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Last updated: 13 October 2026

These terms apply to everyone who uses this website. In them, “we”, “us” and “Paul's Gates” mean Paul's Gates CC, trading as Security Solutions by Paul's Gates, and “you” means the person using the website.

Usage

  1. By using this website for any reason, you agree to these terms and to our privacy notice.
  2. This website gives you information about Paul's Gates and our products and services.
  3. We may change any criteria or information on this website at any time, in our sole discretion, without notice.
  4. Nothing on this website is an offer by Paul's Gates to you. It is an invitation to do business. Prices are given only in a written quotation after we have assessed the work.

Ownership and copyright

  1. All content, trademarks and data on this website, including software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks and designs, belong to or are licensed to Paul's Gates, and are protected by South African and international law.
  2. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. Copyright in all content, information, material and logos stays with Paul's Gates, and no right, title or interest in it is given to you.
  3. You may view, copy, download to a local drive, print and share the content of this website, or any part of it, as long as:
    1. it is used for information only;
    2. all moral rights of Paul's Gates and its employees or agents are respected;
    3. it is used for non-commercial purposes, and is not included in any other work, publication or website, your own or anyone else's;
    4. any copy of the content, or part of it, includes this copyright notice in full.
  4. This includes the design and layout of the website. No logo, graphic, sound or image from this website may be copied or retransmitted unless Paul's Gates expressly allows it.

Electronic communications

  1. By using this website or communicating with Paul's Gates electronically, you agree that agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications sent electronically meet any legal requirement that they be “in writing”.

Changes and amendments

  1. This website may contain technical or other inaccuracies or typing errors. We update the information from time to time and may improve or change the website at any time.

Privacy

  1. How we collect, use and protect personal information, and your rights, are set out in our privacy notice. Requests for records are made under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA), as explained in our PAIA manual.

Sending information

  1. Information sent over the internet, including email, can be monitored or intercepted. Please do not send us confidential or sensitive information this way. You carry the risk of sending information in this manner, and Paul's Gates is not liable for any loss, harm or damage you suffer as a result. We may ask for independent confirmation of information sent by email, and you agree to this.
  2. Information or material sent to Paul's Gates is not treated as confidential unless you and Paul's Gates have agreed otherwise in writing. Personal information is always handled as set out in our privacy notice.

Linking and framing

  1. No person, business or website may frame any page of this website in any way without our prior written approval.

Agreements (Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, section 21)

  1. No information or data on this website is an offer. It is an invitation to do business.
  2. No agreement is concluded merely by sending a data message to this website or to us. A valid agreement requires our acknowledgement of receipt and, for any work, a quotation you have accepted.

Automated tools

  1. Search engines may index this website. Automated tools may not be used in a way that slows down the website's server or infringes copyright, and data from this website may only be used as clauses 5 to 8 allow.

Links to other websites

  1. Links to other websites are given only for your convenience and do not mean Paul's Gates endorses them.
  2. Linked websites are not under our control. Paul's Gates is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for their content, their use, or being unable to use or reach them.

Security

  1. No person, business or entity may gain or try to gain unauthorised access to any page of this website, or deliver or try to deliver unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to it. Anyone who does will be held criminally liable, and if Paul's Gates suffers any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

Disclaimer

  1. This website and its information are provided “as is”, and Paul's Gates makes no express or implied representations or warranties about them. In particular:
    1. Paul's Gates does not warrant that the website or its information will be free of errors or meet any particular standard of performance or quality, and disclaims all implied warranties, including merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility and accuracy;
    2. although Paul's Gates has taken reasonable steps to protect the integrity of this website and its contents, no warranty is given that any files or downloads from it are free of viruses or any other code that could damage your system.

Risk and limitation of liability

  1. You use this website and its information entirely at your own risk. Neither Paul's Gates, nor its members, agents, consultants or employees, will be liable for any damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, whether arising from contract, statute, delict or otherwise, relating to the use of, or inability to use, this website or its information. This clause does not apply to section 43(5) and (6) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.
  2. Products and services installed by Paul's Gates are covered by the quotation you accept for that work and the terms and conditions printed on it, not by this website.
  3. Our banking details appear on our quotation, and we provide a bank confirmation letter on request. We never change our banking details by email. Before paying into any account different from the one on your quotation, call us on 011 462 4426 to confirm it. Paul's Gates is not liable for a payment made to an account not confirmed with us.

Severability

  1. These terms are the entire agreement between Paul's Gates and you about the use of this website. If Paul's Gates does not enforce any right or provision, that is not a waiver of it.
  2. If any of these terms is not enforceable or valid for any reason, it is separated from the rest, and the remaining terms stay in force.

Applicable law and disputes

  1. This website is controlled and operated from the Republic of South Africa. South African law and the South African courts govern its use.
  2. Any dispute arising from these terms or the use of this website will be submitted to confidential arbitration under the expedited rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (arbitration.co.za), held in Johannesburg in English, or decided by mediation if both parties agree.

About us (ECTA section 43)

  • Full name and legal status: Paul's Gates CC, a close corporation registered in South Africa, trading as Security Solutions by Paul's Gates
  • Registration number: 1987/005327/23
  • VAT number: 4900117542
  • Members: Graham Salvado, Paul Salvaro
  • Physical address and address for service of legal documents: 48 Vervoer Street, Kya Sands, Randburg, Gauteng
  • Telephone: 011 462 4426
  • Mobile and WhatsApp: 082 525 7953
  • Email: info@paulsgates.co.za
  • Website: www.paulsgates.co.za