Terms & Conditions
By using this site, you’re agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions and privacy policy of this site. If you do not wish to be bound by our terms and conditions, you should not use this site. We may change the site’s terms and conditions at any time and without notice. Your continued use of the Give Our Streets the Green Light means that you accept any new or modified terms and conditions.
1. Security and corruption
Users will not knowingly attempt to transmit, or encourage others to transmit, viruses or malicious programs of any kind to any posted email addresses or the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website.
You will not attempt to gain illegal access to any component of the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website. This includes, but is not restricted to, the user information and email addresses of site coordinators.
2. Free speech and defamation
Your ideas, questions complaints, and compliments about the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website or posted materials are welcome. You are encouraged to join in open conversation and debate through our social networking satellite sites. All we ask is that you participate in a constructive manner. You must not:
• post false or mischievous complaints, statements or compliments about individuals, companies or the government which you know to be false or have no reasonable basis to believe to be accurate;
• use the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website or our social networking satellite sites for promotional or commercial purposes;
• encourage, provide information regarding, or in any way help others to harvest members email addresses for any use whatsoever. Our email addresses are for legitimate contact only. Put simply, if you try to spam us, we will be able to find you and notify the proper authorities;
• break the laws or encourage others to break the laws of Australia and its States and Territories in any way, including privacy laws; or
• defame, harass or be really mean to any user or member of the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website or the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website administration.
• You must declare your association with particular organisations when and if this is appropriate.
3. Terminating membership
If you breach any of our rules, the MAV may at any time and without prior notice and at our sole discretion, remove any post or terminate your membership/subscription. Members may also be suspended for a period of time at any time and at our discretion.
The MAV is not responsible for any actions, claims, proceedings, or liabilities arising out of your violation of the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website’s terms and conditions. You are responsible for all statements made by you.
4. Disclaimer of warranties and liabilities
From time to time, the members of the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website may provide commentary on a broad range of issues, organisations and government in Melbourne, Australia and elsewhere.
The MAV cannot and does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the content found on our site, or its usefulness for any particular purpose. Nor do we represent or warrant that the content on the site complies with the laws of any country. When you access the site you do so at your own risk. While we try to keep the site open and functioning day and night, we can’t promise that the site will be available uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
We also reserve the right to be wrong, and to post retractions and apologies when we’re asked nicely, when we consider them to be necessary, and of course, at our discretion. The views expressed and published on the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website by a member/subscriber/invitee/expert/guest or other person are not necessarily the views of the MAV.
The MAV accepts no responsibility arising from reliance by any person or party on any comment or information published on the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website. Further, the MAV does not guarantee the accuracy or currency of any comment or information published on the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website.
5. Member liability
Users agree to indemnify us and our officers, employees and agents, against all claims, demands, damages, costs, penalties and liabilities caused by your breach of these terms and conditions or the forum rules.
6. Jurisdiction
The law applicable to use of the Give Our Streets the Green Light Website is the law of the State of Victoria, Australia.
7. Copyright
(c) Municipal Association of Victoria 2010. All rights reserved. Some materials are provided in downloadable form and may be used only in relation to support this campaign. Please contact us for permission to reproduce any other content. Where a document is included by a another body, copyright remains with that body and permission should be sought from that body.
8. Fees and Charges
While the registration is free to local government councillors and employees the MAV reserves the right to introduce registration fees for other users in the future.
