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1. The Christian Connection Web Site

1.1 By using the web site at www.christianconnection.com.au (the "Web Site") you will be bound by these terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") and the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") (together "this Agreement").

1.2 You should read carefully and understand this Agreement before registering with or using the Web Site. If you do not agree to this Agreement you must not use the Web Site.

1.3 You may only use this Web Site if you are over 18 years old.

1.4 You must not use this website, unless you are either living in Australia, or New Zealand, or have Australian or New Zealand citizenship.

1.5 You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations in the use of the Web Site.

1.6 For purposes of this Agreement, the term “members” refers only to persons who have become a full, trial or profile member of www.christianconnection.com.au, or who have registered their details or completed or part completed a profile, or who have logged on as a member of www.christianconnection.com.au. A person continues to be a member for as long as their details are held on the Web Site database. A member can choose to unsubscribe at any time.

1.7 In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any binding mandatory statutory consumer rights then the terms of those rights shall apply but only to the extent of that inconsistency.

1.8 This website contains a range of instructions, rules and explanations which can be found in different parts of the site and in standard emails sent to members. All members of Christian Connection are expected to abide by them. Failure to do so, may result in suspension or termination of membership. Some of these can be found on the following links:

1.11 Christian Connection reserve the right to change, amend and update these Terms and Conditions and other rules, guidelines and policies.

2. Charges For Use Of The Web Site

2.1 There is free access to parts of the site, but access to the matchmaking functions is subject to subscription charges, see clause 2.2 below.

2.2 Details of current charges for the website are listed on the subscribe page.

2.3 Should you wish to use the pages listed in clause 2.2 you agree to complete the subscription form on these pages and make payment by credit card or direct bank transfer.

2.4 Membership fees are non-refundable.

2.5 In some circumstances, defined in other parts of the site, members will have the right to suspend membership for a given period.

2.6 Active accounts are categorized as either Trial, Profile or Full members. Full members pay subscription fees, which gives full access to the site. We may limit services to non-paying members, which are subject to change at any time. Compare membership types here.

3. Accurate User Information

3.1 You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself when you complete the registration and/or subscription form.

3.2 You agree to maintain and update this information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

3.3 If any information which you provide, including photographs, is untrue, inaccurate, obsolete, incomplete or misleading; or if your profile or communications are unintelligible, or of a poor standard of English; Christian Connection has the right to close your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Web Site.

4. Privacy Of Information Provided

4.1 Christian Connection will keep confidential all information given by or about you which is not considered public information, including but not limited to information provided during the registration process and e-mail communications transmitted through the Web Site.

4.2 Christian Connection will not disclose such information to any third parties without your consent, except that you agree Christian Connection may do so if such information is already in the public domain, is required to be disclosed by law, by a governmental agency or to protect the interests of Christian Connection or its members or where there have been substantial and serious breaches of the terms and conditions.

4.3 Clauses 4.1 and 4.2 do not apply where you have given your consent for such information to be used by Christian Connection for particular purposes. In such circumstances the information will only be used for those purposes for which your consent is given.

4.4 You understand and agree that Christian Connection and its agents and contractors may access the content of your account in order to identify and resolve technical problems or service complaints.

4.5 e-mails sent internally through the Christian Connection website may be routinely monitored to ensure the service is being used in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.

5. Changes To The Web Site And The Agreement

5.1 Christian Connection may need to modify, discontinue or suspend temporarily or permanently, the Web Site without notice but shall where reasonably practicable, give reasonable notice of its intention to do so.

5.2 Your continued use of the Web Site after having received notice of changes to the Web Site will constitute your acceptance of any such changes.

5.3 Christian Connection may need to amend and alter this Agreement for valid business and/or technical reasons. In such circumstances Christian Connection will post the amended Terms and Conditions and/or Privacy Policy on the Web Site and they will come into force immediately.

5.4 If you do not accept the amendments you have the right to terminate any agreement you may have with Christian Connection and you should stop using the Web Site.

5.5 You may not alter this Agreement without the express written agreement of Christian Connection.

6. User Undertakings

6.1 You agree:

  • (a) not to use the Web Site for unlawful purposes;
  • (b) not to interfere with, disrupt the Web Site or servers or networks connected to the Web Site;
  • (c) to comply with all requirements, procedures, policies and regulations of networks connected to the Web Site;
  • (d) not to publish, promote, link to, refer to, or send to any other member, any harassing, libellous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortuous, sexual, sexually suggestive, offensive, anatomical, racist, homophobic, overtly political, religiously intolerant or otherwise objectionable material, on, via, or in the course of using the Web Site;
  • (e) not to publish on or off the Web site, either in a Profile, or the Discussion Boards, Help System, or send an e-mail, or letter, any abusive, offensive, libellous, threatening or otherwise objectionable messages to staff of Christian Connection, or make libellous or offensive allegations about the site or its staff or other members, to other members or third parties;
  • (f) not to use the Web Site in a manner or for a purpose that violates the rights of another, including but not limited to the intellectual property rights of another;
  • (g) not to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to other computer systems or networks connected to the Web Site;
  • (h) not to use the Web Site in a manner that may transmit any matter containing a virus, corrupted file, "Trojan Horse" or other hostile program or software;
  • (i) not to transmit "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", or unsolicited mass distribution of marketing or other materials or communications including (without limitation) those connected to pyramid selling schemes; not to use the internal mailing system,the discussion boards or the profile forms or any other part of the site to promote events, charities, businesses, or services or to make financial requests.
  • (j) not to interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Web Site by other users; anybody who uses the internal mailing system in a way that is or could be construed as abusive or annoying to other members or sends out mails with the same or similar content to more than one person in quick succession or whose behaviour on or off the site has resulted in a complaint or a mail block, or might reasonably give rise to a complaint by another member may be removed from the site at the absolute discretion of Christian Connection. Anybody giving cause for a complaint by any other member, or who has been blocked by another member, or whose behaviour might reasonably give rise to a complaint may be removed from the site.
  • (k) not to resell, rent or hire any content of the Web Site or use of or access to the Web Site;
  • (l) not to impersonate any other person, including but not limited to any other member of Christian Connection or employee of Christian Connection, while using the Web Site.
  • (m) not to attack or undermine the traditions or beliefs of any member via the Web Site, whether directly or indirectly.
  • (n) not to accuse other members of not being "Christian" unless they have declared that themselves.
  • (o) not to take out additional or duplicate memberships, whether Profile, Full or Trial. Trial members whose memberships have expired are not permitted to rejoin as Trial members.
  • (p) to reply promptly and courteously to mail received from other members
  • (q) not to divulge any personal or confidential information about other members of the site, past or present.
  • (r) not to contact other members via any means on or off the site, without their consent or when their consent has been withdrawn.
  • (s) that your profile and all written communication must be solely in English.

6.2 You agree not to include in your public profile or in the discussion boards any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, url's, e-mail addresses, any information that would enable people to contact you outside the site, offensive anatomical or sexual references or offensive sexually suggestive language.

Similarly, If you are a Trial member, you agree not to include any of the above contact information in any email to another member. If you are a Full member, you must not include the above details in the first email you write to another member. You may only include such information, if you have received a response from your first email from another member agreeing to further contact.

You also agree not to post any photos containing nudity or otherwise offensive material in any areas on the Web Site that are accessible to the public or Christian Connection's general membership. Christian Connection reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject or remove any profile or photo that does not comply with the letter or spirit of the Terms and Conditions.

6.3 You agree not to copy or reproduce in any form in whole or in part anything published on the Web Site.

6.4 Christian Connection reserves the absolute discretion to moderate, amend, delete, or otherwise modify members' profile information, emails, board posts, and/or any other information or communication on the Web Site in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.

7. Termination

7.1 Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason at all.

7.2 Without prejudice to any remedy that Christian Connection may have against you, Christian Connection may terminate or suspend (without liability to you) with immediate effect and without notice your access to, and use of the Web Site and delete files in your account if Christian Connection:

  • (a) reasonably believes that you have breached any of the terms of this Agreement;
  • (b) is unable to determine the accuracy or validity of any information provided by you;
  • (c) suspects fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity;
  • (d) determines that the quality and presentation of the material uploaded by you is of unacceptably low quality, including but not limited to incomplete profiles or poor grammar and spelling;
  • (e) has reason to believe that you may have committed serious crimes which involve fraud, violence or of a sexual nature, or anything punishable by imprisonment of three months or more;
  • (f) for any other reason including but not limited to business or technical reasons.

7.3 If you breach any of these terms and conditions Christian Connection may refuse you entry to the Web Site and close any account you have with Christian Connection and reserves the right to keep any subscription fee you have paid.

7.4 You may not rejoin if your membership has been previously terminated by Christian Connection unless matters have been satisfactorily resolved with the management of Christian Connection. Christian Connection may also suspend or terminate your membership if it has been terminated or suspended by any other site owned or operated by Widernet Communications Ltd (UK) or Christian Connection SA (Switzerland). Christian Connection also reserves the right to terminate somebody who has breached terms and conditions of any other matchmaking website.

7.5 Should you object to any of the terms of this Agreement, or any subsequent changes to this Agreement or the Web Site, or become dissatisfied with the Web Site in any way, you may terminate this Agreement and notify Christian Connection of termination by e-mailing us via our contact page.

8. Dealings With Third Parties

8.1 Christian Connection is not an agent of any third party named or linked to the Web Site or any registered or non-registered user of the Web Site ("Third Party") and does not have authority to act for any Third Parties. You agree that Christian Connection (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) shall have no liability to you in relation to any dispute which you may have with a Third Party.

8.2 Christian Connection does not control any information provided by Third Parties which is made available on the Web Site.

8.3 Your correspondence, transactions or other dealings with Third Parties available on or linked through the Web Site, including but not limited to payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such Third Parties.

8.4 Anything you publish on the Web Site, including but not limited to e-mails sent via the Web Site and photographs of you is done so at your own risk.

8.5 Christian Connection does not monitor what Third Parties publish on the Web Site.

8.6 Christian Connection does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such parties or resources.

8.7 You agree not to hold Christian Connection liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of: the presence, availability or non-availability of the Third Parties on or through the Web Site; any dealings with such parties, including but not limited to attendance at events advertised; or purchase or use of goods or services offered on or through the Web Site.

9. Storage

Christian Connection shall not be responsible for storing any information or materials on your behalf. You are advised to maintain any backup copies of all information that you wish to preserve.

10. Proprietary Rights

10.1 You acknowledge and agree that content and information, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, or other material contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you by Christian Connection, its partners or advertisers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws.

10.2 You acknowledge and agree that you are permitted to use this material and information for your personal, non-commercial use or as expressly authorised by Christian Connection, its partners or advertisers, and may not copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, or create derivative works of such content or information without express authorisation from its author.

10.3 You acknowledge and agree that any material you post on any area on the Web Site that is accessible to the public will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and Christian Connection may use such material in any medium for any purpose, including but not limited to the reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting of such material in advertising and promotions.

10.4 Christian Connection owns all copyright and other intellectual property rights of whatever nature in the Web Site.

10.5 You confirm that you are the author of any photographs you provide to Christian Connection and that you own the copyright in such photographs. You assign all copyright and any other intellectual property rights in the photographs. You agree to indemnify Christian Connection for any claim brought against Christian Connection for intellectual property right infringement and/or passing off.

11. Warranties

11.1 Christian Connection cannot guarantee the functionality of the Web Site or that the Web Site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free and provides the Web Site on an 'as is' basis.

11.2 Christian Connection makes no warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Web Site, and as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Web Site.

12. Limitation Of Liability

12.1 You agree that Christian Connection shall not be liable for loss of profit, revenue or business or contracts or indirect or consequential loss however arising, including negligence even if such loss or damage was foreseeable and/or brought to the attention of Christian Connection.

12.2 Christian Connection has no control over third party content and information which can be accessed using the Website. Christian Connection is excluded from all liability of any kind arising from such content or information. Except for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, Christian Connection shall not be liable whatsoever for any loss or damage arising from use of the Website.

12.3 Christian Connection reserves the right to remove any information/material deemed to be in breach of any of these terms without notice, and without prejudice to any other accrued rights, and/or to make available such information/material when required to do so by law or when requested to do so by regulatory bodies or law enforcement information.

13. Indemnity

13.1 You agree to indemnify and hold Christian Connection and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any loss, cost, damage, claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party or incurred or suffered by Christian Connection or its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees arising from a breach of this Agreement, the content you transmit to or through the Web Site, as well as your conduct on or arising from your use thereof.

13.2 In the event that Christian Connection is entitled to be indemnified by you pursuant to clause 13.1 and/or you are in breach of this Agreement you agree that Christian Connection may contact you through the information provided to Christian Connection by you.

14. Notice

Any notice to Christian Connection can be made via the Christian Connection help system. Further contact details are available on the contact page.

15. General

15.1 This Agreement is governed by the laws of Switzerland, subject to any mandatory provisions of applicable local laws.

15.2 If Christian Connection fails to exercise or enforce a right under this Agreement, that failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

15.3 If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that provision shall be deemed severed and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected. The parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the relevant provision.

15.4 Neither party shall be liable for any breach of this Agreement due to any cause beyond its reasonable control.

15.5 You must report any violations of this Agreement by any Third Party to Christian Connection via the Christian Connection help system.

16. Cookies

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16.2 Currently we operate an implied consent policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy then you should either discontinue use of this site, delete the cookies, or browse this site using your browser's anonymous usage mode (called Incognito in Chrome, InPrivate for Internet Explorer, Private Browsing in Firefox and Safari etc.)

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