’s copyrighted works, all rights reserved, or they are the copyrighted works of AJPRS’s affiliates, licensors, or suppliers. AJPRS also owns a copyright in the Site as a collective work and compilation, and in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and organization of the Site Materials.

Removing or altering any copyright notice or any other proprietary notice on any Site Materials is strictly prohibited. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under these Terms and Conditions or any applicable license or subscription agreement governing the use of the Site Materials, any commercial use of any Site Materials, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of AJPRS, is prohibited. Except for articles published under a Creative Commons License that permits such activity, any reproduction, distribution, performance, display, preparation of derivative works based upon, framing, capturing, harvesting, scraping, or collection of, or creating of hypertext or other links or connections to, any Site Materials or any other proprietary information of AJPRS, without AJPRS’s advance written consent, is prohibited. Articles published under a Creative Commons License may be used in accordance with the terms of such Creative Commons License.

All names, trademarks, service marks, symbols, slogans, and logos appearing on the Site are proprietary to AJPRS or its parent, affiliates, licensors, or suppliers. Use or misuse of these trademarks is expressly prohibited and may violate federal and state trademark law.

Third Party Materials, Products and Services

Parties other than AJPRS may provide products, services or content on the Site. Use of the Site and the Site Materials and any other material or content on and made available through the Site is entirely at your own risk. Additionally, the Site contains links to other Internet Web sites for the convenience of users in locating information, products, or services that may be of interest. Other terms and conditions, in addition to these Terms and Conditions, may appear on the Site related to specific content of third parties and will apply to such third-party content as indicated. AJPRS does not recommend and expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information, or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on third party sites or the transactions you conduct or enter with third parties. Your use of third parties’ websites is at your own risk, and subject to the terms and conditions of such other websites. AJPRS does not endorse any product, service, or treatment provided on a third-party website or advertised on the Site.

Materials Submitted to the Site

The Site may allow you to contribute photographs, pictures, videos, recordings, postings, and other materials and information that is not governed by the Privacy Statement as personal data (“User Materials”) to the Site. AJPRS does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any User Materials and cannot be responsible for any User Materials. By submitting User Materials to or using the Site, you represent that you have the full legal right to provide the User Materials, that such User Materials will not: (a) divulge any protected health information or infringe any intellectual property rights of any person or entity or any rights of publicity, personality, or privacy of any person or entity, including without limitation as a result of your failure to obtain consent to post personally identifying or otherwise private information about a person or which impersonates another person; (b) violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; (c) be defamatory, libelous or trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing or embarrassing; (d) be obscene, child pornographic, or indecent; (e) violate any community or Internet standard; (f) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data or personal information, or that facilitate or enable such or that are intended to do any of the foregoing; (g) result in product liability, tort, breach of contract, personal injury, death, or property damage; (h) constitute misappropriation of any trade secret or know-how; or (i) constitute disclosure of any confidential information owned by any third party. Upon your submission of User Materials or other material or information to AJPRS, you grant AJPRS, and AJPRS thereby accepts, a worldwide, perpetual, non-terminable, irrevocable, transferable, license to access, use, distribute, perform, reproduce, display, modify, create derivative works based upon, and sublicense, and to permit others to access, use, distribute, perform, reproduce, display, modify, create derivative works based upon, and sublicense, the User Materials for the purpose of providing the Site and Site products and services and for all other business purposes of AJPRS, all without any compensation to you whatsoever. AJPRS may remove User Materials from the Site that are libelous, incorrect, spiteful, or otherwise inappropriate, in AJPRS’s sole discretion. AJPRS shall not be responsible for changes, modifications, or removal any User Materials that you submit to the Site. AJPRS reserves the right to, but is not obligated to monitor, edit or disclose any User Materials. If you believe that any User Materials violate your intellectual property or other rights, please follow our Complaint Procedure in Section 9 of these Terms and Conditions.

User Materials stored on the Site are stored by AJPRS only for permitted temporary online sharing purposes and not for permanent or long-term storage or for temporary archival purposes. AJPRS is not obligated to maintain back-up copies of any User Materials.

You acknowledge and agree that User Materials may be transferred by AJPRS and its agents, representatives, contractors, and licensees outside of Sri Lanka. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that it is your obligation to inform third parties of the processing, including, without limitation, transferring across international borders, of their personal information, such as their name, address, and likeness, in connection with the User Materials. You agree to ensure that any required third parties have given their consent to such processing as required by all applicable law, statute, ordinance, or regulation, including, without limitation, data protection legislation.

Communications With the Site

AJPRS welcomes your feedback and suggestions about how to improve our information, and services and the Site, including, without limitation, the feedback and suggestions and all other information, data, material, or other content (collectively, “Submissions”) to AJPRS. Such Submissions shall be deemed User Materials in accordance with Terms and Conditions. Without limiting the foregoing, AJPRS is free to use any ideas, concepts, methods, know-how, techniques, and processes contained in any Submission for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation creating and marketing products, information, or services using such information.

Privacy

Our Privacy Statement is incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference, as if fully set forth herein.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability

THE SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS AND USER MATERIALS ON, IN, AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITES, AND THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS ON AND IN AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE IS MADE AVAILABLE “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS.” USE OF THE SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

AJPRS OR ITS LICENSORS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE USER MATERIALS, THE SITE MATERIALS, THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS ON AND IN AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, NON-INTERFERENCE, QUALITY, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND EFFORT WITH REGARD TO ANY AND ALL USER MATERIALS, THE SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS, AND THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS ON AND IN AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, IS WITH YOU.

AJPRS OR ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST REVENUES OR LOST PROFITS, WHICH MAY OR DOES RESULT FROM THE USE OF, ACCESS TO, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE USER MATERIALS, THE SITE MATERIALS, THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS ON AND IN AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT AJPRS HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR PROBABILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF THE REMEDIES OTHERWISE AVAILABLE FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF AJPRS AND ITS LICENSORS TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IN CONNECTION WITH, BASED UPON, OR ARISING FROM THE SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS ON, IN, AND MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, OR THE SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR PRODUCTS OFFERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU DURING THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS FOR USE OF THE SITE.

Indemnification

You shall indemnify AJPRS and its members, editors, against all claims, actions, suits, and other proceedings (“Claims”) arising out of or incurred in connection with the Site and your use of the Site, your fraud, violation of law, negligence, wilful misconduct, or any other use of the Site, the User Materials, the Site Materials, the services, products, information and other materials on and in and made available through the Site, (except to the extent attributable to AJPRS), or any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions and shall indemnify and hold AJPRS Indemnitees harmless from and against all judgments, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and attorneys’ disbursements) arising out of or incurred in connection with such Claims. You may not settle any Claim without the prior written consent of AJPRS.

AJPRS or its licensors may assume the defence of any Claim, at your sole cost and expense, and you shall cooperate in all reasonable respects in such defence. You shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any Claim and to participate in the defence thereof. If AJPRS or its licensors do not notify you that it elects to undertake the defence thereof, you shall have the right to defend the Claim with counsel reasonably acceptable to AJPRS, subject to the right of AJPRS to assume, at their sole cost and expense, the defence of any Claim at any time prior to the settlement or final determination thereof.

Complaint Procedure

If you believe that any photographs or content on the Site violate your intellectual property or other rights, please send to AJPRS at [email protected] a comprehensive detailed message setting forth the following information: (1) your name and the name of your company, if any; (2) your contact information, including your e-mail address; (3) the nature and substance of your complaint, the specific rights at issue, and your basis for making the complaint, including the content or posting that is objectionable; and (4) the following statement: “The statements, representations, and assertions made in this message are true, complete, and accurate and I have the full legal authority to make each and every such statement, representation, and assertion and to make and be granted any demand made in this message.”

Nature of the Internet

Given the nature of the Internet, the transmission of any communication or material to AJPRS via the Site or Internet electronic mail, whether encrypted or otherwise, cannot be guaranteed, and is not represented to be, secure. Alternative to communicating via the Internet or e-mail, AJPRS can be contacted by regular mail at Address: No. 6, Independence Avenue, Colombo 07, or by telephone at (+94) 75 764 0860. Use of the Internet is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting anything else in these Terms and Conditions or otherwise, neither AJPRS nor its contractors will be liable for any loss resulting from failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, natural disasters, strikes or other labour problems, wars, or governmental restrictions.

Corrections and Changes

AJPRS may make changes to the Site or Site Materials, or to the products, information, or services made available in connection with the Site, at any time, and AJPRS makes no commitment to update the information contained on or in the Site. AJPRS reserves the right to terminate your access to the Site in the event that you violate these Terms and Conditions or for any reason whatsoever or no reason, with or without notice, in addition to any and all other remedies available at law or in equity.

AJPRS reserves the right at any time to modify, alter or update these Terms and Conditions. Your use of the Site following any changes means that you agree to follow and be bound by the terms as changed. It is the obligation of users visiting the Site before the change to learn of changes to the Terms and Conditions since their last visit. Any change to the Terms and Conditions shall be effective as to any visitor who has visited the Site before the change was made.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and AJPRS concerning the subject matter hereof. They supersede any prior written or oral representations, understandings, and agreements, whether express or implied. These Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Sri Lanka, without reference to its conflict of law principles.

By accessing, viewing, or using the works, content, or materials on the Site, you agree to:

(a) The exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any and all disputes arising from this Agreement or related to the Service shall be the courts located in Sri Lanka.

(b) Accept service of process by personal delivery or mail.

(c) Irrevocably waive any right to trial by jury and any defenses related to jurisdiction or venue that may otherwise be available.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (“DMCA”) NOTICE

Materials on this Online Service may be from third parties not within AJPRS’s control. If you believe any materials on this Online Service infringe a copyright, you should provide us with written notice that at a minimum contains:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Miscellaneous

The Site is controlled and operated from within the Sri Lanka. Without limiting anything else, AJPRS makes no representation that the Site, Site Materials, User Materials, services, products, information or other materials available on, in, or through the Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where they are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own volition and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws. The waiver or failure of AJPRS to exercise in any respect any right provided hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver of such right in the future or a waiver of any of other rights established under these Terms and Conditions. Headings used in these Terms and Conditions are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions.

Dated: 24/09/2024