Please take a moment to read the following CraftBrewer Website Terms of Use, which govern your use of this Website.

Website Terms of Use

1 Introduction

This website is owned and operated by Australian CraftBrewers ("CraftBrewers") under the domain name oz.CraftBrewer.org.

Your use of the information, graphics and materials on the CraftBrewer Website is governed by these Terms of Use. By using this website you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

In addition to the Terms of Use contained in this document, other terms of use or conditions may apply to your use of this CraftBrewer Website, contributions to chatrooms and discussion forums, or to products and services offered via this Website. You will be bound by these additional terms, as applicable.

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2 Definition of Terms

• Material on this Website means information, text, graphics, materials and other content located on the CraftBrewer Website.
  
• Third Party Websites means websites which are owned or operated by third parties independent of CraftBrewers.
  
• You means the web site user who is browsing or accessing the CraftBrewer Website or any part thereof.

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3 Links to other websites

The CraftBrewer Website may contain links to Third Party Websites. Links on this Site to third-party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Australian CraftBrewers has not reviewed all of these third-party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content; and does not sponsor, endorse, or approve of the operators of Third Party Websites, or the Third Party Material which may be found at these websites.

Australian CraftBrewers does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Site, you do this entirely at your own risk.

The CraftBrewer Website may contain or link to information about Third Party Offers. CraftBrewer does not sponsor, endorse, or approve of any Third Party Offers, or Third Party Material associated with these offers.

Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, CraftBrewer makes no warranties or representations:

• regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of Third Party Material, or products or services available through Third Party Websites; or
  
• that Third Party Material does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person. CraftBrewer is not authorising the reproduction of Third Party Material by linking Material on this Website to Third Party Material.

When following a link on the CraftBrewer Website, material at a Third Party Website may be displayed in your browser framed by Material on this Website. This material is also Third Party Material for the purpose of these Terms of Use.

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4 Privacy

Your privacy and security is very important to Australian CraftBrewer. Certain data items are collected and used by the CraftBrewer Website in order to administer the Website and provide online services. The CraftBrewer Website will record and track the use You make of this website. The use of this data is subject to our Security and Privacy Policy.

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5. CraftBrewer Website content

The CraftBrewer Website contains information of a general nature about amature small scale brewing and associated products and services.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law.

Australian CraftBrewers may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review any areas on the Site where users transmit or post Communications or communicate solely with each other, including but not limited to chat rooms, database forms or other user forums, and the content of any such Communications. Australian CraftBrewers, however, will have no liability related to the content of any such Communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. Australian CraftBrewers retains the right to remove messages that include any material Craftbrewers deems abusive, defamatory, obscene or otherwise unacceptable.

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6. Tools, calculators, software and other features

The CraftBrewer Website may contain or make available various tools, calculation devices, software programs, games or other features which assist You in your brewing. The CraftBrewer Website may also contain helpful hints or other information.

Whilst CraftBrewer has made every effort to ensure that any such features or information as described above are accurate and free from defect, CraftBrewer does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, correctness or completeness of these features, which are provided on an "as is" basis. The use by You of any of these features or any information provided is entirely at your own risk.

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7. Warranties

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that information is free from error, CraftBrewer does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of Material on this Website. All information is subject to change without notice. CraftBrewer does not guarantee that the CraftBrewer Website or Third Party Websites will be free from viruses, or that access to the CraftBrewer Website or Third Party Websites will be uninterrupted. All terms implied by law, except those that can not be lawfully excluded, are excluded.

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8.Limitation of Liability

Subject to any responsibilities implied by law and which cannot be excluded, CraftBrewer, and its directors, employees, agents and contractors, are not liable to You for any losses, damages, liabilities, claims and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and defence or settlement costs) whatsoever, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising out of or referable to Material on this Website, to Third Party Material, third party services, or to access of the CraftBrewer Website by You, howsoever caused, whether in contract, tort including negligence, statute or otherwise.

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9. Indemnity

You indemnify CraftBrewer in respect of any liability incurred by CraftBrewer for any loss or damage, howsoever caused, suffered by CraftBrewer as a result of your breach of these Website Terms of Use, or your use of the CraftBrewer Website.

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10. Availability of the CraftBrewer Website

As electronic services are subject to interruption or breakdown, access to the CraftBrewer Website is offered on an "as is" and "as available" basis only.

CraftBrewer may impose limits or restrictions on the use You may make of the CraftBrewer Website. CraftBrewer may withdraw the CraftBrewer Website at any time and without notice to You.

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11. Third party providers

Parts of this CraftBrewer Website, or the provision of payment processing or other services offered via this CraftBrewer Website, may be outsourced to third party providers. These Terms of Use apply to any outsourced services, unless You are otherwise notified of any alternate terms of use.

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12.Copyright and Trademarks

Copyright in the Material on this Website is owned or licensed by CraftBrewer, or is retained by the registered copyright owner. Third party trademarks and other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.

Except where necessary for and incidental to viewing the Material on this Website via your web browser, or as permitted under the Commonwealth of Australia Copyright Act 1968 or other applicable laws, no Material on this Website may be reproduced, stored in an electronic or other retrieval system, adapted, uploaded to a third party location, framed, performed in public or transmitted in any form by any process whatsoever without the specific written consent of The Australian CraftBrewers.

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13. Termination

These Terms of Use and your access to the CraftBrewer Website may be terminated at any time by the Australian CraftBrewers without notice to You. All restrictions, licences granted by you and all disclaimers and limitations of liability by CraftBrewer will survive termination. However, upon termination, you will no longer be authorised to access the CraftBrewer Website.

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14. Acceptance and changes to Terms of Use

You acknowledge and accept that your use of the CraftBrewer Website indicates your acceptance of these Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement.

These are the current Terms of Use. They replace any other terms of use for the CraftBrewer Website published on the CraftBrewer Website to date. CraftBrewer may at any time vary the Terms of Use by publishing the varied Terms of Use on the CraftBrewer Website. CraftBrewer is under no obligation to specifically notify You of any variation to these Terms of Use. You accept that by doing this, CraftBrewer has provided You with sufficient notice of the variation. By your use of the CraftBrewer Website after any variation, You are taken to have accepted the new Terms of Use.

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15. Linking to CraftBrewer

• May link to but not replicate CraftBrewer content
• Should not create a browser or border environment around CraftBrewer content
• Should not imply that Australian CraftBrewers is endorsing it or its products
• Should not misrepresent its relationship with Australian CraftBrewers
• Should not present false information aboutCraftBrewer products or services
• Should not use the CraftBrewer logo without permission from CraftBrewer
• Should not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial, and should contain only content that is appropriate for all age groups

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16. General

The law applicable to the CraftBrewer Website and to disputes arising out of the CraftBrewer Website is the law of the State of New South Wales, Australia.

Should any clause or part thereof of these Terms of Use be found to be void, unenforceable or invalid, then it is severed from this agreement, leaving the remainder in full force and effect, provided that the severance has not altered the basic nature of this agreement.

Security and Privacy Statement

This Security and Privacy Statement explains our policy for handling personal information which you may provide to us as you access and interact with the Australian CraftBrewer Website. This Statement should be read in conjunction with the Australian CraftBrewer Website Terms of Use.

As the Australian CraftBrewer Website develops and as technology evolves, Australian CraftBrewer will continue to strive to provide you with better services. Australian CraftBrewer encourages you to review the Australian CraftBrewer Security and Privacy Statement periodically as it may be updated from time to time.

In addition to the provisions of this Security and Privacy Statement, there may also be specific and additional privacy provisions which apply to certain parts of the Australian CraftBrewer Website. You should review such additional provisions where applicable and accessible via the Australian CraftBrewer Website.

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1. Your Security and Privacy

Australian CraftBrewer understands and appreciates that you, as an Australian CraftBrewer Website visitor, are concerned about your security, privacy and the confidentiality of information we may gain about you online. Australian CraftBrewer is committed to respecting your privacy.

We value the personal information you give us and will take all reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorised access to that information, and will not give your personal information to any other organisation for any purposes whatsoever. To implement this policy, we have taken specific measures to respect your privacy and the security of any personal information you may provide to us while visiting our website.

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2. Emailing Australian CraftBrewer

Unless otherwise stated, when you send us an email, the contents of your email and your email address is retained by Australian CraftBrewer for only as long as it takes to respond to your inquiry unless you provide us with your permission to retain that information or where we believe there is a legal reason to retain the information for a longer period.

Australian CraftBrewers does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through this Site. Any material, information or other communication ("Communications") you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. Australian CraftBrewers will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. The Australian CraftBrewer and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Personally identifiable information that you submit to Australian CraftBrewer for the purpose of receiving products or services will be handled in accordance with the this Privacy Statement.

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3. Information collected and how we use it

3.1 General information

The information which we will collect about you will depend on how you use the Australian CraftBrewer Website.

If you visit the Australian CraftBrewer Website to read, browse or download information, our computer system will record information such as the date and time of your visit to the Australian CraftBrewer Website, your Internet Protocol address, the pages accessed and any information downloaded. This information is used for statistical, reporting and Website administration and maintenance purposes only. This information helps Australian CraftBrewer to maintain, administer and improve the Australian CraftBrewer Website.

The Australian CraftBrewer Website may offer interactive facilities including calculators and online database forms. If you use any interactive features, we may, but generally do not, capture any personal information which you may enter when using these tools.

The Australian CraftBrewer Website may offer competitions or promotions. When you submit an entry in such a competition, Australian CraftBrewer will print out your application form and record contact details in our database system. Australian CraftBrewer may use this information to contact you at a future time, but it is purged from our system on a regular basis.

3.2 Third party sites

The Australian CraftBrewer Website may contain links to Websites which are owned or operated by third parties independent of Australian CraftBrewer ("Third Party Websites"). Third Party Websites should contain their own privacy statements and those third parties are responsible for informing you about their security and privacy practices.

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4. Cookies

The Australian CraftBrewer Website may use "cookies" as a fundamental part of its interaction with your Internet browser. Cookies enable Australian CraftBrewer to provide you with superior and advanced internet features.

A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web server. A cookie can later be retrieved by the Australian CraftBrewer Website servers. Cookies are frequently used on websites and you can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser. Cookies do not alter the operation of your computer in any way.

Cookies are used by the Australian CraftBrewer Website to enable the Australian CraftBrewer Community Chatroom and interactive site features. Therefore, if you wish to make full use of these portions of the Australian CraftBrewer Website, it is recommended that you accept cookies. Cookies may also be used to record non-personalised information such as the date, time or duration of your visit, or the pages accessed, for website administration, statistical and maintenance purposes. Any such information will be aggregated and not attributed to individual users.

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5. Use and disclosure of information

Other than the uses and disclosures of personal information described in Sections 2 to 4 above, Australian CraftBrewer will only use or disclose personal information or information generated by cookies which you have provided to us when:

• you have authorised us to do so (please contact Australian CraftBrewer for further information);
  
• we have given you notification of the intended use or disclosure and you have not objected to that use or disclosure;
  
• when fraud or unlawful activity is suspected by Australian CraftBrewer and the information is disclosed to relevant persons or authorities;
  
• we believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to assist a law enforcement agency or an agency responsible for national security in the performance of their functions; or
  
• Australian CraftBrewer is authorised, required or permitted by law to disclose the information.

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6. Access

If you have any queries about the operation of this Website, or if you believe that the personal information which we hold about you may be inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date please contact us:

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7. Acceptance and changes to Security and Privacy Statement

You acknowledge and accept that your use of the Australian CraftBrewer Website indicates your acceptance of the Australian CraftBrewer Website Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement.

This is the current Security and Privacy Statement. It replaces any other Security and Privacy Statement for the Australian CraftBrewer Website published on the Australian CraftBrewer Website to date. Australian CraftBrewer may at any time vary the Security and Privacy Statement by publishing the varied Security and Privacy Statement on the Australian CraftBrewer Website.

Australian CraftBrewer is under no obligation to specifically notify you of any variation to the Security and Privacy Statement. You accept that by your use of the Australian CraftBrewer Website after any variation, Australian CraftBrewer has provided you with sufficient notice of the variation and you are taken to have accepted the new Security and Privacy Statement.