Terms and Conditions of Membership
The terms “Membership” and “Member” (in their singular or plural forms) apply to the Institute’s Associate Members, Certified Members and Certified Fellows.

The term “the Institute” applies to the International CIO Institute, and the CIO Institute of Australia.

Terms and Conditions of Membership

Access to the website and other membership privileges implies acceptance of these membership terms and conditions.  These terms and conditions may be updated from time to time and will apply from the date of publication on the web site.

Membership and Subscriptions

Member privileges will be dependent on payment of the applicable membership subscriptions as may be due from time to time.

Members who have not paid their subscriptions (renewals) lose all access to membership benefits including the right to use materials sourced from the Institute and its web site, and the right to use the Institute’s Accreditations (MICIOI and FICIOI).

Memberships and Certifications reside with the individual, not the organisation.

A full refund, less the non-refundable Application Processing Fee, can be claimed if your Membership is cancelled within 30 days of payment. Membership may be cancelled by Members at any time beyond this date and Members understand that no refund of subscriptions will be given.

Membership, access and privileges may be withdrawn from Members who break these terms and conditions or breach the Institute’s Professional Code of Practice .

Certification

Only current paid members who have been granted the Institute’s Certified Member or Certified Fellow accreditations according to the appropriate processes of the Institute may call themselves Members of the Institute or Fellows of the Institute, or use the Institute’s appropriate MICIOI and FICIOI Accreditations.

Associate Members may only indicate that they are “Associate Members of the Institute”.

Retention of Certification requires a commitment to undertake appropriate Continuing Professional Development as outlined in the Institute’s Policy.

The Institute awards its professional accreditations at its complete discretion according to the processes and disciplines it sets from time to time. The Institute accepts no liability to any person or organisation for its assessment of, or inability to assess, the capability of an individual member, and its decision in relation to awarding of (or withholding) Admission to the Institute and/or the awarding of (or withholding) the Institute’s Certifications.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Members undertake to respect the privacy of information on the website or exchanged in the Institute’s meetings, seminars, workshops and social events.

Members undertake not to misuse, make available to third parties, or use for mailing lists or other commercial purposes, any Members' contact details which may be made available (eg: to enable networking and sharing of information between members).

Members undertake not to misuse, make available to third parties, or use in any way, Members' opinions, questions or communications which may be made available (eg: within online forums, workshops, etc).

Members undertake that all information they provide for publication on the Institute’s web site is free from copyright, confidentiality or other restrictions that would prevent its publication on our website.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

The International CIO Institute and the CIO Institute of Australia (“the Institute”) support and encourage the dissemination and exchange of information. However, copyright protects material on this Internet site. The Institute asserts the right to be recognised as the author of material on this site, and that right extends even if the material is altered. Such recognition must include the Institute’s name (CIO Institute of Australia) and web address (www.cioinstitute.com.au ).

Materials are made available purely for the benefit of Members for use within their own organisations during their period of membership and copied or transmitted to other members of their own organisation only, provided that the copyright restrictions are clearly shown and these restrictions are observed by all recipients.

Material provided that is copyright by other parties may be transmitted or copied only as agreed by those parties.

The information on this site must not be sold, or used within a commercial service provision arrangement without specific permission in writing from the Institute. For any enquiries related to copyright, please contact the Communications Manager, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Liability and Contractual Obligations

The materials on this Internet site are presented as an information source only. The information is provided solely on the basis that users will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters presented herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information and the applicability and application in their own environments. The information does not constitute professional advice and should not be relied upon as such. Formal advice from appropriate advisers should be sought in particular matters.

The Institute accepts no liability to any person or organisation for the information or advice provided in this Internet site, or incorporated into it by reference or for loss or damages incurred as a result of reliance upon the material contained in this site.

The links offered on this site are provided for the interest of our users.  Provision of these links does not constitute endorsement, non-endorsement or support by the Institute for the information, products, services or persons associated with the related sites. The content found by using these links is not created, controlled or approved by the Institute and no responsibility is taken for the consequences of viewing or using such content.

The Institute does not warrant that it will provide uninterrupted access at all times to this site or any web sites linked to this site.

In no event shall the Institute be liable (including liability for negligence) for any damages (including without limitation, direct, indirect, punitive, special or consequential) whatsoever arising out of a person's use of, access to or inability to use or access this site or any web site linked to this site.

No other statements on this website or email correspondence may be taken to imply any contractual obligation by the Institute.

Nothing in this agreement or in any material on the website or any other correspondence between us shall confer or purport to confer on any third party any benefit or any right to enforce any terms of this agreement.