At Seven Steps to Writing Success, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to maximise the services that we provide. Seven Steps to Writing Success respects the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles. By visiting www.sevenstepswriting.com you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.

Providing us with personal information

Through purchasing a product or service online, or providing personal details to us in any other form throughout our website, the information you provide will be stored securely and confidentially.

Credit card information is not stored by us on our servers and is secure even from our staff.

To help us personalise and improve your shopping experience please ensure your personal details are kept up to date. If you choose not to provide certain information, it may inhibit our ability to properly service your needs. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as answering your questions and requests, shipping your products and communicating to you about your order(s) and any special offers that we may have.

There are additional sources of user information that are automatically collected and stored. Like many web sites, we use ‘cookies’ to track information about how you use our site and to make return visits to our site more convenient. The Help button of the toolbar on most browsers can tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie or how to disable cookies.

Do we share information?

Seven Steps to Writing Success reserves the right to disclose public information including such things as purchases, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.

Seven Steps to Writing Success does not and will not sell or deal in personal or customer information. We may however use your information in a general sense without any reference to your name, to create marketing statistics, identify user demands and to assist in meeting customer needs generally.

Seven Steps to Writing Success may be required, in certain circumstances, to disclose information in good faith and where Seven Steps to Writing Success is required to do so in the following circumstances: by law or by any court; to enforce the terms of any of our customer agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers or third parties.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us: [email protected].

Teacher Hub

Teacher Hub is deemed a restricted area and requires an account to access and use its materials.

Registration

To be eligible for an individual account on our website (Sited as ‘Teacher Hub’), you must be at least 18 years of age. You or your school may register for an account with our website by completing and submitting the account registration form on our website, and clicking on the verification link in the email that the website will send to you.

The Teacher Hub 14-day free trial will automatically request payment after 14 days if you do not cancel or contact Seven Steps to Writing Success to cancel prior to the 14-day end date.  By signing up to the 14-day trial you are also agreeing to these terms and conditions, together with our privacy policy and website disclaimer.

User Login Details

If you register for an account with our website, you will be asked to register an email address and password.

You must not allow any other person to use your account to access the website, and must notify us in writing immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account.

You must not use any other person’s account to access the website, unless you have our and that person’s express, written permission to do so.

Use of Content

Designs, images, code and content found within Teacher Hub is deemed confidential and must not be used, shared or posted to anyone outside the scope of the licencing agreement, described below.

For active Individual Subscription holders (referred as ‘your’), Teacher Hub access, material and resource use is limited:

  1. for personal development of self; and/or
  2. for development, learning and growth of your current and immediate students; and/or
  3. in learning spaces such as your classroom(s) of which your current and immediate students engage in learning; and/or
  4. to show exemplar works to a supervisor, leader or mentor as to the nature of the resources.

For active School Subscription holders, Teacher Hub access, material and resource use is limited:

  1. for personal and school-wide training and development of employees, educators, teachers, contractors, CRTs and consultants, contracted by your school; and/or
  2. for development, learning and growth of the school’s current and immediate students; and/or
  3. in all areas of the school’s current and immediate students; and/or
  4. to show exemplar works to regional consultants, neighbouring or related schools or government educational officers as to the nature of the resources.

For expired Individual or School Subscription holders, Teacher Hub downloadable material is deemed licenced for personal development and training of your current and immediate students only.

For all other persons, the use of material found on Teacher Hub is strictly prohibited.

Cancellation and Suspension of Account

We may suspend, cancel and/or edit your account details at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation. You may cancel your account on our website using your Account section on the website.

Limitations and Liability

Reliance on Material

The materials at this site are provided “as is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.

In no event shall Seven Steps to Writing Success or its agents or officers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, injury or death) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if Seven Steps to Writing Success has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific, personal requirements.

Competition and Consumer Act

For the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law, in particular Sections 51 to 53, 64 and 64A of Part 3-2, Division 1, Subdivision A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Seven Steps to Writing Success’s liability for any breach of a term of this agreement is limited to: the supplying of the goods or services to you again; the replacement of the goods; or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied to you again.

Delivery of Goods

Physical goods may be delivered by Australia Post and/or other reputable courier companies. Deliveries are processed promptly upon receipt of full payment. Delivery may take between 2 and 14 days (though no time period is guaranteed), depending on the delivery option. Damaged or lost orders should be resolved with Australia Post or the courier company directly. We are not responsible for goods that are damaged in transit or not received. Replacement of damaged or lost items is made at the discretion of Seven Steps to Writing Success.

Digital goods are delivered immediately. Please be aware there are inherent risks associated with downloading any software and digital goods. Should you have any technical problems downloading any of our goods, please contact us so we may try to assist you.

Links to Other Websites

Seven Steps to Writing Success may from time to time provide links to other websites, advertisements and information on those websites for your convenience. This does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, approval or arrangement between Seven Steps to Writing Success and the owners of those websites. Seven Steps to Writing Success takes no responsibility for any of the content found on the linked websites.

Seven Steps to Writing Success’s website may contain information or advertisements provided by third parties for which Seven Steps to Writing Success accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any information or advice provided to you directly by third parties. We are expressing our opinion and are not providing any advice nor do we take any responsibility for any advice received in this regard.

Disclaimer

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Seven Steps to Writing Success absolutely disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. Seven Steps to Writing Success gives no warranty that the documents, goods or services will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components.

Whilst we, at all times endeavour to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information in our website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. If such representations are made these are unconditionally considered as mere puffery.

Whole Agreement

These terms and conditions represent the whole agreement between you and Seven Steps to Writing Success concerning your use and access to Seven Steps to Writing Success’s website and your use and access to the documents and information on it. No other term is to be included in this agreement except where it is required to be included by any legislation of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory. All implied terms are hereby expressly excluded except those implied by statute and which cannot be expressly excluded.

Exclusion of Unenforceable Terms

Where any clause or term above would by any applicable statute be illegal, void, or unenforceable in any State or Territory then such a clause shall not apply in that State or Territory and shall be deemed never to have been included in these terms and conditions in that State or Territory. Such a clause if legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory shall continue to be fully enforceable and part of this agreement in those other States and Territories. The deemed exclusion of any term pursuant to this paragraph shall not affect or modify the full enforceability and construction of the other clauses of these terms and conditions.

Jurisdiction

This agreement and this website are subject to the laws of Victoria and Australia. If there is a dispute between you and Seven Steps to Writing Success that results in litigation, then you must submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia.