Terms of use
General Information:
The Education Foundation is a philanthropic organisation that promotes and supports innovative projects in government schools. ruMAD? is a Curriculum Framework set up by the Education Foundation which enables young people to lead change in their community by becoming active citizens.
Website Terms:
- About rumad.org.au www.rumad.org.au (ruMAD?) is operated by the Education Foundation ARBN 121 463 527 (Education Foundation). Before registering as a member of www.rumad.org.au you must agree to and accept these Terms of Use. The Terms of Use are designed to ensure that all use of www.rumad.org.au by members is legal, and to ensure that all members agree to participate within a safe environment. www.rumad.org.au is intended for Australian residents only and is not intended for use by any person who is a resident of any other country as the Content or these Terms of Use may not comply with non-Australian laws. By clicking the "I ACCEPT" button at registration, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your use of the information, graphics, text, software and materials (Content) on www.rumad.org.au is governed by these Terms of Use.
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Links
www.rumad.org.au may contain links to third party websites. Education
Foundation does not sponsor or endorse the operators or content of any linked websites.
Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, Education Foundation makes no
warranties or representations:
(a) regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any
linked websites, material or products or services; or
(b) that material on linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights
of any person. By linking to those websites, Education Foundation is not
authorising the reproduction of material on linked websites.
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Website features
www.rumad.org.au may from time to time contain or make available various
message services, email lists, mailout or newsletter services, or other tools and facilities
which may be of use to you. Whilst Education Foundation has made every effort to
ensure that any such features are accurate and free from defect, Education Foundation
does not warrant the accuracy, correctness or completeness of these features, which are
provided on an "as is" basis.
- Website availability
As electronic services are subject to interruption or breakdown, access to
www.rumad.org.au is offered on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Education
Foundation may withdraw www.rumad.org.au at any time and without notice to you.
- Usernames and Passwords
You must not disclose your Username or Password to any person. You must take
all reasonable steps to keep your Username and Password secure so that it is kept
protected from use by any other person. Should you become aware that another person
has used/is using your Username or Password you must notify the Education Foundation
immediately. Upon receipt of notification, the Education Foundation will deactivate your
Username and Password for security reasons, and you will then be required to create a
new Username and Password. Until we receive such notification, you are solely
responsible for any use of www.rumad.org.au through your Username and Password,
whether authorised or not.
- User Content
It is solely the responsibility of members to determine whether the Content you
submit to the www.rumad.org.au site is suitable for public viewing. As a member of
www.rumad.org.au you must not post or upload any content which:
- is inappropriate, offensive or contrary to any applicable laws or standards;
- is obscene or indecent; depicts violence, sexual activity or pornography; or contains instructions in crime or drug use;
- defames, harasses, threatens, abuses, offends or embarrasses any person;
- impersonates any person or suggests a connection to any group or organization which is misleading;
- advocates the use of force or violence toward any person;
- encourages, endorses, approves or recommends the performance or use of dangerous or illegal acts;
- is fraudulent, misleading or deceptive;
- infringes any third party‚s copyright, patent, trade mark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights or proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy (including identifying any individual or their contact details without their consent);
- is harmful, hateful or discriminatory;
- impinges on any other user’s, use or enjoyment of www.rumad.org.au;
- is designed or intended to obtain personal information from any other user;
- contains any "prohibited content" or "potential prohibited content" within the meaning of Schedule 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth);
- contains a virus or other code that has harmful or destructive properties. Any Content that you send to, or attempt to include in www.rumad.org.au may be made publicly available to all users of www.rumad.org.au and Education Foundation accepts no responsibility for third party use of that Content. Whilst under no obligation to do so, Education Foundation retains the right to review, edit, and remove any Content whatsoever from any part of www.rumad.org.au at any time and without notice to you.
- Third party personal information
- Termination and suspension
Education Foundation reserves the right to monitor and review member status at
any time.
Education Foundation may terminate your membership and suspend your access
to member sections of the www.rumad.org.au site if at any time you breach the Terms of
Use.
We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole and absolute discretion, to
discontinue, suspend or terminate any service offered by or through www.rumad.org.au
as well as www.rumad.org.au at any time. For example, if your server is involved in any
attack on any computer system, either with or without your knowledge or complicity, that
server may be blocked or its access to www.rumad.org.au may be shut down or restricted
while the problem is being investigated or fixed. All provisions of these Terms of Use
which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including,
without limitation, ownership provisions, disclaimers, indemnities and limitations of
liability.
- Photo/Video/Image Permission:
You acknowledge that any Content submitted by you to the www.rumad.org.au
site is and will be treated by the Education Foundation as non-confidential. That is,
where uploading Content, you as the member must ensure that any necessary permission
has been obtained.
By placing any Content on www.rumad.org.au, you grant to us an irrevocable,
perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide licence to use, edit, reformat,
reproduce, publish, redistribute, transmit, broadcast, display, create derivate works from,
communicate to the public and make an adaptation of that Content, and that the
Education Foundation may use that Content, in (without limitation) any of its
promotional, advertising and marketing activities in Australia and overseas. You also
agree that we may sublicense any of those rights to third parties.
You acknowledge that Content that you send to, or attempt to include in
www.rumad.org.au, may not reach or be correctly displayed on www.rumad.org.au for a
variety of reasons including but not limited to mechanical, software, computer,
telecommunications or electronic failure. You further acknowledge that, to the extent
permitted by law, Education Foundation is not liable to you or anyone else in any way for
any loss or damage at all and however caused, arising directly or indirectly in connection
with the receipt of information by, or the inclusion of Content in, or a failure to receive or
include Content in, www.rumad.org.au, for whatever reason.
- Intellectual Property:
The Education Foundation owns and licenses all intellectual property rights in the
materials on this site. In particular, all curriculum materials pertaining to the ruMAD?
Program Framework. Also including and without limitation the text, graphics, logos,
icons, images, video and audio clips, designs, interfaces, and layout of the
www.rumad.org.au site. Except where necessary for viewing the Content on this website
or your browser, or as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable
laws or these Terms of Use, no Content on www.rumad.org.au may be reproduced,
adapted, uploaded to a third party, linked to, framed, performed in public, distributed or
transmitted in any form by any process without the prior written consent of Education
Foundation or our licensor(s) (as appropriate).
- Warranties
While we have made every effort to ensure that the Content is free from error,
Education Foundation does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, adequacy or
completeness of Content on www.rumad.org.au. All Content is provided on an "as is"
basis and without guarantees or warranties of any kind, either express or implied. All
terms implied by law, except those that can not be lawfully excluded, are excluded. All
Content is subject to change without notice. Education Foundation does not warrant that
www.rumad.org.au or any linked websites will be free from viruses or defects.
- Limitation of Liability
Subject to any responsibilities implied by law and which cannot be excluded,
Education Foundation, and its directors, employees, agents and contractors, are not liable
to you for any losses, damages, liabilities, claims and expenses (including but not limited
to legal costs and defence or settlement costs) whatsoever, whether direct, indirect or
consequential, arising out of or referable to any Content on www.rumad.org.au, to any
material on linked websites, or to access or use of www.rumad.org.au by you, howsoever
caused, whether in contract, tort including negligence, statute or otherwise.
If a jurisdiction allows liability to be limited but not excluded, our total liability is limited
to the maximum extent possible. For example, under the Trade Practices Act 1974 in
Australia, our liability for any breach of a condition or warranty that is implied by law
and cannot be excluded is limited to the extent possible to us doing any one or more of
the following (at our election):
- resupplying goods or services to you or supplying equivalent goods;
- repairing the goods; or
- paying the cost of having the goods or services resupplied or goods repaired.
- Indemnity
You indemnify Education Foundation in respect of any liability incurred by Education
Foundation for any loss or damage, howsoever caused, suffered by Education Foundation
as a result of your breach of these Terms of Use or your use of www.rumad.org.au.
- Jurisdiction
The law applicable to www.rumad.org.au and to disputes arising out of
www.rumad.org.au is the law of the State of Victoria, Australia.
