Any, and all, information contained within this Internet Web site (the Web site and all information herein shall be jointly referred to as "Site Content"), under the registered URL name, newshit.com.au.

The Site Content has been prepared to provide general information and entertainment only. It is not intended to constitute or be construed as providing substantive professional advice. Programming of the Site Content is not intended to create, nor does its reception instigate, a professional-client relationship between ‘News Hit’ and the receiver.

We have taken every effort to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the information broadcasted onto the site, ‘News Hit’ does not take any responsibility for errors or omission of fact contained within any Site Content.

All articles, opinions, and commentary contained herein are the opinions of our contributors and not the opinions of News Hit's editors or owners, though News Hit Ltd endeavours to remain impartial and objective, content is published with the interests of entertaining and informing. Content which is found to be inflammatory or offensive or in anyway unlawful will be removed.

We advise readers to take substantive professional advice, especially with matters regarding the implementation of law, before acting upon any Site Content, ‘News Hit’, is not responsible for any action resulting from a reliance on the Site Content herein.

‘News Hit’ is not responsible for any action you or others take which relies or responds to Site Content. ‘News Hit’ disclaims all accountability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any persons relying on any Site Content, particularly with matters regarding negligence or other default.

‘News Hit’ does not maintain that site content will not cause any damage, virus, errors, or defects; as such ‘News Hit’ is not liable to any users suffering loss or damage as a result of use of any Site Content herein.

‘News Hit’ (our founders, editors, and contributors) do not necessarily sanction any Site Content linked to and contained on other web sites linked herein and makes no warranties or representations regarding the safety or suitability of Site Content for purpose, accuracy and quality, of any such programming.

Terms & Conditions

STATEMENT REGARDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Welcome to our ‘News Hit’. These are our Terms & Conditions for use of the our Web Site which you may access in several ways, including but not limited to the web, PDAs, mobile phones and RSS feeds. These Terms & Conditions apply whenever you access the Web site or its content, regardless of how you access the Web Site or its content.

Use of this site

1. ‘News Hit’ is the owner and operator of this Site.

2. By using this Web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, which can be subject to change at News Hit’s sole discretion. Your use of and access to this Site indicates your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, as they exist at that time.

Intellectual Property

3. All content on this Web site belongs to ‘News Hit’ or its advertisers or affiliates. In viewing our content you obtain no claim in any intellectual property. All content on this Web site is protected by Australian and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not do anything which interferes with or breaches those laws or the intellectual property rights in the content herein.

4. You may download and view our content or print a copy of material contained within this Web site for personal, non-commercial use provided you do not modify the content in any way (including any copyright notice). All rights not expressly granted under these terms of use are reserved by ‘News Hit’. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy, or republish anything you find on the Site without the owners’ consent.

5. The newshit.com.au logo, the logos of ‘News Hit’s’ content are registered trademarks of ‘News Hit’. Other trademarks may be displayed on our Web site, these may belong to third parties and are protected by similar copyright and trademark laws. No content displayed on the Web site should be construed as granting any claim or right to use or reproduce any logo, trademark or banner displayed on the Web site, without the express written permission of the relevant owner.

Liability & Indemnity

6. ‘News Hit’ does not guarantee the accuracy of the content on the Web site. The content is provided to you is as accurate and timely as we can ensure, you therefore accept these Terms & Conditions on the condition that you undertake all responsibility for assessing the accuracy of content and rely on it at your own risk. All content on the Web site may be altered at ‘News Hit Limited’s’ sole discretion and without notice.

7. ‘News Hit’ is not accountable for any loss or damage that you incur, including damage to your software or hardware, arising from your use of or access to this Web site.

8. ‘News Hit’ does not guarantee that functions contained in the Site content, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that ‘News Hit’ or our host server, are free of viruses or bugs.

9. To the extent permitted by law, all other representations, conditions or warranties, whether based in statute, common law or otherwise are excluded. Liability of ‘News Hit’, for any breach of a term or condition implied by law is limited at ‘News Hit’s’ discretion, to the supply of any service again or the payment for the cost of having any service supplied again.

10. You indemnify ‘News Hit’ and each of their directors, editors, contributors and agents against any action, claim, loss or expense which it incurs as a result of your use of the Site.

Third Party Content & Links

11. This Web site may include third party content which is subject to that third party's terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this Web site should be interpreted as permitting any license or right for you to use that content.

12. This Web site may include links to third party sites, ‘News Hit’ has no control over the content contained therein. The appearance of those links on this site does not indicate any relationship between ‘News Hit Limited’ and that third party or any endorsement by ‘News Hit’ of that third party, its site or the products or services which it is advertising on this Web site.

Contributing Content

13. When submitting content to ‘News Hit’ in any format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant ‘News Hit’ a non-exclusive, royalty –free, perpetual license to publish that content.

14. You agree that ‘News Hit’ can use that content in any way, now and in the future. ‘News Hit’ also reserves the right not to use the content you submit, subject to our editor’s discretion.

15. You warrant that you have all of the necessary rights, including copyright, in the content you contribute, that your content is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any law.

16. You indemnify ‘News Hit’ against any and all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by ‘News Hit’ as a result of a breach of the above warranty.

General

17. These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria, and the Commonwealth of Australia.

18. Users will not use this site for any purposes which are in any way unlawful.

Privacy Policy

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIVACY POLICY

‘News Hit’ acknowledges the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information obtained. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the word ‘clients’ includes visitors to our web sites, subscribers to and users of our services, purchasers of our products and advertising customers.

‘News Hit’ is bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) regarding the handling of any personal information. Where appropriate we will handle personal information relying on the media exemption (but complying with the Australian Press Council Privacy Standards), related bodies corporate exemption and the employee exemption in the Privacy Act.

Personal Information

We obtain personal information when we provide our services to you. We try to ensure that you are informed as to why we are collecting information when we collect it and we try to ensure that you are informed as to how we plan to use it.

We usually collect personal information directly from you although sometimes we may use agents or service providers to do this for us. We may also acquire lists from other sources, both from other companies and from other public documents.

Use of Information

When collecting personal information such as your name, address, and telephone number, it is for the purposes of offering our services, we will always seek your consent to obtain such information.

Your information is used to maintain our services for you, and in the fulfilment of administrative functions. Where your personal information is contained within an advertisement which we publish for you, we may also use your information for publication of that same advertisement in other media, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the initial agreement.

Use by Third Parties

‘News Hit’ will not disclose any personal information without your prior consent.

Use of Aggregate Data

We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our goods and services including our Web pages for your computer (e.g., the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet Service Provider). We may use such non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of our sites.

Security

‘News Hit’ endeavours to guarantee the security, integrity and privacy of all personally identifiable information of our clients. We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures to prevent misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure of all personal information.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.

Access to Personal Information

You have a right to access your personal information and if we lawfully deny access in some circumstances you will be informed.

If access is required, requests can be made by contacting Taha Khan or Craig Butt (as set out at the end of this document).

Public Information

Any information posted on message boards becomes public information. While ‘News Hit’ endeavours to ensure your privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose in any message boards, forums, or chat rooms.

Cookies

‘Cookies’ refers to data that is transferred from Web sites to computer storage devices used by the client for record-keeping purposes. Cookies facilitate a client’s access to and usage of a site. They provide the ability to analyse usage trends and to codify this data to better target and improve our content. If you do not consent to information being obtained through the use of Cookies, it is a simple procedure accessible in most browsers which allows you to deny or accept Cookies. However please note that Cookies may be required to access some of our Site Content.

Online Links to Third Party Sites

‘News Hit’ may establish relationships with partners that allow visitors to our Web site to link directly to sites operated by these partners. These sites may collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. This Privacy Statement will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner.

‘News Hit’ is not accountable for the content of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links are provided solely for the user's convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by ‘News Hit’ regarding content, policies or practices of those third party sites. When following any such links, we advise that you refer to their site policies before continuing.

For Further Information

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require access to your information, or if you have any complaints regarding information privacy. If any of our content is in any way or form overtly offensive or defamatory in any way or form, please do not hesitate to contact us and we shall endeavour to remedy any transgressions.

Taha Khan - tk@newshit.com.au

Craig Butt - craigbutt@newshit.com.au