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Terms of use

by Green Friday Team

1. About these Terms of Use

1.1 These terms of use (T&Cs) govern your use of our website(s) located at https://www.greenfriday.com.au/ and any associated mobile applications (Site) and form a binding contractual agreement between you, the user of the Site and us, Green Friday Pty Ltd ACN 651 461 666 (Green Friday). In these T&Cs, “we” “us” and “our” refers to Green Friday.
1.2 These T&Cs are important and you should ensure that you read them carefully and contact us with any questions before you use the Site. By using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that you have had sufficient chance to read and understand the T&Cs and you agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to the T&Cs, please do not use the Site.
1.3 We reserve the right to update, amend, change or replace any part of the T&Cs at any time and your use of the Site following any amendments will represent your agreement to be bound by the amended T&Cs. We recommend you read the T&Cs each time you access the Site so you are familiar with the most current version of the T&Cs.
1.4 Any new features or tools which are added to the current Site shall also be subject to the T&Cs.

2. Operational provisions

2.1 We own, run and carry on the business of providing an online sustainable events platform, being the Site, which runs various environmentally friendly events throughout the year.
2.2 You are a customer and are seeking to connect with retailers, service providers and sponsors listed on our Site (Retailers) to purchase goods and/or services directly from them.
2.3 We are simply acting as a mere referrer for Retailers and so, we have not investigated or verified Retailer’s websites (Retailer Websites) which may be linked to or from this Site. These links to Retailer Websites are provided for convenience only. Neither we nor our officers, directors, employees, agents, or related bodies corporate recommend or endorse the:
(a) content, terms and conditions, or privacy practices of any Retailers or Retailer Websites which may be linked to or from the Site; or
(a) products or services of any Retailers mentioned or described on the Site or linked to or from the Site.
2.4 The Site may contain advertisements for third parties’ goods and/or services. The third party advertisers are responsible for the accuracy of all representations made in those advertisements. If you choose to order a product or service advertised by a third party on the Site, you do so at your own risk.
2.5 You acknowledge that you enter any Retailer Websites at your own risk and that we are not responsible for Retailer Websites.
2.6 If you choose to purchase goods advertised by a Retailer:
(a) you will need to select the relevant Retailer on the Site (by clicking on the their name). You will then automatically be re-directed to the relevant Retailer Website to complete the relevant purchase of goods;
(b) any purchasing arrangement between you and the Retailer will be governed by the Retailer’s own general terms and conditions that they have provided to you – you must check the specific terms and conditions that apply when visiting the Retailer Website;
(c) you acknowledge that we will not be a party to any such contract between you and the Retailer and accordingly, we will not liable for any issues that arise in relation to the dealings between you and the Retailer; and
(d) you do so at your own risk.

3. Account users

3.1 To access and use parts of the Site, you may need to register with us and set up an account with your email address and a password (your “Account”). The email address you register with will be your email address, and you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You are solely responsible for all activities that happen under your Account.
3.2 You may connect to the Site with a third-party service (e.g., Facebook or Google+) and you give us permission to access, store, and use your information from that service as permitted by that service and as may be described in our Privacy Policy.
3.3 We reserve the right to terminate your Account registration at any time if you breach the T&Cs.

4. Your use of the Site

4.1 We grant you a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable licence to use the Site in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in these T&Cs.
4.2 Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), you are not permitted to copy, reproduce, republish, distribute or display any of the information on this website without our prior written permission.
4.3 While using our Site, you will not:
(a) add any content to the Site:
(i) unless you hold all necessary rights, licences and consents to do so;
(ii) that would cause you or us to breach any law, regulation, rule, code or other legal obligation;
(iii) that is or could reasonably be considered to be obscene, inappropriate, defamatory, disparaging, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, threatening, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence or in breach of privacy;
(iv) that would bring us, or the Site, into disrepute; or
(v) that infringes the intellectual property or other rights of any person;
(b) distribute or post spam, unsolicited or bulk electronic communications, chain letters or pyramid schemes; and/or
(c) harvest or otherwise collect information about users, including email addresses, without their consent.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that:
(a) we retain complete editorial control over the Site and may alter, amend or cease the operation of the Site at any time in our sole discretion; and
(b) the Site will not operate on a continuous basis, and may be unavailable from time to time (including for maintenance purposes).
4.5 Every effort is made to keep the Site up and running smoothly. However, we take no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the Site being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control. Accordingly, to the extent legally permitted, we exclude all implied warranties, terms and conditions. We are not liable for any loss of money, goodwill or reputation, or any special, indirect or consequential damages arising, directly or indirectly, out of your use of or your inability to use our Site.
4.6 The Site contains links to other websites as well as content added by people other than us. We do not endorse, sponsor or approve any such user generated content or any content available on any linked website, including on Commercial Owner websites.
4.7 We are not a party to the transaction between you and any retailers listed on our Site. We have no control over and do not guarantee the quality, safety or legality of items advertised, the truth or accuracy of users’ content or listings or the ability of retailers to sell items.
4.8 You must ensure that you comply with all applicable laws in Australia and other countries.
4.9 You must also ensure that you strictly comply with these T&Cs and any other terms and conditions that form part of this arrangement.
4.10 You accept all risks and responsibility for all loss, damage, costs and other consequences resulting from using the Site or the material on or accessible through the Site.

5. Fees and services

To the extent that you decide to purchase goods directly from a Retailer, we will not charge you any fees for the referral. However we may charge the Retailer a fee for this referral. This fee is presently unascertainable.

6. Warranties

6.1 You represent and warrant to us that:
(a) you have the legal capacity to enter these T&Cs; and
(b) you have abided by the T&Cs and any other applicable terms and conditions relating to your use of the Site.

7. Keeping the Green Friday community safe

7.1 We and our community work together to keep the Site working properly and the community safe. Please report any problems, offensive content and policy breaches to us using the reporting system.
7.2 You are solely responsible for all information that you give to Green Friday and any consequences that may result from your posts.
7.3 You must use this Site for lawful purposes only. You must not use the Site to:
(a) impersonate or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person or entity, or commit forgery (or attempted forgery);
(b) impersonate or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person or entity, or commit forgery (or attempted forgery);
(c) defame, abuse or harass any individual or breach the Australian Privacy Principles as set out by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth);
(d) harvest or otherwise collect or store data about other users or merchants, including e-mail addresses; and/or
(e) violate any applicable state, Commonwealth or international law or regulation.
7.4 We can at our discretion:
(a) refuse, delete or take down content that we think is inappropriate or breaching these T&Cs;
(b) restrict a user’s usage of the Site either temporarily or permanently; or
(c) refuse a user’s registration.
7.5 Without limiting other remedies, we may issue warnings, limit or terminate our services, remove hosted content and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. However, whether we take any of these steps, we don’t accept any liability for monitoring the Site or for unauthorized or unlawful content on the Site or use of the Site by users. You also accept that we are not under any obligation to monitor any data or content which is submitted to or available on the Site.

8. Accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information

8.1 The Site is provided “as is” and “as available” without any express or implied warranty of any kind.
8.2 We cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to our Site. While we will use reasonable efforts to maintain an uninterrupted service, we cannot guarantee this and, to the extent permitted by law, we do not give any promises or warranties (whether express or implied) about the availability of our Site or that the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free. Notification functionality in the Site may not occur in real time. That functionality is subject to delays beyond our control, including without limitation, delays or latency due to your physical location or your wireless data service provider’s network.
8.3 We are not responsible if information made available on this Site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this Site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this Site is at your own risk. You need to make your own enquiries to determine if the information or products are appropriate for your intended use.
8.4 This Site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this Site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our Site.

9. Intellectual property rights

9.1 The copyright to all content on this Site including applets, graphics, images, layouts, videos and text belongs to us or we have a licence to use those materials.
9.2 All trademarks, brands and logos generally identified either with the symbol’s TM or ® which are used on this Site are either owned by us or we have a licence to use them. Nothing in these T&Cs constitutes a transfer of any intellectual property rights. You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and us, we own all intellectual property rights in the Site.
9.3 Nothing in these T&Cs constitutes a transfer of any intellectual property rights. You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and us, we own all intellectual property rights in the Site.
9.4 The Site may contain robot exclusion headers. Much of the information on the Site is updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to us by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission.

10. Disclaimers

10.1 General disclaimer
(a) To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into the T&Cs is excluded.
10.2 Specific disclaimer(s)
(a) The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and similar State and Territory legislation in Australia may confer rights, guarantees and remedies on you in relation to the provision by us of goods or services on the Site, which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. If such legislation applies, to the extent possible:
(i) we do not exclude these rights but do exclude all other conditions and warranties implied by custom, law or statute (including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose);
(ii) we limit our liability in respect of any claim to, at our option to the following:
(A) in the case of services supplied or offered by us, which are not of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption (i) the supply of the services again; or (ii) the payment of the cost of having services supplied again; and
(B) in the case of goods supplied or offered by us, which are not of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption (a) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; (b) the repair of such goods; (c) the payment of the cost of the replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or (d) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired.
(b) We are not liable to you or anyone else if interference with or damage to your computer systems occurs in connection with use of this Site or a linked website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use from this Site is free of viruses or anything else (such as worms or trojan horses) that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer systems. We do not warrant that your access to the Site will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects will be corrected.

11. Limitation of liability

11.1 If you have a dispute with a retailer that is listed on our Site, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint venturers and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
11.2 To the full extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability (including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever) in respect of:
(a) loss of data, interruption of business or any consequential or incidental damages;
(b) access to, or use of this Site, or delay or inability to use this Site, or any information contained in this Site;
(c) the availability and utility of products (including products of Retailers) and services;
(d) the availability or accuracy of the Site or third party websites (including Retailer Sites that are linked from our Site); or
(e) any breach of any third party intellectual property rights.

12. Indemnity

12.1 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Green Friday and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising from your use of the Site, your failure to comply with these T&Cs, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party except where such loss arises from our fraud, negligence or wilful misconduct.
12.2 You acknowledge that your liability with respect to the indemnification provided by you in this agreement cannot be apportioned to any other party and that legislation regarding proportionate liability will not apply to a claim by us under the above indemnity or otherwise with respect to this agreement.

13. Disputes between you and a Retailer

Any disputes, refunds or complaints between you and a Retailer must be dealt with:
(a) in accordance with the Retailer’s own general terms and conditions that have been provided to, and agreed to by, you; and
(b) without involving us in the dispute resolution process, as we are not a party to the agreement between you and the Retailer.

14. Complaints against us

14.1 We consider feedback and complaints as valuable opportunities that assist us to continually strive to improve the products and services we offer to our customers. We follow the fundamental principles of honesty and fairness at all times in dealing with our customers.
14.2 We pride ourselves on offering our customers excellent service. However, a situation may arise where you are unsatisfied with the service you received or you have an issue that you would like us to address. In these circumstances, please submit your complaint to info@greenfriday.com.au for consideration.
14.3 The parties must not bring or maintain any action on any dispute (except for urgent injunctive relief to keep or protect a particular position) until it has been referred and determined as provided in this clause.

15. Legal and financial advice

15.1 You acknowledge and agree that you have the opportunity to obtain independent legal and financial advice from appropriately qualified professional advisers and that you take into account your personal objectives, financial situation and needs before purchasing goods from a retailer listed on our Site.

16. Privacy

16.1 We are committed to protecting your privacy as an online visitor to our Site. We use the information we collect about you to maximise the services that we provide to you. We respect the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles. Please read our privacy policy for further information – particularly around how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed when you visit, make or attempt to purchase a good from a retailer listed on the Site. This can be accessed on our website. Please note that we may disclose your personal information to counterparties in connection with any leasing arrangement that you enter into through our Site.
16.2 You may change your details at any time by advising us in writing via email. All information we receive from our customers is protected by our secure server. Our secure server software encrypts all customer information before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all customer data collected is secured against unauthorised use or access. Accordingly, it is essential that all information you provide us is true and accurate at all times and you undertake to update your details from time to time when they change.
16.3 We undertake to take all due care with any information which you may provide to us when accessing our Site. However, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you may provide to us. Information you transmit to us is entirely at your own risk although we undertake to take reasonable steps to preserve such information in a secure manner.

17. Storage and security of your information

17.1 We receive and store information you enter on our Site or give us in any other way from time to time. You may provide basic contact information such as your name, phone number, address, and email address to enable us to send information or process services and we may also collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, change your content or email preferences, respond to a survey, or communicate with our customer support.
17.2 We may use personal information collected from you for the purpose of providing you with direct marketing material, updates regarding our Site and information in the form of a newsletter. This will only apply if you have registered or subscribed to such publications by registering your details with us. However if you wish to cease receiving any such information you may let us know either by email or unsubscribing at any time and your request will be actioned immediately.
17.3 Individual profile and company details are not used for any other purpose. Details are only supplied to a third party supplier when it is required by law or to protect our copyright, trademarks and other legal rights.
17.4 We will use all reasonable means to protect the confidentiality of your personal information while in our possession or control. We will not knowingly share any of your personal information with any third party other than our service providers who assist us in providing the information and/or services we are providing to you and as otherwise disclosed in our privacy policy. To the extent that we do share your personal information with a service provider, we would only do so if that party has agreed to comply with our privacy standards as described in this privacy policy. Some of our service providers may be overseas and may not be subject to privacy laws. Please contact us if you require specific details.
17.5 Any non-personal information, communications and material you send to this Site or to us by email, or which we obtain from third parties without promises of confidentiality, may be kept, used and disclosed by us on a non-confidential basis. We are free to use and reproduce any such information freely, and for any purpose whatsoever. Specifically, we will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing or marketing products.

18. Breach

18.1 Without limiting other remedies available to us at law, in equity or under these T&Cs, we may, without notice to you and in our sole discretion (which shall be exercised reasonably, having regard to the circumstances), issue you a warning, restrict your activities through our Site (including but not limited to your ability to access our Site), temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your account or refuse to provide our services to you if:
(a) you have, or we believe that you have, breached these T&Cs (which includes any other additional terms and conditions referred to in these T&Cs);
(b) we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us;
(c) we believe that your actions may cause loss or damage to or otherwise unlawfully harm you, our users, third parties or us, our related bodies corporate or affiliates, our directors, employees or agents; or
(d) if we reasonably believe that any of your information is inappropriate or of an offensive nature.

19. Termination

19.1 Our agreement with you will terminate automatically if, for any reason, we cease to operate the Site.
19.2 We may otherwise terminate our agreement with you immediately, on notice to you, if you have breached these T&Cs in any way.

20. General provisions

20.1 Entire agreement
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior conduct, arrangement, agreement or understanding in relation to its subject matter.
20.2 Further assurances
Each party must promptly do all things necessary in order to give effect to this agreement, including executing and delivering documents.
20.3 Severability
If a provision in this agreement is unenforceable or invalid in any jurisdiction, it will be ineffective in that jurisdiction to the extent that it is unenforceable or invalid. No provision in this agreement will otherwise be affected in any jurisdiction.
20.4 Consent to use of electronic communications
The parties to this agreement consent to the use of electronic communications as a means of communicating about this agreement and the matters contained within it.
20.5 Notices
A notice or other communication to or by a party under this agreement:
(a) must be in writing;
(b) must be delivered by email to:
(i) in the case of Green Friday, to info@greenfriday.com.au; and
(ii) in the case of you, to your current email address that we hold in our records;
(c) subject to paragraph (d), is deemed to be effective one Business Day after the date shown on the email of the sender, unless:
(i) the sender receives an automated notification that the email has not been received by the intended recipient, in which case the notice is deemed to not have been served at the time of sending; or
(ii) receipt is acknowledged by the recipient sooner than one Business Day, in which case the notice is deemed to have been served at the time the receipt is acknowledged;
(d) if delivered or received on a day which is not a Business Day, it is taken to have been delivered or received on the following Business Day and, if delivered or received after 4:00pm (addressee’s time), then notice is taken to have occurred at 9:00am on the following Business Day.
20.6 No merger
Unless provided to the contrary in this agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties under this agreement do not merge on completion and will survive after completion.
20.7 Waivers
A waiver of a right, power or remedy must be in writing and signed by the party giving the waiver. Any failure or delay by any party to exercise any power or right or rely on a remedy under this agreement does not operate as a waiver of that power, right or remedy.
20.8 Governing law
The laws of New South Wales govern this agreement.
20.9 Jurisdiction
Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in New South Wales and waives any right to claim that those courts are an inconvenient forum.

These T&Cs were last updated in July 2022.

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