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The BSE reserves the right to withdraw any permission granted, whether tacitly, verbally or in writing, to link to the website, at any time if it is deemed by the BSE to be in the best interest of the BSE.

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The BSE takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing a personalised and valuable service. The BSE’s Privacy Policy, which is accessible by clicking on this link, is expressly incorporated by reference into these Terms of use and forms part of these Terms of use, explains the data processing practices of the BSE insofar as it relates to the Website. We have reasonable security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and interception by third parties of the information under our control, but, to the extent allowed by law, the BSE assumes no liability for any damages you may suffer as a result of interception, alteration or misuse of information transmitted over the Internet. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details. The above wording will limit and excludes obligations, liabilities and legal responsibilities of the BSE, and also limits and excludes your rights and remedies and places various risks, liabilities, obligations and legal responsibilities on you.

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To the extent allowed by law, the BSE may update these Terms of use from time to time and you are responsible for periodically reviewing the most current version on the Website. To the extent allowed by law, your continued use of the Website will be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the updated Terms of use. The BSE reserves the right to change or delete any information, features or contents of the pages of the Website at any time and without notice. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section headed “Change to these terms of use and the website”, to the extent that any such change or deletion relates to any information, features or contents for which you have paid or are required to pay any consideration, the BSE will use its reasonable endeavours to exercise this right on notice to you.

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