Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use

Australian Social Innovation eXchange Limited ABN 68 134 622 049 (we or us) provide a range of electronic services including this website and electronic newsletters (Electronic Services).

These terms and conditions have been developed and published on this website to ensure that you understand the legal terms that govern your use of our Electronic Services.  You must therefore read and agree to the following terms and conditions before accessing and using our Electronic Services:

  1.  By accessing or subscribing to any Electronic Services you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and our Community Guidelines, which forms part of these terms and conditions. 
     
  2.  We may vary or amend these terms and conditions at any time.  Any changes to these terms and conditions will be effective immediately from the time we post the amendments to our website or we notify you in any other way.  You may like to print a copy of these terms and conditions for your records.  We also recommend you check our website for any changes from time to time.
     
  3.  All media, information, trade marks, trade names, logos and other material provided through our Electronic Services (including all copyright and other rights contained in them) are owned by us or our licensors and must not be reproduced or dealt with in any way without our consent.
     
  4.  Unless expressly stated otherwise, the Electronic Services are provided solely for your personal, non-commercial use.  You must only use our Electronic Services for the purpose we provide them.
     
  5.  Any link you make to an Electronic Service must be in a way that presents the service as we intended.  You must not directly link to, frame or manipulate the material contained in an Electronic Service or disguise its origin or ownership.
     
  6.  You agree to us communicating with you regarding our various activities, events, goods or services by electronic messages.
     
  7.  Information provided through our Electronic Services may be supplied by third parties, including other users, and we are under no obligation to verify this information. 
     
  8. Information provided through our Electronic Services is provided as general information and reference only and in no way provided as our advice, approval, recommendation or endorsement. You must make your own independent enquiries and obtain appropriate advice regarding any issue before making any decision or taking any action.
     
  9.  Any reference or link to other websites or any reference to other people, services or information, is provided only for your awareness. We do not necessarily endorse the content of websites to which we have provided links and encourage you to make your own decision about the accuracy and reliability of information found on those websites.  If you believe we are using or linking to any material that infringes the rights of a third party (including copyright), please notify us immediately.
     
  10.  All notices of copyright infringement should be sent to:

    Australian Social Innovation eXchange

    contact@asix.org.au

     

    along with the following information:

    i.       identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

    ii.     identification of the material on our website that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity;

    iii.    the address, telephone number or e-mail address of the complaining party;

    iv.    a statement that the complaining party believes in good faith that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and

    v.     a statement that the information in the notice of copyright infringement is accurate.

     
  11.  We make no statements or guarantees relating to the operation of our Electronic Services, or that the information and material provided through the Electronic Services are accurate, suitable for you, always available, complete or current or free of harmful computer viruses, data, code or programs.  You should ensure you are using an up to date virus scanner. 
     
  12.  Any personal information, e-mail addresses or other electronic addresses provided in or accessible through an Electronic Service must not be harvested for use in another database or used to send commercial electronic messages or be placed on any e-mail distribution list.
     
  13.  Your personal information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy
     
  14.  Subject to the Privacy Act and our Privacy Policy, we are under no obligation to protect, store, retrieve or return to you any information or feedback that you post or upload through an Electronic Service.
     
  15.  At any time and without notice or liability we may change the content or format or method of delivery of the Electronic Services, withdraw any material or services provided or refuse to allow any user or third party access to the Electronic Services.
     
  16.  You are liable for any claims by other users, third parties or us for loss, damage, costs or expenses suffered in connection with your use and participation in the Electronic Services and material that you provide us (including claims it is defamatory or infringes confidentiality or intellectual property rights) and you indemnify and must continue to indemnify us and our officers, employees, agents, contractors and advisors against any such claims.
     
  17. To the full extent permitted by law:

     

    •  we take no responsibility and disclaim all liability for information or services provided through our Electronic Services, or for decisions made on the basis of information shown or not shown through an Electronic Service, whether due to our negligence or otherwise;
    •  we disclaim all liability for any claims, loss, damage, costs (including legal costs), expense or liability of any kind suffered by you or any other person in connection with our Electronic Services, whether direct, indirect, consequential or special and whether we were aware of the possibility of that loss or damage or whether it was due to our negligence or otherwise.  You unconditionally release us and our officers, employees, agents, contractors and advisors (Personnel) from any such liability
    •  we exclude all terms and warranties implied by law.  If a term or warranty cannot be lawfully excluded, to the extent permitted by law we limit our liability to the extent permitted by law to, at our option and where applicable, resupplying or the cost of you acquiring the relevant services, goods or equivalent goods, or in the case of goods, repairing or the cost of having the goods repaired; and
    •  we will not be liable in any circumstances for any delays or interruptions in the provision of the Electronic Services.

     

  18. Access to and participation in the Electronic Services is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, and you agree to be bound by the laws and submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of that State.
     
  19. Nothing in an Electronic Service is an offer to provide goods or services in any place if to do so would be in any way unlawful in that place.  You must not access the Electronic Services from such a place or use them in a way that would result in a breach of a law of that place.
     
  20. We may transfer or sublicense our rights and obligations under these terms and conditions but you may not.
     
  21. The use of the word “including” in these terms and conditions is not to be taken as limiting the meaning of the words preceding it.
     
  22. Any provision of these terms and conditions that is invalid in any place is only invalid in that place to that extent, without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions or the validity of that provision in any other place.
     
  23. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you must not use, sign-up to or follow any of our Electronic Services, including this website, any electronic newsletter or our Twitter feed.