Acknowledgment and acceptance of Terms of Use
These Terms of Use govern your use of this site, including access to this site via your computer or mobile phone at the website located at Strong & Deadly Futures, which is owned and operated by the University of Sydney (USYD).
Access to and use of this site is subject to your acceptance of these Terms of Use.
By accessing this site you accept and consent to, without limitation or qualification, all of the Terms of Use. Before using this site please review these Terms of Use carefully.
The Commonwealth Department of Health, USYD have an obligation to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of your personal health information. Your personal health information will only be used or disclosed in accordance with the Commonwealth Department of health’s privacy obligations for commonwealth contracts (https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy-law/privacy-archive/privacy-resources-archive/information-sheet-private-sector-14-2001-privacy-obligations-for-commonwealth-contracts).
The USYD reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use or the Program without notice to you at anytime, however, we will post the amended Terms of Use onto this site (Strong & Deadly Futures).
You will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the revised Terms of Use if you continue to use any login section of the site after notice of the revised Terms of Use has been placed on the site.
Your access to this site will commence upon our acceptance of your application for registration which will be confirmed to you via email and/or SMS.
Who is this site for?
If you are over 18 years of age, and are seeking help for your own mental health or alcohol/other drug use concerns, please contact your treating medical practitioner or crisis lines such as the Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 and Alcohol and Drug Information Service 9361 8000 (Sydney) or free call 1800 422 599.
If you are at risk of harming yourself or another person you should not use or continue to use this site, but should seek urgent medical advice from either your treating medical practitioner, mental health care professional, an emergency department of a hospital or, if in immediate danger, call the emergency number “000”.
As the laws of other countries may differ from Australia, this site is designed to only be used by people who are residents of and located in Australia. You must not use this site if you live in or are located overseas.
Disclosure of Content
USYD has an obligation to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of your personal health information. Your personal health information will only be used or disclosed in accordance with the with the Commonwealth Department of Health privacy obligations for commonwealth contracts. You may enter personal information, such as health, racial, ethnic, or gender details into the program. USYD, and this site will only use this information for purpose of storing and processing it on your behalf.
USYD, and this site will not access or monitor your use of the program except:
- In the website analytics to monitor the volume of traffic and use of the site,
- for use by us or our authorised nominees for internal research and program evaluation purposes (without, however, disclosing your identity or any other personal information that you may post). This research is enabled under strict privacy protocols and allowed by the USYD Research Ethics Committee.
USYD, and this site will not disclose content that you post to the Program, except:
- to investigate possible breaches of these Terms of Use;
- if a law requires or authorises the use or disclosure of content that you post;
- if disclosure is reasonably necessary to enable an enforcement body to perform its function, including:
- the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of criminal offences; and
- the preparation for, or conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal, or implementation of the orders of a court or tribunal.
Your obligations
You are solely responsible for any content or material that you post or upload on this site, or that is posted by another person using your user name or password. USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health excludes all liability (to the extent permitted by law) for any loss, damage, or expenses suffered by you or claims made against you arising from content or material which you post or upload on this site, or which is posted by another person (whether using your username or password or otherwise).
Our obligations to you
USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health will take reasonable steps to ensure the security and confidentiality of material that you post or upload onto this site. However, we cannot guarantee against any loss, damage, alteration or misuse of the content or material, and will not be responsible for any harm that you or any other person may suffer in connection with any loss, damage, alteration or misuse of material posted or uploaded onto this site.
USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health will use its best efforts to provide high availability of this site, but this cannot be guaranteed outside normal business hours. We are not responsible for any deletion, alteration, or loss of data due to network or system outages, file corruption, accidental deletion, incompatibilities, or any other reasons. We make no guarantees as to server reliability, speed, or consistency, and cannot be held liable for such.
Fees and charges and cancellation
There is no fee or charge for you to register with this site. However, if you access this site through the use of a mobile phone or the Internet, your normal phone/Internet/data charges will apply.
There is no minimum contract associated with the use of this site. You may choose to stop using this site at any time.
Continuation of this site
We reserve the right to discontinue this site at any time and for any reason.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
This site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the site's operation or the information, content or materials included on this site. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, the administrators of this site, USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health hereby disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. Neither this site, USYD nor the Commonwealth Department of Health will be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of or inability to use this site. You expressly agree that you use this site solely at your own risk.
The materials displayed on this site (“Content”), including without limitation all information, text, materials, graphics, names, logos and trademarks are for information purposes only. It should not be relied on as a substitute for professional advice on your or any other person’s health, or the assessment, treatment, or prevention of any disease. Persons accessing this site do so at their own risk. You should always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you have regarding a medical condition. You should never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of your result provided by anything you read on this site.
USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health have no responsibility or liability in relation to any direct or indirect loss or damage that you incur, including but not limited to damage to your software or hardware or mobile phone or injury to you or anyone else arising from your use of or access to this site. USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability, or fitness for purpose of the Content or this site to your specific situation.
USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health do not warrant that this site or functions contained in this site, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that our server or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
To the extent permitted by law, all representations, conditions or warranties, whether based in statute, common law or otherwise, are excluded. In the case of breach of condition or warranty implied by law or otherwise that cannot be excluded, the liability of USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Access to and Ownership of Program Content
The Content in this site is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws and the rights of USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health and/or their third party licensors. You obtain no interest in the this site Content.
The Content, material, logos, and illustrations provided in this site are the property of the this site, USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health, and may not be reproduced or redistributed or otherwise used for any other purpose without permission. You must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, upload to a third party, post, transmit, distribute, or communicate to the public the Content (or a substantial part of it) in any way except as expressly provided for in these Terms of Use or under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable laws.
You are granted the right to view this site Content using your web browser and mobile phone for your own personal use.
By submitting content or materials to this site, you consent to USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health exercising all rights in respect of such content or materials as are set out in these Terms of Use even if the exercise of such rights would, but for this consent, infringe any moral rights that you may have in such content or materials.
Quality of Information
Any errors in the Content that are brought to our attention will be corrected as soon as possible. USYD reserve the right to change any Content on this site at any time without notice.
Content rights
USYD may filter, remove or refuse to post files that interfere with the technical operations of this site, including files which threaten to overload or crash a system.
External links
Links to external websites on this site are provided on an information source basis only. USYD and the Commonwealth of Health make no warranty and accept no responsibility or liability in relation to any information, products, services or advice provided by these external links and any views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily represent those of USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health. You acknowledge that you enter any third party websites at your own risk.
Complaints, technical help and technical fault reporting
If you have a complaint about the Program, you may contact: strongdeadly.org.au/contact
If you have any technical problems with the Program, you may contact: strongdeadly.org.au/contact
Please note that personal medical advice is not available on thissite from USYD and the Commonwealth Department of Health.
For personal medical advice please contact your treating medical practitioner or crisis lines such as the Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 and Alcohol and Drug Information Service 9361 8000 (Sydney) or free call 1800 422 599 for assistance with accessing mental health and/or drug and alcohol treatment or advice.
Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by and are to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia.
(Last updated on 15 November, 2018)