Summary Privacy Policy

• StudentVIP complies with the Privacy Act (2008), The National Privacy Principles and the Spam Act (2003).
• You can see why each piece of personal information is collected at the My Account page. (See the "why" links.).
• Some personal information  is displayed publicly when you choose to use textbookexchange, studentflatmates and other services. You will know which information is seen publicly and which is not.
• When we send you StudentVIP email Alerts on behalf of another organisation, that organisation does not have your personal information. Your personal information is only held by us and our service providers directly required to provide our services.
• All email correspondence sent to you will identify who it is from and will have a functional unsubscribe link in the footer.
You can unsubscribe from the entire family of StudentVIP site at any time
• StudentVIP has a Privacy Officer: Andrew Maloney. Please contact Andrew with any questions or concerns regarding StudentVIP and privacy. Andrew is contactable via email. firstname [at] studentservices.com.au or by the "Feedback" link at the bottom of each page.

Terms and Conditions Please read and agree to the following Terms and Conditions before joining StudentVIP. Updated June 30 2011 1. Purpose The purpose of these Websites is to create and fund relevant and useful services for students. 2. Parties Student Services Australia Pty Ltd, ACN 100 372 156 (subsequently referred to as "SSA") is the owner of the Websites. By joining the StudentVIP you are entering into an agreement with SSA to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. 3. StudentVIP scope StudentVIP consists of a family of student-related Websites and mobile applications (subsequently referred to as either "StudentVIP" or "Website" or "App"). Sites that form part of StudentVIP and are covered by these Terms and Conditions include; StudentVIP.com.au Textbookexchange.com.au Textbookrebate.com.au Discountdetective.com.au Studenttravel.com.au Studentflatmates.com.au Studentgrants.com.au Studentinternships.com.au Grads.com.au Lostoncampus.com.au Lostoncampus app StudentVIP.com.au/magazines StudentVIP.com.au/software StudentVIP.com.au/apple (see additional terms here) StudentVIP/TalentPool (see additional terms here) 4. Variation SSA may modify these Terms and Conditions from time to time and that such modifications will be effective and binding on you when posted on StudentVIP. 5. Decline discretion SSA may decline to accept any person for registration. SSA may also cancel and delete an existing account for, but not limited to, not providing appropriate identification or not complying with the site terms and conditions. SSA has sole discretion to determine membership of StudentVIP. 6. Email and password To access the Websites, you must provide an email address and password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your email and password. You must notify SSA immediately of any unauthorised use of your email and password. You are responsible for any authorised or unauthorised actions undertaken using your email address and password. 7. Misuse You must not attempt to mislead or deceive by posting inaccurate, incomplete or false material to the Websites or by impersonating any person on the Websites. You must not post to the Websites, material which infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party. You must not post any illegal, threatening, abusive, harmful, obscene or otherwise objectionable material to the Websites. You must not use the Websites for or to encourage any unlawful action. You must not post to the Websites, material which contains or is a virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware or other contaminating or destructive code. You must not use any device, routine or software to reduce the functionality of the Website or disrupt its users. 8. Misuse liabilities You will indemnify SSA, its officers, employees and agents against all loss, damage, costs, professional fees and expenses (including legal fees), actions, claims and liability arising directly or indirectly from or in relation to your use or misuse of the Websites. The termination of your use of the Websites will not terminate your obligations under these Terms and Conditions. 9. Use and disclosure of material You consent to SSA collecting, using and disclosing material in accordance with our Privacy Policy. SSA cannot guarantee that this material will not be unlawfully accessed or altered by a third party during transit over the Internet or while on the Website. 10. Third party service providers To enable delivery of some services to you, you acknowledge that SSA may provide your personal information and other material from you to contracted third party service providers. SSA enters into contractual arrangements with these service providers to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. It is a condition of use that you read and agree to the third party's terms and conditions in addition to these terms and conditions. Third party terms form part of these terms and conditions; StudentVIP/Apple: Apple Education store terms StudentVIP/TalentPool: Lode terms 11. Services changes SSA reserves the right to change, add or cancel services or features of StudentVIP, as well as reformat material which you have posted to the Websites without prior notice. 12. Service availability SSA does not guarantee that StudentVIP services will be provided uninterrupted or error-free. The Websites may be temporarily unavailable. 13. No warranties The contents of these Websites are intended for general information only. SSA does not make any warranties or representations, express or implied, in relation to the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of the information contained in these Websites. To the extent permitted by law, SSA excludes all liability for any direct, indirect or consequential damage, loss or costs caused by or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Websites or SSA's breach of contract or statute, negligence or misrepresentation. 14. Links to other sites You acknowledge that any links from StudentVIP to third party sites do not indicate that SSA has any control over or responsibility for the contents of such sites. SSA excludes all liability for any direct or indirect damage, loss or costs of any kind arising in any way out of or in connection with your access and/or use of third party sites. 15. Subsequent transaction parties Some of the Websites provided as part of StudentVIP connect you with other parties who you may later enter into an agreement with (for example, but not limited to; buying and selling textbooks on textbookexchange.com.au, buying items from Apple after visiting studentVIP.com.au/apple, applying for a job via lode.com.au, or contracting accommodation through studentflatmates.com.au). SSA is not a party in these transactions. 16. Ancillary services By utilising ancillary services introduced to you by StudentVIP, including lode.com.au, you are agreeing that all data created as part of the use of those ancillary services is considered material posted by you to StudentVIP. 17. Waiver A failure or delay by SSA in exercising a right under these Terms and Conditions does not result in a waiver of that right. A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions must be made in writing. 18. Severability If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable that part shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions will continue to be valid and enforceable. 19. Applicable law These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any courts which may hear appeals from these courts in respect of proceedings regarding these Terms and Conditions. --------