ChooseYour.News Terms of Use
- Introduction
ChooseYour.News (Website) is owned and operated by Choose Your News Pty Ltd (ACN 676 074 829). In these terms and conditions of use (Terms), when we say you or your, we mean you as the individual accessing this Website. When we say we, us, or our, we mean Choose Your News Pty Ltd (ACN 676 074 829).
By accessing this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. Your access to and use of the Website is subject to these Terms.
Variations: We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary these Terms by publishing the varied terms on the Website. We recommend you check the Website regularly to ensure you are aware of our current terms.
- Information and Availability
You understand that the content and materials on the Website (Content) is produced using artificial intelligence solely for entertainment purposes and the Website does not purport to be a legitimate news source. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or suitability of any of the Content. The Content may be subject to change without notice and we do not undertake to keep the Website up-to-date. The Content is not intended to be factual information, is not comprehensive and is for general entertainment purposes only. You understand you may find the Content offensive, indecent or objectionable but this does not represent our views and that you use the Content at your own risk. You acknowledge that we do not specifically curate the Content produced by artificial intelligence. We also do not warrant that access to the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free or free from viruses.
- Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, we own or license the Content and all intellectual property rights (including any copyright, registered or unregistered designs, illustrations, artwork, patents or trade mark or logo rights and domain names) displayed or used on the Website (Our Intellectual Property).
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited licence to access and use the Website solely for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You must not use the Website, or any of the Content, for your commercial purposes or any other non-entertainment purpose.
Subject to the above, your use of, and access to, the Website and the Content does not grant or transfer to you any rights, title or interest to Our Intellectual Property. Unless otherwise permitted in these Terms, you must not:
copy or use, in whole or in part, any of Our Intellectual Property;
reproduce, retransmit, distribute, display, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any of Our Intellectual Property; or
breach any intellectual property rights connected with Our Intellectual Property, including altering or modifying any of Our Intellectual Property, causing any of Our Intellectual Property to be framed or embedded in another website or platform, or creating derivative works from Our Intellectual Property.
Nothing in the above clause restricts your ability to publish, post or repost Content or Our Intellectual Property on your social media page or blog, provided that:
you do not represent the Website, Content or Our Intellectual Property as a legitimate news source;
you do not represent that the Content is human-generated when it was not;
you do not assert that you are the owner of the Content or Our Intellectual Property;
unless explicitly agreed by us in writing, you do not assert that you are endorsed or approved by us;
you do not damage or take advantage of our reputation, including in a manner that is illegal, unfair, misleading or deceptive; and
you comply with all other terms of these Terms.
- Conduct we don’t accept
You must not do or attempt to do anything that is unlawful, which is prohibited by applicable law, which we would consider inappropriate or which might bring us or the Website into disrepute. This includes:
using the Website or Content to defame, harass, threaten, menace or offend any person;
using the Website or Content for unlawful purposes;
interfering with any user of the Website;
tampering with or modifying the Website, knowingly transmitting viruses or other disabling features, or damaging or interfering with the Website, including using trojan horses, viruses or piracy or programming routines that may damage or interfere with the Website;
using the Website to send unsolicited electronic messages;
using data mining, robots, screen scraping or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Website; or
facilitating or assisting a third party to do any of the above acts.
- Privacy
We collect, hold and disclose and use any Personal Information you provide to us in accordance with our privacy policy, available on our Website, and applicable privacy laws.
- What happens if we discontinue the Website
- We may, at any time and without notice, discontinue the Website (in whole or in part), or exclude any person from using our Website.
- Liability
You may have certain rights under Australian Consumer Law in relation to the Website and the Content, and you may contact us for more information about this. Regardless of whatever else is stated in these Terms, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
- neither we or you are liable for any Consequential Loss;
- we are not responsible for any Content which is produced by artificial intelligence;
- a party’s liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party, including any failure by the other party to mitigate its loss;
- (where our Services are not ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption) in respect of any failure by us to comply with relevant Consumer Law Rights, our Liability is limited (at our discretion) to supplying the Services again or paying the cost of having the Services supplied again; and
- our aggregate liability to you for any Liability arising from or in connection with these Terms will be limited to AU$1,000.
- General
Governing law: These Terms are governed by the laws of Western Australia, and any matter relating to these Terms is to be determined exclusively by the courts in Western Australia and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts.
Third Party Sites: Our Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Unless we tell you otherwise, we do not control, endorse or approve, and are not responsible for, the content on those websites. We recommend that you make your own investigations in relation to the suitability of those websites. If you purchase goods or services from a third party website linked from our Platform, those goods or services are being provided by that third party, not us.
- Definitions
In these Terms:
Consequential Loss includes any consequential loss, special or indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise. However, your obligation to pay us any amounts for access to or use of our Services (including our Platform) will not constitute “Consequential Loss”.
Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgment (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or us or you or otherwise.
Personal Information means any information or opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information or opinion is true or not, and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a tangible form or not.
For any questions and notices, please contact us at:
Choose Your News Pty Ltd (ACN 676 074 829)
Email: [email protected]
Last update: 24 January 2024