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Globo Logic User Agreement
This User Agreement (or “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you and Globo
Logic, an Australian incorporated company with its principal place of business
at Unit 2, 5 Bortfield Drive, Chiswick, NSW 2046, Australia (“Whats to buy” or
“us”) governing your participation on the Whats to buy websites at the URLs
www.whatstobuy.com,
www.whatstobuy.asia,
www.whatstobuyusa.com,
www.whatstobuyuk.com,
www.whatstobuyaustralia.com,
www.whatstobuycanada.com,
www.whatstobuyeurope.com,
www.whatstobuyasia.com and
their sister sites (including
www.globologic.com and any other website owned by Globo Logic), which are
referred to collectively as the “Globo Logic Network”. By using, accessing or
registering as a member of the Globo Logic Network, you agree to be bound by and
hereby become a party to all the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree
with the terms and conditions in this Agreement, you may not use the Globo Logic
Network. We can amend this Agreement either by emailing you about the amended
terms, which take effect when we send you the email, or by posting the amended
terms on the Globo Logic Network, which take effect when we post them. By
continuing to access or use the Globo Logic Network after any such amendment,
you agree to be bound by the terms of the amended Agreement. Otherwise, this
Agreement may be amended only by a writing physically signed by us.
A Note About Minors
The Globo Logic Network is not targeted towards, nor intended for use by anyone
under the age of 18. By using the Globo Logic Network, you represent and warrant
that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18 years of age,
do not use, access or register for the Globo Logic Network. We reserve the right
to terminate your membership in the event that Globo Logic becomes aware you are
under 18.
Membership
You may become a “Member” of the Globo Logic Network, which may grant you
additional privileges, by completing the membership application form. Becoming a
Member allows you to post content on the Globo Logic Network. You agree as a
condition of use and membership that we may contact you for the purpose of
informing you of changes to this Agreement or describing new services available
on the Globo Logic Network. You are responsible for safeguarding the password
that you use to access any secure areas of the Globo Logic Network. You agree
not to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to take sole
responsibility for any activities or actions under your password, whether or not
you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify
Globo Logic of any unauthorized use of your password.
Content
Globo Logic provides a number of different services to assist you in comparison
Globo Logic for products. Globo Logic provides information regarding products
and third party merchants, and links to third party merchants that are selling
listed products. Globo Logic is paid by merchants or other third parties to list
products on the Globo Logic Network. The products listed on the Globo Logic
Network are sold by third party merchants, and are not sold by Globo Logic.
Globo Logic does not sell, resell or license any products listed on the Globo
Logic Network, nor is Globo Logic acting as an agent of any third party. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, Globo Logic disclaims any responsibility for,
or liability related to, such products (see Disclaimer of Warranties below).
Any question, complaints or claims should be directed to the appropriate
merchant or seller.
Globo Logic does not warrant that product descriptions, pricing, editorial
commentary or any other content of the Globo Logic Network, regardless of its
source, is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. Globo Logic
Network content is provided for informational purposes only and does not
constitute an endorsement by Globo Logic of any product, merchant, seller or
service. You should not rely on such information in situations where its
inaccuracy would cause you to suffer any loss (see Disclaimer of Warranties and
Liability Limits below).
Globo Logic assumes no liability for inaccuracy or incompleteness in its search
results, editorial content, user ratings (e.g. user merchant rating, user
product rating) or other content on the Globo Logic Network.
In general, sales taxes (including GST) and shipping costs are estimates based
on the geographical location of your IP address. Please check with merchants for
exact shipping costs. Consumer reviews and ratings on the Globo Logic Network
are from our members who have elected to post a review on the Globo Logic
Network. As such, these reviews and ratings are informative for those wishing to
use them, but they do not guarantee any level of performance by a merchant or
other third party in any given transaction. Participating merchants and other
third parties may pay Globo Logic to be presented on the Globo Logic Network or
to have their product or service offerings placed higher in our search results,
and may also purchase research from Globo Logic, but in no event do such
payments affect the reviews or ratings given to any merchant by participating
members.
You may download, view and print a single copy of any other content, solely for
your personal and non-commercial purposes, subject to the restrictions set forth
in this Agreement. All right, title, and interest in and to the Globo Logic
Network, and any other content appearing on the Globo Logic Network, will remain
the exclusive property of Globo Logic and its licensors. Except as expressly
permitted in this Agreement, you may not reproduce, modify or prepare derivative
works based upon, distribute, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly
perform, transmit, or otherwise use the Globo Logic Network, or any other
content appearing on the Globo Logic Network. You may not copy or modify the
HTML code used to generate web pages on the Globo Logic Network. You may not use
the Globo Logic Network, or any other content appearing on the Globo Logic
Network, on or in connection with any other website, for any purpose.
Content Submission
By contributing or submitting any content to the Globo Logic Network, you
warrant that you are the author and owner of the intellectual property rights
thereto, and you grant Globo Logic a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable,
royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its
entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell
and/or distribute such materials and/or incorporate such materials into any
form, medium or technology without compensation to you. In addition, you warrant
that all “moral rights” that you may have in those materials have been
voluntarily waived by you or, to the extent that this is not possible, you
consent to Globo Logic not identifying you as the author of the materials,
making any changes (material or otherwise) to the materials and using the
materials, whether changes have been made to it or not, in the manner
contemplated in this Agreement. None of the materials shall be subject to any
obligation of confidence on the part of Globo Logic, its agents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, co-brand partners or other partners and their respective directors,
officers and employees. Globo Logic reserves the right to change, condense or
delete any content on the Globo Logic Network that Globo Logic deems, in its
sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of
this Agreement.
You agree that you shall not post any information:
■ that is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
■ that infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or
other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
■ that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not
limited to, any Australian law, statute, ordinance or regulation and any law
governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition,
anti-discrimination or false advertising);
■ that would breach the National Privacy Principles set out in Schedule 3 of the
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) notwithstanding any exemption that may otherwise apply to
you under that Act;
■ that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libellous,
hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or
unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation; for which
you were compensated or granted any consideration by any third party;
■ that includes any information that references addresses, email addresses,
contact information, phone numbers or other information capable of personally
identifying an individual;
■ or that contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging
computer programs or files.
You retain all ownership rights to information, text, graphics, or other
materials you publish on the Globo Logic Network. However, we can reproduce,
publish and distribute all or teaser portions of your content online and offline
and permit others to do the same. You can edit or remove your content from the
Globo Logic Network at any time; but if we have distributed your content to
others, we may be unable to require them to make the same changes. You must
refer or provide links to the Globo Logic Network if you choose to republish
your content elsewhere and you must not publish the same items of content on
both the Globo Logic Network and other product or price comparison sites.
Copyrights
(1) Name of Company Contact information (including email address)
(2) List of registered trademark(s) at issue including a copy of each relevant
trademark registration certificate(s)
(3) The identity of the advertisement(s) at issue (via the URL stated on the
bottom line of the ad or other identifying information).
(4) Please indicate if your complaint is limited to specific
advertisers/advertisements or if it is a general objection to all advertisers.
(5) If certain affiliates or partners are permitted to use your trademark in
their ad content, please list the company names in your letter.
(6) Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the
trademarks described above with the advertisements described above are not
authorized by the trademark owner or its agent, nor is such use otherwise
permissible under law.”
(7) Include the following statement: “I represent that the information in this
notification is true and correct and that I am authorized to act on behalf of
the trademark owner.”
(8) Your signature
The notice should be mailed to:
Globo Logic Pty Ltd.
Attn: Copyright Agent
P.O. Box 413
Haberfield, NSW 2045
Australia
Upon receipt of notice as described above, Globo Logic will take whatever
action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the
challenged content from the Globo Logic Network.
Trademarks
Globo Logic is not in a position to arbitrate trademark disputes between the
advertisers on the Globo Logic Network and trademark owners. Accordingly, we
encourage trademark owners to resolve their disputes directly with the
advertisers, particularly because the advertisers may have similar
advertisements on other sites. Similarly, Globo Logic does not control and
assumes no responsibility for content that appears on a third party's website
that may be accessed via the Globo Logic Network, and trademark owners should
contact third party sites directly to resolve trademark disputes. As a courtesy
to registered trademark owners, however, we are willing to perform a limited
investigation of reasonable complaints. If you are an owner of a registered
trademark (or represent an owner of a registered trademark) and have an
objection to content corresponding to your registered trademark on the Globo
Logic Network that is consistent with the foregoing, or you believe that we have
improperly used your registered trademark to promote the Globo Logic Network on
a third party website, please provide the following information in a signed
letter on company stationery:
(1) Name of Company
(2) Contact information (including email address)
(3) List of registered trademark(s) at issue including a copy of each relevant
trademark registration certificate(s)
(4) The identity of the advertisement(s) at issue (via the URL stated on the
bottom line of the ad or other identifying information).
(5) Please indicate if your complaint is limited to specific
advertisers/advertisements or if it is a general objection to all advertisers.
(6) If certain affiliates or partners are permitted to use your trademark in
their ad content, please list the company names in your letter.
(7) Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the
trademarks described above with the advertisements described above are not
authorized by the trademark owner or its agent, nor is such use otherwise
permissible under law.”
(8) Include the following statement: “I represent that the information in this
notification is true and correct and that I am authorized to act on behalf of
the trademark owner.”
(9) Your signature
Please send this written communication with the above information to the
following address:
Globo Logic Pty Ltd.
Attn: Trademark Complaints
P.O. Box 413
Haberfield, NSW 2045
Australia
Upon receipt of notice as described above, Globo Logic will confirm the
existence of the registration of the trademark in question and will take
whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal
of the challenged content from the Globo Logic Network. In the event that the
challenged content has been provided to Globo Logic by a third party and in
Globo Logic's sole discretion, it concludes that the content is identical to the
registered mark and is used in connection with goods and/or services covered by
the trademark owner's registration, Globo Logic will provide to notice to the
third party prior to any removal of content. If prior to such removal, the third
party demonstrates that it has its own trademark registration or approved
trademark application covering the challenged content, Globo Logic will not
remove the content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Globo Logic will comply as
appropriate with the terms of any court order relating to the behaviour of the
challenged party identified in such court order.
Termination
You can cancel your account at any time by contacting Customer Support. We can
cancel your account, or otherwise refuse service to you, at any time for any
reason (including repeat infringement). Globo Logic may choose to assume that
you intended to terminate your account if you do not access it for more than 3
months. Following termination of your account for any reason (including
inactivity), at their sole option, Globo Logic and its licensees may continue or
stop publicly displaying some or all of your content.
Other Rules
You agree to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to your access and
use of the Globo Logic Network and publishing your content. You may not harvest
personally identifiable information (including email addresses) from the Globo
Logic Network, and specifically you may not use email addresses displayed on the
Globo Logic Network to ask users to join or contribute to your services. We have
the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the
fullest extent of the law. We may involve and cooperate with law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting users who violate the terms of this Agreement. You
acknowledge that Globo Logic has no obligation to monitor your access to or use
of the Globo Logic Network, but has the right to do so for the purpose of
operating the Globo Logic Network, to ensure your compliance with this
Agreement, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a
court, administrative agency or other governmental body. Unless we explicitly
agree otherwise in writing, you may not use any automated means (such as
scripts) to access the Globo Logic Network or collect information from it.
Indemnity
By choosing to use the Globo Logic Network, you agree to indemnify Globo Logic,
its officers, agents, partners, and employees from any and all claims or damage,
including reasonable solicitors’ fees, made by third parties due to, or arising
out of content you choose to submit, post or transmit through the Globo Logic
Network; or of your use of or connection to the Globo Logic Network; your
violation of the User Agreement; or, your violation of any rights of another.
Release
In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users of the Globo Logic
Network, you, on behalf of yourself (and any of your officers, directors,
employees, agents, predecessors, successors and assigns), hereby irrevocably,
release and discharge Globo Logic, our officers, directors, employees,
attorneys, predecessors, successors, assigns and agents from, against and in
respect of all past, present and future claims, rights, actions, causes of
action, suits, indemnification obligations, losses, liabilities, matters,
issues, cost, and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without
limitation court costs and solicitors’ fees, whether known or unknown, concealed
or hidden, fixed or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, in law or in equity
concerning, related to, or arising out of any such disputes.
Liability Limits
Globo Logic and its suppliers shall not be liable to you for any special,
incidental or consequential damages (however arising, including negligence)
arising out of or in connection with Globo Logic and its parent, subsidiary or
affiliate companies, our services or this agreement. for the purposes of this
agreement, loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of data and failure to realise
anticipated savings will be deemed to be losses of a consequential nature. to
the fullest extent permitted by law, we and our suppliers shall not be liable to
you for more than $100. certain laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of
certain damages. if these laws apply to you, some or all of the above exclusions
or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New
South Wales, Australia. All members of this Site irrevocably submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.
Integration
This Agreement and our Privacy Policy (which is incorporated herein by
reference) constitute the entire Agreement, and supersede any other Agreements
or understandings (oral or written) between you and us with respect to their
subject matters.
Disclaimer of Warranties
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Globo logic network and its services
are provided “as is”, without warranty or condition of any kind, either express
or implied, and we explicitly disclaim any warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment or non-infringement. We do not
promise or warrant that any aspect of the site or system will work properly or
will be continuously available. The Globo Logic Network may contain links to
third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not
responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or
resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such
websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any
endorsement of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services
available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility
for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.
Your correspondence with or participation in promotions of merchants or
advertisers found on the Globo Logic Network, including payment and delivery of
related goods or service, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such
merchant or advertiser. You agree not to hold Globo Logic liable for any loss or
damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result
of the presence of such merchants or advertisers on the Globo Logic Network. In
addition, Globo Logic does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the products or
services of any seller, lender or broker, including any rates, points and loan
programmes posted by sellers, lenders or brokers. certain laws do not allow
limitations on implied warranties. if these laws apply to you, some or all of
the above disclaimers may not apply to you, and you might have additional
rights. All statutory or implied conditions and warranties are excluded to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, liability under any condition or
warranty which cannot legally be excluded is limited, in the discretion of Globo
Logic, to:
(i) in the case of goods, the replacement of the goods or the supply of
equivalent goods, the repair of the goods, the payment of the cost of replacing
the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods, or the payment of the cost of having
the goods repaired; and
(ii) in the case of services, supplying the services again, or paying the cost
of having the services supplied again.
Legal Compliance
You shall comply with all applicable domestic (including common law) and
international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of
the Globo Logic Network. Specifically, you must ensure that your activities and
your content do not violate the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth), the Trade
Practices Act 1974 (Cth) and other relevant Australian state-based fair trading
legislation. For more information about this legislation and other legislation
which may apply to you, please refer to http://www.austlii.edu.au. you alone,
and not Globo Logic, are responsible for confirming that your activities are
lawful. you must ensure that you comply with all applicable laws. you must also
ensure that you comply with all clauses of this agreement and our privacy
policy, and all other terms and policies incorporated by reference in those
documents.
Assignment
You agree that this Agreement and all agreements and information incorporated
herein may be automatically assigned by Globo Logic, in its sole discretion, to
a third party. You may not assign your obligations to another entity.
General
This Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, joint venture,
employment or franchise relationship. Because you are not an employee, any
minimum wage laws do not apply to your relationship with the Globo Logic
Network. Our failure to act in a particular circumstance does not waive our
right to act with respect to that or other circumstances. We shall be excused
for any problem due to a factor beyond our control. If any provision of this
Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction,
the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect,
and the provision affected will be construed so as to be enforceable to the
maximum extent permissible by law. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement
will be effective only if in writing and signed by Globo Logic.
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