This website (“Website”) is operated by Melissa Lee (“I” or “we”).

By accessing this Website you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. I may amend these Terms of service at my discretion at any time and without notice. By accessing the Site, you accept these Terms of service, as they appear on the Website at the time. If you do not accept these Terms of Use then you must immediately cease using the Site.  

Accuracy of Information accessed on or via the Site

Information found on the Website is intended to be general in nature. You should not act or rely on any information found on the Website without obtaining prior advice specific to your circumstances. Any reliance that you place on the information found on this Website is at your own risk.

Whilst steps are taken to ensure that the information appearing on the Sites remains current, delays, errors or omissions could affect its accuracy or currency. It is your responsibility to assess and verify the accuracy, completeness and reliability of any information found on the Sites.

Liability

Materials available on the Sites may contain links to material on other websites (“Third Party Materials”) and I do not monitor, edit, approve, review, endorse or sponsor any of those Third Party Materials.

Melissa Lee is not liable to you or any other person for any loss or damage (however caused, including by negligence) arising from or in connection with the use of this Website or any Third Party Materials.

Melissa Lee makes no representations, warranties or guarantees as to the quality, accuracy, fitness for purpose, completeness, availability, currency or continuity of any of the materials available on the Website or any Third Party Materials, and we reserve all rights to correct any inaccuracies on this Website at any time without notice to you.

I do not represent, warrant or guarantee that the Sites or any Third Party Materials are free from computer viruses or any other defect or error which may affect your software or systems, and you should ensure that your computer is protected from any such viruses or defects through appropriate security systems. Any access by you to any Third Party Materials is subject to any terms and conditions found on the websites of those third parties.

To the maximum extent permitted by the law, Melissa Lee excludes:

a) all liability for any and all direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, damage, cost and expense (including, without limitation, loss of revenue, goodwill, profit, damage to reputation, under or in relation to any other contract, data, use of data or anticipated savings or benefits), whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, suffered or incurred by any person, in connection with, or in any way relating to the Sites, any content found on them or Third Party Materials;
b) any conditions, warranties, guarantees, rights, remedies, liabilities and other terms implied or conferred by statute, custom or the general law that impose any liability or obligation on us.

Despite the above, if the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or any other legislation states that there is a guarantee in respect of goods or services supplied, and our liability for breach is unable to be excluded, but can be limited, our liability for such breach is limited to, at our option:

a) in the case of a supply of goods, replacing the goods, supplying equivalent goods, or having the goods repaired; or
b) in the case of a supply of services, supplying the services again or paying the cost of having the services supplied again. 

Discontinuation and interference

I reserve the right to refuse access or discontinue service to any part of the Site to any person or entity without obligation to assign a reason for doing so.

I may at any time change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Site.

I do not warrant that your access to or use of the Site will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Site or any material on or accessible through the Sites are free from errors, viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components. 

Intellectual Property

Except as otherwise stated, I own, or are licensed, and reserve all of our rights in, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in any content appearing on the Site. You must not reproduce, distribute, adapt or transmit any content appearing on the Site without our prior written consent.

Melissa Lee makes no warranties or representations that the Third Party Materials do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

There may be trade marks on the Site or found on Third Party Materials which may be owned by Melissa Lee or by third parties. All trade marks mentioned on the Site or on Third Party Materials may not be used or distributed without the consent of Melissa Lee or the relevant third party owner, as the case may be. 

Your use of the Sites

In accessing and using the Site, you must not post or transmit on any part of the Site, including in the comments on the blog made available on the Website which:

a) breaches any laws or regulations or are contrary to any relevant standard or codes;
b) interferes with other users of the Site, is false, inflammatory, defames, harasses, threatens, menaces, offends or restricts any person or which inhibits any other Site user from using the Site;
c) constitutes commercial advertising, the promotion of gambling or the promotion of another website;
d) infringes anyone else’s copyright or other intellectual property rights;
e) tampers with, hinders or modifies the Site;
f) knowingly transmits any viruses or other disabling features to the Site.

By accessing the Site, you agree to indemnify us from and against all actions, claims, suits, demands, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses (whether in tort or in contract including and without limitation, negligence) arising out of or in any way connected to your access or use of the Site.

When providing us with information through the Site, you understand and agree not to provide false information about yourself, to impersonate another individual or provide misleading or false content. 

Privacy

Melissa Lee has adopted a privacy policy which can be found on the Website and should be read in conjunction with these Terms of service prior to accessing other content on the Site. You can also obtain a copy of our privacy policy by contacting us and requesting a copy. 

Applicable Law

These Terms of service, and your use of the Site generally, are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria, Australia. 

Severability

If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of these Terms of service is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the rest of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.

Last updated 4th September 2020