Terms Of Use | The Star
Terms and Conditions
This web page represents a legal document that serves as our Terms and Conditions and it governs the legal terms of our website, https://thestar.co.ke/terms, sub-domains, and any associated web-based and mobile applications (collectively, Website), as owned and operated by TheStar.co.ke.
Capitalized terms, unless otherwise defined, have the meaning specified within the Definitions section below. These Terms and Conditions, along with our Privacy Policy, any mobile license agreement, and other posted guidelines within our Website, collectively “Legal Terms,” constitute the entire and only agreement between you and TheStar.co.ke, and supersede all other agreements, representations, warranties, and understandings with respect to our Website and the subject matter contained herein. We may amend our Legal Terms at any time without specific notice to you. The latest copies of our Legal Terms will be posted on our Website, and you should review all Legal Terms prior to using our Website. After any revisions to our Legal Terms are posted, you agree to be bound to any such changes. Therefore, it is important for you to periodically review our Legal Terms to make sure you still agree to them.
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws, and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.
The last update to our Terms and Conditions was posted on 2nd March 2025.
Definitions
The terms “us” or “we” or “our” refers to TheStar.co.ke, the owner of the Website.
A “Visitor” is someone who merely browses our Website but has not registered as a Member.
A “Member” is an individual that has registered with us to use our Service.
Our “Service” represents the collective functionality and features as offered through our Website to our Members.
A “User” is a collective identifier that refers to either a Visitor or a Member.
All text, information, graphics, audio, video, and data offered through our Website are collectively known as our content.
Use License
Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on TheStar.co.ke’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license, you may not:
• modify or copy the materials;
• use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
• attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on TheStar.co.ke’s web site;
• remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
• transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by TheStar.co.ke at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
Restricted Uses
Listing of offered products on the Website may be used only for lawful purposes by Users of the Website. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any hallmark, logo, copyrighted image, or other proprietary details (including images, text, page layout, or type) of TheStar.co.ke without express written consent.
You may not use any meta tags or other “unseen text” utilizing TheStar.co.ke’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of TheStar.co.ke. You agree not to offer or modify any content found on the Website—including, but not limited to, names of Users and Content—or to recreate, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise make use of the Material in any way for any public function, in connection with services or products that are not those of TheStar.co.ke, in any manner that is likely to trigger confusion among consumers, disparages or challenges TheStar.co.ke or its licensors, dilutes the strength of TheStar.co.ke’s or its licensor’s proprietary property, or otherwise infringes TheStar.co.ke’s or its licensor’s copyright rights. You further agree not to abuse the Material that appears on the Site. The use of the Material on any other website or in a networked computer system environment for any purpose is prohibited. Any code that TheStar.co.ke develops to generate or display any Material of the pages making up the Site is likewise protected by TheStar.co.ke’s copyright, and you may not copy or modify such code.
TheStar.co.ke has no duty to keep track of any products published, transferred, or associated with the Site. If you think that something on the Website breaches these Terms, please contact our designated representative as set forth below.
If alerted by a User of any products which allegedly do not conform to these Terms, TheStar.co.ke may, at its sole discretion, investigate the allegation and decide whether to take further action or request the removal of the Content. TheStar.co.ke bears no liability or duty to any Individual for the performance or nonperformance of such activities.
Electronic Communication
You are communicating with us electronically when you visit the Site or send us emails. You consent to receive communications from us online. We will contact you by email or by posting notifications on the Site. You agree that all contract notifications, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for all activities that occur under your account and password. You also agree not to disclose any personally identifiable information—such as first and last names, credentials, or other personal details (“Personal Data”)—from the Site. Disclosure of any Personal Data on the website may result in the immediate termination of your account. TheStar.co.ke also reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, and remove or edit Content at its sole discretion.
TheStar.co.ke does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of Content on the Site, including any Personal Data. Each Individual is responsible for updating and modifying any pertinent account information when necessary to preserve its accuracy, reliability, or completeness.
Reviews, Comments, and Other Material
Registered Users of the Website may post evaluations and comments regarding products and services purchased via the Website, provided that such Material is not unlawful, profane, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious or objectionable, and does not include industrial solicitation, mass mailings, or any type of “spam.” You may not use another User’s account to impersonate a User or entity or otherwise misrepresent the origin of the opinions. TheStar.co.ke reserves the right (though not the obligation) to remove or modify such Material, but does not routinely monitor posted Material.
If you post a review or submit comments, and unless TheStar.co.ke indicates otherwise, you grant TheStar.co.ke a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content worldwide, in any media. You also grant TheStar.co.ke and its sublicensees the right to use your name in connection with such Material if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; and that your use of the content does not violate these Terms or cause harm to any person or entity, and you agree to indemnify TheStar.co.ke for all claims arising from the content you supply. TheStar.co.ke reserves the right—but is not obligated—to monitor or remove any task or Material, and assumes no liability for any content published by you or any third party.
Legal Compliance
You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our Website. TheStar.co.ke reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Legal Terms and to take any action it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, canceling your Member account, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement, regulators, or other third parties, and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate relating to your profile, email address, usage history, posted materials, IP address, and traffic information, as permitted under our Privacy Policy.
Intellectual Property
Our Website may contain our service marks or trademarks as well as those of our affiliates or other companies in the form of words, graphics, and logos. Your use of our Website does not grant you any right or license to use such service marks/trademarks without the prior written permission of the corresponding owner. The Website is protected under international copyright laws. Copying, redistribution, use, or publication by you of any portion of our Website is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Website does not grant you any ownership rights in the Website.
Revisions and Errata
The materials appearing on TheStar.co.ke’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. TheStar.co.ke does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. TheStar.co.ke may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. TheStar.co.ke does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.
Disclaimer
The materials on TheStar.co.ke website are provided “as is.” TheStar.co.ke makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, any implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other rights. Further, TheStar.co.ke does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site. The Site serves as a venue for Individuals to purchase distinct services or products. Neither TheStar.co.ke nor the Site has control over the quality or fitness for a particular function of a product. TheStar.co.ke likewise has no control over the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of User-submitted details and makes no representations or warranties regarding any information on the Site.
THE WEBSITE AND ALL DETAILS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY TheStar.co.ke ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. TheStar.co.ke MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, TheStar.co.ke DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TheStar.co.ke DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE; THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE; ITS SERVERS; OR EMAILS SENT FROM TheStar.co.ke ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. TheStar.co.ke WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL TheStar.co.ke’S LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE EXCEED $100.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. By linking to these websites, we do not create, have an affiliation with, or sponsor such third-party websites. The inclusion of links within our Website does not constitute any endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation of such third-party websites. TheStar.co.ke has no control over the legal documents and privacy practices of third-party websites; therefore, you access any such websites at your own risk.
Site Terms and Conditions Modifications
TheStar.co.ke may revise these Terms and Conditions for its website at any time without notice. By using this website, you agree to be bound by the then-current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Governing Law
Any claim relating to TheStar.co.ke’s website shall be governed by the laws of Leeds without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TheStar.co.ke, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against any claims, actions, or demands—including, without limitation, reasonable legal, accounting, and other professional fees—arising from (i) any Content you submit to the Site, (ii) your use of any Content, or (iii) your breach of these Terms. TheStar.co.ke will promptly notify you of any such claim, demand, or proceeding.
General Terms
Our Legal Terms shall be treated as if executed and performed in Leeds, United Kingdom, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Leeds, United Kingdom, without regard to its conflict of law principles. In addition, you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts located therein. Any cause of action by you with respect to our Website must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arises or be forever waived and barred. Should any part of these Legal Terms be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that any Content in our Website conflicts with or is inconsistent with these Legal Terms, these Legal Terms shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Legal Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of that provision or the right to enforce it in the future. The rights of TheStar.co.ke under these Legal Terms shall survive the termination of these Legal Terms.