1. Application, variation and termination of these Terms and Conditions
1.1. These Terms and Conditions govern The Straight website operated and provided by The Straight Media Pty Ltd trading as The Straight Media Company
1.2. Any use of The Straight’s website by you constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
1.3. The Straight Media Company may at any time, in its sole discretion, amend, vary or modify these Terms and Conditions without notice.
1.4. Modifications to these Terms and Conditions will be effective immediately and any subsequent use by you of this website will constitute your acceptance of the modifications and the then-current terms and conditions of use of this website.
1.5. The Straight Media Company may, without notice, terminate or suspend this website or any part of the website at any time.
2. Privacy
2.1. Any personal information received by The Straight will be collected and disclosed in accordance with The Straight Media Company’’s Privacy Policy (as updated from time to time).
3. Disclaimer and Liability
3.1. While The Straight Media Company provides the website and its contents in good faith, The Straight Media Company does not accept liability or responsibility for any content or material on this website, including for the accuracy, completeness, authenticity, reliability or timeliness of the content;
3.2. The Straight Media Company does not represent or warrant that this website, any files obtained from or through this website are free from harmful code, computer viruses or other defects;
3.3. To the extent permitted by law, The Straight Media Company expressly excludes all conditions and warranties (including warranties as to merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property or any other rights or fitness for a particular purpose), guarantees, rights and remedies, liabilities and other terms that may be implied by custom, statute or common law in relation to any information or materials on this website or any websites linked to this website; and
3.4. The Straight Media Company is not liable for any consequential losses (including any loss of revenue or profits, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, loss of value of equipment, any penalties or fines imposed by a regulator and any loss that is indirect loss) that you suffer or for any costs, damages, expenses, loss or charges that you incur as a result of your use any information or materials on this website or any websites linked to this website.
4. Intellectual Property
4.1. Intellectual property rights (including any copyright, trademark rights) in the content on The Straight website, vests in The Straight Media Company, subject to any third party rights.
4.2. Nothing contained on this website is to be construed as granting a licence to use any content on this website. You may not use, reproduce or modify any content displayed on this website including The Straight’s logo or trademark/s without The Straight Media Company’s written consent.
4.3. You may not pass off content from this website as your own. This includes the practice of ‘Framing’ this website within another website as well as copying and re-using parts of the website.
4.4. The content is subject to copyright and all rights are reserved. No part of these publications may be reproduced, copied, stored, distributed or transmitted in any form, or by any means, including photocopying, scanning, or other mechanical or electronic methods without the prior written permission of The Straight Media Company. To seek permission, please use our Contact Us form.
5. Linking to other websites
5.1. The Straight website may contain links to other websites. The Straight Media Company does not warrant approve of or accept any liability or responsibility for any such websites. Access to these websites is at your own risk.
6. Guidelines for linking to this website
6.1. You may put links on your website pointing to The Straight website. In such case we request that you adopt the following guidelines for linking:
– Links to The Straight Media Company site should usually be to the home page, i.e. http://www.thestraight.com.au Linking to other parts of the site poses some risk, as the page or service to which you link may move or become unavailable.
6.2. The correct name for the website is The Straight, the company name is The Straight Media Company
7. Cookies and other features of our website
7.1. The Straight website may use cookies to identify visitors to this site, gather statistical information, store user preferences, activity, and session information. The Straight Media Company uses cookies to improve security, enhance website functionality and improve its services. By using this website, you are consenting to The Straight Media Company’s use of cookies on your device.
7.2. You can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, adjusting these settings may affect the functionality of this website.
7.3 Information stored in cookies can include:
– The identity of the page or services you are requesting;
– The type of browser or operating system in use;
– Time and date of access; and
– The internet address of the website from which you navigated from to reach our website.
Cookies do not store personal information such as:
– your name
– email addresses
– phone numbers
7.4. The Straight uses web analytics and session recording technology provided by third party service providers such as Google Analytics. These services use cookies to assist us to understand how visitors access and use our site
7.5. If you leave a comment on The Straight you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
7.6. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
7.7 When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. These login cookies will expire in a set period.
7.8. The Straight may also use JavaScript, which is a programming language that helps our website work. In order to use our website, we recommend that you have JavaScript enabled in your browser settings.
7.9. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
7.10. If you upload images to the website through the comments section, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
7.11. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
7.12. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
7.13. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
7.14. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
7.15. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7.16 If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Requests for this may be made via our Contact Us page.
8. Governing Law
8.1. The laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia govern these Terms and Conditions and any agreement formed under them. You and The Straight irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of New South Wales, Australia.