Classifieds terms of use
Welcome to www.nqads.com.au ("North Queensland Advertising"). By accessing North Queensland Advertising you are agreeing to the following terms, which are designed to make sure that North Queensland Advertising works for everyone.
This policy is effective 6th May, 2013.
Using North Queensland Advertising
As a condition of using North Queensland Advertising online you agree that you will not:
- violate any laws;
- violate the Posting Policy;
- post any threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene or indecent material;
- be false or misleading;
- infringe any third-party right;
- distribute or contain spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
- distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm North Queensland Advertising or the interests or property of North Queensland Advertising users;
- impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or interfere with the proper working of North Queensland Advertising;
- copy, modify, or distribute any other person's content without their consent;
- use any robot spider, scraper or other automated means to access North Queensland Advertising and collect content for any purpose without our express written permission;
- harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent;
- bypass measures used to prevent or restrict access to North Queensland Advertising.
You are solely responsible for all information that you submit to North Queensland Advertising and any consequences that may result from your post. We reserve the right at our discretion to refuse or delete content that we believe is inappropriate or breaching the above terms. We also reserve the right at our discretion to restrict a user's usage of the site either temporarily or permanently, or refuse a user's registration.
Abusing North Queensland Advertising terms of use
North Queensland Advertising work together with the community to keep the site working properly and the community safe. Please report problems, offensive content and policy breaches to us using the customer support help desk.
Without limiting other remedies, we may issue warnings, limit or terminate our service, remove hosted content and take technical and legal steps to keep users off North Queensland Advertising if we think that they are creating problems or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. However, whether we decide to take any of these steps, remove hosted content or keep a user off Gold Coast Advertising or not, we do not accept any liability for monitoring North Queensland Advertising or for unauthorized or unlawful content on North Queensland Advertising or use of North Queensland Advertising by users.
Community marketplace
Some of North Queensland Advertising features may display your ad on other sites that are part of the North Queensland Advertising community, like on Gold Coast Advertising and other classifieds sites. By using North Queensland Advertising, you agree that your ads can be displayed on these other sites. The terms for our other sites are similar to these terms, but you may be subject to additional laws or other restrictions in the countries where your ad is posted. When you choose to post your ad on another site, you may be responsible for ensuring that it does not violate our other site policies. We may remove your ad if it is reported on any our sites, or if we believe it causes problems or violates any law or policy.
Fees and services offered
Using North Queensland Advertising is generally free, but we sometimes charge a fee for certain services. If the service you use incurs a fee, you'll be able to review and accept terms that will be clearly disclosed at the time you post your ad. Our fees are quoted in Australian Dollars, and we may change them from time to time. We'll notify you of changes to our fee policy by posting such changes on the site. We may choose to temporarily change our fees for promotional events or new services; these changes are effective when we announce the promotional event or new service.
Our fees are non-refundable, and you are responsible for paying them when they're due. If you don't, we may limit your ability to use the services. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees owed using other collection mechanisms.
Content on North Queensland Advertising
North Queensland Advertising contains content from us, you, and other users. North Queensland Advertising is protected by copyright laws and international treaties. Content displayed on or via North Queensland Advertising is protected as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to copyrights laws and international conventions. You agree not to copy, distribute or modify content from North Queensland Advertising without our express written consent. You may not disassemble or decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code contained in North Queensland Advertising.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any purposes any aspect of North Queensland Advertising (other than your own content). When you give us content, you are granting us and representing that you have the right to grant us, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights to that content.
Committing infringements on the website
Do not post content that infringes the rights of third parties, This includes, but is not limited to, content that infringes on intellectual property rights such as copyright and trademark (e.g. offering counterfeit items for sale). A large number of very varied products are offered on North Queensland Advertising by private individuals in Australia. Entitled parties, in particular the owners of copyright, trademark rights or other rights owned by third parties can report any offers which many infringe on their rights, and submit a request for this offer to be removed. If a legal representative of the entitled party reports this to us in the correct manner, products infringing on the intellectual property rights will be removed by North Queensland Advertising.