Terms and Conditions

General

This following document sets forth the Terms and Conditions for the Dog Groomers Association of Western Australia Inc. website, https://www.dgawa.com.au.

In these terms and conditions, “we” “us” and “our” refers to Dog Groomers Association of Western Australia, Inc. and the website.  Your contribution, access to and use of all information (“Content”) on this website are provided subject to these terms and conditions. These terms may be superseded by an agreement between us and your business, company or organisation.

We reserve the right to amend this Notice at any time and your use of this website following any amendments will represent your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions as amended.  We therefore recommend that each time you access our website you read these terms and conditions.

Members

1. By joining the Dog Groomers Association of Western Australia Inc. you agree to abide by our Constitution, Code For Professional Conduct and Workplace Health, Safety and Environment Guidelines.

2. In order to access some features on the website, you must become a member. You must complete registration by providing certain information as set out on our membership page.  Please also refer to our Privacy Policy linked on our home page for information relating to our collection, storage and use of the details you provide on registration.

3. You agree to ensure that your registration details, including your name and email address, are true and accurate at all times and you undertake to update your registration details from time to time when they change.  If we become aware that either your name and/or email address is incorrect, we reserve the right to immediately cancel your registration and acceptance for registration in the future will be at our discretion.

4. On registration, you will be requires to create a username and password, complete personal details and payment information.

5. We reserve the right to terminate your membership at any time if you breach these terms and conditions.

6. You are responsible for all and any Content you contribute to the website.

7. We reserve the right but will not have an obligation to remove or refuse to distribute any Content that does not comply with these Terms.

8. By posting Content on this website, you provide us with an undertaking that such Content does not infringe the rights of someone else and that it does not violate the law in any other way such as by being defamatory, being of racist content or is threatening.

9. As a member, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any liability, claim, action, demand, loss, costs including legal costs on a full indemnity basis and expenses arising out of or in connection with any Content you provide.

10. To the extent permitted by law, you release and discharge us from any liability or claim arising out of any loss or damage that may be suffered or incurred as a result of your use of our website.

Site Access

11. Access to our website does not include the right to use any data mining robots or other extraction tools.  Access also does not permit you to metatag or mirror our website without our prior written permission.  We reserve the right to serve you with notice if we become aware of your metatag or mirroring of our website.

Hyperlinks

12. This website may from time to time contain hyperlinks to other websites.  Such links are provided for convenience only and we take no responsibility for the content and maintenance of or privacy compliance by any linked website.  Any hyperlink on our website to another website does not imply our endorsement, support, or sponsorship of the operator of that website nor of the information and/or products which they provide.

13. You may link our website without our consent.  Any such linking will be entirely your responsibility and at your expense.  By linking, you must not alter any of our website’s contents including any intellectual property notices and you must not frame or reformat any of our pages, files, images, text or other materials.

Intellectual Property Rights

14. We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the website. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours. The ownership of any content created by a user of the website remains the property of that user. However, be aware that by setting your profile or pages to be viewed publicly, you are allowing others to view your content.

15. The copyright to all content that has been created by us, including applets, graphics, images, layouts and text belongs to us or we have a licence to use those materials.

16. All trade marks, brands and logos generally identified either with the symbols TM or ® which are used on this website are either owned by us or we have a licence to use them. Your access to our website does not license you to use those marks in any commercial way without our prior written permission.

17. If you provide us with Comments, you acknowledge that you are responsible for the content of such material including its legality, originality and copyright.

Disclaimers

18. Whilst we take all due care in providing information on our website, we do not provide any warranty either express or implied including without limitation warranties of merchant ability or fitness for a particular purpose.

19. To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into these terms and conditions is excluded.

20. We also take all due care in ensuring that our website is free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse and/or malware, however, we are not responsible for any damage to your computer system which arises in connection with your use of our website or any linked website.

Limitation of Liability

21. To the full extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of an implied warranty or condition is limited to access to the membership features of the website again, or the cost of access to the membership features of the website again.

22. We accept no liability for any loss whatsoever including consequential loss suffered by you arising from use of the website or content within.

Indemnity

23. By accessing our website, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, actions, damages, costs and expenses including legal fees arising from or in connection with your use of our website.

Jurisdiction

24. These terms and conditions are to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Western Australia and any claim made by either party against the other which in any way arises out of these terms and conditions will be heard in Western Australia and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of those Courts.

25. If any provision of these terms and conditions is invalid under any law the provision will be limited, narrowed, construed or altered as necessary to render it valid but only to the extent necessary to achieve such validity.  If necessary the invalid provision will be deleted from these terms and conditions and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Privacy

26. For information about our data protection practices, please read our privacy policy at https://www.dgawa.com.au/privacy. This policy explains how we treat your personal information, and protect your privacy when you use the websites. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with our privacy policy.

Acceptable Use

27. Users may not make direct, specific threats of violence against others, including threats against a person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, or disability. In addition, users may not post intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject’s consent. Targeted abuse or harassment of any kind is also a violation of these terms of service.

Software Updates

28. We will automatically update the website from time to time. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the website and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates as part of your use of the website.

Membership Approval and Refunds Policy

29. Membership to DGAWA is subject to Board approval. Payment and access to the members only features on this site does not constitute approval. In the event that your membership is not approved, DGAWA reserve the right to remove your access to the website and refund your membership fee less administration costs.

30. All events, entries, fees, payments and applications, including those for memberships, competitions, workshops and seminars are not transferable. You must notify DGAWA by email not less than 2 weeks before the scheduled event if you wish to apply for a refund. DGAWA reserve the right to refund your payment less administration costs. Refunds requested inside of 2 weeks prior to the scheduled event, or after the event, will be at the discretion of the Board.

Contact

Dog Groomers Association of Western Australia Inc. welcomes your comments regarding these Terms. If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions and would like further information, please contact us by any of the following means.

Call: 0493 598 481

Post:
Dog Groomers Association of Western Australia Inc.,
PO Box 8183
Warnbro, Western Australia 6169

E-mail: enquiries@dgawa.com.au