Terms & Conditions

1. Introduction & Acceptance

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the official website of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa (accessible at princeofwales.edu.lk), including all subpages, news articles, multimedia galleries, and digital archives. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must discontinue your use of this website immediately.

2. Intellectual Property Rights & Limited License

All content published on this website—including but not limited to the college crest, emblems, motto ("Nihil Hestia Carum"), the College Anthem, news stories, photographs, match statistics, audio recordings, and software code—is the exclusive intellectual property of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa, or its recognized student media societies (including the Cambrians' Media and Broadcasting Unit and Cambrians' ICT Society), protected under the Intellectual Property Act No. 36 of 2003 of Sri Lanka and applicable international copyright treaties.

Permission is granted to temporarily view, read, and download materials for personal, educational, and non-commercial viewing only. Under this limited license, you may not:

• Modify, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works of any content without prior formal written consent from college administration.
• Use any college crest, insignia, or imagery for commercial endorsement, unauthorized merchandise, or defamatory purposes.
• Decompile, reverse-engineer, or disassemble any software, script, or component of the website.
• Remove any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices from any downloaded or shared material.
• Mirror, scrape, or systematically index the website onto any third-party server or database without explicit permission.

3. Acceptable Use Policy

When using our website, you agree to uphold civil conduct and refrain from any actions that could harm, disrupt, or impair the accessibility of the platform:

1. You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to administrative portals, databases, or host servers.
2. You will not introduce malicious code, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or logic bombs.
3. You will not conduct denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against college infrastructure.
4. You will not impersonate any student, teacher, alumnus, school official, or affiliated society.

4. Accuracy of Information & Academic Updates

While Prince of Wales' College makes every reasonable effort to ensure that information concerning school admissions, academic schedules, examinations, event dates, and sports match results is accurate and current, all content is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranty of any kind. Official notices published via the Ministry of Education or issued directly under the signature of the College Principal take precedence over website text in the event of any discrepancies.

5. External Links & Third-Party Resources

Our portal may contain hyperlinks to third-party web portals, governmental institutions (e.g., Department of Examinations, Ministry of Education), or official social media channels. Prince of Wales' College has no control over the content, security, or privacy policies of external websites and assumes no liability for damages arising from your engagement with third-party sites.

6. Limitation of Institutional Liability

To the fullest extent permitted under Sri Lankan law, Prince of Wales' College, its Principal, Board of Administration, staff, and contributing student societies shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from your access to, use of, or inability to use this website.

7. Termination of Access

Prince of Wales' College reserves the unilateral right to terminate or restrict access to any user or IP address found to be violating these Terms, engaging in security tampering, or threatening the operational stability of the institution's digital services.

8. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Sri Lanka.

9. Revisions and Amendments

We reserve the right to revise or amend these Terms at any time without prior notice. The updated date at the top of this document indicates the effective date of the latest revisions. Your continued use of the website following any changes signifies your acceptance of the revised Terms.

10. Contact Information

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