Terms of Use
This Website www.advenaresearch.com (referred to in these "terms of use" as the website) is owned and operated by Advena Research Pty Ltd (Australian Company Number 670 556 224) who is referred to in these Terms of Use as "we", "us", "our" and similar grammatical forms.
1 Use of material on the Website
1.1 Generally
(a) We provide the Website for public access to information published by us with the aim to advance the global understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) that is potentially linked to non-human intelligence.
(b) You may not use the Website, or the material contained on it, for any other purpose than that set out in (a). This involves:
- (i) the reproduction of the material in any material form;
- (ii) the distribution of the material in any material form;
- (iii) re-transmission of the material by any medium of communication;
- (iv) uploading or reposting the material to any other site on the Internet; and
- (v) "framing" the material on the Website with other material on any other website.
The above are unlawful in any jurisdiction and are specifically prohibited by these Terms of Use.
(c) Despite the above restrictions on use of the material on the Website, you may download material from the Website for your personal non-commercial use provided you do not remove any copyright and trademark notices contained on the material or use the material in any way that would infringe our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of third parties.
(d) You may not modify or copy:
- (i) the layout of the Website; or
- (ii) any computer software and code contained in the Website.
1.2 Links to other websites
(a) This Website may contain links to other sites on the Internet owned and operated by third parties and which are not under our control.
(b) In relation to the other sites on the Internet, which are linked to the Website, we:
- (i) provide the links to other sites as a convenience to you and the existence of a link to other sites does not imply any endorsement by us of the contents of the linked site; and
- (ii) is not responsible for the material contained on those linked sites, or any viruses or other malicious material contained on those linked sites.
1.3 Opinions and Comments
(a) This Website may contain published opinions and comments made by others.
(b) Unless we expressly state otherwise, we do not endorse any opinions or comments made by others on the Website, whether published by us or otherwise.
1.4 General Disclaimers
(a) We do not warrant, guarantee or make any representation that:
- (i) the Website, or the server that makes the site available on the Internet are free of software viruses or other malicious material;
- (ii) the functions contained in any software contained on the Website will operate uninterrupted or are error-free; and
- (iii) errors and defects in the Website will be corrected.
(b) We are not liable to you for:
- (i) errors or omissions in the Website, or linked sites on the Internet;
- (ii) delays to, interruptions of or cessation of the services provided in the Website, or linked sites; and
- (iii) defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user of the Website,
whether caused through our negligence or the negligence of our employees, independent contractors or agents, or through any other cause.
(c) You agree to accept the full cost of any necessary repair, correction and maintenance of any of your computer software or hardware, which may be necessary as a consequence of you accessing the Website.
1.5 Intellectual property rights
All logos, icons, brand names or service names that identifying the owner and operator of this Website are our copyright property or our trade marks or service marks. All other trade marks or service marks on this Website are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain written permission before reusing any copyrighted material that is published on this Website. Any unauthorized use of the materials appearing on this Website may violate copyright, trade mark and other property rights or legal protections and could result in criminal or civil penalties.
2 Terms of Use relating you uploading material or information to our Website
2.1 User Uploads
(a) The Website may allow users of the Website to submit content to the Website for publication on the Website, including without limitation comments, reports, images and videos ("User Uploads"). Whilst we have taken all care to ensure that any such facility that invites User Uploads on our Website is secure and encrypted, we do not warrant, guarantee or make any representation that User Uploads will be secure or encrypted on every occasion, or that any deployed security or encryption will function 100% of the time. We will not be liable to you if it fails to function whether caused through our negligence or the negligence of our employees, independent contractors or agents, or through any other cause.
(b) We will decide, in our absolute discretion, whether any User Uploads are published on our Website. We can refuse to publish all or any part of User Uploads for any reason whatsoever.
(c) We may from time to time offer the ability for users of the Website to choose to submit User Uploads anonymously, by selecting that option at the time of making the submission. If you make such a selection, then we will take all care to redact any identifying information before publication on our Website, but we do not warrant, guarantee or make any representation that identifying information will be removed 100% of the time. We will not be liable to you if our systems or personnel fail to redact identifying information whether caused through our negligence or the negligence of our employees, independent contractors or agents, or through any other cause
(d) National and global security is a priority. Any User Uploads containing national security, sensitive information or classified documents will not be published on our Website and we may turnover such User Uploads to the relevant authorities, together with such information that we hold about you, and generally assist authorities with their investigations. We will not be liable to you for us acting in accordance with this clause. By submitting a User Upload you warrant, guarantee and represent to us that the User Upload does not contain any national security, sensitive information or classified documents. You will be liable to us if you submit any User Uploads that are in breach of this clause.
(e) By submitting a User Upload you warrant, guarantee and represent to us that the User Upload does not contain any virus or other malicious material, or illegal or immoral material, including without limitation pornography, child exploitation material, violence, abuse, assault, hate speech and acts of terror. Any User Uploads containing any such content will not be published on our Website. You will be liable to us if you submit any User Uploads that are in breach of this clause. Further, we may turnover such User Uploads to the relevant authorities, together with such information that we hold about you, and generally assist authorities with their investigations. We will not be liable to you for us acting in accordance with this clause.
(f) By submitting a User Upload you warrant, guarantee and represent to us that the User Upload has not been generated or edited by AI or has not otherwise been doctored. You will be liable to us if you submit any User Uploads that are in breach of this clause.
2.2 User Upload Disclaimer
(a) We are making the Website available for others to publish information via our User Upload facility without assuming a duty of care to users. The publication of any User Upload is not an endorsement or approval by us of the content.
(b) We are not in the business of providing advice and give no warranty, guarantee or representation about the accuracy, reliability or timeliness or otherwise, of the information contained on the Website, including User Uploads, or linked sites on the Internet.
(c) It is not our responsibility to determine the credibility of any User Upload and we do not warrant, guarantee or make any representation that User Uploads are credible, verified, undoctored or peer reviewed nor do we may any representation that a User Upload has not been generated by, or edited by, AI.
2.3 Uploading information
You represent and warrant in relation to any material or information you provide to the Website, including User Uploads, that:
- (a) you are authorised to provide the material or information and are not infringing the intellectual property rights of any other person;
- (b) the material or information is not defamatory or a malicious falsehood in relation to any product, service, person or corporation;
- (c) the material or information complies with our Terms of Use.
2.4 Licence to use intellectual property
By uploading any material that is protected by intellectual property rights including, but not limited to, copyrighted works and material other than works, trade marks and service marks (Intellectual Property) on to the Website, you are granting us a perpetual, non-exclusive and payment-free irrevocable licence throughout the world to:
- (a) reproduce, use and exploit the Intellectual Property, as part of the Website, to the full extent permitted by Intellectual Property law in any jurisdiction in which the Website is available to users; and
- (b) reproduce, use and exploit the Intellectual Property in articles, publications, blogs, papers, discussion forums, threads and other written communications created, published or distributed by us or any of our servants, employees and agents, with or without citing you as the holder of the Intellectual Property rights; and
- (c) allow us to sub-licence others the same rights granted to us in clause 2.4(a) and 2.4(b) above.
2.5 Removal of information
In relation to any material or information included on the Website, we may remove any material or information, including but not limited to links to other sites on the Internet, at any time without giving any explanation or justification for removing the material or information.
2.6 Limit of liability
We and our respective officers, employees and agents have no liability for any costs, losses or damages of any kind, which you may incur, arising whether directly or indirectly. This applies:
- (a) in relation to or in connection with any material or information submitted by you on our Website; and
- (b) as a consequence of removing any material or information submitted by you from this Website.
3 Privacy policy
3.1 Use of personal information gathered
(a) We appreciate that your privacy is important to you, we will continue to protect the personal information you provide us and we will manage your personal information in compliance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
(b) We will take care to ensure that all information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete, up-to-date and stored in a secure environment.
(c) We will comply with the Australian Privacy legislation in respect to our collection, storage and use of your personal information.
(d) By using our Website or registering for an account with us, you are accepting the terms of this privacy policy, and you are consenting to our collection, use, disclosure, retention and protection of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
(e) We and any people or legal entities authorised by us may gather and process the personal information:
- (i) which you may provide when accessing the Website, such as your name, address, e-mail address and other personal information about you; and
- (ii) regarding the way in which you use the Website including, without limitation, information acquired through the use of "cookies" delivered to your computer when you access our Website.
(f) We may authorise others to offer you goods and services using the information acquired, as described in paragraph (a).
(g) We may also use personal information in the manner set out in clause 2.4
3.2 How can I access the personal information that you collect?
(a) We are happy to provide you with details of personal information held about you. Australian Privacy Principle 12 allows you to get access to, and correct, the personal information we hold about you.
(b) To access this information, you need to email or write to us using the contact details on our Website.
(c) Australian Privacy Principle 13 allows you to ask us to take reasonable steps to correction any personal information that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading.
(d) If you believe that your personal information has been misused, you can inform us of your complaint by contacting us through our Website and we will attempt to resolve the matter.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint you may refer the matter to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). OAIC complaints page: http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints
3.3 Changes to our privacy policy
(a) If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and update the privacy policy modification date below.
(b) This privacy policy was last modified on 2nd September 2025.
3.4 Users who are accessing the Website from an EU Member State
(a) If you are a resident of an EU member state, then in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), there are further provisions of this Privacy Policy that are applicable to you. They are set out here in clause 3.4.
(b) As we are incorporated in Australia, you acknowledge and expressly agree that all of your information will be transmitted outside of the EU and in particular to Australia for processing purposes.
(c) We may be required to disclose your information to any governmental body, supervisory authority or regulator in the EU as required by the GDPR from time to time. We may also be required to make mandatory disclosures of any data breaches relating to your information in accordance with the GDPR.
(d) If you request a copy of any information held about you, then to the extent reasonably possible (and provided the general provisions of this document relating to such a request are met) then in accordance with the GDPR we will endeavour to provide such information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable and interoperable format that enables data portability.
(e) Any right you have to access, erasure and portability of your information under the GDPR is restricted in the manner set out in Article 23 of the GDPR.
(f) In relation to any direct marketing activities undertaken by us or third party providers in accordance with this document, you are entitled to object to such direct marketing activities.
(g) You are entitled to object to any profiling of you that is undertaken by us, or automatically by machines, as a result of the collection and processing of your information.
(h) We will, where reasonably practicable, encrypt your information. However, you acknowledge and agree that it is unreasonable and inappropriate for us to use pseudonyms for data processing in our ordinary course of business and in the delivery of services to you.
3.5 Oversees Data Transfer
(a) Please note we may use overseas facilities to process or back up information including cloud based applications and servers located outside of Australia. Further, you may upload and submit material to our Website from a location outside of Australia. As a result, we may transfer your information overseas. There is an inherent risk in the use of the Internet and cloud based applications and accordingly we cannot guarantee that your information will not be transmitted to, or intercepted by, parties located in nations that do not enforce privacy laws.
(b) If you are located in a country that does not have privacy and data protection laws substantially similar to Australia, then we cannot make any warranty or guarantee in relation to the protection of any information transmitted to or from you.
4 General Provisions
4.1 Limitation of liability
(a) To the full extent permitted by law we disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, regarding:
- (i) the accuracy, reliability, timeliness or otherwise of any information contained or referred to on the Website or of any linked sites; and
- (ii) merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose for any service or product contained or referred to on the Website or on any linked sites.
(b) We will not be liable under any circumstances for any loss of profits or any damages of any kind recognised by law (even if it has been advised of the possibility of such loss of profits or damages) which are the consequence of you:
- (i) acting, or failing to act, on any information contained on or referred to on the Website or any of the linked websites or submitting any User Uploads to the Website; and
- (ii) using or acquiring, or your inability to use or acquire, any service or product contained or referred to on the Website or any linked sites.
4.2 Jurisdictional Effect on Disclaimers
The disclaimers in these Terms of Use may not apply to you in jurisdictions in which limitations on or exclusions of warranties or liabilities are not permitted by law. To the full extent permitted by law our liability for any implied warranty or condition is limited, at our choice, to one or more of the following:
(a) if the breach of an implied warranty or condition relates to services:
- (i) the supply of the services again; or
- (ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again; and
(b) if the breach of an implied warranty or condition relates to goods:
- (i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
- (ii) the repair of such goods; or
- (iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods, or having the goods repaired.
4.3 Indemnity
You will at all times indemnify and keep indemnified us and our respective officers, employees and agents (Those Indemnified) from and against any loss (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liability incurred by any of Those Indemnified arising from any claim, demand, suit, action or proceeding by any person against any of Those Indemnified where such loss or liability arose out of, in connection with or in respect of:
- (a) anything you do or omit to do whilst accessing the Website;
- (b) any breach of these Terms of Use by you; and
- (c) publication of or distribution of the material or information, including User Uploads, supplied by you.
4.4 Termination of access
We may suspend or terminate access to the Website at any time without giving any explanation or justification for the suspension or termination of access, and we have no liability for any costs, losses or damages of any kind arising as a consequence of suspending or terminating access to the Website.
4.5 Alteration of Terms of Use
We reserve the right to change these Terms of Access:
- (a) with or without further notice to you; and
- (b) without giving you any explanation or justification for such change.
4.6 Relevant jurisdiction
(a) If any part of these Terms of Use is found to be void, unlawful, or unenforceable then that part will be deemed to be severable from the balance of these Terms of Use and the severed part will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
(b) These Terms of Use will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of Western Australia, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.
(c) You agree to the jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia to determine any dispute arising out of these Terms of Use.