Terms of Use

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND NTLIS

The NTLIS Collaboration Forum is comprised of various Web pages operated by NTLIS.

The NTLIS Collaboration Forum is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

MODIFICATION OF THE TERMS OF USE

NTLIS reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the NTLIS Collaboration Forum is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

The NTLIS Collaboration Forum may contain links to other Collaboration Forums ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of NTLIS and NTLIS is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. NTLIS is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. NTLIS is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by NTLIS of the site or any association with its operators.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum, you warrant to NTLIS that you will not use the NTLIS Collaboration Forum for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the NTLIS Collaboration Forum in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the NTLIS Collaboration Forum or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the NTLIS Collaboration Forums.

USE OF THE NTLIS COLLABORATION FORUM

The NTLIS Collaboration Forum may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
• Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
• Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
• Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

NTLIS has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, NTLIS reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. NTLIS reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

NTLIS reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in NTLIS's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. NTLIS does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, NTLIS denies any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized NTLIS spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of NTLIS.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS PROVIDED TO NTLIS OR POSTED ON FORUM PAGES

NTLIS does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to NTLIS (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any NTLIS Collaboration Forum or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting NTLIS, its affiliated companies and necessary sub licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. NTLIS is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in NTLIS's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS

All contents of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum may be subject to copyright or a trademark. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Users of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum should be aware that any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the NTLIS Collaboration Forum may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. NTLIS and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the NTLIS Collaboration Forum at any time.

Advice received via the NTLIS Collaboration Forum should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice.

NTLIS and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services and related graphics contained on the NTLIS collaboration forum for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. NTLIS and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall the Northern Territory and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any other damages whatsoever in relation to the administration of the NTLIS Collaboration Forum.

Service Contact : gis.support@nt.gov.au