This ‘at a glance’ outline is for your convenience
only. It does not replace or limit the
full terms and conditions that follow.
This ‘Rules’ area
is important for all homefriday users and visitors …
Who we are and how to contact us
Words and terms with special meanings
Rules that apply to everyone who visits our website
1. Our Rules are a
contract with you under the law of Victoria, Australia
2. We own the
intellectual property in our website.
3. You may not make any
unauthorised use of our website.
4. You must respect the
security of our website and the computers that host it.
5. We do not give
professional advice, endorse advertisers, warrant advertisements or feedback,
or accept liability.
6. We may publish or
republish any testimonial you submit to us.
7. We don’t endorse any
external websites that we link to, or that link to us.
8. We don’t guarantee
that our service will be error free or continuously available.
9. You are solely
responsible for keeping viruses, worms, trojans, etc out of your computers.
10. We do not directly or
indirectly provide or acquire Services.
All agreements for Services are solely between Service Providers and
Householders.
11. Liability, Implied
warranties and conditions
12. We may vary these
Rules.
13. Invalid parts of these
Rules must be read down.
14. Our rights do not lapse
just because we don’t enforce them, by choice or otherwise.
15. You must comply with
our Acceptable Use Policy.
16. We won’t knowingly have
anything to do with Adult Services. You
mustn’t offer or seek them through our website.
17. We can terminate your
access at any time.
18. Our privacy statement
applies to you and personal information about you.
Rules that apply to everyone who registers as a Householder
or Service Provider
19. You must be at least 15
years old.
20. If you are under 18
years old, you must have the consent of your parent or legal guardian.
21. You promise us that
information you give us, and any information you post, is truthful, complete
and not misleading.
22. You must keep any
account password safe and secure.
23. If we give you access
to out ‘chat room’ area, you must use it responsibly.
24. We give some examples
of chat room posts that breach these Rules.
This list is not exhaustive.
25. You must comply with
directions on our website.
26. You may not leave
feedback about yourself or some one you are associated with.
27. You must ensure that
anything you post, including feedback and opinions, is lawful and not
actionable.
28. You must not attempt to
post any material except by means of your authorised account with us.
29. You must not post any
HTML code or hyperlink (whether or not de-activated by slightly invalid
formatting) or any URL or web address except in a field on our website that
explicitly allows them. You must not post any script or other executable
content.
30. You must not hyperlink
from an external website to any page of our website but its home page.
31. You must not post any
picture except in a field on our website that explicitly allows it.
32. You must not advertise
a Job or a Service that does not belong in one of our Categories.
33. We may ‘showcase’ you
or your Job or your Service on our website or in advertising material.
34. We may cancel your
registration without refund if you breach these Rules.
35. We may withhold, edit
or delete any material you submit to our website (e.g. a Profile, Advertisement
or feedback) until you respond to any message we send you about it.
36. You indemnify us
against loss or damage, etc, and release us.
37. You release us from
liability for defamation.
38. Parties to feedback
(poster and subject) may ask us to edit or delete the feedback by consent.
39. These Rules, and our
website, make it clear how our feedback system may be used. You may not abuse it e.g. by denigrating a
competitor.
40. We may build procedural
checks into our systems. You must comply
with them.
41. We strongly support the
Working with Children Act, and
similar laws.
Rules that apply to everyone who registers as a
Householder
42. No misleading
advertising
43. You must not include
any direct contact details in your user name, an Advertisement or information you post, except
as we explicitly permit.
44. You must establish
whether a Job requires a registered, licensed or qualified Service Provider.
45. You must comply with
all laws that apply to you, your Job and your arrangements with a Service
Provider.
46. Advertisements that you
post expire after 30 days.
47. If one or more Service
Provider/s have applied for your Job, we will automatically notify them 7 days
after the Application Close Time that they were unsuccessful – except if you
have already offered the Job to one or more of them.
48. If you offer a Job to
one or more Service Providers who applied for it, and the Job is accepted
before the Job Accept Time, we will automatically notify the others that the
Job is taken.
49. If you offer a Job to
one or more Service Providers who applied for it, and the Job is not accepted
before the Job Accept Time, we will automatically notify the Service Providers
that the Job is no longer available.
50. You may not post any
comment or information about a third party, except permitted feedback about a
Service Provider you engaged in a homefriday Deal or a Direct Deal.
Rules that apply to everyone who registers as a Service
Provider
51. You must pay us
advertising charges in accordance with our rate schedule.
52. You must only advertise
Domestic Services.
53. We may change or
reorganise our Service Categories.
54. You must not advertise
a Service in a scattergun way e.g. by inappropriately placing it in multiple
categories.
55. You must not advertise
a Service in a Category that it is merely ancillary to.
56. You must only advertise
your Service for areas where you can really provide them.
57. You must only advertise
Services that you can competently provide.
58. If we consider your Profile
or Category is inappropriate or inaccurate, we may suspend or amend it.
59. No misleading
advertising
60. You must comply with
all laws that apply to you, your Services and your arrangements with a
Householder.
61. You must state your
charges on a GST inclusive basis, where GST applies.
62. You must not include
any direct contact details in your user name, Advertisements or posts, except
as we explicitly permit.
63. You must supply a
current telephone number that you are entitled to receive Job-related calls on.
64. You must only use a
‘company name’ entry to identify a company that you own and provide service
through.
65. You must not solicit
business using advertising targeted at our registered Householders, except
through our website.
66. You must establish
whether a Job requires a registered, licensed or qualified Service Provider.
67. You acknowledge that
you will lose the chance to accept a Job offered to you if you do not respond
within the Job Accept Time.
68. You may not post any
comment or information about a third party, except permitted feedback about a
Householder who engaged you in a homefriday Deal.
69. If a Householder posts
negative feedback about you, we may permit you one, limited length,
‘right-of-reply’ comment.
70. You cannot claim any
benefit, prize or bonus available to Service Providers if your profile is not
activated or has been de-activated.
71. You cannot claim any
benefit, prize or bonus available to Service Providers if your Service is not a
Domestic Service.
Rules that apply to everyone under 18 years old who
registers as a Service Provider
72. Rule 19 applies – You
must be at least 15 years old.
73. Rule 20 applies – Your
parent or guardian must consent.
74. Rule 70 applies – You
cannot a claim benefit, prize or bonus that we provide or offer to Service
Providers if your profile is not activated or has been de-activated.
75. You must state your
age, or age range, as requested – truthfully.
76. We may require two
extra ‘parental consent’ steps before your profile is activated.
77. We are never obliged to
activate your profile if the ‘parental consent’ steps are not completed, for
any reason.
78. We may de-activate your
profile if we suspect that the ‘parental consent’ steps were improperly
completed.
79. We are not responsible
for any untruthful information you may supply.
Guest Access
80. Guest Access is free,
trial access to limited areas of our website.
homefriday Refund Policy
81. We offer a three day
‘cooling off’ period following registration.
82. We will consider
refunds in other cases, taking specific factors into account.
83. Except as required by
law, no other refunds will be made.
84. Except as required by law, refunds under Rule 82 are your only
entitlement in case of system outage.
Privacy
85. We are committed to
good privacy practices.
86. To use our website or
the homefriday Service, you must consent to certain things, as set out in these
Rules.
87. You consent to us
collecting information (including personal information) about you from third
parties.
88. You consent to us
disclosing information about you where reasonable or necessary in the operation
of our service e.g. to other users..
89. We will only disclose
information that is identifiably about you with your knowledge or consent.
90. We will never give or
sell your personal information to a marketing or similar organisation.
This area of our website provides important information,
including:
·
who we are
·
how to contact us
the legal terms and conditions that apply if you visit our website
and / or use our services
·
how we can charge you
·
copyright information about our website
·
our privacy policy, including how we may
collect, use and disclose personal information
·
our direct marketing practices, including promotional
email
·
things that you are taken to agree to if you
visit our website and / or use our services.
Home Friday Pty Ltd ABN 40 112 207 155 – ‘homefriday’ – is
an Australian corporation.
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