Terms of use

These terms and conditions of use and agreement to terms and conditions of use apply to the Hockingstuart website located at www.hockingstuart.com.au (the “site”).

This site is the property of Hockingstuart Pty Ltd (ABN 46 006 676 802) (Hockingstuart). By using this site, you agree to these terms and conditions of use.

Hockingstuart reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms and conditions of use, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these terms and conditions of use periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these terms and conditions of use, Hockingstuart Pty Ltd grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the site.

Disclaimer

The content of this website is general and is provided for information purposes only. The material on this website is not and should not be regarded as advice, including legal advice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hockingstuart does not give any express or implied warranties and makes no representations in relation to this website. In particular, while reasonable care is taken in its preparation, Hockingstuart does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, reliability, completeness or currency of the information on this website or its usefulness in achieving any purpose. Information on this website should not be used without validating that information from appropriate sources and obtaining professional advice where it is prudent to do so. You should make and rely upon your own assessments and enquires to verify the accuracy of the information provided.

In addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Hockingstuart does not warrant that the website itself is free from any computer viruses or other defects or that your access to the website will be continuous or uninterrupted. Hockingstuart accepts no liability arising from your access to this website.

Limitation of liability

Subject to the provisions of consumer protection legislation that cannot be excluded, Hockingstuart accepts no liability arising from the information on this website, or on websites linked from this website, being incorrect, incomplete or misleading. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hockingstuart will not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred in or arising by reason of any person relying on the information on this website. Where conditions and warranties implied by law cannot be excluded, Hockingstuart limits its liability, where it is entitled to do so, to the resupply of the relevant service and goods, or paying you the cost of that resupply.

Copyright

All content on this website, including text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio and video clips and data compilations is the property of Hockingstuart or its content suppliers and protected by Australian and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Hockingstuart and protected by Australian and international copyright laws.

Trademarks

Hockingstuart and all related graphics, photographs, logos, and product and service names are trademarks (both registered and unregistered) of Hockingstuart. These trademarks, logos and other proprietary graphics may not be used in connection with any other product or service without Hockingstuart express prior written consent.

Intellectual property

This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express prior written consent of Hockingstuart.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any portion or feature of the site, or any other systems or networks connected to the site or to any server used by Hockingstuart or to any of the services offered on or through the site, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.

Your use of this site

You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site or any transaction being conducted on the site, or with any other person’s use of the site.

Third party websites

Hockingstuart may include links on this website to websites owned by other parties. Hockingstuart is not in any way responsible for the material contained on these sites, nor is Hockingstuart responsible for the availability of these sites. Hockingstuart does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, including advertising or products offered on these sites, nor is Hockingstuart responsible for any damage, offence or loss caused as the result of visiting these websites.

Privacy

Personal information provided to Hockingstuart via this website will be handled in accordance with Hockingstuart privacy policy.

Security

The Internet is a hostile environment with global resources. As such, Hockingstuart maintains highly regulated security policies and procedures to all external and internal communications of Hockingstuart. All protocols use communication techniques that employ widely accepted error detection and/or recovery mechanisms.

We have a secure connection that ensures that the information transmitted is safeguarded. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt the information sent from your computer to our computer so that nobody can decode it, intercept it or read it. This way we ensure your privacy is kept.

Although Hockingstuart engages all reasonable efforts to safeguard the security of your information, transmissions made on or through the internet cannot be guaranteed to be entirely secure. Please contact your financial institution immediately if you become aware of unauthorised use of your account.

Certain features or services offered on or through the site may require you to open an account (including setting up an id and password). You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, including your password, and for any and all activity that occurs under your account.

Cookies

If your web browser is configured to accept cookies, a cookie will be stored on your hard drive when you visit hockingstuart.com.au. Cookies allow Hockingstuart to collect and store information about your computer, which include your ip address, your computer operating system, type of browser, domain name, and the details of referring websites. If you do not wish to have this information stored on your computer, you can configure your browser so it does not accept cookies. However, if you disable cookies you may not be able to access all areas of www.hockingstuart.com.au.