Welcome to StudyStake! We look forward to having you join us on the journey to make international education accessible, affordable, and inclusive for all students.
Our website contains information on our services and a bunch of free resources. Before you use our site, please read these Terms of Use, as they have essential data. This website (Site) is operated by StudyStake Pty Ltd (ABN 69 660 929 751) (we, our, or us). These website terms of use (Terms) apply to your use of and access to the Site.
INFORMATION AND AVAILABILITY
We do our best to ensure the information on our website is accurate and complete, but we need to guarantee it. The information may change, and we don’t promise to keep our website updated. The data is just for general knowledge and not meant as legal advice. We can’t promise that the website will always be accessible, error-free, or virus-free. If you need specific advice, it’s best to get it from someone else. The content is also subject to Australian Consumer Law.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
We either own or have permission to use all the information and intellectual property rights (such as copyrights, registered designs, patents, trademarks, and domain names) on our website (called “Our Intellectual Property”).
You are allowed to use our website for personal reasons and can print or download information onto your device as long as you don’t remove any of the copyright notices.
You’re not allowed to use our website or information for commercial reasons, like advertising your business or in any way that competes with us, unless we give you written permission.
Using and accessing our website and information doesn’t give you any rights or ownership of Our Intellectual Property.
Unless we permit you, you can’t:
- Copy or use any of Our Intellectual Property, entirely or partially
- Reproduce, share, display, sell, publish, broadcast, or circulate any of Our Intellectual Property
- Harm any of our intellectual property rights related to Our Intellectual Property, such as changing or altering it, showing it on another website, or creating new works based on it.
You can share information or Our Intellectual Property on your social media or blog as long as:
- You don’t claim that you own it
- Unless we say it’s okay in writing, you don’t claim that we approve or endorse you
- won’t don’t hurt our reputation in any illegal, unfair, misleading, or deceptive way
- You follow all the other rules in these Terms.
THE CONDUCT WE DON’T ACCEPT
We don’t allow you to do anything illegal, unethical, or harmful to us or our website. This includes:
- Breaking someone’s privacy or any other legal rights by uploading their personal information without permission
- Being mean, threatening, or offensive to anyone on our website
- Using our website for illegal purposes
- Messing with other users on our website
- Tampering with or damaging our website, including sending viruses or harmful software
- Sending unwanted emails from our website
- Gathering information from our website using data mining or similar methods
- Helping others to do any of the above.
UPLOADED CONTENT POLICY
At our Site, we encourage you to share your thoughts and ideas through various channels, including social media and our Slack channels. You may be able to post, upload, publish, submit, or transmit information and content (referred to as “User Content”). We may also run campaigns that encourage you to share User Content on social media using specific hashtags (#).
By making User Content available on or through the Site, including on social media with a designated hashtag, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, transfer, display, perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, or otherwise exploit your User Content on the Site and our social media platforms. If you wish to have your User Content removed from the Site or social media, please feel free to send us an email, and we will ensure we comply with your request.
You are solely responsible for all User Content you make available on or through the Site, including social media with a designated hashtag. You represent and warrant that you own the User Content or have the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and releases to allow us to use your User Content. You also agree that your User Content will not infringe or violate any third party’s intellectual property rights or privacy rights or result in a violation of any law or regulation.
We do not endorse or take responsibility for User Content and reserve the right to remove any Content at any time. User Content solely reflects the opinions of the individual who posted it.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any liability we may have due to any infringement claims from your User Content. To the maximum extent allowed by law, you are liable for any damages we may suffer concerning such claims.
THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Site may contain links to other websites not operated by us. These links are provided for convenience, and we do not control, endorse, or approve their content. We suggest you exercise caution and do your investigation before using these third-party sites. If you purchase from a third-party website linked to the Site, the third-party provider will be responsible for delivering the goods or services to you, not us.
We may receive compensation through a referral fee or commission for visiting certain third-party websites through a link on the Site (Affiliate Link) or for featuring specific products or services. We will inform you about any products or services we receive compensation for featuring on the Site or if any third-party links are Affiliate Links.
LIMITED LIABILITY AND PRIVACY
AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW:
You may have certain rights under the Australian Consumer Law about the Site and the Content. Please feel free to contact us for more information. To the maximum extent permitted by law (including the Australian Consumer Law), we exclude all liability for any loss or damage of any kind (including consequential loss, indirect loss, loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of opportunity, or loss of reputation) arising out of or in connection with the Site or the Content.
PRIVACY:
We respect your privacy, and our Privacy Policy outlines how we collect and handle your personal information. The policy can be found on the Site.
DISCONTINUATION OF SITE:
We may discontinue the Site (in whole or part) or exclude any person from using it, at any time and without notice.
GOVERNING LAWS:
The laws of New South Wales govern these Terms, and each party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in New South Wales and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts.
CHANGES TO TERMS:
We may vary these Terms at any time and at our discretion by publishing the changes on the Site. Check the Site regularly for updates.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you have any questions or notices, please contact us at: Team@StudyStake.com.
Sydney, Australia