Terms & conditions

The parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website is made available from a networked information server at Curtin University of Technology (Curtin) and as such the website is subject to its general terms and conditions of use.  These terms and conditions are detailed on the Curtin website under the following hyperlinked headings:

To increase the transparency of users’ rights and obligations in using the website the Authors wish to highlight the following, as they relate to parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info:

Copyright

In permitting you to access and use of the information contained within this website, you acknowledge all intellectual property rights for its content, including copyright, remain with the Authors. The content may be freely distributed without alteration provided that the copyright notice is not removed. It may NOT reside at another website, it may NOT be sold for profit, and it may NOT be incorporated in other documents without the Author(s)'s permission.

In permitting you to access and use of the Sharing Experiences, FAQs, and Taking Action pages you freely give the Authors permission to use your postings as we see fit. That is, you consent to the Authors editing, modifying or adapting your postings, or combining them with other works to be used at our discretion, regardless of whether or not you are attributed as the author. We will protect your privacy by ensuring that you are not personally identifiable from your posting, unless we obtain your prior written approval.

Disclaimer of liability

While the parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website endeavours to provide information sourced from reliable research published in peer reviewed journals, recognised texts, government publications and therapeutic approaches that have demonstrated efficacy, the information provided in this website is of a general nature. Thus, before relying on any information you find within its pages, use common sense, make your own enquiries and seek appropriate professional opinion. The content is made available on the understanding that the Authors are not providing professional advice. Before relying on any of the material in this site, users should obtain appropriate professional advice.

The information provided in this website is also intended for a mainstream Australian audience. Thus, some of the information found on this, or linked sites, may not be consistent with the cultural and/or religious beliefs of individual users. In using this website you understand and acknowledge that the information is provided with no intention to cause offence.

Finally, the content of the website may also change from time to time, and the Authors reserve the right to do so without prior notification.   Thus, whileevery effort will be made to ensure the information contained within the website is accurate and up to date the Authors do not assume any responsibility, or legal liability, whether direct or indirect, for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information. The content is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

Use of other sites

Hypertext links to sites outside of the Curtin University of Technology network, which includes the parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website, are provided as a convenience to users. Neither Curtin nor the Authors are responsible for the content provided by outside sites through these links.

The Authors advise that if you use another site linked from this website:

  1. You do so at your own risk and acknowledge that we have no control over, and are not responsible for, the content provided by external sites accessed through these links;
  2. You will no longer be subject to the terms and conditions of this site, but are subject to the terms and conditions of the linked site;
  3. The provision of these links does not imply any association between the Curtin, or the Authors, and the various external organisations or individuals. Nor does Curtin, or the Authors, endorse any information, products, or services available from or promoted by such sites;
  4. It is the responsibility of the individual user to make decisions regarding the relevance, accuracy, currency and/or reliability of information found on linked external sites;
  5. The user of the links remains responsible for the downloading of any linked material. Downloading of images and/or text without the permission of the copyright owner may breach Australian and international copyright laws.

Legal and compliance

Curtin University of Technology is committed to full compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations, licences, and recognised industry and professional codes.  

Any legal issues arising in relation to the use of parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website will be dealt with under the laws of Western Australia. Illegal activity under those laws will be a violation of these terms and conditions. However, as the website and its Australian links are accessible worldwide you should be aware that you could be prosecuted under the laws of other jurisdictions too.

Personal information and your privacy

The parentingGRANDCHILDREN website has a privacy statement that explains how we will treat your personal information in compliance with the Privacy Act 1988. You supply personal information to us when you email us to share a story, ask a question, provide feedback, submit grandparenting tips, or to contribute to Help us Help you. No information that personally identifies you is collected when you simply browse the website.

Complaints

If you think your rights have been breached, or if you have a complaint about the parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website, contact us so that we can investigate the issue and make sure it is resolved. If you have a complaint about another site linked from this site, follow the complaint procedures for that site.

Direct any letters of complaint to:

parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
BENTLEY  WA 6845

Privacy policy

No information that personally identifies you is collected when you simply browse the parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website. The site does, however, collect personal (e.g., email address) and sensitive information (e.g., contributions to the Sharing Experiences, FAQs, and Taking Action pages) when you choose to provide it.

Your personal information is protected under the Privacy Act 1988. Personal information will not be disclosed, or used for purposes other than the stated uses of the website, unless the disclosure is required or authorised by law.

Uses of personal information by the website may include:

The parentingGRANDCHILDREN.info website may disclose non-identifying statistical information collected to our Partner Organisations and to organisations conducting approved research, such as universities and research centres. 

The site manager will provide access to, and make corrections to, your personal information at your written request, except in the circumstances set out in the Privacy Act 1988.