The Service is primarily intended for use by professionals who have policy making or governance responsibilities. You must be at least 18 to be a member. By using the Service or becoming a member, You confirm and represent that you understand that the Service is designed to provide a platform for policy development, and is not a substitute for subject matter expertise or legal advice that you may need to tailor a policy to your business needs; and that You are at least eighteen (18) years of age. Whilst you might be a governance and policy expert, we don't expect that, and know that some Members use Policy Quarter to benchmark policies against the baselines provided, whilst others use them as a checklist to develop tailored solutions for their needs. You acknowledge that the Company makes no representation and you are not permitted to rely on the Company for the purposes of information shared on the Website being accurate, correct, or complete, in the context of your intended use. Any information shared is not advice that takes account of your personal experience or capability, or your organisation's approach to policy and governance.

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes. You agree not to use the Website or the Service for any purposes that are unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You agree not to use the Service in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or Service or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website or Service.

We consider that some conduct is not warranted within the reasonable expectation for use of the Service. For that reason, You agree not to harvest or collect information including email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Website by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending spam, or any other unsolicited communications,including unsolicited emails or to violate any laws. Insights shared on the Website are critiqued by others and you agree to provide genuine feedback in offering any such critiques and consent to your insights being similarly assessed. You must be professional in providing feedback. You must not engage in fraud, including by misrepresenting your profile, hate-speech or personal attacks on others.

By using the Service, You agree to create and maintain a profile that accurately describes your status in relation to any company in relation to which, you share content. If you disclose your professional affiliations or registrations in your profile, you represent and warrant that those affiliations and qualifications are up to date, validly issued and maintained.

If you choose to share content in The Forum, your acknowledge that others (within the disclosure settings you apply) will be permitted to engage with that content. This may include criticism of that content.

You acknowledge that the Service uses your profile, including your professional and personal information to make suggestions as you use the Service. If you do not maintain a professional profile, your experience of the Services may be limited. We also use your profile to suggest a cohort of peers that you may wish to join for the purposes of professional development in this space. You can opt out of this at any time, or ask to change groups if you prefer. Our suggestions will be determined by reference to your policy. For example, if you are a generalist, for whom policy forms one of many facets of your role, and are currently prioritising cybersecurity, you might prefer to be part of a group with subject matter experts in that field, or other members at a similar stage of development to you.

You must maintain your authentication credentials securely and must not share them with any other person. You must not use any other person's authentication credentials to access the Website, or any Services made available within the Website. You must not create more than one account. You are responsible for activity on the Website. You understand that We may determine to suspend or terminate your account if we become aware of misuse of your account or misconduct in representing your profile.

Excluding the User Content (as defined below under the heading 'User content') and content linked to or extracted from third party sites, all content on the Website all content on the Website is the proprietary information of the Company. You may use the Company's information, provided that you do not modify, mine, copy, sell or reproduce any such information (in whole or in part) without the Company's prior written consent, which may be withheld in its discretion.

The Website may contain links to other websites (“Third Party Sites”). We do not endorse or represent the content contained in Third Party Sites as accurate, complete, correct or suitable for any purpose. They are shared as a convenience. Those links may change from time to time or cease being maintained. We do not verify any content or systems integrity of Third Party Sites. You should exercise your own judgement in using Third Party Sites.

We consent to your use (including by customising) the templates provided in the toolkits for purposes other than resale.

Your right to use the information is revocable at any time without notice and with or without cause.

Content created and shared by another member of the Service is shared subject to a statement outlining the extent (if any) of your rights to use that information, which you can find in the footnotes to that Content.

THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY AND ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE AND OTHER ITEMS USED OR CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE, WEBSITE CONTENT, OR OFFERED THROUGH THE WEBSITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. REFERENCE TO ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, PROCESSES OR OTHER INFORMATION, BY TRADE NAME, TRADEMARK, MANUFACTURER, SUPPLIER OR OTHERWISE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, ONGOING RELATIONSHIP, SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION THEREOF, OR ANY AFFILIATION THEREWITH, BY COMPANY.

The name "Policy Quarter" and the logos used by the Company are registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks (the "Marks") of the Company. You may not use the Marks without Our prior written consent.

We assert copyright over the Website Content (other than User content) and your right to use such Content is subject to your not infringing these Terms.

The code and design of the Website is the proprietary information of the Company. You may not use, replicate or reverse engineer it.

You represent and warrant as at each date on which you visit the Website, that no materials of any kind submitted through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by You on or through the Service will violate or infringe upon the rights of any person or entity, or any conditions that apply to you that limit or restrict your rights to use that material, including copyright, trademark, privacy, confidentiality undertakings, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material.

It is an important condition of your membership, that you respect the intellectual property rights that may subsist in User Content and content on the Website. We may suspend or terminate Your account if we are concerned or have a basis to investigate an allegation of intellectual property infringement.

We take a similar approach to managing your intellectual property rights. If you believe that Your intellectual property rignts have been infringed, You agree to contact us (by using the chat bot installed on the Website) to provide us with a description of the alleged infringement (identifying the User Content, and the use that amounts to infringement) as well as confirmation that You understand that making such claims is serious and if the claim is made otherwise than in good faith, then your membership may be terminated and there may be legal ramifications taken in relation to your conduct in making a claim.

You are responsible for complying with any applicable law and contractual or policy requirements to which you may be subject, and You must not share any User Content on the Website which does not comply or satisfy these requirements. You are permitted to use your notebook and draft documents for your own purposes, but you must not share them on the Website without satisfying these requirements.

You are solely responsible for all content that You upload, publish or display on or through the Website, or transmit to or share with other users of the Website (the “User Content”). You may not post, transmit, or share User Content on the Website that You did not create or that You do not have permission to post. You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review the Website and may delete or remove (without notice) any User Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates these Terms, or which might be a breach of a confidentiality undertaking, or which may be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others.

You are solely responsible for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content You post or create on the Website or provide to the Company. When You post User Content to the Website, You agree and consent to Our backup systems creating copies as part of Our backup processing. By posting User Content to any part of the Website, You grant the Company, without compensation to You, and You represent and warrant that You have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty free, worldwide license to use, copy, and distribute such User Content for the purposes of providing the Service, promoting or providing the Website or other purposes related to our corporate administration, such as satisfying compliance and reporting obligations. Our right to use User Content for purposes other than facilitating the Service and managing the Website is limited to materials which have been flageed by You as permitted for public or community disclosure. Your policies and notebooks remain Your property and our rights of use do not extend to them. However, we may use your interaction with the toolkit to generate anonymised analaysis of policy and governance trends.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members. If you wish to raise a dispute with Us, please do so by sending us a message via the chatbot on the Website to let us know the particulars of the issue. We will respond to your dispute within 30 days.

By using this Website, You consent to our data handling and processing systems, which may involve your data being stored on servers located around the world. We use AWS, Stripe and other processing providers to make the Website available and are subject to those terms of use in relation to data processing.

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THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY CONTENT OR USER CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, WHETHER POSTED BY USERS OF THE WEBSITE, BY THE COMPANY OR BY ANY OTHER PERSON. THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY OF THE SERVICES USED IN DELIVERING OR MAINTAINING THE WEBSITE. ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY PROVIDES RULES FOR USER CONDUCT AND POSTINGS, THE COMPANY DOES NOT CONTROL, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR WHAT USERS POST, TRANSMIT OR SHARE ON THE WEBSITE AND THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, INAPPROPRIATE, UNLAWFUL OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER ON THE WEBSITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USER CONTENT OR WEBSITE CONTENT. THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE MAY BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME FOR MAINTENANCE OR OTHER REASONS. THE COMPANY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION OF, USER COMMUNICATIONS. THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OR OTHER PROBLEMS OF ANY INTERNET AND/OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR SERVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, SERVERS OR PROVIDERS, COMPUTER OR MOBILE PHONE EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF EMAIL OR ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND OR COMBINATION THEREOF. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, DATA LOSS, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO ANY USER CONTENT, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, RESULTING FROM ANYONE’S USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY USER CONTENT OR CONTENT POSTED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TRANSMITTED TO USERS, OR ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS OF THE WEBSITE, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE.

To the extent permitted by law, the Company specifically disclaims all liability for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website, or the Service; and Our liability to You, for any cause arising out of or in connection with the Website, the Service, or your engagement with the Website or Service, is limited to the greater of (a) AUD100 or (b) the maximum amount of money You have paid Us as a membership fee for the Service. If you did not pay for the Service, then You will not be permitted to recover monetary compensation from Us as a remedy.

You acknowledge and agree that content We create and except as expressly stated otherwise, content created by other members does not constitute personalised advice to You. Your dashboard activity may involve other members whose role is to advise or represent you. Any advice or representation provided to you in that context and in that forum and which is not shared outside your dashboard, may be modified by the arrangements You and another member make directly. Instead, your engagement in any such activity is subject to the engagement terms you have agreed with your advisers or representatives. In any event, no advisory, agency or representative relationship exists between the Company on the one hand, and You on the other hand.

You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not and will not be held liable for costs, expenses, liabilities or losses arising out of any content made available to You on the Website. You acknowledge that your decisions are made without reliance on content made available on the Website. You acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor any member has any duty to maintain content as correct, complete, or accurate and further acknowledge that content may have been created at a time, in circumstances, or with a particular objective in mind. A change in time, circumstance or objective may render content as redundant, superseded, incomplete or inaccurate and there is no obligation to update material to reflect those changes.

The Company is not responsible for monitoring communication among members. It is each members' responsibility to make sure that any dialogue or communication is respectful, professionally courteous and complies with all applicable laws.

You indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company from and against any loss, liability, claim, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of or in connection with the Website or the Service; your use of and/or inability to use the Website; and/or any User Content or any other content You post or share on or through the Website.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between You and Company regarding the use of the Website, superseding any prior agreements between You and Company relating to your use of the Website. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. You consent to any change in control of the Company and permit the assignment of these terms to any successors or permitted assignees. If any provision of these Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

The law of New South Wales, Australia applies to these Terms. You submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia and courts with appellate jurisdiction over them.

The headings and subheadings on this page are for convenience only and do not affect the meaning of these Terms.