FLOWERS ETC FLORIST

PREAMBLE

Flowers Etc. policies and procedures for handling customer information have been created with the understanding that Internet technologies are constantly evolving and that Internet business methods must also constantly evolve to meet the necessities and opportunities of the changing technologies.

As a result, Flowers Etc. policies and procedures are subject to change.

This privacy policy exists to ensure you, the user & viewer of this web site, that Flowers Etc. - the owner of this web site, nor ventraip - the web host and development provider, have any intention to abuse, mis-use or reveal to undesirous third parties, any sensitive information collected during your visit or communications with Flowers Etc. .

In essence, your privacy is as important to us as our own personal privacy.

PRIVACY POLICY

Viewing This Site

In the course of serving its customers, Flowers Etc. acquires, receives and stores customer communications and information that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this information - such as the customer's name, address, telephone number, and other data - is provided to Flowers Etc. by its customers in order to establish service.

During your visit to the FlowersEtc.com.au web site, the hosting server may record information including, but not limited to; your IP address, the time and date of your visit, the type and/or version of Operating System you are using, the Browsing Agent you are using (eg. Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc.), the pages you have viewed and how many bytes of data were transfered in the process.

It should be recognised that most of this information is willingly sent to the hosting server by you, via your browser, upon requesting pages for viewing.

The FlowersEtc.com.au web site also uses cookies, which are small pieces of information that a web site can store in a designated file on a user's computer, for various operations that are necessary for the site to function correctly.

Flowers Etc. and Ventraip will not use information gained from cookies or server logs for the purpose of selling or trading information with other companies for marketing or advertising purposes.

Email Archiving

Flowers Etc. may store customers' electronic mail (Email) and other communications for future reference. Archives of electronic communications and logs of web site use are kept by both Flowers Etc. and Ventraip for the following purposes:

* To aid in any investigations by Australian; police, courts of law, military, royal commissions, or federal security services. For Flowers Etc. or VENTRAIP to provide copies of communications as requested by any of the entities listed above, a warrant or similar notice as recognised in Australia to be authentic and authoritive, must be presented in such a way that VENTRAIP can obtain and keep a copy for future reference. Flowers Etc. reserves the right to provide information to international organisations that have the authority to uphold laws within their jurisdiction.

* To allow an artificially intelligent computer program to compare SPAM and other unwanted electronic communications, as specified by recipients, against legitimate and lawfully acceptable communications. This computer program does not keep a copy of emails for more than a week after being received. The sole purpose of the program is to build a set of rules, which help to prevent unwanted communications.

* To forward to the recipient or sender of the original communications. As communications generally have more than one owner, only communications sent from and delivered to a specific individual who holds an account with Oscillator can be supplied to that specific individual.
Archives of these communications can be accessed soley by Flowers Etc. and the proprietor of Ventraip. The proprietor of Ventraip will only access such communications by request of one of the owners of such communications.

It is a condition of use and a condition of the extraction and supply of archived communications, that users of the services hosted by Ventraip, including visitors to this site, will not hold Flowers Etc., Ventraip, or the owner of Ventraip, responsible or liable for any damages or infringements caused by the extraction of archived or logged information.

Data Security

Flowers Etc. and Ventraip will protect the confidentiality of its customers' information and personal communications to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law and the legitimate interests of Flowers Etc., Ventraip, their partners, their employees and their customers.

To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that is collected from customers on behalf of Flowers Etc., Ventraip has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place.

Disclosure of customer information and communications

Flowers Etc. and Ventraip will not otherwise disclose its customers' personal and account information unless either have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of Flowers Etc., Ventraip, their customers, or others, or where either Flowers Etc. or Ventraip have a belief that the law requires such disclosure.

Flowers Etc. and Ventraip also will not, except for reasons stated above or below, disclose to third parties the contents of any electronic mail or other electronic communications that Flowers Etc. or Ventraip store or transmit for their customers.

Ventraip disclaims any intention to censor, edit or engage in ongoing review or surveillance of communications stored on or transmitted through its facilities by customers or others. Ventraip will, however, review, delete or block access to communications that may harm Ventraip, its customers or third parties. The grounds on which Ventraip may take such action include, but are not limited to, actual or potential violations of Ventraip's Acceptable Use Policy.

Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to FlowersEtc.com.au.

Flowers Etc. provide their services to you, subject to the following conditions:

If you visit or shop at FlowersEtc.com.au, you accept these conditions, so please read them carefully.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit FlowersEtc.com.au or send an Email to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, by Email. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Flowers Etc., or its content suppliers, and protected by Australian and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Flowers Etc. and protected by Australian and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of Flowers Etc., or its software suppliers, and protected by Australian and international copyright laws.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

Flowers Etc. grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site only, and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Flowers Etc.. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

This site, or any portion of this site, may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Flowers Etc.. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any content of, or from, this site, without the express written consent of Flowers Etc..

You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing the names; Flowers Etc. or FlowersEtc.com.au, without the express written consent of Flowers Etc.. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Flowers Etc..

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of FlowersEtc.com.au, so long as the link does not portray the site, Flowers Etc., its suppliers, or their products or services in a false, misleading, fraudulent, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any FlowersEtc.com.au logo or other proprietary graphic as part of the link without the express written permission of Flowers Etc..

ORDERING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Flowers Etc. may sell products which are intended for the use of for children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card, or by other means. If you are under 18, you may use FlowersEtc.com.au only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Flowers Etc. and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

Flowers Etc. and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please use the contact form to notify us of your concerns, supplying your full name, your company, email address, phone number, and postal address, and if you are a legal advisor or an advisor to the concerned company, you must also describe your level of authority and relationship to the company.

RISK OF LOSS

All items purchased from Flowers Etc. are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

Flowers Etc. and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, Flowers Etc. does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by Flowers Etc. itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

PRICING

Flowers Etc. cannot confirm the price of an item until you order has been processed. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalog may be mispriced. If we discover a mispricing, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY FLOWERS ETC. ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. FLOWERS ETC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, FLOWERS ETC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FLOWERS ETC. DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR EMAIL SENT FROM FLOWERSETC.COM.AU ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. FLOWERS ETC. WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting FlowersEtc.com.au, you agree that the federal laws of the Commonwealth of Australia, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Flowers Etc. or its affiliates.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to FlowersEtc.com.au. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

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