Email: [email protected]
Website: https://australianbuildersdirectory.com.au
The Operator: The Gecko Corporation Pty Ltd
The last update to our Terms of Service Policy was posted on January 10, 2020.
This web page represents a legal document that serves as our Terms of Service, and it governs the legal terms of our Website, sub-domains, and any associated web-based and mobile applications (collectively, “Website”), as owned and operated by The Operator.
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Capitalized terms, unless otherwise defined, have the meaning specified within the Definitions section below. This Terms of Service Policy, along with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Policy, any mobile license agreement, and other posted guidelines within our Website, collectively “Legal Terms”, constitute the entire and only agreement between you and The Operator, and supersede all other agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to our Website and the subject matter contained herein. We may amend our Legal Terms at any time without specific notice to you. The latest copies of our Legal Terms will be posted on our Website, and you should review all Legal Terms prior to using our Website. After any revisions to our Legal Terms are posted, you agree to be bound to any such changes to them. Therefore, it is important for you to periodically review our Legal Terms to make sure you still agree to them.
By accessing the Website, you are agreeing to be bound by these Legal Terms, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this Website. The materials contained in this Website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.
Definitions
The terms “us” or “we” or “our” refer to The Operator, the owner of the Website.
A “Visitor” is someone who merely browses our Website but has not registered as Member.
A “Member” is an individual that has registered with us to use our Website.
Our “Service” represents the collective functionality and features as offered through our Website to our Members.
A “User” is a collective identifier that refers to either a Visitor or a Member.
All text, information, graphics, audio, video, and data offered through our Website are collectively known as our “Content”.
Use License
a. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on The Operator’s Website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license, you may not:
i. modify or copy the materials;
ii. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
iii. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on The Operator’s Website;
iv. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
v. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
b. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by The Operator at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession, whether in electronic or printed format.
Restricted Uses
Listing of offered products on the Website could be used only for lawful purposes by Users of the Website. You could not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any hallmark, logo, copyrighted image, or most proprietary details (consisting of images, text, page layout, or type) of The Operator without express composed consent. You might not use any meta tags or any various other “unseen text” utilizing The Operator’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of The Operator.
You agree not to offer or modify any content found on the Website consisting of, however not limited to, names of Users and Content, or to recreate, display, openly perform, distribute, or otherwise make use of the Material, in any way for any public function, in connection with services or products that are not those of The Operator, or in other ways that is likely to trigger confusion among consumers, that disparages or challenges The Operator or its licensors, or that dilutes the strength of The Operator’s or its licensor’s property, or that otherwise infringes The Operator’s or its licensor’s copyright rights.
You also agree to abstain from abusing any of the Material that appears on the Website. The use of the Material on any other website or in a networked computer system environment for any purpose is prohibited. Any code that The Operator develops to generate or show any Material of the pages making up the Website is likewise secured by The Operator’s copyright, and you may not copy or adjust such code.
The Operator has no duty to keep track of any products published, transferred, or connected to or with the Website. If you think that something on the Website breaches these Legal Terms please use the email address at the top of this policy.
If alerted by a User of any products which allegedly do not conform to these Legal Terms, The Operator could in its single discernment explore the allegation and figure out whether to take other actions or ask for the removal or get rid of the Content. The Operator has no liability or duty to Individuals for efficiency or nonperformance of such activities.
Electronic Communication
You are connecting with us electronically when you go to the Website or send out emails to us. You consent to get interactions from us online. We will connect with you by email or by uploading notifications on the Website. You concur that all contracts notifications, disclosure, and various other communications that we provide to you digitally please any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you utilize the Website, you are accountable for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and you accept responsibility for all activities that happen under your account and password. You also accept not to reveal any personally identifiable information, consisting of, however not limited to, first and last names, credentials, or various other details of a personal nature (“Personal Data”) from the Website. Your disclosure of any Personal Data on the Website might result in the immediate termination of your account. The Operator additionally reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, and remove or edit Content at its sole discernment.
The Operator does not guarantee the truthfulness, precision, or dependability of Content on the Website, consisting of Personal Data. Each Individual is accountable for upgrading and changing any pertinent account info when essential to preserve the truthfulness, precision, or reliability of the details.
Reviews, Comments, and Other Material
Registered Users of the Website might post evaluations and remarks of a product and services purchased by means of the Website, so long as the Material is not unlawful, profane, threatening, defamatory, an invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not include industrial solicitation, mass mailings, or any type of “spam.” You may not use another User’s account to impersonate a User or entity, or otherwise deceive as to the origin of the opinions. The Operator reserves the right (however is not bound) to eliminate or modify such Material, but does not regularly examine posted Material.
If you post an evaluation or send comments, and unless The Operator suggests otherwise, you grant The Operator a nonexclusive, royalty-free, permanent, irrevocable, and completely sublicensable right to utilize, recreate, modify, adjust, release, equate, create derivative works from, distribute, and screen such content throughout the world, in any media. You grant The Operator and sublicenses the right to utilize your name in connection with such Material, if they choose. You represent and require that You own or otherwise control all the rights to the content that You post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content You supply does not violate this policy and will not trigger injury to anyone or entity; which You will indemnify The Operator for all claims resulting from Content You supply. The Operator has the right but not the commitment to edit and keep track of or eliminate any task or Material. The Operator takes no duty and assumes no liability for any content published by You or any 3rd party.
Legal Compliance
You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our Website. The Operator reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Legal Terms and to take any action we deem appropriate, including but not limited to canceling your Member account, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to your profile, email addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information, as allowed under our Privacy Policy.
Intellectual Property
Our Website may contain our service marks or trademarks as well as those of our affiliates or other companies, in the form of words, graphics, and logos. Your use of our Website does not constitute any right or license for you to use such service marks/trademarks, without the prior written permission of the corresponding service mark/trademark owner. Our Website is also protected under international copyright laws. The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any portion of our Website is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Website does not grant you ownership rights of any kind in our Website.
Revisions and Errata
The materials appearing on The Operator’s Website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. The Operator does not warrant that any of the materials on its Website are accurate, complete, or current. The Operator may make changes to the materials contained on its Website at any time without notice. The Operator does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.
Disclaimer
The materials on The Operator’s Website are provided “as is” The Operator makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Furthermore, The Operator does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this Website. The Website serves as a venue for Individuals to purchase distinct service or products. Neither The Operator nor the Website has control over the quality or fitness for a particular function of a product. The Operator likewise has no control over the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the User-submitted details and makes no representations or warranties about any info on the Website.
THE WEBSITE AND ALL DETAILS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) AND SERVICES LISTED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED BY THE OPERATOR ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. THE OPERATER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE INFO, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES LISTED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE POINTED OUT IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
TO THE COMPLETE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE OPERATOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE OPERATOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE; DETAILS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) OR SERVICES CONSISTED OF ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE; ITS SERVERS; OR EMAIL SENT FROM THE OPERATOR ARE WITHOUT VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. THE OPERATOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR FROM ANY DETAILS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE APPLICATION) OR SERVICES LISTED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU WITH THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE POINTED OUT IN WRITING. UNDER NO SCENARIO SHALL THE OPERATOR’S LIABILITY DEVELOPING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, DESPITE THE REASON FOR ACTION (WHETHER IN AGREEMENT, TORT, BREACH OF SERVICE WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE), GO BEYOND $100.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. By linking to these websites, we do not create or have an affiliation with or sponsor such third party websites. The inclusion of links within our Website does not constitute any endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation of such third party websites. The Operator has no control over the legal documents and privacy practices of third party websites; as such, you access any such third-party websites at your own risk.
Website Terms of Service Modifications
The Operator may revise these Terms of Service for its Website at any time without notice. By using this Website, you agree to be bound by the then current version of Legal Terms.
Governing Law
Any claim relating to The Operator’s Website shall be governed by the laws of Australia without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and You consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Indemnity
You accept defend, indemnify, and hold safe The Operator, its affiliates, and their corresponding officers, directors, agents and workers, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation affordable legal, accounting, and other provider charges, affirming or resulting from (i) any Content of most Material You offer to the Website, (ii) Your use of any Content, or (iii) Your breach of Legal Terms. The Operator will provide notice to You promptly of any such claim, match, or case.
General Terms
Our Legal Terms shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in Australia and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Australia without regard to conflict of law principles. In addition, you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts. Any cause of action by you with respect to our Website must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. Should any part of our Legal Terms be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that any Content in our Website conflicts or is inconsistent with our Legal Terms, our Legal Terms shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of our Legal Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of The Operator such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision. The rights of The Operator under our Legal Terms shall survive the termination of our Legal Terms.