By using and accessing the Sustainability Victoria Blog you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Please leave this Sustainability Victoria Blog now if you don’t agree to the terms set out below.
1. A note about posting comments
Sustainability Victoria (“we”) encourage you to post your comments (“comments”) on this Sustainability Victoria Blog (“Blog”) and welcome your feedback. If your comment needs a response, we will endeavour, if appropriate, to respond to you.
2. Acceptable use
You (and not us) are solely responsible, and liable, for your comments. When contributing your comments, you agree:
a) to protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including personal information of either yourself or of others in your comments on the Blog (such as names, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers)
b) to only post material that is relevant to the issues discussed on the Blog
c) to represent your own views and not impersonate or falsely represent any other person
d) not to abuse, harass or threaten others
e) not to make defamatory or libellous comments
f) not to use obscene, insulting, provocative, racist, sexist, homophobic, hateful or other offensive language
g) not to post material on the Blog which you have copied from someone else
h) not to post multiple versions of the same view on the Blog
i) not to post anything relating to any ongoing or pending criminal trial anywhere in the world
j) not to advertise, solicit or promote commercial interests on the Blog, and
k) that no compensation will be paid to you in consideration for your comments.
3. Removal of comments
You agree that we may at any time, in our absolute discretion, without liability to you and without notice, for any reason whatsoever:
a) amend or remove any comment from the Blog or prevent any comment from appearing on the Blog.
4. Intellectual property rights
You:
a) retain ownership of all intellectual property rights in comments you have created yourself
b) grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable right to use, reproduce, disclose, communicate to the public, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and display and perform your comments and to sub-license third parties to do so, including under any form of creative commons licence (available at www.creativecommons.org.au), and
c) voluntarily, unconditionally and irrevocably consent to all or any acts or omissions by us in relation to comments which would, without this consent, otherwise infringe your moral rights in those comments.
5. Disclaimer
You acknowledge that when browsing or accessing the Blog you may be exposed to the comments of other users. We do not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments posted by other users or with the content of websites linked to this Blog (“Websites”). We are not responsible for, and to the extent permitted by law, disclaim all liability relating to, the comments of other users and the content of any Websites.
You understand and agree that neither we nor any user of this Blog provides professional advice of any kind and that your use of the information on this Blog (including information on any Website) is solely at your own risk. You release us from any claims that you could assert against us relating to the comments of other users or the content of any Websites.
6. Warranties and indemnity
You warrant that:
a) any comments you submit, including but not limited to text, photographs and sound, is your own work and that the comments do not infringe the intellectual property rights (including copyright, trade marks and trade secrets) or other rights of another person
b) all information you supply in connection with your comments is accurate, and
c) your use of the Blog will comply with these Terms of Use, any directions published from time to time by us and all applicable laws and regulations.
You acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause us damage or loss and you indemnify and hold us, our employees, officers, agents, and contractors harmless from and against any claims, proceedings, actions, liabilities, costs, expense, loss or damage (“loss”) suffered or incurred by any of those indemnified where such loss was caused, directly or indirectly, by:
a) your access to and use of the Blog, or
b) any comment made by you (including, without limitation, loss caused by a claim that your comment infringes the intellectual property rights of any person).
7. Privacy
If you have any questions in relation to the treatment of your personal information or would like access to your personal information, please refer to Sustainability Victoria’s privacy statement and Automattic’s privacy policy.
8. General
We reserve the right to amend, delete, add to, or otherwise revise any information or materials contained on the Blog at any time on reasonable notice, as well as these Terms of Use. It is your responsibility to monitor any such changes. If you do not accept a change made by us, to the extent permitted by law, your only remedy is to immediately cease accessing and using the Blog. Your continued use of the Blog will constitute your acceptance of these Terms of Use as varied from time to time.
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia.
