Belong Member Terms and Conditions
Belong Member Terms and Conditions
Welcome to Belong, New Zealand's leading online platform for Employee Benefits. These terms and conditions are intended to help keep Belong’s online platform a safe place for you.
1.1 Acceptance of terms and conditions: The terms and conditions are the terms on which Belong offers you access to the services and the website. By registering as a member of Belong you accept these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must refrain from using the Services.
1.2 Amendment of terms and conditions: As Belong operates in a changing commercial, technological and regulatory environment, we may amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Unless otherwise stated, amendments will be effective immediately upon posting of the amended terms and conditions on this Website. You are responsible for ensuring you are familiar with the latest terms and conditions. Your continued use of the Services represents your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.
1.3 Definitions: In these terms and conditions, the following expressions have the meanings set out:
'member' means a registered member of Belong benefits portal;
Service(s)' means a trade or business service that has been made available to a member via the Benefit benefits portal;
'we', 'us' and 'our' are a reference to Belong;
'you' and 'your' are a reference to you;
'Website' or “site” means any Belong portal through which the services are offered;
These terms and conditions were last updated 1 July 2016.
Things You Should Be Aware Of (Specific Warnings)
2.1 No Advice: The Belong site is not designed for the purpose of providing financial or investment advice. The services, products and recommendations made or referred to on this site are provided for general information purposes only. To the extent that any such information and recommendations constitute advice, they do not take into account any particular financial situation or goals and, accordingly, do not constitute personalised financial advice under the Financial Advisers Act 2008, nor do they constitute advice of a legal, tax, accounting or other nature to any person.
2.2 Disclaimer: You expressly understand and agree that:
2.4 Liability: You agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any and all liability and responsibility of Belong to you or any other person under or in connection with these terms and conditions, or in connection with the services, this Website, another Member's acts or omissions, or your use of or inability to use, the services or this Website, is excluded regardless of whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, breach of statutory duty or otherwise. Belong's liability and responsibility is excluded in respect of any and all loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, including, without limitation, loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business or anticipated savings, general and special damages, and consequential and incidental loss.
2.5 Indemnity: You agree to release, indemnify and keep indemnified us from and against all actions, claims, costs (including legal costs and expenses), losses, proceedings, damages, liabilities, or demands suffered or incurred by us to any person arising out of or in connection with your failure to comply with these terms and conditions.
2.6 Breach: Without limiting any other rights and remedies available to Belong, Belong may limit your activities on the Website, issue a warning to you, suspend or terminate your membership, or refuse to provide our Website to you if you breach these terms and conditions.
Becoming a Belong Member
3.1 Becoming a Member: Becoming a Belong member is free. You may only register as a member if you are employed by a company that has entered into an agreement for the provision of Services by Belong. By registering as a member, you warrant that you an employee of a company registered with Belong.
3.2 Accurate Information: You warrant that you have provided complete, accurate and current personal information when registering as a member. You must maintain and update your personal information held by Belong to ensure it is kept current at all times. Belong may phone or mail you to verify these details. You must not register as a member under multiple identities or personas (whether false or not).
3.3 Termination of membership: Belong reserves the right to decline to register or to terminate your membership without entering into further discussions with you. Without limiting the foregoing, Belong may terminate your membership if a serious complaint or multiple complaints are received about you, if you breach these terms and conditions, if you impersonate another member, or if we, at our sole discretion, deem your behaviour to be unacceptable. In the event of termination, you also agree that you will not open or attempt to open any new Belong memberships. You may at any time close your Belong membership by giving us three days' notice in writing. If you close your membership, or if it is terminated by Belong, your ability to use the Belong website will end.
3.4 Security of your login information: You are responsible for keeping your login information, including your email address and password, secret and secure. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree:
3.5 Emails and newsletters: Belong will send you emails relating to your membership, transactions and other activities on the Website, and for promoting and marketing other Belong Services to you. Belong may also send regular electronic newsletters to members. Newsletters will contain clear and obvious instructions for how you can unsubscribe from the mailing list.
General Conditions
4.1 System Integrity: Belong will use its reasonable endeavours to ensure the availability of the Website and Services, subject to any downtime required for maintenance. However, Belong takes no responsibility for any system unavailability, or for any loss that is incurred as a result of Website or Services being unavailable. Further, Belong assumes no responsibility for the corruption of any data or information held by Belong.
4.2 Resolution of disputes: As Belong is not a party a transaction between you and another member, you agree not to involve, or attempt to involve, Belong in any dispute or in the resolution of disputes that arise between you and another member as a result of the Services provided, other than as provided in clause 4.3 i (i). If you wish to take Disputes Tribunal (or other) proceedings against another member, you can contact Belong for a statutory declaration form, which must be completed before we will consider releasing anyone else's information to you. You may only request contact details for the sole purpose of making a claim.
4.3 Force Majeure: Without prejudice to clause 2.3(a), Belong has no liability for any lack of performance, unavailability or failure of the Services or the Website, or for any failure of Belong to comply with these terms and conditions where the same arises from any cause reasonably beyond the control of Belong.
4.4 No Waiver: If we do not exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions, it does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
4.5 Partial Invalidity: If any provision of these terms and conditions becomes or is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, and in any respect, that provision shall be severed from the remaining terms and conditions, which shall continue in full force and effect.
4.6 Governing Law: These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of New Zealand. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.
4.7 Intellectual Property Rights: Belong (and its licensors or suppliers, as the case may be) owns all proprietary and intellectual property rights in the Website (including text, graphics, logos, icons and sound recordings) and the software and other material underlying and forming part of the Services and the Website.
4.8 Entire agreement: These terms and conditions supersede all previous conditions, understandings, commitments, agreements and representations whatsoever whether oral or written, and constitutes the entire agreement, between the parties, relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions.
4.9 Privacy: Belong collects, uses and discloses personal information about you, for the purposes of providing the Belong service. This is outlined in detail within our Privacy Policy.
Welcome to Belong, New Zealand's leading online platform for Employee Benefits. These terms and conditions are intended to help keep Belong’s online platform a safe place for you.
1.1 Acceptance of terms and conditions: The terms and conditions are the terms on which Belong offers you access to the services and the website. By registering as a member of Belong you accept these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must refrain from using the Services.
1.2 Amendment of terms and conditions: As Belong operates in a changing commercial, technological and regulatory environment, we may amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Unless otherwise stated, amendments will be effective immediately upon posting of the amended terms and conditions on this Website. You are responsible for ensuring you are familiar with the latest terms and conditions. Your continued use of the Services represents your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.
1.3 Definitions: In these terms and conditions, the following expressions have the meanings set out:
'member' means a registered member of Belong benefits portal;
Service(s)' means a trade or business service that has been made available to a member via the Benefit benefits portal;
'we', 'us' and 'our' are a reference to Belong;
'you' and 'your' are a reference to you;
'Website' or “site” means any Belong portal through which the services are offered;
These terms and conditions were last updated 1 July 2016.
Things You Should Be Aware Of (Specific Warnings)
2.1 No Advice: The Belong site is not designed for the purpose of providing financial or investment advice. The services, products and recommendations made or referred to on this site are provided for general information purposes only. To the extent that any such information and recommendations constitute advice, they do not take into account any particular financial situation or goals and, accordingly, do not constitute personalised financial advice under the Financial Advisers Act 2008, nor do they constitute advice of a legal, tax, accounting or other nature to any person.
2.2 Disclaimer: You expressly understand and agree that:
- your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Website and Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law and without limiting clause 2.2, Belong disclaims and excludes all implied conditions or warranties, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement;
- where Services are offered, Belong disclaims and excludes liability for any guarantees that a Service will be carried out with reasonable care and skill, fitness for a particular purpose, time of completion or price for the provision of a Service;
- Belong does not warrant that i) the Services provided will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free, or ii) that any information (including feedback) provided on the Website is error-free or reliable;
- no advice or information that is obtained by you from Belong or anyone else shall create any warranty by Belong that is not expressly stated in the terms and conditions; and
- responsibility for the content of advertisements appearing on this Website (including hyperlinks to advertisers' own websites) rests solely with the advertisers. The placement of such advertisements on the Website does not constitute Belong's recommendation or endorsement of the advertised product or service. Each advertiser is solely responsible for any representation made in connection with its advertisement.
- while Belong has systems in place to reduce the risk of credit card fraud, Belong is not responsible for protecting members from credit card fraud. Belong's fraud protection systems may from time to time block legitimate credit card payments. In these cases payment will need to be made by other means.
2.4 Liability: You agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any and all liability and responsibility of Belong to you or any other person under or in connection with these terms and conditions, or in connection with the services, this Website, another Member's acts or omissions, or your use of or inability to use, the services or this Website, is excluded regardless of whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, breach of statutory duty or otherwise. Belong's liability and responsibility is excluded in respect of any and all loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, including, without limitation, loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business or anticipated savings, general and special damages, and consequential and incidental loss.
2.5 Indemnity: You agree to release, indemnify and keep indemnified us from and against all actions, claims, costs (including legal costs and expenses), losses, proceedings, damages, liabilities, or demands suffered or incurred by us to any person arising out of or in connection with your failure to comply with these terms and conditions.
2.6 Breach: Without limiting any other rights and remedies available to Belong, Belong may limit your activities on the Website, issue a warning to you, suspend or terminate your membership, or refuse to provide our Website to you if you breach these terms and conditions.
Becoming a Belong Member
3.1 Becoming a Member: Becoming a Belong member is free. You may only register as a member if you are employed by a company that has entered into an agreement for the provision of Services by Belong. By registering as a member, you warrant that you an employee of a company registered with Belong.
3.2 Accurate Information: You warrant that you have provided complete, accurate and current personal information when registering as a member. You must maintain and update your personal information held by Belong to ensure it is kept current at all times. Belong may phone or mail you to verify these details. You must not register as a member under multiple identities or personas (whether false or not).
3.3 Termination of membership: Belong reserves the right to decline to register or to terminate your membership without entering into further discussions with you. Without limiting the foregoing, Belong may terminate your membership if a serious complaint or multiple complaints are received about you, if you breach these terms and conditions, if you impersonate another member, or if we, at our sole discretion, deem your behaviour to be unacceptable. In the event of termination, you also agree that you will not open or attempt to open any new Belong memberships. You may at any time close your Belong membership by giving us three days' notice in writing. If you close your membership, or if it is terminated by Belong, your ability to use the Belong website will end.
3.4 Security of your login information: You are responsible for keeping your login information, including your email address and password, secret and secure. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree:
- not to permit any other person to use your user name or membership; and
- not to disclose, or provide to any other person, your password, email address, date of birth or any other information in connection with your membership that may allow them to gain access to your membership.
3.5 Emails and newsletters: Belong will send you emails relating to your membership, transactions and other activities on the Website, and for promoting and marketing other Belong Services to you. Belong may also send regular electronic newsletters to members. Newsletters will contain clear and obvious instructions for how you can unsubscribe from the mailing list.
General Conditions
4.1 System Integrity: Belong will use its reasonable endeavours to ensure the availability of the Website and Services, subject to any downtime required for maintenance. However, Belong takes no responsibility for any system unavailability, or for any loss that is incurred as a result of Website or Services being unavailable. Further, Belong assumes no responsibility for the corruption of any data or information held by Belong.
4.2 Resolution of disputes: As Belong is not a party a transaction between you and another member, you agree not to involve, or attempt to involve, Belong in any dispute or in the resolution of disputes that arise between you and another member as a result of the Services provided, other than as provided in clause 4.3 i (i). If you wish to take Disputes Tribunal (or other) proceedings against another member, you can contact Belong for a statutory declaration form, which must be completed before we will consider releasing anyone else's information to you. You may only request contact details for the sole purpose of making a claim.
4.3 Force Majeure: Without prejudice to clause 2.3(a), Belong has no liability for any lack of performance, unavailability or failure of the Services or the Website, or for any failure of Belong to comply with these terms and conditions where the same arises from any cause reasonably beyond the control of Belong.
4.4 No Waiver: If we do not exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions, it does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
4.5 Partial Invalidity: If any provision of these terms and conditions becomes or is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, and in any respect, that provision shall be severed from the remaining terms and conditions, which shall continue in full force and effect.
4.6 Governing Law: These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of New Zealand. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.
4.7 Intellectual Property Rights: Belong (and its licensors or suppliers, as the case may be) owns all proprietary and intellectual property rights in the Website (including text, graphics, logos, icons and sound recordings) and the software and other material underlying and forming part of the Services and the Website.
- You may not without our prior written permission, in any form or by any means:
- Adapt, reproduce, copy, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this Website; or
- Commercialise, copy, or on-sell any information, or items obtained from any part of this Website.
4.8 Entire agreement: These terms and conditions supersede all previous conditions, understandings, commitments, agreements and representations whatsoever whether oral or written, and constitutes the entire agreement, between the parties, relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions.
4.9 Privacy: Belong collects, uses and discloses personal information about you, for the purposes of providing the Belong service. This is outlined in detail within our Privacy Policy.
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