Website Terms of Use

These terms of use apply to the use of this website. In using this website, you agree to be bound by these terms of use. If you do not accept these terms of use you must refrain from using this website.

Terminology

In these terms of use, the expressions “we”, “us” and “our” are a reference to Paralympics Australia Limited, ACN 061 547 957 and its related entities.

Amendments to Terms of Use

We reserve the right to amend these terms of use from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon publication on this website. Your continued use of the website following such publication will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the terms of use as amended.

Disclaimer

We do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of this website or any linked website, nor do we accept any responsibility for any such loss arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or access through this website.

To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into these terms of use is hereby excluded. Where legislation implies any condition or warranty, and that legislation prohibits us from excluding or modifying the application of, or our liability under, any such condition or warranty, that condition or warranty will be deemed included but our liability will be limited for a breach of that condition or warranty to one or more of the following:

if the breach relates to goods:
1. the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods,
2. the repair of such goods,
3. the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or
4. the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and
if the breach relates to services:
1. the supplying of the services again or
2. the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

Exception to Disclaimer

This disclaimer set out in these terms of use does not attempt or purport to exclude liability arising under statute if, and to the extent, such liability cannot be lawfully excluded.

Specific Warnings

You must ensure that your access to this website is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you.

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

Whilst we have no reason to believe that any information contained on this website is inaccurate, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of such information, nor do we undertake to keep this website updated. We do not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance by you upon the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website.

If you are provided with a password to access the whole or any part of this site it is your responsibility to ensure the security of your password and that it is not used by any other person. We do not accept any liability for any unauthorised use of the password issued to.

Responsibility for the content of advertisements appearing on this website (including hyperlinks to advertisers’ own websites) rests solely with the advertisers. The placement of such advertisements does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by us of the advertisers’ products and each advertiser is solely responsible for any representations made in connection with its advertisement.

Copyright

Copyright in this website (including text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and software) is owned or licensed by us. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and similar legislation which applies in your location, and except as expressly authorised by these terms of use, you may not in any form or by any means without our written permission:

adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this website; or
commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of this website.

If you would like to access photographs and other copyright works which are related to the Paralympic movement please visit Wikimedia Commons.

Photographs at that site may be used in accordance with the terms at that site.

Trade Marks

Except where otherwise specified, any word or device to which is attached the ™ or ® symbol is an unregistered or registered trade mark.

If you use any of our trade marks in reference to our activities, products or services, you must include a statement attributing that trade mark to us. You must not use any of our trade marks:

in or as the whole or part of your own trade marks;
in connection with activities, product or services which are not ours;
in a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive;
in a manner that disparages us or our information, products or services (including this website).

Restricted Use

Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you are provided with access to this website only for your personal use (including reasonable use within your organisation). You are authorised to print a copy of any information contained on this website for such personal use, unless such printing is expressly prohibited. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not without our written permission on‑sell information obtained from this website.

Linked Websites

This website may contain links to other websites (“linked websites”). Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.

Our links with linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of those linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary.

Privacy Policy

We undertake to comply with the terms of our privacy policy which forms part of these terms of use.

Security of Information

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk. Nevertheless, once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information.

Termination of Access

Access to this website may be terminated at any time by us without notice. The effect of these Terms of Use, including the disclaimer will survive any such termination.