Terms Of Use
Agreement between User and Aptira Pty
Limited (Aptira)
The Aptira Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by
Aptira.
The Aptira Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your
acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and
notices contained herein. Your use of the Aptira Web Site
constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and
notices.
Modification of these Terms of
Use
Aptira reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and
notices under which the Aptira Web Site is offered, including but
not limited to the charges associated with the use of the Aptira
Web Site.
Links to Third Party Sites
The Aptira Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites ("Linked
Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Aptira and
Aptira is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site,
including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site,
or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Aptira is not
responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission
received from any Linked Site. Aptira is providing these links to
you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not
imply endorsement by Aptira of the site or any association with its
operators.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the Aptira Web Site, you warrant to
Aptira that you will not use the Aptira Web Site for any purpose
that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and
notices. You may not use the Aptira Web Site in any manner which
could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Aptira Web Site or
interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Aptira
Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or
information through any means not intentionally made available or
provided for through the Aptira Web Sites.
Use of Communication Services
The Aptira Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat
areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages,
calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities
designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or
with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to
use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive
messages and material that are proper and related to the particular
Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation,
you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will
not:
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the
legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of
others.
- Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any
inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent
or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
- Upload files that contain software or other material protected
by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of
publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have
received all necessary consents.
- Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, out of date
software, software bugs or any other similar software or programs
that may damage the operation of another's computer.
- Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any
business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically
allows such messages.
- Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain
letters.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Communication
Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally
distributed in such manner.
- Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other
proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin
or source of software or other material contained in a file that is
uploaded.
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the
Communication Services.
- Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be
applicable for any particular Communication Service.
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others,
including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Aptira has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services.
However, Aptira reserves the right to review materials posted to a
Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole
discretion. Aptira reserves the right to terminate your access to
any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice
for any reason whatsoever.
Aptira reserves the right at all times to disclose any information
as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal
process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to
remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in
Aptira's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying
information about yourself or your children in any Communication
Service. Aptira does not control or endorse the content, messages
or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore,
Aptira specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the
Communication Services and any actions resulting from your
participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are
not authorized Aptira spokespersons, and their views do not
necessarily reflect those of Aptira.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to
posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You
are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download
the materials.
Materials Provided to Aptira or Posted at
any Aptira Web Site
Aptira does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to
Aptira (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input
or submit to any Aptira Web Site or its associated services
(collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading,
inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting
Aptira, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees
permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation
of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the
rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly
perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission;
and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your
Submission, as provided herein. Aptira is under no obligation to
post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any
Submission at any time in Aptira's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your
Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise
control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this
section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for
you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the
Submissions.
Liability Disclaimer
The information, software, products, and services included in or
available through the Aptira Web Site may include inaccuracies or
typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the
information herein. Aptira and/or its suppliers may make
improvements and/or changes in the Aptira Web Site at any time.
Advice received via the Aptira Web Site should not be relied upon
for personal, medical, legal or financial decisions and you should
consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to
your situation.
Aptira and/or its suppliers make no representations about the
suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of
the information, software, products, services and related graphics
contained on the Aptira web site for any purpose. To the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software,
products, services and related graphics are provided "as is"
without warranty or condition of any kind. Aptira and/or its
suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard
to this information, software, products, services and related
graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
non-infringement.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event
shall Aptira and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct,
indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or
any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for
loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way
connected with the use or performance of the Aptira Web Site, with
the delay or inability to use the Aptira Web Site or related
services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for
any information, software, products, services and related graphics
obtained through the Aptira Web Site, or otherwise arising out of
the use of the Aptira Web Site, whether based on contract, tort,
negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if Aptira or any of
its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages.
Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or
limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages,
the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied
with any portion of the Aptira Web Site, or with any of these terms
of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the
Aptira Web Site. Service Contact : info@aptira.com
Termination/Access Restriction
Aptira reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate
your access to the Aptira Web Site and the related services or any
portion thereof at any time, without notice.
General
To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed
by the laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia and you
hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in
New South Wales, Australia in all disputes arising out of or
relating to the use of the Aptira Web Site. Use of the Aptira Web
Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect
to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without
limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture,
partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you
and Aptira as a result of this agreement or use of the Aptira Web
Site. Aptira's performance of this agreement is subject to existing
laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is
in derogation of Aptira's right to comply with governmental, court
and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use
of the Aptira Web Site or information provided to or gathered by
Aptira with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable
law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and
liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or
unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the
original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall
continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this
agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and
Aptira with respect to the Aptira Web Site and it supersedes all
prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether
electronic, oral or written, between the user and Aptira with
respect to the Aptira Web Site. A printed version of this agreement
and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in
judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to
this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same
conditions as other business documents and records originally
generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to
the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn
up in English.
Copyright and Trademark Notices
All contents of the Aptira Web Site are copyright Aptira Pty
Limited and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved.
Trademarks
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be
the trademarks of their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events
depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real
company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or
should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Notices and Procedure for making Claims of
Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Aptira the
written information specified below. Please note that this
procedure is exclusively for notifying Aptira that your copyrighted
material has been infringed.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to
act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been
infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is
infringing is located on the site, including the auction ID number,
if applicable;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the
disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent,
or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the
above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the
copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's
behalf.
For notice of claims of copyright infringement Aptira's contact
details are listed on the Contact page of this web site.
Accetable Use Policy
In addition and to be read as part of these Terms of Service,
the Aptira Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for all services is
available at /aup.pdf. It is a condition of contract that
all our customers comply with the terms of this AUP. Your decision
to purchase any Aptira service signifies your acceptance of the
terms of this AUP.