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Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the Literacy Planet website (“the Website”) which is owned and operated by Intrepica Pty Ltd A.C.N. 128 896 980 (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “Intrepica”).

Your access to the Website is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers contained in this document (collectively known as “Terms of Use”). Your use of, and/or access to, the Website constitutes your agreement to the Terms of Use.

If you are a parent or guardian and you consent to your child’s registration with the Website, then you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use with respect to your child’s use of the Website.

We reserve the right to amend the Terms of Use at any time. Although we may notify you of any amendment, revision or modification, it is your responsibility to periodically review the Terms of Use, which can be viewed here. You agree to be bound by such changes, modifications or revisions as made by us from time to time.

Registration, Password and Services

Registration

You must complete the registration details accurately. By becoming a Website subscriber ("Subscriber"), you represent and warrant that the information you provide is complete and accurate. You must not use any incomplete, false or inaccurate information for purposes of becoming a Subscriber. We may accept or reject your application to become a Subscriber for any reason whatsoever. If we determine that the information that you provide us is inaccurate or misleading in any way then we may terminate your subscription.

Passwords, and Password Access

You must keep your password confidential and not share it with anyone else. If you share your password with another person then it is possible that your personal information may be misused in which case we cannot be responsible for any loss or damage that you might suffer.

You must immediately notify us if you learn of or suspect:

any loss or theft of your Identity, registration information or password; or
any unauthorised use of your Identity, registration information or password.

If an unauthorised person uses your Identity, registration information or password to access the Website, you must use your best efforts to ascertain the source and manner of access and let us know as soon as possible. You agree to cooperate and assist us with any investigation that we may carry out.

Our services

We cannot be responsible for any delays or interruptions to the Website. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimise delays and interruptions. However, we cannot warrant that the Website will be available at all times or at any given time.

We may at any time and without notice to you, discontinue the Website in whole or in part. However, we cannot be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or liability that may result from our discontinuance of the Website.

Prohibited conduct

In relation to the Website, you must not:

Use the Website for any activities or post or transmit via the Website, any information or materials which breach any laws or regulations, infringe a third party’s rights, or are contrary to any relevant standard or codes;
Use the Website to post or transmit any material which interferes with other users or defames, harasses, threatens, menaces, offends or restricts any person or which inhibits any user from using the Website or the Internet;
Use the Website to send unsolicited email messages;
Knowingly transmit any viruses or other disabling features to the Website or via the Website; or
Attempt any of the above acts or facilitate or assist another person to do any of the above acts.

Ownership of Intellectual Property

TThe material on the Website, including the software, design, text, images and graphics comprised in the Website and the selection and layout of the Website are owned or under licence by Intrepica and protected by Australian and international laws.

Your use of the Website does not grant you a licence or act as a right of use of any of the trade marks or logos, whether registered or unregistered, that are displayed on the Website without the express written permission of the trade mark owner.

We own the copyright, which subsists in all creative and literary works that are displayed on the Website.

Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable to you, you must not reproduce or communicate any of the content on the Website, including files downloadable files, without the permission of the copyright owner.

The Australian Copyright Act allows certain uses of content on the Internet without the copyright owner's permission. This includes uses by educational institutions for educational purposes, and by Commonwealth and State government departments for government purposes, provided fair payment is made. For more information, see www.copyright.com.au and www.copyright.org.au.

We may change these terms of use from time to time. Check before re-using any content from the Website.

Third party links

The Website may contain hyperlinks and other pointers to websites operated by third parties (“Linked Websites”). We do not control Linked Websites and are therefore not responsible for the content of any Linked Website or any hyperlink contained in a Linked Website. We provide the hyperlinks for your convenience only and do not indicate, expressly or implicitly, any endorsement, sponsorship or approval by us of a Linked Website or the products or services offered at Linked Websites. You visit Linked Websites entirely at your own risk.

We do not provide any warranty or take any responsibility for any aspect of Linked Websites or their content. You should make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of goods and/or services offered to you via a Linked Website.

Indemnity

By using the Website, you agree to indemnify us from and against all actions, claims, suits, demands, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses (whether in tort or in contract including and without limitation, negligence) arising out of or in any way connected to the use of the Website by you.

Disclaimer

Some legislation such as the Australian Consumer and Competition Act 2010 (Cth) and other similar consumer protection laws and regulations in other countries may confer you with rights and remedies relating to the provision of goods or services to you by us via the Website which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (your “Statutory Rights”). We exclude all conditions and warranties implied by custom, law or statute except for your Statutory Rights.

Except for your Statutory Rights and with respect to the Website:

all material on the Website is provided to you without warranties of any kind, either express or implied;
we expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind including but not limited to warranties of acceptable quality and fitness for a particular purpose;
we do not warrant that the functions contained in any material on the Website or your access to the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that any defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server which stores and transmits material to you are free of viruses or any other harmful components; and
we do not warrant or make any representation regarding your access to, or the results of your access to, the Website including its correctness, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, reliability or otherwise.

To the extent permitted by law, including but not limited to any act or omission on your part, we will not be liable for any loss, damage, costs or expense whether direct, indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential, including loss of profits, suffered by you or claims made against you which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access, the Website.

You expressly acknowledge that we do not exert control over users of the Internet and we are not liable for damage suffered by you, either directly or indirectly, as a result of your access to the Website.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of any implied warranty or condition, which cannot be excluded by the Terms of Use, is limited, at our option, to one or more of the following:

In the case of services supplied or offered by us:

The supply of the services again; or
The payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

In the case of goods supplied or offered by us:

The replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
The repair of such goods;
The payment of the costs of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods; or
The payment of the costs of having the goods repaired.

Privacy

By agreeing to and accepting the Terms of Use, you also agree to the terms of the Intrepica Privacy Policy.

Termination

The Terms of Use are effective until terminated by us, which we may do at any time and without notice to you. In the event of termination, all restrictions imposed on you by the Terms of Use and limitations of liability set out in the Terms of Use will survive.

Miscellaneous

We rely upon your continued observance of the Terms of Use. If we suffer loss or damage or incur any costs associated with any breach by you of the Terms of Use or any associated legal obligation, you agree to indemnify us for those losses, damages and costs.

We do not make any claims that the information is appropriate or may be downloaded in all areas, countries or jurisdictions. Access to the information contained in the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a Court of Law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of the document, which will continue in full force and effect.

If we do not act in relation to a breach of the Terms of Use by you, this does not waive our rights to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches of the Terms of Use by you.

Applicable Law

The Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia. You irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Queensland and Courts of Appeal from them for determining any dispute concerning the Terms of Use.

Contacting us

If you have any questions relating to the Terms of Use, please contact us by telephoning +61 7 5656 9696 or emailing info@literacyplanet.com.au.

Terms of Use last updated on 10 April 2013.