Terms of Use

This website and all content, trade marks and its related services, products, websites, tools and applications (Website) is owned and operated by Slow Burn Media Pty Ltd ACN 632 091 680 (our, us, we). By accessing and using our Website you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions (Terms and Conditions). We may update our Terms and Conditions from time to time without notice to you. Each time you use our Website you should revisit these Terms and Conditions and your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of them.

Using our website

We provide our Website to help us connect with you and to provide general information and relevant content that you may be interested in. You must not use the Website for any purpose other than its intended purpose, and you must not harm our Website in any way. When using the Website you must not act fraudulently, or provide us with false, inaccurate, infringing or misleading information. Parts of our Website may allow you to comment or submit your content, and in doing so you must not post anything that is inflammatory, racist, abusive, harassing, obscene, sexually explicit or that violates any Australian law or the rights of any person.

The information you provide us and your use of the Website must not:

  • create liability for us;
  • infringe any third party’s privacy rights; 
  • infringe any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, intellectual property or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
  • violate any applicable laws (including those governing privacy, consumer protection, unfair competition, criminal law, antidiscrimination or trade practices law); and
  • be defamatory, trade libellous, unlawfully discriminatory, threatening or harassing.

Your use of this Website is by personal, non-exclusive licence granted by us strictly in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. This Website is only available to, and may only be used by, persons who can form legally binding contracts under applicable laws. If you do not qualify, you must not use the Website.

Intellectual property 

We remain the owner of the Website and all intellectual property rights associated with the Website (including its content, videos, logos, images and source code). We ask that you do not copy, reproduce or modify any of our Website for any purpose except where we give you our prior written consent or sharing is otherwise permitted (as noted below).

When you provide us with information you agree to allow us to distribute or use that information as we consider necessary and in accordance with our Privacy Policy accessible on the Website.

We are not responsible for any loss that may occur from you submitting your information to us.

Your account

We may require you to set up an account with a username and password to gain access to parts of the Website. If we do, you will be responsible for keeping the combination of these details confidential and any actions that occur through your account (whether directly or indirectly) you are responsible for.

If we permit you to connect to the Website using a third-party service (e.g. Facebook or Google+), you grant us permission to access, store, and use the information from that service as permitted by that service. 

Access and termination

We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable your access to the Website or any part of it, including your account, for any reason and you agree that we are not liable for any loss suffered by you or any third party as a result of the removal or disablement of the Website. 

These Terms and Conditions will continue to apply until terminated or superseded by us. You can terminate your agreement with us by discontinuing your use of the Website at any time. You do not need to inform us if you choose to discontinue use of the Website.

Sharing

We may make content available for you to share on the Website. Where such content is made available, you must ensure that such sharing is properly credited to us including a link back to us, and comply with any other instructions we may specify. Your licence to share such content is by revocable and limited right. Where you share our content, you do so at your own risk. We will not be liable in any respects for any content that you share.

Links

Our Website may contain links to or from other third-party websites which we have no control over. We are not responsible for the content or use of these other websites (including any virus, or disturbing or harmful content) and you access them at your own risk. 

Disclaimer

The Disclaimer available on the Website applies to your use of the Website, and its terms are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by this reference. 

  1. Liability and indemnity

Your use of the Website is at your own risk and to the extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability of any kind, however arising, including any lost profit, lost opportunity, lost revenue, lost data, losses resulting from security failure, or any indirect or consequential loss resulting from your use of the Website. Our total liability is limited to $1, however where we cannot limit our liability to $1 by law then our liability will be limited to the cost of re-supply of the relevant services (being the provision of the Website to you), or refunding the amount paid by you to us in connection with the services (if any). 

You agree to indemnify and release us and our related entities from and against all losses (as before mentioned) which we may incur in respect of any negligence, misuse of the Website, other act or omission, or any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you.

Security & access

You are solely responsible for any information that you transmit to us. Whilst we use our best endeavours to maintain the security of the Website to Australian standards (including the use of SSL), we do not guarantee the security of the Website, our records, or any information you submit to us. We disclaim all liability for any computer virus or technological problems or other loss that you may suffer as a result of the browsing or downloading of any files from our Website, or from any data breach, compromise or misuse of your data that is provided to us in connection with the Website.

In order to use the Website, you need to connect to the internet and you are solely responsible for your connection and all fees associated with such connection/access. 

Privacy

By using this Website you acknowledge and agree that internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and understand that any message or information you send to the Website may be read or intercepted by others. You authorise us to use, store or otherwise process any information including personal information which relates to and/or identifies you, to the extent reasonably necessary for the provision of any goods and services requested by you, and for any other purposes we consider reasonable. Such use will be compliant with the terms of our Privacy Policy

Groups

Where we use social media pages or groups run by us, such pages will only be used to advertise our services and to facilitate community interaction. Such terms found herein as they relate to providing information will apply to your use of our social media pages or groups.

Applicable law

These Terms and Conditions, and your use of our Website are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Victoria and Courts competent to hear appeals.

Definitions

Unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases in these Terms and Conditions shall have the following meanings:

Website means this website including all content, trade marks, and related services, products, websites, tools and applications; 

you means the person or entity that accesses the Website and your has a corresponding meaning. 

Disclaimer

  1. General 
    1. This website (“Website”) is owned and operated by Slow Burn Media Pty Ltd ACN 632 091 680 (“we”, “us” or “our”).
    2. The Website provides general information and discussion about products and related subjects. 
    3. Before accessing and using the Website, you must read this Disclaimer. This Disclaimer together with all our other policies available on the Website govern your use of the Website. By using the Website you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understood the terms contained herein and agree to be bound by them. 
    4. This Disclaimer may be updated by us from time to time, and the updated Disclaimer will apply from the date it is published on the Website.  Each time you use our Website you should revisit this Disclaimer. 
    5. The ideas and opinions expressed on the articles, blogs, information, discussion and other content contained on the Website (“Content”) are our views. 
  2. Opinion only no advice
    1. Any Content contained on the Website is opinion only and has been considered in the context of certain circumstances and subject to assumptions that cannot necessarily be applied to an individual case or particular circumstance. Content may not and should not be used or relied upon for any purpose (regardless of whether a recommendation is made).
    2. The Content provided in the Website and in any linked or referred to materials or websites is provided for general guidance purposes only and is not and should not be construed as advice. As the Content is not advice and has been prepared without taking into account your objectives or needs you should, before acting on any Content, consider its appropriateness for your circumstances.
  3. No representations and warranties
    1. We provide the Website on an “as-is” and “as available” basis and whilst every effort is taken to ensure the Content and Website is accurate, we make no representations and give no warranties about the currency, suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness and/or accuracy of the Content and the Website for any purpose. Subject to the other terms of this clause and to the maximum extent permitted by any applicable laws, anything contained in this Website is without warranty of any kind and we expressly exclude such warranties. You acknowledge and agree that:
      1. we are not responsible for any information made available on the Website;
      2. we do not make any representations in relation to the continuing availability of the Website and will not be liable for the Website being unavailable or discontinued;
      3. we do not promise that the Website or any Content will be error-free or uninterrupted, or that your use of the Website will provide any specific results;
      4. we do not represent or warrant that your use of the Website and any reliance on the Content will meet your particular requirements or provide any desired outcomes, whether those requirements are disclosed to us or not;
      5. you assume total risk and responsibility for your use of the Website; and
      6. we do not represent or warrant that the Website will be virus free or free of performance anomalies or be operational without interruption.
    2. We are based in Australia and make no representation or warranty with respect to whether the Content or the Website is appropriate, legal or comply with applicable laws of other jurisdictions. If you access the site from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the applicable laws of your jurisdiction.
    3. The Website does not purport to be comprehensive or to contain all the information you may desire or require in respect of their subject matter.  
  4. You are solely responsible
    1. You are solely responsible for following, or not following, or making an assessment of any Content that is made available for access on the Website and that we are not responsible for any loss that you may suffer as a result of your use of the Content and/or Website. You should make your own enquiries, assessments and obtain your own independent advice in relation to the information contained within the Website and any Content before making any decision or taking any action based on their contents. You are solely responsible if you purchase something based on a recommendation or reliance or otherwise on the basis of the Content and/or Website, and you suffer any loss.
  5. Links to other websites
    1. Where we provide links to other websites we cannot guarantee that information contained on those sites is correct, up to date or evidence based. We are not responsible for any information contained on any linked sites, or any link contained on a linked site. These links are provided solely as a convenience and not as a guarantee or recommendation by us for the services, information, opinion or any other content on such third party websites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of such third party websites. If you decide to access a linked website, you do so at your own risk.
  6. Liability
    1. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we and any related entities (as that term is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)), officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors and suppliers will not be liable to you for any loss, liability, cost, charge, expense, or damage of any nature whatsoever, including any special, incidental, exemplary, compensatory or consequential losses, (whether or not foreseeable) (howsoever arising or caused, including, without limitation, negligence) (“Loss”):
      1. suffered or incurred by any person relying or acting on any Content provided in, or omitted from the Website or any other written or oral opinions, advice or information provided in or on any of them; or 
      2. arising as a result of or in connection with the Content on the Website being inaccurate or incomplete in any way or by reason of any reliance thereon by any person,

and whether caused by reason of any negligence, accident, default or however otherwise caused.

  1. Indemnity
    1. You agree to indemnify and hold us and our related entities (as that term is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)), officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors and suppliers harmless from and against any actions, claims, demands, proceedings, Loss of every kind and nature, known and unknown, including solicitors’ fees (on a solicitor and own client basis) and claims made by third parties, due to or arising out of:
      1. your breach of the terms contained in this Disclaimer, your use of the Website or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or
      2. our acts or omissions in respect of the Website. 
  2. Miscellaneous 
    1. You accept that this Disclaimer represents the entire understanding between you and us concerning your use of the Website.
    2. This Disclaimer is governed by the laws of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia which are in force in Victoria and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Victoria, relevant Federal Courts and Courts competent to hear appeals from them.