Terms and Conditions
Last updated: 17 August 2026
These Terms and Conditions govern your use of OpsTools, available at opstools.online (the “Website”). OpsTools is operated from the Northern Territory, Australia.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with them, you should not use the Website.
1. About OpsTools
OpsTools publishes articles, news, commentary, analysis and other information relating to information technology, cyber security, IT operations, cloud computing, enterprise technology and related subjects.
Content published on OpsTools is provided for general information and educational purposes. It should not be regarded as professional, legal, financial, compliance or cyber-security advice.
2. Use of the Website
You may access and use the Website for lawful personal, professional and informational purposes.
You must not use the Website in a way that:
- violates applicable laws or regulations;
- interferes with the operation, availability or security of the Website;
- attempts to gain unauthorised access to the Website, its infrastructure or associated services;
- distributes malware or other harmful material;
- impersonates OpsTools or misrepresents an association with OpsTools; or
- unlawfully copies, republishes or commercially exploits material published on the Website.
Reasonable automated access by legitimate search engines, indexing services and other web services may be permitted subject to the Website's technical controls, including any applicable robots.txt directives.
3. Information and technical content
OpsTools aims to publish accurate and useful information. However, technology, software, security threats, vulnerabilities, products and services can change rapidly.
We do not guarantee that all information published on the Website will always be complete, accurate, current or suitable for a particular purpose.
Technical information should be independently verified before being used to make operational, security, purchasing, compliance or other important decisions.
Where articles discuss vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, security controls, configurations, commands or technical procedures, the information is provided for legitimate informational, defensive and educational purposes.
You are responsible for ensuring that any actions you take based on information published by OpsTools are appropriate, authorised and lawful in your circumstances.
4. Editorial content and opinions
Some material published on OpsTools may contain analysis, commentary or opinion.
Opinions expressed in an article are not necessarily statements of objective fact. Where information is based on third-party research, vendor statements, security reports or other external sources, OpsTools may summarise or analyse that material while identifying the source where appropriate.
Information concerning developing incidents, cyber-security campaigns, vulnerabilities and other rapidly changing events may become outdated or may be updated as additional information becomes available.
5. No professional advice
Nothing published on OpsTools creates a professional, advisory, consultancy or client relationship between you and OpsTools.
You should obtain appropriate professional advice before making decisions where legal, regulatory, financial, security, safety or significant operational consequences may arise.
6. External websites and third-party content
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, research, documentation, products, services or other external resources.
These links are provided for reference and convenience. Unless expressly stated otherwise, OpsTools does not control, operate or endorse third-party websites or services and is not responsible for their availability, security, accuracy, content, privacy practices or terms.
Visiting an external website is at your own discretion and subject to that website's own terms and policies.
7. Product and company references
References to companies, products, services, technologies and trademarks are made for identification, reporting, commentary or informational purposes.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, such references do not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership or affiliation between OpsTools and the organisations concerned.
All third-party trademarks, product names and company names remain the property of their respective owners.
8. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, original articles, written content, graphics and other original material published on OpsTools are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may link to OpsTools articles and quote reasonable extracts for legitimate purposes such as discussion, commentary, research or reporting, provided appropriate attribution and, where practical, a link to the original article are included.
You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, sell or commercially exploit substantial portions of original OpsTools content without permission, except where permitted by applicable law.
Material attributed to third parties remains subject to the rights and licensing terms of its respective owners.
9. Automated systems and AI services
Automated services, including search engines, aggregators and artificial intelligence services, may access publicly available OpsTools content where permitted by applicable technical controls and law.
Permission for automated access, indexing or discovery does not by itself grant permission to reproduce, republish, resell or otherwise commercially exploit substantial portions of OpsTools content beyond what is permitted by law or any separately granted licence.
OpsTools may use technical measures, including robots.txt directives, to indicate which automated services are permitted or restricted from accessing particular content.
10. Website availability
We aim to keep OpsTools available and functioning correctly, but uninterrupted availability is not guaranteed.
The Website or individual articles may be changed, corrected, updated, suspended or removed without notice. Access may also be interrupted by maintenance, hosting problems, network failures, security incidents or circumstances outside our reasonable control.
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, OpsTools makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability or suitability of information published on the Website for any particular purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, OpsTools will not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or other consequence arising from or connected with your use of, or reliance upon, information published on the Website, or your inability to access or use the Website.
This includes, without limitation and to the extent permitted by law, consequences arising from technical decisions, configuration changes, security actions, operational decisions, purchasing decisions or actions taken on the basis of Website content.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, remedy or other protection that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or modified under applicable Australian law, including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Australian Consumer Law where applicable.
12. Privacy and cookies
Use of the Website may involve the collection or processing of information as described in the OpsTools Privacy Policy.
The Website may also use cookies or similar technologies for essential functionality, analytics, security, advertising or other purposes, where applicable.
Please refer to the Privacy Policy and any applicable cookie information for further details.
13. Changes to these Terms
These Terms and Conditions may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the Website, its services, publishing practices or applicable legal requirements.
The date at the top of this page indicates when these Terms were last updated. Where permitted by law, your continued use of the Website after updated Terms are published constitutes your acceptance of those revised Terms.
14. Governing law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws in force in the Northern Territory of Australia and applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Subject to any rights you may have under applicable law to bring proceedings elsewhere, you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of the Northern Territory of Australia and courts entitled to hear appeals from them.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, that provision will be read down to the extent necessary or, where that is not possible, severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions will continue to apply.
16. Contact
If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, copyright, content published on OpsTools or permission to use material from the Website, please contact OpsTools using the contact details provided on the Website.
