April 2023

This website (“site”) and related services are provided subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions below. Please read the following information carefully. By using the site, you agree to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the site.

Ruth Clare (“we,” “us,” or “our”) may modify these Terms and Conditions by posting the revised version on this Site at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use from time to time for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes and you agree that each visit by you to this Site is a new transaction governed by the terms of use linked on this Site at that time. As long as you agree to and comply with these Terms of Use, you are welcome to enter and use the Site.

At any time, we reserve the right to do any of the following without notice: 

1. to modify, suspend or terminate operation of or access to the Site for any reason

2. to modify or change any parts of the Site or applicable policies or terms

3. to interrupt the operation of the Site to perform maintenance, correct errors etc. 

4. to delete or remove user content or accounts without notice
5. to terminate user access for any reason decided by us

Warranty Disclaimer

This site, including any and all content or information contained within it, or any site-related services connected to it, is provided “as is” and “as available”. Although we attempt to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the Site, we do not guarantee that it is correct or offer warranties of any kind. It may contain faults.
We offer no representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose, and non-infringement. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of this site, site-related services, and hyperlinked websites connected to this site.

We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, safety, harmlessness, slanderous nature of or legality of anything posted, displayed, linked, uploaded, recorded, or otherwise made available by any of the users of our site or site-related services. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate any user’s account for any reason we decide.

We, and other organisations connected to us, either directly or indirectly, are neither responsible nor liable for any direct or indirect damages relating in any way to the site, site-related services, content, or information contained within the site. If you are dissatisfied with the site or the site-related service connected to the site the only course of action available to you is to stop using the site and/or those services.

Intellectual property


The Websites contain material, such as text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds recordings, music, videos, coursework, lesson plans, training modules, photographs,, artwork, and computer code (collectively, “Content”), this includes but is not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, look and feel, and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Site. All copyrights to content, elements and graphics are retained by Ruth Clare with all rights reserved. No other use is authorized. All other trademarks, service marks and logos used in this Site are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.It is illegal to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

Visitors may view all freely available Content for their own personal, non-commercial use. Registered Users who have purchased any product or service, may use Content contained in purchased products or services for their own personal, non-commercial use. Ruth Clare retains all intellectual property rights to the Content. Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, or distributed for any commercial purpose, without prior written consent.

Your Use of the Site


With the exception of public search engines, you may not use any spider, robot, scraper or  other automated means to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Site or any Content. Ruth Clare reserves the right to bar any such activity.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site, or the systems, networks or services connected to the Site by hacking or any other illegitimate means.

You agree that you won’t act in a way that imposes an unreasonably large load on the infrastructure of the Site or the systems or networks connected to the Site.

You agree not to use any device, software or other product that interferes with the proper working of the Site

You agree not use the Site or any Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use

You may not use this Site for any abusive or illegal purpose or to harm others in any way. You may not use the Site to perform any form of bullying, threatening, cyberstalking, intimidation, or any other type of harassment.

You may not forge or manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any message or you send to us. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.

You may not use the Site in a manner that:

(1) infringes on intellectual property, publicity or privacy rights

(2) violates any laws  

(3) is defamatory, threatening, indecent, abusive or obscene or links to sites that act in this manner

(4) introduces viruses or materially damages, disables, overburdens or impairs the Site
If you find inappropriate or inaccurate content on our site or other entities connected to it,  please let us know, and we’ll review it.

 

RESTRICTIONS

This website is aimed at individuals aged 13 years or older. If you are 13 or older, but still under the legal age of adulthood in your part of the world, you should review this Agreement with your parent or guardian to make sure that you and your parent or guardian understand it.

Links to Other Sites

This Site may contain links or hyperlinks to independent third-party Web sites (“Linked Sites”). These Linked Sites are provided solely as a convenience to Site visitors. Such Linked Sites are not under our control. We are not responsible for and do not endorse the content of these Linked Sites. You need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these Linked Sites. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure sites are safe for use before you download anything from them.

Proprietary Rights

Privacy

By using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted.

Limitation of Liability

Except when prohibited by law, in no event will Ruth Clare be liable to you for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, or punitive damages.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Ruth Clare harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims, or expenses including legal fees made by any third party connected with your use of the Site.

Violation of These Terms of Use

Ruth Clare may disclose any information we have about you (including your identity) if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of the Site, or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with our rights or property, or the rights or property of users of the Site. We reserve to disclose information deemed necessary to comply with applicable legal processes and government requests.

You acknowledge and agree that we can preserve and disclose communication provided by you to 
(1) comply with legal process

(2) enforce these Terms of Use

(3) respond to claims that your communication violates the rights of others 

(4) protect our rights, our property or personal safety or that of employees, and the rights of users of our Site or the general public

You agree that we may, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, terminate your access to the Site and/or block your future access to the Site at any time, for any reason we decide.

If we take any legal action against you as a result of your violation of these Terms of Use, we will be entitled to recover from you, and you agree to pay, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of such action in addition to any other compensation granted to us.

Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement

We expect our users to respect the rights of copyright holders. If we become aware of content that infringes the copyright rights of others we will remove it.

Report of Copyright Infringement

Ruth Clare
19 Eastment St
Northcote V 3070
ruth@ruthclare.com

Void Where Prohibited

Although access to this Site is accessible worldwide, not all features, products or services are available to all persons or in all geographic locations. Any feature, product, offer or service made on the Site is void where prohibited. If you choose to access the Site from outside of Australia, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Purpose

As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant to Ruth Clare that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.