Lovatts Media Group Pty Ltd Website Terms of Use

Lovatts Media Group Pty Ltd ABN 99 003 314 681 owns, publishes, and operates the following magazines, brands, and websites:

Websites

Magazines

By visiting any of our websites, visiting our associated social media pages and using our services you are consenting to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Website Terms of Use document.

Before providing Lovatts Media with any information, users should read through this Terms of Use document so that they understand and are comfortable with how Lovatts Media will collect and use information that is shared with us.

Accessing Lovatts Media’s websites and your affirmative act of using this website signifies that you agree and accept without qualification or limitation the following Terms of Service, the information practices disclosed in the Lovatts Media’s websites Term of Uses, to receive required notices and to transact with us electronically. If you do not agree, do not use Lovatts Media’s websites or social media pages.

We may change this Website Terms of Use at any time without notice and any changes will be posted on the above listed websites. Please review the Terms of Use from time to time. If you continue to use Lovatts Media’s websites after we post changes to these Terms of Service, you are signifying your acceptance of the new terms.

Fees & Payments

Lovatts Media’s websites offer premium products, services and subscriptions for a fee. Payment and other applicable terms relating to your use of the products and services, if any, will be disclosed to you at the time you sign up for any fee-based products or services and you will be subject to those additional terms.

Your fees are payable in advance, unless specifically noted otherwise, and are not refundable in whole or in part. We reserve the right to change our fees or billing methods at any time.

Online purchases: Any order placed by you is an offer by you to purchase the particular product or service specified. We reserve the right to accept or reject your order for any reason, including, and without limitation, an error in your order or in the material or content on any Lovatts Media websites, as listed above, or the unavailability of the product or service.

Your Responsibilities

You may use Lovatts Media’s websites their affiliated social media pages for lawful purposes only. You may not submit or transmit through Lovatts Media’s websites any material or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

1. violates or infringes the rights of others including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights
2. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libellous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of anothers privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts
3. victimises, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability
4. impersonates any person, business or entity, including Lovatts Media Group and its employees and agents
5. contains 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 a computer or computer network
6. encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, or that gives rise to civil liability
7. violates the Terms of Service, guidelines or any policy posted on Lovatts Media’s websites
8. interferes with the use and enjoyment of our websites by other users
9. damages, disables, overburdens, or impairs our servers or networks or
10. attempts to gain unauthorised access to any services, user accounts, computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means.

Lovatts Media may take any legal and technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce the Website Terms of Use.

Proprietary Rights

Material on Lovatts Media’s websites including but not limited to the selection, organisation, arrangement, and enhancement of the content, the look and feel of the colour combinations, button shapes, and other graphical elements, logos, brands and trade names is protected by all applicable laws including copyright and trade mark laws and may not be used without our prior written consent. Any unauthorised use of such material may violate copyright laws, trade mark laws and privacy laws and civil and criminal statutes.

You may not use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the content, frame any portion of the Lovatts Media’s websites or content, or reproduce, reprint, copy, store, publicly display, broadcast, transmit, modify, translate, port, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, loan, or otherwise distribute the content without our prior written consent. You may not circumvent any mechanisms included in the content or used by us to prevent the unauthorised reproduction or distribution of the content.

Third Party Websites

Lovatts Media’s websites and their affiliated social media pages may include links to third party websites, including links provided as automated search results. Some of these sites may contain materials that are objectionable, unlawful, or inaccurate. These links do not mean that Lovatts Media endorse these third-party sites or services. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for any content or other materials on these third-party sites.

Any dealings that you have with advertisers found on Lovatts Media’s websites are between you and the advertiser and you acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for any loss or claim you may have against an advertiser.

Prohibition of Web Scraping

Web scraping refers to the automated extraction of data from websites using software tools, AI-powered APIs or scrapers, or bots, typically without the express permission of the website owner. It involves copying, collecting, or harvesting data from Lovatts Media’s websites. We strictly prohibit any unauthorised web scraping activities on our website. This includes but is not limited to the use of automated software tools, AI-powered APIs or scrapers, bots, or scripts that extract data from all Lovatts Media’s websites for commercial purposes without prior written consent from Lovatts Media. This prohibition is in place to protect our intellectual property rights, prevent unauthorised access, and ensure the fair and equitable use of our websites.

Disclaimer of warranties

Your use of Lovatts Media’s websites is at your own risk. We make no warranties, representations or guarantees about Lovatts Media’s websites to the fullest extent permitted by law, we and our suppliers specifically disclaim implied warranties that Lovatts Media’s websites and all software, content and services distributed through these sites are merchantable, of satisfactory quality, accurate, timely, fit for a particular purpose or need, or non-infringing.

Lovatts Media do not guarantee that our website content will meet your requirements, is error-free, reliable, without interruption or available at all times. Our website content is not intended as advice and you should not rely upon it as such. Before acting on any information provided, you should consider if it’s appropriate to you and seek independent advice prior to making any decisions.

Lovatts Media do not guarantee that the results that may be obtained from the use of our websites including any support services, will be effective, reliable, accurate or meet your requirements.

Lovatts Media do not guarantee that you will be able to access or use our websites (either directly or through third-party networks) at times or locations of your choosing. No oral or written information or advice given by us or our representatives shall create a warranty. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this contract cannot change.

Lovatts Media assume no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to and use of the Lovatts Media’s websites. We assume no responsibility and shall not be liable for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone or network or lines, servers or providers, technical problems or traffic congestion on a mobile network, or any combination thereof, or any other technical failures related to or resulting from your access to and use of the Lovatts Media’s websites.

Limitations of liability

Your sole and exclusive remedy for any dispute with us is to discontinue your use of any or all of the Lovatts Media websites.

Lovatts Media and our suppliers shall not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages arising from your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon our sites. These exclusions apply to any claims for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any other commercial damages or losses, even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of any implied warranties, conditions or undertakings which cannot be excluded is limited to

1. the supply of the product or service again or
2. the payment of the cost of having the product or service supplied again.

International Use

If you choose to access a Lovatts Media’s website from a location outside Australia you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Termination

Your right to use Lovatts Media’s websites automatically terminates if you violate the Terms of Service or any rules or guidelines listed on our sites. We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of Lovatts Media’s websites or social media pages, for any reason, with or without notice.

Contact Lovatts

Requests or questions relating to this Website Terms of Use or any problems or complaints may be directed by email to subs@lovattsmedia.com, by phone on +612 4302 1517 or toll free 1800 254 199 (NZ toll free 0800 254 177) or by post to PO Box 995, Terrigal NSW 2260, Australia.