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Users Policy

As a user of our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood, and you agree to, the following statements:

Website Content

That, our developers, managers and owners, EMANILA.com Pty Ltd (EMANILA.com) and its staff do not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the content, comments, opinions or statements hosted by their customers and clients, banner exchange participants, advertisers, vendors or partners. Information, products, and services offered, sold or placed online including those submitted for directory listing belong to the respective companies or individuals who place them there and who do not represent EMANILA.com.

Editorials and Comments

That, the opinions or views expressed in The Filipino Australian including those expressed in the Editorial or columnists pages are solely those of the editors, writers or columnists and are not necessarily endorsed by this website or EMANILA.com Pty Ltd.

Merchantability

That, EMANILA.com is not responsible for the content, quality or merchantability of any information, product or service offered and the user must assume full responsibility to evaluate independently the accuracy, completeness, quality and usefulness of any information or other content.

Online Security and Privacy

That, EMANILA.com is not responsible for any breach of the user’s online security or privacy by reason of publication of the user’s email address or other details on any pages inside emanila.com or its network sites including any forum pages, letters and comments, feedback, and other web pages where the user’s email address is published.

No Warranty

That, you acknowledge that EMANILA.com has expressly disclaimed any and all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to any warranties of accuracy, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose by any vendor, customer, client, or associate offering information, products, and services through EMANILA.com’s web site, linked to EMANILA.com’s web site, or hosting with Emanila; that, you agree that EMANILA.com is not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information, product or service offered by others who are linked to the emanila.com Web site or hosted on its server. EMANILA.com shall not be liable for any actual or alleged damages sustained, or that may be sustained, arising out of use of the information, products and services.

Copyrights

That, you agree that by submitting or posting material to The Filipino Australian web site, you are hereby making a representation that you have copyright to the material you are submitting or that you have secured the consent of the copyright owners for you to use the material and that you agree to free us from any liability or harm that may arise from the use of such material.

That, you also agree that by submitting or posting material to this web site, the owners or their staff may edit or delete the material for legal, space or other reasons and may republish it in another internet site or in other media including newspapers, magazines, and books without giving you prior notice or obtaining your consent.

Promotions

That, you agree that EMANILA.com or The Filipino Australian may include their own, or third party, promotion materials in emails and news alerts sent to subscribers or members.

Indemnity

That, you agree that EMANILA.COM Pty Ltd, emanila.com or The Filipino Australian are not responsible for any inaccuracy or incompleteness that might arise due to typographical errors in electronic transmissions or for any other errors whatsoever, including delays in transmission, relating to your correspondence with EMANILA.com, The Filipino Australian, or to any of our staff or staff of our other web sites.

That, you agree that the only liability of EMANILA.com and The Filipino Australian in the event of errors in any of their web pages shall be the correction or removal of the erroneous information after verification.

Changes in Terms

That these Terms and Conditions of Use should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and with our Editorial Policy located below.

That, these Terms of Use may change without notice, and it is your responsibility to visit this page from time to time so that you are aware of our Terms of Use before continuing your use of this website.

Editorial Policy

This policy governs the submission and publication of material in The Filipino Australian website and related sites.

1. The focus of The Filipino Australian is the Filipinos in Australia, Filipino Australian community, and Australian events with impact on the wider and multicultural Australian society.

2. Whilst news and other content contributions including opinions are welcome, The Filipino Australian reserves the right to publish the submitted material, or to publish the submitted material in an edited form to conform to the standards of the web site. The website Editor and/or Publisher have the discretion to reject materials submitted for publication. News content covers text, graphics, hardcopy photos or scanned images.

3. Contributors of unsolicited material may be required to provide the following personal details: full name, email address, physical address, telephone number, educational background and writing experience.

4. By posting materials for publication at The Filipino Australian, the poster agrees to be bound by the Terms of Use of this website as well as by this Policy. Since it may not be practicable for this website to authenticate all information submitted, the poster makes the following representations:

(a) The material is poster’s original works, or the results of the poster’s researches, or that if the material has been published earlier, the member-poster has copyright to the material including any graphics or images that the member-poster uses, or that if part of the material is owned by third party(ies), the member-poster has obtained the written permission of the said copyright owner(s), or that if the article is based on research, appropriate attribution or bibliography is indicated from where the information has been sourced.

(b) The poster confers to The Filipino Australian, EMANILA.com or any of their assigns the right to republish the material in other webpages or in other media – electronic or otherwise- including magazines, periodicals, books and similar publications without obtaining the poster’s written permission, subject to The Filipino Australianor EMANILA.com ensuring that appropriate attribution is made in the re-publication.

(c ) Frees The Filipino Australian, EMANILA.com or any of their staff from any liabilities or damages, legal or otherwise, that may arise from the publication of the poster’s material brought by third parties.

5. Materials for publication are accepted subject to the following conditions:

(a) Graphics or scanned images should be no larger than 425pixels wide x 375 pixels high, 25kb in file size, and in jpeg or gif format.

(b) The poster acknowledges that this web site or its staff can exercise their discretion in (1) editing or deleting part of the text to suit the audience of the website, (ii) cropping or moving the images to conform to the standards of the website, or (iii ) rejecting the material for publication.

(c) The poster acknowledges that this website or its staff can delete any text or graphics inserted in news, stories or announcements which directly or indirectly promote a business, product or service.

This policy may be amended to reflect changing market conditions. Content contributors are encouraged to visit this page regularly for any changes.