Terms of use.
These terms apply when you use hobenews.com and its Kinyarwanda edition. By using the site you agree to them. They sit alongside our privacy policy, which explains how we handle personal information.
Last updated
Using the site
You may read Hobe News, share links to our stories and quote short extracts with credit to Hobe News and a link to the original story, for personal, non-commercial purposes or in fair commentary and reporting.
Our content
The text, photographs, graphics and design published by Hobe News are protected by copyright and belong to Hobe News or to the people and organisations who licensed them to us. Images credited to others remain their property.
Copyright protects the way a story is written and presented, not the facts it reports: you are free to report the same facts in your own words. Please do not republish our stories or photographs in full, or use them commercially, without written permission. Ask at [email protected].
Prohibited use
Do not attempt to disrupt the site, access accounts or areas you are not authorised to use, introduce malicious code, send automated comment or form submissions, or collect content from the site in bulk in a way that burdens our servers. Do not click advertisements on Hobe News for any reason other than genuine interest.
Links to other websites
Stories and advertisements may link to websites run by others. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices, and a link does not mean we endorse them.
Accuracy and availability
We work to make our reporting accurate and to correct errors, as described in our corrections policy. Stories reflect the information available when they were published and are not professional legal, medical or financial advice. We may change, update or withdraw any part of the site, and we cannot promise that it will always be available or free of errors.
Responsibility
To the extent the law allows, Hobe News is not liable for losses arising from the use of the site or reliance on its content. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the law that cannot be excluded.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows when they last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms: [email protected].
Comments and submissions
You are responsible for what you post. Comments must not be unlawful, abusive, hateful, threatening, defamatory or misleading, must not infringe anyone’s rights, reveal private information or advertise products or services. We may decline or remove comments that break these rules, and we are not obliged to publish any comment.
By posting a comment you allow Hobe News to display it alongside the story and in connection with it. You keep any rights you have in what you wrote. Comments represent their authors, not Hobe News.
If you send us a news tip, photograph or other material, we may use the information in our reporting. We will ask before publishing material you created and will credit you if you wish.