Website Terms of Use

General

1. These terms govern your use of The Upstream Collective (TUC) website operated and owned by The Upstream Collective, located at www.theupstreamcollective.com.au.

2. Your use of the TUC website is deemed to be your acceptance of these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully.

3. You are only authorised to access or use the Website if you accept and agree to these terms. Your continued use of the Website is acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, these terms and any changes to them, from time to time, which are effective immediately. TUC has the right to exclude any users from accessing the Website.

4. These terms of use are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

5. If any of these terms of use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms of use will continue in full force.

6. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact us via the Contact page. You can also contact us if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the Website.

7. Except as imposed by statute, in no event will TUC be liable to you or any third party for any direct or indirect loss arising from your use of the Website, your reliance on any information found on the Website or any technical failures, delays in operation or transmission or malfunctions in equipment or software.

8. TUC does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this Website. If TUC considers that information or content on this Website is unreliable or inaccurate, it may, at its own election:
a) inform users of the Website;
b) endeavour to make an appropriate correction
c) remove any information or content, including but not limited to any of your content and/or links to other websites, without giving any explanation or justification; or
d) suspend the operation of all or any part of this Website.
e) lawful purposes

9. You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Website by a third party. This includes conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, the transmission of obscene or offensive content, or disruption to the Website.

10. If you post anything to a public part of the Website, you grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide licence to do the following in respect of the information or material:
a) use, copy, sublicense, redistribute, adapt, transmit, publish and/or broadcast, publicly perform or display to the extent necessary to display it on the Website;
b) sublicense to any third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted.

Disclaimer

11. All the information on this website is for general education and information purposes only. This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances. You must exercise your own judgement to carefully evaluate the material on the Website.

Security

12. We strive to protect the information you provide on the Website. We will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website and your information are not compromised. However, we cannot guarantee that no Harmful Code will enter the Website. You should be aware of the risks associated with using websites.

13. We recommend that you use an appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect your computer systems. Where connection to a system or website outside our control compromises the objectives of the Website we may sever links to that website or system.

Links to other websites

14. The Website contains links to other websites that are external to TUC. We take reasonable care in linking the Website to other websites but we have no direct control over the content presented in those websites and is not responsible for such content or operation or the availability of those websites. Any information on a linked website is provided ‘As Is’.

15. We make no representation that the material on any linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. We do not authorise the reproduction of such material.

16. We do not endorse or recommend any links to external websites, or third-party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.

Linking to this site

17. You may link to this site, but permission is restricted to making a link without any alteration of the site’s contents. Permission is not granted to reproduce, frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information and materials from this site on any other site unless express written permission has been obtained from TUC

18. TUC reserves the right to prevent linking by giving notice.

Reproduction

19. Unless otherwise indicated, TUC owns or controls the copyright and other intellectual property in the content and designed of this Website and may assert its rights without further notice. If you wish to reproduce any other text or images from the Website, please contact TUC by sending request and enquiries concerning reproduction rights by email to admin@theupstreamcollective.com.au

20. Any permitted reproduction made must acknowledge TUC as the source of any selected passage, extract, image or other information or material reproduced. Any reproduction made of the information or material must include a copy of the original copyright and disclaimer notices as set out here. Please send requests and inquiries concerning reproduction rights by email to admin@theupstreamcollective.com.au

Miscellaneous

21. You will at all times indemnify and keep indemnified TUC, or its designees and its respective officers, employees and agents from and against any loss (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liability incurred by any person against any of those indemnified where such loss or liability arises out of, in connection with or in respect of any breach of these terms by you.

22. TUC respects the privacy of individuals. TUC will deal with personal information collected via the Website for the purposes disclosed on the Website and in accordance with its privacy policy.

23. If you become aware of misuse of the Website by any person, any errors in the content of the Website, any difficulty in accessing or using the Website, or any questions about these terms, please contact TUC by email at admin@theupstreamcollective.com.au