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Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Who we are


Legal Entity:  Family Tree Discoveries
Registered Business Names: Family Tree Discoveries
Data Controller:  Kristy Bergin
Website address:  https://www.familytreediscoveries.com.au/

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If you have any privacy-specific concerns about the use of your personal information, please contact Kristy Bergin at kristy@familytreediscoveries.com.au.

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Your Privacy

We are committed to protecting your privacy as a customer and an online visitor to our website.  We use the information we collect about you to maximise the services that we provide to you.  We respect the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles.  Please read our privacy policy below carefully.

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We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.
 

When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

  5. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

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Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

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We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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We will use all reasonable means to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Data while in our possession or control.  All information we receive from you is stored and protected on our secure servers from unauthorised use or access.

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If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at kristy@familytreediscoveries.com.au.

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Links to other websites
This website may contain links to other websites.  These links are meant for your convenience only.  Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites.  Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites.  We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.  This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
 

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Welcome to my website.  If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with the privacy policy, govern Family Tree Discoveries relationship with you in relation to your use of this website.

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In order to use our website and/or receive our services, you must be at least 18 years of age, or of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. You are not allowed to use this website and/or receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.

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By using this website, you signify your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use.  For the purposes of these terms and conditions, “Us”, “Our” and “We” refers to Family Tree Discoveries and “You” and “Your” refers to you, the client, visitor, website user or person using our website.

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Amendment of Terms

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time.  Please check these terms regularly prior to using our website to ensure you are aware of any changes.  We will endeavour to highlight any significant or substantive changes to you where possible.  If you choose to use our website then we will regard that use as conclusive evidence of your agreement and acceptance that these terms govern your and Family Tree Discoveries rights and obligations to each other.

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Limitation of Liability

It is an essential pre-condition to you using our website that you agree and accept that Genetic Genealogy Pty Ltd is not legally responsible for any loss or damage you might suffer related to your use of the website, whether from errors or from omissions in our documents or information, any goods or services we may offer or from any other use of the website.  This includes your use or reliance on any third party content, links, comments or advertisements.  Your use of, or reliance on, any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

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It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific, personal requirements.  You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Competition and Consumer Act

For the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law, in particular Sections 51 to 53, 64 and 64A of Part 3-2, Division 1, Subdivision A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Family Tree Discoveries' liability for any breach of a term of this agreement is limited to: the supplying of the goods or services to you again; the replacement of the goods; or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied to you again.  You must be over 18 years of age to use this website and to purchase any goods or services.

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Delivery of Goods

Physical goods may be delivered by Australia Post and/or other reputable courier companies.  Deliveries are processed promptly upon receipt of full payment.  Delivery may take between 2 and 14 days, depending on the delivery option.  Damaged or lost orders should be resolved with Australia Post or the courier company directly and we are not responsible for goods that are damaged in transit or not received.  Replacement of damaged or lost items is made at the discretion of Family Tree Discoveries.

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Digital goods are delivered immediately.  Please be aware there are inherent risks associated with downloading any software and digital goods.  Should you have any technical problems downloading any of our goods, please contact us so we may try to assist you.

 

Returns and Refunds

Family Tree Discoveries handles returns and processes refunds in accordance with the Australian Consumer Protection legislation.

Should you wish to return your order, please notify us within days of purchase with a valid reason for return.  If we are unable to resolve your complaint or further assist you, we will process a refund upon timely receipt of the goods purchased.  Unopened goods will be refunded in full.  Refunds will be processed promptly and payment made by the same method that you made payment.  All refunds are made at the discretion of Family Tree Discoveries.

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Links to other websites

Family Tree Discoveries may from time to time provide on its website, links to other websites, advertisements and information on those websites for your convenience.  This does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval or arrangement between Family Tree Discoveries and the owners of those websites. Family Tree Discoveries takes no responsibility for any of the content found on the linked websites.

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Family Tree Discoveries’ website may contain information or advertisements provided by third parties for which Family Tree Discoveries accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any information or advice provided to you directly by third parties.  We are making a ‘recommendation’ only and are not providing any advice nor do we take any responsibility for any advice received in this regard.

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Disclaimer

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Family Tree Discoveries absolutely disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. Family Tree Discoveries gives no warranty that the documents, goods or services will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components.

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Whilst we, at all times endeavour to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information in its website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.

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It is your sole responsibility and not the responsibility of Family Tree Discoveries to bear any and all costs of servicing, repairs, or correction.  The applicable law in your state or territory may not permit these exclusions, particularly the exclusions of some implied warranties.  Some of the above may not apply to you but you must ensure you are aware of any risk you may be taking by using this website or any products or services that may be offered through it.  It is your responsibility to do so.

 

Whole Agreement

These terms and conditions represent the whole agreement between you and Family Tree Discoveries concerning your use and access to Genetic Genealogy Pty Ltd’s website and your use and access to the documents and information on it.  No other term is to be included in this agreement except where it is required to be included by any legislation of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory.  All implied terms except those implied by statute and which cannot be expressly excluded are hereby expressly excluded.

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Exclusion of Unforceable Terms

Where any clause or term above would by any applicable statute be illegal, void, or unenforceable in any State or Territory then such a clause shall not apply in that State or Territory and shall be deemed never to have been included in these terms and conditions in that State or Territory.  Such a clause if legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory shall continue to be fully enforceable and part of this agreement in those other States and Territories.  The deemed exclusion of any term pursuant to this paragraph shall not affect or modify the full enforceability and construction of the other clauses of these terms and conditions.

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Jurisdiction

This agreement and this website are subject to the laws of QLD and Australia.  If there is a dispute between you and Family Tree Discoveries that results in litigation then you must submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of QLD.

Disclosure

The Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Family Tree Discoveries. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works thereof.

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Disclaimer
To the best of my knowledge, all information and links published on this site were accurate at the time of publishing.  I make no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this site, and will not be liable for errors and omissions or any damage resulting from their use or your own interpretation.

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Copyright
The content of this website is the copyright of Kristy Bergin, Family Tree Discoveries, and may only be used with written permission and fully-attributed including links.  All rights reserved.

 

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