Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

SVN Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

The SVN® Commitment to Privacy

Aligning with our beliefs in personal privacy, it is our responsibility to ensure that the use of personal information collected on our websites only strengthens our business objectives as well as our reputation. As part of our mission to complete cyber privacy and safety, we have adopted this Privacy Policy. The extent and type of information within these websites depends on the information you provide to us through our contact mailboxes and/or through any registration processes on our sites.

Use of Information

Your personally identifiable information is used to provide you with information about the services provided by SVN | Perth, SVN | Commercial, and SVN | Strata (collectively “SVN”) and respond to your personal requests. SVN might also use this information to provide you with marketing material about SVN services and events. SVN also uses this information for other related business activities such as maintaining client relationships (prospective and current) and providing services to our clients.

Collecting Information

Our websites are built to provide you with a personalized SVN experience by using the information that you provide us about yourself. These experiences deliver to you the content that is most suited to your needs.

In addition, some of the pages on our website use cookies. “Cookies” are small text files placed on your computer when you first visit the site. In most cases, web browsers are able to recognize when a cookie is offered and will permit you to refuse or accept it. If you are unsure whether your browser has this capability, you should check with the software manufacturer, your company’s technology help desk, or your internet service provider.

Much of the information we collect is statistical only and does not identify you personally. Cookies are used to enhance your experience on the SVN website. We do not track navigational habits or identify visitors without your permission. We only use this information to make SVN a more enjoyable experience and more attractive in nature.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit [All About Cookies](http://www.allaboutcookies.org) or [About Cookies](http://www.aboutcookies.org/).

Sharing Information

Here at SVN, we make it a priority to not share your personal information with anyone outside of our network. The only time your information is shared is to carry out our business to make your experience better, provide you with requested information, and when required by law or other legal processes.

We never sell your information and only retain such personal information as long as necessary or required by law. By submitting personal information and data through SVN electronically, you are providing explicit consent to transmission of data collected via our websites.

Safeguarding Information

At SVN, we value the safety of yours and our electronic information. We have put security policies and procedures in place to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or unintentional destruction. All SVN offices are encouraged to do the same and take the same precautions with their electronic information and websites.

SVN recognizes its responsibility for protecting the online privacy of your personal information. If you have questions or comments about our administration of your personal information, please contact us at info@svnperth.com. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with this Privacy Policy.

Location and Acceptance of Use

SVN operates this website from its offices in Perth, Western Australia. All matters pertaining to this website fall under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

By accessing this website, you indicate your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer

This information has been obtained from sources believed reliable. We have not verified it and make no guarantee, warranty, or representation about it. Any projections, opinions, assumptions, or estimates used are for example only and do not represent the current or future performance of the property. You and your advisors should conduct a careful, independent investigation of the property to determine to your satisfaction the suitability of the property for your needs. All SVN® offices are independently owned and operated.

Terms of Use

Please Read Carefully

This SVN Terms of Use agreement (this “agreement”) is a legal agreement between you and SVN | Perth, SVN | Commercial, and SVN | Strata (“SVN”, “we”, “us” or “our”) providing, among other things, the terms and conditions for your use of our website accessible at www.svn.com.au (the “site”).

We may from time to time modify these Terms of Use and will post a copy of the amended agreement on our website. If you do not agree to, or cannot comply with, the agreement as amended, you should not use the site. You will be deemed to have accepted the agreement as amended if you continue to use the site after any amendments are posted on the site. We reserve the right to refuse to provide our products and services to anyone at any time.

This agreement contains warranty and liability disclaimers. By using this site, you accept and agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement without any reservations, modifications, additions, or deletions. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use contained in this agreement, you are not authorized to use the site. You may be denied access to the site, with or without prior notice to you if you do not comply with any provision of this agreement.

1. Authorised Users

1.1 Registration. We reserve the right to restrict certain areas of information on this site to our approved registered users. In the event that any area of the site requires you to register with us prior to our granting you access to such areas of the site, you agree to provide truthful information, including but not limited to a member name and password as well as your name, address, telephone number, and a valid email address (the “account information”). You agree to provide accurate account information and to update your account information as necessary to keep it accurate. SVN will use your account information in accordance with its privacy policy, which can be found on our website, as described further in section 6 of this agreement. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member name and password. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your member name, password, or account. SVN will not be responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of your account, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless SVN, its partners, parents, subsidiaries, agents, affiliates, and/or licensors, as applicable, for any improper, unauthorized, or illegal uses of your account.

2. License to use the site

2.1 Grant of license. SVN grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the site in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. SVN reserves all right, title, and interest not expressly granted under this license to the fullest extent possible under applicable laws. Any use of the site not specifically permitted under this agreement is strictly prohibited.

2.2 Restrictions. You agree that you will not: (i) use the site to reproduce, transmit, display or distribute copyrighted material in any medium or via any method without SVN’s express written permission; (ii) copy, store, edit, change, prepare any derivative work of or alter in any way any of the content provided on this site; or (iii) use our site in any way that violates the terms of this agreement. The site is owned by SVN and is protected by Australian copyright laws and international treaty provisions. You will not sublicense, assign, or transfer the license granted to you under this agreement. Any attempt to sublicense, assign, or transfer any of the rights, duties, or obligations in violation of the provisions of this agreement is void.

3. Other Restrictions

3.1 You agree that you will not: (a) impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; (b) engage in spamming, flooding, harvesting of e-mail addresses or other personal information, spidering, screen scraping, database scraping, or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or any other information, including specifically, property listings available through the site; (c) send chain letters or pyramid schemes via the site; or (d) attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the site. You agree that you will not use the site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the site.

4. Copyrights and other Intellectual Property

4.1 As between you and SVN, you acknowledge that SVN owns or has a license to all title and copyrights in and to the content provided on this site. All title and intellectual property rights in and to any licensed content provided on this site are the property of the respective content owners and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties and subject to use restrictions under such laws or treaties.

4.2 Photos herein are the property of their respective owners, and use of these images without the express written consent of the owner is prohibited.

5. Trademarks and Third-party Trademarks

5.1 The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of SVN: SVN® and its design logo, as well as certain other SVN trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos (collectively, the “SVN Marks”) used in connection with SVN’s provision of products and services. The site may contain third-party trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos. You are not granted any right or license with respect to the SVN trademarks or the trademarks of any third party.

6. Privacy Policy

6.1 Unless otherwise addressed in this agreement, your use of this site is subject to SVN’s privacy policy, which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this agreement. It is important that you read and understand the terms of SVN’s privacy policy. SVN may cooperate with and disclose information (including your account information) to any authority, government official, or third party, without giving any notice to you, in connection with any investigation, proceeding, or claim arising from an asserted illegal action or infringement whether related or unrelated to your use or misuse of this site.

7. Submissions or other Information

7.1 If you submit to us or post on the site any property listing, testimonial, comment, review, suggestion, or any work of authorship (collectively a “submission”) including, without limitation, submissions about any of our products or services, such submission will not be confidential or secret and may be used by us in any manner. Please do not submit or send any submission to us that you consider contains confidential or proprietary information. No submission sent to us will be considered or treated as confidential information. We do not pre-screen submissions, and we will have no obligation to read any particular submission submitted or sent to us. By submitting or sending a submission to us, you: (i) represent and warrant that the submission is original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto, and that any “moral rights” in such submission have been waived, and (ii) you grant us a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and fully transferable, assignable, and sublicenseable right and license to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, translate, summarize, modify, and adapt such submission (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, in our sole discretion, with or without your name.

8. Term

8.1 This agreement will remain effective until terminated by you or terminated by us.

9. Disclaimers

9.1 The site (including all of its content) is provided to you “as is.” Any use of this site is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, SVN disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. SVN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees that this site will be free from loss, destruction, damage, corruption, attack, viruses, interference, hacking, or other security intrusion, and SVN disclaims any liability relating thereto.

9.2 SVN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees that use or results of the use of the site (including all of its content) are or will be accurate, reliable, current, uninterrupted, or without errors. Without prior notice, SVN may modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect or feature of this site or your use of this site. If SVN elects to modify, suspend, or discontinue the site, it will not be liable to you or any third party.

9.3 All property listing information contained within this site is subject to the possibility of errors, omissions, change of price, rental or other conditions, prior sale, lease, or financing, or withdrawal without notice. Any projections, opinions, assumptions, or estimates contained within this site are for example only, and such projections, opinions, assumptions, or estimates may not represent current or future performance of a listed property. You and your tax and legal advisors should conduct your own investigation of any property listed on this site and any contemplated transaction concerning any property listed on this site.

9.4 You acknowledge that your submission of any information to us is at your own risk. SVN does not assume any liability to you with regard to any loss or liability relating to such information in any way.

9.5 Some of the content, products, and services available through the SVN site may include materials that belong to third parties. You acknowledge that SVN assumes no responsibility for such content, products, or services.

10. Limitation of Liability

10.1 In no event will SVN be liable to you for indirect, general, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, or other damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, corruption of files, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) even if SVN has been advised of the possibility of such damages. No oral or written information or advice given by SVN or others will create a warranty, and neither you nor any third party may rely on any such information or advice. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusions and limitations may or may not apply to you.

11. Indemnity

11.1 You will indemnify and hold SVN, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, franchisees, and licensors harmless with respect to any suits or claims arising out of (i) your breach of this agreement, including, but not limited to, any infringement by you of the copyright or intellectual property rights of any third party; or (ii) your use or misuse of the site.

12. General

12.1 You will be responsible for providing the dial-up, DSL, cable modem, or other form of internet access and any other hardware and software necessary to access and use the site.

12.2 SVN complies with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, privacy laws and individual state laws with respect to the sale or lease of real property. You agree that you will comply with all such laws applicable to you.

12.3 SVN or its business partners may present advertisements or promotional materials on or through the site. Your dealings with, or participation in promotions of, any third-party advertisers on or through the site are solely between you and such third party, and your participation is subject to the terms and conditions associated with that advertisement or promotion. You agree that SVN is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such third-party materials on the site.

12.4 If you know of, or suspect, copyright infringement, please send an infringement notice to SVN | Perth, Level 10, 12 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000.

12.5 This agreement will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia. The exclusive jurisdiction for any claim, action, or dispute with SVN or relating in any way to your use of the site will be in the state and federal courts of the state of Western Australia, and the venue for the adjudication or disposition of any such claim, action, or dispute will be in Perth, Western Australia.

12.6 SVN may send notices to you with respect to your use of the site by sending an email message to the email address listed in your account information, by sending a letter via mail to the contact address listed in your account information, or by posting a note on the site when you access your account. You agree that we may provide notice to you through such means. Unless otherwise stated in the notices, the notices will become effective immediately.

12.7 General contact information. For questions regarding this site or your use of this site, please email us at info@svnperth.com.

You acknowledge that you have read this agreement, understand it, and will be bound by its terms and conditions. You further acknowledge that this agreement represents the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between us and that it supersedes any proposal or prior agreement oral or written and any other communications between us relating to the subject matter of this agreement.