Terms and Conditions of Use

Rules for Use of Our Website and Legal Notices

This web site is owned by Dental Seminars Pty Ltd - ABN: 88 164 260 039 (Correct Dentistry/us/we) of C/o. 5/158 Graceville Ave, Graceville QLD 4075.

This web site is operated by us so that you can access and search information about our organisation's operations, and the various courses available through our website, that permits us to send you information about our courses and to acquire products from us.

Please feel free to browse around our web site as you like, subject to these legal rules. If you visit our web site or click the "Submit" button on our "Join Now" page, you're agreeing to the terms and conditions listed on this page and any other law or regulation that applies to our web site.

We reserve the right to make changes and improvements to this web site. This web site, these rules and any information contained on this web site are subject to change without notice. Please check these rules periodically for changes.

Use

This web site is intended for use by resident dental professionals of Australia only and is governed by the laws in force in Queensland Australia. If you accept these terms and conditions, you agree that any dispute between you and us will be governed by the laws of Queensland and will be heard by the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Queensland.

You must use this web site in a responsible, cooperative and professional manner.

You must not:

• tamper with, hinder the operation of or make unauthorised modifications to the web site;
• delete data from the web site without written permission from us;
• knowingly transmit any virus or other disabling feature to the web site;
• pretend to be another person to gain access to the web site without our written permission;
• use the web site while impersonating another person;
• provide false or misleading information to us via our web site;
• attempt to do any of the above acts; or
• knowingly permit another to do any of the above acts.

You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware that there is a threat to the security or proper operation of the web site.

Full Course, Short Course, Podcast and Five-Minute Refresh Content

Throughout this web site, various items of oral health information will feature. This information is general in nature. It is not tailored or specifically prepared to address any dental health issue, disease, dental complaint, dental problem or oral health concern a subscriber or their patients may have.

The information is indicative only. If you or any person has any concern about their dental health, they should consult a registered dentist or dental specialist professional as soon as is practicable after any dental health concern arises.

You agree by accessing the Full Course, Short Course, Podcast or Five-Minute Refresh information on this web site, that you will not seek to rely upon this information obtained as being dental or medical advice and will take no step to use information on this web site to seek to remedy, address or self-treat any dental problems or concerns you may have either for yourself or for any other person.

Product Use

We may through this web site also demonstrate various dental products via the Product Use section. We do not warrant the accuracy of the demonstration material as we are simply following the guidelines that may have been provided by the manufacturer. We also do not warrant the effectiveness of any product or technique demonstrated.

Payments

All payments for subscription or membership fees or any products, services or transactions purchased via this web site must be paid in full by cleared funds by the due date specified in any communication from us or in the relevant confirmation.

Payments may be made by credit card or by direct credit arrangement with your financial institution if approved by agreement with us.

In the case of credit card payments, you must provide to us with details of your current and valid credit card as required by us, but including:

• credit card type;
• credit card number;
• name on credit card;
• expiry date; and
• verification code.

For payment made by direct credit, you must follow the information provided by us, including by accepting any additional terms and conditions or service agreements that may be applicable.

All prices are stated in Australian Dollars (AUD), and payments will only be accepted in Australian Dollars (AUD).

Refund Policy

Access to our training material is by way of a subscription service which will operate on a recurring monthly basis. Subscription is ongoing and consists of a monthly subscription fee, with an initial, non-cancellable three (3) months agreement. A recurring payment will be charged monthly in advance.

If you wish to cancel your subscription, you will need to advise us in writing no later than 2 weeks prior to end of the subscription period. The initial subscription period is three (3) months which means that the earliest that you may cancel is after three (3) months of payment. Subsequent to any effective cancellation of your subscription, all access to this web site will cease. This includes all access to CPD certificates and points, and to past and current invoices.

A $250.00 (AUD) cost recovery fee will be applied for requests for retrieval of CPD Certificate and CPD point information, or for past invoices, and no guarantee is made by us that this information will be available if requested, once cancellation of subscription has been effected.

Copyright

All material on this web site including design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software implementing this web site is protected by copyright under the law of Australia and, through international treaties, other countries. The copyright in this web site belongs to us.

Other than material you post to this web site, you may:

• electronically accept material from the web site, once only, and restricted to the usual course of operation of your web browser and only for your personal use; and
• unless we specifically give you permission, not save an electronic copy, or print out a copy, of any part(s) of this web site.

If we allow you to post content to this web site including bulletin board postings, you give permission to us to copy, delete and distribute that material and you give other users of this web site the right to electronically copy the content you post on this web site in the usual course of operation of their web browser.

Unless we give you prior express written permission, any other use such as distributing, modifying, transmitting (including broadcasting), adapting, reusing, re-posting or publishing of material contained on this web site (including video and audio excerpts) or framing this web site as part of another web site is strictly prohibited.

You do not have permission to print out a copy of any content or record any material available through this web site and then make copies of such content, or email copies of the content on our web site to others. Unauthorised use of materials from this web site will not only be a breach of this agreement but may amount to a violation of copyright and a contravention of other laws.

Trademarks

We use many trademarks and service marks on this web site. For example, our logo and service insignia are our property, and we will prosecute by way of litigation if there is any abuse of our trademarks and service marks. There are other trademarks, service marks and get-up (trade dress) on this web site that belong to us or our licensors or advertisers. You do not have any kind of licence or right to use them except by saving or printing out a copy of this web site as permitted and restricted under these site rules.

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to maintain the accuracy and completeness of all the information on this web site, the dynamic nature of the medium means that the information on this web site could include errors or out of date content. (If you notice any error, we would appreciate it if you would bring it to our attention). You should make your own investigations before entering into any transaction on the basis of the contents of this web site. Neither we nor any other party who provides material displayed on this web site is under any obligation to give notice of any corrections or amendments. In addition, your browser and hardware configurations, over which we have no control, may affect the performance and operation of this web site when accessed and viewed at your computer.

We may link our web site to third party web sites. We are not responsible for the condition or content on other third-party web sites, even if we link to them as those web sites are not under our control. We are not indicating any association with or providing, expressly or impliedly, any recommendation or endorsement in any way but solely providing a convenient link. If you access other web sites from this web site and use their products and services, then you do so solely at your own risk. If you suffer any damage from visiting another's web site or using another's product or service, we accept no responsibility and are not liable.

Limitation of Liability

Privacy Policy

On this web site, one aim is to actively encourage user feedback and discussion, so that we can better understand and meet your needs. We also aim to use technology to make it easy for you to access and use our web site in the way that is best for you. Finally, even though we strive to provide up to date dental training material we do not claim that such is the case and therefore we disclaim any liability if there exist some other information which disputes the content of any other training material.

Our Privacy Policy related to this web site is this:

• Any personal information (e.g., your name, your email address, etc) provided by you or via your browser (e.g., via cookies) will be for our use only or for a purpose to which you are informed of at the time of collecting the personal information about you.
• As part of the legal requirement of verifying your details to cover payment of the training material made available through this web site, we may engage a third party to process all payment information.
• We will not disclose personal information about you or about your browsing habits to any third party, unless you give us express permission to do so.
• By proceeding to order access to any training material through this web site you specifically consent to us onforwarding any personal information concerning you to our payment processor.
• We may disclose aggregated information collected about this web site's users and use statistics relating to this web site to others.
• We may disclose to others information you submit to us (e.g. via email or feedback forms), but in doing so we will not disclose your name or other identifying characteristics about you, unless you give us express permission to do so.

If you provide personal information to us by completing your Registration Details on our "Register Now" page and clicking the "submit" button, you consent for us:

• To use your Registration Details to contact you; and
• To contact you in the future to keep you informed of new developments in training material; general marketing purposes and market research purposes.
• To specifically revise this policy at any time in the future.

We have implemented a secure protocol to gain access to the secure gateway from our web site to our payment processor's website. For full details, please see our Privacy Policy.

Data Breach Notification

A data breach is the unauthorised access to, disclosure or loss of personal information. Breach events are not confined to online or electronic systems. Our Data Breach Notification policy and procedures are managed internally by our Privacy Officer and IS team.

If you believe that Correct Dentistry has experienced a data breach, please contact us by email ([email protected]) or in writing to Correct Dentistry Privacy Officer, suite 5, 158 Graceville avenue, Graceville, QLD 4075.

Privacy Complaints

If you believe that we have not collected or handled your personal identifiable information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988, you can complain to us by doing the following:

Contact us by email ([email protected]) or in writing (Correct Dentistry Privacy Officer, suite 5, 158 Graceville avenue, Graceville, 4075) in the first instance. We will respond to you within 28 days.

You may then be asked to complete our Privacy Complaint Form and/or provide additional information in relation to the complaint.

In dealing with your complaint, we will communicate timeframes to you based on the nature and complexity of your concern and will do our utmost to adhere to these.

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your privacy complaint, please contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) for further advice by telephone (1300 363 992) or by visiting their website (www.oaic.gov.au).

Confidential Information

You can use this web site to communicate with us. If you prefer not to communicate electronically, this web site also includes a list of other ways to communicate with us.

It is our policy not to accept information from third parties that is confidential or proprietary.

Subject to our Privacy Policy on personal information above, if you don't want to lose the confidentiality in your material, don't submit it via this web site, email it or send it to us. Anything you disclose to us is ours to use and disclose without restriction. You agree that we can do anything we want with anything you submit via this web site or send to us in any way, without any payment or acknowledgement to you. For example, we can reproduce it, disclose it, use it in or to develop our products and marketing strategies, transmit it, publish it, broadcast it and put it on this web site. This applies even if you mark your information confidential or proprietary or include in your communication statements contrary to the terms of these site rules. However, please see our Privacy Policy above with regard to your personal information.

Bulletin Boards

This web site may include various bulletin boards ("Bulletin Boards") which allow you to provide feedback to us.

In this section, we use the term "Bulletin Board" to cover all forms of public communication on this web site made by people other than us.

We are not responsible for material submitted to us or posted on Bulletin Boards by users. We do not control the messages, information or files delivered to the Bulletin Boards and have no obligation to monitor the Bulletin Boards. We reserve the right to remove and edit any postings on Bulletin Boards although we have no duty to do so. We specifically declared that we are not a publisher of information that may be displayed through the Bulletin Board and as such undertake no responsibility to edit any information that may be displayed via the Bulletin Board. We may disclose the contents of any postings on Bulletin Boards.

It is a condition of your use of the Bulletin Boards that you comply with these site rules and that you do not:

• restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Bulletin Boards;
• post to any Bulletin Board or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmission constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or foreign law;
• post to any Bulletin Board or transmit any information, software or other material which violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy (for example, do not publicly post telephone numbers, addresses or any other private information of others) or which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder;
• post to any Bulletin Board or transmit any information, software or other material which contains a virus or other harmful component; or
• without our written permission, post to any Bulletin Board, or transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes or which contains advertising, promotion or marketing other than in the section of this web site specifically designated for classified advertisements.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and defend us, and each of our directors, employees, shareholders and other representatives, and everyone who helped us create or modify this web site, for all damages, losses, penalties, fines, expenses, and costs (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) whether direct or indirect which arise out of or relate to your use of this web site, any information that you provide to us via this web site or for display on this web site (including without limitation Bulletin Boards) and any damage that you may cause to this web site. This indemnification includes, without limitation, liability relating to copyright infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, trademark infringement and misleading and deceptive conduct and the cost of rectifying any damage you may have caused to the operations of this web site.

Termination

We may terminate this agreement without penalty by closing this web site or by simply blocking your access to this web site.

This agreement will terminate immediately without notice from us if in our sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of these site rules or if required by law or a court order. Upon termination, we may remove any postings made by you or any content you have contributed to this web site.

In the event of termination, you are no longer authorised to access this web site and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to materials downloaded from this web site. Despite any termination of this agreement, all the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set out in these website rules will survive for the benefit of us and all of our employees, directors, servants and all consultants engaged by us.

Jurisdiction

This web site (excluding any linked third-party websites) is controlled by us. By accessing this web site you accept that if any dispute arises about or in connection with this web site or how these website rules apply or arise out of your use of this web site, Queensland law will apply and you irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland and courts of appeal from them. You waive any right to object to an action being brought in those courts.

Other

If any provision of these site rules shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable from these site rules and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

You agree that not only have you read and understood the provisions of these site rules as detailed on the web site, but that you specifically agree that these provisions are reasonable in the circumstances as these provisions are designed to protect various legitimate rights in our favour.

This web site may be accessed in Australia and in other countries. We make no representation that the content of this web site complies with laws of any country/territory/location outside Queensland Australia. If you access this web site from outside Queensland, Australia, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for ensuring compliance with all laws in the place in which you are located.

Viruses

In accessing this web site you specifically absolve us, our directors, employees, servants and consultants for any liability for any reason whatsoever (even if caused through any negligence on our part or any negligence on the part of any employee, servant, director or consultant to us) for any damage encountered by you or to your computer system or to any third party's computer system that may arise through the introduction of any computer virus, worm or any corrupt data.

Entire Agreement

This is the entire agreement between us and you relating to the access and use of this web site.

Our Contact Details

• By email: [email protected]
• By mail: Suite 5, 158 Graceville Avenue, Graceville QLD 4075

Please email us with any issues of concern. If you have emailed us may not mean that we have received your email, and we take no responsibility for your email to us being filtered and thus lost, by junk and spam filters. If you do not receive a response from us, then please try contacting us from one or more different email accounts.