Rapid Building Inspections Terms and Conditions
These Terms of Use govern your use of the websites and mobile apps that are owned or operated by Deep Blue Company Pty Ltd (ABN 91 614 675 160) (DBC) (collectively, “our websites and mobile apps”). Our websites and mobile apps contain information and material from DBC, its subsidiaries and related bodies corporates, CCA Digital Pty Ltd (CCA Digital) (ABN 24 629 749 882), Conveyancing.com.au Pty Ltd (ABN 68 160 922 387), Rapid Building Inspections Pty Ltd (ABN 75 614 843 131), Blue Intellectual Property Pty Ltd (ABN 75 614 320 295), Rapid Building Inspections IP Pty Ltd (ABN 52 614 886 038), Think Support Services Inc. (Philippines SEC Regn. No. CS201730586), (collectively known as “we”, “us” and “our”).
By accessing, downloading or using our websites and mobile apps, you agree with these Terms of Use and any additional terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers located on our websites and mobile apps. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, do not access, download or use our websites and mobile apps.
We may change these Terms of Use at any time. When we make changes, we will publish updated Terms of Use on the Conveyancing.com.au and www.rapidbuildinginspections.com.au websites. Your continued use of our websites and mobile apps will confirm your acceptance of the updated Terms of Use.
We may restrict or block your access to our websites and mobile apps at any time if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms of Use.
You must ensure that any information you provide to us (including any personal information) is accurate and complete and that all ordering or registration details (where applicable) contain your correct name, address and other requested details. For more information about how we deal with your personal information, please read our Privacy Policy on this website.
Intellectual Property Rights
You must not use our websites or mobile apps in a way that infringes the intellectual property rights of any person.
The intellectual property rights in all material displayed on or available through our websites or mobile apps, including without limitation all names, logos, data, information, graphics, videos, software, technology or processes (“Materials”), are owned by, or licensed to us.
The Materials are available for your personal use only.
You must not use, copy, modify, alter, download, store, publish, transmit, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer any Materials unless expressly provided for in these Terms of Use or with our prior written permission. Downloading Materials from our websites or mobile apps does not transfer any right in or ownership of such Materials to you. Downloaded Materials must be used solely in accordance with these Terms of Use. You must not remove any copyright and other proprietary notices from the Materials.
We make no warranties, express or implied that making any of our products or services available in any particular jurisdiction outside of Australia is permitted under any applicable non-Australian laws or regulations. Accordingly, if making the products or services or any part thereof available in your jurisdiction or to you (by reason of nationality, residence or otherwise) is prohibited, those products or services are not offered for sale to you. You accept that if you are resident outside of Australia, you must satisfy yourself that you are lawfully able to purchase the products or services. We accept no liability, to the extent permitted by applicable law, for any costs, losses or damages resulting from or related to the purchase or attempted purchase of the products or services by persons in jurisdictions outside of Australia or who are nominees of or trustees for citizens, residents or nationals of other countries.
Linked sites
Our websites and mobile apps may provide links to or allow you to interact with other websites or apps which are owned or operated by third parties. Links to other websites or apps are provided for your convenience. We do not control these other websites and apps and we are not responsible for the content, accuracy of the information or functionality on these websites and apps. Unless expressly stated on our website or mobile app, the provision of a link to an external website or app does not constitute an endorsement or approval of that website or app or any of the products or services or functionality on that website or app. You should seek independent expert advice if you have any concerns regarding what services, products or solutions may be suitable for you. We will not be liable for any damages or injury arising from your access or use of such sites or apps.
By clicking on a link to a third party website or app, you consent to our disclosure of your relevant personal information with our software provider and the operator of that website or app for the purposes of processing your request to link to the third party website or app. We will disclose such personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose to leave our website or mobile app via links to other websites or apps which are owned or operated by third parties, including advertisers, we are not responsible for the acts, omissions and privacy practices of those sites or apps. Before disclosing your personal information or using other websites or apps, we recommend that you examine the privacy policies as well as the terms and conditions of those websites or apps, as they may differ from these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
Limitations on Use of Site
You agree that you will not:- use any device, software or other instrumentality to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of our websites and mobile apps, and that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
- use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages, apps or the content contained therein, without the prior express consent of one of our authorised representatives. Such consent is deemed given for standard search engine technology employed by internet search web sites to direct internet users to our website; or
- reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the website or our mobile apps.
Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
These Terms of Use apply except to the extent of any inconsistency with any applicable law (including consumer protection laws such as the Australian Consumer Law), in which event such law will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. If any provision of these Terms of Use is void, illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the Terms of Use will be read down to the extent necessary to ensure they are not void, illegal, invalid or unenforceable. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to exclude, restrict or modify your rights including under consumer protection laws such as the Australian Consumer Law which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we make no representations or warranties as to the timeliness, availability, accuracy or completeness of any information contained on our websites and mobile apps. Like any written materials, the information provided on our websites and mobile apps may become out-dated over time, and we are under no obligation to correct or update any content or information on our websites or mobile apps. We may make improvements and/or changes in content about the products or services described on our websites and mobile apps at any time without notice and reserve the right to alter or delete content and information from our websites and mobile apps at any time.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our websites and mobile apps are provided “as is” without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not guarantee that our websites and mobile apps will be fault or virus fee or that access to our websites and mobile apps will be uninterrupted. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we, our affiliates and any party involved in creating, producing or delivering our websites and mobile apps will not be liable for your use of or reliance on our websites and mobile apps under any circumstances, including negligence or misrepresentation (excluding fraudulent misrepresentation). To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, consequential, punitive damages, loss of savings, business opportunities, revenue and profit and damage to goodwill arising out of your use of our websites and mobile apps, even if we are informed of the possibility of such damages.
In respect of any conditions, warranties and guarantees which cannot be excluded under statute, to the fullest extent permitted by law, our liability for a breach of such condition, warranty or guarantee is limited (at our option) to the replacement, repair or resupply of the relevant product or the resupply or a refund of the cost of the relevant service.
Confidentiality
Unless it relates directly to the delivery of a conveyancing file where our law firm has been engaged to act on your behalf (other than feedback you have given permission to be made public), with respect to all communications you make to us regarding our websites and mobile apps and all content therein, including but not limited to feedback, questions, comments, suggestions and the like: (a) you shall have no right of confidentiality in your communications and we will have no obligation to protect your communications from disclosure; (b) we will be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute your communications to others without limitation; and (c) we will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, content or techniques contained in your communications for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to the development, production and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information.
Applicable Laws
Although this website is accessible worldwide, content is intended only for residents of Australia and we have used our reasonable endeavours to ensure that our website complies with Australian law. We make no representations that the materials, products, services or promotions on our website are appropriate or available for use in locations outside of Australia.
To the extent permitted by law, these Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia. Any disputes concerning this website are to be resolved by the courts having jurisdiction in Victoria.
We retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these Terms of Use, in your country of residence or any other appropriate country or jurisdiction.
Your Privacy
We regard your privacy as important. You agree that your personal information will be managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is available on our website.
Our websites and mobile apps use cookies and tracking tools to improve the content and functionality of our websites. Our use of cookies and tracking tools is managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.
Our websites and mobile apps may enable you to “share” information with your friends and other contacts either by email or SMS text message. If you select the “share” function, you are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of your friend’s or other contact’s address or phone number.
Passwords and logins
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your passwords and login details and for all activities carried out under your password and login.
Minors
Our websites and mobile apps are for a general audience. Minors should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any contact information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children’s online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children’s access to the internet and use of mobile apps.
CCA Digital App
1.1 Your use of the App is subject to these Terms- We provide the App to you on these Terms. Please read these Terms in full before accessing or using the App.
- This document sets the terms and conditions (Terms) on which you may access and use the App developed and owned by us.
- By accessing or using the App, you accept and agree to these Terms. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and CCA Digital.
- The App may only be used by persons who hold a Professional Registrationor act on behalf of a person who holds a Professional Registration.
- You warrant to us that you have the authority to enter into, and be bound by, these Terms.
- These Terms commence upon your initial access of the App and continue to apply each and every time you access the App in any way unless terminated by us earlier.
- You may stop using the App at any time for any reason, without notice to us.
- We may terminate, disable, block or suspend your access to the App at any time, for any reason.
- All warranties and acknowledgements provided by you, all provisions relating to liability or intellectual property rights, and any other provisions which by their nature survive termination, will survive termination of these Terms.
- This version of these Terms is current as at 27/08/2020.
- We may update these Terms from time to time by bringing the updated Terms to Your attention when you next use the App.
- If you do not agree with the updated Terms, you must immediately stop using the App. By you continuing to use the App, you accept the updated Terms and the updated Terms will apply from that point forward.
2 About the App
The App is designed to allow you to:- introduce the CCA Digital Services to potential CCA Digital Customers;
- sign up new CCA Digital Customers to CCA Digital Services;
- manage and monitor information relating to the provision of the CCA Digital Services to CCA Digital Customers participating in Your Transactions; and
- provide other information to CCA Digital Customers that have appointed you in respect of Your Transactions.
For clarity, the CCA Digital Services are not delivered via the App and any engagement of new CCA Digital Customers will be completed by a Related Business outside of the App.
3 Using the App
3.1 Access
- CCA Digital grants you a non-transferable licence to use the App in accordance with these Terms.
- It is your responsibility to ensure that you have a compatible device and software (as applicable) through which to access the App, that you keep the operating system and security software updated, and that you use the correct version of the App for your device.
- In using the App, you must:
- comply with all applicable laws and regulations; and
- at all times maintain the highest standards of professional conduct.
- You are responsible for all of your activity on and in connection with the App (including Your Content) and all activity that occurs on the App through your device or your login details.
- You are responsible for what you access on the App, how you interpret or use the App, the App Information and Your Content, and any actions you take as a result of your use of the App.
- You may communicate with CCA Digital Customers through the App only:
- where they have appointed you in respect of Your Transactions; and
- for the purpose of providing services related to Your Transactions.
- You must not use the App (including the App Information):
- in any way, or in connection with any purpose, that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful;
- to harass or intimidate any person (including by sending an unreasonably high number of messages);
- to engage in any conduct that is, or is likely to be, misleading or deceptive; or
- in a manner that may bring CCA Digital, the App or your profession generally into disrepute.
- You remain responsible for any breach of contract or infringement of any intellectual property or other rights of any third party in connection with Your Content or your use of the App.
- You must comply with our instructions in relation to your use of the App.
3.3 Professional Registration
If, in your use of the App, you are providing services that require you to hold a Professional Registration, then at all times when using the App you must hold that Professional Registration, which must be current and valid and, in using the App, you must comply with:
- the terms of your Professional Registration; and
- any applicable code of conduct for your profession in each state or territory in which Your Transactions take place.
- Before using the App to enter, upload or transmit any personal information about any person, you must ensure that:
- you have explained to the person that their personal information is being collected and used in connection with the potential or actual sale or purchase of a property;
- you have explained to the person the consequences of not providing their personal information;
- you have obtained the person’s consent to their personal information:
- being collected and used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy; and
- being made available to other people, including our service providers (who may be located in Australia or overseas) and CCA Digital’s Related Businesses;
- you have explained to the person that they may seek access to and correction of their personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy; and
- you have explained to the person how to access our Privacy Policy.
- Before using the App to upload or transmit any document or other information, you must ensure that you have all the authorisations and consents required in order for you to do so lawfully and without infringing the rights of any person.
- You agree to take reasonable steps to:
- ensure Your Content is accurate, up-to-date and complete; and
- inform us if any of your personal information included in Your Content is not accurate, up-to-date or complete.
- You are solely responsible for Your Content, which includes:
- information from Your Profile;
- the information you record via the App – including communications with other users of the App; and
- any other information that you enter using the App.
- You represent and warrant that Your Content will not include any material that:
- infringes the rights of any person;
- includes an image or personal information of another person unless you have their consent, and you have informed them of our privacy practices;
- is misleading, deceptive, defamatory or materially incorrect;
- is obscene, intended to humiliate or insult, or likely to cause offence;
- directly or indirectly involves the advertising or marketing of any products or services; or
- is otherwise unlawful, encourages unlawful conduct, or is otherwise inappropriate having regard to the purpose of the App.
- You grant:
- us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable and irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, modify and adapt Your Content in any medium; and
- each user of the App a non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, modify and adapt Your Content as permitted by us and these Terms.
- We may at any time, without liability to you, remove, alter or disable access to any or all of Your Content in our sole discretion, without prior notice to you.
- You assume all risks associated with Your Content.
- While we reserve the right to remove Your Content, we do not control Your Content or actions or content posted by you or other users and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any content.
- You accept and agree that:
- Your Content, and any and all liability arising from Your Content, is your sole responsibility; and
- Your Content may be visible to third parties including CCA Digital Customers and Related Businesses, and that such persons may rely on Your Content.
- use the App for any purpose other than those specified in section 2;
- access the App using automated means;
- upload to, or transmit using, the App any viruses or other code or files designed to interrupt, limit or destroy the functionality of the App or any other software or hardware;
- bypass any measure we use to prevent or restrict access to the App, any part of the App or any other software, systems or networks connected to the App;
- distribute or make the App available over a network where it could be used by multiple devices at the same time;
- use the App to transmit (or authorise the transmission of) unsolicited messages;
- decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying algorithms of any part of the App;
- copy, modify or create derivative works of any part of the App;
- do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working of the App, such as a denial of service attack; or
- let anyone else access the App using Your Profile, your device or your login details.
- Prior to accessing any functionality of the App, you must either :
- register for an account through the App interface by filling in and submitting the required details to create Your Profile; or
- where you work for a business that has entered into an agreement with CCA Digital for the whole business, use the account details provided to you by that business.
- If we determine that you are suitable to have a Profile, we will then send you a verification email to the email address you provided. You must follow the instructions in this verification email to complete the set-up of Your Profile.
- You can manage or remove information from Your Profile through the App.
- You may delete Your Profile by contacting the App administrator at info@www.rapidbuildinginspections.com.auor deleting Your Profile within the App.
- You must :
- notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised access to Your Profile;
- keep your password confidential; and
- notify us immediately if you become aware of any disclosure of your password.
- You agree to receive electronic messages, including messages of a commercial nature, via email, SMS or in-app notifications. These messages may be from us, our Related Businesses, our service providers or other users of the App.
- You may be able to select not to receive certain in-app notifications by adjusting the settings on your device or other software (as applicable) to turn off these in-app notifications.
- You agree that we may send you communications about the state and security of Your Profile, even if you have turned off certain in-app notifications, or requested not to receive commercial electronic messages via email or SMS.
3.10 Fees
We reserve the right to introduce fees for use of the App. If we decide to introduce such fees, we will notify you about this, and allow you to either continue or terminate your use of the App.
3.11 App Information
- We do not check the reliability, accuracy or completeness of App Information, including information provided by CCA Digital Customers participating in Your Transactions.
- We do not accept responsibility arising in any way from App Information, including any errors or omissions in the information.
- You may use and disclose the App Information only to the extent necessary to act for CCA Digital Customers that have appointed you in respect of Your Transactions.
- You must not use or disclose any personal information forming part of the App Information except to the extent necessary to act for CCA Digital Customers that have appointed you in respect of Your Transactions.
- When using the App, you may be exposed to the content of other users of the App or provided to us by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we do not have a practice of monitoring or making inquiries about this content, and that we are not responsible for this content. You release CCA Digital from any claims that you could assert against us relating to or in connection with this content.
- Subject to the express provisions of these Terms we own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the App and reserve all intellectual property rights in any other material in the App (together the App IP).
- Subject to you complying with clause 3, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable license to use the App IP until these Terms cease or are terminated.
- You acknowledge that you have no right, title, or interest in the App IP except as set out in this clause 4 and you must not do anything with the App IP that is not expressly authorised by these Terms.
- collect personal information about you through your interactions with us and your use of the App, and collect information about you from third parties; and
- collect, use, store, handle and disclose personal information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
If we are not able to collect personal information about you as set out in these Terms and in our Privacy Policy, then we may not be able to provide some or all of the functionality of the App to you, and the App may not work properly as a result (e.g. some key features of the App may be disabled).
6 Liability and limitations
6.1 Limitations of the App
The App is offered on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for, and exclude all warranties, representations, implied terms and guarantees about the currency, accuracy suitability, functionality or reliability of the App. Without limitation, we are not liable for, and provide no warranties that:
- the App will be free from faults;
- your use of the App will be uninterrupted or subject to delays;
- the transmission of information (including Your Content, or other information on the App) will always remain private.
- any discontinuation or alteration of all of the App’s services or features.
- No warranties. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we do not make any warranties about the App, the information you receive using the App or your use of the App or that information.
- No liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability arising from or in connection with the App.
- In respect of any conditions, warranties and guarantees which cannot be excluded under statute, to the extent permitted by law, our liability for a breach of such condition, warranty or guarantee is limited (at our option) to the replacement, repair or resupply of the relevant good or the resupply or a refund of the cost of the relevant service.
- Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude, restrict or modify rights which you may have under any law (including the Australian Consumer Law) which may not be excluded, restricted or modified by agreement (Your Consumer Rights). However, our liability to you for breach of Your Consumer Rights, or other rights, is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- Where you suffer any loss in connection with the App, you must take all reasonable steps to minimise your loss, including notifying us without delay if there are steps we can take to help minimise your loss.
6.4 Indemnity
You agree to fully indemnify and hold us harmless against any expenses, costs, loss (including consequential loss) or damage that we may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with your use of, access to or conduct in connection with the App, including any breach by you of these Terms.
6.5 No compensation
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you are not entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of the App, if we cease publishing or for any other failure, malfunction, incorrectness or other defect in the App.
7 Platform terms
7.1 Other terms
In addition to these Terms, your use of the App is subject to any terms and conditions applicable to the platform via which you are accessing the App (including any applicable terms at www.apple.com/legal and https://play.google.com/about/play-terms.html.
7.2 Apple
If you have downloaded or accessed the App via an Apple service (including the App Store or the iTunes Store), or on an Apple iOS device:
- these Terms are an agreement between you and CCA Digital, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its contents;
- CCA Digital grants you the right to use the App only on an Apple iOS product that you own or control, and as permitted by the Usage set out in the App Store Terms of Service;
- Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the App;
- Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement or discharge of any third party intellectual property infringement claims;
- Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App, or your possession or use of the App, including but not limited to :
- product liability claims;
- any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and
- any claim arising under consumer protection or similar legislation;
- in the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if applicable, for the App to you, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App;
- you represent and warrant that you are not:
- located in a country that is subject to a US government embargo, or that has been designated by the US government as a “terrorist supporting” country; or
- listed on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties; and
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce these Terms against you.
- Google is not responsible for providing support or maintenance in respect of the App, or for addressing any claims about the App;
- CCA Digital and third parties may collect and store various information relating to your Android device and your use of the App; and
- Google may collect, retain and use information about your use of the App and your Android device. You can find more information about how Google processes and uses your data on Google’s website (www.google.com).
- Governing law.These Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. The courts of Victoria, Australia (and the courts of appeal from them) have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms.
- If any provision of these Terms is invalid under the law of any jurisdiction, that provision is enforceable in that jurisdiction to the extent that it is not invalid, whether it is in severable terms or not.
- These Terms are personal to you and you may not assign or otherwise transfer any rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign or otherwise transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms without your consent.
- These Terms may only be changed by us. We will notify you of any changes in the manner described at the beginning of these Terms.
- No waiver.No delay or failure to act will be construed as a waiver of, or in any prejudice, any of our rights. No waiver will be effective unless it is in writing. A waiver of a breach will not waive any other breach.
9 Definitions
- App means the provision of access to CCA Digital’s technology platform including any software provided by CCA Digital to enable that access through the relevant interface (which may include, for example, an app installed on a compatible device, an app delivered through a web browser or access provided through integration into other software, and any updates made by us at any time that replace or supplement the technology platform or relevant interface.
- App Information means information that you obtain from the App, and the information that you derive from information you obtain from the App.
- CCA Digital, our, us or we means CCA Digital Pty Ltd (ABN 24 629 749 882).
- CCA Digital Customer means actual or prospective vendors or purchasers of property or other persons who may be interested in using the CCA Digital Services.
- CCA Digital Services means any services that CCA Digital or its Related Businesses provide from time to time, including conveyancing, building inspections, pest inspections and electronic signatures and related services and activities.
- Including means including but not limited to (and include has a similar meaning).
- Personal information has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- Privacy Policy means our privacy policy, which is available at www.rapidbuildinginspections.com.au/privacy-policy/.
- Professional Registration means a licence or registration, issued by an Australian government body, for an individual to carry out the activities of a real estate agent, mortgage broker, financial advisor or other relevant profession practiced by you (as applicable).
- Related Business means any of CCA Digital’s related entities, as that term is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
- Terms means these terms and conditions of use.
- You means any person who downloads or uses the App.
- Your Content means any information, documents, images, audio or video files, forms, applications or other materials that you enter or upload using the App, or that is entered or uploaded using your login details.
- Your Profile means your account on the App and personal information about you entered or uploaded via the App.
- Your Transactions means a transaction in relation to which you (or a person on whose behalf you are acting) have been validly appointed by a party to the transaction to act in a professional capacity in respect of the transaction.