TERMS AND CONDITIONS

OVERVIEW

This website is operated by VTHC. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to VTHC. VTHC offers this website, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.

By visiting our site, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”, “Terms”), including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. 

GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION

We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions.

This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.

OPTIONAL TOOLS

We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input. This includes social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and services such as Google Analytics.

Any use by you of optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s).

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.

USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, ‘comments’), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.

We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, sexist, racist, homophobic, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your submission of personal information through the site is governed by our Privacy Policy.

ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice.

PROHIBITED USES

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

If you wish to use content from the site for any purpose, you must seek approval from us in advance. Requests for approval can be made to womenonsite@vthc.org.au. When using any of our content, after approval has been granted, you must credit Women Onsite.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia.

CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE

You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at womenonsite@vthc.org.au.

PRIVACY

INTRODUCTION

The Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) is the peak body representing affiliated Victorian trade unions and the interests of almost 1 million workers across Victoria.

The VTHC is committed to protecting your privacy and providing you with information and services relevant to you. The VTHC complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Policy (Policy) should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Act and the APPs.

HOW THIS POLICY APPLIES

This Policy applies to personal information the VTHC collects from you:

• via one of our websites;
• via social media;
• via telephone;
• via email;
• via fax;
• in person; and/or
• in writing.

This Policy also applies to personal information the VTHC collects from its affiliated Victorian trade unions or any other third party, about you.

VTHC WEBSITES

The VTHC websites collect two types of information. The first type is anonymous information. The web server makes a record of your visit a range of information.

The second type of information that VTHC websites collect is personal information. Personal information is requested in order to provide personalised and enhanced services that are not available to anonymous users. Cookies may be used on the VTHC’s websites.

Our websites may contain links to other websites and social media pages including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of the entities responsible for those websites.

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED, HELD, USED AND DISCLOSED

The VTHC collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information including your email address to:

• improve our service delivery;
• assist you with industrial relations and employment queries;
• inform you about your rights at work;
• refer you to an appropriate union;
• manage the VTHC’s relationship with you;
• conduct surveys and research; and/or
• provide educational services and professional development.

USING YOUR INFORMATION FOR DIRECT MARKETING

You consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information for the purposes of direct marketing which may include providing you with information about events or services which may be of interest to you.

UNSUBSCRIBING AND OPTING OUT

If you no longer wish to receive direct marketing or other communications, you may request at any time to cancel your consent to such communications by communicating in writing to us.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The VTHC may disclose your personal information, in connection with or to further the purposes outlined above:

• as you have consented; and/or
• otherwise as required by law.

HOW THE VTHC HOLDS PERSONAL INFORMATION

Wherever reasonably practicable the VTHC holds electronic personal information on data servers that are owned and controlled by the VTHC in Australia. The data servers are password protected and login secured. 

The VTHC will take reasonable steps to ensure that any third party providers comply with the APPs, or are subject to a law or scheme that is at least substantially similar to the way in which the APPs protect information.

VARIATIONS TO THE POLICY

This Policy may be varied from time to time and an updated version will be posted on the VTHC’s websites. Please check our websites regularly to ensure that you have the most recent version of the Policy.