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Terms of Use

The terms and conditions that govern your use of the Growth Partners website and Services. Please read them alongside our Website Privacy Policy.

Growth Partners Limited

Acceptance of terms

These Terms of Use are to be read in conjunction with the Website Privacy Policy. By accessing this Website, you indicate that you have read and agreed to these Terms of Use and the Website Privacy Policy.

It is a condition of your use of this Website that you observe the Terms of Use at all times. Growth Partners reserves the right to update or amend these Terms of Use at any time and your continued use of the Website and/or Services following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms of Use regularly for any changes.

Website tools

Calculators and other interactive tools that may be used on this Website from time to time are intended to be illustrative only. Growth Partners does not represent or warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information provided by those calculators and interactive tools.

Website information

The information on this Website has been provided by Growth Partners for informational purposes. Growth Partners does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the materials on this Website. Growth Partners does not accept any liability for any loss or damage directly or indirectly arising from any information contained on this Website.

Growth Partners may at any time change the information available on this Website, without notice, including discontinuing all or any aspects of this Website. Growth Partners will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise directly or indirectly as a result of such changes. No content on this Website can or may change any contract for products or services that you may have with Growth Partners.

When transmitting your personal information over this Website, you should remember that the internet is not always a secure environment.

The Services

The Website may, from time to time, provide access to features such as user accounts, communication tools (including email, bulletin boards, chat areas, forums or other messaging facilities), interactive tools, downloadable resources or other features designed to enable you to interact with Growth Partners or with other users (Services). Unless stated otherwise, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.

User account, password and security

If a particular Service requires you to open an account, you will be required to complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with that Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and for all activities that take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify Growth Partners of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will Growth Partners be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person's account at any time.

User responsibilities

As a user of the Website and the Services, you agree not to engage in any conduct that is unlawful, harmful or disruptive. This includes but is not limited to:

Posting or transmitting defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, obscene or otherwise inappropriate content;
Using the Website or Services for any illegal or unauthorised purpose;
Attempting to gain unauthorised access to any portion of the Website, the Services or any other systems or networks connected to the Website;
Interfering with or disrupting the operation of the Website or Services, including by introducing viruses, malware or other harmful code; and
Using the Website or Services to send unsolicited commercial communications (spam) or to harvest information about other users.

Growth Partners reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, breaches this section, including removing content, suspending or terminating access and reporting conduct to law enforcement authorities.

Termination

Growth Partners has the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation breach of these Terms of Use. Growth Partners may also at any time, in its sole discretion, discontinue the Website and/or Services or any part of them without prior notice and you agree that Growth Partners shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website and/or Services.

Third party websites

The Website and/or Services may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of those websites and you acknowledge and agree that Growth Partners is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites. Other third parties may have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies and your use of their services will be governed by and subject to their terms and conditions and privacy policy. Growth Partners accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, any third party website or service linked from the Website.

Feedback and user content

Growth Partners may allow users of our products or Services to provide feedback or other content on our Website about their experience with Growth Partners and our products or Services. Any feedback or content you provide must be accurate and must not contain offensive, defamatory or inappropriate language or content. Growth Partners may monitor, edit or remove any such content at its sole discretion.

Where you submit feedback, suggestions, comments or other content to the Website, you grant Growth Partners a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, modify and display that content for the purposes of operating, improving and promoting the Website, the Services and our business.

Intellectual property rights

The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source code connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws (Protected Content). In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the Protected Content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the Protected Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

The Protected Content is and at all times remains the property of Growth Partners. Growth Partners does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you grant Growth Partners a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such content for as long as you elect to display it via the Services. The licence shall terminate when such content is deleted from the Services.

Disclaimers

Use of the Website and/or Services is at your own risk. The Website and Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Growth Partners will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits or goodwill) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website and/or Services, even if Growth Partners has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.

You agree to indemnify and hold Growth Partners harmless from and against any breach by you of these Terms of Use and any claim or demand brought against Growth Partners by any third party arising out of your use of the Services and/or any content submitted, posted or transmitted through the Services. This includes without limitation all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) however suffered or incurred by Growth Partners in consequence of your breach of these Terms of Use.

Materials on this Website may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. Growth Partners does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the materials or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed or distributed through the Website. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum or information shall be at your sole risk. Growth Partners reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Website and to make any other changes to the Website, the materials and the products, programs, services or prices (if any) described in the Website at any time without notice.

Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to limit any rights you may have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, the Fair Trading Act 1986 or any other applicable consumer protection laws that cannot be lawfully excluded.

Waiver

Growth Partners will not be deemed to have waived any right under these Terms of Use unless the waiver is in writing. A failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right by Growth Partners under these Terms of Use will not operate as a waiver of that right.

Severance

If any of these Terms of Use should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, then such term or condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms of Use shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Governing law

The use of this Website and these Terms of Use are governed by the laws of New Zealand and any disputes arising out of the same shall be resolved by the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand.

Notification of changes

All the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. We encourage you to check back periodically to review these Terms of Use for any changes since your last visit.

Questions or comments

If you have any questions or comments about the Growth Partners Website or these Terms of Use and/or the way they affect you, please contact Growth Partners via our contact page.

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