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Customer Privacy Policy

Our customers are entitled to expect that Law Week will treat any information provided it by a customer within the terms of relevant privacy responsibilities.  Law Week has developed a general Privacy Policy which is adhered to by Law Week.

Privacy Policy for Visitors and Users of Law Week

This Policy applies to all pages on Law Week, unless otherwise indicated.

Does Law Week  use cookies?

No.  Law Week  does not presently use cookies. If however Lawweek does start to use cookies you consent to the use of cookies, which:

•    do not contain any personally identifying information, and

•    will assist Law Week to customise this web site to suit your needs and enhance your efficient use of this web site.

What information do we collect?
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What will you do with the information?
To improve the services provided by Law Week, Law Week  will extract and publish aggregated information about usage patterns from these records.  For example, our usage reports will examine trends based on the following information - your server address, your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc), the date and time of visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited, the type of browser used and operating system.

What won’t you do with the information?
Law Week will not disclose or publish information which identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent.

Who has access to information with Law Week?

Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of personnel and agents associated with Law Week for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of Law Week in meeting its communication and access objectives.  Those who can access this data are:

    The Directors of the Law Week Board; and
    The Chair of the Law Week Planning Committee
    Delegates of those persons.

Security

Law Week has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal or confidential information which you submit to this web site is secure.

Information entered on any registration and feedback forms any other information we collect is stored on a server and is protected against unauthorised access.  However, users of this web site acknowledge that confidential or personal information submitted to this web site and any discussion forum are sent at the sender’s own risk.

Disclosure To Third Parties

The policy of Law Week is to not sell, rent or otherwise trade to third parties any personal or confidential information submitted to this web site.

Law Week may track, edit or disclose personal or confidential information submitted to this web site, if such is required to maintain this web site and its systems; comply with the law; or where Law Week believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to:

•    Comply with the law or legal process served on Law Week;

•    Protect or defend its property rights; or

•    Protect the personal safety of users of this web site in an emergency.

Copyright In Material On This Site

Law Week has and retains copyright in all material contained in this web site and the selection, arrangement and presentation of all such material.

Law Week does not retain copyright in third party material accessed via hypertext links (“linked material”) from this web site.

Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (or any other applicable legislation throughout the world) material on this site may not be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior express written authority of Law Week. Copyright questions should be directed to: Lorraine Clarke

Copyright In Other Material

Law Week does not:

•    warrant or represent that linked material does not infringe the intellectual property rights of another person; or

•    authorise the infringement by any person of any intellectual property rights contained in linked material.

Material Not Legal Advice

Neither the material on this web site, nor any linked material is intended to be, or should be relied on as a substitute for legal or other professional advice.

Law Week:

•    does not guarantee that material in this web site or any linked material is accurate, definitive, or complete; and

•    makes no warranty or representation as to the quality, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any material on this web site or any linked material.

Professional advice should be sought before acting or refraining to act on the basis of any material contained in this web site or any linked material.

Links To Other Web Sites

This web site contains hypertext links and references to web sites maintained by organisations not related to Law Week (“linked web sites”).

The links and references have been included for the interest and convenience of visitors to this web site.  Law Week does not:

•    sponsor, endorse or approve of the views expressed on the linked web sites or the products and services available on the linked web sites;

•    guarantee that the information in the linked web sites is accurate, definitive or complete;

•    warrant or represent the quality, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any material on the linked web sites.


Viruses, Errors, Defects & Interruptions

The material on this web site and in linked material is provided “AS IS” for the interest and convenience of visitors to the web site.

Law Week does not guarantee that the files contained in this web site, linked material, or the server on which this web site is hosted are unaffected by viruses, errors, defects, or will be accessible to users without interruption.

Law Week does not guarantee that any viruses, errors or defects discovered to exist on this web site or the server on which it is hosted will be corrected.

Limitations On Liability

Law Week, subject to any applicable law to the contrary, in relation to use of or reliance on material contained in this web site or linked material, or the inability to use or rely on material contained in this web site or linked material:

•    excludes all liability to third parties; and

•    will not be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages, including damages for loss of business or other profits,

even if Law Week has notice of the possibility of such damage.

Law Week Discussion Forum

Law Week does not monitor any Discussion Forum it may host (“the Forum”), or exercise any editorial control over the content of the Forum.  

Any views or opinions expressed in material posted on the Forum are solely those of the respective authors and are not sponsored, endorsed or approved by Law Week.

The Forum on this web site shall not be used to upload, distribute, or publish content, which:
•    is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, menacing, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, illegal, abusive or otherwise objectionable; or

•    would constitute or incite a criminal offence, violate another party’s rights or otherwise give rise to liability, or violate any law.

Any Discussion Forum on this web site shall not be used for commercial purposes or to publish or distribute material, which advertises, promotes or solicits funds or contains a solicitation of goods or services without the prior express, written approval of Law Week or a representative of Law Week. All such inquiries should be directed to: Lorraine Clark

Governing Law And Jurisdiction

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New South Wales.

The State or Federal courts located in New South Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any action at law or in equity arising out of relating to these terms.

Variation Of These Terms And Conditions

Law Week may at any time amend, revise or update these terms and conditions.

Notification of changes to the terms and conditions will be posted on this web site.

Your continued use of this web site will constitute consent to the amended terms and conditions.

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