Privacy & Terms

Disclaimer

This document is directed to and is binding on "you", the client, registrant, delegate, attendee, traveller, visitor or other user of the Conference Online web sites.

The information provided on our sites is gathered and summarised from many (e.g. third party) sources. It may contain technical inaccuracies, typographical or other errors, programming bugs or computer viruses. Every endeavour is made to ensure accuracy; however the nature of some of the information is time sensitive and variable dependent upon the source. Conference Online Pty Ltd ("we") (and "our" has the same meaning) make no warranties about the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any information contained on our websites (which we provide "as is") and we make no express or implied warranty that your access and use of our websites will be uninterrupted or error free.

Except where we are unable to exclude our liability by law, we, our officers, employees, agents and contractors will not be liable in any way to you or anyone else for any loss or damage, no matter how it arises (whether in contract, tort including negligence, or otherwise) out of or in connection with your access and use of our websites.

In the case of services or goods supplied or offered via our websites, liability (e.g. the extent of our responsibility) for breach of an implied term which cannot be excluded by law is limited (at our option) to either:

a) Supplying the services or goods (or their equivalent) again, or

b) Paying the cost of supplying them (or their equivalent) again.

The limitation of liability in this disclaimer applies to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages that you or others may suffer, as well as damages for loss of profit, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if we are informed of their possibility.

Terms & Conditions (Use of Website)

This document is directed to and is binding on "you", the client, registrant, delegate, attendee, traveller, visitor or other user of this Conference Online web site.

Welcome to the Conference Online website. It is operated by Conference Online Pty Ltd (ABN 52 101 175 446 ) trading as "Conference Online ("we" "us" and "our" has the same meaning).

Your access to and use of our websites is subject to these terms, the Disclaimer Notice, the Conference Online Copyright and Trade Mark Notice, the Privacy Statement and any other terms contained on our web sites ("Terms of Use).

1. What you must do
1. You must use our websites in a responsible manner.
2. If you are under 18 years of age, you must obtain a parent/guardian's consent prior to using our websites.
2. What you must NOT do
1. You must not:
2. Use our websites for any activities or post or transmit to or via our websites any information or materials which breach any law, infringe a third party's rights or are contrary to any relevant standards or codes;
3. Use our websites in a way or post to or transmit to or via our websites any material which interferes with other users or defames, harasses, threatens, menaces, offends or restricts any person or which inhibits any other user from using or enjoying our websites;
4. Use our websites to send unsolicited electronic mail messages to anyone;
5. Make any fraudulent or speculative enquiries, bookings, reservations or requests using our websites;
6. Use another's name, username or password without permission;
7. Post, or transmit via our websites any obscene, indecent, inflammatory or pornographic material or material that could give rise to civil or criminal proceedings;
8. Tamper with, hinder the operation of or make unauthorised modifications to our websites;
9. Knowingly transmit any virus or other disabling feature to our websites; and
10. Attempt any of the above acts or permit another person to do any of the above acts.
3. Content including Third Party Content
1. The material and information provided on this site is gathered and summarised from many (e.g. third party) sources. Such material and information may contain typographical or other errors. In addition, some of the information is time sensitive and variable dependent upon the source.
2. We are not responsible for material provided by third parties and publish such material "as is" and in good faith. We are not obliged to check the accuracy of all information provided by third parties.
3. The third party products, services and information are not provided or endorsed by us and your legal relationship is with the third party supplier.
4. We have not checked the accuracy or completeness of much of the information or the suitability or quality of the products and services of the third parties. You must make your own enquiries with the relevant third party supplier direct before relying on the third party information or entering into a transaction in relation to the third party products and services supplied via our websites. You should check with the third party supplier whether there are additional charges and terms that may apply.
5. We may receive fees and/or commissions from third parties for products and services of third parties displayed or made available on our websites or accessible through a hyperlink on our websites.
4. Prices and products and services are subject to change
1. Prices displayed and products and services offered to be supplied on our websites are subject to change without notice.
2. Prices displayed are often displayed subject to availability.
5. Use of our Website
1. As a condition of your use of our websites, including any services provided by us, you agree to indemnify us from and against any liability, damage or loss that we incur or suffer as a result of any action, inaction or omission on your part.
2. You must keep secure any means of identification or access codes or arrangements that we provide to you. You must not permit any other person (other than adult members of your household or others with your express permission and under your personal supervision), to use your means of access to our services
3. You must not resell our services accessed by means of our services.
4. You are responsible for all use of our services and all transactions entered into by means of our services. By using our website and our services, you promise us that you have sufficient credit (usually on your credit card account) to meet all charges you incur through our websites.
5. You acknowledge that all title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the design, text, graphics, software (including HTML code), interfaces and the selection and arrangement of our website are our property and that any unauthorised use, modification, distribution or replication, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.
6. All trademarks, service marks and trade names used on our website are either owned by us, or, the owners of the marks have granted us the right to use them or the owners have not to our knowledge objected to us displaying the marks.
6. Website links
1. This site may contain links to other websites operated by entities which do not belong to us.
2. We have no control over the information on these sites or the products or services on them, and therefore we make no representations regarding the accuracy or suitability of the information, services, or products described on them. You must make your own enquiries in relation to third parties described or linked on our sites. Inclusion of a link to a third party site should not be construed as that party's endorsement of our sites.
3. By linking to sites operated by third parties, we are not authorising the reproduction of any material on such sites, as such material may be the subject of intellectual property rights.
7. Copyright and Trademarks
1. We are either the owner or licensed user of the copyright in the material on this site. You may not reproduce, adapt, upload, link, frame, broadcast, distribute or in any way transmit the material on this site without our written consent, other than to the extent necessary to view the material or as permitted by law.
2. The "Conference Online" name and all associated trademarks are our trademarks.
8. Disclaimer and limitation of liability
1. The information provided on this site is gathered and summarised from many (e.g. third party) sources. It may contain technical inaccuracies, typographical or other errors, programming bugs or computer viruses. Every endeavour is made to ensure accuracy; however the nature of some of the information is time sensitive and variable dependent upon the source. We make no warranties about the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any information contained on the website (which we provide "as is") and we make no express or implied warranty that your access and use of the website will be uninterrupted or error free.
2. Except where we are unable to exclude our liability by law, we (Conference Online Pty Ltd), our officers, employees, agents and contractors will not be liable in any way to you or anyone else for any loss or damage, no matter how it arises (whether in contract, tort including negligence, or otherwise) out of or in connection with your access and use of this website.
3. In the case of services or goods supplied or offered via this website, liability (e.g. the extent of our responsibility) for breach of an implied term which cannot be excluded by law is limited (at our option) to either:
1. Supplying the services or goods (or their equivalent) again, or
2. Paying the cost of supplying them (or their equivalent) again.
4. The limitation of liability in this disclaimer applies to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages that you or others may suffer, as well as damages for loss of profit, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if we are informed of their possibility.
9. Use of your information and material
1. When you send us any feedback, suggestions, ideas or other materials in relation to or via our websites, you agree that we can use, reproduce, publish, modify, adapt and transmit them to others free of charge and without restriction, subject to our obligations in our Privacy Statement.
10. Goods and Services Tax
1. If GST is imposed on any supply made by or through us you must pay to us the additional GST amount for the supply without any deduction or set off. Any GST amount payable by you is payable on demand by us, whether such demand is made by an invoice or otherwise.
11. Changes
1. We may vary any of these terms at any time. We will give notice of any variations by posting the revised terms on the home page of our websites. Your continued use after such notice will constitute acceptance of the variation.
12. Termination
1. If, in our reasonable opinion, you breach any of these terms, we may suspend, terminate or limit your access to our websites and terminate these terms, effective immediately.
13. General Matters
1. An obligation of two or more persons binds them jointly and severally.
2. If any of these terms are invalid or unenforceable, they may be removed and the remaining terms remain in force.
3. If we do not act in relation to a breach by you of these terms, this does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

Copyright & Trade Mark Notice

Copyright and Trademarks

We ("Conference Online Pty Ltd") (and "our" has the same meaning) are either the owner or licensed user of the copyright in the material on our sites. No-one may reproduce, adapt, upload, link, frame, broadcast, distribute or in any way transmit the material on our sites without our written consent, other than to the extent necessary to view the material or as permitted by law.

The "Conference Online" name and all associated trademarks are our trademarks. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the design, text, graphics, software (including HTML code), interfaces and the selection and arrangement of our websites are our property and any unauthorised use, modification, distribution or replication, without our prior written permission, is prohibited.

Website links

Our sites may contain links to other websites operated by entities which do not belong to us.

We have no control over the information on these sites or the products or services on them, and therefore we make no representations regarding the accuracy or suitability of the information, services, or products described on them. Users must make their own enquiries in relation to third parties described or linked on this site.

Inclusion of a link to a third party site should not be construed as that party's endorsement of our sites.

By linking to sites operated by third parties, we are not authorising the reproduction of any material on such sites, as such material may be the subject of intellectual property rights.

Protecting Your Privacy Online

Protecting Your Privacy Online

Conference Online Privacy Statement

Conference Online is committed to providing you with the highest levels of customer service. This includes protecting your privacy. We are also bound by privacy law, which sets out a number of principles concerning the protection of your personal information.

This statement, called "Protecting Your Privacy Online", sets out important information about privacy protections that we extend to your personal information. It relates to personal information that you provide to us through our websites (e.g. when you subscribe to our services online).

For more detail on Conference Online's approach to privacy generally, please refer to our PRIVACY STATEMENT available on our website at our place of business and at any time upon request.

How we collect personal information

Conference Online collects personal information in a number of ways, including:

• Directly from you, such as when you enter your personal details on our websites (e.g. during registration), when you provide information by phone or in a document;
• From third parties such as your representatives or organiser;
• From publicly available sources of information;
• From the organisations identified below under "When we disclose your personal information";
• From our own records.

How we use your personal information

Your personal information may be used to:

• Identify you and to assist you to access our website services more easily;
• Provide the services you require;
• Administer and manage those services, including charging and billing;
• Inform you of ways the services provided to you could be improved;
• Conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness;
• Research and develop our services;
• Maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure, including testing and upgrading of these systems.

Personal information is never used to promote and market our services or any other services to registrants or clients of organisers. Others such as organisers may notify us at any time that they do not wish to receive marketing or promotional material by calling us by phone or TOLLFREE or by using the Contact Us on our website page to send a request via email or by clicking on our "unsubscribe" button on some of our communications such as our newsletters.

Conference Online Websites

Conference Online provides a range of web-based services. Most of these services are provided on our web site www.conferenceonline.com.au. We refer to these as "our websites".

Marketing information (about us) provided on our websites will be accessed by reference to where you decide to visit on our sites. Advertisements may also be presented to you, but the placement of these is not related specifically to any details we hold about you.

Personal information collected for our websites

The types of personal information we collect from you will depend on how you use our websites. Such information may include your name, date of birth, gender, current and previous addresses, telephone/mobile phone number, email address, bank account, occupation and your Conference Online username or password.

If you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the services you require, or the level of service on which we pride ourselves.

Other information

Our websites record other information as well. This information is used to improve the structure and performance of the sites to provide users with improved service. Whenever a page is requested from our web server, we record the time, date and URL of the request, along with information on the browser software that is being used.

Conference Online uses "cookies". Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping. Cookies can make using our websites easier by storing information about your preferences on a particular website. This will enable you to take full advantage of the services we offer. The use of cookies is an industry standard and you'll find most major websites use them. Most Internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used.

Conference Online gathers usage information from our websites and other websites. This is aggregated for purposes of our services. Personally identifiable characteristics are removed and users remain anonymous, unless you have given prior express consent for Conference Online to recognise your usage. This data is gathered by us to examine Internet trends and demographics and to assist in improving the structure and ease of use of our websites.

When we disclose your personal information

For the purposes set out above (under "How we use your personal information") we may disclose your personal information to organisations outside Conference Online. Where appropriate, these disclosures are subject to privacy and confidentiality protections. The organisations to which we may disclose information include:

• Outsourced service providers who manage the services we provide to you, including:
• IT services;
• installation, maintenance and repair services;
• Your events organiser;
• Your representatives (e.g. your authorised representatives or advisers);
• Credit-reporting and checking agencies;
• Our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers;
• Government and regulatory authorities and other organisations, as required or authorised by law;
• Organisations involved in:
• Assessment, valuation and/or transfer/sale of all or part of our assets or business; and
• Managing our corporate risk and funding (e.g. banks or other financial institutions); and
• Our related companies or businesses.

Help us to ensure we hold accurate information

Conference Online takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of the information we hold depends to a large extent on the information you provide. That's why we recommend you:

Let us know if there are any errors in your personal information; and keep us up to date with changes to your personal information. You can easily edit or delete the personal information you provide to us on our websites (unless it is mandatory information required), but to do so, you will need to log in as a registered user, using your username and password.

If you wish to access or modify personal information which you have provided via our websites, but cannot access that information at our websites, please contact us (see how to contact us below).

You can access your personal information

You have a right to access your personal information at any time but to do so, you will need to log in as a registered user, using your username and password.

Security of your information

We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is stored securely. Transmissions sent to or from our websites are routinely monitored for quality control and systems administration. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from our online products or services. These activities are conducted at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security.

Credit card information is among the most important data we collect. Conference Online operates secure servers to minimise the risk of unauthorised use of such information. Credit card information that is transmitted via our secure servers is encrypted in accordance with the highest standards over the EFTPOS network. For obvious reasons, please do not send credit card information through unsecured email.

What else you should know about privacy

Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else. You as an individual are responsible for the security of and access to your own computer.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet (for example: in discussion forums, via email, or in chat sites) that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the Internet and our websites.

How to contact us

If you have any questions in relation to privacy, please contact us by phone or TOLLFREE between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can use the Contact Us page on the Conference Online website to send your questions and comments via email or write to our CEO or Manager (our Privacy Managers) at our address shown on that page.