Agreement Between User And The Lake Veterinary Hospitals
Welcome to The Lake Veterinary Hospitals website or associated website at www.lakevet.com.au (“the Website”).
Your use of the Website is subject to the Terms of Use (“Terms”) set out in this document. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals reserves the right to change any of these Terms effective immediately upon posting to the Website. By visiting and using the Website, You agree to accept these Terms. Please take the time to read them carefully.
If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms, please do not use the Website. Please also review our Privacy Policy, which also governs Your visit to and use of the Website.
Permitted Use
All Content and software contained on this Website is the property of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals and/or its associated companies and is protected by Australian and international copyright laws. You are only authorised to view and retain a copy of pages of this Website for Your own personal use while visiting the Website. You may not duplicate, publish, modify or otherwise distribute the Content or software contained on this Website without The Lake Veterinary Hospitals written permission.
Disclaimer
The Lake Veterinary Hospitals make no representations about, and accept no responsibility or liability for, the accuracy or currency of the information, content or links provided on the Website. The information and content provided on the Website are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be a substitute for professional veterinary advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the professional advice of your veterinarian regarding your animal’s specific medical condition.
Your Contributions to the Website
The Lake Veterinary Hospitals welcome Your participation in and contribution to the Website, subject to these Terms. You may contribute to the Website by uploading or submitting (called “posting”), among other things, any comments, suggestions, ideas, questions, articles, links or photographs (called “Your Contribution”) as provided for at various places on the Website.
The Lake Veterinary Hospitals are not liable for, and accept no responsibility for, the loss or destruction of any of the content of Your Contribution posted to the Website. It is Your responsibility to keep back-up copies of anything that You post to the Website.
While Your participation is encouraged and welcomed, The Lake Veterinary Hospitals are not able to view Your Contribution before it is posted to the Website. Contributions by users of the Website do not necessarily represent the views of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals, their employees, officers, agents, associated companies or advertising or other partners. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals are not liable for, and accept no responsibility for, the content of user’s Contributions.
By posting Your Contribution to the Website, you grant The Lake Veterinary Hospitals, their associated companies, advertising or other partners a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute or display any or all of Your Contribution throughout the world in any media. This license is for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting the Website.
By posting Your Contribution to the Website, you represent and warrant that the content of Your Contribution is accurate, does not breach this Policy, and that You own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that You post.
Other Contributions to the Website
All Content and software contained on this Website is the property of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals and/or its associated companies and is protected by Australian and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals logo is a trademark of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals. You may not use The Lake Veterinary Hospitals logo or any other proprietary graphic or trademark of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals in any way without the prior written permission of The Lake Veterinary Hospitals.
Links, Search Results and Other Websites
When using the search functions on the Website, they may automatically produce search results containing links to other third party websites. The Website content may also contains links to third party websites for Your convenience. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals have no control over these websites, or the content within them. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals do not warrant or represent that the content contained in any third party website is accurate, legal or inoffensive in accordance with this Policy. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals do not endorse the content of any third party website and do not represent or warrant that any such websites will not contain viruses or otherwise impact Your computer.
By using this Website to search for or link to another third party website, You agree that The Lake Veterinary Hospitals are not liable for, and accept no responsibility for, any damages or losses arising due to Your link to and use of any third party website.
If You have a problem with a link from the Website, please contact us via our Contact Us form and we will investigate and take appropriate action as required.
Prohibited Material
When using the Website, you must ensure that the content of Your Contributions does not contain any illegal or prohibited content including any which:
- is obscene, offensive, racist, threatening, or harmful to any corporation, group or individual, including minors;
- violates the Website’s Privacy Policy, or invades the privacy of anyone visiting or shopping at the Website;
- is defamatory, false or misleading or otherwise damaging to The Lake Veterinary Hospitals or other users of the Website;
- infringes The Lake Veterinary Hospitals’ copyright, or any other person or corporation’s copyright or other intellectual property rights;
- is pornographic or displays other sexual or violent images;
- consists of chain letters, mass mailings, junk mail or any other form of “spam”;
- contains computer viruses;
- contains political campaign messages or engages in any form of commercial activities, including sales, contests, pyramid schemes or advertising or other similar activities unless The Lake Veterinary Hospitals’ prior written consent has been obtained.
If You find anything posted on the Website that You think is Prohibited Material, please contact The Lake Veterinary Hospitals via our Contact Us form so that we may investigate and take appropriate action.
Breach of the Terms
By using the Website You have agreed to be bound by the Terms as set out in this document. The Lake Veterinary Hospitals reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to terminate or cancel Your access to and use of the Website if You are found to be in breach of any of these Terms. In addition, The Lake Veterinary Hospitals may remove any of the content of Your Contribution or that of third parties associated with You which is unauthorised or otherwise in breach of these Terms.
Indemnity
By using the Website, You agree to indemnify, and hereby indemnify, The Lake Veterinary Hospitals, their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents and other partners and employees from and against all claims, including any reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of the content of Your Contribution to the Website, Your visit to and use of the Website generally or Your use of the Website to link to other third party websites.
Disputes
The Lake Veterinary Hospitals shall use their best endeavours to quickly and effectively resolve any dispute arising as a result of Your use of the Website, Your Contribution or in connection with these Terms. In the event of a failure to resolve such dispute, the dispute shall be governed by and dealt with under the laws of New South Wales, Australia and You and The Lake Veterinary Hospitals submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of New South Wales, Australia.
Definitions and Interpretation
In these Terms unless the context requires otherwise:
- “Content” includes text, graphics, images, illustrations, logos, icons, audio clips, data, and digital downloads which is not Your Contributions or personal information posted on the Website.
- “You” means any person visiting, using or shopping at the Website.
Contacting Us
If You have any queries about these Terms, or anything else at the Website, please contact The Lake Veterinary Hospitals via our Contact Us form and we will be only too happy to answer Your query.