Air Conditioning Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 5 January, 2010

The Australian Auto Airconditioning website ("the website") is owned and operated by Australian Auto Airconditioning. Your access to the the website is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers contained in this document and elsewhere on the the website (known collectively as "Terms of Use"). Your use of, and/or access to, the the website constitutes your agreement to the Terms of Use. Australian Auto Airconditioning reserves the right to amend the Terms of Use at any time. Since you are bound by these Terms of Use, you should periodically refer to them in this document and elsewhere on the the website.

General terms

Intellectual property and restrictions on use of Content on the the website

All information, text, material, graphics, software and advertisements on the the website ("Content") are Copyright ©2010 Australian Auto Airconditioning, its suppliers and/or licensors unless expressly indicated otherwise on the the website. The Content is protected by Australian and international copyright and trademark laws. Content on the the website is published in real-time, and you must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, upload to a third party, post, transmit or distribute this Content in any way except as expressly provided for on the the website or expressly authorised in writing by Australian Auto Airconditioning or its affiliates. Strictly on the condition that you keep all Content intact and in the same form as presented on the the website (including without limitation all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices and all advertisements), you may: a) using an industry-standard Web browser, download and view the Content for your personal, non-commercial use, or b) if you are an Internet service and/or access provider, supply the Content to your subscriber. You must not use the the website in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of Australian Auto Airconditioning or an affiliate or which is prohibited by the Terms of Use.

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Communication facilities

This website may contain electronic bulletin boards, chat rooms and other communication facilities which provide for feedback by users to Australian Auto Airconditioning, real-time interaction between users (including individuals referred to as guests and experts) and other electronic messaging and notice services ("Communication Facilities").

It is a condition of your use of any Communication Facility and your access to the the website that you do not do any of the following:

restrict or inhibit any other user from using or enjoying any forum;
post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information or material of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable law;
post or transmit any material of any kind which violates or infringes upon the rights of any other person, including material which is an invasion of any privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark or any other proprietary right or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or relevant right holder;
post or transmit any material of any kind which contains a virus or other harmful component;
post, transmit or in any way exploit any material of any kind for commercial purposes or which contains any promotional material or advertising;
delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded; or
download any file posted by any other user of a forum if you know, or reasonably ought to know, that the file cannot legally be distributed in such manner.

Australian Auto Airconditioning may from time to time monitor or review the contents of its Communication Facilities. While Australian Auto Airconditioning reserves its right to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information and/or materials (in whole or in part) that in Australian Auto Airconditioning's sole discretion is in any way objectionable or in violation of any applicable law or the Terms of Use, Australian Auto Airconditioning has no obligation whatsoever to monitor any Communication Facility or to edit, delete or refuse to post such contents, nor is Australian Auto Airconditioning responsible for any contents in any Communication Facilities (including any information, comments and/or advice of any individual referred to as guest or expert whose statements on the the website are solely their own). As determined by the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 - Section 91. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Communication Facilities provide a means of public and not private communications.

Australian Auto Airconditioning reserves the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authority in any jurisdiction in respect of any lawful direction or request to disclose the identity or other information in respect of anyone posting any materials which violate any applicable or relevant law.

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User licence to Australian Auto Airconditioning

By placing any information or other material on the the website (including posting messages, uploading files, inputting data or engaging in any other form of communication), you grant to Australian Auto Airconditioning a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide licence to do the following in respect of the information or material:

1. use, copy, sublicense, redistribute, adapt, transmit, publish and/or broadcast, publicly perform or display, and
2. sublicense to any third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted.

The foregoing grant includes the right to exploit all proprietary rights in any such information or other material, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any jurisdiction worldwide. You expressly waive in favour of Australian Auto Airconditioning and any other party authorised by Australian Auto Airconditioning all moral rights and any similar rights in any jurisdiction which you may have or hereafter acquire in respect of any relevant communication or other material. At the request and expense of Australian Auto Airconditioning, you will execute and deliver to Australian Auto Airconditioning such instruments and take such other actions as may be required to carry out this grant of licence and waiver.

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Advertising, links to third party websites and e-commerce offers

The the website contains hyperlinks and other pointers to Internet websites operated by third parties. These linked websites are not under the control of Australian Auto Airconditioning and Australian Auto Airconditioning is not responsible for the contents of any linked website or any hyperlink contained in a linked website. Australian Auto Airconditioning provides these hyperlinks to you as a convenience only, and the inclusion of any link does not imply any endorsement of the linked website by Australian Auto Airconditioning or its affiliates. You link to any such website entirely at your own risk.

The the website also contains third party advertisements (including banner ads and full page advertisements) which contain embedded hyperlinks or which include referral buttons to websites operated by third parties or their licensees or contractors. All third party advertising (including referral buttons and embedded hyperlinks) is paid for by the relevant third party advertisers and are not recommendations or endorsements by Australian Auto Airconditioning or its affiliates or their respective directors or employees. You are referred to the relevant advertiser for all information regarding the advertiser and its products and/or services.

In some instances, the advertisement will contain representations or offers by the third party advertiser which you can accept by linking to the advertiser's website and executing the relevant transaction. Such offers are not made by Australian Auto Airconditioning, and the third party advertiser is solely responsible to you for the delivery of any goods or services you purchase on the third party website.

The product prices listed in the Shopping sites ("Service") are the responsibility of the relevant retailer and are accurate at the time the retailer notifies Australian Auto Airconditioning. They are subject to change without notice by the retailer. Australian Auto Airconditioning is not liable for the prices or price changes, including where price changes have not been reflected on the Shopping sites. Your use of the Service is subject to the Australian Auto Airconditioning terms of use.

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Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The Trade Practices Act and similar state and territory Legislation in Australia (and in New Zealand, except where goods or services are acquired for business purposes, the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (NZ)) may confer rights and remedies on you in relation to the provision by Australian Auto Airconditioning of goods or services on the the website which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified ("Non-excludable Rights"). Australian Auto Airconditioning does not exclude any Non-excludable Rights but does exclude all other conditions and warranties implied by custom, law or statute.

Except as provided for by the Non-excludable Rights:
a) all Content is provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
b) Australian Auto Airconditioning and its suppliers expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose,
c) Australian Auto Airconditioning does not warrant that the functions contained in any Content or any Communications Facility or your access to the the website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any defects will be corrected or that the the website or the server which stores and transmits Content to you are free of viruses or any other harmful components,
d) Australian Auto Airconditioning does not warrant or make any representation regarding your access to, or the results of your access to, the the website (including any related or linked websites) or any Content in terms of correctness, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, reliability or otherwise, and
e) you (and not Australian Auto Airconditioning) assume the entire cost of any necessary verification, maintenance, repair and/or correction of any relevant Content.

Under no circumstances (including but not limited to any act or omission on the part of Australian Auto Airconditioning) will Australian Auto Airconditioning or its affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential damages or loss of profits whatsoever which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access, the the website or any Content. You expressly acknowledge and agree that Australian Auto Airconditioning does not exert control over users of the the website (including individuals referred to on the the website as guests and experts) and is not liable either for their opinions or their behaviour, including any information and/or advice and any defamatory statements or offensive conduct.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Australian Auto Airconditioning's liability for breach of any implied warranty or condition which cannot be excluded is limited at the option of Australian Auto Airconditioning to the following:

in the case of services supplied or offered by Australian Auto Airconditioning,
(a) the supply of the services again, or
(b) the payment of the cost of having services supplied again; and
in the case of goods supplied or offered by Australian Auto Airconditioning,
(c) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods,
(d) the repair of such goods,
(e) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods, or
(f) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired.

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Termination

The Terms of Use are effective until terminated by Australian Auto Airconditioning, and Australian Auto Airconditioning may terminate this agreement and your access to the the website at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorised to access the the website, but all restrictions imposed on you, licenses granted by you and all Australian Auto Airconditioning disclaimers and limitations of liability set out in the Terms of Use will survive.

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Trademarks of Australian Auto Airconditioning

The trademarks listed below are trademarks of Australian Auto Airconditioning or its affiliates (as indicated). All other trademarks displayed on the the website are trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the the website should be construed as granting any license or right of use of any trademark displayed on the site without the express written permission of Australian Auto Airconditioning, the relevant Australian Auto Airconditioning affiliate or third-party owner.

Some of the logos listed below may be available to you to place on your own website as a hyperlink to the relevant Australian Auto Airconditioning website, but such use requires the express written authorisation of Australian Auto Airconditioning or the relevant affiliate, and any use must be in accordance with the trademark usage guidelines of the relevant trademark owner.

Australian Auto Airconditioning

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Miscellaneous

Australian Auto Airconditioning relies on your continued observance of these Terms of Use. If Australian Auto Airconditioning suffers any loss or damage or incurs any costs in connection with any breach of these Terms of Use or any other legal obligation then you agree to indemnify Australian Auto Airconditioning for those losses, damages and costs.

The terms of this agreement apply to the full extent possible in relation to the supply by Australian Auto Airconditioning of any content or services for the Australian Auto Airconditioning wireless application protocol service ("WAP service"), a short messaging service for mobile phone users ("SMS service") and personal digital assistant service ("PDA service").

This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia. You irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria. If any provision of this agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of the agreement which will continue in full force and effect.

All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.