Purpose
Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By accessing or using this Website, submitting a listing, uploading any content or image, or otherwise using the Services, you agree to be bound by these terms.
Definitions
Services means using this Website to list, promote or advertise your business, program or activity, or to search for or view information about services, programs or activities. the Website means the website located at schoolholidaysaustralia.com.au and any associated subdomains, apps or platforms. We / Us / Our means School Holidays Australia and its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, officers, agents, contractors and assigns. You / User means any person or business that accesses the Website, submits a listing, uploads content, or otherwise uses the Services. Content means any text, image, photograph, logo, video, review, listing description or other material submitted, uploaded or posted to the Website by a User.
Accuracy of Content
We take reasonable care to keep the information on this Website accurate, including school holiday dates, term dates and public holiday information, but we do not guarantee it. Dates and details published by third parties (including state and territory education departments and listed businesses) can change without notice, and we accept no legal liability arising from or connected to the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of anything on this Website or on any linked site. Nothing on this Website should be relied on as professional, legal, financial or tax advice.
Use of the Website
Use of the Website is conditional on your acceptance of these terms. You agree to use the Website in accordance with all applicable local, state, national and international laws, including intellectual property, defamation and consumer protection law. You must not use the Website, or allow or authorise any third party to use the Website, for any unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing or obscene purpose, or in any way that conflicts with the Website or the Services.
Where you submit a listing, comment, review or other content that we consider, at our discretion, to be unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing or otherwise inappropriate, we may refuse to publish it, remove it, or suspend or terminate your access to the Website, without notice.
Passwords and Logins
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login details and for all activity carried out under your account. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorised use of your account.
Listings, User-Submitted Content and Images
Where you submit a business listing, activity, program, review, photo, logo or other Content to the Website, whether as a free listing, a featured listing or otherwise, the following applies.
You must own the rights, or have permission. By submitting any image, photograph, logo, video or written content, you confirm to us that you either own the copyright in that Content, or you have obtained all necessary licences, consents and permissions from the copyright owner to use and to allow us to publish it on the Website. This includes stock photography, images taken by staff, contractors or customers, and images sourced from social media, other websites or promotional material.
You are responsible for third-party claims. If a submission you make, including any image, infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party, breaches their privacy, or otherwise exposes us to a legal claim, you are solely responsible for that infringement. You must not rely on us to check, verify or clear the rights in any Content you submit, and we do not do so as a matter of course.
Licence to us. By submitting Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, display, reproduce, resize, crop and distribute that Content on the Website and in connection with promoting the Website, including on our social media channels, for as long as the listing remains active and for a reasonable period afterwards for archival purposes.
We may remove Content at any time. We reserve the right to remove, edit or decline any listing, image or other Content at our sole discretion, including where we receive a credible complaint that it infringes someone else’s rights, without being obliged to investigate the underlying dispute between you and the complainant.
Featured and paid listings. Where a listing is marked as “Featured” or similarly indicates a paid placement, that placement has been paid for. It does not indicate that we have reviewed or verified the accuracy of the listing or the ownership of any images supplied.
Blog and Editorial Images
In addition to Content submitted by Users, this Website includes articles, guides and blog posts written by our own team. Images used in this editorial content are sourced from a variety of places, including stock image libraries and publicly available images online,. While we try to use images appropriately, we cannot guarantee that every image is correctly licensed or attributed in every case.
If you are the owner of an image used on this Website and believe it has been used without your permission, please contact us at startupinvestmentgroup@gmail.com with a description of the image and where it appears on the Website. We will investigate promptly and remove or replace the image immediately if your claim is valid. We do not charge for this and there is no need for formal legal action to have an image taken down; a direct email to us is the fastest way to resolve it.
Copyright Complaints and Takedown Requests
If you believe that content or an image on this Website infringes your copyright, contact us at startupinvestmentgroup@gmail.com with:
- A description of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
- The specific URL or location on the Website where the material appears.
- Your contact details.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
We will investigate genuine complaints and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the material while the matter is reviewed. We may also pass on your complaint to the User who submitted the Content and rely on the indemnity described below to recover any resulting loss from them.
Intellectual Property and Copyright
Aside from Content submitted by Users under the section above, we hold the copyright in the content of this Website, including layout, design, original articles, graphics, code, videos and databases. You must not copy, reproduce, republish or use this material, in whole or in part, other than as permitted by law or with our express written consent. Commercial use of our original content or design requires a signed licence agreement with us.
Requests to use our content, images or other intellectual property should be sent to startupinvestmentgroup@gmail.com.
Indemnification
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees), arising from or connected to:
- your use of the Website or Services;
- any Content, listing, image, review or other material you submit, including any claim that it infringes a third party’s copyright, trade mark, privacy or other rights;
- your breach of these terms; or
- your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
This indemnity survives the termination of your listing, account or use of the Website.
Links to External Websites
This Website may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided for convenience and do not imply that we endorse or approve of the linked website, its content, or any associated product or service. We accept no liability for loss or damage arising from your use of a linked website.
You may link to our articles or home page, provided the link does not suggest any association, approval or endorsement by us of your website, unless we have agreed to this in writing. We may withdraw permission for you to link to our site at any time.
Limitation of Liability
The Website and Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Statements on this Website are general information only, and you should satisfy yourself as to their accuracy before relying on them. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties other than those which cannot lawfully be excluded, including any consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law that apply to our Services.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage arising from or connected to your use of the Website or the Services, including loss arising from Content submitted by other Users, inaccurate listing information, or copyright or other IP claims relating to third-party submissions. Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or modified under the Australian Consumer Law or other applicable legislation.
Information Collection
Our use of information collected through the Website is governed by our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you agree to the Privacy Policy.
Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of Australia, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.