STOPTOBER Website - Terms and Conditions of Use

 

STOPTOBER is a public health campaign initiated by ASH and supported by the Ministry of Health.  This document explains the Terms and Conditions (Terms) for use of the STOPTOBER website - www.stoptobernz.co.nz (Website), how ASH and its associated partners use any of the information you give to us, and the way we protect your privacy.  Protecting the privacy and personal data of the visitors to and users of the Website is of the utmost importance to us.

1.     Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms

Your use of the Website is subject to these Terms. By using the Website as a casual visitor, or by completing the registration form, you signify that you accept these Terms and therefore it is important that you read them carefully.

You may wish to print and/or save a downloaded copy of these Terms on your computer for your reference. The Terms may be updated or added to, from time to time. We will post the updated terms on the Website and they will take effect on the date that is stated in the posting.  Where we do not communicate an alternative date, the changes will take place immediately. We recommend that you check the Terms on the Website from time to time.  If you disagree with any of the changes that are made to the Terms, you may simply terminate your use of the Website.

2.     Definitions

In these Terms:

·       you’ or ‘your’ means you as a user of the Website;

·       we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to ASH - Action on Smoking and Health, a New Zealand registered charity;

·       ‘Partners’ means our partners, sponsors, service providers and advertisers, and includes the Ministry of Health; and

·       ‘Website’ means the website located at www.stoptobernz.co.nz.

 

3.     Registration

Use of the Website does not require registration and can be accessed as a ‘casual visitor’. However, personal information may be required to enable you to access certain services (Personal Information). Personal Information is information that identifies you and that you provide on registering for STOPTOBER. The Website may collect this through your use of the registration form. Your Personal Information will be collected, processed, stored and used by us, and passed to and processed by us and other data processors acting under our (or our partners’) instruction, in order to help us provide services, to provide customer support and for other purposes described in our Privacy Policy.  Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use and disclose your Personal Information.

4.     Your responsibilities

You are responsible for all access to the Website using your internet connection, even if the access is by another person.

You are responsible for compliance with these Terms in your use of the Website. You may use the Website for lawful purposes only. You may not submit, download or transmit any material (including User Generated Content), or otherwise engage in any conduct that actively causes or is intended to:

·       breach any third party's rights including, without limitation, copyright, patent rights, trade mark rights, performer's rights, rights of confidence;

·       is unlawful, offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions, or accounts of, sexual acts;

·       victimise, harass, degrade, or intimidate an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;

·       impersonate any person, business or entity, including ASH, its Partners and our employees and agents;

·       contain viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorised use of or access to a computer or computer network;

·       encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, or that gives rise to civil liability;

·       promote or sell prohibited items such as lotteries, betting or wagering activities, ammunition, firearms, tobacco, alcohol, adult products and services, and explosives;

·       violate these Terms, acceptable usage guidelines or any policy posted on the Website; or

·       unjustifiably interfere with others' use of the Website.

You may not use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, user accounts, computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means. We may use any technical and other legal remedies available to us to prevent any breach of, or to enforce, these Terms.

5.     Changes to the Website

We may change or discontinue the Website or any of its features at any time without notice. We may impose general operating rules for the Website. For example, we may establish limits on storing, uploading or downloading any data or impose ‘time outs’ if you idle on the Website.

6.     No spam

You may not use the Website or any communication tools to transmit, directly or indirectly, any unsolicited bulk communications (including emails and instant messages). You may not harvest information about users of the Website for the purpose of sending, or to facilitate the sending, of unsolicited bulk communications. We may use any technical and other legal remedies available to us to prevent unsolicited bulk communications from entering, utilising, or remaining within networks.

7.     Content

The copyright in all content on the Website (Web Content) is the property of ASH, and/or its partners. You may only use Web Content for personal, non-commercial purposes and in accordance with these Terms and any other terms which you may be notified of in relation to specific Web Content. You may not circumvent any mechanisms for preventing the unauthorised reproduction or distribution of Web Content.

Where we offer products and services, these are subject to availability. 

STOPTOBER Packs/Kits are restricted to two per household.

8.     Our liability to you

The Website is provided without warranties of any kind and your use of the Website is at your sole risk. ASH will, however, use reasonable skill and care to provide and maintain the availability of the Website. The ASH expressly excludes any warranty, representation or undertaking that you will be able to access or use the Website at times or locations of your choosing. ASH depends upon third parties over which it may have little or no control for the delivery of the Website (for example, to deliver emails sent to and from internet addresses). ASH is not liable for deletion, corruption or failure to store any email messages or other content. ASH does not warrant that the Website will be free from any virus, worm, trojan or other malware or device intended to access and modify, delete or damage data files or computer programs. The Website is a consumer service and not designed to be used by you in connection with the conduct of your, or your employers' or contractors', commercial activities. If you choose to do so, it is entirely at your own, and your employer's or contractor's, risk.

In particular, ASH does not warrant to you that:


1. your use of the Website or Web Content will meet your requirements;
2. your use of the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from error;
3. any information obtained by you as a result of your use of the Website will be accurate or reliable;
4. that defects in the operation or functionality of any software provided to you will be corrected; and
5. no conditions, warranties or other terms (including any implied terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or conformance with description) apply to the Website except to the extent that they are expressly set out in the Terms.

ASH shall not be liable for any loss which was not reasonably foreseeable when you agree to these Terms, nor for any loss of data, profit, revenue or business or wasted expenditure, howsoever caused, arising from your use of the Website or for any other claim related in any way to the STOPTOBER campaign. ASH does not endorse, warrant or guarantee any product or service offered by a third party, and will not be a party to, or responsible for monitoring, any transaction between you and such a third party. We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance of our obligations under these Terms caused by matters beyond our reasonable control.

Except expressly stated to the contrary in these Terms, ASH shall not be liable to you for:


1. Any indirect or consequential losses which may be incurred by you. This shall include any loss of profit (whether incurred directly; any loss of goodwill or business reputation; any loss of opportunity; or any loss of data suffered by you)
2. Any loss of damage which may be incurred by you as a result of:
- any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of content on the Website;
- any changes which ASH may make to the content of the Website, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the Website (or any features within the Website);
- the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store any content of the Website and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the Website;
- your failure to provide ASH with accurate account information; or
- your failure to keep your password or account details secure and confidential.

Notwithstanding anything stated in these Terms, nothing in the Terms is intended to exclude or limit any liability that may not by law be excluded or limited and, in particular, none of the exclusions and limitations herein are intended to limit any rights you many have as a consumer under New Zealand law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded, nor in any way exclude or limit our liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees or agents.


 

9.     Indemnification

You agree to defend, hold harmless and indemnify ASH and its partners against all liabilities, claims and expenses, including reasonable legal fees that arise from any infringement of third party intellectual property or other rights resulting from any breach of these Terms for which you are responsible. ASH reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. In that event, you shall have no further obligation to provide indemnification for the ASH in that matter.

10.  Termination

Save as otherwise expressly provided in any additional terms governing the use of specific services provided on our Website, we do not charge you for use of the Website, and as a consequence, we may cancel or suspend use of the Website at any time, without cause and without notice.

If, following an opt-in, you wish to terminate your relationship with the Website you may email the STOPTOBER team at [email protected]

 

11.  Changes to these Terms

We may change these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms on the Website, and any changes will take effect immediately or on a date which is nominated in the posting or in a notice we send to you. Your on-going use of the Website after the changes take effect signifies your agreement to the updated Terms. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms and any other terms posted on the Website. If you disagree with the changes that are made to these Terms, you may simply terminate use of the Website as provided above at 10.

12.  Disputes, comments and complaints

If you have a comment or complaint about STOPTOBER or the Website, please contact us at [email protected].

13.  Notices

You agree that we may send to you in electronic form any notices, disclosures, reports, documents or other communications relating to the Website (collectively, ‘Notices’). We can send you Notices:

·       to the email address that you provided to us during registration for this purpose, or

·       by posting the Notice on the Website.

Any Notice from us shall be deemed effective the day it is sent or posted by us.

14.  Entire agreement

These Terms, together with other documents and agreements referred to or entered into under it, constitutes the entire agreement between you and us relating to the Website.

15.  General

Assignment

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms to any third party, which is to provide the Website (or part of it) at any time without Notice to you. You may not assign you rights and obligations under these Terms to any one else.

Third parties

You agree that these Terms are not intended to confer and do not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties to these Terms.

Severance

The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms shall not affect or impact the continuation in force of the remainder of the Terms.

No waiver

If you or we fail to exercise any right or remedy under the Terms, that failure will not operate as a waiver of that right or remedy, or prevent it from being exercised subsequently.

16.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.

Notwithstanding this, you agree that ASH shall still be allowed to apply injunctive remedies (or equivalent types of urgent legal remedy) in any jurisdiction.