Last Updated:  20th JUNE, 2026

CUSTOMER TERMS OF SERVICE

Welcome to our website, ECEC Events Calendar and the Early Childhood Resources Market. Our HQ is located in gorgeous Lake Macquarie, New South Australia on Awabakal Country.
When you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy and website disclaimer, govern the ECEC Events Calendar www.ececevents.com.au's relationship with you in relation to your use of this website.

DEFINITIONS

  • In reference to ‘we’, ‘our’, 'us", 'ECEC Events Calendar', or 'ECRM'  we are referring to: the Early Childhood Resources Market, its successors and assigns or any person acting on behalf of and with the authority of the Maureen Hayes T/as the Early Childhood Resources Market. 
  • References to ‘you’, ‘your’ or Customer refer to: either an individual customer browsing our website looking at ECEC events or a client organisation such as our Hosts/Sellers.
  • Authorised Contact: any legally nominated person by an entity or organisation to act of their behalf to discuss, manage, and authorised legally and financially binding decisions.
  • Parties means: meaning ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market and the Customer 
  • Services means: all services and products provided by ECEC Events Calendar and ECRM to the Hosts/Sellers and Customers. 
  • Quote means: the quotation provided to you, the Customer, setting out the services to be provided by ECEC Events Calendar and ECRM, providing an itemisation of advertising costs, inclusions and exclusions and all applicable terms.
  • Order means: an order for services placed on the online booking platform with the intent to purchase advertising space or with our Hosts/Sellers to attend an event.
  • Contract means: the agreement you have entered into by purchasing the services to which these terms apply i.e. contracts between ECEC Events Calendar, ECRM and the Host/Seller, and ECEC Events Calendar, ECRM and the Customer.
  • Price means: the price payable for the services as advertised on our website in relation to orders between between the ECEC Events Calendar, ECRM and you, the Customer. 


OVERVIEW

  • Welcome to ECEC Events Calendar (www.ececevents.com.au) by Maureen Hayes T/as the Early Childhood Resources Market. 
  • The terms "we", "us" and "our" refer to the ECEC Events Calendar, ECRM and the Early Childhood Resources Market.  The Early Childhood Resources Market operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services").
  • The ECEC Events Calendar at www.ececevents.com.au is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. 
  • The below terms and conditions, together with any policies referenced herein (these "Terms of Service" or "Terms") describe your rights and responsibilities when you use the Services. 
  • The order, grammar and punctuation of this term of service will also not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.
  • Please read these Terms of Service carefully, as they include important information about your legal rights and cover areas such as warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability. 
  • By visiting, interacting with or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy [LINK].
  • If you do not agree to these Terms of Service or Privacy Policy, you should not use or access our Services. 

SECTION 1 - ACCESS AND ACCOUNT 

  • By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age in your state or territory of residence, and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents or people residing with you, to use the Services on devices you own, purchase or manage. 
  • To use the Services, including accessing or browsing our online stores or purchasing any of the products or services we offer, you may be asked to provide certain information, such as your email address, billing, payment, and shipping information.
  • You represent and warrant that all the information you provide in our stores is correct, current and complete and that you have all rights necessary to provide this information. 
  • You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for all of your account activity.
  • You may not transfer, sell, assign, or license your account to any other person. 


SECTION 2 - EXCLUSION OF COMPETITORS

  • If you are in the business of operating similar collaborative events website, social pages, blogs or calendars and engage in the collective/collaborative promotion of educational training, services, workshops etc specific to the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector, Families and Communities in Australia and Internationally for the purpose of providing them for a fee to users, whether they be business users or domestic users, then you are a competitor of www.ececevents.com.au and the Early Childhood Resources Market.
  • ECEC Events Calendar, (www.ececevents.com.au), and the Early Childhood Resources Market expressly excludes and does not permit you to use or access our website, to download any documents or information from its website or obtain any such documents or information through a third party.
  • If you breach our exclusion of competitors policy, then ECEC Events Calendar, (www.ececevents.com.au), and the Early Childhood Resources Market will hold you fully responsible for any loss that we may sustain and further hold you accountable for all profits that you might make from such unauthorised and improper use. 
  • ECEC Events Calendar, (www.ececevents.com.au), and the Early Childhood Resources Market reserve the right to exclude and deny any person access to our website, services or information in our sole discretion.


    SECTION 3 - OUR PRODUCTS 

    ECEC Events provides an online platform where early childhood professionals, families and our community can browse educational and training events happening around Australia in the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector. From time to time, international study tours may also be listed by our Hosts/Seller's.

    • These events may include: ECEC Conference, Workshop, Stickybeak Tours, In-Service Training, On-Line Training, Educator Wellness and other key education and training events.
    • The events calendar provides customers with varied layout formats for ease of viewing such as: full month, card, agenda and week.
    • All Event details are submitted by our event hosts/sellers directly to our platform for ECRM approval.
    • Sellers must include detailed event description including: date, time, duration, location, event agenda, event photograph and links to their own website for any further information, bookings and payment.
    • No event payments are accepted on our website, these are all made directly with the event host/seller on their website.
    • We have made every effort to provide an accurate representation of the products and services in ECEC Events Calendar using the details directly uploaded to our platform by  Event Hosts/Sellers. 
    • However, please note that colours or image appearance may differ from how they may appear on your screen due to the type of device you use to access the store and your device settings and configuration.
    • We do not warrant that the appearance or quality of any services purchased by you will meet your expectations or be the same as depicted or rendered in our event calendar. 
    • All descriptions of products/services are subject to change at any time without notice at our sole discretion of our event Host/Sellers and us.
    • We reserve the right to discontinue any event at any time and may limit the quantities of any events that we offer to any one person, geographic region or jurisdiction, on a case-by-case basis.


    SECTION 4 - ORDERS and PAYMENT     

    ORDERS:

    • You represent and warrant that your purchases are for your own professional learning, childcare service and/or family are not for commercial resale or copying; in whole or in part.
    • We use our best efforts to ensure that the Charges for the Services advised to you are correct. 
    • The charges for the Services are in Australian dollars ($AUD), and are inclusive of goods and services tax (“GST”) unless otherwise clearly stated.
    • No event payments are accepted on our website, these are all made directly with the event Host/Seller on their individual websites.
    • Please ensure you have read in full all the details regarding the event and that you are able to meet all of the requirements of the event includingbut not limited to; full availability for event schedule, afford the costs associated with the event, familiarised yourself with the refund, transfer and/or cancellation policy, any event prerequisites of the Host/Seller.
    • When you place a booking with one of our Hosts/Sellers, you are entering into a legally binding purchase directly between yourself and event Host/Seller.
    • Event host/Sellers reserves the right to either accept or decline your order for any reason at their sole discretion.
    • Please confirm receipt of your event booking from the Host/Seller.
    • Upon receipt of your order confirmation, ensure all sales details are accurate and contact the Host within 7 days if any items need clarification or adjustment.
    • Individual Hosts/Sellers reserve the right to set and use their own payment methods.
    • Not all Hosts/Sellers will offer and accept the same payment services.
    • When purchasing Services from our Hosts/Sellers, you must pay for them:
      (a) at the time of booking the event, one-off Services, or an annual payment for ongoing Services, or a subscription to receive Services; or
      (b) on the monthly billing date or the annual billing date as advised to you in your Order Confirmation, if it is a purchase of ongoing Services, or a subscription to receive Services paid for on a monthly, half-yearly or annual basis; or
      (c) on the scheduled payment periods as advised to you in your Order Confirmation, if you choose a payment plan for your purchase of one-off Services, ongoing Services or a subscription to receive Services.

    PAYMENT:
    • Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the terms of payment for the services provided on this website are strictly prepaid at the time of original purchase. 
    • You may pay for the goods and services using the payment methods outlined by the relevant Hosts/Sellers.
    • If you are unsure about any of the Hosts/Sellers payment terms and conditions, please contact them directly to clarify your questions prior to finalising your booking with them.
    • Invoices will be issued and payable directly to the Host by the due date in respect of every event order, notwithstanding that the balance of the order has not been nor will be delivered for any reason.
    • Where any payment is not made by the due date, Hosts at their discretion, may be entitled to charge interest or a late payment fee on any overdue portion from the date the payment was due until the date payment is made (both dates inclusive).
    •  Please read Host T&C's thoroughly to ensure you fully understand their payment terms and conditions.
    • All payments must be made in Australian dollars only.
    • If the Hosts/Sellers cannot successfully process payment for your order, they reserve the right to cancel or reject your order at their sole discretion.


    SECTION 5 - PRICES AND BILLING 

    • All prices on our website are quoted in $AUD Australian Dollars only.
    • All prices on our website include GST unless clearly stated otherwise.
    • Prices, discounts and promotions are subject to change without notice by ECRM and Hosts/Sellers.
    • The price charged for a product or service will be the price in effect at the time the order is placed and will be set out in your order confirmation email.
    • Unless otherwise expressly stated, posted prices do not include shipping, handling, customs or import charges. 
    • Prices posted in our online stores may be different from prices offered in physical stores or in online or other stores operated by third parties.
    • We may offer, from time to time, promotions on the Services that may affect pricing and that are governed by terms and conditions separate from these Terms.
    • If there is a conflict between the terms for a promotion and these Terms, the promotion terms will govern. 
    • You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase, payment and account information for all purchases made at our stores.
    • You agree to promptly update your account and other information, including your email address, credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. 
    • You represent and warrant that:
      (i) the credit card information you provide to our Hosts/Sellers is true, correct, and complete,
      (ii) you are duly and legally authorised to use such credit card for the purchase,
      (iii) charges incurred by you will be honoured by your credit card company, and 
      (iv) you will pay charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including shipping and handling charges and all applicable taxes, if any. 

    SECTION 6 - SHIPPING AND DELIVERY

    • The ECEC Events Calendar by ECRM is an events listing only platform.
    • We do not anticipate the postage of resources from our website at this time. 
    • If however, you do purchase services that require delivery - the Host's policies and procedures are applicable regarding delivery and the following also apply;
      • once hosts/sellers transfer products to the carrier, risk of loss passes to you the customer.
      • insurance of goods in transit is always highly recommended.
      • you acknowledge that any person accepting delivery of your posted order at the delivery address is authorised by you to receive your order.
      • if no one accepts delivery of your order at the delivery address, couriers may arrange for delivery at a different time and they may charge you an additional delivery fee or,
      • the delivery may be left at your premises with your prior approval.
      • risk in the goods passes to you on delivery.
      • all quoted delivery or consignment dates are estimates only.
      • Hosts are not responsible for delays caused by shipping carriers, customs processing, natural weather occurrences or events outside their control.

    SECTION 7 - PROMOTIONS
    • From time to time, Event Hosts and ECRM may elect to off special promotional pricing options on the ECEC Event Calendar website. 
    • Both reserve the right to amend or cancel their promotions at any time, without prior notice.
    • Special prices, promotions, offers and discounts maybe for a limited time only, subject to product/services availability, and otherwise subject to change.
    • Only one promotional code can be used per customer, per transaction.


    SECTION 8 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    • Our Services, including but not limited to all trademarks, brands, text, displays, images, graphics, product reviews, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof, are owned by ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market, Maureen Hayes, its affiliates or licensors and are protected by U.S. and foreign patent, copyright and other intellectual property laws. 
    • These Terms permit you to use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use only.
    • You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on the Services without our prior written consent.
    • Except as expressly provided herein, nothing in these Terms grants or shall be construed as granting a license or other rights to you under any patent, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property of ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market, Maureen Hayes, Shopify or any third party.
    • Unauthorised use of the Services may be a violation of Australian federal and state intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market and Maureen Hayes. 
    • ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market's names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market or its affiliates or licensors.
    • You must not use such trademarks without the prior written permission of ECEC Events Calendar and the Early Childhood Resources Market 
    • Shopify's name, logo, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Shopify.
    • All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. 


    SECTION 9 - OPTIONAL TOOLS

    • You may be provided with access to customer tools offered by third parties as part of the Services, which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input. 
    • You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools "as is" and "as available" without any warranties, representations or conditions of any kind and without any endorsement. 
    • We shall have no liability whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of optional third-party tools. 
    • Any use by you of the optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s). 
    • We may also, in the future, offer new features through the Services (including the release of new tools and resources). Such new features shall also be deemed part of the Services and are subject to these Terms of Service. 


    SECTION 10 - THIRD-PARTY LINKS

    • The Services may contain materials and hyperlinks to websites provided or operated by third parties (including any embedded third party functionality).
    • We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy of any third-party materials or websites you choose to access.
    • If you decide to leave the Services to access these materials or third party sites, you do so at your own risk. 
    • We are not liable for any harm or damages related to your access of any third-party websites, or your purchase or use of any products, services, resources, or content on any third-party websites.
    • Please review carefully the third-party's policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction.
    • Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products and services should be directed to the third-party. 

    SECTION 11 - RELATIONSHIP WITH SHOPIFY 

    • Our website, www.ececevents.com.au, is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you.
    • However, any sales and purchases you make in our Store are made directly with ECRM and not Shopify.
    • By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that Shopify is not responsible for any aspect of any sales between you and ECEC Events Calendar and ERCM, including any injury, damage, or loss resulting from purchased products and services.
    • You hereby expressly release Shopify and its affiliates from all claims, damages, and liabilities arising from or related to your purchases and transactions with ECEC Events Calendar and ECRM.

    SECTION 12 - PRIVACY POLICY

    • All personal information we collect through the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy, which can be viewed here [LINK], and certain personal information may be subject to Shopify's Privacy Policy, which can be viewed here.
    • By using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read the quoted and linked  privacy policies. 
    • Because the Services are hosted by Shopify, Shopify collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you.
    • Information you submit to the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify as well as third parties that may be located in other countries than where you reside, in order to provide services to you.
    • Review our privacy policy [LINK] for more details on how we, Shopify, and our partners use your personal information. 

    SECTION 12a - PRIVACY - CHILDREN'S DATA

    • The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the legal age of 18 years of age in your state or territory within Australia.
    • International visitors to our website: The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction and country of origin.
    • If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details listed at the bottom of this policy, to request that it be deleted.
    • As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.


    SECTION 13 - WE ARE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE!
    In using our website, you agree to abide by the following:

    • We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all our users.
    • We believe that everyone has the right to feel safe, welcome, and valued. Our community celebrates diversity in all its forms. Including culture, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, faith, and sexual orientation.
    • We strive to foster a culture of mutual respect where people can be their whole, authentic selves without fear of judgment, discrimination or harrasment.
    • Users must not post any content, or engage in any behaviour that we may consider is racist, discriminatory, promotes hate speech or crimes, leave doxing comments, or engage in any interactions that causes the exclusion of others by the promotion of fear, persecution and intimidation online - either via our website. email or our social pages.
    • If users are found to be engaging in any of the behaviours as outlined above, they will be immediately and permanently removed from our website and subsequent sister sites.

     
    SECTION 14 - FEEDBACK 

    • If you submit, upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any ideas, suggestions, feedback, reviews, proposals, plans, or other content (collectively, "Feedback"), you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute and display such Feedback in any medium for any purpose, including for commercial use.
    • We may, for example, use our rights under this license to operate, provide, evaluate, enhance, improve and promote the Services and to perform our obligations and exercise our rights under the Terms of Service. 
      You also represent and warrant that:
      (i) you own or have all necessary rights to all Feedback;
      (ii) you have disclosed any compensation or incentives received in connection with your submission of Feedback; and
      (iii) your Feedback will comply with these Terms. We are and shall be under no obligation
      (1) to maintain your Feedback in confidence;
      (2) to pay compensation for your Feedback; or
      (3) to respond to your Feedback.
    • We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove Feedback that we determine in our sole discretion to be unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service. 
    • You agree that your Feedback will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right.
    • You further agree that your Feedback will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene Feedback, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Services or any related website.
    • You may not use a false email address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any Feedback.
    • You are solely responsible for any Feedback you make and its accuracy.
    • We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Feedback posted by you or any third-party. 

    SECTION 15 - WEBSITE DESIGN CHANGES and FEATURES
    • ECEC Events Calendar reserves the right to continually monitor and update our platform and website without prior notice. 
    • Continual improvement will result in a better and more efficient browsing and shopping experience for everyone.
    • If there is a design element you would like to see, or something that is not working quite as expected, please contact us at: calendar@ecresouresmarket.com.au


    SECTION 16 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS     

    • Please remember that unfortunately sometimes errors or inaccuracies may occur within our website and that of our Hosts/Sellers - we are all only human after all! 
    • We want to keep our sites managed by human hands and minds; this imperfection is what makes us special and unique and we do our very best to omit any mistakes within our sites.
    • Occasionally there may be information on or in the Services that contain typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, event inclusions and exclusions, product shipping charges, transit times and availability.
    • We reserve the right and so do our Hosts/Seller to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order). 


    SECTION 17 - PROHIBITED USES 

    • You may access and use the Services for lawful purposes only. You may not access or use the Services, directly or indirectly:
      (a) for any unlawful or malicious purpose;
      (b) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;
      (c) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;
      (d) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or harm any of our employees or any other person;
      (e) to transmit false or misleading information;
      (f) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the these Terms;
      (g) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation;
      (h) to impersonate or attempt to impersonate any other person or entity; or
      (i) to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm Natural Play for Children, Shopify or users of the Services, or expose them to liability.
    • In addition, you agree not to:
      (a) upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Services;
      (b) reproduce, duplicate, copy, extract, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Services;
      (c) collect or track the personal information of others;
      (d) spam, phish, pharm, or pretext the services;
      (e) use any robot, spider, scraping, data gathering and extraction tools, automatic devices or processes, AI tools (such as agentic AI) or automated or manual means to access the Services; or
      (f) interfere with, bypass, or circumvent the security or authorisation features, robot exclusion headers, or other measures we employ to restrict access to the Services.
    • We reserve the right to suspend, disable, or terminate your account at any time, without notice, if we determine that you have violated any part of these Terms. 

    SECTION 18 - AGENTS

    • 18.1 This section ("Agent Terms") applies if you use, allow, enable, or cause the deployment of an Agent to access, use, or interact with any Services. "Agent" means any software or service that takes autonomous or semi-autonomous action on behalf of, or at the instruction of, any person or entity and that can be executed on behalf of or using persons device, without direct supervision. 
      18.2 No Agent may access, use, or interact with Services unless, at all times, it identifies itself and operates in strict accordance with the requirements in section 18.4 below. In addition, no Agent may access, use, or interact with Services if we have requested that the Agent refrain from accessing, using, or interacting with any service.
      18.3 We may limit, including by technical measures, whether and how any Agent accesses, uses, and interacts with Services.
      18.4 Agents must:
      (i)       in all HTTP/HTTPS requests, identify that the request is from an Agent and disclose the name of the Agent by including the following in the request's user agent string: "Agent/[agent name]";
      (ii) not conceal or obfuscate that any access, use, or interactions are from an Agent, such as by (a) mimicking human behaviour and interaction patterns, or (b) completing or circumventing CAPTCHAs or measures intended to distinguish computer use from humans,
      (iii) respond truthfully to any question or prompt seeking to determine if interactions are coming from a human or a computer,
      (iv) not circumvent or otherwise avoid any measure intended to block, limit, modify, or control whether and how Agents access, use, or interact with the Services.

    SECTION 19 - TERMINATION

    • We may terminate this agreement or your access to the Services (or any part thereof) in our sole discretion at any time without notice, and you will remain liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination. 
    • The following sections will continue to apply following any termination: Intellectual Property, Feedback, Termination, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Severability, Waiver; Entire Agreement, Assignment, Governing Law, Privacy Policy, and any other provisions that by their nature should survive termination. 
    • Our Host's have years of experience in their relative fields of expertise. Rebranding and plagerism of their educational materials/resources will result in the immediate suspension from our platform/website and possible legal action.

    SECTION 20 - DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES 

    • The information presented on or through the Services is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information.
    • Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
    • We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Services, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. 
    • EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED BY ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market, THE SERVICES AND ALL PRODUCTS OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE' FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DURABILITY, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

    SECTION 21 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

    • TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO CASE SHALL ECEC Events Calendar and the Early Childhood Resources Market and ECEC Events Calendar, OUR PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS, OR THOSE OF SHOPIFY AND ITS AFFILIATES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, REPLACEMENT COSTS, OR ANY SIMILAR DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES OR ANY PRODUCTS PROCURED USING THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT (OR PRODUCT) POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY. 


    SECTION 22 - INDEMNIFICATION

    • You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ECEC Events Calendar, the Early Childhood Resources Market, Shopify, and our affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, licensors, and service providers from any losses, damages, liabilities or claims, including reasonable attorneys' fees, payable to any third party due to or arising out of
      (1) your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they incorporate by reference,
      (2) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party, or
      (3) your access to and use of the Services. 
    • We will notify you of any indemnifiable claim, provided that a failure to promptly notify will not relieve you of your obligations unless you are materially prejudiced.
    • We may control the defense and settlement of such claim at your expense, including choice of counsel, but will not settle any claim requiring non-monetary obligations from you without your consent (not to be unreasonably withheld).
    • You will cooperate in the defense of indemnified claims, including by providing relevant documents. 
       

    SECTION 23 - SEVERABILITY

    • In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions. 


    SECTION 24 - WAIVER; ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

    • The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. 
    • These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this site or in respect to the Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service). 
    • Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party. 

    SECTION 25 - ASSIGNMENT

    • You may not delegate, transfer or assign this Agreement or any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent, and any such attempt will be null and void.
    • We may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations without consent or notice to you. 


    SECTION 26 - GOVERNING LAW and JURISDICTION

    • These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the federal and state or territorial courts in the jurisdiction where ECRM is headquartered which is Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
    • You and the ECEC Events Calendar and ECRM consent to a venue and personal jurisdiction in such courts in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


    SECTION 27 - HEADINGS

    • The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms. 
    • The order, grammar and punctuation of the policy headings will also not limit or otherwise affect these Terms. 


    SECTION28 - CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE

    • You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page. 
    • We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to update, change, or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website.
    • It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes.
    • We will notify you of any material changes to these Terms in accordance with applicable law, and such changes will be effective on the date specified in the notice.
    • Your continued use of or access to the Services following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes. 

    SECTION 29 - CONTACT INFORMATION
    Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at our business contact information as listed below:

    Maureen Hayes
    ECEC Events Calendar
    Early Childhood Resources Market 
    P O Box 149 
    WARNERS BAY NSW 2282
    AUSTRALIA
    PH:  +61 2 4040-5365 or (0478) 609425
    E:  calendar@ecresourcesmarket.com.au
    W: www.ececevents.com.au