Terms and Conditions

Use of this website is subject to the following terms and conditions:

  1. Your use constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions as at the date of your first use of the site. If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, your use of this site must be ended immediately.
  2. Asia Pacific Transgender Network may change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions as modified.
  3. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by, any third party.
  4. This site and the information, names, images, pictures, and logos regarding or relating to Asia Pacific Transgender Network are provided “as is” without any representation or endorsement made by Asia Pacific Transgender Network or any third party and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies and/or errors. In no event will Asia Pacific Transgender Network be liable for any damages whatever including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, arising from use of this site or in connection with use or loss of use of this site, whether in contract or in negligence save that this condition will not restrict our liability for any kind of loss the limitation of which is not permitted by law.
  5. Asia Pacific Transgender Network does its best to ensure that this site is functioning correctly and that materials contained in the site are timely and accurate. However, Asia Pacific Transgender Network does not warrant or represent: (a) that the functions and materials contained in this site will always be uninterrupted or error free; (b) that defects will be corrected; (c) that this site, or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses or bugs; and (d) the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials found on this site.
  6. Concerns about accuracy of information: we invite you to bring to our attention any material you believe to be factually inaccurate. Please notify us by forwarding a copy of the material and your comments by email to: info@weareaptn.org.
  7. Copyright in the information and materials contained on this website, and any translations of such material, are at all times owned by Asia Pacific Transgender Network unless otherwise indicated.
  8. Some images have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not Asia Pacific Transgender Network). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated in respect of such documents/photographs).
  9. Asia Pacific Transgender Network takes no responsibility for the content of external internet sites. In addition, links to these websites cannot be taken as any endorsement of the content or approval by Asia Pacific Transgender Network of the views and expressions on these websites.
  10. Where information or material has been posted by a third party on the site, including the Asia Pacific Transgender Network blog, or a Asia Pacific Transgender Network social networking profile such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, Asia Pacific Transgender Network takes no responsibility for the contents of the posting. Please do not post inappropriate, confidential or sensitive information, or materials for which appropriate dissemination rights have not been obtained. We invite you to bring to our attention any information or material you believe to be inappropriate, confidential or sensitive, or unlawfully disseminated.
  11. Trademarks: the Asia Pacific Transgender Network name and logo are trademarks of the Asia Pacific Transgender Network. The names, images and logos identifying Asia Pacific Transgender Network or third parties and their products and services are the proprietary marks of Asia Pacific Transgender Network and/or third parties as appropriate. Nothing contained therein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of Asia Pacific Transgender Network or any third party.
  12. External links to Asia Pacific Transgender Network: any organisation wishing to set up a link to this site must complete a link request form and confirm their agreement to the terms and conditions attached to the form. Contact info@weareaptn.org to initiate the process.
  13. Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like (‘Contribution’) is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information. On posting any Contributions to this site, you confirm that you are granting Asia Pacific Transgender Network a perpetual (and irrevocable), royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive licence to use the material in your Contribution for any purpose in any media in any part of the world. This includes the right for Asia Pacific Transgender Network to copy, edit, publish, grant sub-licences, and exercise all other copyright and publicity rights over the material. You also waive all ‘moral rights’ in the materials. If you do not wish to grant us these rights, please do not post your Contribution to this site.
  14. By posting a Contribution to this site you warrant that:
    • your Contribution does not infringe any person’s intellectual property rights, which include any copyright, moral rights or trade mark rights;
    • you have all the necessary rights to post or submit the Contribution and to grant us the rights described in the these terms of use; and
    • you have necessary permission from everyone in a picture or video. For children and young people the permission must be from their parent or legal guardian.
  15. Asia Pacific Transgender Network does not endorse any Contribution or any opinion, statement, or advice expressed by users of this site. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Asia Pacific Transgender Network expressly disclaims all liability in connection with any Contributions made by users of this site.
  16. You may not submit, publish, post, distribute or transmit any defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful or objectionable Contributions. You may not interfere with anyone’s use or enjoyment of this site, for example by threatening, bullying or sending junk mail. If Asia Pacific Transgender Network in its sole discretion considers that any Contribution, conduct or use of this site breaches these terms of use or is unlawful or inappropriate in any way, we reserve the right to do any or all of the following actions (without prior notice): (a) warn you via email and require you to discontinue such conduct or use; (b) delete any Contribution you have posted to this site or which features in any personal area; (c) discontinue your registration with this site or any service being provided; and/or (d) take other measures, including terminating, suspending or restricting use of this site, and/or passing details to relevant third parties, including email providers, the police or other authorities. Any action that we take is without prejudice to any of our accrued rights.
  17. If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
  18. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bangkok, Thailand. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Bangkok, Thailand.