Terms of Service for GovTalk

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the GovTalk forum ("Forum"). By accessing or using the Forum, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. Access to the Forum
   1. Eligibility: You must be at least 13 years old to access or use our Forum. By accessing or using the Forum, you affirm that you are at least 13 years old and have legal capacity to enter into these Terms.
   2. Account Registration: You may need to create an account to access certain features of the Forum. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account
2. Forum Rules
   1. Code of Conduct: You agree to use the Forum in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. You will not:
      • Post or share any unlawful, harmful, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content.
      • Harass, threaten, or harm other users.
      • Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity.
      • Use the Forum for unauthorized commercial purposes.
   2. Moderation: We reserve the right to monitor the Forum and remove any content that violates these Terms or is otherwise inappropriate, at our sole discretion.
3. Intellectual Property
   1. Content Ownership: You retain ownership of the content you post on the Forum. By posting content on the Forum, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such content.
4. Privacy
   1. Privacy Policy: Your use of the Forum is subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose your information.
5. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
   1. Disclaimer of Warranties: The Forum is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the content on the Forum.
   2. Limitation of Liability: To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your use of the Forum.
6. Governing Law
   1. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Australia, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
7. Changes to the Terms
   1. We reserve the right to modify or update these Terms at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the revised Terms on the Forum. Your continued use of the Forum after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
8. Contact Us
   1. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at info@govtalk.com.au