Terms of Use

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL STATEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OR DOWNLOADING MATERIAL FROM THIS SITE.

Welcome to the DC Strategy site (“Site”). This Site is owned and operated by DC Strategy Pty Ltd ABN 97 725 151 788 (“DC Strategy”). This site also represents the services of DC Strategy Services Pty Ltd ABN 36 127 646 655 (“DC Strategy”). It is intended to provide you with information on DC Strategy and our products and services.

Your use of this site and the information available on this site is subject to the following terms and conditions. Please ensure that you read this carefully, especially the disclaimers and limitations of liability, as in using the Site you will be taken to have agreed with these terms and conditions.
DC Strategy does not intend to make changes to these terms and conditions often, but may change them at any time without notice. You should check whenever you use this site to ensure that you have read and agree with the most current terms and conditions.

Disclaimers

Access to the Site - DC Strategy does not warrant that access to this site will be uninterrupted, or that the services offered on the site will be error-free. We reserve the right to change or discontinue any feature on this Site, hours of availability and equipment or software required for access.

Reliance on information - The information on this site is provided in good faith and DC Strategy has used its best efforts to ensure its accuracy. You should not rely on it without making your own independent assessment of the information. DC Strategy does not guarantee the accuracy, currency, reliability or completeness of any information provided on the Site.

Security - DC Strategy has taken reasonable steps to protect the information on this Site from illegal, harmful or inappropriate use, modification or alteration.

Links - The inclusion of links in this website is not intended as an endorsement or recommendation of any linked site or the content of such sites, and DC Strategy accepts no liability for loss of any kind arising from the information on any linked site. You should read carefully the terms and conditions that appear on any site linked to the DC Strategy website as DC Strategy is not responsible for any practices on linked sites.

Liability

No Liability – To the extent permitted by law, DC Strategy and everyone who helped develop, create and produce or deliver the material and information disclaims all liability and responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may be suffered by you using this site (or inability to use this site), or relying on anything contained in or omitted from this site, unless they acted wilfully or with gross negligence. This exclusion applies even if the loss or liability arises from a negligent act or omission or has been notified to us. The exclusion will not cover liability for death or injury caused by our negligence nor any other liability where that liability may not be lawfully excluded.

No Warranties - The Site and Material are provided on an as is basis without any warranties of any kind. DC Strategy, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties. The Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) and all corresponding state and territory legislation implies terms, conditions and warranties into some contracts for the supply of goods and services and prohibits the exclusions, restriction and modification of such terms (“Prescribed Terms”). Except as provided by the Prescribed Terms, all warranties express or implied by law in any way relating to access to, or non access to, the Site or the use of or reliance upon the Site or the Materials are excluded. DC Strategy does not warrant that the Site will operate error free or that this Site and its servers are free of computer viruses and other harmful data, code, components or other material. Nor does DC Strategy warrant that it will be able to prevent any illegal, harmful or inappropriate use, modification or alteration of the Site, or will give notice of such use, modification or alteration.

If DC Strategy or anyone who developed, created or produced the Site breaches any Prescribed Term, their liability for a breach of the applicable Prescribed Term (other than a warranty implied by section 69 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) or corresponding state legislation) is limited to, at DC Strategy’s election the resupply of the relevant advice, service, recommendation or information; or the payment to you of the cost of having the relevant advice, service, recommendation or information supplied again.

Intellectual Property

Copyright - The content of this site is owned by, or used under licence by DC Strategy. No part of this website may be reproduced, reused, retransmitted, adapted, published, broadcast or distributed for any commercial purpose whatsoever without DC Strategy’ prior written permission unless expressly permitted under the Act.

Trademarks - All names, logos and trademarks are the property of DC Strategy or the third parties who have contributed to this Site. Nothing on the Site should be interpreted as granting any rights to use or distribute any names, logos or trademarks, without the express written agreement of DC Strategy or the relevant contributor. Nothing displayed on the Site should be construed as granting any licence or rights to use any name, logo or trademark without the express written permission of DC Strategy, or the relevant third party contributor.

Clients – Any reference to a client of the firm on the Site are from either DC Strategy Pty Ltd ABN 97 725 151 788 or DC Strategy Services Pty Ltd ABN 36 127 646 655. At no time is there an intention to hold out clients as being clients of both DC Strategy Pty Ltd ABN 97 725 151 788 and DC Strategy Services Pty Ltd ABN 36 127 646 655. If you have any questions or queries, or if you have any suggestions or problems, please send an e-mail to growth@dcstrategy.com

Other

Use of Site from Outside Australia - The information on this Site and the terms and conditions have been prepared in accordance with Australian law. If you are residing in or accessing this Site from a country other than Australia (“the User Country”) the information and the terms and conditions may not satisfy the laws of the User Country. Should the information and the terms and conditions satisfy the laws of the User Country, this Site is not intended for your use, and you are not entitled to rely on the information. If you do so, you agree to indemnify DC Strategy for any loss or damage, which may be incurred by DC Strategy as a consequence.

Severability - If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be void, unlawful or unenforceable for any reason, that portion of the provision which creates the invalidity, unlawfulness or unenforceability will be severable from these terms and will not otherwise affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Governing Law - The terms and conditions are to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria,  Australia. You and DC Strategy submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and Australia.

Feedback, Questions or Problems

DC Strategy welcomes any feedback you may have regarding our Site or these terms and conditions. If you have any questions or queries, or if you have any suggestions or problems, please send an e-mail to growth@dcstrategy.com

Personal Information Management Policy

1. Introduction
DC Strategy respects and upholds your rights to privacy protection under the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988. The National Privacy Principles apply to us from their introduction in late 2001.

This policy describes how we manage any personal information we have about you.

2. What personal information about me does DC Strategy hold?
DC Strategy may hold the following information about you:

• Name
• Occupation
• Contact details (telephone number(s), address, email address)
• Any information you provided to us in the online employment application form, your resume or covering letter
• Any information provided to us as part of us providing any services
• Any information provided to us by members of the Deacons group and other third parties
• Any information provided to us through our site including on our online ‘call back’ or ‘contact’ form or our ‘receive an update on events’ form
• Any information provided to us through customer surveys and newsletters
  

Our internet service provider may collect information when you access the site including, your internet protocol address, your top level domain name, pages you accessed, previous sites you have visited, type of browser you are using when you visit our web site, for statistical purposes.

This site does not provide facilities for secure transmission of information across the internet. The user should understand that there are inherent risks in transmitting personal information across a public network.

3. What does DC Strategy do with my personal information?
We use personal information about you:

• to assist in providing services to you that are relevant to employment positions and recruitment generally;
• to assist with the reply of any calls you made to us during non-business hours;
• for our internal administrative, marketing, planning, product development and research requirements;
• to communicate promotional offers and special events;
  

DC Strategy will not disclose personal information about you to any person except on a confidential basis to agents that we use in the ordinary operation of our business, such as for data processing, printing or mailing.

At any time you may opt out of receiving any communications from us (other than as required for the operation of our business, eg regarding payment of your account).

4. Openness
You may request access to personal information we hold about you by writing to “The Privacy Manager” at the address below. You do not have to provide a reason for requesting access. Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will endeavour to provide you with a suitable range of choices as to how you access it (eg emailing or mailing it to you).

If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request amendment of it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment, then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.
Any questions about this policy, or any complaint regarding treatment of your privacy by DC Strategy, should also be made in writing to the address below.

Our contact details are as follows:
DC Strategy
International Head Office
Level 5, 530 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 03 8102 9200
Fax: 03 8615 7298
Email: growth@dcstrategy.com

5. Miscellaneous
In this policy “personal information” has the same meaning as under the Privacy Act. References to “DC Strategy” are to DC Strategy Pty Ltd ABN 97 725 151 788 and DC Strategy Services Pty Ltd ABN 36 127 646 655, which have issued this policy.
This policy represents our policy as at 1 November 2007. We may change this policy from time to time. Although we intend to observe this policy at all times, it is not legally binding on DC Strategy in any way. From time to time we may regard it as necessary or desirable to act outside the policy. DC Strategy may do so, subject only to any statutory rights you have under the Privacy Act or other applicable legislation.