WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMER 

Welcome to our website. This website (located at www.melaniehansen.co) is owned and operated by Melanie  Hansen. Co trading as Melanie Hansen. Co (ABN 24 170 086 427) (“Melanie Hansen. Co”, “we”, “us”). Should you  continue to use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of  use and disclaimer which, together with our Privacy Policy, govern our relationship with you in connection with this website. Should you not agree with any of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website. 

Please note that further terms and conditions govern the purchase of any goods and services described on our  website. Please refer to our Terms and Condition of Sale. 

Your use of this website is subject to the following terms and conditions: 

  1. USE OF OUR WEBSITE 

The content of this website is for your general information and use only and is subject to change without prior notice. 

You can only ever use our website for lawful purposes (such as researching our goods and services or contacting us)  in a manner consistent with the nature and purpose of the website, and in a way that doesn’t impact on anyone else’s  use and enjoyment of the website. We have a zero-tolerance policy for users who conduct themselves unlawfully or  encourage such conduct, who post any defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, harass or cause  distress or inconvenience to any person, or disrupt the website. We reserve the right to ban any users who engage in  such behaviour. 

You’re not permitted to change, add to, remove, deface, hack or otherwise interfere with our website or any material or  content displayed on the website, or attempt to do any of those things. 

Unauthorised use of this website may be a criminal offence and/or give rise to a claim for damages. 2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the  content, design, layout, appearance, look, graphics, text, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, code, scripts,  design elements and interactive features of the website, and is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and  through international treaties.  

Unless we say otherwise, all rights (including copyright) in the website are owned or controlled by us and are reserved  by us.  

Any reproduction of the website or website content is prohibited other than in accordance with these terms. 

All designs, trade marks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by us, save for any  trademarks reproduced on this website which are not the property of or licensed to us, which are acknowledged on the  website. 

As a user of our website, we grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to use our website  in accordance with these terms, to copy and store the website and its content in your device's cache memory and to  print pages from the website for your own personal and non-commercial use.  

Except as outlined above, we don’t grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the website- all other rights are  expressly retained and reserved by us and nothing you do on or in relation to the website will transfer any intellectual  property or associated rights.  

If you would like to share our website or social media content that’s freely available for re-use or is in the public  domain, you are permitted to do so, as long as you attribute same to us and link back to our website. If you’d like to  share, re-publish or otherwise use our website or content in a way that you aren’t expressly authorised to do by these  terms, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. 

  1. SUBMISSIONS

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We’ll sometimes ask our users to contribute content to our website or social media. Please note before you do so that  any material you send to us (including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, designs, images, videos,  audio, marks or other information) will be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary, unless you tell us  otherwise. You authorise us to use it for any purpose, without compensation to you. 

We maintain a blog on our website to keep you up to date with the latest in Wellness + Interior Design. As a website  user, we may give you the opportunity to comment on our blog posts. Please note that we do regularly screen and  review blog comments. We reserve the right to remove comments that we consider may not align with our brand  values. You are expressly prohibited from posting any comment or content that is defamatory, offensive or otherwise  inappropriate. You warrant that all information that you submit to us via our website is true and correct, to the best of  your knowledge and information, and that you are the rightful owner of all intellectual property rights in such  information. 

We may also feature guest bloggers from time to time. We want you to know that we don’t necessarily endorse or  support any views, opinions, standards or information expressed in guest blogs and/or the comments section of our  blog.  

If you find something offensive or inappropriate, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us and we’ll review the  material to see whether it should be removed.  

  1. PRIVACY 

We take your privacy seriously. All information we collect through your use of the website and how we use and  disclose it is set out in our Privacy Policy, which is available on our website. 

  1. LINKS TO OUR WEBSITE 

If you would like to link to our website, please get in touch with us with your URL, a brief description of your website  and why you want to establish a link. Please note that if we allow you to link to our website, we may impose certain  terms or conditions. 

If the nature or content of your website changes in any significant way after the authorised link is established, you  must let us know and provide us with a new description of your website. If the change means that your website is no  longer a good fit with ours, we may ask you to remove the link. Refusal will constitute a breach of these terms. 

  1. LINKS FROM OUR WEBSITE TO OTHER WEBSITES 

We may also, on occasion, include links to other websites which are not controlled by us. These links are provided for  your convenience to provide you with further information. You acknowledge that they are used at your own risk.  Please note that we include these links for your convenience, however we don’t necessarily endorse or support the  views, opinions, standards or information expressed on them. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those websites. For your own safety, please make sure you check the protocols and standards of the  linked sites before using them. 

  1. OUR USE OF COOKIES 

We use cookies to monitor browsing preferences and to help us improve, promote, and protect our website and  services. By continuing to use the website, you agree to our cookie policy. You can find out more information about  our cookie policy in our Privacy Policy, which is available on our website.  

  1. SECURITY 

Our website is security assured by Kajabi. We use our best endeavours to ensure the website is free of any malware,  bugs, viruses, trojan horses, ransomware or other harmful code or communications which may be transmitted to or  through the website, including links to other sites. 

  1. DISCLAIMER AND INDEMNITY 

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes any rights, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions that you are  entitled to by law that can’t be limited or excluded, including under the Australian Consumer Law, which forms Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (ACL). 

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Apart from that, to the extent permitted by law, we exclude all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or  conditions as to the performance, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or suitability of the information and materials  found or offered on this website for any purpose which are not expressly stated in these terms. You hereby  acknowledge that such information and materials may contain mistakes, inaccuracies or errors and we expressly  exclude any liability for such to the fullest extent permissible by law. 

We will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is  reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable consumer guarantee to which you are entitled  under the ACL), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the website or  these terms (including as a result of not being able to use the website), whether at common law, under contract, tort  (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise. If we can’t exclude liability but we can limit it, we  limit it to the maximum extent permitted under section 64A of the ACL.  

We make the website available to you, however you use it at entirely your own risk, for which we will not be liable.  Everything on the website is provided "as is" and "as available" – we don’t make any representations or warranties of  any kind – and we exclude all liability for loss or damage you might suffer because of: 

  •  failures, errors, mistakes, inaccuracies, interruptions, defects, delays, viruses, lost, stolen, altered or misused  data, unlawful third party conduct arising out of the website; 
  •  unsuitable or out of date information on the website (including third party material and advertisements on the  website); 
  •  you or any other person acting or not acting, on any information;  
  •  personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from your or any other person’s access to or use  of the website; 
  •  any unauthorised access to or use of information or data, including personal and financial information,  collected by us; 
  •  any interruption of transmission to or from the website; 
  •  any unauthorised access to or use of information or data, including personal and financial information,  collected by us; 
  •  any malware (bugs, viruses, trojan horses, ransomware or other harmful code or communications) which may  be transmitted to or through the website, including links to other sites; 
  •  costs incurred by you in using the website; and 
  •  links which are provided for your convenience. 

It is your own responsibility to ensure that any services or information available through this website meet your specific  requirements. 

You indemnify us from and against all claims, suits, demands, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal  costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis) resulting from your use of the website. 

  1. CHANGES TO TERMS 

If we decide to change these terms (and we can do so at any time), we’ll post a copy of our revised terms on our  website. Changes to the terms will take effect immediately on being published on the website. Your continued use of  the website indicates your acceptance of the revised terms. 

  1. SEVERANCE 

If any part of these terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part will be  severed and the rest of the terms will remain in force. 

  1. NO AFFILIATION 

Our website is not a part of the Facebook website, Facebook Inc, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or Google,  nor is it endorsed by or affiliated with any of those websites or their owners in any way.

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  1. TERMINATION 

The agreement between us constituted by your use of the website may be terminated at any time by us without notice,  in which case all disclaimers and limitations of liability will survive termination, however, you will no longer be  authorised to access the website. 

  1. JURISDICTION 

As we are based in South Australia, these terms will be governed by the laws of South Australia. In the event of any  dispute, we ask that you first contact us, and we’ll do our best to resolve the dispute to our mutual satisfaction quickly,  cheaply and efficiently. If we do end up in court, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute will be in  the courts of South Australia and courts of appeal from them. 

This document was last updated: 30/11/2021