Website terms and conditions

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this website.

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy and website disclaimer, govern www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com’s relationship with you in relation to your use of this website.

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, “Us”, “Our” and “We” refers to www.instructionaldesign.com.au and “You” and “Your” refers to you, the client, visitor, website user or person using our website.

Amendment of terms

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check these terms regularly prior to using our website to ensure you are aware of any changes. We will endeavour to highlight any significant or substantive changes to you where possible. If you choose to use our website then we will regard that use as conclusive evidence of your agreement and acceptance that these terms govern your and www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com’s rights and obligations to each other.

Limitation of liability

It is an essential pre-condition to you using our website that you agree and accept that www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com is not legally responsible for any loss or damage you might suffer related to your use of the website, whether from errors or from omissions in our documents or information, any goods or services we may offer or from any other use of the website. This includes your use or reliance on any third party content, links, comments or advertisements. Your use of, or reliance on, any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific, personal requirements. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Competition and consumer act

For the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law, in particular Sections 51 to 53, 64 and 64A of Part 3-2, Division 1, Subdivision A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com’s liability for any breach of a term of this agreement is limited to: the supplying of the goods or services to you again; the replacement of the goods; or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied to you again.

You must be over 18 years of age to use this website and to purchase any goods or services.

Delivery of goods

Physical goods may be delivered by Australia Post and/or other reputable courier companies. Deliveries are processed promptly upon receipt of full payment. Delivery may take between 2 and 14 days, depending on the delivery option. Damaged or lost orders should be resolved with Australia Post or the courier company directly and we are not responsible for goods that are damaged in transit or not received. Replacement of damaged or lost items is made at the discretion of www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com.

Digital goods are delivered immediately. Please be aware there are inherent risks associated with downloading any software and digital goods. Should you have any technical problems downloading any of our goods, please contact us so we may try to assist you.

Returns and refunds

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com handles returns and processes refunds in accordance with the Australian Consumer Protection legislation.

Should you wish to return your order, please notify us within 30 days of purchase with a valid reason for return. If we are unable to resolve your complaint or further assist you, we will process a refund upon timely receipt of the goods purchased. Unopened goods will be refunded in full. Refunds will be processed promptly and payment made by the same method that you made payment. All refunds are made at the discretion of www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com

Links to other websites

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com may from time to time provide on its website, links to other websites, advertisements and information on those websites for your convenience. This does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval or arrangement between www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com and the owners of those websites. www.discoverlearning.com.au takes no responsibility for any of the content found on the linked websites.

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com’s website may contain information or advertisements provided by third parties for which www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any information or advice provided to you directly by third parties. We are making a ‘recommendation’ only and are not providing any advice nor do we take any responsibility for any advice received in this regard.

Disclaimer

To the fullest extent permitted by law, www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com absolutely disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com gives no warranty that the documents, goods or services will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components.

Whilst we, at all times endeavour to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information in its website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.

Where your organisation is subject to regulatory restrictions, compliance and similar for training, branding or marketing BRS Learning PTY LTD, trading as Hungry Minds Learning, takes no responsibility for breaches or conflicts. BRS Learning PTY LTD recommends clients seek legal advice before using material or acting on advice given by BRS Learning PTY LTD.

It is your sole responsibility and not the responsibility of www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com to bear any and all costs of servicing, repairs, or correction. The applicable law in your state or territory may not permit these exclusions, particularly the exclusions of some implied warranties. Some of the above may not apply to you but you must ensure you are aware of any risk you may be taking by using this website or any products or services that may be offered through it. It is your responsibility to do so.

Your privacy

At www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to maximize the services that we provide to you. www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com respects the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles. Please read our separate Privacy Policy carefully.

You may change your details at any time by advising us in writing via email. All information we receive from our customers, is protected by our secure servers. www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com’s secure server software encrypts all customer information before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all of the customer data www.instructionaldesign.com.au collects is secured against unauthorised use or access. Credit card information is not stored by us on our servers.

Third parties

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com does not and will not sell or deal in personal or customer information. We may however use in a general sense without any reference to your name, your information to create marketing statistics, identify user demands and to assist it in meeting customer needs generally. In addition, we may use the information that you provide to improve its website and its services but not for any other use.

Disclose your information

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com may be required, in certain circumstances, to disclose information in good faith and where www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com is required to do so in the following circumstances: by law or by any court; to enforce the terms of any of our customer agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers or third parties.

Exclusion of competitors

If you are in the business of creating similar documents, goods or services for the purpose of providing them for a fee to users, whether they be business users or domestic users, then you are a competitor of www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com.  ww.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com  expressly excludes and does not permit you to use or access our website, to download any documents or information from its website or obtain any such documents or information through a third party. If you breach this term then www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com will hold you fully responsible for any loss that we may sustain and further hold you accountable for all profits that you might make from such unpermitted and improper use. www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com reserves the right to exclude and deny any person access to our website, services or information in our sole discretion.

Copyright, trademark and restriction of use

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, trademarks and graphics. You are not permitted to reproduce the documents, information or materials on the website for the purposes of sale or the use by any third party. In particular you are not permitted to republish, upload, transmit electronically or otherwise or distribute any of the materials, documents or products that may be available for download from time to time on this website.

www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com expressly reserves all copyright and trademark in all documents, information and materials on our website and we reserve the right to take action against you if you breach any of these terms.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only; and you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material.

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Whole agreement

These terms and conditions represent the whole agreement between you and www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com concerning your use and access to www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com ’s website and your use and access to the documents and information on it. No other term is to be included in this agreement except where it is required to be included by any legislation of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory. All implied terms except those implied by statute and which cannot be expressly excluded are hereby expressly excluded.

Exclusion of  unenforceable terms

Where any clause or term above would by any applicable statute be illegal, void, or unenforceable in any State or Territory then such a clause shall not apply in that State or Territory and shall be deemed never to have been included in these terms and conditions in that State or Territory. Such a clause if legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory shall continue to be fully enforceable and part of this agreement in those other States and Territories. The deemed exclusion of any term pursuant to this paragraph shall not affect or modify the full enforceability and construction of the other clauses of these terms and conditions.

Education and training programs (including eLearning programs offered)

By using our services, you agree that www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com is not to be held liable for any decisions you make based on any of our services or guidance and any consequences, as a result, are your own. Under no circumstances can you hold www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com liable for any actions you take nor can you hold us or any of our employees liable for any loss or costs incurred by you as a result of any guidance, advice, coaching, materials or techniques used or provided by www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com.

All our information on both the website and in consultations is intended to assist you and does not in any way, nor is it intended to substitute professional, financial or legal advice. Results are not guaranteed and www.discoverlearning.com.au takes no responsibility for your actions, choices or decisions.

Additional terms & conditions are applicable to Instructional Design Courses. These can be reviewed in the course licence agreement.

Jurisdiction

This agreement and this website are subject to the laws of Victoria and Australia. If there is a dispute between you and www.hungryminds.wpenginepowered.com that results in litigation then you must submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.

General eLearning and consulting terms and conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to all eLearning and consulting sales unless otherwise specified in the provided proposal. “We/Our/Us” refers to Hungry Minds. “You/Client” refers the individual/organisation engaging our services.

Edits and revisions

We allow for up to two rounds of edits and a final ‘tweak’ per deliverable. We reserve the right to charge for additional time based on our standard day rates should effort exceed this. We will work in good faith to avoid additional charges, and no charges will be levied unless approval is granted in writing by the client.

Source material

Any source material such as existing content, including embedded images and videos is free from copyright protections and may be used by us. You indemnify us of any copyright breaches or other infringements connected with the use of the source material supplied.

Payment terms

A 50% deposit of the estimated total will be invoiced upon acceptance of the proposal. The remaining balance will be invoiced upon practical completion and is payable within 14 days.

Access to subject matter experts (SMEs)

To ensure the success of your project, we may require reasonable access to Subject Matter Experts (SME). SME’s will be cooperative, responsive, and professional.

Variations

We reserve the right to vary this proposal if any of the assumptions prove incorrect. We will work in good faith to avoid variations.

Remote work and travel

All work is performed remotely by consultants across Australia, using video conferencing as required. Any travel required will be charged on a time and materials basis.

Intellectual property (IP)

We will hand over all source files and retain no IP interest in the learning materials.

Cancellation policy

If the client requests to cancel the project once accepted, we may charge an amount up to costs expended and committed at the time of cancellation.

Regulatory compliance

Where your organisation is subject to regulatory restrictions, compliance and similar for training, branding, or marketing, we take no responsibility for breaches or conflicts. We recommend you seek legal advice before using material or acting on advice given by us.