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(c) Notwithstanding your registration, you merely use the Web Site at our indulgence, we may terminate or suspend your registration at any time without notice to You. (d) You are solely responsible for safeguarding your log-in name and password. You are responsible and liable for any other person using your log-in name and password to use the Web Site, and the provisions of these Terms & Conditions (including clause 5(c)) will apply to such use as if the use was made by You. (e) You must notify us immediately if your log-in name and password are misused or become disclosed, so that We can provide you with a different password. 4. POSTINGS (a) In posting material on the Web Site or otherwise using the Website, You must not: (i) upload, post or send any material that is unrelated to kidney health, kidney diseases, living with kidney diseases or Us; (ii) upload, post or send any defamatory, pornographic, discriminatory or illegal material using the Web Site; (iii) upload, post or send any material that breaches third party intellectual property rights using the Web Site; (iv) upload, post or send commercial or advertising material, including solicitations for donations; (v) engage in the practices commonly known as spamming or flaming using the Web Site; (vi) use any robots, spiders or webcrawlers or similar devices with respect to the Web Site. (b) We may review (but are not obliged to do so) any material posted by you on the Web Site prior or subsequent to displaying such material on the Web Site. We may in our sole discretion without notice to You wholly or partly remove any material that we believe contravenes clause 4(a) or is otherwise inappropriate or undesirable. (c) You warrant that you own the copyright in any material that you upload, post or send using the Web Site, and grant to Us an irrevocable and permanent licence to publish and reproduce such material on the Web Site, and to allow other users of the Web Site to make electronic or physical reproductions thereof. 5. INDEMNITY AND LIABILITY (a) We do not accept responsibility for any material that You or any other person upload or post on the Web Site, or that You or any other person send to other registrants through this Web Site, irrespective of whether We review such material. (b) You agree that We are not responsible for any material posted on the Web Site by other persons, that you will not make any demand or claim against us with respect to such material, and that the views and opinions expressed in such postings are not necessarily our views and opinions. (c) You agree to indemnify Us for any claim made by other registrants or third parties arising out of any material uploaded, posted or sent by you, including with respect to any claim for defamation or breach of intellectual property rights. (d) You warrant that all personal and contact information that You provided to Us at the time of registration is wholly true and correct. You must advise us of any material change to such information before continuing to use the Web Site. 6. LAW APPLICABLE (a) These Terms & Conditions and any orders made through this Web Site are subject to the laws, and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals, of Victoria, Australia. (b) In the event of any dispute or claim arising under or related to these Terms & Conditions, your use of the Web Site, our use of the Web Site or any other persons use of the Web Site, or any other persons use of the Web Site, at our sole discretion we may insist upon such dispute or claim being dealt with by commercial arbitration in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia under the rules set down by the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (Vic) or its successors. 7. GENERAL MATTERS (a) We may amend these Terms & Conditions from time to time by placing a notice on the Web Site, and such amended Terms & Conditions will apply from the next time that you log on to the Web Site after the posting of the notice. (b) Our failure to enforce or exercise any right under these Terms & Conditions will not constitute a waiver of any right. 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