Note, we have unashamedly cribbed
the
Google
Terms of
Service as a basis for this page. This is both because we
respect and admire the
Google
approach and because Golf Adept is running
on
Google
platforms
using
Google
technology.
Welcome to Golf Adept
1. Your relationship with Golf Adept
1.1 Your use of Golf Adept
products, software, services and web sites (referred to
collectively as the ÒServicesÓ in this
document and excluding any services provided to you by
Golf Adept under a separate written agreement) is
subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you
and Golf Adept. ÒGolf AdeptÓ is a
registered and trade-marked name for Golf Software
written and supported by Askowl Pty Limited. Askowl's
registered office is at 5 The Crescent, Ashgrove,
Brisbane, Qld, Australia. This document explains how
the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the
terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in
writing with Golf Adept, your agreement with Golf Adept
will always include, at a minimum, the terms and
conditions set out in this document. These are referred
to below as the ÒUniversal
TermsÓ.
1.3 Your agreement with Golf
Adept will also include the terms of any Legal Notices
applicable to the Services, in addition to the
Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as
the ÒAdditional TermsÓ. Where Additional
Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for
you to read either within, or through your use of, that
Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms,
together with the Additional Terms, form a legally
binding agreement between you and Golf Adept in
relation to your use of the Services. It is important
that you take the time to read them carefully.
Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below
as the ÒTermsÓ.
1.5 If there is any
contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and
what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms
shall take precedence in relation to that
Service.
2. Accepting the
Terms
2.1 In order to use the
Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may
not use the Services if you do not accept the
Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms
by:
(A) clicking to accept or
agree to the Terms, where this option is made
available to you by Golf Adept in the user
interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the
Services. In this case, you understand and agree
that Golf Adept will treat your use of the Services
as acceptance of the Terms from that point
onwards.
2.3 You may not use the
Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are
not of legal age to form a binding contract with Golf
Adept, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving
the Services under the law.
2.4 Before you continue, you
should print off or save a local copy of the Universal
Terms for your records.
3. Language of the
Terms
3.1 Where Golf Adept has
provided you with a translation of the English language
version of the Terms, then you agree that the
translation is provided for your convenience only and
that the English language versions of the Terms will
govern your relationship with Golf
Adept.
3.2 If there is any
contradiction between what the English language version
of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the
English language version shall take
precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by
Golf Adept
4.1 Golf Adept has
subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the
world (ÒSubsidiaries and AffiliatesÓ).
Sometimes, these companies will be providing the
Services to you on behalf of Golf Adept. You
acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates
will be entitled to provide the Services to
you.
4.2 Golf Adept is constantly
innovating in order to provide the best possible
experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree
that the form and nature of the Services which Golf
Adept provides may change from time to time without
prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing
innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Golf Adept
may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the
Services (or any features within the Services) to you
or to users generally at Golf AdeptÕs sole
discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop
using the Services at any time. You do not need to
specifically inform Golf Adept when you stop using the
Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree
that if Golf Adept disables access to your account, you
may be prevented from accessing the Services, your
account details or any files or other content which is
contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree
that while Golf Adept may not currently have set a
fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you
may send or receive through the Services or on the
amount of storage space used for the provision of any
Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Golf
Adept at any time, at Golf AdeptÕs
discretion.
5. Use of the Services by
you
5.1 In order to access certain
Services, you may be required to provide information
about yourself (such as identification or contact
details) as part of the registration process for the
Service, or as part of your continued use of the
Services. You agree that any registration information
you give to Golf Adept will always be accurate, correct
and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the
Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a)
the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or
generally accepted practices or guidelines in the
relevant jurisdictions.
5.3 You agree not to access
(or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means
other than through the interface that is provided by
Golf Adept, unless you have been specifically allowed
to do so in a separate agreement with Golf Adept. You
specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access)
any of the Services through any automated means
(including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall
ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in
any robots.txt file present on the
Services.
5.4 You agree that you will
not engage in any activity that interferes with or
disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks
which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been
specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement
with Golf Adept, you agree that you will not reproduce,
duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for
any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are
solely responsible for (and that Golf Adept has no
responsibility to you or to any third party for) any
breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the
consequences (including any loss or damage which Golf
Adept may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Your passwords and account
security
6.1 You agree and understand
that you are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of passwords associated with any
account you use to access the
Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree
that you will be solely responsible to Golf Adept for
all activities that occur under your
account.
6.3 If you become aware of any
unauthorised use of your password or of your account,
you agree to notify Golf Adept immediately at
http://groups.google.com.au/group/golf-adept/post?sendowner=1
.
7. Privacy and your personal
information
7.1 For information about Golf
AdeptÕs data protection practices, please read
Golf AdeptÕs privacy policy at
http://golfadept.com/active/page/footer/privacy-policy
.
This policy explains how Golf Adept treats your
personal information, and protects your privacy, when
you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of
your data in accordance with Golf AdeptÕs
privacy policies.
8. Content in the
Services
8.1 You understand that all
information (such as data files, written text, computer
software, or other sounds, photographs, videos or other
images) which you may have access to as part of, or
through your use of, the Services are the sole
responsibility of the person from which such content
originated. All such information is referred to below
as the ÒContentÓ.
8.2 You should be aware that
Content presented to you as part of the Services,
including but not limited to advertisements in the
Services and sponsored Content within the Services may
be protected by intellectual property rights which are
owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that
Content to Golf Adept (or by other persons or companies
on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease,
loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based
on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you
have been specifically told that you may do so by Golf
Adept or by the owners of that Content, in a separate
agreement.
8.3 Golf Adept reserves the
right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen,
review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or
all Content from any Service.
8.4 You understand that by
using the Services you may be exposed to Content that
you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and
that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own
risk.
8.5 You agree that you are
solely responsible for (and that Golf Adept has no
responsibility to you or to any third party for) any
Content that you create, transmit or display while
using the Services and for the consequences of your
actions (including any loss or damage which Golf Adept
may suffer) by doing so.
9. Proprietary
rights
9.1 You acknowledge and agree
that Golf Adept (or Golf AdeptÕs licensors) own
all legal right, title and interest in and to the
Services, including any intellectual property rights
which subsist in the Services (whether those rights
happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the
world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge
that the Services may contain information which is
designated confidential by Golf Adept and that you
shall not disclose such information without Golf
AdeptÕs prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed
otherwise in writing with Golf Adept, nothing in the
Terms gives you a right to use any of Golf
AdeptÕs trade names, trade marks, service marks,
logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand
features.
9.3 If you have been given an
explicit right to use any of these brand features in a
separate written agreement with Golf Adept, then you
agree that your use of such features shall be in
compliance with that agreement, any applicable
provisions of the Terms, and Golf Adept's brand feature
use guidelines as updated from time to
time.
9.4 Other than the limited
license set forth in Section 11, Golf Adept
acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title
or interest from you (or your licensors) under these
Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post,
transmit or display on, or through, the Services,
including any intellectual property rights which
subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to
be registered or not, and wherever in the world those
rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in
writing with Golf Adept, you agree that you are
responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights
and that Golf Adept has no obligation to do so on your
behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall
not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights
notices (including copyright and trade mark notices)
which may be affixed to or contained within the
Services.
9.6 Unless you have been
expressly authorized to do so in writing by Golf Adept,
you agree that in using the Services, you will not use
any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any
company or organization in a way that is likely or
intended to cause confusion about the owner or
authorized user of such marks, names or
logos.
10. License from Golf
Adept
10.1 Golf Adept gives you a
personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and
non-exclusive licence to use the software as part of
the Services as provided to you by Golf Adept (referred
to as the ÒSoftwareÓ below). This licence
is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and
enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Golf
Adept, in the manner permitted by the
Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may
not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a
derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or
otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the
Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly
permitted or required by law, or unless you have been
specifically told that you may do so by Golf Adept, in
writing.
10.3 Unless Golf Adept has
given you specific written permission to do so, you may
not assign (or grant a sub-licence of) your rights to
use the Software, grant a security interest in or over
your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer
any part of your rights to use the
Software.
11. Content licence from
you
11.1 You retain copyright and
any other rights you already hold in Content which you
submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By
submitting, posting or displaying the content you give
Golf Adept a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce,
adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform,
publicly display and distribute any Content which you
submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Golf
Adept to display, distribute and promote the Services
and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in
the Additional Terms of those
Services.
11.2 You agree that this
licence includes a right for Golf Adept to make such
Content available to other companies, organisations or
individuals with whom Golf Adept has relationships for
the provision of syndicated services, and to use such
Content in connection with the provision of those
services.
11.3 You understand that Golf
Adept, in performing the required technical steps to
provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or
distribute your Content over various public networks
and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your
Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that
Content to the technical requirements of connecting
networks, devices, services or media. You agree that
this licence shall permit Golf Adept to take these
actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant
to Golf Adept that you have all the rights, power and
authority necessary to grant the above
licence.
12. Software
updates
12.1 The Software which you
use may automatically download and install updates from
time to time from Golf Adept. These updates are
designed to improve, enhance and further develop the
Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced
functions, new software modules and completely new
versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit
Golf Adept to deliver these to you) as part of your use
of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship
with Golf Adept
13.1 The Terms will continue
to apply until terminated by either you or Golf Adept
as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate
your legal agreement with Golf Adept, you may do so by
(a) notifying Golf Adept at any time and (b) closing
your accounts for all of the Services which you use,
where Golf Adept has made this option available to you.
Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Golf
AdeptÕs address which is set out at the
beginning of these Terms.
13.3 Golf Adept may at any
time, terminate its legal agreement with you
if:
(A) you have breached any
provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner
which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or
are unable to comply with the provisions of the
Terms); or
(B) Golf Adept is required
to do so by law (for example, where the provision
of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful);
or
(C) the partner with whom
Golf Adept offered the Services to you has
terminated its relationship with Golf Adept or
ceased to offer the Services to you;
or
(D) Golf Adept is
transitioning to no longer providing the Services
to users in the country in which you are resident
or from which you use the service;
or
(E) the provision of the
Services to you by Golf Adept is, in Golf
AdeptÕs opinion, no longer commercially
viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section
shall affect Golf AdeptÕs rights regarding
provision of Services under Section 4 of the
Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to
an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and
liabilities that you and Golf Adept have benefited
from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time
whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are
expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected
by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 20.7
shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and
liabilities indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF
WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS,
INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT
GOLF ADEPTÕS WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES
WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE
CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF
IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN
YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY
WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
ÒAS AVAILABLE.Ó
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, GOLF
ADEPT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS
LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU
THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR
FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE,
AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE
OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED
TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED
OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES
IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU
WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT
RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH
MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION,
WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GOLF
ADEPT OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE
TERMS.
14.6 GOLF ADEPT FURTHER
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL
PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT GOLF ADEPT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF
PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY),
ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY
LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE
WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT
OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE
PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR
EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF
ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND
ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING
APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH
GOLF ADEPT MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE
PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES
WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF,
CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT
AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR
TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES;
(III) YOUR FAILURE TO
PROVIDE GOLF ADEPT WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT
INFORMATION;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO
KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE
AND CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON GOLF
ADEPTÕS LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE
SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT GOLF ADEPT HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY
SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark
policies
16.1 It is Golf AdeptÕs
policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright
infringement that comply with applicable international
intellectual property law and to terminating the
accounts of repeat infringers.
17.
Advertisements
17.1 Some of the Services are
supported by advertising revenue and may display
advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may
be targeted to the content of information stored on the
Services, queries made through the Services or other
information.
17.2 The manner, mode and
extent of advertising by Golf Adept on the Services are
subject to change without specific notice to
you.
17.3 In consideration for Golf
Adept granting you access to and use of the Services,
you agree that Golf Adept may place such advertising on
the Services.
18. Other
content
18.1 The Services may include
hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources.
Golf Adept may have no control over any web sites or
resources which are provided by companies or persons
other than Golf Adept.
18.2 You acknowledge and agree
that Golf Adept is not responsible for the availability
of any such external sites or resources, and does not
endorse any advertising, products or other materials on
or available from such web sites or
resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree
that Golf Adept is not liable for any loss or damage
which may be incurred by you as a result of the
availability of those external sites or resources, or
as a result of any reliance placed by you on the
completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising,
products or other materials on, or available from, such
web sites or resources.
19. Changes to the
Terms
19.1 Golf Adept make changes
to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to
time. Any new Additional Terms will be made available
to you from within, or through, the affected
Services.
19.2 You understand and agree
that if you use the Services after the date on which
the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed,
Golf Adept will treat your use as acceptance of the
updated Universal Terms or Additional
Terms.
20. General legal
terms
20.1 Sometimes when you use
the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your
use of the Services) use a service or download a piece
of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by
another person or company. Your use of these other
services, software or goods may be subject to separate
terms between you and the company or person concerned.
If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship
with these other companies or
individuals.
20.2 The Terms constitute the
whole legal agreement between you and Golf Adept and
govern your use of the Services (but excluding any
services which Golf Adept may provide to you under a
separate written agreement), and completely replace any
prior agreements between you and Golf Adept in relation
to the Services.
20.3 You agree that Golf Adept
may provide you with notices, including those regarding
changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or
postings on the Services.
20.4 You agree that if Golf
Adept does not exercise or enforce any legal right or
remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Golf
Adept has the benefit of under any applicable law),
this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Golf
AdeptÕs rights and that those rights or remedies
will still be available to Golf
Adept.
20.5 If any court of law,
having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules
that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that
provision will be removed from the Terms without
affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining
provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and
enforceable.
June 23,
2008