These terms and conditions apply to the use of this Web Site and in accessing or using or browsing this Web Site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, then you must refrain from using this Web Site.

For the purposes of these terms and conditions, "this Web Site" shall mean www.branz.com.au.

BRANZ

Any reference to "BRANZ", "we", "our" or "us" in these terms and conditions shall mean BRANZ Pty Limited.

Amendments to Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to review and amend these terms and conditions and our disclaimer from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately and BRANZ has no obligation to notify you of such amendments. We recommend that you check this page for amendments each time you revisit this Web Site. Your browsing of this Web Site will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.

Disclaimer

BRANZ does not accept any responsibility or liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damage, or for any loss of profit, income or any intangible losses, or any claims, costs, expenses, or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), equity or otherwise, arising directly or indirectly from, or connected with, your use or inability to use or access this Web Site or any linked web site or your reliance on information contained in or accessed through this Web Site.

To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty, whether express or otherwise implied into these terms and conditions, including fitness for purpose, accuracy, currency or completeness, is hereby excluded, unless the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 applies. If you are using this Web Site or its content for business purposes, the New Zealand Consumers Guarantees Act 1993 will not apply.

Specific Warnings

You must ensure that your access to this Web Site is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this Web Site does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your computer system. BRANZ does not accept responsibility or liability for any interference or damage to your computer system which arises in connection with your use of this Web Site or any linked web site.

All information provided by this Web Site is intended to be general in nature and you should not rely on it in connection with the making of any decision. While we have no reason to believe that any information contained on this Web Site is inaccurate, incomplete or misleading, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of such information. BRANZ does not accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of reliance by you upon the accuracy, completeness or currency of information contained on this Web Site.

Restricted Use

You are provided with access to this Web Site only for your personal use. You are authorised to print a copy of any information contained on this Web Site for your personal use, unless such printing is expressly prohibited. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not on-sell information obtained from this Web Site without our permission.

If you wish to provide a hypertext or other link to this Web Site, you must contact BRANZ for our permission. We may or may not consent to you linking another web site to this Web Site, and the decision is entirely ours.

Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright of all text, graphics, logos and designs used in this Web Site is owned or licensed by BRANZ. You may access and print material from this Web Site provided it is used for your personal use, and not for any commercial purpose. Any reproduction of information on this Web Site must include an acknowledgement of BRANZ' intellectual property rights in the relevant context.

Any word or device to which is attached the ™ or ® symbol is a registered trademark. If you use any of our trademarks in reference to our activities, products or services, you must include a statement attributing that trademark to us. You must not use any of our trademarks:

1. In or as the whole or part of your own trademarks;
2. In connection with activities, products or services which are not ours;
3. In a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; or
4. In a manner that disparages us or our information, products or services (including this Web Site).

Linked Web Sites

This Web Site may contain links to external web sites.

BRANZ will not be responsible or liable for the content (including any liability arising out of any claim that the content of the linked web site infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party) or privacy practices associated with any linked web sites.

Any link to a web site is provided to help you find sites containing information, products or services which may be of interest to you. No link to a web site shall be construed as an endorsement or warranty, approval or recommendation by BRANZ of the owners or operators of those linked web sites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained or available on or from those linked web sites.

Web Site Privacy Policy

All information collected through or in connection with this Web Site is controlled, stored and held by BRANZ or its web service provider(s) in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993.

This Privacy Policy covers our use of information which is collected through or in connection with this Web Site.

We may collect contact information about visitors to this Web Site. This information may be used to:

1. Send you news, information about our activities and general promotional material which we believe may be useful to you;
2. Respond to queries or requests, or process orders or applications submitted by you;
3. Monitor who is accessing this Web Site or using the services offered on this Web Site; and
4. Profile the type of people accessing this Web Site.

If you do not wish to have your personal information used in this manner or for any other specific purpose, please email branz@branz.com.au to advise us of this.

We may utilise 'cookies' which enable us to monitor traffic patterns and to serve you more efficiently if you revisit this Web Site. A cookie does not identify you personally, but rather it identifies your computer. The type of information collected by way of a cookie includes your IP address, the date and time this Web Site was accessed and what parts of this Web Site were viewed and delivered. Your can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie and this will provide you with an opportunity to either accept or reject it in each instance.

We are not responsible for the privacy policy or practices of other web sites, even if you have accessed those web sites using links from this Web Site, or you linked to this Web Site from another web site. We recommend you check the privacy policy of each web site you visit.

We will not sell or otherwise provide your personal information to a third party, or make any other use of your personal information, for any purpose which is not incidental to your use of this Web Site.

If you request us not to use personal information in a particular manner or at all, we will adopt all reasonable measures to observe your request but we may still disclose that information if:

1. We subsequently notify you of the intended use or disclosure and you do not object to that use of disclosure;
2. We believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to assist a law enforcement agency or an agency responsible for government or public security in the performance of their functions; or
3. We are required by law to disclose that information.

We will preserve the content of any email you send us if we believe we have the legal requirement to do so. We may monitor your email content for trouble-shooting or maintenance purposes or if any form of email abuse is suspected.

Personal information which we collect (including your contact details, and, if relevant, credit card details) is kept confidential to the best of our ability. You will appreciate, however, that we cannot guarantee the security of transmission over the Internet.

You are entitled to have access to any personal information relating to you which you have previously supplied to us over this Web Site. You are entitled to edit or delete such information unless we are required by law to retain it.

If you wish to make an enquiry regarding any personal information relating to you which may be in our possession, contact branz@branz.com.au.

Security of Information

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. While BRANZ strives to protect such information, BRANZ does not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which is transmitted to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk. Nevertheless, once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993 and our Web Site Privacy Policy.

Termination of Access

We may terminate access to this Web Site at any time without notice. Our disclaimer will nevertheless survive such termination.

BRANZ does not warrant that you will have continued access to this Web Site, and will not be responsible or liable for any loss, claims, costs, expenses, or damage, directly or indirectly incurred or resulting from or related to your inability to use or access this Web Site.

Governing Law

This Web Site and content has been developed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. These terms and conditions, and any matters or disputes connected with this Web Site shall be governed by the law of New Zealand and the New Zealand courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims in connection with this Web Site and its use.

Complaints

If you have a complaint about the content of this Web Site, please contact branz@branz.com.au.

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