AGREEMENT COVERING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
OF THE GETALIFE SERVICE
When you join Getalife and/or use the Getalife Service (“Service”) you agree
to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully, as they form the
agreement between us. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you may
not use the Service and should not proceed to register.
By using the Getalife Service you are agreeing to be bound by this Agreement,
including all amendments made to date.
By entering a tick alongside the "Tick here to accept and agree to the Terms
and Conditions below", and pressing the 'Submit Registration' button, you
register as a Member and accept the terms and conditions described below
applicable to your use of the Getalife Service.
- User Agreement
This Agreement constitutes your agreement
with Getalife.com Pty Ltd ("Getalife") with respect to your use of the Service.
You must agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement in order to become or remain an authorized user of the Service. As
used in this Agreement, "we" and "us" means Getalife or any successor or assign
of Getalife.
- Modifications
We may modify this Agreement from time to
time. Notification of changes in this Agreement will be posted on the Service or
sent via electronic mail, as we may determine in our sole discretion. If you do
not agree to any modifications, you should terminate your use of the Service.
Your continued use of the Service now, or following the posting of notice of any
changes in this Agreement, will constitute a binding acceptance by you of this
Agreement, or any subsequent modifications. The current version of the
Agreement, binding you, is that displayed on the Getalife web site.
- Able to make legally binding contract
You represent,
warrant and covenant that you are at least 18 years old and are fully qualified
and empowered to enter into this Agreement.
- Right to use
Your right to use the Service is subject
to any limitations, conditions and restrictions established by us from time to
time, in our sole discretion. We may alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of
the Service at any time, including the availability of any Service feature,
database or content. We may also impose limits on certain features and aspects
of the Service or restrict your access to parts or all of the Service without
notice or liability.
- Right to terminate
We reserve the right to terminate
the Service, or any part thereof, at any time in our absolute discretion. We
reserve the right to terminate this Agreement, or your use of the Service, at
any time in our absolute discretion, with your sole entitlement being a right to
refund of any unused portion of subscription payments.
- Public and Private Information
Information you may
enter into or upload to Getalife may include Information that remains Private to
you and Getalife, and Public Information that you choose to make available for
other users of the Service. Getalife will deal with your private information in
accordance with our Privacy Statement, which you can review here.
- Getalife does not control information
You, and not
Getalife, are entirely responsible for all of your Public Information, including
all postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other
materials, that you upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available
via the Getalife web site and our services. We do not control your information
or the information of other users and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of your information or the information of other users.
- Getalife not liable for any information
You agree that
under no circumstances will Getalife be liable in any way for any Information,
including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in your Information
or the Information of other users, or for any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of your Information or use of or reliance upon
Information of other users posted, e-mailed, transmitted or otherwise made
available in connection with our web site and services.
- We have the right to monitor and eliminate materials
We
reserve the right to monitor all advertisements, public postings and messages,
pictures, photographs, audio and video recordings to ensure that they
conform to the terms of this Agreement and to any Information Guidelines that
may be applicable from time to time.
- Exposure to objectional materials
You understand that
Getalife does not control, and is not responsible for Information made available
through the Service, and that by using the Service, you may be exposed to
Information that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise
objectionable.
- Removal of Information
While we do not and cannot
review every message or other material posted or sent by users of the Service,
and are not responsible for any content of these messages or materials, we
reserve the right, but are not obligated, to delete, move, or edit messages or
materials, including without limitation profiles, public postings and messages,
that we, in our sole discretion, deem to violate terms regarding Information as
set out in this Agreement or any applicable information guidelines, or to be
otherwise unacceptable.
- Removal of Member Account yShould you choose to
remove your member Profile and Account from the Getalife site, you
will need to do this yourself via the easy Account
removal functionality (My Profile>Update Account.Remove
Account). Getalife does not accept the responsibility to remove
member profiles on behalf of our members.
- Links to other web sites
The Getalife site and
Information available through the Service may contain links to other websites,
which are completely independent of Getalife. Getalife makes no representation
or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information
contained in any such site, and we do not warrant that such information may be
free of objectionable materials. Your linking to any other webites is at your
own risk.
- You agree not to do certain things
You agree not to
post, email, or otherwise make available Information:
- that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory,
pornographic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, or harms minors in any
way;
- that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise
objectionable;
- that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or
group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race,
ethnicity, age, or disability;
- that impersonates any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise
misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
- that includes personal or identifying information about another person
without that person's explicit consent.
- that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful or misinformative;
- that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights of any party, or Information that you do not have a right to
make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships.
- that constitutes or contains "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes," or unsolicited commercial email;
- that constitutes or contains any form of advertising or solicitation;
- that includes links to commercial services or web sites, except as
specifically authorised in writing by Getalife;
- that advertises any illegal services or the sale of any items the sale of
which is prohibited or restricted by applicable law;
- that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive number of
messages (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise negatively affects
other users' ability to use the Service; or
- that employs misleading email addresses or otherwise manipulated identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of Information transmitted through the Service.
- Additionally, you agree not to:
- contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted;
- collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
- infringe another user’s privacy rights;
- purposefully post Information in an irrelevant category, repeatedly post the
same or similar Information or otherwise impose an unreasonable load on the
Getalife systems and infrastructure; or
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to Getalife’s computer systems or engage
in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the
performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Service or the Getalife
website.
- Security
Your account is private and should not be used
by anyone else. You are responsible for all usage or activity on the Service by
users using your password, including but not limited to use of your password by
any third party. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your
password or any other breach of security. You agree that Getalife cannot and
will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply
with this Section 15.
- Meetings or activities you organise or attend are your
responsibility
The Getalife service provide tools that enable users
to arrange physical meetings for various activities. Getalife does not supervise
such meetings or activities and is not involved in any way with the conduct of
any individuals at these meetings or activities. As a result, we have no control
over the identity or conduct of individuals who are present at these meetings or
activities.
- Because Getalife does not supervise any meetings or activities between users
and other persons, and because Getalife is not involved in any way with such
meetings or activities or with the conduct of any individuals at such meetings
or activities, you unconditionally release Getalife from claims, demands, and
damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown,
suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any
way connected with your attendance at, or the conduct of you or other persons
at, such meetings or activities.
- You agree to exercise caution and good judgment when attending meetings or
activities with other people that you have arranged whilst using Getalife’s
services.
- Proprietary rights & copyright
The Getalife Service
contains information which is proprietary to us, our partners and our users. We
assert full copyright protection in the Service. Information posted by us, our
partners or users of the Service may be protected whether or not it is
identified as proprietary to us or to them. You agree not to modify, copy, rent,
lease, loan, sell, distribute or create any such information in any manner
whatsoever, including derivate works based on such information, without having
first received the express permission of the owner of such information.
- You may not decompile or disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt
to discover any source code contained in the Service. Without limiting the
foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit
for any commercial purposes, any aspect of the Service.
- Getalife trademarks and service marks, and other Getalife logos, products
and service names, are trademarks of Getalife (the " Getalife Trademarks"). You
agree not to display or use in any manner the Getalife Trademarks without
Getalife's prior written consent. Getalife's written consent shall not, however,
be required if your display or use of the Getalife Trademarks constitutes
non-commercial use, news reporting or news commentary.
- Privacy and use of information
By issuing the services
you have also agreed to our Privacy Statement. You acknowledge that (a) we
cannot ensure the security or privacy of information you provide through the
Internet and your email messages, and you release us from any and all liability
in connection with the use of such information by other parties; (b) we are not
responsible for, and cannot control, the use by others of any information which
you provide to them and you should use caution in selecting the personal
information you provide to others through the Service; and (c) we cannot assume
any responsibility for the content of messages sent by other users of the
Service, and you release us from any and all liability in connection with the
contents of any communications you may receive from other users. We cannot
guarantee, and assume no responsibility for verifying, the accuracy of the
information provided by other users of the Service.
- Disclosure and other communication
We reserve the right
to send electronic mail to you, for the purpose of informing you of changes or
additions to the Service, or of any Getalife related products and services. We
reserve the right to disclose information about your usage of the Service and
demographics in forms that do not reveal your personal identity. By your use of
the Service, you consent to such disclosures and communications subject to the
terms of our Privacy Statement.
- You license us to use information you generate
We do
not claim ownership of your Information. We will use your Information only in
accordance with our privacy policy. However, to enable us to use your Public
Information and to ensure we do not violate any rights you may have in your
Public Information, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that
you have the right grant, to Getalife a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right to
exercise use, copy, perform, display and distribute your Public Information in
any media now known or not currently known, and to prepare derivative works of,
or incorporate into other works, such Information.
- As is service
The Getalife service, and all materials,
information (including, without limitation, any information or materials
obtained or accessed through the Getalife services), products and services
included therein are provided on an "as is" basis, with no warranties of any
kind whatsoever.
- Exclusions of liability
Getalife and its affiliates,
licensors, partners, suppliers, consultants and agents expressly disclaim to the
fullest extent permitted by law:
- any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content,
completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of
information or materials displayed on the Getalife service;
- any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct of any Member;
- all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
and non-infringement of proprietary rights;
- any warranties for the security, reliability, timeliness, accuracy, and
performance of the Getalife site and the service;
- any warranties for other services or goods received through or advertised on
the Getalife site or the sites or service, or accessed through any links on the
Getalife site;
- any warranties for viruses or other harmful components in connection with
the Getalife site or the service; and
- any warranties that this Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. There
may be delays, omissions, and interruptions in the availability of the Service.
- Limitation of liability
You agree that in no event shall
Getalife be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential
or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits,
goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection
with our web site, our services or this Agreement (even if Getalife has been
advised of the possibility of such damages) or the inability to use our web site
or our services (however arising, including negligence), or arising out of or in
connection with attendance at meetings or activities, and the conduct of you or
others at meetings or activities.
- Getalife’s liability to you or any third parties in any circumstance is
limited to the greater of (a) the amount of fees, if any, you pay to us in the
twelve (12) months prior to the action giving rise to liability, and (b) $100.
- Indemnity
You agree to indemnify Getalife, our
officers, directors, employees and agents, from any loss or damages, including
without limitation reasonable legal fees, which we may suffer from your
activities on or use of the Service, including without limitation any breach by
you of this Agreement or any charges or complaints made by other parties against
you. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defence of any
claim. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any
matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, provided, however, that you
shall remain liable for any such claim.
- Notices
Except as otherwise stated, any notice to us
shall be given by registered postal mail to Getalife.com Pty Ltd or by e-mail to
notices@getalife.com.au and any notice to you shall be given to the e-mail
address that you provided us during the registration process. Notice shall be
considered given 24 hours after e-mail is sent, unless the sending party is
notified that the e-mail address is invalid. Notice given by postal mail shall
be considered given three (3) days after the date of mailing.
- Privacy Policy Statement incorporated by reference
Getalife’s privacy policy statement is incorporated by reference.
We may change our privacy policy statement at any time or times and our changes
are effective after we provide you with at least thirty (30) days notice as
provided under our privacy policy statement.
- No Agency
No agency, partnership, joint venture,
employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship between you and Getalife
is intended or created by this Agreement.
- Assignment
You agree that this Agreement and all
incorporated agreements may be automatically assigned by Getalife, in our sole
discretion, in whole or in part, to one or more third parties in the event of a
merger or acquisition. At the election of Getalife, if Getalife's obligations
hereunder are assumed by a third party, Getalife shall be relieved of any and
all liability under this Agreement. You do not have the right to assign this
Agreement or any of your rights to the Service to anyone.
- Force Majeure
Without limiting the foregoing, under no
circumstances shall Getalife be held liable for any delay or failure in
performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or
causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet
failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures,
other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labour disputes,
riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labour or materials,
fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions,
orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third
parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.
- No Waiver
Getalife’s failure to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right
or provision and does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or
similar breaches.
- Severance
If any provision of this Agreement is found to
be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, you and Getalife nevertheless
agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions
as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of this Agreement
will remain in full force and effect.
- Survival
Sections 8, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24 to 29
(inclusive) and 33 shall survive any termination or expiration of this
Agreement.
- Limitation
You and Getalife each agree that regardless
of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out
of or related to the use of our services or this Agreement must be filed within
one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
- Titles
The section titles in this Agreement are for
convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
- Governing Law
This Agreement and the relationship
between you and Getalife shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South
Wales, Australia. You and Getalife agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the State of New South Wales,
Australia.
- Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between you and Getalife, superseding any prior agreements between you
and Getalife.
ACCEPTED BY THE REGISTERING USER