Terms & Conditions

2.1 We provide our services during the following hours (Business Hours). All hours are Indian Standard Time, regardless of your location in Hyderabad:

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a)   Remote support:

1. Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm

2. Saturdays: 8am – 5pm

3. Sunday: 9am to 6pm on Sundays

4. Public Holidays: Sunday hours apply to all public holidays.

(b)   On-site support:

The same Business Hours above also apply for on-site support, except that:

1. Monday to Friday support is provided from 8am to 8pm.

2. No additional surcharge for on-site support on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

3.2 Cancellation Charges (if less than 24 hours’ notice)

If you give us less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to cancel any on-site service bookings:

(a)   we may charge you a cancellation fee equal to what you would have been charged for the first hour of on-site service (to reimburse us for the loss and expense caused);

(b)   the cancellation fee will be charged to your credit card / bank account at the time of cancellation; and

(c)   a credit equal to the cancellation charge will be applied to your account and will be valid for 5 years. If you book another on-site service in the next 5 years, this credit will be applied against the fees payable for that on-site service. It may not, however, be used as a credit against any further cancellation fees payable.

For example, if you are a Consumer Member (under a 12-month Subscription) and give us less than 24 hours’ notice to cancel an on-site call out, we will charge your credit card / bank account for 25%. But if you subsequently book an on-site service in the next 5 years, 25% will be deducted from the future on-site service fee (as an account credit).

3.3 Service Areas:To receive on-site services, you must be within a service area designated on our website.

3.4 Your On-Site Service obligations

(a)   You must ensure that a person of at least 18 years of age is present for the duration of the provision of on-site services.

(b)   You must provide our technicians who provide on-site services with:

access to the areas of your premises necessary to provide services;

access to your computer;

a safe working environment and working space; and

electrical power and internet access (where applicable).

(c)   If the services involve the installation of software, then you must provide our technicians with the installation disks for your operating system or software along with a product key for this software.

(d)   You must back up all software, data and files that are stored on your computer and/or on any other storage devices you may have prior to the arrival of the techne company technician.

(e)   You agree to comply with all relevant policies and procedures we advise from time to time on our website.

(f)   You must ensure you do not cause any harm or injury to our on-site technicians.

3.6 Set-up Service

Where we provide you with on-site technology set-up services.

the following additional terms apply:

(a)   Computers – setup will include:

1. Set up of system configuration and user accounts;

2. Perform system updates;

3. Connect to your Wi-Fi and a printer (provided that your Wi-Fi network must already be configured and available, and your printer must already be configured and connected to the Wi-Fi network);

4. Configure security & antivirus software, and install Microsoft Office & one other software. This will involve installing trial versions of software will be installed unless you have purchased a license or subscription. A high speed internet connection is required for software that requires download; and

5. Set up email client.

 

4.  Remote services

4.1 Your Remote Service obligations

Where we provide you with remote services, you must:

(a)   backup all of your data before you call us for your assistance;

(b)   if you are a techne company Subscription customer, provide your subscription details when you ring us to request techne company services;

(c)   be at least 18 years of age and physically located in Hyderabad at the time of your call; and

(d)   have legitimate copies of all software as well as all installation disks/media and product keys ready to use when you ring us about a problem.

 

5.  Your warranties, authorizations and acknowledgements

5.1 No third party infringement

You warrant that: (a) you are the owner or authorized licensee of all software, data, media, PCs/laptops and other equipment which you ask us to access, repair, or install for you, and (b) providing our services in relation to those things does not violate any third party rights.

5.2 Access to your PC/laptop, systems, and data

You consent and authorize us to:

(a)   access your nominated PC / laptop in order to provide our services.

(b)   access, modify, reproduce and/or temporarily impair your data, systems, programs or electronic communications to the extent necessary to carry out the services.

5.3 Your Data backup obligation

You are responsible for ensuring your data, software, and media is backed up prior to us accessing your systems or technology to provide our services. We are not being responsible at any time for any data loss, alteration, or corruption of any such data, software or media.

5.4 Acknowledgements and disclaimers

You acknowledge that to the extent permitted by law (including the hyderabad Consumer Law):

(a)   Timeframes are estimates only (other than our same-day guarantee, any period or date for delivery of goods or provision of services stated by us is an estimate only. We will use our best endeavors to meet any estimated dates for delivery of the goods or completion of the services and provide you with as much notice as possible of any expected delays).

(b)   On-site support – return to base for difficult problems (it may not be possible to resolve all problems via an on-site service. In particularly difficult cases, we may (with your permission) need to take your system to our base or third-party premises for diagnosis and repair. We will exercise all due care while in possession of your equipment to ensure that no loss or damage occurs).

(c)   Recommendations for upgrades/replacements (in providing the services and goods to you, we may identify that the solution to your problem is to upgrade or replace your software or hardware. In that case, you acknowledge that we have met our commitment to you by providing you with a solution to your problem, whether or not you choose to implement that solution).

(d)   No guarantee that all issues will be identified (while we use our best efforts to identify issues with your software and hardware (including where we provide access to an “alerts and monitoring” system as part of techne company Subscription), given the nature of technology, you acknowledge that we do not guarantee that all problems or security threats will be identified).

(e)   Final solution may differ from initial diagnosis (as computers are complicated and sometimes problems are more deeply rooted or complicated than initially diagnosed, our final proposed solution may be different from the initial diagnosis).

(f)   Not all issues can be resolved by remote support (you acknowledge that some problems cannot be fixed over the telephone or by remote system access, and may require on-site support).

(g)   Failure to follow our instructions or advice (you agree that we are not liable for any loss or damage that results from your failure to follow our instructions, recommendations, or advice).

6 Payment

6.1 Support pack fees are payable by you at the time of purchase.

6.2 On-site service fees and other fees (e.g. repairs) are payable by you immediately on completion of services.

6.3 All fees are payable by debiting the relevant credit/debit card or bank account provided by you at the time of booking or purchase.

6.4 Unless otherwise stated, all fees are exclusive tax of GST. If a party is liable to pay for a Taxable Supply, it will also pay the amount of any GST in respect of the Taxable Supply. “Taxable Supply” and “GST” have the meaning given in A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) .

7 Fair Play Policy (Subscriptions)

7.1 If you are a Subscription customer, you must not use the services in a way that is excessive, unreasonable, or fraudulent, or that disrupts or impedes our ability to provide services to other customers. The services should only be used for your reasonable and genuine personal or business needs (as applicable to your membership type).

7.2 In addition to the above, you must not:

(a)   make multiple remote service requests caused by a lack of regular maintenance;

(b)   make repeat remote service requests caused by your failure to act on our recommendations; or

(c)   attempt to make the services available beyond the Supported Devices or to persons who are not subscribed to the services.

8 Privacy:

We will comply with the Privacy Act and act in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be viewed at www. technecompany.com/legal-stuff/privacy-policy.

9 Liability

9.1 Consumer Laws

Our goods and services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Consumer Law. For major failures with the service, you are entitled:

• to cancel your service contract with us, and

• to a refund for the unused portion, or to compensation for its reduced value.

You are also entitled to choose a refund or replacement for major failures with goods. If a failure with the goods or a service does not amount to a major failure, you are entitled to have the failure rectified in a reasonable time. If this is not done you are entitled to a refund for the goods and to cancel the contract for the service and obtain a refund of any unused portion. You are also entitled to be compensated for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage from a failure in the goods or service.

9.2 To the extent permitted by law (including the Indian Consumer Law), our liability to you (whether arising in contract, negligence or otherwise) is limited to (at our option):

(a)   in relation to goods:

1. the replacement of your goods or the supply of equivalent goods;

2. the payment of the cost of replacing your Product or of the supply of an equivalent Product; or

3. refunding the amount of your order, and

(b)   in relation to services:

1. supplying of the services again; or

2. payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

The above limitation, however, will not apply to our liability for death, personal injury or tangible property damage directly caused by our gross negligence.

9.3 You agree that, to the extent permitted by law (including the Consumer Law), we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, negligence or otherwise) for any:

• interruption of business;

• loss of revenue, profits or business reputation;

• delays or service disruptions (other than our same day guarantee);

• loss, alteration or corruption of data, software, or media;

• viruses or system failures; or

• events beyond our reasonable control.

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9.4 We are also not liable to the extent of any loss:

(a)   is caused by you (for example, through your negligence or breach of contract);

(b)   results from your failure to follow our advice or reasonable directions or to take reasonable steps to avoid or minimize your loss.

9.5 Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us, our technicians, and our related entities, including Officeworks Ltd, employees, and agents, and hold us each harmless from any loss, damage, costs (including reasonable legal costs), or expense which arises from your breach of this Agreement, including but not limited to your non-payment of any fees or charges applicable to your booking, service or subscription, a breach of your on-site, remote service or data back-up obligations infringement by you of third-party rights breach of Fair Play Policy, our reliance on any warranty, authorisation or consent, or acknowledgment provided under this Agreement or in connection with our service, or any negligent, wrongful, illegal or fraudulent act or omission by you, any unauthorized use of your subscription, support pack or credit account caused by your wrongful act or omission, except to the extent that liability is caused by our gross negligence.

10 Termination& Suspension

10.1 A party may terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice to the other if: (a) the other party breaches a term of this agreement which is not capable of remedy; or (b) where the breach is capable of remedy, the other party fails to remedy the breach within 10 days of written notice of the breach.

10.2 We may suspend the services at any time to the extent we reasonably believe necessary due to your breach of this Agreement (including suspending services where you fail to pay fees when due), or in order to prevent any damage to or misuse of our services or systems.

 

11  Changes to Terms

11.1 We may change the terms of this Agreement from time to time (by updating this Agreement on our website), provided that:

(a)   techne company Cover Subscriptions: If you are a UrbanTechne.com Cover Subscription customer: (i) these changes will not apply to your current Subscription Term, but only to your next Subscription Term; and (ii) If we change the fees or services in a way that is detrimental you, we will notify you by email prior to commencement of your next Subscription Term (to allow you an opportunity to cancel your Subscription if you do not agree).

(b)   Support Packs: In relation to Support Packs (pre-paid hours), these changes will not apply until your current Support Pack has expired or been used;

(c)   On-Demand customers: For other customers (not Subscription or Support Packs), these changes will take effect as soon as they are made and apply to all renew service requests.

11.2 Notwithstanding the above, nothing prevents us:

(a)   changing policies and procedures associated with this Agreement (e.g. on-site Covid-19 procedures) where reasonably required in the circumstances; or

(b)   to make urgent changes to this Agreement that are required by law, or reasonably necessary for security or technical reasons or to prevent fraud or misuse of the services (including the Fair Play policy).

11.3 You acknowledge that we may withdraw service offerings from time to time. Where this impacts your current Subscriptions or Support Packs, we will: (a) provide you with a pro-rata refund of any unused pre-paid fees (having regard to unused Support Pack hours, or remaining months in your Subscription Term); and (b) endeavour to provide you with reasonable advance notice of such service / offering withdrawals.

 

 

 

12 Notices, Feedback and Information

(a) (Notices) You agree that any notices or other communications may be provided to you by email (to the email address you have provided to us as part of the registration process). You must promptly notify us if you change your email address. You may send notifications to us via support@technecompany.com.

(b)   We welcome your feedback. It helps us improve! You agree that we may use any written feedback you provide to us on our website and otherwise for marketing purposes without needing to obtain your further consent to do so.

 

15 General terms

(a)   Assignment – You must not assign this Agreement (or any Subscriptions or Support Packs), except with our prior written consent.

(b)   Waiver – A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy does not operate as a waiver.

(c)   Severability – If any part of these terms is illegal or unenforceable, it will be severed from these terms and the remaining terms will continue in full force and effect.

(d)   Survival – Any provision of this Agreement which is by its nature a continuing obligation will survive termination of this Agreement.

(e)   Interpretation – A word importing the singular includes the plural and vice versa, and references to “including” shall be construed as “including, without limitation.