Terms of Use

Any person who accesses or uses Doing Co platform website, whether a public only user or a user to content that requires a log in (each a “User” (and also referred to herein as “you” or with reference to such use “your”)) agrees to the following terms and conditions.

If you don't agree to, or follow the Terms of Use, you should not use or access DCo’s platform website.

1. Appropriate Use

1.1 A User must not:

  • limit or constrict the availability or quality of DCo platform website features. DCo reserves the exclusive right to take any actions necessary to enforce this compliance requirement

  • use DCo platform website to post, submit or otherwise distribute unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene or offensive materials nor post submit upload or distribute any confidential information, or, in relation to another individual, any personal information or personal identifiable information or sensitive information (as defined under applicable privacy laws)

  • use the DCo platform website in any way that may violate third-party rights including (but not limited to) Intellectual Property Rights (such as copyright) or privacy rights

  • access or attempt to access the DCo platform website using interfaces other than those made available by the DCo platform website.

1.2 Users must, where required to, register via a log in for access to features and content on the DCo platform provide for this purpose lawfully required personal information accurately and up to-date. DCo has the exclusive right to verify and deny access where such data is incomplete, inappropriate, misleading or missing.

1.3 A User acknowledges that to the extent permitted by law DCo is neither responsible nor liable for any damages or costs or harm resulting from:

  • use of the DCo platform website by a User or any use of linked websites (per Section 6)

  • reliance and any actions based on information displayed on the DCo platform website

  • downloading information or content posted by other Users on the DCo platform website and any unauthorised disclosure of such information or content that result from its processing, display or storage on the DCo platform website

  • temporary or permanent inability of a User to access or retrieve information or content from the DCo platform website

  • viruses, worms, trojan horses, or any similar contamination or destructive programmes that affect the DCo platform website including on computers or other terminal equipment in connection with visiting, using and/or downloading content data of any kind from the DCo platform website. A User is responsible for protecting their own equipment from viruses and other risks.

In addition, DCo:

  • does not take responsibility for any content on the DCo platform website that is incomplete, inaccurate or not up to date.

  • reserves at its discretion (but is not obliged) to track and/or remove content from the DCo platform website.

2. Disclaimer

2.1 The DCo platform website is provided “as is” and “as available” with no express or implied warranties of any kind. This includes (but is not limited to) any implied warranties of:

  • fitness for a particular purpose;

  • merchantability;

  • non-infringement and;

  • title.

3. DCo platform website -Content and Intellectual Property Rights

3.1 User content

  • A User who posts, submit, upload or distribute content (whether data or files), that it holds Intellectual Property Rights in, expressly authorises DCo (and its supplier per Section 10) and other Users to access it and use it in furtherance of the Purpose and in the context of its processing and display on the DCo platform website.

  • A User, who is an individual contributor of content in which it has IPR, agrees that that content maybe varied or enhanced by DCo (and its supplier per Section 10) in relation to the Purpose and for its processing and display on the DCo platform website and any resultant new IPR is deemed to be transferred to that individual contributor on creation

  • A User who is an individual contributor expressly permits DCo (and its supplier Shapeable per Section 10) to blend its contributed content into any new material created in relation to the Purpose and for its processing and display on the DCo platform website. Furthermore, such content will be subject to the CCPL as referred to in Section 5 provided existing IPR is reserved

  • A User acknowledges and agrees in summary that, whether in form original contribution content or subsequent enhanced or varied or blended new content, such content will be subject to the CCPL in Section 5 provided existing IPR is reserved.

3.2 DCo and supplier (per Section 10) Intellectual Property Rights

DCo reserves its IPR in content that is its originating information and data, and, based on that, subsequently any newly created structured data, text, imagery, charts (image based), charting data, framework of topics and interactive visualization-all of which is displayed and accessible on the DCo platform website.

In addition, in relation to DCo’s supplier (per Section 10) its name and logo are its registered trademarks and Users are not authorized to use them. A User is also not authorised to use DCo’s logo or trademarks.

DCo and its supplier (per Section 10) otherwise reserve all IPR which has not been otherwise expressly granted.

In these Terms of Use, reference to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) means any patent, rights in any patent, registered design, unregistered design right, industrial design, domain name rights, copyright (including any right in software), moral rights, database right or topography right, and any trade secret, trade mark or service mark, trade or business name, goodwill, or, rights in confidential information and knowhow, and any associated or similar rights (whether or not these have been registered) and in all cases including applications for registration of such items

4. Publications

The content of any articles published on the DCo platform website expresses the opinion of the author of the respective content. Other than the content of articles created and published by DCo, for other published content this is not done on the basis of DCo’s endorsement of the views or content expressed within.

5. Content Licensing

5.1 Users may make use of DCo platform website content (in this section referred to as “material ") under the terms of Creative Commons Public License being “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International” (the “CCPL”) as summarised below and also at CCPL.

DCo reserve the right to revoke the CCPL at its sole discretion.

Under this CCPL, Users may copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format provided that:

  • The intent and integrity of the material is maintained.

  • Users attribute the material to both the respective author and to DCo.

  • Attribution must not suggest that either DCo or the respective author endorse the User or their use of the material

  • Where you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

5.2 The Section 5.1 CCPL does not apply to DCo’s nor its platform website supplier (see Section 10) name and logo nor to other third-party materials, trademarks, names and logos, website, interface elements or source code.

Where DCo places other website links on the DCo platform website these may connect Users to external or third-party websites that may or may not be related to the DCo platform website and as such may not be under its control.

DCo is not responsible for the content of external or third-party websites. The presence of these external links does not represent DCo’s endorsement of the views or content on third-party websites but instead are done for the User’s convenience with respect to the Purpose.

DCo disclaim any liability for any content that appears on any external site and so navigating to external websites through links on the DCo platform website is done at the sole risk of a User.

7. Amendments

DCo may amend these Terms of Use at any time by notice on this DCo platform website. Amendments will be effective immediately upon publication. After posting the notice, the User’s continued use of the DCo platform website will be deemed as acceptance of the amended Terms of Use.

A User may reasonably request by email to DCo that factual inaccuracies or errors in content (including in relation to accreditations) on the DCo platform website be amended by DCo.

8. Severability

If any part or provision of these Terms of Use is prohibited or void at law or otherwise illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, that part or provision is deemed to be modified to the extent required to remedy the illegality, unenforceability, or invalidity. If a modification is not possible, the part or provision must be treated for all purposes as severed from these Terms of Use. The remainder of these Terms of Use will be binding on a User

9. Applicable Law

These Terms of Use will be governed and interpreted by the laws of Australia.

10. DCo’s supplier - Shapeable Pty Limited

Shapeable Pty Limited is an Australian incorporated supplier to DCo and an innovation consultancy and SaaS provider of a proprietary online software platform instance to DCo that forms the basis of the DCo platform website.

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