Workforce Verification Website Terms of Use

1. Access to and use of the Workforce Verification Service, via the Website, is provided to You subject to these Terms. By accessing or using the Workforce Verification Service, You agree to be bound by these Terms. If You do not agree with or otherwise do not wish to accept these Terms (or any amendments notified pursuant to clause 3), do not use or access the Workforce Verification Service via the Website or register a Profile.
2. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. We will notify You of any such changes when You access the Website for the first time following the change and will make the latest version available on the Website. Your continued use of the Workforce Verification Service following the posting or notification of changes will mean You accept and agree to the changes.
3. These Terms govern Your use of the Workforce Verification Service accessed via the Website.

1. The Workforce Verification Service is a secure service to assist you to obtain various checks on potential employees to assess suitability for employment.
2. You must follow the instructions and directions given by us, including those provided via the Website, in order to use the Workforce Verification Service. Your use of the Workforce Verification Service will be limited and/or restricted if You do not comply with such instructions. 
   

Using the Website

1. If You use the Website, the information You provide, including details of the ID Documents You submit and whether they have been successfully checked, will be retained for a limited period to allow You to register a Profile for future use. Information will be retained in accordance with clause 10.
2. Subject to these Terms, we grant You a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Website for the sole purpose of using the Workforce Verification Service. 

Updates and notifications

1. We may send You service announcements, administrative messages, notification of updated terms and conditions and other information via the Website in connection with Your use of the Workforce Verification Service.
2. We may from time to time introduce other services that form part of, or complement, the Workforce Verification Service. We may also modify or cease offering the Workforce Verification Service, or any part thereof, at any time without prior notice to You. We will notify You, and obtain Your consent, before providing any service that attracts a charge. 

1. You must register a Profile in order to use the Website.
2. The first time You use the Website, You will be guided through the process to register a Profile for Your use of the Workforce Verification Service.
3. Each Profile is unique to each individual within an Organisation. The activity on each Profile will be tracked and You will be responsible for all activity on Your Profile.
4. Your Profile may not be recoverable, for example, if You do not enter the correct username and/or password. If Your Profile cannot be recovered for any reason, You will need to contact us in order to set up new access details. 

1. You represent and warrant that You will only provide true, accurate, current and complete information about Yourself and your Organisation as part of Your use of the Workforce Verification Service; and You will promptly update the information contained in Your Profile to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
2. You must not:
   (a) use the Workforce Verification Service to use or create a false identity, impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent Your affiliation with a person or entity;
   (b) use the Workforce Verification Service to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that You do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as Personal Information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
   (c) attempt to use or access the Workforce Verification Service otherwise than through the Website or other means expressly approved by Australia Post;
   (d) link to, frame or mirror any part of the Website without our prior written authorisation;
   (e) disrupt the operation of the Workforce Verification Service or any infrastructure that we or any Organisation operates;
   (f) breach or fail to comply with any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Workforce Verification Service, including using any device or software; or
   (g) gain unauthorised access to the Workforce Verification Service;
   (h) make any automated use of the Workforce Verification Service;
   (i) copy, decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Workforce Verification Service, the Website,any output from the Website, any files related to the Website, or any part of any of these, other than as expressly provided in these Terms or otherwise permitted by law;
   (j) use the Workforce Verification Service in connection with the contravention of any local, state, national or international law, whether intentional or not; or
   (k) attempt to do any of the foregoing, or allow or cause a third party to do or attempt to do any of the foregoing.
3. You represent and warrant to us that You have the capacity to accept and be bound by these Terms.

1. You may be required to use or update third-party software (such as the operating system and applicable software marketplace) on Your Device in order to obtain, install, update, access, use, or continue to access or use the Workforce Verification Service. You acknowledge and agree that:
   (a) we are not responsible for such third-party software or updates;
   (b) such third-party software (including updates) may be subject to their own terms and conditions, which we strongly recommend You review prior using the third-party software or to implementing the third-party update; and
   (c) if You are unable or unwilling to obtain or install such third-party software or updates, You may be unable to obtain, install, update, access, use, or continue to access or use the Workforce Verification Service.
2. Access to the Workforce Verification Service, or parts thereof, may require Your Device to be connected to the internet or require other third-party services. Your use of third-party services may be subject to fees and separate terms and conditions. You acknowledge that we are not liable for the activities of any such third parties. You are responsible for ensuring that Your installation and use of the Website does not cause You to exceed any data usage quotas or other limitations that may apply to Your internet service or other services acquired from third parties.
3. The Website may contain links to third-party websites or other third-party content or services. Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. Such links should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the third parties, or of any content or services provided by them. Your use of any third party-content or services may be subject to separate terms and conditions. 

1. The Workforce Verification Service may use a variety of security measures to protect Your Profile including access codes.
2. No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect Your information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information transmitted using the Workforce Verification Service. Nevertheless, once we receive transmissions from You, we will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information.
3. You must ensure Your security credentials remain secure. You must not share Your security credentials (such as an access code) with any other person or organisation except those employees permitted to use the Website, or allow any other person or organisation to impersonate You.
4. Whilst we may implement multi-factor authentication, it does not guarantee against unauthorised use of Your Profile. You are solely responsible for any use of the Workforce Verification Service using Your security credentials, whether or not such use has been authorised by You.
5. You must take Your own precautions to ensure that the process You employ for accessing the Workforce Verification Service does not expose You to the risk of viruses, malicious code or other forms of interference which may damage Your Device. We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to Devices which arises in connection with use of the Workforce Verification Service.
6. You must notify us immediately if:
   (a) You no longer have access to the telephone number linked to Your Profile (eg if Your telephone number changes); or
   (b) You suspect or have reason to believe there has been or might be any unauthorised or fraudulent use of Your Profile or any other breach of security. 

You acknowledge that a failure to comply with these requirements may affect Your use of the Workforce Verification Service and may compromise the security and integrity of Your Profile.

Term

1. These Terms are in force until terminated in accordance with this clause 7. The licences granted to You under these Terms are granted for the duration of these Terms.

Termination or suspension by us

1. We may immediately terminate these Terms and/or Your Profile, suspend Your Profile and/or Your access to the Workforce Verification Service, and refuse future use of the Workforce Verification Service, at our discretion, if we form a reasonable belief that You are in breach of these Terms or threaten to breach any part of these Terms, or if:
   (a) You do not provide information required for Your use of the Workforce Verification Service;
   (b) You provide information that is false, inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or not current;
   (c) You have engaged in any fraudulent behaviour or misconduct;
   (d) Your Profile has been compromised; or
   (e) we have reasonable grounds to suspect any of (a)–(d) above.
2. If we notify You of such termination
   (a) You must not access any other user Profile or register another Profile, or attempt to do so; and
   (b) You must not use the Workforce Verification Service again.
3. We may suspend or terminate the Workforce Verification Service or access to it, at our discretion, if we deem it necessary or prudent to do so:
   (a) in order to preserve the integrity and security of the Workforce Verification Service, the data collected from it, or any of our or an Organisation's equipment or systems;
   (b) for legal reasons, including any change in the law;
   (c) due to circumstances beyond our (or any of our sub-contractors') reasonable control, including disruption to network connections or equipment, denial of service attacks, strikes, lock-outs, labour disputes, acts of God, acts of nature, acts of government or their agencies, fire, flood, storm, riots, power shortages or power failure, war, terrorist acts, sabotage, or inability to obtain sufficient labour, raw materials, fuel or utilities; or
   (d) in order to perform support or maintenance of any infrastructure, systems or software used by us, or sub-contractors to provide the Workforce Verification Service.
4. If we terminate or suspend the Workforce Verification Service, Your Profile or these Terms, You may not be able to use the Website at all, or such use may be restricted, or You may not be able to access Your Profile.

Termination by You

1. You are under no obligation to continue using the Workforce Verification Services. If You no longer wish to use the Workforce Verification Services, Your Organisation may delete Your Profile and cease Your access to the Workforce Verification Service.

No limitation of other rights

1. Termination pursuant to this clause 7 will not affect any rights or remedies which either or us may have otherwise under this document or at law.
2. Nothing in this clause limits any right we may have pursuant to this document to modify the Workforce Verification Service, including by removing any features or to modify or cease offering the Workforce Verification Service or any part thereof. 

1. You acknowledge and agree that:
   (a) the Workforce Verification Service and the Website are provided on an 'as is' basis;
   (b) unless otherwise specified in these Terms or agreed pursuant to a separate written agreement between You and us, we will not be obliged to provide support for the Workforce Verification Service or Website, whether by providing advice, training, error-correction, modifications, updates, new releases or enhancements or otherwise, or to provide any hosting, telecommunication, internet or other services in relation to Your use of the Workforce Verification Service;
   (c) the Workforce Verification Service and Website cannot be guaranteed to be error-free, and the existence of any such errors will not constitute a breach of these Terms; and
   (d) You use the Workforce Verification Service and Website at Your own risk.
2. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in these Terms, including clause 3, and to the full extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable to You for any loss, including special, indirect or consequential damages, or claim, arising directly or indirectly from:
   (a) the supply of a defective Workforce Verification Service;
   (b) a failure to provide the Workforce Verification Service or any part thereof;
   (c) errors or interruptions occurring in the course of using, or as part of, the Workforce Verification Service or Website;
   (d) corruptions to or loss of data in connection with the Workforce Verification Service;
   (e) any suspension or discontinuance of the Workforce Verification Service or Website;
   (f) any use of the Workforce Verification Service by other users or any Organisation, including any use in a manner which contravenes these Terms; or
   (g) a breach of these Terms.
3. You may have rights under the Australian Consumer Law, including the Consumer Guarantees, which cannot lawfully be excluded and nothing in these Terms has the effect of excluding, restricting or modifying such rights and Consumer Guarantees.
4. You acknowledge that You have exercised Your independent judgment in using the Workforce Verification Service and have not relied on any representation that we have made which has not been stated expressly in these Terms or upon descriptions or illustrations or specifications contained in any document including catalogues or publicity material that we have produced.
5. You will indemnify us and hold us harmless fully against all liabilities, costs, losses, claims and expenses which we may incur to a third party as a result of Your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms. 

1. Australia Post and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property rights subsisting in the Website and Workforce Verification Service and any other Intellectual Property created in connection with these Terms Your use of the Workforce Verification Service. You agree to do anything necessary to assign any such Intellectual Property rights to us. You may not use any such Intellectual Property, other than as necessary for Your use of the Workforce Verification Service, without our express written consent.
2. These Terms do not constitute a transfer or conveyance of any Intellectual Property owned by us, including but not limited to all Intellectual Property associated with the Workforce Verification Service, the Website, and their functionality, features and content, or operate as a future transfer of any Intellectual Property owned by us any time thereafter.
3. You acknowledge that the Website and materials provided in the course of the Workforce Verification Service are protected by copyright and may also be protected as other forms of Intellectual Property owned by us or our licensors. You will not during or at any time after the termination of these Terms undertake or permit any act which infringes or attempts to infringe those Intellectual Property rights. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You specifically acknowledge that You must not copy the Website except as otherwise expressly authorised or acknowledged by these Terms.

1. Any disputes between You and any third party, including, without limitation, any Organisation, are to be resolved solely between You and that party.
2. These Terms are governed by and are to be construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia. Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in Victoria and courts of appeal from them in respect of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with these Terms. Each party irrevocably waives any objection to the venue of any legal process in these courts on the basis that the process has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
3. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, void or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of the Terms which will continue in full force and effect.
4. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.
5. We shall not be deemed to have waived any of our rights or remedies under these Terms unless such waiver is in writing and signed by one of our authorised officers. No delay or omission on our part in exercising any rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver of such rights or remedies.
6. These Terms constitute the entire agreement and understanding between You and us and supersede any and all prior communications, representations, agreements or understandings between You and us with respect to the subject matter of these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that You have not relied on any statement by us which has not been expressly included in this document.
7. You cannot assign, novate or otherwise transfer any of Your rights or obligations under these Terms without the prior written consent of Australia Post which consent can be granted or withheld in the absolute discretion of Australia Post. An assignment in breach of this clause 11.7is intended by the parties to be void and of no force and effect, and constitutes a breach entitling Australia Post to terminate these Terms.
8. Australia Post can assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under these Terms, including novation to a related body corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)), at its sole discretion on written notice to You (including notice via the Website).
9. Without limiting or impacting upon the continued operation of any clause which as a matter of construction is intended to survive the termination of this document, the following clauses survive the termination of these Terms: clauses 4, 0.3, 7.7, 8, 10 and this clause 11.9. Each indemnity offered by You in these Terms is a continuing obligation, independent from the other obligations of the parties and survives the termination of these Terms. It is not necessary for us to incur expense or make payment before enforcing a right of indemnity against You under these Terms.