This website (“Site“), is a website owned and operated by Tikpan Radio, which is a non-profit organization.
(“TikpanRadio“, “we“, and “us“).
These terms of use (“Terms of Use“) (together with the documents referred to herein) set out the terms on which you may use our Site and the radio player accessible via our Site (t “TikpanRadio.com ”), whether as a guest or as a registered user. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using or accessing our Site (whether you access the Site on your computer or on a handheld mobile device), you indicate that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, please do not use our Site.
Please read our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy“) which explains how we will use any information about you that we receive, and our cookie policy which explains how we use cookies . The Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy form part of these Terms of Use.
Additional terms may apply to services offered by us (“Additional Terms“). These Additional Terms will be set out at the point of access to the relevant service but also form part of these Terms to the extent that they are applicable. If there is any inconsistency between the Additional Terms for a particular service and the Terms of Use, the Additional Terms will take precedence to the extent that there is any inconsistency.
Certain parts of our Site may require you to register as a member and/or to otherwise provide certain information about yourself (for example, you will often be asked to provide certain information when you enter a competition made available via this Site). When you submit such information, you agree to:
If you register for a member account, you will only be asked to enter your details on registration (but you may be asked to give your details again when you enter a competition) and you agree to maintain up-to-date Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
Our use of Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. All personal information held by us will be held in accordance with Ghana data protection laws.
When you register for an account on our Site, you will be asked to give a unique username and/or password that gives you access to your website account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password (as applicable), and are fully responsible for all activities that occur through your website account. You agree to <br>(a) immediately notify us if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or website account or any other breach of security by sending an appropriately worded email to info@tikpanradio.com and<br>(b) ensure that you exit your website account at the end of each session. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these requirements.
Our Site may, from time to time, provide you with certain interactive community features, provided by our third party affiliate companies (such as Facebook, Disqus or Twitter, “Partners“), which enable you to upload and share comments about Content provided on our Site. Before you will be able to use these community features and upload your comments, you may need to register with one of our Partners and each time you use those community features, you will need to be logged into your account with the Partner. We will do our best to make it clear on our Site when community features are provided by our Partners and not by us.
When you click to register with one of our Partners, you leave our Site and enter a third party site, and you are registering with and submitting your personal data to another company. Partner sites have their own terms of use and privacy policies, which may differ from our own. You will need to comply with the terms of use and privacy policies available on the applicable Partner site that you have registered with and we recommend you familiarize yourself with them before you submit your personal data and register with that Partner.
Please be aware that our own Privacy Policy does not apply to our Partners or to their treatment of your personal data. We have no control over how the personal data you submit to a Partner is processed, stored or used.
Comments posted on our Site form part of your User Content so must comply with the Rules of Acceptable Use set out in these Terms of Use.
Unless otherwise stated, the content of our Site (including without limitation, software, graphics, text, data, images, designs, compilations, databases, targeting information, interactive features, advertisements, and the trademarks, logos, domain names, trade names, service marks, trade identities, any and all copyright material (including source and object code), and all other materials related to our Site) (the “Content“) is protected by applicable copyrights, trademark rights, database rights and other proprietary rights. Tikpan Radio (and/or our licensors) own the Content. Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you a right or license to use the Content except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use.
Subject to strict compliance with these Terms of Use, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferrable license to use our Site to view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from our site for your own personal, domestic use. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any Content you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
“User Content” means material (including without limitation text, images, clips, videos, comments, posts and any underlying material) uploaded, shared or submitted to our Site by any user.
Whenever you upload User Content to our Site, or make contact with other users of our Site, you must comply with our Rules of Acceptable Use, set out in section 6 of these Terms of Use below. You warrant that any such contribution complies with those rules and standards, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
You shall remain the owner of the copyright in any original User Content that you upload, share or submit using our site. The permission you grant to us below is not exclusive. You may continue to use your own User Content in any way, including allowing others to use or exploit it, provided that such use does not interfere with or impair the rights you have granted to us in these Terms of Use, of them.
With respect to User Content that you upload, share or submit to our Site, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display that content and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form or media (whether now known or invented in the future, which may include other internet sites, mobile, television and/or radio) and you acknowledge and accept that your User Content may be used for advertising and/or sponsorship.
You shall remain the owner of the copyright in any original User Content that you upload, share or submit using our Site. You may continue to use your own User Content in any way you choose, including allowing others to use or exploit it, provided that such use does not interfere with or impair the rights you have granted to us under these Terms.
You agree to waive any moral or similar rights in any jurisdiction that you may have in and to any of the User Content you upload, share or submit, even if the User Content is modified, altered or changed in a way which is not agreeable to you.
When you upload, share or submit User Content via our Site you accept that you are making it available to the general public. This means that both non-registered and registered users may be able to view and access your User Content. Please do not upload your User Content if you do not want it to be available to the general public.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
You warrant to us that:
iii. your use of the Site complies with the Rules of Acceptable Use set out in section 6 of these Terms of Use below; and
We have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. If you wish to complain about content uploaded by other users please contact us on info@tikpanradio.com
Tikpan Radio accepts no responsibility for any statements, material (including User Content) or other submissions placed on our Site by you or any third party user, or for any loss or damage resulting from your breach of the above Rules of Acceptable Use.
We do not monitor the submission or publication of User Content or users’ use of our Site.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any material including User Content uploaded, shared or submitted using our Site, for any reason whatsoever.
Use of our Site that is inconsistent with the following Rules of Acceptable Use is strictly prohibited. By your use of our Site, you are deemed to accept our Rules of Acceptable Use.
Your use of our Site is subject to the following (non-exhaustive list of) key rules. You must not:
Comments, message boards, personal profiles and any discussion forums or pages on our Site where you are capable of posting User Content are provided for your private and non-commercial use and for the exchange of lawful, relevant, fair and appropriate information, opinions and comment. Any use of our Site that is inconsistent with those stated purposes is strictly prohibited.
Your use of these forums is subject to the following rules which, by your use of the forums and the site, you are deemed to accept (and which amount to a non-exhaustive list of prohibited acts):
You must not upload, share or submit any User Content that
iii. has been disclosed to you in confidence or which, by its nature, is confidential;
vii. if used by Tikpan Radio, or any third party licensed or permitted by Tikpan Radio, will give rise to any third party claims;
viii. directly or indirectly suggests any endorsement or approval by Tikpan Radio of a product, service, content or any belief or opinion expressed within a product or service;
You must not:
iii. impersonate another person or create a false or misleading identity for the purpose of misleading others as to your identity, or to collect information about other site users;
vii. upload, share or submit any User Content that authorizes, enables or encourages the dissemination of junk mail or chain letters.
Tikpan Radio accepts no responsibility for any statements, material (including User Content) or other submissions placed on our online forums by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage resulting from your breach of these Rules of Acceptable Use.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any material and User Content uploaded, shared or submitted using our site, for any reason whatsoever.
Notwithstanding our rights under these Terms of Use in relation to User Content, we do not undertake to monitor the submission or publication of User Content or users’ use of our site.
Competitions and other promotions are subject to additional terms. The Competition Terms may be varied or supplemented by Additional Terms specific to each particular competition or promotion. Any Additional Terms will be brought to your attention when appropriate and prior to you submitting your entry for the Competition.
We welcome ‘hot links’ and deep-links to our Site, by which we mean that you may include a link to any page of our Site on other websites, provided that you do not use such link in any way which would imply partnership, affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship of any service or product or which may bring us or any other brands in our group into disrepute. You may not display the Content or allow it to be displayed, framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from us without our consent. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Rules of Acceptable Use (section 6 of these Terms of Use). If you would like to license our material, please email info@tikpanradio.com.
If you operate your own website, you can display the latest headlines from other websites on your own websites using RSS.
We encourage the use of feeds as part of your website, provided that the proper format and attribution is used when any of our Content appears. You may not use any Tikpan Radio logo or other trademark alongside the RSS feed.
We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of content using RSS. We do not accept any liability arising from your use of the feeds or from any inaccuracy or omission in the content or interruption in availability.
In addition to the Partner(s) that we may use for “community features” parts of our Site may also contain hyperlinks to websites and resources owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites and resources have their own terms of use and privacy policies which you should comply with. We have no control over third party websites or resources and we are not responsible for the availability of such websites and resources. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for any third party websites or resources and your access and use of such services and content is at your own risk.
Third party links are provided to you for convenience only and do not imply that Tikpan Radio endorses, is affiliated or associated with any such website, or is legally authorized to use any intellectual property accessible through such links.
Tikpan Radio is a non-profit organization. If you have a complaint about editorial content on this site or contained in any print magazine to which this site relates, you should write to us on info@tikpanradio.com
Please outline the subject of your complaint and in the case of complaints relating to a webpage (if possible) include a link to where the webpage which is the subject of your complaint may be easily located.
Please note that we do not view, edit or pre-screen any User Content before it is uploaded to our Site (including User Content). Some User Content may comprise comments, reviews and/or feedback (“Comments”) relating to you, which may be critical or defamatory towards you. We assume no responsibility or liability for any Comments or User Content uploaded or published by users.
We have the right (but not the obligation) at our sole discretion to refuse to upload or to remove any Content, Comments, or other User Content uploaded, shared, submitted or posted on our Sitewithout the need to state our reasons for doing so.
You can report any abuse or complain about any Content, Comments, User Content or other Content on our Siteby sending an email to info@tikpanradio.com giving full details of the abuse or complaint, including:
If you are a rights owner (or acting on behalf of a rights owner) and believe that any User Content / Content infringes your copyright or other intellectual property right you must provide us with a written notice by email to info@tikpanradio.com which states:
iii. a description of the copyright work that you claim has been infringed which should include, the type of work (such as a photograph or a video clip) and any relevant further details;
vii. your electronic or physical signature (which may be a scanned copy); and
viii. that the information in the notification is true and accurate.
Our ‘notice and takedown’ and/or complaints procedures are regulated by law. There may be negative consequences if you falsely allege User Content/Content is infringing copyright or is defamatory or send a copyright infringement notice to us in bad faith. We recommend that you take legal advice before sending a copyright infringement notice or defamation complaint, especially if you are unsure about your rights in the User Content / Content, or whether there has been an infringement of your rights.
We have a policy of terminating the user accounts of repeat copyright infringers or persons that are the subject of frequent user complaints. A repeat offender is either:
1). a user who has submitted two or more items of User Content for which Tikpan Media receives a copyright infringement notice in accordance with this section; or
2) a user who has submitted two or more items of User Content for which Tikpan Radio receives a complaint in accordance with this section.
If your account is terminated in accordance with this provision then, you must not register or attempt to register a new user account. You agree to keep us fully and effectively indemnified and hold us harmless for all liability that may be incurred as a result of a breach of this clause.
Our Site may contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on our Site complies with applicable laws and regulations. We do not assume responsibility for any error or inaccuracy in any advertising or sponsorship material.
We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue any service offered by us or any part of a service (including the availability of any features or pages of our Site) at any time and without notice or liability to you. We are also entitled to suspend or terminate your membership or access to any part of our Site at any time if you breach these Terms of Use.
Notwithstanding the above, we will try to warn users that their access to our Site, and/or their membership may be suspended or terminated.
User Content that you have uploaded, shared or submitted using our Site may still appear on our Site even after your registration has terminated. We shall continue to have the right to use your User Content in accordance with the license granted to us under these Terms of Use.
You use our Site and the services offered by us at your own risk. Our Site and the Content, the User Content and other services offered by us are provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. The Content and information displayed on our Site is provided without any warranties as to its completeness or accuracy.
We do not guarantee that our Site, the Content, the User Content or any services offered by us will always be available or be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from bugs, viruses, errors and omissions.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tikpan Radio (including its officers, employees and agents) expressly excludes conditions, representations, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity; and any liability incurred by any user of our Site including, without limitation, any liability for:
iii. any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including, but not limited to, negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable whether arising directly or indirectly.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for:
You agree to indemnify us and keep us fully and effectively indemnified from and against all claims, damages, expenses, costs and liabilities (including legal fees) relating to or arising from your use of our Site, the Content, the User Content or any services offered by us, or arising from any breach of these Terms of Use by you or your violation of any law or third party rights.
We reserve the right to vary these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. Such variations will become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Terms of Use on our Site. By continuing to use our Site you will be deemed to accept such variations.
Please check our Site regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version of the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. The date that the Terms of Use are published is detailed below. If you do not accept any of the modifications, revisions or amendments to these Terms of Use, you should stop using our Site and the services offered by us immediately.
If any term of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms of Use and the remainder of these Terms of Use shall remain valid and enforceable.
These Terms of Use are not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to them.
These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy, Competition Terms and any Additional Terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our Site and supersede all previous agreements in respect of such use.
We may amend, update or otherwise change, at any time and without prior notice, any or all of the Terms of Use, the conditions and/or the provisions included in this site. Please check the contents of these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site, or of any part thereof following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use, constitutes acceptance of those Terms of Use and of any subsequent changes. Each such amendment shall become automatically valid and enforceable at the time when first displayed by us in the Site.
These Terms of Use are governed by Ghana law, and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ghana courts.
These Terms of Use were last updated in December, 2022