Terms of Service

This document is under review by legal counsel and may be updated. Questions: hello@lobbyclock.com.

Last updated: July 13, 2026. Operated by James Trotter (Australian sole trader) ("LobbyClock", "we").

1. The service

LobbyClock is a software tool that organizes publicly available lobbying-compliance information: it generates deadline calendars from statutes and agency guidance, monitors public lobbyist registries, and records your filing history. Access is provided as a subscription service at lobbyclock.com.

2. Not legal advice — your responsibility

LobbyClock is a **calendaring and monitoring aid, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice**. Deadline, fee, and requirement information is derived from public sources, each cited in-product, and may lag legislative or administrative changes. **You remain solely responsible for your registrations and filings.** Verify critical dates against the linked official sources or with your own counsel. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for penalties, fines, missed filings, or losses arising from reliance on the service (see §8).

3. Accounts and acceptable use

You must provide accurate account information and keep credentials secure. You may not: resell or share access outside your workspace; probe, scrape, or disrupt the service; upload unlawful content; or use the service to violate any lobbying, ethics, or anti-corruption law.

4. Trials, fees, and cancellation

New workspaces receive a 14-day free trial; no payment method is required to start. Paid plans are billed monthly or annually in advance at the published prices. You may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current billing period; fees already paid are non-refundable except where required by law. Prices may change with 30 days' notice.

5. Your data

You retain all rights to data you enter. You grant us a licence to process it solely to provide the service. You may export your data at any time; we delete workspace data within 60 days of account closure, except audit records we must retain by law.

6. Public-records data

Registry information displayed by the service is drawn from public government sources. We do not warrant its completeness or currency; the authoritative record is always the government registry itself.

7. Availability and changes

We aim for high availability but the service is provided "as is" and "as available". We may modify features with reasonable notice of material reductions.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law (including the Australian Consumer Law, whose non-excludable guarantees are not affected): our total aggregate liability is limited to the fees you paid in the 12 months before the claim; we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential loss, including regulatory penalties, fines, lost profits, or reputational harm. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to re-supplying the service.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. [ATTORNEY: confirm choice of law/forum posture for a US-customer SaaS operated by an Australian sole trader.]

10. Contact

legal@lobbyclock.com [ATTORNEY REVIEW CHECKLIST: liability cap adequacy for compliance-adjacent tooling; ACL interaction with US customers; indemnities; data-breach notification duties (Privacy Act 1988 / US state laws); ABN → company novation clause for later incorporation.]