TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT RELATING TO EQUIPT MEDIA.

These terms and conditions (“Terms”) together with the Equipt Media Specifications constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“Client”) and Equipt Media (“Independent Contractor”), for the provision of website optimisation services, website production and online advertising services and/or other services set out in your Equipt Media Specifications (“Services”) effective from the date the last party signs the Equipt Media Specifications or commences utilising the Services. This policy also sets out how Equipt Media uses and protects any information you give Equipt Media when you use this website and/or services.

Equipt Media is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website then you can be assured it will only be used in accordance with this policy statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st November 2017.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

Name and job title

Contact information including email address

Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping;

We may use the information to improve our products and services;

We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information, which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you may have provided;

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website and our services according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We may use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which pages you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note we do not have any control over the other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information, which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Affiliated Marketing Disclaimer

Equipt Media and this website participate in affiliated marketing, promoting products, services and associated items through affiliate marketing campaigns and authorised affiliate programs. Whilst we endeavour to ensure all products advertised or featured on this website are lawful and legitimate products offered for sale by legalised businesses, we offer no guarantee or warranties associated with the products purchased from affiliate websites, nor do we offer money back for purchases made through affiliate marketing offers, campaigns and everyday sales. Any visitors to this website, who make product purchases through links offered by our website, do so at their own risk – caveat emptor, notwithstanding this we will endeavour to rectify any complaints received where possible in conjunction with the product supplier.

Amazon Disclaimer

Certain content appearing on this site comes from Amazon Services LLC. This content is provided as is and is subject to change or removal at any time. equiptmedia.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Your Consent

By using equiptmedia.com, kompenso.co and skievideo.com you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

Definitions

The following definitions apply to this agreement (unless the context otherwise requires):

‘Agreement’ means these Terms, the Equipt Media Specifications and any documents, schedules or annexure's referenced or incorporated into this agreement as amended from time to time;

‘Australian Consumer Law’ means the consumer protections set out in Attachment A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as amended from time to time;

‘Background IPR’ means a party’s IPR that existed prior to, or created independently of, this Agreement.

‘Equipt Media Specifications’ means the document titled the “Equipt Media Services”

Specifications” incorporating these Terms, that sets out the Services, Fees and Special Conditions and/or other details of the Client’s engagement with Equipt Media, as agreed in writing by the Client and approved by Equipt Media.

‘Cancellation Fee’ means the cancellation fee specified in the Fee Schedule if applicable;

‘Client Content’ means all text, data, graphics files, videos and sound files, and other materials contained in the website or as otherwise owned or created by the Client in whatever form that information may exist and whether entered into, stored in, generated by or processed through software or equipment by or on behalf of the Client.

‘Commencement Date’ means the date the Services are to commence as specified in the Equipt Media Services Specifications

“Completion Date’ means the date the Services will cease as specified in the Equipt Media Services Specifications;

‘Confidential Information’ means and includes any information that by its nature is confidential, is designated by a party as confidential, or the recipient knows or ought to know is confidential but does not include information which:

(a) Is or becomes public knowledge other than by breach of this Agreement;

(b) Is required to be disclosed by law;

(c) Was known by the recipient as at the date of this Agreement; or

(d) Has been independently developed or acquired by the recipient without reference to the disclosing party’s Confidential Information:-

Where the burden of establishing any of the exceptions referred to in (a) to (d) will be upon the recipient;

‘Debit Date’ means the date the Clients account will be debited for the payment of the Fee as agreed;

‘Failed Payment Fee’ means the reversal fee specified in the Fee Schedule;

‘Fee’ means the money payable to Equipt Media for the Services and any incidental costs as set out in Equipt Media Services Specifications.

‘Intellectual Property Rights’ or ‘IPR’ means all statutory and other proprietary rights in respect of copyright and neighbouring rights (including but not limited to rights in relation to software), all rights in relation to inventions (including registered and not yet registered patent rights), registered and unregistered trademarks, designs, the right to have Confidential Information (including trade secrets and know-how) kept confidential, and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields;

‘Material’ means information, documents, equipment, software, goods, computer files, designs, transferable know-how and data, stored by any means, whether or not in material form and includes any Intellectual Property Rights in such Material.

‘Minimum Term’ means the term of 6, 12, or 24 months or such other term as agreed with the Client and specified in the Equipt Media Services Specifications;

‘Services’ means the services described in Schedule 1;

‘Services Material’ means any Material created during the performance of the Services but does not include the Client Content;

‘Special Conditions’ means the special conditions set out in the Equipt Media Services Specifications (if any);

‘Transfer Fee’ means the transfer fee set out in the Fee Schedule.

General Terms

1. Term and extension

1.1 This Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and continue until the Completion date (the ‘Term”) unless terminated earlier in accordance with clause 24.

1.2 The parties agree that the Agreement will run for the Minimum Term in order to maximise the results and benefits of the Services. Should the Client wish to terminate the Services during the Minimum Term, it can do so in accordance with clause 24.1 noting however that Equipt Media reserves the right to charge a Cancellation Fee (or part thereof) in its absolute discretion.

1.3 The parties may choose to extend the Term for a further 12 months or as agreed by the Parties in writing (including moving to a monthly agreement).

2. Provision of the Services

2.1 During the Term Equipt Media will:

(a) Provide the Services to the Client with all due care and skill and in a professional manner consistent with generally-accepted industry standards;

(b) Assist the Client in the establishment of a digital strategy in order to maximise the effectiveness of the Services;

(c) Keep the Clients nominated contact(s) informed of the progress of the Services;

(d) Inform the Client of any issues, which Bonfire reasonably believes may impact on the provision of the Services; and

(e) Provide the Client with detailed accounts of Services rendered.

3. Client Obligations

3.1 The Client warrants that:

(a) It owns the rights or has the right to use the Client Content;

(b) It owns the rights or has the rights to use any software, hardware, systems, IP addresses, domain names and other items in the Clients’ ICT systems and infrastructure (“Infrastructure”);

(c) Its Infrastructure is in good working order and that it has sole responsibility for the availability and integrity of the Infrastructure;

(d) Has put in place sufficient internal controls to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the Client Content;

(e) It will check the integrity of the Client Content on a regular basis; and

(f) It will use its best endeavours to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.

3.2 For the avoidance of doubt, Equipt Media does not take any responsibility for the Client Content and it is the Clients sole responsibility to ensure the integrity of the Client Content.

3.3 During the term of this Agreement, the Client must:

(a) Provide all necessary information to Equipt Media upon request;

(b) Provide access to locations, systems and Infrastructure including relevant passwords and/or data required by Equipt Media in order to perform the Services;

(c) Regularly backup its data, Client Content and/or website and use appropriate and up-to-date malicious code and virus detection software for preventing and detecting any harmful code, and take all reasonable precautions to safeguard its business against loss or disruption.

(d) Cooperate with Equipt Media by providing access to its premises and facilities as reasonably necessary to enable Equipt Media to provide the Services;

(e) Provide other such access, documents, information or data as Equipt Media reasonably requires in order to perform the Services; and

(f) Comply with the terms and conditions of this agreement including any Special Conditions set out in Schedule 1.

3.4 The Client agrees to comply with these Terms at all times and not engage in any conduct that in the reasonable opinion of Equipt Media obstructs the nature and goodwill of the Services.

3.5 The Client agrees to use the Services only for lawful purposes and is prohibited from posting on or transmitting through the Services any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state or national law.

3.6 During the Term of this Agreement, Equipt Media may elect to electronically monitor the Services for adherence to these terms and may disclose to the extent permitted by law (and subject to our obligations of confidentiality) any content, records or electronic communication of any kind:

(a) As required by law;

(b) If such disclosure is necessary to perform the Services, or

(c) To protect the rights or property of Equipt Media.

3.7 Equipt Media reserves the right to remove any Client Content or other content that it deems to be offensive or as otherwise described in clause 3.5 if a series of such breaches occurs by the Client. After receiving notice to desist from Equipt Media, Equipt Media will terminate the Agreement with immediate effect in accordance with clause 24.2 (a).

4. Fee and Payment

4.1 The Fees for the Services are set out in Schedule 1.

4.2 Unless otherwise indicated in Schedule 1 the Fee does not include goods and services tax (‘GST’). In addition to and at the same time as payment of the Fee, the Client must pay to Equipt Media any GST relating to the Services.

4.3 The Client hereby gives its express authorisation for Equipt Media to automatically debit the Clients nominated bank account (Including credit card payment) on the Debit Date for the payment of the Fees.

4.4 Equipt Media will provide the Client with a Statement of Account showing the amounts debited and any other fee or disbursement accrued on the Clients behalf.

4.5 Any disbursements incurred as a result of providing the Services will be reimbursed in full to Equipt Media upon submission of receipts to the Client.

4.6 If there is a change in the scope, timing or order of the Services, then Equipt Media will be entitled to additional payment of any amount which is reasonable in the circumstances.

5. Failed or overdue payments

5.1 Where Equipt Media has attempted to debit the funds on the Debit Date and the payment has been rejected due to insufficient funds (or some other reason), Equipt Media will contact the Client to arrange another date to debit the account. Where the second attempt to debit the account fails, Equipt Media reserves the right to charge a Failed Payment Fee. The outstanding payment immediately becomes a debt due and payable by the Client to Equipt Media.

5.2 Where 2 or more attempts have been made to debit the account but payment fails, Equipt Media will suspend all services until the relevant payment(s) have been made.

5.3 The Client agrees to pay any and all costs associated with recovery of debt under this clause including (but not limited to) debt collection, outsourcing and legal costs should Equipt Media take legal action through courts of appropriate jurisdiction.

6. Paid Advertising Management

6.1 Equipt Media will set up paid advertising campaigns and deliver paid traffic to the Clients website. This can be from a variety of networks including Google, Facebook and Bing. If paid traffic cannot be delivered to the website in question due to the editorial policies of the search engines regarding the acceptance of advertiser web properties, then the Client will be notified of the situation in writing. Equipt Media is not to be held liable in this situation. When subscribing to re-marketing services through Equipt Media, it is the responsibility of the Advertiser to ensure relevant Privacy Laws and Policies (Google, Facebook) are in place regarding direct marketing.

6.2 Costs associated with media and clicks generated from running this service will be charged directly by respective platform. The Client authorises Equipt Media to provide your credit card details to the advertising platform for this purpose. These fees will appear as separate charges on the Clients credit card statement.

6.3 The Client agrees that Equipt Media is not responsible or liable for any incorrect payments charged by third party advertising platforms. The Client agrees to communicate directly with the advertising platform should any incorrect charges be made on your nominated account by a third party advertising platform. Equipt Media agrees to provide reasonable assistance to facilitate communication between the Client and Google should this situation arise.

6.4 All paid platform accounts initially set up by Equipt Media are the property of Equipt Media. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Client may apply to Equipt Media to transfer ownership of the account which will be granted if the following conditions are met:

(a) The term of the agreement is realised; and

(b) A minimum of 12 payments have been made on this service.

6.5 The Client must comply with guidelines for the respective paid advertising platforms.

6.6 A Paid Advertising campaign, which is still in its Minimum Term and has had a minimum of 3 payments processed, can be paused for 1 regular payment, per 3 regular payment period. Where the campaign is suspended for a longer period of time, then Equipt Media may choose to terminate the Agreement and charge the Client a Cancellation Fee in accordance with clause 1.3.

6.7 If Equipt Media elects to use a paid platform account owned by the Client, changes to the account should only be made by Equipt Media staff. The Client can request changes to the account via the nominated Equipt Media account manager.

6.8 Please note that Equipt Media is not directly affiliated with Google™.

7. Upload of Content to Customer Websites

7.1 Equipt Media will upload optimised content and tags to the Client’s website where a web page is written in a language that our technicians are trained in. If a web page has been designed using languages that we are not skilled in, uploading of content will be the responsibility of the Client and/or their webmaster.

7.2 During the provision of the Services, the Client may provide Equipt Media with access to make changes to their website. However, the Client agrees that Equipt Media is not liable for any errors which may occur in these updates. Although full care is taken when making such website changes, the Client is expected to regularly back up its data in accordance with clause 3.3. This excludes websites which been developed by and still hosted with Equipt Media.

8. Website Design

8.1 Website design services are provided as per your Website Design Agreement with Equipt Media. An approximate timing schedule is provided at the time of the Website Design Agreement. Failure to provide content or other items within the specified time will delay the setup of the website.

8.2 Website design costs may be subsidised by Equipt Media and set out in Schedule 1. If the Client discontinues the development of the website at any stage prior to completion, the Client is liable to pay this subsidised amount. Further, if the Client discontinues the development of the website at any stage prior to completion, the Client is responsible for any fees associated with the completion of the website as outlined in their Website Design Agreement.

8.3 After the launch of a website, the Client is responsible for backing up their website on a regular basis, unless the website is hosted by Equipt Media. In the event that the Clients website goes down and it is hosted on a website server other than an Equipt Media affiliate server, we are not responsible for bringing the website back online.

9. Website Hosting Services

9.1 Where Equipt Media will host a Clients existing website, the Client must pay a Transfer Fee at the outset of the web hosting service.

9.2 Equipt Media warrants that the Clients uptime availability will be at least 99.9% except where the failure results from:

(a) A failure or malfunction in relation to any device or equipment, any software or power supply outside our control, unless caused by our wrongful act or omission;

(b) The Client’s act or omission (or a person under the Client’s direction or control);

(c) A failure or malfunction of any software forming part of the Services which has not been subjected to a testing regime due to its time critical nature including updates, patches, definitions etc.;

(d) During scheduled maintenance windows and any emergency maintenance and upgrade work;

(e) A requirement, direction or any other order issued by a court, government authority, administrative or judicial body;

(f) Unauthorised or illegal access by any party to any party of the computer systems used to provide the Services including hacking, cracking, virus dissemination and denial of service attacks;

(g) Any false breaches reported as a result of outages or errors of any Equipt Media measurement system;

(h) DNS propagation;

9.3 If in any calendar month, should Equipt Media fail to meet the Uptime SLA, Equipt Media will refund to the Client, as its sole right or remedy, a 20% percentage credit of the fees for the relevant Service in that month (“Service Credit”). Service Credits are calculated against that month’s web hosting fees and charges only. The Client must request a Service Credit in writing via our email address admin@equiptmedia.com.au. All requests must be made within 30 days of the Uptime SLA breach occurring, and the Client must provide Equipt Media with details of the breach claimed for verification purposes. If the breach is confirmed by Equipt Media (based on Equipt Media records obtained from its monitoring services) to have occurred, then Equipt Media will, within 60 days of your request being received, apply the relevant Service Credit to the Client’s nominated account.

9.4 The Client is only entitled to make 1 claim for a Service Credit per month.

9.5 Where the Client is in breach of its obligations under this Agreement, including its obligation to pay Fees, then any Service Credit will be set off and deducted from the amount owed by the Client to Equipt Media. Nothing in this clause prevents Equipt Media from exercising its full rights to recover monies from the Client owed to Equipt Media under this Agreement.

9.6 Equipt Media takes no responsibility for a websites functionality or performance that has been transferred into its hosting environment pursuant to this clause. If Equipt Media identifies any issues with the website which may degrade the server and/or affect the stability of the Clients website, Equipt Media will notify the Client of same and such issues must be rectified at the Clients expense in order to continue the hosting services.

10. Email setup

10.1 Equipt Media will assist the Client in the setup of email addresses via a preferred services provider. Instructions will be provided on the setup of the email access on your desktop and mobile devices.

10.2 Any further support regarding the setup or ongoing usage of your email will be provided via the preferred services provider.

11. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

11.1 Equipt Media will undertake the optimisation of the Clients website as per best practise techniques used in the industry.

11.2 Although Equipt Media are the professionals within in the industry, the Client agrees and understands that SEO does not provide any guaranteed results and that results can vary based on the Clients website history, industry and many more factors. The Client agrees to release Equipt Media and any employee, owner, or director of Equipt Media from being liable for any damages, cost, or loss of business due to any incidents and/or issues relating to any search engine’s actions.

11.3 Any alterations of SEO keywords by the Client after the initial selection of the keywords will incur additional fees.

11.4 One face to face meeting is included in SEO services per year. Organic Search Marketing services include three face to face meetings per year.

11.5 SEO services do not include the consultation required in the launching of a new website, on the domain being worked on. An additional fee will be payable for this service, which will be quoted prior to commencement of this consultation. Organic Search Marketing services are exempt of this fee.

12. Website Content Maintenance

12.1 Ad-hoc website maintenance including content updates is charged at the hourly rates set out in Schedule 1 with a one (1) hour minimum and has a ten (10) business day turnaround time. Website maintenance packages will have content changes administered five (5) business days after requested.

13. Linked Websites

13.1 Some of the Services may contain links to other websites (“linked websites”) which are not owned or operated by Equipt Media. These links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. Equipt Media is not responsible for the content or the terms and conditions and privacy practices associated with linked websites.

13.2 Equipt Media links with linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by Equipt Media of the owners or operators of those linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites, unless written and authorised endorsements have been made by Equipt Media in relation to those specific links, products and/or services.

14. Service Inclusions

14.1 During the Term Equipt Media will:

(a) Supply telephone or other electronic support to the Client between the hours of 8:30am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday (“Business Hours”) in order to support Clients enjoyment of the Services;

(b) Provide the services set out in the Equipt Media Services Specifications; and

(c) Provide any additional services which have been agreed to in writing between Equipt Media and the Client, the provision of any additional services are subject to the terms of the Agreement and may incur additional fees.

15. Service Exclusions

15.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Equipt Media has no liability for and is not required to provide Services under this Agreement if it relates to:

(a) Rectification of lost or corrupted data arising for any reason other than Equipt Media’s own negligence;

(b) Support rendered more difficult because of any changes, alterations, additions, modifications or variations to the Services or the use of the system or operating environment;

(c) Attendance to faults caused by using the Services outside design or other specifications or outside the provisions laid down in any documentation or manual supplied with the Services, or caused by operator error or omission;

(d) Restoration of data files following failure to back-up data/website in accordance with Equipt Media’s recommended procedures;

(e) Diagnosis and/or rectification of problems not associated with the Services;

(f) Damage due to external causes outside Equipt Media control, namely force majeure events including, but not limited to any accident, disaster, electrical fault, power surges, lightning, internet connection fault, vandalism, burglary etc.;

(g) The Client not following Equipt Media or the a third party (such as Google) written instructions for the Services;

(h) The Client’s or its third party’s abnormal use of the Services and/or any repair or damaged caused by such misuse;

(i) Any other exclusions listed in the Equipt Media Services Specifications.

15.2 Equipt Media may choose to provide the above services at an additional cost to the Client (which will be invoiced separately).

16. Confidentiality

16.1 Each party must at all times:

(a) Maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of any Confidential Information of the other party;

(b) Not divulge or disclose to any other person, firm, corporation or entity any Confidential Information of the other party;

(c) Refrain from copying, transmitting, retaining or removing any Confidential Information of the other party, or attempting to do the same; and

(d) Use its best endeavours to prevent the disclosure of any Confidential Information of the other party by or to third parties.

16.2 For the avoidance of doubt all methodologies, documentation and procedures used by Equipt Media for the provision of the Services are classified as Equipt Media’s Confidential Information and may only be disclosed to staff of the Client on a need-to-know basis. Disclosure to third parties of this Confidential Information is strictly prohibited unless Equipt Media provides its express written consent (which may be withheld in its absolute discretion).

17. Privacy

17.1 The Client agrees to comply with the Privacy Act 1988 in its dealings with Equipt Media. In particular, the Client warrants that it has made all necessary disclosures and obtained all consents required under the Act in respect of personal information given to or accessed by Equipt Media in connection with this Agreement. The Client indemnifies and keeps indemnified Equipt Media from and against all costs, losses, damages, claims and expenses arising from the Client’s breach of this warranty.

17.2 By entering into this Agreement, the Client confirms that it has read the Equipt Media Privacy Policy which can be found at equiptmedia.com/privacy-policy. The Client may request a hard copy from Equipt Media by emailing admin@equiptmedia.com.

18. Partner Referral Agreements

18.1 Where the Client has been introduced to Equipt Media via a third party referrer, the Client acknowledges and agrees that some information may be shared with these partners including email, name and products purchased for reporting purposes.

19. Ownership of Data and Services Material

19.1 No Background IPR is transferred by virtue of this Agreement. Each party hereby grants to the other a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use its Background IPR for the purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Client owns all IPR in the Client Content and grants Equipt Media a royalty-free right to use the Client Content for the provision of the Services and any other additional services that may arise during the Term of this Agreement.

19.2 All IPR in the Services Material is owned by Equipt Media upon creation. Subject to the payment of the Fee, Equipt Media hereby grants the Client a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use, modify and adapt the Services Material for the purposes of this Agreement and for its internal business purposes.

19.3 The Client agrees to not copy, reproduce, export or deal in the Services and/or Services Materials or any part of them in any way except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.

19.4 The Client agrees not to decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce any part of the Services and/or Services Material to human-readable form nor permit any third party to do so.

19.5 The Client indemnifies, saves and holds Equipt Media harmless from any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense Equipt Media suffers or incurs as a result of the Clients failure to comply with its obligations under this clause.

20. Use of Equipt Media Trademarks

20.1 Use of Equipt Media Trademarks is strictly prohibited unless written consent is obtained from Equipt Media.

20.2 Where consent is provided under clause 20.1, the Client must include a statement attributing ownership of the Trademark(s) to Equipt Media.

20.3 The Client must not use the Trademarks:

(a) In or as the whole or part of its own trademarks;

(b) In connection with activities, products or services which are not provided by Equipt Media;

(c) In a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive;

(d) In a manner that disparages Equipt Media or its information, products or services.

20.4 Failure to comply with the obligations contained in this clause may result in infringement action being taken against the Client without further notice.

21. Security

21.1 Notwithstanding the security precautions taken against disclosure of information, there are certain conditions that exist on the Internet generally which are outside Equipt Media’s control and could result in a breach of security. The Client hereby expressly waives any claim against Equipt Media arising out of the loss of data through corruption, piracy, and breach of security or for any other reason.

22. Warranties and Indemnities

22.1 Nothing in this Agreement is to be read as excluding, restricting or modifying the application of any legislation which by law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.

22.2 Subject to clause 22.1, any representation, warranty, condition or undertaking in relation to the performance of the Services which (but for this clause) would be implied in this Agreement by law, is excluded.

22.3 Any liability Equipt Media may have for any failure to comply with a consumer guarantee imposed by the Australia Consumer Law, or any condition or warranty implied into this Agreement by legislation that cannot be excluded is not excluded but to the extent permitted by law is limited to (at Equipt Media’s option) in the case of the Services:

(a) Re-supplying the Services;

(b) Paying the cost of re-supplying the Services.

22.4 To the extent that Equipt Media’s liability cannot be or is not otherwise limited according to this clause 22, under no circumstances will Equipt Media’s total aggregate liability under this Agreement, whether based upon warranty, contract, statute, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, exceed the actual amounts paid to Equipt Media by the Client under this Agreement.

22.5 The Client assumes sole responsibility for the use of the Services in its business operations and hereby indemnifies (and keeps indemnified) Equipt Media, its officers, employees, agents, and contractors from and against all liability, losses, actions, claims (including third party claims), demands, proceedings, awards, settlements, compensation, damages, costs and expenses, directly or indirectly arising from, or relating to:

(a) The Client’s use of, or reliance on, any part of the Services and/or Services Material; or

(b) Any other person’s use of, or reliance on, any part of the Services and/or Services Material which were provided to that person directly or indirectly by the Client.

(c) A breach or failure to perform by the Client of its obligations under this Agreement; or

(d) Any wilful, unlawful or negligent act or omission of the Client.

22.6 The Client’s liability under clause 22.5 will be reduced proportionately to the extent that Equipt Media’s negligent act or omission contributed to that loss or liability.

22.7 For the avoidance of doubt and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Equipt Media is not liable for:

(a) Any special, indirect or consequential loss including (but not limited to) loss of opportunity and/or loss of profits, savings, clients, contracts, revenue, interest or goodwill, suffered or incurred by the Client as a result of its use of the Services and/or Services Material under this Agreement; or

(b) Any loss or damage suffered by the Client or any third party due to the Clients negligent or improper use or of the Services and/or Services Material.

22.8 Equipt Media is not responsible for URLs dropped or excluded for any reason.

22.9 Equipt Media does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that the Clients URLs will achieve a favourable position, or any position. Equipt Media cannot control or guarantee which, if any, search engines will accept the submission of the Clients website. Equipt Media will not be responsible for delays or failure of performance resulting from internet service provider delivery problems or failure, or any communication or delivery problems associated with the Clients order details, such as incorrect email address or URL address.

23. Disputes

23.1 The parties must work in good faith to resolve any dispute between them arising from this Agreement.

23.2 Any dispute will initially be referred to the nominated representatives of each party for resolution. If such dispute is not resolved within 7 days, the dispute will be referred to a meeting of the Director/ CEO or authorised delegate or equivalent of each party.

23.3 If the dispute remains unresolved after a period of 60 days after the second meeting referred to in clause 23.2, the parties will agree upon an appropriate mediator. Failing agreement, the President of the Law Society of Western Australia will appoint a mediator. Agreement as to the allocation of costs will be determined through mediation.

23.4 A party may not commence court proceedings until 30 days after referral to a mediator pursuant to clause 23.3 except that nothing in this clause will prevent any party from seeking urgent interlocutory relief through courts of appropriate jurisdiction.

24. Termination

24.1 Each party may terminate this agreement by giving 30 days’ written notice to the other party. If the Agreement is terminated by the Client within the Minimum Term, the Client will be liable to pay the Cancellation Fee in accordance with clause 1.2

24.2 Without limiting any other rights or remedies Equipt Media may have against the Client arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, Equipt Media may terminate the Agreement with immediate effect if the Client:

(a) Commits a serious breach of this Agreement including (but not limited to) posting offensive material or material promoting or suggestive of illegal or criminal activity;

(b) Has had insufficient funds in their nominated bank account on the Debit Date for 2 consecutive months or more, or has not notified Equipt Media that it disputes the charges specified under an invoice within 60 days of receipt of that invoice; and

(c) The Client breaches a provision of this Agreement and fails to remedy the breach within 30 days of receiving notice to do so; or

(d) The Client becomes insolvent or enters into liquidation or receivership or makes a composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or takes advantage of any statutory relief for insolvent debtors.

24.3 A termination of this Agreement will not affect the Client’s liability to pay Fees for Services already performed.

24.4 The provisions of clauses 5.3, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 22, 27 and this clause 24.4 survives termination or expiration of this Agreement.

25. Independent Contractor

25.1 Equipt Media is an independent contractor and not an employee or agent of the Client.

25.2 The manner of performance of the Services will be at all times within the judgement and discretion of Equipt Media.

25.3 Neither Equipt Media nor any employee, contractor, representative, agent of Equipt Media will by virtue of this Agreement be deemed to be an employee of the Client.

25.4 The parties to this Agreement will not be or be deemed to be in any partnership, collaboration or joint venture and neither party will hold itself out as being in any way a partner or in a joint venture with the other party and neither party will pledge the credit or warrant the authority of the other party.