Terms and Conditions | Comboni Missionary Sisters
Last updated: August 10, 2025

1. Introduction

These Terms and Conditions apply to this website and to the transactions related to our products and services. You may be bound by additional contracts related to your relationship with us or any products or services that you receive from us. If any provisions of the additional contracts conflict with any provisions of these Terms, the provisions of these additional contracts will control and prevail.

2. Binding Agreement

By accessing or otherwise using this website, you hereby agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions set forth below. The mere use of this website implies the knowledge and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

3. Electronic Communication

By using this website or communicating with us by electronic means, you agree and acknowledge that we may communicate with you electronically on our website or by sending an email to you, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be in writing.

4. Intellectual Property

We or our licensors own and control all of the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the website and the data, information, and other resources displayed by or accessible within the website.

4.1 All Rights Reserved

Unless specific content dictates otherwise, you are not granted a license or any other right under Copyright, Trademark, Patent, or other Intellectual Property Rights. This means that you will not use, copy, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, embed into any electronic medium, alter, reverse engineer, decompile, transfer, download, transmit, monetize, sell, market, or commercialize any resources on this website in any form, without our prior written permission.

5. Third-Party Property

Our website may include hyperlinks or other references to other parties' websites. We do not monitor or review the content of other parties' websites which are linked to from this website. Products or services offered by other websites shall be subject to the applicable Terms and Conditions of those third parties.

Important: We will not be responsible for any privacy practices or content of these sites. You bear all risks associated with the use of these websites and any related third-party services.

6. Responsible Use

By visiting our website, you agree to use it only for the purposes intended and as permitted by these Terms, any additional contracts with us, and applicable laws, regulations, and generally accepted online practices and industry guidelines. You must not use our website or services to:

  • Use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) malicious computer software
  • Use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity
  • Conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to our website
  • Engage in any activity that causes, or may cause, damage to the website

7. Idea Submission

Do not submit any ideas, inventions, works of authorship, or other information that can be considered your own intellectual property that you would like to present to us unless we have first signed an agreement regarding the intellectual property or a non-disclosure agreement.

Warning: If you disclose it to us absent such written agreement, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future media.

8. Termination of Use

We may, in our sole discretion, at any time modify or discontinue access to, temporarily or permanently, the website or any Service thereon. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance.

9. Warranties and Liability

This website and all content on the website are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis and may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, as to the availability, accuracy, or completeness of the Content.

Limitation of Liability: Our maximum liability to you for all damages arising out of or related to the website will be limited to €250. Such limit will apply in the aggregate to all of your claims, actions and causes of actions of every kind and nature.

9.1 Disclaimers

Nothing on this website constitutes or is meant to constitute, legal, financial or medical advice of any kind. If you require advice you should consult an appropriate professional.

10. Privacy

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you may share when visiting our website. We have developed a policy to address any privacy concerns you may have. For more information, please see our Privacy Statement and our Cookie Policy.

11. Export Restrictions / Legal Compliance

Access to the website from territories or countries where the Content or purchase of the products or Services sold on the website is illegal is prohibited. You may not use this website in violation of export laws and regulations of Italy.

12. Assignment

You may not assign, transfer or sub-contract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, to any third party without our prior written consent.

13. Breaches of these Terms and Conditions

Without prejudice to our other rights under these Terms and Conditions, if you breach these Terms and Conditions in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including temporarily or permanently suspending your access to the website.

14. Force Majeure

Except for obligations to pay money hereunder, no delay, failure or omission by either party to carry out or observe any of its obligations hereunder will be deemed to be a breach of these Terms and Conditions if and for as long as such delay, failure or omission arises from any cause beyond the reasonable control of that party.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses, relating to your violation of these Terms and Conditions, and applicable laws, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights.

16. Waiver

Failure to enforce any of the provisions set out in these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the validity of these Terms and Conditions.

17. Language

These Terms and Conditions will be interpreted and construed in English and Spanish. All notices and correspondence will be written in those languages.

18. Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions, together with our privacy statement and cookie policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Institut Pie Madri della Nigrizia – Comboni Missionary Sisters in relation to your use of this website.

19. Updating of these Terms and Conditions

We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. It is your obligation to periodically check these Terms and Conditions for changes or updates. Changes will become effective upon such changes being posted to this website.

20. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Italy. Any disputes relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Italy.

Contact Information

Institut Pie Madri della Nigrizia – Comboni Missionary Sisters

You may contact us regarding these Terms and Conditions through our contact page.

22. Download

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