Website Terms and Conditions
ATEC Australia International Ltd (trading as ATEC Global)
1. Introduction and Acceptance
Welcome to the ATEC Global website (the “Site”). The Site is owned and operated by ATEC Australia International Ltd (ACN 610 623 482) trading as ATEC Global (“ATEC”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).
By accessing, browsing, or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Site.
These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Site.
2. Definitions
In these Terms:
“Content” means all text, graphics, logos, icons, audio,video, software, datasets, documents, designs, trademarks, and other materials made available on the Site.
“Site” means the ATEC Global website and all associated web pages and online services operated by ATEC.
“User”, “you”, or “your” means any person accessing or using the Site.
“Terms” means these Website Terms and Conditions as amended from time to time.
3. Purpose of the Site
The Content provided on this Site is for general informational, educational, and corporate overview purposes only.
While ATEC endeavours to ensure that information published onthe Site is accurate and current, we make no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability of the Site or its Content.
Any reliance placed on information contained on the Site is at your own risk.
4. No Financial, Investment, or Professional Advice
Nothing contained on this Site constitutes or is intended to constitute:
• financial product advice;
• investment advice;
• securities advice;
• legal advice;
• taxation advice; or
• any other regulated professional advice.
Information relating to carbon markets, environmental assets ,tokenised instruments, emissions reductions, sustainability outcomes, or related commercial activities is provided for general informational purposes only and must not be relied upon as the basis for investment, trading, financial, legal, or commercial decisions.
ATEC does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence(AFSL). Nothing on this Site is intended to give rise to any obligation under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or to constitute the provision of financial services requiring an AFSL. Users should obtain independent professional advice appropriate to their circumstances before making any financial, investment, or commercial decisions.
5. Environmental, Carbon, and Impact Information
The Site may contain information relating to emissions reductions, carbon abatement, environmental impacts, social outcomes, project performance, clean cooking impacts, methodology assumptions, verification processes, tokenisation frameworks, or related sustainability metrics.
Such information may involve:
• estimates;
• assumptions;
• third-party information;
• evolving methodologies;
• forward-looking statements;
• modelled outcomes; and
• scientific or technical judgments.
Actual outcomes may differ materially from projections, estimates, forecasts, or stated expectations.
ATEC employs digital measurement, reporting and verification (dMRV) technology and blockchain-based issuance processes designed to bring enhanced accuracy, transparency, and traceability to carbon credit generation. However, the recognition, registration, and validity of carbon credits issued using these processes remains subject to the decisions, methodologies, and ongoing requirements of relevant third-party standards bodies and registries. ATEC does not warrant that any particular credit issuance, verification outcome, or registry decision will be made, maintained, or recognised in any specific timeframe or manner.
ATEC does not warrant that any environmental, carbon, social, or sustainability-related information published on the Site will achieve any particular regulatory, financial, environmental, or commercial outcome.
Where third-party standards, registries, methodologies, verifications, or certifications are referenced, ATEC is not responsible for the acts, omissions, decisions, or methodologies of those third parties.
6. Forward-Looking Statements
The Site may contain forward-looking statements regarding future projects, deployments, partnerships, operational performance, market developments, technology outcomes, tokenisation initiatives, environmental impacts, or business strategies.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, and beliefs and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and factors beyond ATEC’s reasonable control.
ATEC does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements except where required by law.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, ATEC owns or licenses all rights, title, and interest in and to the Site and all Content, including all intellectual property rights such as copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, trade secrets, and proprietary information.
Your use of the Site does not grant or transfer any rights, title, or interest in the Content.
You must not, without prior written consent from ATEC:
• reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, adapt, transmit, display, or exploit any Content;
• commercialise any Content or datasets available on the Site;
• create derivative works from the Content;
• use ATEC’s name, trademarks, branding, logos, or project identifiers in a misleading or unauthorised manner; or
• imply any endorsement, partnership, or affiliation with ATEC where none exists.
8. Permitted Automated Access and AI Systems
Subject to applicable law, reasonable technical limitations, and any applicable robots.txt or other technical access controls adopted by ATEC, ATEC permits publicly available, commercially operated search engines, indexing services, and artificial intelligence systems that comply with applicable robots.txt directives to access and process publicly available portions of the Site for purposes including:
• search indexing;
• informational retrieval;
• citation;
• summarisation; and
• providing informational references to users.
Such access must not:
• misrepresent ATEC or its activities;
• reproduce substantial portions of the Site in a mannerthat substitutes for the Site itself;
• create competing commercial databases, products, orservices using the Content;
• imply endorsement, partnership, verification, orcertification by ATEC where none exists;
• interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the Site; or
• impose unreasonable technical burdens on ATEC systems.
ATEC reserves the right to restrict or deny automated access where such activity constitutes misuse, excessive technical burden, security risk, unlawful conduct, or infringement of ATEC’s rights.
8A. Blockchain Infrastructure
Where the Site references blockchain-based issuance, tokenisation, or digital asset frameworks, users should be aware that such technologies operate on third-party network infrastructure outside ATEC’s ownership or control. ATEC does not warrant the continuous availability, security, or performance of any blockchain network, protocol, or related infrastructure. References on this Site to blockchain-based processes describe ATEC’s current approach and methodology and do not constitute a guarantee of any specific technological outcome.
9. Acceptable Use
You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes and inaccordance with these Terms.
You must not:
• use the Site in breach of any applicable law or regulation;
• engage in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive, orunlawful conduct;
• knowingly introduce viruses, malware, trojans, worms,or other harmful code;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or related systems;
• interfere with the operation or security of the Site;
• conduct denial-of-service attacks or similar activities;
• use automated systems to extract data in a manner inconsistent with these Terms; or
• use the Site or Content in a manner that infringes the rights of ATEC or third parties.
ATEC reserves the right to terminate or suspend access to the Site for any user who breaches these Terms, without notice where ATEC considersthis necessary. The provisions of these Terms that by their nature shouldsurvive termination (including Sections 7, 10, 14, and 15) will continue toapply following any termination of access.
10. User Submissions
Any information, feedback, suggestions, ideas, or comments submitted through the Site’s general contact or inquiry forms will be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary unless expressly agreed otherwise inwriting. This clause does not apply to materials submitted under a separatewritten agreement between you and ATEC.
By submitting such materials to ATEC, you grant ATEC a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, adapt,publish, communicate, and store such submissions for the purposes of respondingto or administering your inquiry, improving the Site or ATEC’s business, andmaintaining records.
You warrant that any materials submitted by you do not infringe the rights of any third party.
11. Third-Party Links
The Site may contain links to third-party websites, registries, publications, partner organisations, media outlets, or external services.
These links are provided for convenience only. ATEC does not control, endorse, approve, or assume responsibility for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, or availability of third-party websites or services.
Access to third-party websites is entirely at your own risk.
12. Availability of the Site
ATEC may suspend, withdraw, discontinue, modify, restrict access to, or terminate access to all or any part of the Site at any time, with or without notice, where ATEC reasonably considers it necessary for operational, security, legal, compliance, or business reasons.
ATEC does not guarantee that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free from viruses or other harmful components.
13. Privacy, Cookies, and Cross-Border Data
Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy and any applicable Cookie Policy, which explain how ATEC collects, uses, stores, discloses, and protects personal information and uses cookies, analytics, and related technologies.
Where ATEC collects personal information through the Site, ATEC will do so in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, to the extent applicable.
Given that ATEC operates internationally across multiplejurisdictions in Asia and Africa, personal information collected through theSite may be disclosed to, or processed by, ATEC entities, personnel, or serviceproviders located outside Australia. Where such cross-border disclosure occurs,ATEC will take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients handlepersonal information consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles, inaccordance with Australian Privacy Principle 8.
By using the Site, you consent to such collection, use, andcross-border disclosure in accordance with those policies.
14. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies anyconsumer guarantee, right, or remedy conferred by the Competition and ConsumerAct 2010 (Cth) or any other applicable law that cannot lawfully be excluded.
General Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Site and allContent are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warrantiesof any kind, whether express or implied.
ATEC excludes all warranties, representations, guarantees, andconditions relating to the Site and its Content except those that cannotlawfully be excluded.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ATEC and its officers,directors, employees, contractors, and affiliates exclude all liability for anyloss, damage, cost, expense, or claim, including indirect, incidental,consequential, special, or economic loss, loss of profits, loss of revenue,loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, or loss of data arising from orconnected with:
• access to or use of the Site;
• inability to access or use the Site;
• reliance on any Content;
• errors or omissions in the Content;
• interruptions, delays, security vulnerabilities, ordata transmission risks; or
• third-party acts or omissions.
Where liability cannot be excluded, ATEC’s liability islimited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
International Users
The Site is accessible globally. Users located outsideAustralia may have rights under their local laws that cannot be excluded orlimited by these Terms. Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limitany right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under the lawsof the jurisdiction in which a user is located.
15. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ATEC and itsofficers, directors, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and againstany claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (includingreasonable legal costs) arising out of or connected with:
• your breach of these Terms;
• your misuse of the Site; or
• your infringement of any law or third-party rights.
16. Restricted Jurisdictions
The Site is not directed at any person or entity in anyjurisdiction where the publication or availability of the Site or its Contentwould be contrary to applicable law or regulation.
Users are responsible for ensuring that their access to anduse of the Site complies with all laws applicable in their jurisdiction.
17. Force Majeure
ATEC will not be liable for any delay or failure to performany obligation under these Terms to the extent caused by an event orcircumstance beyond its reasonable control, including any act of God, flood,fire, earthquake, epidemic, pandemic, cyber incident, internet outage, powerfailure, industrial dispute, war, terrorism, government action, regulatorychange, or failure of a third-party service provider.
Where such an event occurs, ATEC will endeavour to notifyusers of the impact on the Site within a reasonable time, and may suspendperformance for the duration of the event and a reasonable recovery period.
18. Variations to These Terms
ATEC may amend these Terms from time to time at itsdiscretion.
Any amended Terms become effective immediately uponpublication on the Site. Continued use of the Site following publicationconstitutes acceptance of the amended Terms.
19. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid,unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in fullforce and effect.
20. Waiver
Failure by ATEC to enforce any provision of these Terms doesnot constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies available to ATEC.
21. Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between ATEC andthe User in relation to the use of the Site and supersede any priorunderstandings or agreements relating to such use.
22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.
You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts ofVictoria and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts in relationto any dispute arising from or connected with these Terms or the Site.
