Privacy Policy
The privacy of your commercial and personal information is very important to us. In order for us to gain and maintain your continued support, we operate under this code of conduct.
By using this site or by registering with us to become a member, you consent to our use of your information in accordance with this privacy policy. Additional terms about the use of the site which may be accessed by clicking here.
What information do you collect when I visit the site?
Navigational data
As a user of the site, we may automatically collect information about your use of our service. This information can be described as "navigational data". It is standard for many web sites to collect this type of information in order to improve web site content and navigation by monitoring your usage of the web site.
One way that navigational data is collected is by placing "cookies" in your browser file on your hard drive. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on a consumer's computer hard-drive via a browser. Cookies do not capture or track any personal information and cannot identify you as an individual. If you wish, you may elect to not accept cookies on your browser. This should not adversely affect your experience when visiting the site.
We may use your navigational information by combining it with the navigational information we collect about other users. These results do not identify any individual and instead give us aggregated results about the usage of the site. By doing this, we are able to improve the look and feel of the site, improve content and navigation of the site, and improve the services we provide for members and users.
Search request data
As a user of the site, you may elect to search our listing database for goods and services that are available for sale, horses who are available for sale or auction, property that is available for sale or lease, employment opportunities, specific news/information, or to locate details of the providers of equine related goods and services. This information may be gathered and used in conjunction with other user information to generate statistics about the types of goods and services that people are searching for.
What personal information is collected?
"Personal information" is information that identifies an individual, or information from which an individual's identity can reasonably be ascertained. We collect personal information such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number details when you register on the site to become a member, or when you correspond with us or use the site to make inquiries, or when you join our contact list by submitting your email address and the details of the types of goods and services, horses, property, employment opportunities, specific news/information that you are interested in possibly purchasing or leasing or accessing.
Additional information about your use of our service.
This information can be described as "navigational data" and comprises: browser type; IP address; the URL you come from and go to; links to other web sites you click on; the pages you view on our site and time spent on it; cookies; your domain type and service provider. It is standard for many web sites to collect this type of information in order to enable them to monitor usage of a web site and improve web site content and navigation.
How will Personal Information about me be used?
We require your personal information so that we can efficiently facilitate your use of the site. For members, this includes using personal information to issue you with a member name and password, to calculate the fees payable by you, for issuing invoices, to maintain your membership and your content, and to improve the services we provide for all members of this internet site.
In order to improve our service we may use your personal information, such as your e-mail address, to request comments about your use of our site. If you choose, you can opt-out of receiving such communications from us by visiting the Contact Us section, and informing us of your wish to unsubscribe. Click here.
As a user, if you join our contact list you will be asked to submit your email address and the details of the types of goods and services, horses, property, employment opportunities, specific news/information that you are interested in possibly purchasing or leasing or accessing
How will MY personal information be used?
Data and information that we collect about your use of the Site by combining this with information we collect about other users to give us aggregated results (i.e. results which do not identify any individual)about the usage of the Site. We do this to monitor Site usage, to improve the look, content and navigation of the Site and to improve the services we provide for not for profit organisations.
Will personal information about me be given to anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information to third parties where it is required by law, where we reasonably believe it is necessary for law enforcement purposes or where we believe there is a threat to a person's safety or health.
Our site may from time to time contain links to other web sites. We stress that these web sites may have a different privacy policy to ours, and you should check their policy on those other sites.
How do we keep your information safe?
Transmission of personal information is protected between your browser and our Internet server. You will know when transmitted data is safe by a security notice when you enter a secure page, and by the presence of an icon on your browser, either a key for Netscape or a lock for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Additionally, secure web pages can be identified by the URL. A standard page will begin with 'http://' whereas a secure web page will begin with 'https://'.
Security measures
Personal information received from you is stored on our servers. We take steps to ensure that this personal information cannot be accessed by any person who is not authorised by us and is not subject to loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration.
If your information is incorrect or out of date we ask that you correct that information.
We will also take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer required. Information can sometimes
never be completely destroyed due to technical and accounting constraints, plus legal responsibilities that require us to retain some information.
Contacting Us
We want to develop a long and trusted relationship with you. If at any time you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, the practices of this site or dealings with this site, please Contact Us.
This privacy policy was last updated on 20 May 2009.
Terms & Conditions of Use
1. The Terms and Conditions
(a) Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they apply to your use of this Internet site (Site). By using this Site you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
(b) ausbeverage.com.au (We or Us) technically operates the Site.
(c) We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this posting. The revised terms will take effect when they are posted.
2. Registration
(a) You may be required to register with us in order to access certain parts of the Site(Sub Portal). Where you are required to register:
(i) you must provide us with accurate, complete and updated registration information;
(ii) you must safeguard any user name and password which we provide to you; and
(iii) you authorise us to assume that any person using the Site with your user name and password is either you or is authorised to act for you.
(b) You acknowledge that your use of some Sub Portals may be governed by additional terms and conditions. Where this is the case, you will be notified accordingly, and those additional terms and conditions:
(i) will apply to your use of such Sub-Portal in addition to these terms and conditions; and
(ii) will prevail over these terms and conditions to the extent of any inconsistency.
3. Services
(a) You acknowledge that we may, in our sole discretion and with or without notice,
(i) vary the Site or any part of the Site (including any Sub Portal for which you are required to register); and
(ii) modify or discontinue this Site, any part of the Site and the services available on it without notice.
5. Site Content
(a) You acknowledge that Content on the Site is subject to copyright and possibly other intellectual property rights (Intellectual Property Rights).
(i) Copyright
Copyright in all the material, works, software, design, text, graphics and code contained on or used to produce the Web Site and in the information and material and in its arrangement or layout, is owned or licensed by ausbeverage.com.au unless otherwise indicated. Other than as permitted below, your use of anything in which ausbeverage.com.au owns copyright is governed by the copyright laws of Australia and its international treaties with other countries. You are permitted to save or print a copy of the Web Site solely for your own information, research or study, but only if you do not modify the copy and you include the copyright notice "© ausbeverage.com.au" on the copy. You may not copy, publish, distribute, create works from or commercially exploit the content of this Web Site for any other purpose.
(b) Unless you are expressly authorised by law you must not yourself, or participate in or permit any other person, to:
(i) sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use any of the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose without our prior written consent; or
(ii) use any Content on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose; or
(iii) reverse engineer any Content consisting of downloadable software; or
(iv) otherwise infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person in using the Site or any Content.
(c) Nothing you do on or in relation to the Site will transfer any Intellectual Property Rights to you or licence you to exercise any Intellectual Property Rights unless this is expressly stated.
6. Your Use of the Site
(a) You must not post any Content that:
(i) you do not have the right to post;
(ii) is defamatory or in contempt of any legal or other proceedings;
(iii) is misleading or deceptive;
(iv) incites hatred or discrimination against any group of persons being a group defined by reference to colour, race, sex, origin, nationality or ethnic or national origins;
(v) denounces religious or political beliefs;
(vi) includes religious or political material which is or is likely to be offensive;
(vii) is indecent, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, offensive or of doubtful propriety;
(viii) is of a menacing character;
(ix) is likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety;
(x) is likely to encourage crime, public disorder, violence or hatred;
(xi) is likely to damage public health, safety or morals;
(xii) infringes any copyright, trade mark, patent or other intellectual property right of another person;
(xiii) contains any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material;
(xiv) contains viruses or similar software or data which is designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware; or
(xv) impersonates any person or misrepresents your relationship with any person.
(b) You must not:
(i) disrupt or interfere with the Site or servers or other software, hardware or equipment connected to or via the Site;
(ii) violate, in relation to any person action or thing, any:
A. law, rule or regulation of any country (or political sub-division of a country);
B. obligation under any licence in any country (or political sub-division of a country); or
C. any lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator in any country (or political sub-division of a country),
(together Applicable Law), relating to your use of the Site; or
(iii) collect or store personal data about other users of the Site.
7. Other User Content
(a) This Site may contain Content uploaded, posted, emailed or otherwise electronically transmitted (Posted) by users of the Site, including you (User Content).
(b) We do not monitor or exercise editorial control over User Content however we reserve the right:
(i) to access or examine any User Content; and
(ii) at our discretion move, remove or disable access to User Content which we consider, in our sole opinion to breach any Applicable Law or to be otherwise unacceptable.
(c) In relation to any Content Posted by you, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence throughout the world to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, sublicense, create derivate works from, incorporate in other works (whether electronic or not), distribute, perform and display such Content, whether in whole or in part.
(d) You acknowledge that we may remove Content Posted by you in accordance with any applicable guidelines, such as guidelines relating to period of storage or the maximum disc space which is allotted to you.
8. Third Party Providers
(a) You acknowledge that:
(i) parts of the Site; and
(ii) parts of the Content,
are provided or maintained by Third Party Providers and not by us.
(b) Your correspondence or dealings with any Third Party Provider are solely between you and that Third Party Provider, and you agree that we will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of such dealings.
9. Links and Advertisements
(a) We have not reviewed all of the sites linked to this Site and are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this Site (including without limitation sites linked through advertisements or through any search engines).
(b) Some links which appear on the Site are automatically generated, and may be offensive or inappropriate to some people. The inclusion of any link does not imply that we endorse the linked site, and you use the links at your own risk.
(c) Your correspondence or dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers on the Site are solely between you and such advertisers.
(d) We will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of advertisements on the Site.
10. Personal Data and Cookies
(a) In using the Site you may give us "personal data" as defined in the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO). You have certain rights in this personal data. By using this Site you grant us the consent to use your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy. Please click on this link to view our privacy policy.
(b) During your use of the Site, we may issue to and request from your computer blocks of data known as "cookies". You must not alter any cookies sent to your computer from the Site and you must ensure that your computer sends correct and accurate cookies in response to any relevant request from the Site.
11. The Use of the Site Is At Your Risk
(a) You use the Site at your risk. You must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content. In particular, where information relating to companies, investments or securities is provided on or via the Site, such information is provided for information purposes only. You should seek your own independent advice with respect to any Content.
(b) We endeavour to provide a convenient and functional Site, but we do not guarantee that the Content will be error free or that the Site or the server that operates it are free of viruses or other harmful components.
(c) Although we will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the Content, we do not undertake to provide support or maintenance services for the Content. We urge you to keep backup copies of Content you Post to, maintain on or use with the Site.
(d) If your use of the Site results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment or data, we will not be responsible for such costs.
(e) Without limiting the above provisions, everything on the Site is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We exclude all representations and warranties to the fullest extent permissible under any Applicable Law.
(f) If a jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties in accordance with paragraph (e) but allows limitations of a certain maximum extent then we limit our warranties to that extent.
12. Limitation of Liability
(a) To the extent permitted by law our aggregate liability to you, whether for breach of these terms or in negligence or in any other tort or for any other common law or statutory cause of action arising in relation to these terms, the Site or the Content is limited to one hundred Australian dollars.
(b) To the extent permitted by law no party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site or any Content will be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential or indirect damages, loss or corruption of data, loss of profits, goodwill, bargain or opportunity or loss of anticipated savings resulting from your access to, or use of, or inability to use the Site and the Content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence or any other legal theory, and whether or not we know of the possibility of such damage.
(c) If a jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) but allows a limitation of a certain maximum extent then our liability is limited to that extent.
13. Cancellation
(a) Where you are required to register with us, you may cancel such registration at any time by notifying us.
(b) We may cancel your registration if you do not visit the Site for an extended period of time, or if we reasonably believe that you have violated any Applicable Laws, acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this agreement, or have violated our rights or those of another party.
(c) When your registration is cancelled, you may no longer have access to Content you have Posted to, or which you keep on or via, the Site, and we may delete such material.
(d) The provisions of these terms and conditions entitled "Use of the Site is at Your Risk", "Limitation of Liability," and "General Provisions" will survive cancellation of your registration or termination of this agreement.
14. Notices
(a) We will give you any necessary notices by posting them on the Site. You agree:
(i) to check the Site for notices; and
(ii) that you will be considered to have received a notice when it is made available to you by posting on the Site.
15. General Provisions
(a) If any part of this agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable part shall be given effect to the greatest extent possible and the remainder will remain in full force and effect.
(b) This agreement will be governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.
(c) You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Site or the Content or your breach of this agreement.
The Terms & Conditions of Use was laste updated on the 20th May 2009.
