The following Terms and Conditions govern the use of Fairfield City Council - Have Your Say (“the site”). The software platform is owned by Social Pinpoint Pty Ltd and operated by us, Fairfield City Council ("Council").
By accessing and using this site, you are choosing to accept and comply with the Terms presented throughout this agreement as well as the Privacy Policy and Moderation Policy. These Terms apply to all visitors and users of this site. Linked sites, affiliated services or third party content or software have their own Terms that you must comply with. If you disagree with any of the Terms presented in this agreement, you may discontinue using the site immediately.
If you are under 18 years old, please ensure that your parent or guardian understands and accepts these Terms and Conditions (including the Privacy Policy and Moderation Policy).
What are the conditions with a user’s account?
While using the site, you must not violate any applicable laws and regulations. It is our duty to protect the confidentiality of content you provide on our site in accordance with our Privacy Policy. When you create an account with us, you must always provide us with accurate information. Failure to provide accurate information violates the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account on our service. You are responsible for protecting your own password you use for this site and for any activities done under that password. Unauthorised use of your password or account must be immediately reported to us. In some cases, we or our agents may require access to your user accounts to respond to technical issues.
We are not responsible for the content on the site that has been provided by the users of the site. Any content posted by you is subject to the rules of our Moderation Policy. Your contribution to the site may be edited, removed or not published if we consider it inappropriate (refer to Moderation Policy). Contributors should also be aware that their posts may remain online indefinitely. Where practical, you may choose not to identify yourself, deal with us on an anonymous basis or use a pseudonym.
What do we require from our users?
You must understand and agree that, without limitation:
- all information, data, images and other materials are the sole responsibility of the person from whom the content originated;
- you are prohibited from advertising or offering to sell or buy any goods and services
- you cannot transmit Content that contains software viruses or programs designed to change or destroy the functionality of any computer software or hardware; or
- you cannot collect or store personal data about other users of the site
- you cannot impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation to a Council representative
- you cannot interrupt or interfere with the site or servers or networks connected to the site
- you cannot attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site or other use accounts
Can your account be suspended or terminated?
We may terminate or suspend access to your site and/or account immediately, without prior notice, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. We may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all the related files and information in your account. After your account has been terminated, the content you have posted may also remain indefinitely on the site.
If you want to terminate your own account, please send an email to info@socialpinpoint.com.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without regards to its conflict of law provisions.
Indemnification
Council, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, licensors and other partners are not responsible for any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising from a breach of this agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.
What content do we own?
This website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and other proprietary information (“Intellectual Property”) of Council and its suppliers and licensors. Council owns and retains all proprietary rights in the intellectual property. All intellectual property in the content of this site including without limitation to text, software, source code, pages, documents and online graphics, photographs, sounds, audio, video and other interactive features are owned by or licensed to us.
Any original content that you submit or post on our site may be made available to the public and allows users to share your content (with the end user acknowledging your contribution) under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Australian License.
Except for Intellectual Property which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, alter, transmit, sell, distribute any of the Intellectual Property on this site.
We are not responsible for your communications or dealings, including payment and delivery of goods or services, with a third party found via our website. Any loss or damage incurred from those communications or dealings are solely between the user and the third party.
Disclaimer and Warranties
Users must agree that you use of the site is at your own risk. We make no warranty that the site will meet your requirements or be uninterrupted or error-free. Any material that the user downloads through the site is done at their own risk and are responsible for any damages to their computer system or loss of data.
The Privacy statement and Copyright notice are to be read in conjunction with this disclaimer.
While the information on this website has been created with all due care, no warranty is given that this site is free from error, inaccuracy or omission or that the information is the most up-to-date available, and all site content is subject to change without notice.
You should rely on your own enquiries as to the correctness of the contents of the website or of any of the links. It is your responsibility in using this site to make your own decisions about the correctness of any information.
Council reserves the right to change any aspect of this website, including suspending or terminating this website; Council will have no liability to you if this website is changed, suspended or terminated.
Council does not warrant that the website or any material on or accessible through the website is free from malware or other harmful components such as but not limited to viruses, worms, and trojan horses.
The site also contains links to other websites and provides email addresses for other organisations over which Council has no control or responsibility for the content - the links and addresses are provided for your convenience only and do not constitute an endorsement, recommendation of or support for the information contained therein or the external organisations.
The internet exists across open public networks that are neither secure nor private. Accordingly, you acknowledge and accept the risk that any communication to or from this website may be intercepted, used or modified by third parties over which Council has no control and for which Council is neither liable or responsible.
Accordingly, except to the extent permitted by law, Council, its officers, employees, servants and agents expressly disclaim liability for any act done on, omission made in, or use of the content on Council's website or on sites to which it links, and any consequences of any such act, omission or use.
Copyright
The Disclaimer and Privacy statement are to be read in conjunction with this copyright notice.
This website and its contents are subject to copyright under the laws of Australia. The copyright information and materials on this website as a whole is owned by Fairfield City Council although the copyright in some materials incorporated within this website may be owned by third parties. You must not exercise the copyright in the whole or any part of this website for any other purpose except with the written permission of Council or as expressly permitted by statute.
The Council supports the sharing on information and the use of the website content for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under copyright legislation, however, copyright remains with Council and all content may not be altered or reproduced without permission except as allowed for under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
Unauthorised use or misuse may lead to legal action.
Linking to this site
Other sites may place a link on their page to Council's pages without the need to ask permission as long as the link clearly indicates that it will take the viewer to Council's site, and that Council's site or any content does not appear as a frame within another website or in any other way reformat Council's web pages or its contents.
Third party sites
Council has no control over any third-party sites to which this website links - permission must be sought from those individual website owners regarding copyright of their sites.
Any requests to use individual elements of this site should be made in writing to the Public Officer at Council by email at mail@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au or by contacting Council in writing.
What happens if these Terms change?
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time without notice. The most recent version of the Terms can be seen on this page. By continuing to access or use our site after those revisions become effective, you agree and will comply to the revised terms. If you do not agree to the revised terms, please discontinue using our site.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at mail@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au
