Website Terms and Conditions

We appreciate that legal documents can be difficult to understand and tedious to read. However, it is important to read and understand these Terms and Conditions and we appreciate your time in reading this.

These Terms and Conditions (the ‘Terms’) apply to the use of our website, happygift.com.au, sub-domains, and any associated Products and Services (collectively, the ‘Website’), as owned and operated by Happy Group Holdings Pty Ltd t/a HappyGift “HappyGift” ABN 26 627 752 345, registered office address:

HappyGift
Unit 17, 1 Chaplin Drive
Lane Cove West NSW 2066
Australia
hello@happygift.com.au

1. About the Website

1.1. The Website provides services (the ‘Services’) that facilitate the purchasing and management of products such as gift vouchers (‘Goods’) on behalf of HappyGift’s customers (the ‘Merchants’).

1.2. The Website is operated by HappyGift. Access to and use of the Website and Services is provided by HappyGift. By using, browsing and/or reading the Website and Services, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the Website, or any of the Services immediately.

1.3. HappyGift reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion and without specific notice to you. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication and by continuing to use the Website or Services you agree to be bound to any such changes to the Terms. Therefore, it is important that you review the Terms periodically to make sure you still agree to them.

2. Acceptance of the Terms

You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you by HappyGift in the user interface.

Our Merchants may also have their own terms and conditions and by purchasing Goods and using the Services you also accept such terms and conditions.

3. Registration to use the Services

3.1. In order to access the Services, you may be required to register for an account through the Website before you can access the Services (the 'Account').

3.2. As part of the registration process, or as part of your continued use of the Services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details), including:

(a) Email address

(b) Mailing address

(d) Password

3.3. You warrant that any information you give to HappyGift in the course of completing the registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.

3.4. Once you have completed the registration process, you will be a registered member of the Website ('Member') and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you are not a Member then you are a Visitor.

3.5. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:

(a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with HappyGift; or

(b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

4. Your obligations as a Member or Visitor

4.1. As a Member or Visitor, you agree to comply with the following:

(a) you will use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by:

i. the Terms; and

ii. any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions;

(b) you have the sole responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of your password and/or email address. Use of your password by any other person may result in the immediate cancellation of the Services;

(c) any use of your registration information by any other person, or third parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to immediately notify HappyGift of any unauthorised use of your password or email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware;

(d) access and use of the Website is limited, non-transferable and allows for the sole use of the Website by you for the purposes of HappyGift providing the Services;

(e) you will not use the Services or the Website in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by the management of HappyGift;

(f) you will not use the Services or Website for any illegal and/or unauthorised use which includes collecting email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorised framing of or linking to the Website;

(g) you agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from the Website without notice and may result in termination of the Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken by HappyGift for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Website; and

(h) you acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Website or its Services is prohibited.

5. Payment

5.1. Where the option is given to you, you may make payment for the Goods or Services (the Fee’) by way of credit card or other indicated means.

5.2. Payments made for the Fee may be made using Stripe or PayPal. In using the Website, the Services or when making any payment in relation to Goods or your use of the Services, you warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Stripe and PayPal terms and conditions which are available on their websites.

5.3. You acknowledge and agree that where a request for the payment of the Fee is returned or denied, for whatever reason, by your financial institution or is unpaid by you for any other reason, then you are liable for any costs, including banking fees and charges, associated with the Fee .

5.4. You agree and acknowledge that HappyGift and our Merchants can vary the Fee at any time.

6. Refund Policy

6.1 HappyGift will only provide you with a refund of the Fee in respect to any Services in the event they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if the manager of HappyGift makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances (the 'Refund').

6.2 HappyGift will not under any circumstances provide a refund in respect to any Goods. Payments for Goods are taken by our Merchants directly and any request for refund or dispute regarding the Goods must be taken up with our Merchants directly.

7. Copyright and Intellectual Property

7.1. The Website, the Services and all of the related products of HappyGift are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Website, code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by HappyGift, its Merchants, or its contributors.

7.2. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by HappyGift or its Merchants, who grant to you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license whilst you are a Member or Visitor to:

(a) use the Website pursuant to the Terms;

(b) copy and store the Website and the material contained in the Website in your device's cache memory; and

7.3. HappyGift does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Website or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by HappyGift.

7.4. HappyGift retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any:

(a) business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or

(b) a right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or

(c) a thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system or process),

to you.

7.5. You may not, without the prior written permission of HappyGift and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or third party Services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms. This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely available for re-use or are in the public domain.

7.6. Where you broadcast, publish, upload, transmit, post, or distribute content on the Website (‘Your Content’), then you grant to HappyGift a non-exlusive, transferrable, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to broadcast, republish, upload to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show, or play in public, adapt or change Your Content.

8. Privacy

HappyGift takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your use of the Website and/or Services are subject to HappyGift's Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website.

9. General Disclaimer

9.1. Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.

9.2. Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:

(a) all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded; and

(b) HappyGift will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.

9.3. Use of the Website and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors and licensors of HappyGift make any express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services (including the products or Services of HappyGift) referred to on the Website. includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:

(a) failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;

(b) the accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Website, the Services, or any of its Services related products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);

(d) the Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your convenience.

10. Limitation of liability

10.1. HappyGift's total liability arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.

10.2. You expressly understand and agree that HappyGift, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.

11. Termination of Contract

11.1. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by HappyGift as set out below.

11.2. If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:

(a) providing HappyGift with 30 days' notice of your intention to terminate; and

(b) closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where HappyGift has made this option available to you.

Your notice should be sent, in writing, to HappyGift via email to hello@happygift.com.au.

11.3. HappyGift may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:

(a) you have breached any provision of the Terms or intend to breach any provision;

(b) HappyGift is required to do so by law;

11.4. Subject to local applicable laws, HappyGift reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your membership at any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts HappyGift's name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.

12. Indemnity

12.1. You agree to indemnify HappyGift, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against:

(a) all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or arising out of or in connection with Your Content;

(b) any direct or indirect consequences of you accessing, using or transacting on the Website or attempts to do so; and/or

13. Dispute Resolution

13.1. Compulsory:

If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).

13.2. Notice:

A party to the Terms claiming a dispute ('Dispute') has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.

13.3. Resolution:

On receipt of that notice ('Notice') by that other party, the parties to the Terms ('Parties') must:

1.1. Within 14 days of the Notice endeavour in good faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means upon which they may mutually agree;

1.2. If for any reason whatsoever, 14 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the President of the Australian Mediation Association or his or her nominee;

1.3. The Parties are equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation and without limiting the foregoing undertake to pay any amounts requested by the mediator as a pre-condition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must each pay their own costs associated with the mediation;

1.4. The mediation will be held in Sydney, Australia.

13.4. Confidential:

All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.

13.5. Termination of Mediation:

If 4 weeks have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the mediator must do so.

14. Venue and Jurisdiction

The Services offered by HappyGift is intended to be viewed by residents of Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be in the courts of New South Wales, Australia.

15. Governing Law

The Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

16. Independent Legal Advice

Both parties confirm and declare that the provisions of the Terms are fair and reasonable and both parties having taken the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice and declare the Terms are not against public policy on the grounds of inequality or bargaining power or general grounds of restraint of trade.

17. Severance

If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.

Updated 6 July 2021