PRIVACY POLICY

Terms of use

• Thank you for visiting our website. This website is operated by Naomi Janzen trading as Freedom Techniques (ABN 44 341 773 674) of PO Box 3372 Robertson NSW 2577 Australia (we, us and our).  Please read these terms of use carefully as they apply to your use of this website including any content on it (the Website).  
• By accessing or using the Website you agree to be bound by these terms of use.  You should immediately cease using our website if you do not agree to these terms of use.
• We may revise these terms of use from time to time.  We will display a notice on the Website indicating when any such revisions have been made.  These terms of use were last updated February 24, 2021.
• To contact us, please email [email protected]  

​Registration 

• Registration

 You are not required to register to use the Website.  However certain features on the Website may only be available if you do register, such as the ability to access private membership pages. You will be provided with a password to obtain this access. 

• Eligibility

To become a member, you must be at least 18 years of age.

Use of content on the Website 

• The Website is subject to copyright and possibly other intellectual property rights.
• We grant you a limited, non-transferable licence to access and use the Website solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes.  
• We (or our licensors) retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Website, and nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any intellectual property rights to you or, except for the licence referred to in paragraph (b), licence you to exercise any intellectual property rights unless this is expressly stated.
• Except as provided in these terms of use, any use or copying of the Website for any other purpose is expressly prohibited, unless prior written consent is obtained from us.  You may contact us at [email protected] if you wish to seek such consent.
• Subject to applicable law, we may revoke the permission referred to in paragraphs (b) and (d) at any time and may suspend or deny your access to or use of the Website without notice if you breach, or we reasonably believe you have breached, any of these terms of use.

Linking to this Website

We encourage you to provide links to the Website.  While you may use the name “Surrogate Tapping Club” in the text of any such link, you may not use the Surrogate Tapping Club logo or any of our other trade marks without our prior written consent.  
You must not frame this Website or represent or imply that any part of the Website belongs to anyone other than us. 
If we notify you that we object to the manner in which you provide links to this Website, you must immediately cease providing such links.

Purchasing terms
 
Ordering procedure

• When you place an order to purchase any goods or services from us, you are making an offer to purchase the particular goods for the price notified (including any applicable surcharges and taxes) at the time you place the order.  All amounts are stated in Australian dollars, and include Australian GST (where applicable). 
• No contract for the purchase of goods or services will come into existence until your order has been reviewed and accepted by us and we have notified you of such acceptance.
• An order may be declined where there are reasonable grounds for doing so, for example, the goods are no longer available or if there is an error in the price or the description of the goods listed on the Website.  
• A membership fee may be declined where there are insufficient numbers of other pending members in the waiting list, to admit you to the group you wish to join (a group of 4 or a group of 8).
• You will be notified whether your order has been accepted or declined as soon as reasonably practicable. 
• You will be responsible for your own Internet connection and zoom account, requirements for membership in the Surrogate Tapping Club.

Payment

You will be required to pay for the goods by the payment methods specified on the Website or otherwise accepted by us from time to time.  We will process the transaction upon acceptance of your order.  A surcharge may apply for the use of certain credit cards, and where this is the case this will also be notified before your order is placed.  

Cancellation of orders

• We may cancel your order after it has already been accepted if you are suspected of acting fraudulently (such as using a credit card without proper authorisation) or in breach of these terms.
• While all reasonable endeavours are used to avoid pricing and other errors, inadvertent errors do occur from time to time and your order may also be cancelled after it has been accepted in such circumstances.
• You may also cancel an order if we are in breach of these terms or of any of the RULES of the club as stated on the home page of this website.

Refunds

• If you wish to apply for a refund, you must lodge a return request using the “contact us” section of the Website and provide a reason for the return, within 14 days of your being granted access to the membership content within the site.  Once you have done so, we will respond to your request and if the return is accepted your refund will be processed.
• We are required to provide the following notice to you, however this does not limit clause 9.1(e) where applicable: 
• Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.  You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage.  You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

Cancellation

• You may cancel your membership at any time by emailing [email protected] that you wish to do so. Upon receipt of the unsubscribe request, your membership will be cancelled and you will not be billed again. 
• In the event that your cancellation request is not received and processed, email [email protected] with proof of the previously sent email and your membership will be cancelled and any fees paid after the date of the initial request will be refunded within 3 business days.

 
User Content

• You must not provide any material through the Website (Your Content) that: 
  • infringes the intellectual property or other rights of another person;
  • is defamatory, offensive, abusive, pornographic, profane or otherwise unlawful, including material that racially or religiously vilifies, incites violence or hatred, or is likely to insult or humiliate others based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any physical or mental disability;  
  • relates to unlawful conduct; 
  • creates a privacy or security risk to any person, including by soliciting personal information from any person; 
  • solicits money from any person;
  • is false, misleading or deceptive;
  • contains financial, legal, medical or other professional advice;
  • would harm, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise offend;
  • would reflect negatively on us, including our goodwill, name and reputation;
  • tampers with, hinders the operation of, or makes unauthorised modifications to the Website;
  • would breach any applicable laws; or
  • would result in civil or criminal liability for you, us or any third party.
  • By providing us with any of Your Content, you:  
  • grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence (including a right of sublicence) to use, copy, modify and otherwise exploit Your Content in connection with our provision and promotion of the Website; and
  • warrant that you have the right to grant such licence.
  • You agree to indemnify and hold us (including any of our directors, officers, employees and contractors) harmless from any claim made by any third party arising out of Your Content. 
  • We may, without notice to you, review, modify or remove any of Your Content in our absolute discretion including where we believe it violates these terms of use.
  • Our Website is not designed to be a long-term storage medium.  You are solely responsible for securing and backing up Your Content.

General restrictions

In using the Website, you must not: 

• provide us with inaccurate or incomplete information;
• violate any applicable laws, or use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful;
• distribute viruses, spyware, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of any computer hardware or software; 
• collect or store data about other users of the Website; or
• engage in any other conduct that inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Website.

Warranties and liability

• All express or implied guarantees, warranties, representations, statements, terms and conditions relating to these terms of use and the Website that are not contained in these terms of use, are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
• In particular, and without limiting paragraph (a):
  • while we endeavour to provide a convenient and functional Website, we do not guarantee that your requirements will be met or that your use of the Website will be uninterrupted, error free or that the Website is free of viruses or other harmful components; and
  • we cannot be responsible for any loss, corruption or interception of data sent to or from our Website which occurs outside of our computer systems (such as those which occur while being sent over the internet). 
• We recommend that you install and use up-to-date anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software on your computer.
• Nothing in these terms of use excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, term, condition, warranty, or any right or remedy, implied or imposed by any legislation which cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including the Australian Consumer Law which contains guarantees that protect the purchasers of goods and services in certain circumstances.
• If any guarantee, term, condition or warranty is implied into these terms of use under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable legislation (a Non-Excludable Provision) and we are able to limit your remedy for a breach of the Non-Excludable Provision, then our liability for breach of the Non-Excludable Provision is limited to one or more of the following at our option:
  • in the case of goods, the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods, the repair of the goods, the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods, or the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; or
  • in the case of services, the supplying of the services again, or the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again. 
• Subject to paragraphs (g) and (h) and our obligations under the Non-Excludable Provisions, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, our maximum aggregate liability for all claims under or relating to these terms of use or the Website whether in contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute, under an indemnity, based on fundamental breach or breach of a fundamental term or on any other basis, is limited to AUD [$10]. Subject to our obligations under the Non-Excludable Provisions, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for, and no measure of damages will, under any circumstances, include:
  • special, indirect, consequential, incidental or punitive damages; or
  • damages for loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, anticipated savings or loss or corruption of data,

whether in contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or on any other basis, whether or not such loss or damage was foreseeable and even if advised of the possibility of the loss or damage.

• Our liability to you is diminished to the extent that your acts or omissions (or those of a third party) contribute to or cause the loss or liability.

Variation of the Website

We may from time to time and without notice, vary, modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any or all of the Website.

Links and advertisements

The Website may contain links to other third party websites and advertisements which include embedded links, which are provided for your information only.  We have not reviewed any of the sites linked to the Website and are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Website.  The inclusion of any link or advertisement does not imply that we endorse or approve the linked site or the subject matter of the advertisement.  You access third party websites entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for those websites.

Privacy 

• In using the Website, you may give us personal information.  By using the Website, you grant us consent to collect, store, use and disclose such personal information in accordance with our privacy policy at www.surrogatetappingclub.com.
• We collect personal information about you in order to respond to your enquiry, process your registration, provide you with tapping group time suggestions for your time zone, notify you of member events, and for purposes otherwise set out in our privacy policy.
• You are not required to provide us with your personal information, but if you do not we may be unable to provide you with some or all of our goods and services.
• We may disclose your personal information to third parties that help us provide our services (including information technology suppliers, communication suppliers and other contractors) or as required by law. If you do not provide this information, we may not be able to provide all of our services to you. We may also disclose your personal information to recipients that are located outside of Australia, including to mailing list providers and web developers located in Indonesia, Israel, the Philippines and India
• Our privacy policy explains: (i) how we store and use, and how you may access and correct your personal information; (ii) how you can lodge a complaint regarding the handling of your personal information; and (iii) how we will handle any complaint.  Please click on this link to view our privacy policy.
• You may update any personal information you have given us at any time by emailing [email protected]

Infringing or objectionable content

If you believe the Website contains elements that are objectionable, or infringe copyright or any other rights, please contact us by email and provide particulars of such content and a detailed description of why it is objectionable or infringing.  

General

• Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services or features of the Website.  All such additional terms and conditions apply in addition to, and prevail over, these terms of use.
• If any part of these terms of use is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable part is to be given effect to the greatest extent possible and the remainder will remain in full force and effect. 
• These terms of use are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.  If you are resident in Australia, each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State or Territory in which you ordinarily reside.  If you are not resident in Australia, each party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.  
• Nothing in these terms of use limits any liability we or you may have in connection with any representations or other communications (either oral or written) made prior to these terms of use, where such liability cannot be excluded (including under section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law).
• Subject to paragraph (d), these terms of use supersede all previous agreements, understandings, negotiations, representations and warranties about its subject matter and embodies the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter.
• Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performing any of its obligations under these terms if such delay is caused by circumstances beyond that party’s reasonable control.
• Your use of the Website is conducted electronically, and you agree that we may communicate with you electronically for all aspects of your use of the Website, including sending you electronic notices.  
• The provisions of these terms of use which by their nature survive termination or expiry of these terms of use will survive termination or expiry of these terms of use.
• No waiver, delay or failure by us to take any action shall constitute or be construed as a waiver of that or any other term, condition, option, privilege or right we may have.
• The word “including” when used in these terms of use is not a term of limitation.