Chatsifieds.com Terms & Conditions

Chatsifieds.com Terms & Conditions

 

Effective Date: August 19, 2025

Welcome to Chatsifieds.com (“Website”). The Website is operated by Chatsifieds.com (ACN 620 592 403) and provides English learning and community services (“Services”).

Access to and use of the Website is governed by these terms and conditions (“Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully. By using, browsing, and/or accessing the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must immediately stop using the Website and Services.

Chatsifieds.com reserves the right to review and update these Terms at any time by changing this page. When we update the Terms, we will use reasonable efforts to provide you with notice of the changes. Any changes take effect immediately from the date of their publication. We recommend that you save a copy of these Terms for your records.

 

1. Acceptance of the Terms

 

You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to them where this option is made available to you in the user interface.

 

2. User Accounts and Conduct

 

To access certain features of the Services, you may be required to register for an account. When you register, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate and current information.
  • Keep your password secure and confidential.
  • Be solely responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
  • Immediately notify Chatsifieds.com of any unauthorized use of your account.

You agree not to use the Website to post any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, threatening, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. We reserve the right to remove any such content and to suspend or terminate your account without notice.

 

3. User-Generated Content (UGC)

 

The Website allows you to post, upload, and share content, including messages, comments, and other materials (“Your Content”).

  • Ownership: You retain all ownership rights to Your Content.
  • License to Chatsifieds.com: By submitting Your Content, you grant Chatsifieds.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of Your Content in connection with the Services and our business.
  • Representations and Warranties: You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses and rights to Your Content and that it does not infringe on any third party’s intellectual property or other rights.
  • Responsibility for Your Content: You are solely responsible for Your Content. Chatsifieds.com is not liable for any loss or damage arising from Your Content.

 

4. Intellectual Property

 

The Website, its content, and all related products and services are protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and international treaties. All rights in the content and compilation of the Website are owned or controlled by Chatsifieds.com or its contributors.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to:

  • Use the Website in accordance with these Terms.
  • Copy and store the Website content on your device for personal, non-commercial use.

You may not, without our prior written permission, broadcast, republish, transmit, distribute, show or play in public, adapt, or change any content for any purpose. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are owned, registered, and/or licensed by Chatsifieds.com.

 

5. Privacy

 

Chatsifieds.com takes your privacy seriously. Any personal information you provide through the use of the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy, which is available on our website.

 

6. Australian Consumer Law

 

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations, or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). These guarantees and warranties, such as those related to a service being fit for purpose or of acceptable quality, cannot be limited or excluded by law.

Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:

  • All terms, guarantees, and warranties not expressly stated in these Terms are excluded.
  • We will not be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage, including loss of profit or opportunity, arising from your use of the Website.

 

7. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

 

Your use of the Website and its content is at your own risk. The Website and its content are provided to you “as is” and “as available” without warranty or condition of any kind.

Chatsifieds.com, its affiliates, employees, and agents do not make any express or implied representation or warranty about the content or any products or services. This includes, but is not limited to, liability for:

  • Failure of performance, error, or interruption.
  • The accuracy, suitability, or currency of any information, including third-party material and advertisements.
  • Costs incurred as a result of your use of the Website.

Chatsifieds.com’s total liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms, whether under contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.

You acknowledge and agree that Chatsifieds.com holds no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, or special damages incurred by you as a result of providing Your Content to the Website.

 

8. Termination of Agreement

 

These Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Chatsifieds.com.

  • Your Termination: You may terminate the Terms by deleting your account. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for details on the account deletion process.
  • Our Termination: We may terminate the Terms and suspend or deny your access to the Website at any time, in our sole discretion, if:
    • You have breached any provision of the Terms.
    • We are required to do so by law.
    • The provision of the Services is, in our opinion, no longer commercially viable.

 

9. Indemnity

 

You agree to indemnify Chatsifieds.com, its employees, and affiliates from all claims, costs, expenses, and damages (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred as a result of:

  • Your Content.
  • Your use of the Website.
  • Any breach of these Terms.

 

10. Dispute Resolution

 

10.1. Compulsory Negotiation: If a dispute arises, neither party may begin court proceedings unless the following process has been followed.

10.2. Notice: A party claiming a dispute has arisen must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute.

10.3. Resolution: On receipt of the notice, both parties must, within 28 days, make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute through negotiation.

10.4. Mediation: If the dispute is not resolved within 28 days, both parties must agree on a mediator or request one be appointed by the Australian Mediation Association. The mediation will be held in Melbourne, Australia, and all related costs will be shared equally.

 

11. Venue and Governing Law

 

The Services are intended for residents of Australia. In the event of any dispute, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving it shall be in the courts of Victoria, Australia. The Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.

 

12. Severance

 

If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a court, that part will be severed, and the remainder of the Terms will remain in full force and effect.