Welcome, and thanks for using Communic8.
Please read this document carefully. It governs Your commercial relationship with Us and sets out legally binding provisions which regulate Your use of Our website platform (including any desktop and mobile versions of it, and any of Our associated smartphone applications) and the services that We make available through Our platform.
To assist You, We have prepared summaries of Our Terms of Use. Our summaries are written above each clause immediately below. The summaries are not a substitute for reading the operative provisions of Our Terms of Use (the part that comes after each summary). The operative provisions of Our Terms of Use are legally binding. Our summaries are not legally binding, and do not limit the scope or operation of the operative provisions.
These Terms of Use define the terms and conditions under which You are allowed to use the Service in accordance with the Terms of Use, and how We will treat Your account while You access the Platform, whether or not You are a Member of the Platform.
Please carefully read the following policies and statements as they further define the terms and conditions under which You are allowed to use the Platform. If You don't agree with these terms and conditions, you must immediately discontinue Your use of the Platform:
Privacy Policy (https://www.communic8.com/privacy-policy)
Cookie Statement (https://www.communic8.com/cookie-statement)
Acceptable Use Policy (https://www.communic8.com/acceptable-use-policy)
Copyright and Trademark Policy (https://www.communic8.com/copyright-trademark-policy)
By using Our platform, You agree to Our Terms of Use. Your use of Our Platform is also subject to Our Cookie Policy and Our Privacy Policy, which covers how We collect, use, share, and store Your personal information.
We may change Our Terms of Use at any time.
1. Acceptance and modification of these Terms of Use
1.1. You may only access, browse and use our website platform (including any desktop and mobile versions of it, and any of Our associated smartphone applications) and the services that We make available through Our platform if You accept these Terms of Use. By accessing, browsing and/or using Our platform, You will be deemed to have confirmed that you have read and understand, and wholly and unconditionally agree to be legally bound by, and accept, these Terms of Use and any information linked to from these Terms of Use (including the Cookie Statement and Privacy Policy).
1.2. We may modify and/or replace these Terms of Use from time to time without notice (except where You are a Member of Our Platform – in which case We will notify You of the update using the email address that You enter into Your Platform Account and upon subsequent logins after the date of change to these Terms of Use).
1.3. We will always upload the latest version of these Terms of Use to this webpage.
1.4. If You do not wish to accept these Terms of Use, You must not and cannot use the Platform or any part of it.
Capitalised terms in these Terms of Use are defined in this clause.
2. Definitions and Interpretation
2.1. Definitions
In these Terms of Use:
Australian Consumer Law means schedule 2 to
the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
Business Day means Monday – Friday excluding public holidays in QLD.
Business Hours means 9:00am – 5:00pm on Business Days.
Contact means a Members’ contact on the Platform. For example, when a Member
uploads their distribution list on the Platform, integrates their
instance of the Platform with another website or third-party service
which provides a contact’s Personal Information, or uploads contact
information directly in the Platform, the Member is creating a Contact
on the Platform.
GST has the meaning
given by the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
(Cth)).
Intellectual Property Rights means all copyright, trademark rights, patent rights, and design
rights, whether registered or unregistered, and all other rights to
intellectual property as defined under article 2 of the convention
establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, and all
rights to enforce any of the foregoing rights.
Member means as set out in clause 5.1.
Member Data means as set out in clause 7.1.
Moral Rights has the meaning given in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
Non-Excludable Guarantee means a non-excludable guarantee implied by the Australian Consumer
Law.
Personal Information has the meaning
given in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Personal Property Securities Register means the Personal Property Securities Register established under the
Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
Platform means the Communic8 website platform owned and/or provided by Us, the
homepage URL of which is
https://www.communic8.com
(including any sub-domain Member specific instances of our platform,
i.e., https://member.communic8.com) and also includes the Platform
Services and any content, images, text and other information appearing
on any page or screen of the website platform and any source code and
object code in the platform, and also refers to any desktop and mobile
versions of the website platform and any of Our associated smartphone
applications.
Platform Account means Your
account on the Platform that is setup when You register on the Platform
or subscribe to the Platform Services.
Platform Services means as set out in the Platform Services Description.
Platform Services Description means as set out at
https://www.communic8.com/platform-services-description
Privacy Policy means Our Privacy Policy located at
https://www.communic8.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Visitor means a unregistered user accessing our websites.
Terms of Use means the terms and conditions set out on this webpage as amended by Us
from time to time.
We, Our and Us means Communic8 Group Pty Ltd [ABN 26 139
494 054] of Level 3/155 Queen St, Brisbane City Qld 4000.
You means you, the person who accesses the Platform for any reason, whether
or not You are a Member or a Member’s Contact of the Platform.
2.2. Interpretation
In these Terms of Use:
(a) Headings and underlinings are for convenience only and do
not affect the construction of these Terms of Use.
(b) A
provision of these Terms of Use will not be interpreted against a party
because the party prepared or was responsible for the preparation of the
provision, or because the party's legal representative prepared the
provision.
(c) Currency refers to Australian dollars.
(d) A
reference to a statute or regulation includes amendments thereto.
(e) A
reference to a clause, subclause or paragraph is a reference to a
clause, subclause or paragraph of these Terms of Use.
(f) A
reference to a subclause or paragraph is a reference to the subclause or
paragraph in the clause in which the reference is made.
(g) A
reference to time is to time in QLD (Queensland, Australia).
(h) A
reference to a person includes a reference to an individual, a
partnership, a company, a joint venture, government body, government
department, and any other legal entity.
(i) The words
"includes", "including" and similar expressions are not words of
limitation.
You can't use most of the functionality provided by the platform until You register.
3. Access and use of the Platform by nonmembers
3.1. Nonmembers of the Platform may not use the Platform Services.
Your registration on Our platform is subject to Our approval. You and Your company are both responsible for Your or their breach of Our Terms of Use and for the security of Your login credentials.
4. Registration
4.1. We reserve the right to accept or reject any person's registration on the Platform in Our absolute discretion.
4.2. If You submit an application to register on the Platform, You:
(a) will be deemed to have irrevocably warranted that during
the application process You provided truthful and accurate information
only;
(b) will be deemed to have irrevocably warranted
that You applied for registered on the Platform on behalf of and with
the authority and consent of any business entity that you entered into
the Platform Account registration form;
(c) will be
deemed to have irrevocably agreed to be jointly and severally liable for
any breach of these Terms of Use by that business entity.
4.3. You must ensure that You provide a valid email address at the time of registration.
4.4. We reserve the right to send an email to You with a hyperlink which requires You to verify that You are the owner or operator of the email address entered by You during registration and to cancel/not approve Your registration on the Platform if Your rights to the email address are not so verified, or where You do not satisfy any of Our other eligibility criteria.
4.5.If any of Your contact details or other information which You provide during the application process change, You must promptly update those details in Your Platform Account with Your up-to-date details and information.
4.6.You must not provide Your Platform Account name or the password for Your Platform Account to any person. You agree and acknowledge that You shall be solely responsible for the confidentiality of Your username and password and any use of Your Platform Account (including unauthorised use).
4.7.You must immediately notify Us if You become aware of any unauthorised use of Your Platform Account.
4.8.If You think anyone is violating any of these Terms of Use, please notify Us immediately. If You think anyone has posted material that violates any protected marks or copyrights, then You can notify Us at the address provided in Our Copyright and Trademark Policy.
If You register on Our platform you must pay any applicable fees, including any early termination fees. If You don't pay us we can terminate your access to Our services.
5. Member plans and Service Charges
5.1. Only users who have registered on the Platform and have a Platform Account ("Members") may access the Platform Services.
5.2. You agree and acknowledge that if You become a Member You will have a non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access the Platform Services for the purposes expressly described in the Platform Services Description.
5.3. Each Member must pay the fees and charges set out in the Platform Services Description (or as otherwise agreed between Us and the Member in writing) for the plan selected during signup for a Platform Account, in consideration for the Member's subscription to the Platform Services ("Service Charges") at the time and in the manner set out in the Platform Services Description, plus any GST that is applicable in respect of the supply of the Platform Services to the Member. Any applicable GST is payable at the same time as the Service Charges.
5.4. If the Platform Services Description specifies a minimum term for any subscription plan, then the subscription of a Member for the Platform Services is for that minimum term ("Minimum Term") and, unless otherwise specified in the Platform Services Description, cannot be cancelled or terminated by the Member prior to the expiry of the Minimum Term.
5.5. A Member may only access the Platform Services solely for the purpose(s) specified in the Platform Services Description and subject to the provisions set out in the Platform Services Description and in these Terms of Use.
5.6. You must pay all costs associated with accessing the Platform, including internet access costs, web browser and computer and smartphone equipment costs, telecommunications costs, data costs, roaming charges and, if You are a Member, Service Charges.
5.7. Without limiting Our rights and any other provision of these Terms of Use, if a Member fails to pay the Service Charges in accordance with the requirements of these Terms of Use, We may suspend and/or terminate the Member's access to the Platform Services and its Member Data hosted in the Platform Services.
5.8. Upon a Member's cancellation or termination of the service, if the Member elects to maintain the hosting of their Platform published content, the Member must pay a monthly decommissioning fee. The decommissioning fees are set out in the Platform Services Description.
We don't control the payment gateway used on the platform and we are not responsible for it or its security practices.
6. Payment Requirements
6.1. We utilise a third party payment gateway provided by Stripe ("Payment Gateway") to process payments made to Us via the Platform.
6.2. If You are, or if You become a Member, each time You make a payment using the Payment Gateway You will be deemed to have acknowledged, understood and agreed:
(a) that the Payment Gateway may be affected by delays,
defects, faults and/or other matters which render the Payment Gateway
unusable. These matters may be caused by factors including technical
difficulties with the performance or operation of Our or the Payment
Gateway's software or hardware or due to problems or malfunctions with
the Internet or other telecommunications networks;
(b) that
except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantees, We do not warrant,
guarantee or represent that unauthorised access to information and data
cannot occur, and that We are not responsible for the performance or
non-performance of the Payment Gateway;
(c) that You have
relied on Your own independent assessment and judgment in determining
whether the Payment Gateway meets Your requirements; and
(d)
to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of, and privacy
policy of, the Payment Gateway provider (collectively, the "Payment Gateway Agreement"), copies of which are available on the Payment Gateway provider
website at https://stripe.com/.
6.3. You indemnify Us in respect of all and any loss or damage We incur as a result of any breach by You of the Payment Gateway Agreement.
6.4. We also currently accept payment of Service Charges by electronic funds transfer (EFT). However, we plan to phase out this form of payment. Accordingly, we reserve the right to only accept payment of Service Charges via the Payment Gateway.
6.5. All Service Charges must be paid within 14 days of invoice.
You own the data that you upload into Our platform. You have to get permission, where relevant, from the owner of the data before uploading it. We are not responsible if anything happens to that data.
7. Responsibility for and ownership of Member Data
7.1. If You are a Member, We agree that as between You and Us, You own all data that You upload into the Platform Services ("Member Data").
7.2. You agree and acknowledge that:
(a) the Platform Services and/or Your Member Data may be
hosted by Us or Our suppliers on hardware or infrastructure located in
or outside Australia unless otherwise specifically arranged outside of
this agreement; and
(b) We may not own or operate the
infrastructure upon which the Platform Services and/or the Member Data
is hosted.
7.3. If You are a Member, You warrant, agree and represent that:
(a) You will only upload, input and transfer Member Data into
and/or via the Platform Services or disclose Member Data to Us, which
You are fully entitled and authorised to upload, input, transfer and
disclose; and
(b) Your Member Data and Our collection,
use, storage and/or disclosure thereof in the course of providing the
Platform Services, will not breach any applicable law or right of any
person.
7.4. If You are a Member, You license us on an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide basis to use and publish your Member Data on the Platform as required by Us to provide the Platform Services.
7.5. Each Member is solely responsible for the accuracy, legality and quality of all its Member Data and for obtaining any permissions, licenses, rights and authorisations necessary for Us to use, host, transmit, store and disclose the Member Data in connection with the provision of the Platform Services.
7.6. If You are a Member, You acknowledge that Your access to Your Member Data that is hosted by the Platform Services is subject to Your compliance with these Terms of Use, including payment of any applicable Service Charges.
7.7. Except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantee, You agree that We are not responsible for any loss, corruption or hacking of any Member Data.
7.8. You indemnify Us in respect of any loss and damage We or any of Our suppliers incur in respect of any claim that any of Your Member Data is lost, unavailable or corrupted or the transmission, storage, disclosure, or access to any of Your Member Data infringes the Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any person or breaches any law, regulation, code or standard.
Our platform might go offline from time to time.
8. Availability of Platform Services
8.1. Subject to clauses 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4, while You are a Member of the Platform, We agree to use Our best endeavours to procure hosting of the Platform Services and the Member Data and to ensure that the Platform Services are available.
8.2. The availability of the Platform Services to You will be subject, in addition to any other provisions set out in these Terms of Use, to any bandwidth limitations, database size limitations, throughput limitations and other technical and non-technical limitations or restrictions set out in the Platform Services Description, and any planned and unplanned maintenance of the Platform and/or Our hosting providers.
8.3. You agree and acknowledge that the accessibility and use of the Platform, the Platform Services and the Member Data hosted by the Platform Services is highly dependent on the proper function of the Internet and any other computer and telecommunications networks and infrastructure upon which the Platform and/or Platform Services and/or Member Data operate, interface with or connect to, and that We are not responsible for any non-performance of the Platform associated with any of those matters.
8.4. Except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantee, We do not guarantee that the Platform, Platform Services or Member Data or access thereto will be uninterrupted or error-free and You release and indemnify Us in respect of any loss and damage that We may incur and/or claims and/or complaints You or your customers may have against Us in respect of any interruption, error or unavailability of the Platform, Platform Services or any Member Data.
We own the platform and all IP in the platform. You cannot infringe Our IP rights.
9. Usage Restrictions
9.1. You may not make any use of the Platform except as permitted by these Terms of Use and may not do or authorise the commission of any act that would or might invalidate or be inconsistent with Our Intellectual Property Rights in the Platform. Without limiting the foregoing provisions, You must not, under any circumstances, sell or resell access to the Platform or scrape, republish, mirror or otherwise rent, lend, lease, sell, redistribute, sublicense, copy or duplicate the Platform or any content You obtain via the Platform (other than Your Member Data). In addition, You must not, nor may You permit any person to:
(a) copy, alter, modify, adapt, reproduce, republish, frame,
translate, reverse assemble, reverse engineer, reverse compile,
transfer, sell, licence, create derivative works from or enhance the
Platform and/or any content in the Platform (except any of Your Member
Data) (except as expressly permitted by the
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth));
(b) do any act that
would or might invalidate or be inconsistent with Our Intellectual
Property Rights or those of Our licensors;
(c) use the
Platform in any way that infringes Our rights or the rights of any third
party;
(d) use the Platform to create any product or
service that competes with the Platform; or
(e) take any
steps to circumvent any technological protection measure or security
measures in the Platform.
9.2. You must not use the Platform or any part of the Platform in any way which is in breach of any statute, regulation, law or legal right of any person.
9.3. You must not use the Platform or any part of the Platform in breach of these Terms of Use or in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy (https://www.communic8.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy).
You cannot use the platform for any illegal purpose or to violate any person's legal rights.
We restrict certain types of businesses from using Our platform.
10. Acceptable Use Policy
10.1. You agree that:
(a) using the Platform to violate all or any legal rights of
any person or company or other entity in any jurisdiction is strictly
prohibited by these Terms of Use;
(b) using the Platform
in relation to crimes such as theft and fraud is strictly prohibited by
these Terms of Use;
(c) using the Platform in breach of
laws relating to the protection of copyright, trade secrets, patents or
other intellectual property and laws relating to spam or privacy and
whether such violation is by way of the installation or distribution of
"pirated" software or otherwise, is strictly prohibited by these Terms
of Use;
(d) introduction of malicious programs into Our
network or servers (e.g., viruses, worms, Trojan horses, e-mail bombs)
is strictly prohibited by these Terms of Use;
(e) revealing
Your account password to others or allowing use of Your Platform Account
by others is strictly prohibited by these Terms of Use;
(f) using
another person's name, username or password or otherwise attempting to
gain access to the Platform Account of any other person is strictly
prohibited by these Terms of Use;
(g) using the Platform
to make fraudulent offers of goods or services is strictly prohibited by
these Terms of Use;
(h) using the Platform to carry out
security breaches or disruptions of network communication is strictly
prohibited by these Terms of Use. Security breaches include, but are not
limited to, accessing data of which You are not an intended recipient or
logging into a server or account that You are not expressly authorized
to access or corrupting any data. For the purposes of this paragraph,
"security breaches" includes, but is not limited to, network sniffing,
pinged floods, packet spoofing, denial of service, and forged routing
information for malicious purposes;
(i) using the
Platform to execute any form of network monitoring which will intercept
data not intended for You is strictly prohibited by these Terms of
Use;
(j) using the Platform to circumvent user
authentication or security of any of Our hosts, networks or accounts or
those of Our customers or suppliers is strictly prohibited by these
Terms of Use;
(k) using the Platform to interfere with
or deny service to anyone is strictly prohibited by these Terms of
Use;
(l) using any program/script/command, or sending
messages of any kind, with the intent to interfere with, or disable, any
person's use of the Platform is strictly prohibited by these Terms of
Use;
(m) sending unsolicited email, SMS, or any
communication messages through or to users of the Platform in breach of
the Spam Act 2003 is strictly prohibited by these Terms of
Use;
(n) using purchased, rented, or third-party contact
lists or email addresses for sending communications on the Platform is
strictly prohibited by these Terms of Use;
(o) using the
Platform to send any form of harassment via email, or any other form of
messaging, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages is
strictly prohibited by these Terms of Use; and
(p) use
of the Platform in breach of any person's privacy (such as by way of
identity theft or "phishing") is strictly prohibited by these Terms of
Use.
10.2. We do not allow accounts whose primary purpose is promoting or inciting harm toward others or the promotion of discriminatory, hateful, or harassing content. To this end, we may suspend or terminate Your account if You send communications or messages or otherwise distribute any content that We determine, in Our sole discretion, contains either of the following:
(a) “A Thread of Physical Harm”. This means any statement,
photograph, advertisement, or other material that in Our sole judgement
could be reasonably perceived to threaten, advocate, or incite physical
harm to or violence against others.
(b) “Hateful
Content”. This means any statement, image, photograph, advertisement, or
other material that in Our sole judgement could be reasonably perceived
to harm, threaten, promote the harassment of, promote the intimidation
of, promote the abuse of, or promote the discrimination against others
based solely on race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation,
gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability,
disease, or immigration status.
10.3. We also may suspend or terminate Your account if We determine, in Our sole discretion, that You are either:
(a) an organisation that has publicly stated or acknowledged
that its goals, objectives, positions, or founding tenants include
statements or principals that could be reasonably perceived to advocate,
encourage, or sponsor Hateful Content or A Threat of Physical Harm;
or
(b) a person that has publicly made a comment or
statement, or otherwise publicly made known a position, including by
membership in an organisation as discussed above, that could be
reasonably perceived as Hateful Content or A Threat of Physical Harm;
or
(c) a person or organisation that has acted in such a way
as could be reasonably perceived to support, condone, encourage, or
represent Hateful Content or A Threat of Physical Harm.
10.4. We also may suspend or terminate Your account if We determine, in Our sole discretion, that Your business' primary purpose is:
(a) Cryptocurrency sales, marketing, transactions, exchange,
storage or the production of virtual currencies and any kinds of digital
assets related to Initial Coin Offering (ICOs)
(b) Gambling
services, products or schemes
(c) Multi-level or affiliate
marketing
(d) Pharmaceutical product offers and discounts
(e)
Online dating or escort services
(f) Lead generation
opportunities
(g) Work from home opportunities or make money
online offers
(h) Get out of debt opportunities, urgent cash
offers and credit repair
(i) Pay lending offers
(j)
List rental services and list brokers
(k) Selling social
media “Likes” or followers
We own the platform and all IP in the platform. We also own all improvement suggestions that you make regarding the platform.
11. Intellectual Property Rights
11.1. You agree and acknowledge that these Terms of Use do not transfer or assign any Intellectual Property Rights to You.
11.2. As between You and Us, except in respect of Your Member Data, We own all Intellectual Property Rights in the Platform.
11.3. You have no rights in the Platform or in any part of it or in any modification or enhancement thereof, other than the rights temporarily granted to You pursuant to these Terms of Use.
11.4. You agree that any Intellectual Property Rights in any comments that You may provide to Us in connection with the Platform or requests for new Platform features (each, an "Improvement Suggestion") becomes Our sole and exclusive property immediately upon You uploading or posting that Improvement Suggestion to the Platform or otherwise providing the Improvement Suggestion to Us, and You hereby assign all Intellectual Property Rights in all and any such Improvement Suggestions to Us effective as soon as You provide each Improvement Suggestion to Us or upload or post an Improvement Suggestion to the Platform, pursuant to section 197 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and in equity. You consent to the infringement by Us and any third party We authorise, of all Moral Rights that You may have in any Improvement Suggestions.
11.5. You must not take any step to invalidate or prejudice Our (or Our licensors') Intellectual Property Rights in the Platform or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing provisions, You must not register any security interest or purchase money security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register, or otherwise encumber or charge Your rights in respect of Your Member Data or with respect to the rights granted to You by these Terms of Use to use the Platform.
We cannot be held responsible for the conduct of Our users.
12. Responsibility for other users
12.1. We do not accept responsibility for the conduct of any users of Our Platform.
12.2. If You believe that another user of Our Platform has breached these Terms of Use please contact Us.
12.3. We are not a party to any transaction for the supply of goods or services advertised by any user of the Platform. Before entering into any transaction with any other user of the Platform, You should carefully consider the applicable terms and conditions applicable to the transaction, obtain all appropriate advice and take all appropriate precautions.
12.4. Any dispute You have with another user of Our Platform is between You and the other user. You release Us from any claims that You may otherwise have against Us in relation to any conduct of any user of Our Platform and in respect of any content uploaded by or on behalf of any user into the Platform.
12.5. We check content entered into or uploaded into the Platform from time to time, but We do not review or moderate all content. If We become aware of content that breaches our Acceptable Use Policy (see clause 10) We will remove the content and send an email to the person who uploaded or entered it explaining why it was removed. If You become aware of any content that You think breaches the Acceptable Use Policy set out in clause 10 above, please contact Us.
We are not responsible for any claims made by third parties.
13. Responsibility for third party claims
13.1. You agree and acknowledge that You are solely responsible for and You indemnify Us in respect of any loss and damage We may incur in connection with any claims and/or complaints made by any third party where the claim is caused directly or indirectly by:
(a) Your use of the Platform; and/or
(b) Your goods
and/or services and/or your advertising and/or sales and/or marketing
practices.
Apple and Google are not responsible for any smartphone apps that You use in connection with the Platform.
14. App-Specific Provisions
14.1. The provisions of this clause 14 apply only to Your use of any Platform smartphone application that You download from the Apple App Store or Google Play (each, an App).
14.2. You agree that this Terms of Use is an agreement between You and Us and not between You and Apple, or You and Google. As between Us and Apple Inc., and as between Us and Google Inc., We are solely responsible for any product warranties pertaining to the App, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not otherwise effectively disclaimed under these Terms of Use.
14.3. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty and where the warranty relates to Your use of a version of the App downloaded through the Apple App Store You may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the App to You (if any); and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure of the App to conform to any warranty will be Our sole responsibility.
14.4. You and We each acknowledge that, subject to clause 14.5, as between You and Us, We, and not Apple or Google, are responsible for addressing any of Your claims relating to the App or Your possession and/or operation of the App, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims made in respect of the App; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation in respect of the App.
14.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 14.2, 14.3 and 14.4, and for the avoidance of doubt, You agree:
(a) to release and indemnify Us from any claims that You or any
other person might otherwise have (including any claims arising under
consumer protection or similar legislation in respect of the App and any
other claims, losses, liabilities, damages or expenses) which relate to
Your acts or omissions;
(b) You, and not Us, will be solely
responsible for any of the matters referred to in clauses 14.2, 14.3 and
14.4to the extent they are caused or contributed to by You.
14.6. We and You each acknowledge that neither Apple nor Google have any obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the App.
14.7. You represent and warrant that (i) You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) You are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
14.8. We and You each acknowledge and agree that Apple and Google, and Apple's and Google's respective subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of these Terms of Use, and that Apple and Google will each have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms of Use against You as a third-party beneficiary of these Terms of Use.
We are not responsible for third party sites.
15. Hyperlinks
15.1. We do not represent, recommend or endorse any websites to which We have linked from the Platform via hyperlink or otherwise.
Our liability is limited in many ways.
16. Liability
16.1. Except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantees, We do not represent that the information on this Platform is accurate, correct, up-to-date or error free.
16.2. The information on the Platform is not professional advice. You agree that You will seek all appropriate financial, legal and other advice as applicable before relying on any information You obtain from the Platform.
16.3. To the extent possible by law, We are not liable to You for any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage incurred by the other party, including liability for loss of profits, loss of business opportunity, loss of savings, or loss of data.
16.4. Except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantees, to the maximum extent permitted by law (and if permitted by law), We will not have any liability to You for any loss or damage howsoever incurred in relation to Your use of or inability to use the Platform, or with respect to any of the circumstances addressed in clause 13.1.
16.5. Any goods and services supplied by Us through the Platform (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Platform Services supplied by Us, but does not include goods or services supplied by any user or Member of the Platform to any person) may come with implied non-excludable guarantees which are regulated by the Australian Consumer Law. The extent of the implied guarantees depends on whether You are a 'consumer' of goods or services within the meaning of that term pursuant to the Australian Consumer Law as amended.
16.6. If the goods or services supplied by Us to You through the Platform (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Platform Services supplied by Us, but does not include goods or services supplied by any user or Member of the Platform to any person) are supplied to You in Your capacity as a 'consumer' of goods or services within the meaning of that term in the Australian Consumer Law as amended You will have the benefit of certain non-excludable guarantees in respect of those goods or services and nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or restricts or modifies any guarantee which pursuant to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) is so conferred. However, if the goods or services are subject to a non-excludable guarantee implied by the Australian Consumer Law and the goods or services are not ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption, then pursuant to s 64A of the Australian Consumer Law, We limit Our liability for breach of any such non-excludable guarantee implied by the Australian Consumer Law (other than a guarantee implied by sections 51, 52 or 53 of the Australian Consumer Law) or expressly given by Us to You, in respect of each of the goods and services, where it is fair and reasonable to do so, at Our option, to one or more of the following:
(a) if the breach relates to goods:
(i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
(ii) the repair of such goods;
(iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or
(iv) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and
(b) if the breach relates to services:
(i) the supplying of the services again; or
(ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
16.7. Any warranty against defects provided by Us to You in Your capacity as a 'consumer' under the Australian Consumer Law is in addition to Your other rights and remedies under a law in relation to the goods or services to which the warranty relates.
16.8. Except in respect of any Non-Excludable Guarantees, all conditions, warranties and guarantees implied in these Terms of Use are excluded, to the extent possible by law.
16.9. To the extent that Our liability is not otherwise excluded by these Terms of Use, subject to any Non-Excludable Guarantees, Our liability to You is limited to the aggregate sum of the Service Charges paid by You to Us.
You and We can terminate your access to the platform under certain conditions. We will give you a refund in certain circumstances.
17 Termination
17.1. If you are not a Member, We may terminate these Terms of Use and Your access to the Platform or any part of it at any time without notice.
17.2. If You are a Member, We may terminate these Terms of Use and Your access to the Platform by notice to You if:
(a) You breach any material term of these Terms of Use; or
(b)
where reasonably necessary to protect Our legitimate commercial
interests.
17.3. We may take down the Platform or any part of it or take the Platform or any part of it offline at any time without notice where reasonably necessary to protect Our legitimate commercial interests.
17.4. Termination of these Terms of Use and access to the Platform does not affect any accrued rights of either party.
Notices between You and Us are deemed to be delivered at different times, depending on how and when they are sent.
18. Notices
18.1. Any notice issued to You from Us or from Us to You shall be in writing and sent by hand delivery, post or email. Where sent from Us to You, We shall use Your contact details for your Platform Account.
18.2. You may contact Us or send a notice to Us using Our contact details that are specified on Our website at https://www.communic8.com/about.
18.3. Any notice issued by hand shall be deemed delivered upon delivery.
18.4. Any notice issued by post shall be deemed delivered 3 Business Days after posting if posted domestically, or 10 Business Days after posting if posted internationally.
18.5. Any notice issued via email shall be deemed to be delivered upon receipt by the sender of an electronic read receipt or delivery receipt, or upon receipt of confirmation from the recipient that the recipient received the email.
18.6. We may send You email or other electronic messages concerning Your Platform Account and the Platform from time to time.
We can reference You as a customer of our Platform.
19. Customer Reference
19.1. You agree (i) that We may identify You as a recipient of services and use Your logo in sales presentations, marketing materials and press releases, and (ii) to develop a brief customer profile for use by Us on Our website for promotional purposes.
We reserve our rights.
20. General
20.1. Other rights: All rights not expressly granted to Us in these Terms of Use are expressly reserved by Us.
We can change these Terms of Use at any time. If You are unhappy about the changes, You can terminate Your subscription.
20.2. Amendment: These Terms of Use may be amended by Us at any time. If you are a Member, We will notify You of the amendments by providing notice in writing or via email (Amendment Notice) and if You do not agree to the amendments You can cancel Your subscription to the Platform Services if the amendment is detrimental to You by providing written notice to Us within 7 days of your receipt of the Amendment Notice. If You provide Us with that notice, We will refund to You any part of any Service Charges paid by You for access to the Platform Services that You have paid to Us in advance in respect of a period of time that has not expired as at the date of cancellation.
You cannot transfer Your rights under these Terms of Use unless We approve the transfer. We can transfer Our right and obligations at any time.
20.3. Assignment: You may not assign, transfer, license or novate Your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use without Our prior written consent. We may assign, transfer, licence or novate Our rights or obligations under these Terms of Use at any time, subject to Our Privacy Policy.
If part of these Terms of Use are not legally binding, the rest still are.
20.4. Severability: If any part of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall remain enforceable.
We are not partners, employers or employee or any other special commercial relationship.
20.5. Relationship: You and Us are independent contracting entities and these Terms of Use do not create any relationship of partnership, joint venture, fiduciary, or employer and employee or otherwise.
Our liability is only limited to the extent permitted by law.
20.6. Australian Consumer Law: The exclusions and limitations of liability set out in these Terms of Use shall apply to the fullest extent permissible at law, but We do not exclude or limit liability which may not be excluded or limited by law. Without limiting the foregoing provisions, We do not exclude liability under the Australian Consumer Law which is prohibited from being excluded.
These Terms of Use set out Our entire agreement.
20.7. Entire Agreement: These Terms of Use and any information linked to from these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between You and Us and to the extent possible by law, supersede all prior understandings, representations, arrangements and agreements between You and Us regarding its subject matter.
If We process personal data from the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK on Your behalf, You can request a DPA from Us.
20.8. If We will be processing personal data
from the EEA, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom on Your behalf, and You
wish to execute a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with Us, as required
by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then You may do so by
submitting a request to the email address below. Upon receipt of Your
request, We will send You a
GDPR DPA
ready for execution.
DPA Request email address:
support@communic8.com
These Terms of Use will be subject to the law of Queensland, Australia.
20.9. Jurisdiction: These Terms of Use will be interpreted in accordance with the laws in force in Queensland, Australia. You and Us irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts situated in Queensland, Australia.