Definitions

Mums and Mothers Clubs Australia Pty Ltd (“Mums Club”) provides the http://www.mumsclub.com.au/ site (“Site”) to Site Members.  Mums Club, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Four Quarters Innovations Pty Ltd.

Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions

You must read these terms and conditions carefully before becoming a Site Member and use the services provided by the Mums Club website. Mums Club will from time to time update these terms and conditions so it is important that You revisit this page regularly. Your access to and use of this Site will be governed by these terms and conditions whether or not You choose to become a Site Member.

Acceptance of Risk and Release from Liability

In using this Site, You accept that there are risks associated with dealing with people You have not met before and using the Information on this Site and You use the Site solely at Your own risk.

Mums Club disclaims all responsibility for material and Information posted on this Site and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, harm, damages or costs You incur as a result of Your use of this Site.

In using this Site, You acknowledge that Mums Club makes no warranties or representation as to the quality, accuracy or completeness of the Information.  Any business, meeting place or product featured or referred to at any time on this Site is not recommended or endorsed by Mums Club.

Because Mums Club is not involved in actual transactions between Site Members, in the event that You have a dispute with another Site Member You will need to personally negotiate the resolution of that dispute.  Mums Club will have no obligation to intervene in any manner in any such dispute.

You release and indemnify Mums Club (and its officers, directors, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and employees) from claims, losses,  demands and damages (including actual, special, direct, indirect and consequential damages) arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with

• disputes with or acts or omissions (including negligence) of other Site Members;
• Your reliance upon Information; or
• Your use of this Site generally.

Membership

You must be a Site Member to use the services of the Site. You become a Site Member by accepting the Terms and Conditions, acknowledging the Privacy Statement and by registering online.

The Site has public and private areas. Public areas are open to any Site visitors. The public area shows the home page, and allows visitors to read some generic resources (like the Frequently Asked Questions section). Only Site Members can access the private areas of the site. Private areas of the site may show Site Members information, including username but excluding names, personal addresses and phone numbers. Site Members may communicate with each other via emails and SMS sent through the Mums Club Site initially. Once Site Members have made contact, they may choose to exchange personal phone numbers and addresses.

Mums Club offers mums a number of services, including Messaging, Event Management, Personal Address Book Management, Buyers Guide, Market Place and searchable directories of Mums, Mums Groups and Places to Meet. 

Conduct

You are prohibited from any actions that may interfere with another’s experience. These include, but are not limited to

• Using our systems to send unsolicited messages (SPAM)
• accessing data not intended for You
• disrupting service to the Site by interfering with the server or network.
• Forging information sent to the website or in an email.

You must conduct Yourself in a manner appropriate to the community. You must not post, transmit, save, or distribute any Information or material that is:

• false, inaccurate or misleading;
• fraudulent;
• infringes the privacy or intellectual or other proprietary rights of another;
• illegal or offensive;
• defamatory, libelous, threatening, or intimidating;
• obscene or contains child pornography;
• contains any viruses;
• create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs, Web hosting company, or other suppliers; or
• creates an unauthorized link to another website

Mums Club reserves the right to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Information or material it deems as inappropriate, unacceptable or offensive.

Commercial Use of Mums Club Services

The Services provided by Mums Club are for personal, non-commercial use only. Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Mums Club, you must not make any use of the Services for commercial gain. Mums Club reserves the right to terminate membership at any time with immediate effect for any use of the service which it deems to be for commercial gain.

Message Delivery

Although every effort is made to ensure that SMS and Email messages sent through the site are successfully sent and received, due to the nature of the service, this delivery cannot be guaranteed. Mums Club is not liable for non-delivery of messages sent or received. Any apparent failure of delivery where known should be promptly advised to Mums Club

Billing and Payment

If You wish to register to use Messaging and Directory Services, You must pay an amount of money in advance (minimum $10.00).  This payment will occur via a third party site - www.paypal.com.  Please see the Terms and Conditions of Paypal Australia for full details of this service.  Mums Club will provide Paypal with Name, Address, Email and Mobile details in order to complete the transaction as smoothly as possible.   Mums Club will not receive any Credit Card information.

Mums Club credit is available for three months from the date of purchase.  Any credit unused in this time will be forfeited.

Copyright

The content of this Site is protected by Australian and International copyright and other intellectual property laws. You are authorised to copy or download material on this Site for Your personal use however You do so for commercial or public purposes.

The Mums Club logo and domain name are trademarks of Mums Club. No permission is given to reproduce the Mums Club logo, and You may only create a link to this Site after first having gained Mums Club’s express permission in writing.

Links to Third Party Sites

This Site may contain links to third party sites. Access to any other Internet site linked to this Site is at Your own risk and Mums Club accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made on such sites. Mums Club provides these links merely as a convenience and their does not imply an endorsement.

General

Your use of this Site will be governed by and construed pursuant to the laws of Victoria and You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of that State.
Any failure by Mums Club at any time to enforce any of the provisions of these terms and conditions or any of its rights will not be a waiver of such provisions, rights or elections or affect the validity of these terms and conditions.

If any clause or part of a clause of these terms and conditions is invalid, illegal, unlawful or otherwise incapable of enforcement, that clause or part of a clause will be deemed to be severed and of no force and effect but all other clauses and parts of clauses of these terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect and be valid and fully enforceable. No clause or part of a clause of these terms and conditions will be construed to be dependent upon any other clause or part of a clause unless so expressed.

Termination

Mums Club may terminate Your Site Membership at any time in its absolute discretion by giving written notice of termination to You.

If You continue, You are deemed to have read, agreed to and accepted these terms and conditions.