Terms and Conditions
1. About the Website
1.1. Welcome to growingmadesimple.com.au (the 'Website'). The Website online
courses and newsletters (the 'Services').
1.2. The Website is operated by Growing Made Simple Ltd (ABN 17 206 737 006; ACN 669 346 794) .
Access to and use of the Website, or any of its associated Products or
Services, is provided by Growing Made Simple Ltd . Please read these terms and
conditions (the 'Terms') carefully. By using, browsing and/or reading the
Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound
by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the
Website, or any of Services, immediately.
1.3. Growing Made Simple Ltd reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms
by updating this page at its sole discretion. When Growing Made Simple Ltd updates
the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with notice of
updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from
the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend you keep a
copy of the Terms for your records.
2. Acceptance of the Terms
You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by
clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you by
Growing Made Simple Ltd in the user interface.
3. Registration to use the Services
3.1. In order to access the Services, you must first register for an account through
the Website (the 'Account').
3.2. As part of the registration process, or as part of your continued use of the
Services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself
(such as identification or contact details), including:
(a) Email address
(b) Preferred username
(c) Password
3.3. You warrant that any information you give to Growing Made Simple Ltd in the course
of completing the registration process will always be accurate, correct and up
to date.
3.4. Once you have completed the registration process, you will be a registered
member of the Website ('Member') and agree to be bound by the Terms.
3.5. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
(a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Growing Made Simple Ltd ; or
(b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of
Australia or other countries including the country in which you are resident
or from which you use the Services.
4. Your obligations as a Member
4.1. As a Member, you agree to comply with the following:
(a) you will use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by:
(i) the Terms; and
(ii) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or
guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions;
(b) you have the sole responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of your
password and/or email address. Use of your password by any other
person may result in the immediate cancellation of the Services;
(c) any use of your registration information by any other person, or third
parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to immediately notify Growing Made Simple Ltd of any unauthorised use of your password or email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware;
(d) access and use of the Website is limited, non-transferable and allows for
the sole use of the Website by you for the purposes of Growing Made Simple Ltd
providing the Services;
(e) you will not use the Services or the Website in connection with any
commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or
approved by the management of Growing Made Simple Ltd ;
(f) you will not use the Services or Website for any illegal and/or unauthorised
use which includes collecting email addresses of Members by electronic or
other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorised
framing of or linking to the Website;
(g) you agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms
of solicitation may be removed from the Website without notice and may
result in termination of the Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken
by Growing Made Simple Ltd for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Website;
and
(h) you acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Website or its
Services is prohibited.
5. Payment
5.1. Where the option is given to you, you may make payment for the Services (the
' Services Fee') by way of:
(a) Credit Card Payment ('Credit Card')
(b) PayPal ('PayPal')
5.2. All payments made in the course of your use of the Services are made using
Stripe. In using the Website, the Services or when making any payment in
relation to your use of the Services, you warrant that you have read,
understood and agree to be bound by the Stripe terms and conditions which
are available on their website.
5.3. You acknowledge and agree that where a request for the payment of the
Services Fee is returned or denied, for whatever reason, by your financial
institution or is unpaid by you for any other reason, then you are liable for any
costs, including banking fees and charges, associated with the Services Fee.
5.4. You agree and acknowledge that Growing Made Easy can vary the Services
Fee at any time .
6. Refund Policy
Growing Made Simple Ltd will only provide you with a refund of the Services Fee in the event
they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if the manager of Growing Made Simple Ltd makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is reasonable to do so
under the circumstances (the 'Refund').
7. Copyright and Intellectual Property
7.1. The Website, the Services and all of the related products of Growing Made Simple Ltd are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by
copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless
otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and
compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos,
button icons, video images, audio clips, Website, code, scripts, design
elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for
these purposes, and are reserved by Growing Made Simple Ltd or its contributors.
7.2. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or
licensed by Growing Made Simple Ltd .
Growing Made Simple Ltd does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation
to the Website or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by
Growing Made Simple Ltd.
(a) use the Website pursuant to the Terms;
(b) copy and store the Website and the material contained in the Website in
your device's cache memory; and
(c) print pages from the Website for your own personal and non-commercial
use.
7.3. Growing Made Simple Ltd retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website
and all related Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will
transfer any:
(a) business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial
design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
(b) a right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name,
trade mark or industrial design, or
(c) a thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design
or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system or
process),
to you.
7.4. You may not, without the prior written permission of Growing Made Easy and
the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, upload
to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or
change in any way the Services or third party Services for any purpose, unless
otherwise provided by these Terms. This prohibition does not extend to
materials on the Website, which are freely available for re-use or are in the
public domain.
8. Privacy
8.1. Growing Made Simple Ltd takes your privacy seriously and any information provided
through your use of the Website and/or Services are subject to Growing Made Simple Ltd's Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website.
9. General Disclaimer
9.1. Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties,
representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the
Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be
limited or excluded.
9.2. Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:
(a) all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are
not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded; and
(b) Growing Made Simple Ltd will not be liable for any special, indirect or
consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably
foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer
Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out
of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result
of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services),
whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in
equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.
9.3. Use of the Website and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the
Website and the Services is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without
warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, agents, contributors and licensors of Growing Made Simple Ltd make any
express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any
products or Services (including the products or Services of Growing Made Simple Ltd ) referred to on the Website, includes (but is not restricted to) loss or
damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:
(a) failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect,
failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer
virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure,
unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or
unauthorised access to records;
(b) the accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Website, the
Services, or any of its Services related products (including third party
material and advertisements on the Website);
(c) costs incurred as a result of you using the Website, the Services or any of
the products of Growing Made Simple Ltd; and
(d) the Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your
convenience.
10. Limitation of liability
10.1. Growing Made Simple Ltd's total liability arising out of or in connection with the
Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort
(including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the
resupply of the Services to you.
10.2. You expressly understand and agree that Growing Made Simple Ltd, its affiliates,
employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall not be liable to you for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which
may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This
shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or
indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible
loss.
11. Termination of Contract
11.1. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Growing Made Simple Ltd as set out below.
11.2. If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:
Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Growing Made Simple Ltd via the 'Contact' link on our homepage.
(a) closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where
Growing Made Simple Ltd has made this option available to you.
11.3. Growing Made Simple Ltd may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:
(a) you do not renew the Subscription at the end of the Subscription Period;
(b) you have breached any provision of the Terms or intend to breach any
provision;
(c) Growing Made Simple Ltd is required to do so by law;
(d) the provision of the Services to you by Growing Made Simple Ltd is, in the
opinion of Growing Made Simple Ltd, no longer commercially viable.
11.4. Subject to local applicable laws, Growing Made Simple Ltd reserves the right to
discontinue or cancel your membership at any time and may suspend or deny,
in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the
Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any
applicable law or if your conduct impacts Growing Made Simple Ltd 's name or
reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.
12. Indemnity
12.1. You agree to indemnify Growing Made Simple Ltd, its affiliates, employees, agents,
contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against:
(a) all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and
damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered
or arising out of or in connection with Your Content;
(b) any direct or indirect consequences of you accessing, using or transacting
on the Website or attempts to do so; and/or
(c) any breach of the Terms.
13. Dispute Resolution
13.1. Compulsory:
If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any
Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses
have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).
13.2. Notice:
A party to the Terms claiming a dispute ('Dispute') has arisen under the Terms, must
give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired
outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.
13.3. Resolution:
On receipt of that notice ('Notice') by that other party, the parties to the Terms
('Parties') must:
13.4. Confidential:
All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in
connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible,
must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of
evidence.
(a) Within 14 days of the Notice endeavour in good faith to resolve the Dispute
expeditiously by negotiation or such other means upon which they may mutually
agree;
(b) If for any reason whatsoever, 14 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has
not been resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or
request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the President of the Conflict
Resolution Service or his or her nominee;
(c) The Parties are equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of a mediator
and the cost of the venue of the mediation and without limiting the foregoing
undertake to pay any amounts requested by the mediator as a pre-condition to the
mediation commencing. The Parties must each pay their own costs associated with
the mediation;
(d) The mediation will be held in Queensland, Australia, or online at the discretion of Growing Made Simple Ltd.
13.5. Termination of Mediation:
If 2 weeks have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has
not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the
mediator must do so.
14. Venue and Jurisdiction
The Services offered by Growing Made Simple Ltd is intended to be viewed by residents of
Australia, the UK, and the USA. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in
relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute
shall be in the courts of Queensland, Australia.
15. Governing Law
The Terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. Any dispute, controversy,
proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms
and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under
and pursuant to the laws of Queensland, Australia, without reference to conflict of law
principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is
not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
successors and assigns.
16. Independent Legal Advice
Both parties confirm and declare that the provisions of the Terms are fair and
reasonable and both parties having taken the opportunity to obtain independent legal
advice and declare the Terms are not against public policy on the grounds of inequality
or bargaining power or general grounds of restraint of trade.
17. Severance
If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent
jurisdiction, that part shall be severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.
Date: 14 July 2023