Terms Of Service

Age Limit

The age limit is 18 unless you have a written letter of permission from you parent or parents that you are able to join this site then the age limit is 13..

The lettter must include your name, date of birth, phone number and parent or parents name. It can be scanned and upload as an attachment at the support desk.

You must contact the adminstration at the support desk under age limit section and submit the information for us to verify.

http://www.australiapet.com/helpdesk/index.php

You own all of the content and information you post on Australia Pet, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. In addition:

For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Australia Pet ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it. When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).

When you use an application, your content and information is shared with the application.  We require applications to respect your privacy, and your agreement with that application will control how the application can use, store, and transfer that content and information.  (To learn more about Platform, read our Privacy Policy and About Platform page.)

When you publish content or information using the "everyone" setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Australia Pet, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).

We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about Australia Pet, but you understand that we may use them without any obligation to compensate you for them (just as you have no obligation to offer them).

Safety:

We do our best to keep Australia Pet safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:

You will not send or otherwise post unauthorized commercial communications (such as spam) on Australia Pet.

You will not collect users content or information, or otherwise access Australia Pet, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.

You will not engage in unlawful multi-level marketing, such as a pyramid scheme, on Australia Pet.

You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.

You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.

You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.

You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.

You will not develop or operate a third-party application containing alcohol-related or other mature content (including advertisements) without appropriate age-based restrictions.

You will not offer any contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes ("promotion") on Australia Pet without our prior written consent. If we consent, you take full responsibility for the promotion, and will follow our Promotions Guidelines and all applicable laws.

You will not use Australia Pet to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.You will not do anything that could disable, overburden, or impair the proper working of Australia Pet, such as a denial of service attack.

You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Statement.

Registration and Account Security:

Australia Pet users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:

You will not provide any false personal information on Australia Pet, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

You will not create more than one personal profile.

If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.

You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).

You will not use Australia Pet if you are under 13.

You will not use Australia Pet if you are a convicted sex offender.

You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.

You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.

You will not transfer your account (including any page or application you administer) to anyone without first getting our written permission.

If you select a username for your account we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s actual name).

Protecting Other Peoples Rights:

We respect other peoples rights, and expect you to do the same.

You will not post content or take any action on Australia Pet that infringes or violates someone else\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s rights or otherwise violates the law.

We can remove any content or information you post on Australia Pet if we believe that it violates this Statement.

We will provide you with tools to help you protect your intellectual property rights. To learn more, visit our How to Report Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement page.

If we remove your content for infringing someone else\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s copyright, and you believe we removed it by mistake, we will provide you with an opportunity to appeal.

If you repeatedly infringe other people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s intellectual property rights, we will disable your account when appropriate.

You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Australia Pet, the Australia Pet and Logos,), or any confusingly similar marks, without our written permission.

If you collect information from users, you will: obtain their consent, make it clear you (and not Australia Pet) are the one collecting their information, and post a privacy policy explaining what information you collect and how you will use it.

You will not post anyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s identification documents or sensitive financial information on Australia Pet.

You will not tag users or send email invitations to non-users without their consent.

Payments:

If you make a payment on Australia Pet, you agree to our Payments Terms.

Special Provisions Applicable to Share Links:

If you include our Share Link button on your website, the following additional terms apply to you:

We give you permission to use Australia Pet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Share Link button so that users can post links or content from your website on Australia Pet.

You give us permission to use and allow others to use such links and content on Australia Pet.

You will not place a Share Link button on any page containing content that would violate this Statement if posted on Australia Pet.

Special Provisions Applicable to Developers/Operators of Applications and Websites:

If you are a developer or operator of a Platform application or website, the following additional terms apply to you:

You are responsible for your application and its content and all uses you make of Platform. This includes ensuring your application or use of Platform meets our Developer Principles and Policies and our Advertising Guidelines.

Your access to and use of data you receive from Australia Pet, will be limited as follows:

You will only request data you need to operate your application.

You will have a privacy policy that tells users what user data you are going to use and how you will use, display, share, or transfer that data.

You will not use, display, share, or transfer a user’s data in a manner inconsistent with your privacy policy.

You will delete all data you receive from us concerning a user if the user asks you to do so, and will provide a mechanism for users to make such a request.

We can limit your access to data:

You will comply with all other restrictions contained in our Developer Principles and Policies.

You will not give us information that you independently collect from a user or a user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s content without that user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s consent.

You will make it easy for users to remove or disconnect from your application.

You will make it easy for users to contact you. We can also share your email address with users and others claiming that you have infringed or otherwise violated their rights.

You will provide customer support for your application.

You will not show third party ads or web search boxes on Australia Pet.

We give you all rights necessary to use the code, APIs, data, and tools you receive from us.

You will not sell, transfer, or sublicense our code, APIs, or tools to anyone.

You will not misrepresent your relationship with Australia Pet to others.

You may use the logos we make available to developers or issue a press release or other public statement so long as you follow our Developer Principles and Policies.

We can issue a press release describing our relationship with you.

You will comply with all applicable laws. In particular you will (if applicable):

have a policy for removing infringing content and terminating repeat infringers that complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

comply with the Video Privacy Protection Act ("VPPA"), and obtain any opt-in consent necessary from users so that user data subject to the VPPA may be shared on Australia Pet.  You represent that any disclosure to us will not be incidental to the ordinary course of your business.

We do not guarantee that Platform will always be free.

You give us all rights necessary to enable your application to work with Australia Pet, including the right to incorporate content and information you provide to us into streams, profiles, and user action stories.

you give us the right to link to or frame your application, and place content, including ads, around your application.

We can analyze your application, content, and data for any purpose, including commercial (such as for targeting the delivery of advertisements and indexing content for search).

To ensure your application is safe for users, we can audit it.

We can create applications that offer similar features and services to, or otherwise compete with, your application.

Termination:

If you violate the letter or spirit of this Statement, or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure for us, we can stop providing all or part of Australia Pet to you. We will notify you by email or at the next time you attempt to access your account. You may also delete your account or disable your application at any time.

Disputes:

You will resolve any claim, cause of action or dispute ("claim") you have with us arising out of or relating to this Statement or Australia Pet exclusively in a state or court located in Adelaide. The laws of the South Australia will govern this Statement, as well as any claim that might arise between you and us, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Adelaide, South Australia for the purpose of litigating all such claims.

If anyone brings a claim against us related to your actions, content or information on Australia Pet, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.

WE TRY TO KEEP Australia Pet UP, BUG-FREE, AND SAFE, BUT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ARE PROVIDING Australia Pet "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT Australia Pet WILL BE SAFE OR SECURE. Australia Pet IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR DATA OF THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. IF YOU ARE Australian RESIDENT,  WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STATEMENT OR Australia Pet, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS STATEMENT OR Australia Pet WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, Australia Pet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Special Provisions Applicable to Users Outside Australia:

We strive to create a global community with consistent standards for everyone, but we also strive to respect local laws. The following provisions apply to users outside the Australia:

You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the Australia.

Definitions:

By "Australia Pet" we mean the features and services we make available, including through (a) our website at www.AustraliaPet.com and any other Australia Pet branded or co-branded websites (including sub-domains, international versions and, widgets); (b) our Platform; and (c) other media, software (such as a toolbar), devices, or networks now existing or later developed.

By "us," "we" and "our" we mean Australia Pet.

By "Platform" we mean a set of APIs and services that enable others, including application developers and website operators, to retrieve data from Australia Pet or provide data to us.

By "information" we mean facts and other information about you, including actions you take.

By "content" we mean anything you post on Australia Pet that would not be included in the definition of "information."

By "data" we mean content and information that third parties can retrieve from Australia Pet or provide to Australia Pet through Platform.

By "post" we mean post on Australia Pet or otherwise make available to us (such as by using an application).

By "use" we mean use, copy, publicly perform or display, distribute, modify, translate, and create derivative works of.

By "active registered user" we mean a user who has logged into Australia Pet at least once in the previous 30 days.

By "application" we mean any application or website that uses or accesses Platform, as well as anything else that receives data from us.

Other:

This Statement makes up the entire agreement between the parties regarding Australia Pet, and supersedes any prior agreements.

If any portion of this Statement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect.

If we fail to enforce any of this Statement, it will not be considered a waiver.

Any amendment to or waiver of this Statement must be made in writing and signed by us.

You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under this Statement to anyone else without our consent.

All of our rights and obligations under this Statement are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.

Nothing in this Statement shall prevent us from complying with the law.

This Statement does not confer any third party beneficiary rights.

You may also want to review the following documents:

Privacy Policy and Payment Terms at  http://www.australiapet.com/payment-terms.html