Terms and conditions

Welcome to The Hardwood Lab!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of The Hardwood Lab's Website, located at thehardwoodlab.com.au

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use The Hardwood Lab if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

Cookies:

The website uses cookies to help personalize your online experience. By accessing The Hardwood Lab, you agreed to use the required cookies.

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical or marketing purposes to operate our website. You have the ability to accept or decline optional cookies. Some required cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. These cookies do not require your consent as they always work. Please keep in mind that by accepting required cookies, you also accept third-party cookies, which might be used via third-party services—such as embedded videos—integrated into our website.

License:

Unless otherwise stated, The Hardwood Lab and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on The Hardwood Lab. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from The Hardwood Lab for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

Copy or republish material from The Hardwood Lab
Sell, rent, or sub-license material from The Hardwood Lab
Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from The Hardwood Lab
Redistribute content from The Hardwood Lab

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer users an opportunity to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas. The Hardwood Lab does not filter, edit, publish, or review Comments before they appear. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of The Hardwood Lab, its agents, or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts them. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, The Hardwood Lab shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

The Hardwood Lab reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any considered inappropriate, offensive, or in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;
The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material that is an invasion of privacy;
The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant The Hardwood Lab a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content:

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

Government agencies
Search engines
News organizations
Online directory distributors, in the same manner as they hyperlink to other listed businesses
System-wide Accredited Businesses (excluding soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups)

These organizations may link to our homepage or other website information so long as the link is:
(a) not deceptive;
(b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
(c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

Commonly-known consumer/business information sources
Dot.com community sites
Associations or groups representing charities
Online directory distributors
Internet portals
Accounting, law, and consulting firms
Educational institutions and trade associations

We will approve link requests from these organizations if:
(a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us;
(b) the organization has no negative records with us;
(c) the benefit to us compensates for the absence of The Hardwood Lab branding; and
(d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our homepage provided the link:
(a) is not deceptive;
(b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval; and
(c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed above and would like to link to our website, please email The Hardwood Lab. Include your name, organization, contact information, the URL of your site, a list of URLs from which you plan to link, and the specific URLs on our site you would like to link to. Please allow 2–3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website by:

Using our corporate name
Using the uniform resource locator (URL) being linked to
Using any other appropriate description of our Website that makes sense in the context and format of content on the linking party’s site

No use of The Hardwood Lab's logo or artwork will be allowed for linking without a trademark license agreement.

Content Liability:

We are not responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to defend us against all claims arising on your website. No links should appear on any site that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes or violates any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights:

We reserve the right to request the removal of all or any specific links to our website. You agree to promptly remove any links upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and our linking policy at any time. By linking to our site continuously, you agree to be bound by and follow these terms.

Removal of Links from Our Website:

If you find any link on our website offensive, feel free to contact us. We will consider requests to remove links but are not obligated to do so or respond directly.

We do not guarantee that the information on this website is correct, complete, or up to date, nor that the site will remain available.

Disclaimer:

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

Limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury
Limit or exclude liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation
Limit any liabilities that are not permitted under applicable law
Exclude any liabilities that cannot be excluded under applicable law

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section govern all liabilities arising under this disclaimer, including those in contract, tort, or for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and services are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.