Privacy policy

1. Introduction

1.1    We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users.

1.2    This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

1.3    We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

1.4    Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct marketing communications and limit the publication of your information. You can access the privacy controls via this website.

1.5    In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to JoomlaDay Australia. For more information about us, see Section 13.

2. Credit

2.1    This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).

3. How we use your personal data

3.1    In this Section 3 we have set out:

(a)    the general categories of personal data that we may process;

(b)    in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and specific categories of that data;

(c)    the purposes for which we may process personal data; and

(d)    the legal bases of the processing.

3.2    We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.

3.3    We may process your account data ("account data"). The account data may include your name and email address. The source of the account data is you or your employer. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

3.4    We may process your information included in your personal profile on our website ("profile data"). The profile data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details. The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at you request, to enter into such a contract.

3.5    We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services ("service data"). The service data may include streaming data.  The source of the service data is you or your employer. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

3.6    We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services ("publication data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

3.7    We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

3.8    We may process information relating to our customer relationships, including customer contact information ("customer relationship data"). The customer relationship data may include your name, your employer, your job title or role, your contact details, and information contained in communications between us and you or your employer. The source of the customer relationship data is you or your employer. The customer relationship data may be processed for the purposes of managing our relationships with customers, communicating with customers, keeping records of those communications and promoting our products and services to customers. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper management of our customer relationships.

3.9    We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed [for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is [the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.

3.10  We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

3.11  We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.

3.12  We may process transaction data. This data may include user details. The source of this data is our web sites. This data may be processed for order fulfilment and updates. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely order fulfilment OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

3.13  We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

3.14  We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

3.15  In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

3.16  Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.

4. Providing your personal data to others

4.1    We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy. Information about our group of companies can be found at www.JoomlaDay.org.au.

4.2    We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

4.3    We may disclose your data to our suppliers or subcontractors identified at www.JoomlaDay.org.au insofar as reasonably necessary for services supply.

4.4    Financial transactions relating to our website and services are OR may be handled by our payment services providers, Paypal, Stripe and others. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers' privacy policies and practices at www.JoomlaDay.org.au.

4.5    We may disclose your enquiry data to one or more of those selected third party suppliers of goods and services identified on our website for the purpose of enabling them to contact you so that they can offer, market and sell to you relevant goods and/or services. Each such third party will act as a data controller in relation to the enquiry data that we supply to it; and upon contacting you, each such third party will supply to you a copy of its own privacy policy, which will govern that third party's use of your personal data.

4.6    In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

5. International transfers of your personal data

5.1    In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

5.2    We have offices and facilities in Australia.  The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission

5.3    The hosting facilities for our website are situated in Australia. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission

5.4    Our IT service supplier is situated in Australia. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission

5.5    You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

6. Retaining and deleting personal data

6.1    This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

6.2    Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

6.3    We will retain your personal data as follows:

(a)    Website Order Data will be retained for a minimum period of 1 day following transaction, and for a maximum period of 7 years following transaction.

6.4    In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:

(a)    the period of retention of order related data will be determined based on requirement to allow fulfilment of orders.

6.5    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

7. Amendments

7.1    We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

7.2    You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

7.3    We may notify you of significant changes to this policy by email or via our social media channels.

8. Your rights

8.1    In this Section 8, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

8.2    Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a)    the right to access;

(b)    the right to rectification;

(c)    the right to erasure;

(d)    the right to restrict processing;

(e)    the right to object to processing;

(f)    the right to data portability;

(g)    the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and

(h)    the right to withdraw consent.

8.3    You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee. You can access your personal data by visiting your profile section when logged into our website.

8.4    You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.

8.5    In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

8.6    In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.

8.7    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

8.8    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.

8.9    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

8.10  To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:

(a)    consent; or

(b)    that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,

        and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

8.11  If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

8.12  To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

8.13  You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us OR by email, in addition to the other methods specified in this Section 8.

9. About cookies

9.1    A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

9.2    Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

9.3    Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

10. Cookies that we use

10.1  We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a)    authentication - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;

(b)    status - we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website;

(c)    personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you;

(d)    security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;

(e)    advertising - we use cookies [to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you;

(f)    analysis - we use cookies [to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services; and

(g)    cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.

11. Cookies used by our service providers

11.1  Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

11.2  We may use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

11.3  We may publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies OR We publish Google AdSense advertisements on our website. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies. This behaviour tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements that you see on other websites to reflect your interests (but we do not publish interest-based advertisements on our website). You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative's multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.

12. Managing cookies

12.1  Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a)    https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b)    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c)    http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d)    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e)    https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac (Safari); and

(f)    https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

12.2  Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

12.3  If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

13. Our details

13.1  This website is owned and operated by Joomla Australia.

13.2  You can contact us:

(a)    using our website contact form; or

(b)    by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time; or

(c)    by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time;

14. Data protection officer

14.1  Our data protection officer's contact details are available via our website.

In using this website you are deemed to have read and agreed to the following terms and conditions:

Definitions

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements:

• "this website" refers to Joomla! Australia.
• "user", "you" and "your" refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting these terms and conditions.
• "Joomla Australia", "ourselves", "we" and "us", refers to the owners and operators of this website and persons appointed pro tempore by us to undertake activities relating to services operating from this website including, for example, moderating the discussion forum (the "forum").
• "party", "parties", or "us", refers to both the user and ourselves, or either the user or ourselves.

Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

General

Please carefully review the following basic rules that govern your use of the website. Your use of this website constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to them, do not use the website, provide any materials to the website or download any materials from the website.

These Terms and Conditions of Use apply to the use of the website and do not extend to any linked third party sites. These Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, which are hereby incorporated by reference, contain the entire agreement (the "Agreement") between the parties with respect to the website. Any rights not expressly granted here are reserved.

We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice to you. Your use of the website following any such change constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms and Conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms and Conditions of Use whenever you use the website.

The service offered by this website is generally free of charge. Should any incidental costs, fees, charges or payments arise, all such amounts are expressed in Australian dollars. Any payments, including donations, made to us via this website are non-refundable.

The applicable law concerning your rights as a consumer is the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Permitted and Prohibited Uses

You may use the website for the purpose of sharing and exchanging ideas with other users.

You may not use the website to violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law, including without limitation any applicable laws relating to antitrust or other illegal trade or business practices, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, any Australian laws, rules, and regulations governing the export and re-export of technical data

You may not upload or transmit any material that infringes or misappropriates any person's copyright, patent, trademark, or trade secret, or disclose via the the website any information the disclosure of which would constitute a violation of any confidentiality obligations you may have.

You may not upload any computer code that is intended to maliciously affect the normal operations of this website, nor subject the website's network or servers to unreasonable traffic loads, or otherwise engage in conduct deemed disruptive to the ordinary operation of the website.

You are expressly prohibited from using this website as a carrier service for the storage, propagation and/or transmission of software that is intentionally designed to be harmful to other users' software assets.

You are strictly prohibited from communicating on or through the website any unlawful, harmful, offensive, threatening, abusive, libellous, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, fraudulent, sexually explicit, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any sort, including, but not limited to, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

You are expressly prohibited from compiling and using other users' personal information, including addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses or other contact information that may appear on the website, for the purpose of creating or compiling marketing and/or mailing lists and from sending other users unsolicited marketing materials, whether by facsimile, email or other means.

You also are expressly prohibited from distributing users' personal information to third-party parties for marketing purposes. We shall deem the compiling of marketing and mailing lists using users' personal information, the sending of unsolicited marketing materials to users, or the distribution of users' personal information to third parties for marketing purposes as a material breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use, and we reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of the website and to suspend or determine, with prejudice, any pecuniary or other interest that you may hold.

We note that unauthorised use of users' personal information in connection with unsolicited marketing correspondence also may constitute violations of various state and federal anti-spam statutes. We reserve the right to report the abuse of users' personal information to the appropriate law enforcement and government authorities, and we will fully cooperate with any authorities investigating violations of these laws.

User Contributions

Publication of material on the Joomla Australia website is available to identifiable registered users. You must provide personal identification or authority to act on behalf of an organisation if requested by a site editor.

The Joomla Australia website is provided as a service to the Australian Joomla community. You do not have a "right" to publish information, and anything you submit for publication is published at the sole discretion of a site editor on the basis that the content meets these guidelines.

We do not solicit confidential or proprietary information from you through the website and any material, information, or other communication you transmit or post ("contributions") to the website will be considered non-confidential.

Considering the dynamic nature of the community, it is impossible for us to review or confirm the genuineness of user contributions posted on this website. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or usefulness of any user contribution posted in the forum or elsewhere on this website and we are not responsible for the contents or privacy of any message. Forum contributions express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily our views. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless in respect of any claim based upon transmission of your contributions.

You warrant that all information you provide for publication is accurate, not defamatory, not offensive, non discriminatory, does not infringe any Australian law, and does not infringe any intellectual property rights.

Critical commentary may be considered for publication if in the opinion of a site editor it provides a balanced (albeit alternative) opinion, is not sensationalised, provides justification of views and opinions, and otherwise meets these guidelines.

You must not denigrate any other community member or directory listing.

You agree that a representative from Joomla Australia, or a site editor, may remove any content you provide without notice, and may prevent re-submission of material for any reason, and at any time.

You grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display any contribution you make including, but not limited, to your account name, and any personally identifiable information you post.

Business Directory

The Australian directory is provided as a service to the Australian Joomla community. You do not have a "right" to be listed, and any listing is at the sole discretion of a site editor on the basis that the content meets these guidelines.

The intention of the directory is to promote the Joomla community in Australia, and the various service offerings available.

You warrant that all information you provide is accurate, not defamatory, not offensive, non discriminatory, does not infringe any Australian law, and does not infringe any intellectual property rights.

You must not denigrate any other community member or directory listing.

You must ensure your content is updated regularly, and remains current at all times.

You agree that a representative from Joomla Australia, or a site editor, may remove any content you provide without notice, and may prevent re-submission of material for any reason, and at any time.

Forum Code of Conduct

We may, but are under no obligation to, monitor or review any areas on the website where users transmit or post communications or communicate solely with each other, including but not limited to user forums and email lists, and the content of any such communications. We have no liability related to the content of such communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.

We may edit or remove content on the website at our discretion at any time.

Except where specifically provided, all messages posted on the forum are to be written in the English language.

If you have reason to believe that any material posted on the forum contravenes these Terms of Use, you may report such matters to the forum moderators. We are under no obligation to acknowledge or take any action based on these reports. Please use the "report to moderator" feature wisely; frivolous use or, in our opinion, abuse of this feature may result in the suspension or termination of your account.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use or misuse of the website, including, without limitation, your violation of these Terms and Conditions, the infringement by you, or any other subscriber or user of your account, of any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity.

Advertising

Advertising on this site is prohibited, unless explicitly stated in an area reserved for advertising by the inclusion of the phrase "commercial advertising allowed" or by mutual consent between the parties.

Any attempts to solicit commercial business through the use of this website are strictly prohibited, except where explicitly allowed.

The use of forum signatures, that contain links to other websites or services that are inconsistent with the purposes for which this website exists, will be deemed at our discretion to be advertising and we reserve the right to take whatever action we consider appropriate including, but not limited to, terminating a user's access to use the website or its services.

Termination

These Terms and Conditions of Use are effective until terminated by either party. If you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you must cease use of the website. If you are dissatisfied with the website, the purposes for which it is created or any of its content or any of these terms, conditions and policies, your sole legal remedy is to discontinue using the website. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to, and use of, the website or parts of the website without notice if we believe, in our sole discretion, that such use

• is in violation of any applicable law;
• is harmful to our interests or the interests, including intellectual property or other rights, of another person or entity; or
• where we have reason to believe that you are in violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Links to Other Materials

The website may contain links to sites owned or operated by independent third parties. These links are provided for your convenience and reference only. We do not control such sites and, therefore, we are not responsible for any content posted on these sites. The fact that we offer such links should not be construed in any way as an endorsement, authorisation, or sponsorship of that site, its content or the companies or products referenced there, and we reserve the right to note its lack of affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement on the website. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to by the website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Because some sites employ automated search results or otherwise link you to sites containing information that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in third party sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such sites.

Warranty disclaimer

The website and associated materials are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property. We make no representations or warranty that the website will meet your requirements, or that your use of the website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any representation or warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the website. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the website or the information, content, materials, or products included on the website.

In no event shall we be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information) arising out of the use, misuse of or inability to use the website, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. This disclaimer constitutes an essential part of this agreement. Because some jurisdictions prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.

You understand and agree that any content downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the website is at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data or business interruption that results from the download of content. We shall not be responsible for any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information or ideas contained, suggested or referenced in or appearing on the website.

Your participation in the website is solely at your own risk. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or persons appointed pro tempore by us to undertake activities on this website, shall create any warranty not expressly made here. You acknowledge, by your use of the the website, that your use of the website is at your sole risk.

Liability limitation. Under no circumstances and under no legal or equitable theory, whether in tort, contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, shall we be liable to user or to any other person for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential losses or damages of any nature arising out of or in connection with the use of or inability to use the the website or for any breach of security associated with the transmission of sensitive information through the website or for any information obtained through the website, including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss or corruption of data, work stoppage, accuracy of results, or computer failure or malfunction, even if we has been advised of or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

Our total cumulative liability for any and all claims in connection with the website will not exceed five Australian dollars (AUD 5.00). You agree and acknowledge that the foregoing limitations on liability are an essential basis of the bargain and that we would not provide the website in the absence of such limitation.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

The website is derived from other work. Joomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.  Joomla! Australia is not affiliated with or endorsed by Open Source Matters, Inc.

Kunena and the Kunena logo are registered trademarks of the Kunena Project. Kunena, and all associated software and documentation developed by the Kunena Project, derives from copyrighted works licensed under the GNU General Public Licence. All software products developed by the Kunena Project are licensed pursuant to the GNU General Public Licence as of 29 June 2007 and, as distributed, include or are derivative of, works licensed under the GNU General Public Licence or other free or open source software licences, including other copyrighted works as attributed to within the source code.

You acknowledge and agree to include, in any modifications made by you as the result of information obtained from this site, whether or not you distribute such modified software to others, all original copyright notices embedded in the software source code and that you are liable for any representations that you make or civil claims made against you for the performance or non-performance of software you have modified.

In the event you believe that material or content published on this website may infringe on your copyright or that of another, please contact us via our forum.