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Terms Of Use

AGREEMENT TO TERMS

1. Welcome to netsafe.org.nz (the “Site”), a website hosted and operated by Netsafe (”we”, “our”, “Netsafe”). These terms apply to the entire contents of the Site. By viewing and using the Site, you will be deemed to agree to these terms.

Intellectual property rights

2. Ownership of material on education.netsafe.org.nz

All copyright in materials published on education.netsafe.org.nz is owned by Netsafe Incorporated (Registered Incorporated Society No. 1132428).

3. Limited Licence

With the exception of any materials related to HECTOR’S WORLD (see paragraph 4), any published material on netsafe.org.nz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence

When persons or agencies add material to education.netsafe.org.nz, they provide a licence to Netsafe to sub-license that material on the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence. This enables us to license some copyright material on this Site under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt such material, as long as you attribute the material to Netsafe and abide by the other licence terms.

The Site may also contain some material created by people outside of Netsafe which is not licensed under a Creative Commons licence. This could include for example some articles, illustration or other links. The original creators retain the copyright in that material. You should approach them directly for permission to reproduce or republish it.

If you are in doubt about whether your proposed use of material falls within the terms of the Creative Commons licence, please email us on [email protected]

Please note that NETSAFE is a registered trade mark owned by Netsafe Incorporated, and should only be used when associated material is being used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

4. HECTOR’S WORLD Intellectual Property

HECTOR’S WORLD is a registered trade mark owned by Netsafe Incorporated.

All copyright in materials related to HECTOR’S WORLD (including, but not limited to the concepts, characters, stories, and artwork) is owned by Netsafe Incorporated (Registered Incorporated Society No. 1132428).

You must not reproduce these materials (either in whole or in part) without the prior written permission of Netsafe Incorporated.

Where permission to reproduce HECTOR’S WORLD materials has been provided, appropriate and clear attribution of intellectual property ownership must be displayed proximate to the reproduced material.

Visitor material and conduct

5. Unacceptable use

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Site any material that is illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy or otherwise injurious or objectionable.

6. Co-operation with authorities

We will co-operate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Netsafe to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of clause 5 above.

Disclaimer

7. We try to ensure that the material that we produce for the Site is as accurate as possible. However, it is only general information, intended to give guidance and Netsafe accepts no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. Nor should any information contained on this Site be regarded as legal advice, and Netsafe accepts no responsibility for any consequences arising if people use it in place of legal advice.

education.netsafe.org.nz provides features that may link you to or provide content from other websites. While we will use our reasonable endeavours to maintain netsafe.org.nz, Netsafe is not responsible for the currency or accuracy of content on or from such other websites. The inclusion of a link to a third party sites does not imply any endorsement of the linked website or its content or provider.

This Site is under constant review, and the content may change without notice.

Netsafe disclaims and excludes all liability for any claim, loss, demand or damages of any kind (including for negligence) arising out of or in connection with the use of either this Site or the information, content or materials included on this Site or on any website to which it is linked.

Revisions

8. We may revise these Terms of use at any time. Any such revisions will take effect when they are published on this Site.