Terms and Conditions

We, The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd, would ask that you take the time to read these Terms and Conditions carefully. They explain a number of things including, for example, the rules covering your use of this site as well as other information regarding your rights. By using www.thearkasia.com , you’ll be confirming that you have read and understood and agree to these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions may change from time to time and, if they do, the up-to-date version will always be available on the The Ark Asia.com website. 

Your Information and Privacy

For a more detailed explanation of how we will collect, use and store information relating to you, and our commitment to protecting your privacy, please see our Privacy Policy.

To learn more about how we use cookies on our site, please check out our Cookies page.

Facebook Connect

When you use www.thearkasia.com , you have the option to connect your Facebook account to www.thearkasia.com   If you decide to ‘connect’ your Facebook account, we will gather certain information from your account so that we can display the content on the site in a way that we think would be optimal for your enjoyment of the site. Please see the Privacy Statement to see what information we collect and how we will use it. 

Business Proposal Submissions

If you wish to submit a business proposal to us, that submission is subject to the particular terms and conditions of the “Business Proposal Submission Agreement” which we ask you to read and tick the tick-box indicating your agreement to those terms and conditions. You will not be able to submit any business proposals to us without agreeing to the terms and conditions of the Business Proposal Submission Agreement.

Minors

Protecting the online privacy of children is especially important to us. By accessing the site, using Facebook Connect or providing us with any of your personal information, you’ll be representing and warranting that you are 18 or older and that you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you are under 18 years old, please do not attempt to use Facebook Connect with www.thearkasia.com and do not provide us with your name, contact details or any other information about yourself. If we reasonably believe a user to be under 18, we may need to remove their details provided by them from our site and our records

www.thearksia.com  Reviews

Reviews posted on our site don’t necessarily represent the views of  The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd or the The Ark Asia Group. All ratings are intended as a guideline only, and we do not guarantee their accuracy. www.thearkasia.com , makes no endorsements, recommendations, guarantees or representations in relation to any corporations, businesses, companies, goups or individuals,  referred to on this site We make no guarantee that any such information, or information in reviews posted by other users, will be accurate or up to date at the time you read it.

The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd will not be responsible or liable for any injury, loss or damage incurred or suffered as a result of any review. This paragraph should be read in accordance with applicable local laws.

Indemnity

Our legal eagles have said that we need to include this paragraph which basically protects The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd against people suing us for something bad happening:

In using this site you agree to indemnify and hold harmless www.thearkasia.com and all other The Ark Asia companies, their subsidiaries and holding companies, the subsidiaries of their holding companies and each of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents (and you shall continue to indemnify them and hold them harmless) in respect of all losses, liabilities, costs, claims, damages and demands suffered in connection with your conduct in using the site, your behaviour towards us,  The Ark Asia companies, our and their representatives, other users, any breach of law, any breach of these Terms and Conditions or any breach of any third party’s rights.

Proprietary Rights

All text, graphics, audio, video or image files, content, software, applications and information displayed on or available from this site, and all copyright, trade mark rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights in them (together, the “Proprietary Content”) are the property of www.thearkasia.com .This includes, without limitation, the organisation and lay-out of the site and the underlying software that is owned by us. 

By using the site you’re agreeing that Proprietary Content is available for personal use only and that you will not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute or dispose of in any way any Proprietary Content. Neither the The Ark Asia name nor any other  trade mark, logo or design may be used or copied in any manner.

Links to Other Sites

www.thearkasia.com  provides, amongst other things, convenient links to other The Ark Asia company websites. You can also contact the The Ark Asia companies through the Contact Us section of the site. Our site also contains links to other third party websites, resources, advertisements or sponsorships.

If you choose to access any of these links, you will be leaving www.thearkasia.com and since we don’t have any control over these sites, we are not responsible for the content, advertising, products or services available from them, or for any dealings or disputes that you may have in relation to those sites. www.thearkasia.com is not liable for any loss or damage which may be suffered as a result of the use of such links and third party sites. We would encourage you to review the terms and conditions and privacy policy on any new site you may choose to access because our terms and conditions and privacy policy will no longer be applicable.

We reserve the right to remove a link at any time.

Pop Ups

When using www.thearkasia.com , you may get pop-ups occasionally. We use these to help us improve our service to you. Pop-up boxes from www.thearkasia.com are clearly marked with a heading from www.thearkasia.com .

You might also get pop-up boxes from other The Ark Asia companies. Again you should be able to identify these, as they should be marked with a heading from the relevant The Ark Asia Company.

You might also get pop-up ads from third parties. These may appear due to software you have installed, deliberately or unknowingly, on your computer. Unfortunately, www.thearkasia.com cannot control these pop-up boxes because they haven’t come from us.

We do not endorse any website or product which appears in any pop-ups which do not come fromwww.thearkasia.com . 

Accessibility

If you have trouble using our website with certain web browsers or other software or if you want to let us know how we can improve accessibility, please let us know by clicking here to contact The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd. We appreciate your feedback and your suggestions will help us to improve our service to you.

Site information and downtime

This site may be unavailable occasionally for maintenance, updating or otherwise. Where this happens we apologise for any inconvenience caused. However, www.thearkasia.com shall not be liable for any loss, damages or inconvenience resulting from such unavailability.

At www.thearkasia.com we take great care in seeking to present accurate, transparent and useful information to you as a user. Please note that we may make changes to the site, its functions and services from time to time.

Other Limitation of Liability

It is important to note that using the internet does have its dangers. Our aim is to ensure a fast, reliable and secure service and to protect your personal information. However we cannot take responsibility for:

any breach of security of www.thearkasia.com .
any damage, loss or corruption of any data, information or material.
any viruses or other malicious Asias that may infect your computer equipment or other property.
any breach of security by hackers in relation to www.thearkasia.com 

The Ark Asia.com and the other The Ark Asia companies won’t be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential or economic loss (or for any exemplary or punitive damages) in connection with the use of www.thearkasia.com or any other site. The same applies for the employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents of www.thearkasia.com and/or the other The Ark Asia companies. This paragraph only applies to the extent that it can in accordance with applicable laws.

Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions and any dispute in relation to them are governed by Sri Lankan law and we reserve the right to bring proceedings in the courts in any location, the Sri Lankan courts or whichever forum we feel is appropriate.

As a user, the laws of your location may apply to your online dealings with www.thearkasia.com  and you may have additional legal rights and/or obligations than those provided under Sri Lankan law. We always recommend that you should seek local legal advice, we have our own in house consultancy team if you have any questions or concerns that need attention.

Other terms — a final word from our lawyers

These Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you, the user, and www.thearkasia.com in relation to your use of the site (which includes details on our approach to cookies) and supersede all prior agreements and arrangements between us in relation to your use of the site.

If any provision or part of these Terms and Conditions is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of all of the other provisions and parts of these Terms and Conditions will not be impaired.

No failure or delay www.thearkasia.com in exercising or enforcing any right, power or remedy which arises under these Terms and Conditions shall operate as a waiver of that or any other right, power or remedy. No waiver by www.thearkasia.com shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative of The Ark Asia Pvt Ltd. 

Finally — If in doubt, talk to us

If you have any queries, comments or complaints regarding the site or these Terms and Conditions, just get in touch. You can click here to contact www.thearkasia.com .