Terms of Use
This page sets out the Terms of Use for website located at schoolcantaustralia.com.au
These Terms of Use apply when you access and use the website. We may change the Terms of Use from time to time by publishing an updated version on the website and that version will supersede all previous versions.
1. Licence to use the website. Subject to you complying with these Terms of Use, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferrable, licence, without any right to sublicense, to use the website for the following limited purposes: (i) to learn about School Can’t Australia; (ii) to review any content published on the website; (iii) to use the website in your personal, non-commercial capacity; and (iv) to contact us.
2. Access and use of the Site. General access to the website is provided free of charge. To access certain functionality, such as specific content or resources, you may need to contact us at schoolcantaustralia@gmail.com. Any information you provide to us by contacting us will be used and disclosed according to our privacy policy.
By accessing and using the website, you agree to accept full responsibility for all use you make of the website. We reserve the right to limit your access and/or refuse service to you for any reason and at our absolute discretion, without any prior notice to you. You may terminate your use of the website and the application of these Terms of Use at any time.
3. Prohibitions of your use of the website. In addition to all other requirements in these Terms of Use, you must not use the website: (i) to bring us or the Website into disrepute; (ii) in any manner which is unlawful or which causes you or us to breach any law, regulation, rule, code or other legal obligation; (iii) for the purpose of commercial resupply of information, products or services offered on or available from the website; (iv) in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the website; (v) to copy, scrape, data-mine, harvest or otherwise appropriate or make available any content from our website, for any reason including to develop or promote any other website, database or e-store, business, or to resupply our products, services or content; (vi) to obtain or attempt to obtain access to any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the website; (vii) to harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, or to send any junk mail or unsolicited commercial messages; (viii) to change or attempt to change the presentation, content or layout of any part of the website; (ix) to attempt to probe, test or circumvent the security aspects of the website; (x) to use any code or device referring to the website to direct people to another web page or to use any device or mechanism, such as a browser, spider, robot, avatar or other intelligent agent, to navigate or search the website or any of our network(s) other than generally available third party web browsers (such as Internet Explorer); (xi) to attempt to modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise disassemble any portion of the website (except to the extent permitted by law); or (xii) to upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may limit or damage the operation of another's computer; and (xiii) to use any content from the our website in a way that otherwise violates these Terms of Use, any third party right (such as an intellectual property right) or any other law, regulation, rule, code or legal obligation.
We expressly reserve the right to take whatever action we deem necessary to protect our interests or the interests of any other third party with respect to your use or access of our website.
4. Linking. If we provide links to or from external websites on our website (“linked sites”), you access the linked sites at your own risk. Such links do not indicate any relationship between us and the owner or operator of the linked site nor do we grant any licence or right for you to use or access the linked site. We do not endorse, nor are not responsible for, the content, operation or security of any linked site, nor the products and/or services the linked site advertises. Your use of any linked site is subject to the linked site’s terms and conditions.
Please contact us to request permission if you would like to link, frame or mirror any part of our website. You must not proceed without our express written permission. Since we cannot control external websites linking our website, any links to our website should not be considered as our endorsement of the external website or business.
5. Intellectual Property. This website and the content and services on this website contain material which is protected by Australian and international intellectual property laws, confidentiality and other legal rights and obligations. You may not do anything that interferes with or breaches those laws or the intellectual property rights in the material on our website and this applies to content we provide and content provided by others. You may not:
re-use any of our content in providing your own publications, website, or other type of service or for the purpose of commercial re-supply; or
reproduce our content without our express written permission or the permission of the copyright owner.
Except for the limited licence expressly granted herein, nothing in these Terms of Use constitutes a transfer of any intellectual property rights to you.
Our trademarks and the trademarks of third parties may be displayed on the website from time to time. Nothing displayed on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any logo or trademark without the express written permission of the relevant owner.
6. Warnings and Disclaimers. The provisions in this clause are subject to all applicable laws which prohibit or restrict the exclusion or modification of implied warranties and/or limitations on our liability.
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
(1) You assume all risk: The website, including all functionality and content, is provided “as is” and may: (i) contain inaccuracies, errors and/or be out of date; (ii) be unreliable and unsuitable for your requirements and purposes; and/or (iii) not provide the results you desire. Your use of the website and related services is on the basis that you assume responsibility for all associated risks, whether or not those risks are foreseen.
(2) Exclusion of warranties etc: We exclude all representations and warranties in respect of the website and any ancillary services we provide and the subject matter of these Terms of Use, other than those expressly set out in these Terms of Use and those which by law cannot be excluded.
(3) Limitation of liability: To the extent our liability to you cannot be excluded, we limit our liability to you (or anyone else) to the cost of us remedying any defect and all liability in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage is excluded (except for any consequential loss which cannot be excluded by law, such as that arising under the ACL).
(4) Where limitation cannot legally be limited, and where our services fail to meet the guarantees mandated by the ACL you may be entitled to:
for any major failure and at your option, a refund and compensation for your losses or damages which were reasonably foreseeable; or
for a non-major failure, to have the services re-supplied by us.
7. Termination. These Terms of Use may be terminated at any time and for any reason by (i) you, by ceasing all further access to or use of the website; or (ii) us, by ceasing to operate the website or advising you by email. Termination may be of immediate effect and without any prior notice. Any rights, obligations and liabilities which have accrued at the point of termination will continue beyond and survive termination.
8. Miscellaneous. You agree that all notices and communications are effectively given to you if they are sent to your last advised email address. Please ensure you keep us up to date with your current working email address and ensure that our emails do not get routed to your “junk” email folder or otherwise filtered such that they are not delivered.
You may only use the website if you are at least eighteen (18) years of age. If you are accessing the website on behalf of an organization or company, you must be duly authorized to accept these Terms of Use on behalf of that organization or company. You must not assign, sublicense or otherwise deal in any other way with any of your rights under these Terms of Use. If you do not comply with these Terms of Use you should immediately cease all use of the website.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable, the relevant provision shall be deemed to be removed and replaced with a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. Any failure to assert any right under the Terms of Use does not constitute a waiver of such right. No waiver of any term of the Terms of Use will be deemed a further or continuing waiver of that term. These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia and each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in that state.
9. Definitions. In addition to the definitions already set out:“content” means any information, opinions, commentary, graphics and any other materials viewable on the website or otherwise transmitted using the website;“including” and “may include” mean “including but not limited to” and “may include (without limitation)” respectively; “the website” means schoolcantaustralia.com.au and all content residing in that domain, including the website functionality, the layout, design and underlying code and systems, and including the many ways you can access the website including without limitation desktops, tablets, mobile phones and RSS feeds; “we”, “us” and “our” refers to School Can’t Australia; “website functionality” means the nature, composition, features, availability, functions and all other aspects of the operation of the website; and“you” and “your” refer to (i) you as a website user personally and (ii) if you are accessing the website within the scope of your employment and/or on behalf of an organization or company, that employer and/or company (as appropriate).
Privacy Policy
In this Privacy Policy, 'us' 'we' or 'our' means School Can’t Australia. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information.
By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode and contact details.
What personal information do we collect?
We may collect the following types of personal information:
name;
mailing or street address;
email address;
telephone number and other contact details;
other information you provide to us through any feedback you may provide;
any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us.
How do we collect personal information?
We may collect these types of personal information either directly from you, or from third parties. We may collect this information when you:
contact us through our website or Facebook Group;
communicate with us through correspondence, chats, email, or when you share information with us from other social media applications, services or websites; or
interact with our sites, services, content and marketing.
Why do we collect, use and disclose personal information?
We may collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
to enable you to access and use our website and services;
to operate, protect, improve and optimise our website and services, business and our users’ experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research and for advertising and marketing;
to send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by you;
to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you, including information sent by, or on behalf of, our business partners that we think you may find interesting;
to administer surveys, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our partners;
to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with third parties; and
to consider any role you may have with us.
We may also disclose your personal information to a trusted third party who also holds other information about you. This third party may combine that information in order to enable it and us to develop anonymised consumer insights so that we can better understand your preferences and interests, personalise your experience and enhance the products and services that you receive.
Do we use your personal information for direct marketing?
We and/or our carefully selected business partners may send you direct marketing communications and information about our website and services. This may take the form of emails, SMS, mail or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act and the Privacy Act. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by contacting us using the details set out below or by using the opt-out facilities provided (eg an unsubscribe link).
To whom do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy to:
our officers and employees;
third party suppliers and service providers (including providers for the operation of our websites and/or our business or in connection with providing our products and services to you);
professional advisers, dealers and agents;
our existing or potential agents, business partners or partners;
anyone to whom our assets or services (or any part of them) are transferred;
specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us; and/or
other persons, including government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, or as required, authorised or permitted by law.
Disclosure of personal information outside Australia
We may disclose personal information outside of Australia to third party suppliers such as cloud provider located in [insert countries].
When you provide your personal information to us, you consent to the disclosure of your information outside of Australia and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle that personal information in compliance with Australian Privacy Law. We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Using our website and cookies
We may collect personal information about you when you use and access our website.
While we do not use browsing information to identify you personally, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as which pages you visit, the time and date of your visit and the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.
We may also use 'cookies' or other similar tracking technologies on our website that help us track your website usage and remember your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone or other device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognise you across different websites, services, devices and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but our websites may not work as intended for you if you do so.
We may also use cookies to enable us to collect data that may include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to your account, it will be considered personal information under the Privacy Act. We will handle any personal information collected by cookies in the same way that we handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure and we use a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical measures to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.
Accessing or correcting your personal information
You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the details below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information.
If you think any information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
Making a complaint
If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us using the details below. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.
Contact Us
For further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:
Schoolcantaustralia@gmail.com
Effective: 8 November 2023