Welcome to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation's (GBRF) website. We have created this website for your use, education, information and enjoyment. By accessing or using this website, you agree to the terms of use of our website set out below. The Terms of Use include this disclaimer and copyright notice and any other terms or conditions on this website.
Disclaimers, liability limitation and indemnity
Use of this site is at your own risk. GBRF does not make any express or implied representation or warranty about and is not liable, in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss, damages or reliance in connection with this site, its use, its content or any products or services (including our products or services) referred to on this site.
GBRF does not warrant the accuracy of any information contained in this website and you should make your own enquiries.
Limitation of our liability (if any) to you
Our total liability to you (if any) for loss, damage or reliance is limited, at our election, to:
- in the case of information or services supplied or offered by us - the re-supply of the information or services or payment of the cost of doing this;
- in the case of goods supplied or offered by us – repair or replacement of the goods, supply of equivalent goods, or payment of the cost of doing this; or
- the amount paid by you (if any) for accessing this site.
Indemnity
You indemnify us, our affiliates and our respective employees, agents, third party content providers and licensors from and against all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred or suffered by you as a direct or indirect consequence of using this site.
Rights we cannot exclude, limit or disclaim
This disclaimer, liability limitation and indemnity does not exclude any rights which by law may not be excluded.
Copyright and intellectual property notices
International copyright protection
The material on this website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and, through international treaties, other countries.
We own or control, and reserve, all rights
Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the content and compilation of these web pages and on-line images (including text, graphics, photographs, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips and software) are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved, by us.
Owners of copyright in material contained in this website reserve the right to pursue any course of action open to them to prevent unauthorised use of their works including the right to claim damages for any unauthorised use.
Personal, non-commercial use
Subject to other terms and conditions on this website, you are authorised to download and view content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.
If you are an internet service or access provider, you are authorised to grant access to this site, intact, to your subscribers.
You must not, without our prior written permission, exploit any of our site materials for commercial purposes.
Prohibited conduct
You are not authorised, without our prior written permission and the permission of any other relevant rights owner, to copy, mirror, broadcast, reproduce, frame, republish, download, store (in any medium), up-load to a third party, transmit, post, broadcast, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the content of, or create a derivative work from, these web pages for any other purpose.
Without the express written authorisation of the copyright owner you may not copy or otherwise reproduce the images contained on any page of this website for any purpose other than viewing the image as part of the page on which it is anchored. For the avoidance of doubt this means you may not save an image to your hard drive or other storage device, or use an image for any other purpose, without the express written authorisation of the copyright owner.