Definitions

Harmful Code means any form of harmful surreptitious code or other contaminants, including viruses, bugs, trojan horses, spyware or adware.

Loss means loss, damage, cost or expense (to any person or property) including consequential or indirect loss or any loss of profits, data or revenue.

You and your means the user of climatespot.org.

Our, us and we means the climatespot website and its developers, administrators and owners.

General

1. Your use of climatespot.org is deemed to be your acceptance of these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully.
2. These terms of use are governed by the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Queensland, Australia. As the hosting service is US-based, applicable US laws also apply.
3. If any of these terms of use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms of use will continue in full force.
4. We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time. Please check our website.
5. Please contact us if you have any questions, problems or feedback regarding the terms of use.
   
   

Lawful purposes

1. You agree to use climatespot.org only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of climatespot.org by any third party. This includes conduct which is unlawful or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption to climatespot.org.
2. You must not post or transmit via climatespot.org any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would contravene any law.
   
   

Disclaimer

1. The climatespot.org website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances especially for climate, energy and associated economic policies and issues. You must exercise your own judgement and carefully evaluate the material on climatespot.org. 
   
   

Security

1. We strive to protect information you provide on climatespot.org. We will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that climatespot.org and your information are not compromised. However, we cannot guarantee that no Harmful Code will enter climatespot.org. You should be aware of the risks associated with using websites.
2. We recommend that you use appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect your computer systems.
3. Where connection to a system or website outside our control compromises the objectives of climatespot.org, we may sever links to that website or system.
   
   

Privacy

1. For more information about how we protect your privacy and personal information, please see our privacy policy.
2. We do not share information about you with other organisations without your permission unless it:
   • is necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested
   • is required or authorised by law
   • will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody’s health.
     
     

Linked websites

1. We take reasonable care in linking climatespot.org to other websites but we have no direct control over the content presented in those websites or the availability of those websites. Any information on a linked website is provided ‘As Is’.
2. We make no representation that the material on any linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. We do not authorise the reproduction of such material.
3. We do not endorse or recommend any links to external websites, or third party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.
4. We use the following criteria to select the links that are included on this site:
   • The content must be authentic. climatespot.org will primarily link to trusted sources, content or websites known to be widely reputable. Every effort is made to ensure the links are as current and as complete as possible, however due to the consistent process of change on government websites there will inevitably be a small amount of out-of-date or missing content at any point of time.
   • The content should be up-to-date and accurate. Links will be made in good faith with the expectation that the content is appropriately maintained by the author and is timely and accurate. However, we can offer no guarantees of this.

You can inform climatespot.org of new sites or pages for inclusion in the climatespot.org using the contact us form.

Site linking and content usage

1. All other websites may link to this site or use content of this site.
2. You may link to this website and use this website’s content as long as you:
   • do not imply that climatespot.org endorses your website or product
   • do not use climatespot.org for commercial practices
   • do not change the content of the material technically (eg. the material is presented in a frame so that users are unable to determine the location of the original material)
   • acknowledge the link or content is from climatespot.org
3. We may ask you to remove the link or content from your website if these conditions are not met. These conditions don’t apply to images and media that have been sourced externally which have their own usage regulations.
4. Some images and media content used on climatespot.org are sourced externally. While care has been taken to use free or open licensed material, if you find that any content does not have your express permission to be used at climatespot.org, please let us know and we’ll remove it.