COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR DIGITAL MEDIA

This legal document establishes some of the terms and conditions under which you agree to utilize our website and other digital media. Please review it carefully. Happy Days Care PTY LTD ACN 686 810 015 (“Happy Days Care”) maintains websites, social media presence, and other digital communications (“our digital media”) to provide information for the benefit of caring families, the professionals supporting them, funding bodies, agencies and individuals supporting initiatives for caring families, and the general public. This copyright notice constitutes part of the terms and conditions under which you agree to use our digital media. If you begin or continue to access and use our digital media, you will be considered to have accepted those terms and conditions and agreed to be legally bound by them.

Ownership Rights

© Happy Days Care PTY LTD (“Happy Days Care”) 2025. Copyright exists in all material published through our digital media (including, without limitation, text, images, software and code, logos, icons, and multimedia files) and is owned either by Happy Days Care or by third parties who have granted us licensing to use their intellectual property. Happy Days Care has made reasonable efforts to ensure that third-party copyright material has been reproduced with full consent of its owners and is acknowledged where appropriate.

Use of Copyrighted Material

Where feasible and appropriate, Happy Days Care supports and encourages the distribution and exchange of information in the public domain. Subject to any restrictions imposed by third-party copyright owners, copyrighted material published through our digital media may be reproduced or forwarded to other parties:

• in whole or in part
• with no modification to content or formatting
• for non-commercial purposes exclusively

Any reproduction of copyrighted material must include acknowledgment of Happy Days Care and any third-party owner who has granted us licensing to use their intellectual property.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

Happy Days Care may create RSS feeds and widgets that allow you, on a non-exclusive basis, to display syndicated information published by us on your website or through other digital media. You do not require permission to use our RSS feeds or widgets, provided you comply with this notice. All intellectual property rights in any material we publish via RSS feed remain the property of Happy Days Care and other third-party copyright owners who have granted us licensing to use their intellectual property.

Usage Restrictions

The software and code used to manage our digital media are subject to third-party restrictions. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all rights are reserved by those parties. Copyrighted material published through our digital media may not be subjected to derogatory treatment. It may not be:

• altered or reformatted
• republished in electronic or print format; or
• used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Happy Days Care.

In particular, the following types of material are likely to be subject to third-party restrictions and may be reproduced as published by us, but not altered, reformatted, or republished without prior written permission from Happy Days Care:

• logos and other branded images
• photographic images, particularly those including people
• video images, particularly those including people
• case studies and personal stories

Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved. Requests and questions concerning reproduction and intellectual property rights should be addressed, in writing, to: office@happydayscare.com.au

Information Quality

The information published in our digital media is updated regularly and Happy Days Care has taken great care to ensure its quality, accuracy, and correctness at the time of publication. However, we cannot guarantee and, to the full extent permitted by law, assume no liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness, or fitness for purpose of that information. We recommend that you exercise due skill and care when using any information published in our digital media and that you carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness, and fitness for your particular circumstances.

No Substitute for Independent Professional Advice

The information published in our digital media is not intended as a substitute for independent professional advice and we recommend that you obtain appropriate professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances. To the full extent permitted by law, Happy Days Care does not accept any liability (whether in negligence or otherwise) for any claim, injury, loss, or damage suffered or incurred by use of or reliance on that information, however it arises.

Information Produced by Third Parties

Our digital media may include information produced by organizations or individuals other than Happy Days Care, its agents, or employees. Where possible and appropriate, Happy Days Care will indicate and acknowledge materials that have not been produced by us. Inclusion of information not produced by Happy Days Care does not indicate endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by Happy Days Care of any organization or its published content, products, and services. To the full extent permitted by law, we assume no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness, or fitness for purpose of any third-party information included in or referenced by our digital media. The material published in our digital media may also include the views or recommendations of third parties that do not necessarily reflect the views of Happy Days Care or indicate our commitment to a particular course of action.

Links to Third-Party Sites

Our digital media may contain links to sites that are external to Happy Days Care. We take reasonable care to ensure that the resources we link to are of good quality but have no direct control over the content of third-party sites. It is your responsibility to determine which organization is hosting the sites you visit and to make your own decisions about the accuracy, currency, completeness, and fitness for purpose of information contained in linked third-party sites. Links to external sites do not indicate endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by Happy Days Care of any organization or its published content, products, and services. To the full extent permitted by law, Happy Days Care assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness, or fitness for purpose of information on sites linked to from our digital media.

Translations

Happy Days Care makes no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy or usefulness of any translation of the information published in our digital media. If you use automatic language translation services in connection with content published by us, you do so at your own risk.

Security of Our Digital Media

Happy Days Care and our hosting services apply security controls to protect our digital media from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. However, you should be aware that the internet is an insecure public network and that there is always a potential risk that transactions are being viewed, intercepted, or modified by third parties. There is also a potential risk that files you download or access via our digital media may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms, or other devices or defects. Happy Days Care accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to your computer system, software, or data in connection with or relating to your use of our digital media. We recommend that you take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever you use is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage your computer system, software, or data.

Further Information

Requests and questions concerning reproduction and intellectual property rights should be addressed, in writing, to: office@happydayscare.com.au