Terms and Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Persons entering the MS Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride must agree to the following:

I understand that cycling is a potentially hazardous activity.I attest that I am physically fit prior to undertaking the event. During this event I agree to abide by the directions of MS Staff and Volunteers and to ride with care and consideration of others on the course.

In consideration of MS Limited permitting me to enter and participate in the MS Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride on Sunday 6th November 2011 and as a condition of such entry, I release Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MSL), ABN 66 004 942 287, its servants and agents from all claims for injury, loss or damage of whatever kind I might suffer as a result of any acts or omissions whether negligent or otherwise of MSL, it's servants or agents in relation to the event.

Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Refund Policy

Please note we will accept cancellation and refund up to 3 weeks prior to the event. Requests for refunds must be received by Friday 14th October 2011. Please allow up to 3 weeks for a refund to process. Notification for cancelling an entry must be received in writing or by email.

Emails of cancellations should be forwarded to: events@msaustralia.org.au

Letters of cancellations should be addressed to: MS Events - Locked Bag 7001, Marrickville, NSW 1475

Delivery & Time Frames

All information packs and bib numbers will be mailed out before the event.

Copyright

All material on the site is protected by copyright unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as permitted in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the site.

Additionally, you may not distribute or transmit, modify, reuse, report or use the contents of the site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, video and programming code that makes up the web pages, without the written permission of Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MSL), ABN 66 004 942 287.

Materials displayed on the site are either the property of, or used with permission by, MSL. Any unauthorised use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes.

Use of this and other Websites

The use of the site is at your risk. Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MSL), ABN 66 004 942 287 makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness and MSL specifically disclaims any liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions. MSL nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special, punitive or exemplary damages or any loss of business, interest, revenue or profit arising out of your access to, or use of, or inability to use or access, the site.

MSL is not responsible for the accuracy of any hyperlinks, content, or advertisements contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on the site.Your linking to any other site is entirely at your own risk. While MSL may provide links on this site to other sites, the inclusion of such links is for your convenience only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the owner/sponsor of the site or the content on the site. MSL disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, legality and otherwise of the materials or information contained on such sites.

MSL is not responsible for the accuracy of any hyperlinks, content, or advertisements contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on the site. Your linking to any other site is entirely at your own risk. While MS Limited ACT/NSW/VIC may provide links on this site to other sites, the inclusion of such links is for your convenience only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the owner/sponsor of the site or the content on the site. MS Limited ACT/NSW/VIC disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, legality and otherwise of the materials or information contained on such sites.

Privacy 

Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MSL), ABN 66 004 942 287 uses the SecurePay Payment Network for our online credit card transactions. All transaction data is encrypted using a 128-bit encryption key with SSL public key cryptography as the secure transport. The standard level of encryption used by SecurePay is considered realistically unbreakable.

Credit card numbers or personal details supplied by customers are not stored anywhere in the SecurePay Payment Network and cannot be used other than for its specific intended purpose.

All communication between your browser, the SecurePay Payment Network and TMS Ltd is fully authenticated. Transaction information can be readily cross-referenced, by The Multiple Sclerosis Limited ACT/NSW/VIC, SecurePay and the NAB should there be a need.

The SecurePay Payment Network is PCI / DSS accredited and only physically accessible to a limited and accountable group of technicians; all maintenance and enhancements are completed using a thorough change management process.

SecurePay is an approved provider of credit card payment services to the NAB and uses dedicated lines into the national banking network.

Privacy Statement

Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MSL) is committed to protecting the privacy of all the individuals it deals with. MSL is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 and undertakes to adhere to the National Privacy Principles. This document sets out the MSL's policies on handling personal information, including health information.

MSL will ensure that each individual about whom personal and/or health information is collected, stored or used has access to this policy in accordance with MSL's obligations under the Privacy Act

Information Regarding Service Recipients

MSL collects personal information in order to provide services to its service recipients or where it is necessary for the purposes of its activities. MSL collects and holds personal information including a person's name and contact details, and where a service recipient makes a financial contribution to MSL, information including their credit card and/or bank particulars along with the amount of their financial contribution.

MSL collects health information about its service recipients for the purposes of providing its services. MSL undertakes to seek the consent of the service recipient prior to collecting health information about the service recipient in accordance with its obligations under the Privacy Act.

MSL uses a service recipient's personal information to provide and market its services to service recipients and for administration purposes.

MSL undertakes to seek the consent of the service recipient prior to using their personal information for fundraising and marketing purposes.

The personal and health information collected by the Society is considered to be strictly confidential. However, the Society may from time to time provide a service recipient's personal and health information to service providers and contractors engaged incidental to the purposes for which the Society has collected the information, including providers of medical and rehabilitation services as applicable, regulatory bodies and to others. Where the Society is required to do this, the Society will require these parties protect the information in the same manner the Society does. If legal or health and safety issues arise, the Society may also have to make disclosures to relevant organisations to deal with these matters.

MSL undertakes to seek the consent of the service recipient prior to providing their personal or health information to research organisations in accordance with its obligations under the Privacy Act. Such information is provided so as not to identify the individual.

MSL uses a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to its offices and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

MSL agrees that each service recipient has a right to access most personal information MSL holds about that service recipient. MSL reserves the right to deny access to some information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other applicable laws, however undertakes to advise the service recipient of the reason for this denial.

Personal Information Which Does Not Relate To Service Recipients

Fundraising to collect funds to provide its services and to fund research into multiple sclerosis is one of MSL's functions. MSL collects personal information from individuals other than its service recipients for the purpose of fundraising.

MSL collects and holds personal information including a person's name and contact details, and where that person chooses to make financial contributions to MSL, information including their credit card and/or bank particulars and the amount of the financial contribution.

MSL uses the personal information to provide and market its services and for administration purposes, fundraising and marketing purposes.

The personal information collected by MSL is considered by MSL to be strictly confidential. MSL may from time to time provide information to contractors engaged to assist MSL with its fundraising activities. If it does, MSL will require the contractors to handle the personal information in the same manner as MSL does.

MSL uses a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to its offices and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

MSL agrees that each individual whose personal information MSL holds, has a right to access most personal information held by MSL. MSL reserves the right to deny access to some information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other applicable laws, however MSL undertakes to advise the individual of the reason for this denial.