TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
Content and links from other websites
The website may include third party content which is subject to that third party’s terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right for you to use that content. You should consult the third party’s terms and conditions of use in relation to any third party content.
The website includes links to third party sites which are not related to ezylegal and in relation to which ezylegal has no control or interest. Links to third party sites are a guide only and do not constitute any endorsement or approval of those sites or of the owners of those sites.
Ezylegal expressly disclaims liability to the extern permitted by law and makes no warranties of any kind in relation to information contained on the website or in relation to any links on the website. It is not responsible for the accuracy of information contained on other websites accessed by links from this website and makes no warranties that the information contained on this website or any links from this website are safe or suitable or free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination.
Copyright, trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights
Material appearing on this website is subject to copyright vested in ezylegal or, unless otherwise stated, third parties. All content on this website is protected by the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and International copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not do anything which interferes with or breaches ezylegal’s entitlement or those laws or the intellectual property rights in the content. Unless otherwise indicated, ezylegal owns or licences or has permission to use third party content.
You may download, display or print a copy of material from this website only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your own organisation provided you do not modify the content in any way (including any copyright notice). All other use of the content on the website content is not permitted without the copyright or trademark owners’ permission. Ezylegal asserts the right to be recognised as the author of the material and the right to have its material remain unaltered.
Your use of the content on ezylegal’s website does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest in the material. Except for the purposes permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), you must not use, copy, modify, transmit, store, publish or distribute the content on the website or any part without permission. All other rights are reserved.
Ezylegal’s logo is a trademark owned by ezylegal. Nothing displayed on the website should be construed as granting any licence, title or interest or right to use, reproduce or adapt the logo without ezylegal’s express written permission.
Requests and inquiries should be addressed to hello@ezylegal.com.au
Some content may include third party material which is used by ezylegal with the permission of those third parties and which is subject to that third party’s terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this site should be construed as granting any licence or right for you to use that content. You should consult the third party’s terms and conditions of use in relation to any third-party content. External site images, if any, used on www.ezylegal.com.au or app.ezy.legal are used with the permission of the authors of that image and must not be reproduced, modified or transmitted without obtaining the permission of the author of those materials.
You must note that the copyright in material appearing on internet sites which are linked from this website vest in the author of that material, or the author’s licensee [subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)]. Ezylegal recommends that you refer to the copyright statements at those sites before making use of any material. Links to third party sites do not constitute any endorsement or approval of those sites of or the owner of those sites.
Email newsletters
Ezylegal’s publications contain copyright material owned by ezylegal, contributors and external third parties. Third party content is not controlled or owned by ezylegal unless otherwise specified and ezylegal makes no warranty about its accuracy, correctness or reliability. Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable to you, you may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the permission of the copyright owner. The Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) allows certain uses of content on the internet without the copyright owner’s permission. For more information, see copyright.com.au, copyright.org.au and ipaustralia.gov.au. Ezylegal’s copyright policy for its website is hereabove.
Contributors to ezylegal’s publications generally grant to ezylegal a royalty free, perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable paid up licence to:
- use, reproduce and adapt their contributions
- perform any other act with respect to the Intellectual Property in their contributions and to exploit or commercialise all those Intellectual Property rights.
Ezylegal will acknowledge a contributor’s moral rights by attributing authorship to that contributor.
Owner of the website
The website is operated and maintained by Ezylegal Technology Pty Ltd (‘ezylegal’)). Its contents (including all information, data, text, graphics, images, software, advertisements and other material on the website (Content) are the property of ezylegal and nothing operates to transfer ownership of any of the Content to any user of the site.
ezylegal’s contact details are:
| Street address | Level 2, 1 Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead QLD 4006 |
| Hello@ezylegal.com.au |
Amendments to terms and conditions
Ezylegal reserves the right in its absolute discretion, to vary or amend these Terms and Conditions. Amendments will be effective immediately upon it being published. Your continued use of the website following any amendment will constitute acceptance and agreement by you to be bound by the amended Terms and Conditions.
Using our website
By using the ezylegal’s website you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions as amended by us from time to time.
Breach of these Terms and Conditions may result in your access to the website being cancelled at ezylegal’s sole discretion.
These Terms and Conditions must also be read in conjunction with the general Disclaimer and Privacy information of the public aspects of the ezylegal’s website ([insert]) and our Privacy Policy.
You shall be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password(s), including but not limited to, all information electronically transmitted, or use of any data, information, or services obtained, using your username and password(s).
Social media terms of use
Ezylegal administers content via social media channels—including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube (the Channels)—to provide you with information of public interest concerning ezylegal’s activities, and matters affecting its users/customers/clients and the general community. It is a condition of use that you follow these Terms of Use when interacting with or commenting on the Channels, and by making any comment or interacting, you acknowledge and accept the Terms of Use.
You agree and warrant that any comments and/or other content posted by you will not:
- impersonate any other person or falsely claim to represent any other person, whether living or dead, real or fictitious
- be abusive, harassing, threatening or violate the legal rights of others
- be misleading, deceptive, false, defamatory or libellous
- make a statement that may interfere with or prejudice the course of or otherwise deals with civil or criminal proceedings that are presently before any court, tribunal, commission or similar body or any investigation by the police, Crime and Misconduct Commission or other agency
- seek to raise personal matters which have been dealt with or concluded judicially
- use insulting, threatening or provocative language or language that is hateful towards a certain group of people
- incite, or be likely to incite, or express views of, hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic
- include indecent, obscene, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate language, information or other content
- infringe the intellectual property rights of others or disclose their confidential information
- contain any commercial advertising material or be for a commercial purpose
- post, transmit or include a link to any unsolicited advertising, promotion materials or other forms of solicitation to users of the Channels
- alter, damage or delete any content on the Channels or otherwise interfere with the ability of others to use the Channels
- act in such a way as to give rise to any liability for ezylegal or any user of the Channels or to cause any loss or damage to any person
- be irrelevant to the themes currently being discussed and sought to be addressed in connection with the page, channel, account or profile
- invade the personal privacy of any other person or groups without their consent, or
- be for illegal purposes.
Ezylegal reserves the right to moderate all content and remove information or language considered offensive and to block users who violate these Terms of Use. Any comments or other content posted on any of ezylegal’s social media pages or accounts in contravention or breach of the above may be removed by the administrator.
Users found to be repeatedly engaging in the above activities may be banned.
Social media disclaimer
The opinions and/or views expressed on the Channels are provided for general information and educative purposes. In some instances, they serve to encourage debate and/or discussion on topical issues of concern to ezylegal. They represent the views of individuals who post material and not those necessarily of ezylegal. Information published on social media platforms does not constitute legal advice or recommendations and should not be relied upon.
Appropriate legal advice should be obtained in actual situations.
While every care has been taken in the preparation of the website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications, ezylegal cannot accept responsibility for any errors, including those caused by negligence, in the website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications. Ezylegal makes no statements, representations or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information and content, and you should not rely on it. You are advised to make your own independent inquiries regarding the accuracy of any information provided on the website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications. No warranty of any kind, implied, express or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of third-party rights is given with respect to the contents of the website, these pages, the Channels, any related applications or links to other online resources or pages.
Ezylegal does not guarantee, and accepts no legal responsibility whatsoever, including in negligence, arising from or in connection to any reliance upon the accuracy, reliability, currency, correctness or completeness of any information or content contained on or in the website, these pages, the Channels or any related applications.
Whilst ezylegal makes reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content posted on the website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications, it cannot always respond in a timely manner to online requests for information. ezylegal only responds to comments and monitors the website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications during standard business hours in Queensland Australia.
The website, these pages, the Channels and any related applications may include third party content, which is subject to that third party’s terms and conditions of use. Nothing on the website, these pages, the Channels or any related applications should be construed as granting any licence or right for you to use that content. You should consult the third party’s terms and conditions of use in relation to any third party content.
Ezylegal does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the correctness, accuracy, reliability, currency or any other aspect regarding characteristics of use of the information on external websites accessed by links from the website, these pages, the Channels or any related applications and makes no warranties of any kind that the information or content contained on the website, these pages, the Channels or any related applications are safe or suitable, free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination. Ezylegal disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including liability for negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages & costs you might incur as a result of the information or content being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and ezylegal expressly disclaims liability to the extent permissible by law.
Links to third party websites and a guide only and do not constitute any endorsement or approval of those sites or the owners of those sites.
By submitting information or content to any of the website, these pages, the Channels or any related applications, you acknowledge that this information is available to the public and is considered a public record under the Public Records Act 2002.
Privacy, cookies and data protection
Our Privacy Policy describes the full details of the information we collect from you when you use our website. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you also agree to accept the terms of our Privacy Policy.
Ezylegal is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of users of this website.
When you visit ezylegal’s website, our server records your visit and logs certain information for statistical and diagnostic purposes only. A tracking cookie is used which identifies the user over an entire browsing session and also over repeat visits to the website. In the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect activity logs.
Information that may be collected includes:
- requesting IP address
- type of browser being used
- date and time of the visit
- Location information including residential or business address
- pages and resources accessed and downloaded
- previous site visited
- user ID used to access the page, including email address, password and telephone numbers
- Credit Card/Payment details
- Personal information relevant to your claim/matter/case (such as financial information, employment details and history, medical history)
Cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of data which is sent from a web server to a web browser on the user’s machine or device when the browser visits the server’s website. The cookie is stored on the user’s machine or device as an historical identifier only and cannot do anything to your machine. Cookies are not stored by ezylegal and cannot be used to determine the user’s email address or anything about the user’s computer or device.
If you wish to log in to our website you will need to accept cookies. If your browser rejects all cookies you will still be able to view public, information only pages.
Cookie Policy
Ezylegal is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to www.ezylegal.com.au and app.ezy.legal. Please read our Privacy Policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us. We are committed to using this data in accordance with relevant data protection laws such as the Privacy Act 1988, Information Privacy Act 2009 and with regard to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
By using this site (the “website”) or contacting us by email or through this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your personal information under the terms of this policy. If you do not accept the terms of this policy you must leave this website immediately and you may not use any of the services we provide.
Contributing content
When you submit content for inclusion on the website in any format, including but not limited to any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant ezylegal an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to publish that content on the website. You acknowledge that content submitted by you will be accessible by the public through the website.
You agree that ezylegal can use that content in any way, now and in the future. Ezylegal also reserves the right not to use or publish on the website content you submit.
As a contributor, you warrant that you are the owner of the content and have all of the necessary rights, including third party permissions for any third-party content included in the material and including copyright, that your content is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any law. You also warrant that the content you contribute complies with any relevant professional obligations.
By submitting content to ezylegal for inclusion on its website, you waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the website.
Ezylegal does not provide any protection as against third parties to the intellectual property in any content submitted or otherwise provided. By submitting content, you warrant that you have all necessary permissions and licences for the use of that material and agree to indemnify ezylegal against any loss, liability, claim or demand (including legal fees) claimed by any third party arising from a breach of that warranty, third party intellectual property rights or these terms and conditions.
Collaboration spaces and user submitted content
You acknowledge that the website is created, managed, and administered by ezylegal and provides opportunities for users to post comments and collaborate with other users. However, ezylegal is not responsible for, and does not adopt as a statement of its own content posted or submitted by other users, such as comments or other material.
You acknowledge that ezylegal cannot and does not intend to screen communications in advance, nor does it exercise any control in advance over the content of the information passing through the website submitted by users. Ezylegal does not warrant, guarantee or make any other representation as to the correctness, accuracy or reliability of content or conformance with the Terms and Conditions of any content transmitted, posted or available on the website.
Notwithstanding the above, ezylegal will endeavour to monitor the content on the website from time to time and will remove any content it deems to be inappropriate or unacceptable to protect itself or other users in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
Accuracy of website information
Liability and indemnity
Ezylegal does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness or any other aspect of the information on the website. The content is provided to you ‘as is’ and on an ‘as available’ basis and on the condition that you undertake all responsibility for assessing the accuracy of the content and rely on it at your own risk. All content on the website may be changed without notice.
Ezylegal expressly disclaims responsibility or liability to the extent permissible by law in relation to any loss or damage that you incur, including damage to your software or hardware, arising from your use of, access or interaction with this website.
Ezylegal does not warrant that functions contained in the website content, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses, malicious computer code or bugs.
To the extent permitted by law, all other representations, conditions or warranties, whether based in statute, common law or otherwise are excluded. Liability of ezylegal, for any breach of a term or condition implied by law is limited at ezylegal’s discretion, to the supply of any service again or the payment for the cost of having any service supplied again.
You agree to indemnify ezylegal, its directors, officers, employees and agents against any action, claim, loss or expense which it incurs which arises from your use of the website, including as a result of you submitting, providing or accessing content on the website in any form.
General conditions
These Terms and conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Queensland.
Users are not permitted to use the website for any unlawful purpose.
Disclaimer
The information provided on the website is not intended to constitute legal, business or other professional advice. It is provided as general information only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional such as a solicitor. It is provided for educative purposes in summary form on legal topics which is current when it is first published and to assist you in managing your own matter/case/claim.
Appropriate legal advice should be obtained in actual situations.
While every care and diligence has been used in the preparation and maintenance of the information on the website, ezylegal is not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss, including consequential, incidental, indirect or special loss, suffered in connection with the use of the website or any of its content. Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by us in relation to your use of the website or its content, is limited to the extent permitted by law. It is not responsible for any errors, including those caused by negligence, in the material.
Ezylegal makes no statements, representations or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information and you should not rely on it. You are advised to make your own independent inquiries regarding the accuracy of any information provided on this website.
Ezylegal does not guarantee, and accepts no legal responsibility whatsoever arising from or in connection to the accuracy, reliability, currency, correctness or completeness of any material contained on this website.
The website may include third party content which is subject to that third party’s terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right for you to use that content. You should consult the third party’s terms and conditions of use in relation to any third party content.
Ezylegal does not warrant, guarantee or make any representation regarding the accuracy, reliability or currency of information contained on other websites accessed by links from this website and makes no warranties that the information contained on this website or any links from this website are free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination. Ezylegal disclaims liability (including liability for negligence) to the extent permitted by law and makes no warranty of any kind that any links are safe or suitable and disclaims all responsibility or liability for all expenses, losses, damages and costs you might incur as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way.
Links to third party websites do not constitute any endorsement or approval of those sites or the owners of those sites.
Right to Information
The Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act) were introduced in 2009 to replace the Freedom of Information Act 1992.
The Right to Information (RTI) laws form part of the Queensland Government’s initiative to provide the public greater access to information as well as encouraging transparency in government agencies.
Under the RTI framework, more information is being made available to the community, unless on balance it is contrary to the public interest to provide that information. Appropriate protections are still being enforced for an individuals’ privacy.
Accessing ezylegal’s information
There are two ways to access information held by ezylegal, namely, through administrative and other means or alternatively, by lodging an application under the RTI Act or IP Act.
If the information is available, an application under the Right to Information Act 2009 or Information Privacy Act 2009 should not be lodged.
If you cannot locate the information, please contact us to find out whether the information you need can be released administratively.
Lodging an application
If you need to make an RTI application, please complete an application form. Submit it by email, post or in person using the details below and an RTI Officer will contact you regarding payment of the application fee of $55.75 to validate your application:
- Email privacy@ezylegal.com.au
- post The RTI Officer, Level 2, 1 Breakfast Creek Road Newstead, QLD 4006
- in person Level 2, 1 Breakfast Creek Road Newstead, QLD 4006
The information and documents contained in the Publication Scheme and Disclosure Log are downloadable free of charge. Processing charges apply to formal RTI applications. The processing charge is $8.65 per 15 minutes. Photocopying charge is 25c per page.
Our fees and charges increase on 1 July each year. On 1 July 2023 our fees and charges were increased by 3.4% in line with Government’s indexation policy. You can contact us to find out details about specific fees, charges or prices.
Ezylegal’s disclosure log contains a record of documents released in response to applications made under the Right to Information Act 2009.
Ezylegal’s publication scheme contains information that is grouped into classes to facilitate access to our routinely published information.
Making a Complaint
If you have a complaint relating to the access of information from ezylegal, please email us to lodge your complaint.
Please include your full name, contact details and information relating to the nature of your complaint.