Terms of Use - ConnectedLE

The website and services available at connectedle.com Website (the “Site”) are governed by these Terms of Use. The Website is operated by Connectedle.com ABN 20 659 470 309.

By accessing or using this site and eLearning courses you represent that you have the full authority to act to bind yourself, any third party, company, or legal entity, and that your use and/or interaction, as well as continuing to use or interact, with the site constitutes your having read and agreed to these terms of use as well as other agreements that we may post on the site.

By viewing, visiting, using, engaging in eLearning courses or interacting with connectedle.com or with any banner, pop-up, or advertising that appears on it, you are agreeing to all the provisions of this terms of use policy and the privacy policy of connectedle.com.

connectedle.com reserves the right to deny access to any person or viewer for any lawful reason. Under the terms of the privacy policy, which you accept as a condition for viewing, connectedle.com is allowed to collect and store data and information for the purpose of exclusion and for many other uses.

This terms of use agreement may change from time to time. Visitors have an affirmative duty, as part of the consideration for permission to access connectedle.com, to keep themselves informed of such changes by reviewing this terms of use page each time they visit connectedle.com.

Parties to the terms of use agreement

Visitors, viewers, users, learners, connectors, participants, subscribers, members, affiliates, or customers, collectively referred to herein as “visitors,” are parties to this agreement. The website and its owners and/or operators are parties to this agreement, herein referred to as “website.”

You agree to only use the Website in accordance with these Terms of Use and applicable laws. You may be held personally liable for any unlawful use of the Website.

If you have a complaint or would like to make a comment about any of the content that may be published on the Website, please contact us at info@connectedle.com

You are solely responsible for providing (at your cost) all equipment, software and internet access necessary to use the Website.

Use of information from this website

Unless you have entered into an express written contract with this website to the contrary, visitors, viewers, users, learners, connectors, participants, subscribers, members, affiliates, or customers have no right to use this information in a commercial or public setting; they have no right to broadcast it, copy it, save it, print it, sell it, or publish any portions of the content of this website. By accessing the contents of this website, you agree to this condition of access and you acknowledge that any unauthorised use is unlawful and may subject you to civil or criminal penalties. Visitor warrants that he/she/they understands that accepting this provision is a condition of accessing connectedle.com and that accessing connectedle.com constitutes acceptance.

The Website has been established to provide information and links to training courses about lived experience mental health and wellbeing to the Australian community.

The information contained on the Website is provided by ConnectedLE in good faith and on an ‘as is’ basis. At the time the information is added to the Website, we believe it to be accurate and current. However, we make no warranty of any kind as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information contained on the Website.

We may, from time to time, change or add to the Website without notice. However, we do not undertake to keep the Website updated and we will not be liable to you or anyone else if errors occur in the information on the Website or eLearning courses, or if the information is not up to date.

Ownership of website or right to use, sell, publish contents of this website (including eLearning courses)

The website, eLearning courses and its contents are owned or licensed by the website’s owner. Material contained on the website must be presumed to be proprietary and copyrighted. Visitors have no rights whatsoever in the site content. Use of website content for any reason is unlawful unless it is done with express contract or permission of the website.

The Website and eLearning courses includes trade marks which are protected by law. You may not use our trade marks in Australia or internationally without our prior written consent, except to legitimately identify our products or services.

Website availability

We use reasonable efforts to make sure that you can access and use the Website at all times, but we make no warranty of any kind that your use of the Website or eLearning courses will be uninterrupted or error free.

Despite our efforts, our Website and eLearning courses may not be accessible at all times and you may experience interruptions, delays, errors or faults in your use of and access to the Website. We will not be responsible to you or anyone else if these things occur. Your use of the Website is at your own risk and the Website is provided to you “as is” and “as available”.

Hyperlinking to site, co-branding, “framing” and referencing site prohibited

Unless expressly authorised by website, no one may hyperlink this site, or portions thereof, (including, but not limited to, logotypes, trademarks, branding, copyrighted material or eLearning modules) to theirs for any reason. Furthermore, you are not permitted to reference the url (website address) of this website or any page of this website in any commercial or non-commercial media without express permission from us, nor are you allowed to ‘frame’ the site. You specifically agree to cooperate with the website to remove or de-activate any such activities, and be liable for all damages arising from violating this provision. You warrant that you understand that accepting this provision is a condition of accessing connectedle.com and that accessing connectedle.com constitutes acceptance.

Disclaimer for contents of site and eLearning courses

ConnectedLE disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy of the content appearing at, linked to on, or mentioned on connectedle.com. Visitors assume all risk relating to viewing, reading, using, learning or relying upon this information. Unless you have otherwise formed an express contract to the contrary with us, you have no right to rely on any information contained herein as accurate. We make no such warranty.

The Website and eLearning courses are not intended to provide or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. You should seek the advice of an appropriately qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your own circumstances. You should not disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of any information contained on the Website or in the eLearning courses.

All reasonable precautions have been taken by ConnectedLE to verify the information contained in this training course. However, the content is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the content lies with the viewer. In no event shall ConnectedLE be liable for damages arising from its use.

Some content also includes stories about such topics as mental ill-health, addiction, substance misuse, sexual assault and suicide and may be triggering for some people. For this reason, crisis support services are listed on the website and at the beginning of the course where individuals are encouraged to contact support lines, and/or trusted person.

ConnectedLE has relied mostly on national, state, and some global level data, which have been drawn from multiple data sources. Differences in scope, collection methodology, and design may account for this variation, and mean that different sources are often not directly comparable.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the training modules may contain images, names, and voices of people who have passed away.

Disclaimer for harm caused to your computer or software from interacting with this website or its contents. Visitor assumes all risk of viruses, worms, or other corrupting factors.

We assume no responsibility for damage to computers or software of the visitor or any person the visitor subsequently communicates with from corrupting code or data that is inadvertently passed to the visitor’s computer. Again, visitor views and interacts with this site, or banners or pop-ups or advertising displayed thereon, at his own risk.

Disclaimer for harm caused by downloads

Visitor downloads information from this site at his/her/their own risk. Website makes no warranty that downloads are free of corrupting computer codes, including, but not limited to, viruses and worms.

Limitation of liability

By viewing, using, engaging in eLearning or interacting in any manner with this site, including banners, advertising, or pop-ups, downloads, and as a condition of the website to allow his/her/they lawful viewing, visitor forever waives all right to claims of damage of any and all description based on any causal factor resulting in any possible harm, no matter how heinous or extensive, whether physical or emotional, foreseeable or unforeseeable, whether personal or commercial in nature. For any jurisdictions that may now allow for these exclusions our maximum liability will not exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for using our website or service.

Additionally, you agree not to hold us liable for any damages related to issues beyond our control, including but not limited to, acts of god, war, terrorism, insurrection, riots, criminal activity, natural disasters, disruption of communications or infrastructure, labour shortages or disruptions (including unlawful strikes), shortages of materials, and any other events which are not within our control.

Indemnification

Visitor agrees that in the event he/she/they causes damage to us or a third party as a result of or relating to the use of connectedle.com, visitor will indemnify us for, and, if applicable, defend us against, any claims for damages. The visitor indemnifies connectedle.com for any claim, proceeding (legal, equitable or statutory), damage, loss or expense made or brought by a third party against connectedle.com for any personal injury or death arising from or concerning connectedle.com provision of or failure to provide or adequately provide the Services.

Submissions

Visitor agrees as a condition of viewing, that any communication between visitor, website and eLearning courses is deemed a submission. All submissions, including portions thereof, graphics contained thereon, or any of the content of the submission, shall become the exclusive property of the website and eLearning courses and may be used, without further permission, for commercial use without additional consideration of any kind. Visitor agrees to only communicate that information to the website, which it wishes to forever allow the website to use in any manner as it sees fit. “submissions” is also a provision of the privacy policy.

Notice

No additional notice of any kind for any reason is required to be given to visitor and visitor expressly warrants an understanding that the right to notice is waived as a condition for permission to view or interact with the website and eLearning courses.

Disputes

As part of the consideration that the website and eLearning courses requires for viewing, using or interacting with this website, visitor agrees to use binding arbitration for any claim, dispute, or controversy (“claim”) of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this purchase, this product, including solicitation issues, privacy issues, and terms of use issues.

In no case shall the viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer have the right to go to court or have a jury trial. Viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer will not have the right to engage in pre-trial discovery except as provided in the rules; you will not have the right to participate as a representative or member of any class of claimants pertaining to any claim subject to arbitration; the arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding with limited rights of appeal.

The prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other party for any and all costs associated with the dispute arbitration, including attorney fees, collection fees, investigation fees, travel expenses.

Jurisdiction and venue

If any matter concerning this purchase shall be brought before a court of law, pre- or post-arbitration, viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer agrees to that the sole and proper jurisdiction to be the state and city declared in the contact information of the web owner unless otherwise here specified. In the event that litigation is in a federal court, the proper court shall be the closest federal court to the owner of connectedle.com’s address.

Applicable law

Viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer agrees that the applicable law to be applied shall, in all cases, be that of the state of the owner of connectedle.com.

Social Media

ConnectedLE have a number of social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn (collectively known as our Pages). We may remove your comments or other posts from our Pages if, in our opinion, your content is or may potentially be:

misleading, false or deceptive or otherwise contrary to law or regulation;
defamatory, discriminatory, abusive, threatening, offensive, obscene or racially vilifying;
inappropriate, off topic or vexatious;
spam, promoting a product or commercial service, or soliciting business; or
breaching confidentiality, privacy or third party rights.

All content on our Pages is also subject to individual terms of use as outlined by the relevant social media provider. By interacting with our Pages, you agree to be bound by the terms of use of the relevant social media provider.

Privacy

Any personal information we collect about you via the Website and eLearning course/s will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

We may also use cookies to identify your computer on our server and so we can track your use of the Website. In some instances, cookies may collect and store information about you. Such information will only be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can set your browser so that your computer does not accept them.

Security

The transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure or error free. While we take steps and have reasonable measures in place to secure information provided or processed through the Website and eLearning courses, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information on or processed through the Website and eLearning courses. In particular, emails to or from us and information submitted to or accessed via the Website may not be secure and you should use discretion in deciding what information you send to us via these means.

Emails to or from us may undergo email filtering and virus scanning, including by third party contractors. We do not warrant that such filters and scans will be effective in removing viruses or other potentially harmful code.

Liability

To the extent permitted by law, we and each of our directors, co-founders, employees and agents exclude all liability for any loss, damage or injury (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, special or consequential loss, loss of profits, loss of data or loss of opportunity) which you suffer whether arising under contract, tort (including negligence), equity, statute or any other cause of action, or otherwise resulting from your access to (or inability to access) or use of the Website, or as a consequence of any content, information or services obtained from or through the Website including the eLearning courses.

Nothing in these Terms of Use restrict, exclude or modify any rights that cannot be excluded under any applicable law including the consumer guarantees set out in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). If we are liable for a breach of a consumer guarantee (or any other term implied by law) and that liability cannot, by law, be excluded but can be limited, our liability is, to the fullest extent permitted by law, limited (where permissible) to, at our election, replacing or resupplying the relevant goods or services, or paying the cost of such replacement or resupply.

General

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Queensland. In the event that we have a legal dispute relating to the Website, the eLearning courses or these Terms of Use, you agree that Queensland courts will have jurisdiction.

Although Australian websites may be accessed outside of Australia, we make no representation that the content of the Website and eLearning courses complies with the laws of any other country. If you access the Website and eLearning courses from outside Australia, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with your local laws and for any reliance on Website content and eLearning course content.