Terms of use

These Terms of Use set forth the terms and conditions governing your use of the Vintec Club, or any Vintec Club subsidiary, parent company or sister company Website (individually and collectively, the “Website”). By using the Website in any manner, you agree to all terms and conditions contained or referenced in these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use apply only to your use of the Website and do not apply to any other Website.

The Vintec Club reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or change these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice to you. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

OWNERSHIP AND USE OF WEBSITE INFORMATION.
All information, materials, and other content located on the Website, except noted third-party materials, are the property of The Vintec Club, its subsidiaries, its parent companies and its sisters companies, and are protected under the Australian and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws.
ALL CONTENTS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED HEREBELOW, NO PORTION OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, OR BY ANY MEANS, WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE VINTEC CLUB. VISITORS OR USERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO MODIFY, DISTRIBUTE, PUBLISH, TRANSMIT OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF ANY MATERIAL FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

LIMITED LICENSE.
The Vintec Club hereby authorizes you to copy materials published by The Vintec Club on this Website solely for non-commercial use within your organization and, or for yourself. No other use of the information is authorized. In consideration of this authorization, you agree that any copy of these materials that you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices in the same form and manner as on the original.

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.
Any information you send to The Vintec Club through the Website will be deemed NOT to be confidential (“Non-Confidential Information”). For any Non-Confidential Information you do send, post or submit you hereby grant The Vintec Club, its subsidiaries, its parent companies and its sister companies, an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the Non-Confidential Information, and agree that The Vintec Club is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send to The Vintec Club for any purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Non-Confidential Information, and you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the Non-Confidential Information and that public posting and use of your content by The Vintec Club will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

TRADEMARKS.
The Vintec Club is trademark of the Vintec Club Pty Ltd in Australia. The use of our trademark without our prior written consent is strictly prohibited.

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION.
Certain content from third parties may be made available as part of this Website. This content is believed to be reliable, but we do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such content and The Vintec Club makes no warranty as to the accuracy of any such information.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES.
This Website may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by our business partners, third party vendors or other third parties. Clicking on such a link to a third party website will cause you to leave this Website. The links are only provided as a convenience and The Vintec Club does not endorse any of these sites. We do not control the third party sites and therefore we are not responsible for the content of any third party website or any link contained in any third party website. We do not represent or warrant that the content of these sites is accurate, legal, inoffensive, or free from viruses or other features that may adversely affect your computer, nor do we make any representation regarding the quality of any product or service contained on any such website. By using this Website to link to another website, you agree and understand that you may not make any claim against us for any damages or losses resulting from your use of this Website to link to a third party website.

LINKS FROM THIRD PARTY SITES.
The Vintec Club prohibits unauthorized links to the Website and the framing of any information contained on the Website or any portion of the Website. The Vintec Club reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames. The Vintec Club has no responsibility or liability for any material on other websites that may contain links to this Website.

NO WARRANTIES.
Information and documents provided on this Website are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. The Vintec Club uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this Website; it does not, however, make any warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness. We periodically add, change, improve or update the information and documents on this Website without notice. The Vintec Club assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of this Website. Your use of this Website is at your own risk.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Under no circumstances shall The Vintec Club be liable for any damages suffered by you, direct, indirect or incidental that results from access to, use of or inability to use this website or due to any breach of security associated with the transmission or the reception of information through the internet; this holds even if The Vintec Club was advised of such risks of damages.

GOVERNING LAW.
This Site is administered by The Vintec Club from its offices in New South Wales in Australia. The Vintec Club makes no representation that materials at this Site are appropriate or available for use outside of Australia, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. User access to this Website is governed by all applicable federal, state and local laws. All information available on the Website may also be subject to the laws of the country where you reside. You may not use or export or re-export the materials on this Website, or any copy or adaptation thereof, in violation of any applicable laws and regulations existing in Australia and in the Country where you live. The laws of the State of New South Wales shall govern these Terms of Use and all matters relating to your access to, or use of, this Website.

MEMBER BENEFITS
All Vintec Club member benefits outlined on this website, offered by Vintec Australia or by Third-Party Partners, are valid only for owners of Vintec and Transtherm wine cellars purchased in Australia, who are currently residing in Australia. Vintec Australia and Vintec Club Third-Party Partners have the right to change and alter their offers to members at any time without notice. The Vintec Club can cease all or part of its activities at any time, and member benefits and perks can be changed and/or be terminated at will without notice. No compensations, no claims and no liabilities can be made in regards benefits offered by The Vintec Club or its partners, be it from any parties including but not limited to members,  partners, contributors and staff.

Blog Policies and Disclaimer.
The views and opinions expressed here and in any corresponding comments are the personal opinions of the original authors, not of The Vintec Club, its parent companies, its sister companies (collectively, the “Company”). The content is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by Company or any other party. No information that you consider confidential should be posted to this site. By posting any comments on the Site, you agree to be solely responsible for the content of all information you contribute, link to, or otherwise upload to the Website and release Company from any liability related to your use of the site. You also grant to Company a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and fully-paid, transferable (including rights to sublicense) right to exercise all copyright, publicity, and moral rights with respect to any original content you provide.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act
It is the Vintec Club’s policy to fully comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which provides a procedure for notifying a service provider about intellectual property infringement by third parties. If you have a good faith belief that infringing activity is occurring in connection with this Website, please provide written notice detailing the requisite information as set forth in Section 512(c)(3)(A) of the DMCA, which requires that a notification of claimed infringement must be by way of written communication provided to the designated agent, and that this writing includes substantially all of the following:

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

For the purposes of the DMCA, Company’s registered agent is:

The Vintec Club Australia pty ltd

210 Crown street

Darlinghurst-NSW-2010

AUSTRALIA.

Person: Mr Jean-Marie Simart
TEL: +612 93603199
Email: jean@vintec.com.au