Petstar.co.nz is a website for sharing pet facts and photos with other pet lovers. It is operated by Petstar.co.nz Ltd., a privately held company in Auckland, NZ. By using the Petstar.co.nz website, you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"). Nothing in these Terms of Service should be construed to confer any rights to third party beneficiaries.
We reserve the right to modify or terminate the dogster.com service for any reason, and without notice, without liability to you, any other Member or any third party. We also reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service from time to time without notice. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Service so that you will be apprised of any changes.
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password and you will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. We may refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else, is or may be protected by trademark or proprietary rights law, or is vulgar, offensive or otherwise inappropriate, as determined by us in our sole discretion.
The Petstar.co.nz service is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. Businesses, organizations or other legal entities may not use the Petstar.co.nz service for any purpose.
You may not use the Petstar.co.nz service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including laws regulating the export of data from New Zealand or your country of residence. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, photos, links and other content ("Materials") that you submit, post, and display on the Petstar.co.nz service.
We may, but shall have no obligation to, remove Materials that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or infringes or violates any party's intellectual property or other proprietary rights or these Terms of Service.
For your information, since Petstar.co.nz is a family site, anything that may be deemed by the Petstar community to be obscene will be removed or edited with or without your notice.
Other examples of illegal or unauthorized uses include, but are not limited to:
modifying, adapting, translating, or reverse engineering any portion of the Petstar.co.nz service; using any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion or the dogster.com service; collecting any information about other Members (including usernames and/or email addresses) for unauthorized purposes; reformatting or framing any portion of the web pages or site images that are part of the Petstar.co.nz service; creating user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; creating or transmitting unwanted electronic communications such as "spam," or chain letters to other Members or otherwise interfering with other Member's enjoyment of the service; submitting Materials of any third party without such third party's prior written consent; directing any user (for example, by linking) to any Materials of any third party without such third party's prior written consent; submitting Materials that falsely express or imply that such Materials are sponsored or endorsed by Petstar.co.nz; submitting Materials that infringe, misappropriate or violate the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party; transmitting any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature; submitting Materials that are unlawful or promote or encourage illegal activity; or submitting false or misleading information.
While Petstar.co.nz prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and agree that you nonetheless may be exposed to such Materials and that you use the dogster.com service at your own risk.
By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the Petstar.co.nz service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, right to publicly display or re-display such Materials in other formats not simply limited to websites.
Except as expressly authorized by Petstar Ltd., you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display or sell any of Petstar.co.nz?¬¨¬¢‚Äö?Ñ????°¬¨¬Æ‚Äö?Ñ????´¬¨¬¢s proprietary information which includes the sum of all postings and photos to the site. The Petstar logo and " Petstar.co.nz " are trademarks of Petstar ltd "
Our collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy. Click here to review the Petstar.co.nz Privacy Policy. You understand and agree that Petstar.co.nz may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or protect the rights and property of Petstar.co.nz, its affiliates or the public.
Petstar.co.nz and Petstar Ltd. disclaim any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of information or materials displayed on the Petstar.co.nz service. Petstar disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct of any Member.
THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE, AND ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS OBTAINED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICES), PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. PETSTAR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You agree to hold harmless and indemnify Petstar from and against any third party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the Petstar.co.nz service, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL PETSTAR BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE, WHETHER OR NOT PETSTAR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY (I) WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE PETSTAR.CO.NZ SERVICE (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES), AND (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
These Terms of Service will apply to your use of the Petstar.co.nz service. We may terminate your membership immediately at any time, for any reason. Once your membership terminates, you will have no right to use the Petstar.co.nz service. Our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and miscellaneous provisions shall survive any termination of your membership.
Petstar may provide you with notices regarding the Petstar.co.nz service or these Terms of Service by regular mail, email, or postings to this Web site.
These Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws New Zealand,
Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall Petstar be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you and Petstar with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms of Service by a party will be effective only if in writing and signed by a party.
It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe that your copyright has been infringed on Petstar.co.nz Service, please email us at support@petstar.co.nz with ?¬¨¬¢‚Äö?Ñ????°¬¨¬Æ??¬®Infringement?¬¨¬¢‚Äö?Ñ????°¬¨¬Æ¬¨¬®?? in the subject line please detail as much information as possible about the alleged infringement and we will respond in due course.