Website – terms of use
Last updated: 28 September 2023
These terms and conditions govern your use of the website “valice.com.au” (the Site). The Site is owned and operated by Valice Law Pty Ltd ABN 76 665 176 616 trading as Valice™ (Valice, we, us and when relating to us, our). By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and agree to comply with them at all times. If you do not agree with these terms of use, you must not use our Site.
We may amend these terms of use from time to time, without notice. Each time you access and use our Site, please review the current terms of use to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms of use were most recently updated on 28 September 2023.
1 Intellectual property
Valice is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Site, and in the material published on it. This includes, but is not limited to, images, text, logos, documents, downloadable files and anything that contributes to the composition of the Site. You must not infringe these rights. All such rights are reserved.
You may use the content on our Site for non-commercial, personal or internal business uses only. If you wish to use the content on our Site for any other purpose, you must first obtain our written consent. If you wish to reproduce any of the content on our Site, you must first obtain our written consent, and you must give appropriate attribution to the author and to Valice.
“Valice” and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are our trade marks or the trade marks of our affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written permission unless they are part of material you are using as permitted by these terms of use.
2 Linking to our Site
You may link to our Site, provided that you do so in a way that does not cause damage to our reputation (as determined by us in our sole discretion). It is your responsibility to maintain the currency of any such links. We reserve the right to revoke this permission at any time in respect of any person, without notice.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
If we provide social media features, such as the ability to share content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
3 Not legal advice
All content on our Site is provided by Valice for general information purposes only and does not, nor is it intended to, constitute legal or other professional advice. We make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Site, however we make no representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) about the suitability, reliability, comprehensiveness or accuracy of the information contained on our Site.
You should always obtain your own legal advice that is specific and appropriate to your individual circumstances.
4 Links to other websites
Our Site may contains links to third-party websites or services that we do not own or control. These links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as approval by us of those websites or the information you may obtain from them.
We are not responsible for the content, policies or practices of any third-party website or service linked on our Site, and it is your responsibility to read the terms, conditions and privacy policies of those websites before using them.
5 Limitation of liability
Valice and its directors, officers, agents, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers and licensors will not be liable for any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (including legal fees) arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, our Site, any websites linked to it, any content on our Site or such other websites, services or items obtained or accessed through our Site. This includes, but is not limited to, any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising from personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
Nothing in this clause affects any liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law. We do not exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. Where our liability cannot be excluded, we limit our liability to the fullest extent permitted by the Australian Consumer Law.
6 Indemnity
Except as prohibited by law, by using our Site you indemnify and hold harmless Valice and our directors, officers, agents, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers and licensors from any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) arising out of your use of our Site, your violation of these terms of use, your use of any information obtained from the Site, and any use of the Site’s content, services and products, other than as expressly authorised in these terms of use.
7 Security
We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from viruses or any other type of malicious code or software. You are responsible for configuring your technology access to our Site and you should use your own antivirus software.
8 Cookies
We may use cookies to identify you on our server and so we can track your use of our Site. Cookies may collect and store personal information about you. This information will only be used by Valice in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
9 Purchases through our Site
All purchases made through our Site are governed by our Terms of Engagement, which are incorporated into and form part of these terms of use.
10 Prohibited uses
You may only use our Site for lawful purposes and in accordance with these terms of use. You agree not to use our Site:
- in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws relating to the export of data or software to and from other countries);
- to impersonate or attempt to impersonate us, any of our employees, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses associated with any of the foregoing);
- to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site, or which (as determined by us) may harm us or users of the Site, or expose them to liability; or
- in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Site.
You also agree not to:
- use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access our Site for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on our Site;
- use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Site, or for any other unauthorised purpose, without our prior written consent;
- use any automatic or manual process to reverse engineer or decompile any part of the Site;
- use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site;
- introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, spyware, computer code, file program or material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site;
- attack the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; or
- otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.
We may report any of the activities above to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identifying information. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease immediately.
11 General
11.1 Applicable law
These terms of use are governed by the laws of the state of New South Wales, Australia.
11.2 Severability
If at any time any of the provisions of these terms of use are found to be inconsistent or invalid under applicable laws, those provisions will be deemed void and will be removed from these terms of use. All other provisions will not be affected by the removal and the rest of these terms of use will still be considered valid.
11.3 Amendment of terms
These terms of use may be amended from time to time at our discretion and without notice. By continuing to access or use the Site, you accept the terms of use as they apply from time to time.
11.4 Privacy policy
These terms of use incorporate, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy.