Website Terms of Use

You have accessed a GPC Asia Pacific Group (referred to as “we” in these terms of use) website.

We agree to provide you with access to and use of our website, including our online shopping platform, on the terms set out below.

You should ensure that you have read and understood these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, you should discontinue using the website. If you have any questions you may Contact Us.

You agree to be bound by these terms (including our Privacy Policy, Purchase Terms and Returns Policy) when you use our Website. 

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Use of site and intellectual property rights

Our website is comprised of software and contains text, images, graphics, product-related data, audio clips, video, music and other information ('Content'). The Content is subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights owned by us, or a third party which has permitted us to use the Content.

You must only use the website for lawful purposes and ensure that you do not:

  1. carry out any activities in relation to the website which:
    1. may cause disruption or failure of the website or any part of it, including its functionality;
    2. may constitute infringement of our intellectual property rights;
  2. provide false information when registering an account or changing your account information;
  3. copy, distribute, reproduce, modify, translate, adapt, vary, reverse engineer, de-compile or disassemble any of the Content or create derivate works based on the Content;
  4. use any spider, scraper, robot or other automated means to access the Content and the website for any purpose whatsoever or seek to bypass any measures that we may implement to restrict automated access to the Content or the website; or
  5. use the Content or any trade marks or other marks contained on our website which are protected by law.

We reserve the right to monitor and track your login information on the website to ensure it is being used in accordance with these terms.

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Cookies and Third Party Analytics Policy

1. Cookies

In general, cookies are used to make website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

We use cookies on our Site for a variety of reasons, including:

    1. where they are required for particular features to work (e.g., if you are a logged in user, to allow you to remain logged in whilst you complete certain tasks),
    2. to help Us to improve the Site and services, and deliver personalised service by enabling Us to estimate audience size and usage patterns;
    3. store information about your preferences;
    4. to make recommendation of products and services to you that are relevant to your interest based on an analysis of your user behaviour,
    5. to speed up your searches and recognise you when you return to the Site or use the services; and
    6. for authentication and security purposes.

1.1. Classifications and Types of Cookies

Cookies broadly consist of the following:

  • first party cookies, served directly by Us to your device; or
  • third-party cookies, which are served by a third party on Our behalf.

Cookies may be either persistent or session based, and Our Site use both kinds of cookies.

Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiry date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.

We use the following types of cookies:

    1. Essential cookies: essential to the functioning of the Site;
    2. Performance cookies: assists Us to measure our Site's performance and improve your experience with any information collected in aggregated and anonymised form;
    3. Functionality cookies: allows Us to enhance Your experience (for example by remembering any settings you may have selected); and
    4. Marketing cookies: used to track user activity and sessions so that We can deliver a more personalized service. Marketing cookies are set by third parties with whom we execute marketing campaigns and allow us to provide marketing relevant to you.

1.2. Opt-out

You may set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie. You can also set your browser to turn off most cookies. Cookies that are essential cookies used for site navigation and session management, may be required to make the Site function correctly. Cookies that are non-essential cookies are not required to make the Site function correctly.

2. Pixels

A pixel is a tiny image that may be embedded within web pages and emails, requiring a call (which provides device and visit information) to our servers in order for the pixel to be rendered in those web pages and emails. We use pixels to learn more about your interactions with email content or web content, such as whether you interacted with ads or posts. Pixels can also enable Us and third parties to place cookies on your browser.

3. Third Party Analytics

We also use automated devices and applications provided by third parties, such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, and to evaluate usage of Our Site and services.

We collect information from these third parties and use these tools to help Us improve Our services, performance, and user experiences. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies which collect information to perform their services. We do not share personal information that We collect directly with these third parties. However, these third parties may collect personal information directly through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

For an explanation of the information collected by some of these third parties and their respective privacy policies, the following examples may be helpful:

To opt-out from third parties, the following links may be useful:

We also collect transactional information and browse behaviour on Our website. We may use such information to offer you recommendations for products and services that are relevant to your interests. We share IP address, unique ID number, and shop and browse behaviour with third parties (including Google Ad) on an aggregate basis but does not share personal information for these purposes. For an explanation of how Google Ad manages ads and data, please visit: https://safety.google/intl/en_au/privacy/ads-and-data/

4. Update

This Policy may change from time to time and is available on Our Site. When we change this Policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this Cookie Policy. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Policy or any of our other policies.

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Disclaimer

The Content is provided on an “as is” basis and we do not make any warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of the Content, including whether use of the website will be uninterrupted, error free, or fit for a particular purpose.

In these terms, a reference to a “claim” means any claim, allegation, demand, suit, action or the initiation or threat of proceedings of any kind made under or in connection with these terms or its subject matter, whether arising under contract, tort (including negligence), statute or any other basis in law or in equity.

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

  1. we exclude all representations, warranties, implied terms (including those implied by statute, custom, law or otherwise) in relation to the website or the Content, except as expressly set out in these terms; and
  2. we are not liable to you in respect of any claim in relation to the website or the Content or these terms for any loss, damage, expense, loss of data or other incidental damages.
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Links

The Website may contain links to third party sites, over which we have no control. Your access to and use of those third party sites is at your own risk and may be subject to other terms of use.

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Viruses

We make every attempt to ensure that the website is free of viruses and other malicious code which may affect your computer systems. However, your access to and use of the website is at your own risk and you must take your own precautions to avoid and protect your computer systems against any viruses and other malicious code

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Account security

For security purposes, you must ensure that you not to share your account login details.

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Credit Card Information

We do not store any credit card information that you provide. Payments made via the website are securely managed by our third party payment gateway vendor in compliance with relevant standards.

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Suspending or terminating site access

We may suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Website, without notice, if you are in breach of these terms. Any termination or suspension does affect any rights or remedies which we may have under these terms or otherwise at law.

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Jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia in connection with websites operated in Australia, and by the laws of New Zealand in connection with websites operated in New Zealand.

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Changes to these terms

We may change these terms from time to time, in our sole discretion and without notice to you. By continuing to access and use the Website, you agree to be bound by the changes to these terms.

The GPC Asia Pacific Group entity operating the Website in Australia is GPC Asia Pacific Pty Limited (ABN 97 097 993 283) of 22 Enterprise Drive, Rowville, Victoria, 3178, Australia.

The GPC Asia Pacific Group entity operating the Website in New Zealand is GPC Asia Pacific Limited of 510 Mt Wellington Highway, Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand.

You may contact us at the addresses listed or at Contact Us

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Instructional content

We may publish content (including instructional videos) on our website that provides ‘do-it-yourself’ and other helpful information.

This instructional content is general information only. You must always consult the manufacturer’s user guides to ensure you adopt the most appropriate procedure, which may change depending on the vehicle and product being used.

Instructional content should not be used as a substitution for professional advice or be relied upon for safety purposes.

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