1 Overview
1.1 Dazhboards Pty Ltd ACN 669 295 096 (we, us, our) has developed the platform and accompanying software which is referred to as Dazhboards (Platform).
1.2 We and our third-party licensors reserve the right to update, maintain, modify, replace, limit, and expand the Platform and its functionality.
1.3 Each user of the Platform should read this End User Licence Agreement (EULA) carefully prior to registering to use the Platform.
2 Acceptance of End User Licence Agreement
2.1 This EULA records an agreement between you (you, your) and us for the purpose of your use of the Platform.
2.2 By using the Platform, you are accepting this EULA and agree to be bound by it. If you do not agree to this EULA, do not access or use the Platform.
2.3 We reserve the right to make changes to this EULA from time to time without notice.
3 Use
3.1 To use the Platform, you may be required to supply the following information:
(a) Business name;
(b) Your full name;
(c) A valid email address;
(d) Your address;
(e) A valid phone number;
(f) Any other information required to use the Platform.
(User Data).
3.2 Failure to supply correct User Data may result in us suspending your access to the Platform and resulting in you being unable to use the Platform as intended.
3.3 You agree to update your User Data if there are any changes to ensure that it is current and accurate at all times. You agree to update us to the extent you become aware of any such changes in relation to your account.
3.4 You agree to permit us to use the User Data for the purposes of providing the functionality of the Platform and any related purposes. You acknowledge that in order to do so, we may share the User Data with other parties, including stakeholders and suppliers.
3.5 We may use the User Data for the purpose of providing the functionality of the Platform and any related purpose. In order to do so, we may share the User Data with other parties, including stakeholders and suppliers.
3.6 You are responsible for maintaining the security of your login and account information. We are not liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.
3.7 All User Data will be stored and maintained by or on behalf of us in accordance with Australian law.
3.8 Our use of any personal information provided within the User Data will be in accordance with our Privacy Policy available at https://front.dazhboards.com/privacy-policy/ (Privacy Policy).
3.9 You acknowledge that we maintain a database of bloggers, affiliates and other parties (Database). You agree that you will not, and will not permit any third party to, without receiving our consent:
(a) Download, extract, or scrape data from the Database;
(b) Use automated means, including bots, spiders, or scrapers, to access or collect data from the Database;
(c) Copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, or publicly display any data from the Database without our prior written consent.
3.10 Any unauthorised use of the Database is strictly prohibited and may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Platform, legal action, and any other remedies available to us at law.
3.11 You must not use the Platform for any unconscionable behaviour or activity, including but not limited to:
(a) Engaging in abusive, derogatory, discriminatory, or vexatious behaviour;
(b) Engaging in any activity that disrupts or corrupts the Platform or the networks that host the Platform;
(c) Attempting to hack, disable, circumvent, or otherwise gain access to any security, database, or other secure aspect of the Platform; or
(d) Violate any laws in your jurisdiction when using the Platform, including but not limited to copyright law and privacy law.
3.12 You may link to the Platform only:
(a) With our prior express permission;
(b) In a way that is fair, unbiased, legal and does not damage or exploit our reputation; and
(c) In a way that does not suggest either express or implied any association or endorsement by us.
3.13 You are responsible for all activities that occur on your account, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage from activities on your account.
3.14 You must remove or procure the removal of any link to the Platform immediately upon receiving notice from us to do so. We may give such notice at our absolute discretion without justification.
4 Fees and Payment
We reserve the right to impose fees and charges for your use of the Platform in accordance with the fees and charges published on our website, which you agree to pay as required.
5 Term and Termination
5.1 Either party may terminate this EULA by providing 7 days’ prior written notice at which point your access to the Platform and associated services will cease.
5.2 We may terminate this EULA, and prevent your access to the Platform if you:
(a) fail to make any payment to us when due;
(b) breach a clause of this EULA, or the terms of any other agreement between you and us, which is not capable of remedy or, if capable of remedy, is not remedied for 7 days after we put you on notice of the breach; or
(c) act, or has acted, in a way that has or may negatively reflect on or impact us or our suppliers.
5.3 On termination of this EULA, we have no obligation to provide and maintain access to the Platform to you, you must immediately cease using the Platform and agree to remove any access credentials or means of accessing the Platform from your systems or devices.
5.4 Termination will not affect any of our accrued rights or your accrued liabilities as of the time of termination. For the avoidance of doubt, you are liable to pay all outstanding Fees and charges that have accrued as of termination.
6 Data Retention and Destruction
6.1 We may store personal information when you use our Platform (Stored Data).
6.2 We will maintain compliance in relation to the Stored Data in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
6.3 By engaging with our services, you acknowledge and agree that our data retention and destruction practices are integral to maintaining the confidentiality and security of Stored Data.
6.4 On the completion of the transcription process or when the data becomes redundant for its intended purpose, you are solely responsible for the continuous backup, maintenance, and auditing of the Stored Data.
6.5 We hold no liability for any Stored Data including but not limited to Stored Data that has been properly destroyed or de-identified, provided that such actions were taken in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
6.6 For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with any privacy law and regulation, you are responsible for the retention and destruction of the Stored Data.
7 Intellectual Property
7.1 Your use of the Platform is pursuant to a non-exclusive licence between you and us which is granted subject to this EULA. Nothing in this EULA or otherwise creates an assignment of any rights in the Platform or the Product beyond the ability to use it for its intended use.
7.2 Nothing in this EULA or otherwise creates the right for you to sublicence the Platform.
7.3 You undertake not to reverse engineer, replicate, or otherwise copy the Platform. We reserve all our rights to seek compensation, damages, injunctions, or any other remedy available to us at law if any attempt to do so, whether successful or unsuccessful, is made by you or any of your affiliates.
7.4 You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Platform or any products ordered through the Platform, use of the Platform, or access to the Platform without our prior express written permission. We claim copyright and all other intellectual property rights over the Platform, its other products and services and reserve all of our rights.
7.5 All intellectual property and ownership rights subsisting in the Platform (including the user interface and the software comprising the Platform), the data derived from the use of the Platform, and any other documentation, information or materials that are supplied by us to you, remain our or our third-party licensors’ exclusive property. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this agreement assigns any ownership rights to you.
8 Operation of the Platform
8.1 You warrant that you will comply fully with all the Platform operating instructions. Any failure to comply fully with operating instructions may result in the sub-par or faulty performance of the Platform.
8.2 We accept no liability, and you release us from any such liability, associated with faults or errors caused by your non-compliance with all operating instructions.
8.3 We may suspend the Platform for any one or more periods of time if we are unable to provide the Platform due to a fault or dysfunction with our servers.
9 Warranties
9.1 By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that we will not be liable for any direct or indirect expense, damage or injury (including indirect loss of revenue, profits, goodwill or business opportunity) howsoever caused, including arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with your use of the Platform.
9.2 Subject to any of the rights you may have under the Australian Consumer Protection Law, we exclude to the fullest extent possible all implied terms and warranties, whether statutory or otherwise, relating to the Platform or any other matter under this EULA.
9.3 The Platform is made available to you on an “as is” basis. We make no warranties, representations or conditions of any kind, express, statutory or implied as to:
(a) The operation and functionality of the Platform;
(b) the accuracy, integrity, completeness, quality, legality, usefulness, safety and IP rights of any of the software content; and/or
(c) the services associated with the Platform or its content.
9.4 We further disclaim all warranties, express, statutory or implied. No advice or information, whether oral or written, that you obtain from us shall create any warranty, representation or condition not expressly stated herein.
10 Limitation of liability
10.1 We disclaim all liability for any:
(a) indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, reliance or consequential damages;
(b) loss of profits;
(c) business interruption;
(d) network interruptions;
(e) loss or damage to reputation of us or any third party;
(f) loss of information or data;
(g) all liability for any loss or damage,
relating to or arising out of your use of the Platform.
10.2 Your use of the Platform is at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any resulting loss or damage, including but not limited to, any loss of data or damage to your computer(s) or networks from viruses that may be downloaded to your computer in the course of using the software. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, the limitation or exclusion of implied warranties, or limitations on how long an implied warranty may last, so the above limitations may not apply to you. If you reside in such a jurisdiction, the above limitations shall apply to you to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law.
10.3 To the maximum extent permitted by law, our maximum aggregate liability to you for any claims, damages, injuries or causes whatsoever, and regardless of the form of action (whether such liability arises due to negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation or for any other reason), will at all times be limited to the greater of (i) the amount paid, if any, by you to us in connection with the Platform in the 2 months prior to the action giving rise to liability or (ii) $1.00.
11 Indemnity
11.1 You defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our members, managers, subsidiaries, affiliates, any related companies, contractors, licensors and partners, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them, including costs, liabilities and legal fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of:
(a) Your access to or use of the Platform;
(b) Your violation of this agreement;
(c) Any infringement by you of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
11.2 We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you will cooperate with our defence of these claims. You will not settle any matter without our prior written consent. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
12 Transfer of rights and obligations
12.1 This EULA is binding on you and us and our respective successors and assignees.
12.2 You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of your rights or liabilities under this EULA, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
12.3 We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of any of our rights or obligations arising under this EULA, at any time without your prior consent.
13 Force Majeure Events
13.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform or delay in the performance of any of our obligations under this EULA that is caused by events outside our control (Force Majeure Event).
13.2 A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:
(a) Strikes, lockouts or other industrial action;
(b) Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war;
(c) Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster;
(d) Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport;
(e) Impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks;
(f) Epidemic, pandemic or other health emergency (whether declared or not), including without limitation lockdowns or any other restrictions imposed as a result of any other pandemic or epidemic at any time; and
(g) The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.
13.3 Our performance under this EULA is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under this EULA may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.
14 Confidentiality
14.1 For the purpose of this clause, confidential Information (Confidential Information) means any information, whether oral, written, electronic, or in any other form, disclosed by either party (Disclosing Party) to the other party (Receiving Party) that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure. This includes but is not limited to business processes, technical data, software, financial information and marketing strategies.
14.2 The Receiving Party agrees to:
(a) Maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and not disclose it to any third party without the consent of the Disclosing Party;
(b) Use the Confidential Information solely for the purposes of performing its obligations and exercising its rights under this EULA and any other agreements between the parties;
(c) Take all reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, including implementing and maintaining security measures to protect against unauthorised access or use.
14.3 The obligations of confidentiality do not apply to any information that:
(a) Is or becomes publicly available without breach of this EULA by the Receiving Party;
(b) Was known to the Receiving Party without an obligation to keep it confidential before it was disclosed by the Disclosing Party;
(c) Is received from a third party without breach of any obligation of confidentiality;
(d) Is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information;
(e) Is required to be disclosed by law.
14.4 Upon termination of this EULA, the Receiving Party shall promptly return or destroy all Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party in its possession or control, and certify in writing that it has done so, except to the extent that the Receiving Party is required to retain such information by law or for archival purposes in accordance with its internal policies.
15 Ownership of Data
15.1 All data, including but not limited to metadata and any other information generated by or arising out of your use of the Platform (Platform Data), excluding any information uploaded to the Platform by you (Subscriber Data), is and will remain the sole property of Dazhboards Pty Ltd. You acknowledge and agree that you have no ownership, rights, or title to any Platform Data.
15.2 We reserve the right to use, modify, aggregate, distribute, and otherwise exploit the Platform Data for any purpose, including but not limited to improving the Platform, conducting research, and developing new products and services, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
15.3 If you provide any suggestions, enhancements, feedback, or other input (Contributions) related to the Platform, such Contributions will become our property, and we will have the unrestricted right to use and exploit such Contributions without any obligation to you.
15.4 You agree to maintain the confidentiality of any proprietary or confidential Platform Data and not to disclose such data to any third party without our prior written consent, except as required by law.
15.5 We may retain Platform Data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to comply with legal or regulatory requirements. Upon termination of this EULA, we will continue to own all Platform Data collected during the term of this agreement. You are responsible for the retention and deletion of your Subscriber Data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
16 General
16.1 To the extent permitted by law, we reserve the right to create, collect and/or store any metadata resulting from your use of the Platform. To the extent permitted by law, we may use metadata for a variety of functions including (but not limited to) conducting investigations, helping us manage and administer the Platform, for purposes of search engine optimisation and to drive traffic to the Platform. To the extent permitted by law, we reserve the right to share your information (including metadata) with government agencies and authorities to the extent this is required or requested of us.
16.2 We may use de-identified and aggregated data, relating to you, to refine and enhance both the Platform, its Services and advance our own business objectives in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
16.3 We may use third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, payment gateway and related technology required to run the Platform.
16.4 Verbal, physical, written or other abuse (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any of our employees, members, representatives, or officers will result in immediate termination of your access to the Platform.
16.5 We do not warrant that:
(a) The Platform will meet your specific requirements;
(b) The Platform will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free;
(c) Any errors in the Platform will be corrected.
16.6 Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this EULA shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The EULA constitutes the entire agreement between you and us and governs your use of the Platform, superseding any prior agreements between you and us.
16.7 Any part of this EULA that is invalid, prohibited or not enforceable will not void the balance of the EULA. All other parts will be enforced without regard to the invalid provision and continue to be valid in accordance with their terms.
16.8 We make no representations or warranties that the content of the Platform complies with the laws (including intellectual property laws) of any country outside of Australia.
16.9 Any queries about the EULA should be sent to us by email at support@dazhboards.com.
16.10 This EULA is governed by the laws of the Victoria in Australia. Disputes arising from your use of the Platform are exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.