Terms of Use
1- Use of General Directorate of Civil Defense Official Website
This is the official website of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Saudi Arabia (hereinafter referred to as the "Civil Defense Website") is available for your personal use. Your access to and use of this website is subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use and the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By accessing and using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use without limitation, whether you are a registered user or not. This agreement is effective from the date of your first use of this website. Any amendment to these Terms and Conditions shall become effective immediately upon being posted, unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of this website after the posting of any amendment constitutes your full acceptance of that amendment. These Terms and Conditions of Use include Privacy Policy and Intellectual Property Rights.
2- Use Restrictions
By using the General Directorate of Civil Defense website, you agree to refrain from the following:
- Providing or uploading files containing software, materials, data, or other information that you do not own or are not licensed to use.
- Using this website in any way to send any unsolicited or commercial email, or engaging in any other form of misuse.
- Providing or uploading files to this website that contain viruses or corrupted data.
- Posting, advertising, distributing, or disseminating defamatory, illegal, or unlawful material or information through the website.
- Engaging in any illegal or unlawful activities prohibited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Advertising any product or service that involve violation of any applicable law or regulation.
- Using any means or software to interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the proper functioning of the website.
- Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the website's infrastructure.
3- Protection against Viruses
4- Disclaimer
The General Directorate of Civil Defense website and the services, information, materials, and functions available on or accessible through it are provided for your personal use “as is" without any representations, warranties, or guarantees of any kind.
The Directorate cannot guarantee or be held liable for any interruptions, errors, or omissions that may arise from the use of the website, its contents, or any linked site, whether with or without its knowledge.
Any communications or information transmitted by users through this website shall not be considered confidential or proprietary. Furthermore, any interactive use of this website does not, and is not intended to, grant the user any rights, licenses, or privileges of any kind.
5- Limits of liability
The electronic services provided by the General Directorate of Civil Defense website, including access to information about various government departments and agencies, are offered solely to facilitate manual procedures. The user acknowledges that internet communications may be vulnerable to interception, interruption, delay, or corruption by third parties, that the General Directorate of Civil Defense website does not replace information available through official channels, and that applications and administrative procedures can be conducted directly with the relevant authorities. Therefore, using this website is at your own risk, and the directorate is not liable under any circumstances for any loss or damage of any kind that the user may incur as a result of their use of or visit to the website, their reliance on any statement, opinion, or advertisement on it, any operational delays, communication disruptions, internet access problems, equipment or software malfunctions, or from the conduct, statements, or opinions of any person accessing this website.
The user hereby acknowledges and agrees that their sole and exclusive remedy for any damage or loss incurred because of their access to or use of this website is to refrain from using or accessing it, or to discontinue such use.
6- Indemnification
The user acknowledges that they will not take any action against the General Directorate of Civil Defense or any of its departments, as well as any entities, employees, or agents who are responsible for managing, maintaining, updating, or providing the website of the General Directorate of Civil Defense, from any and all obligations and liabilities that may arise in connection with any claim arising from any breach by the user of the terms and conditions of use, or any applicable laws, whether in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the place where the user resides.
7- Termination of Use
We may, at our sole discretion, terminate, restrict, or suspend the user's right to access and use this website without notice and for any reason, including breach of these Terms of Use or any other conduct that we, in our sole discretion, deem unlawful or harmful to others.
In the event of termination, the user will no longer be authorized to access this website.
8- Intellectual Property Rights
This website is technically supervised by the National Information Center (NIC) in Saudi Arabia. The materials available on this website are protected by copyright, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property rights.
Users may not sell, license, rent, modify, copy, reproduce, reprint, upload, advertise, transmit, distribute, publicly display, edit, or create derivative works from any materials or content on this website for public or commercial purposes without the prior written consent of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Saudi Arabia.
Any modification of any of the website's content is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, the graphics and images on this website are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or exploited in any way without the prior written consent of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Saudi Arabia.
9- Governing Law and Jurisdiction
By using this website, the user agrees that all disputes arising from or related to the use of this website shall be governed by the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
