WEBSITE AND E-COMMERCE TERMS OF USE

1.0 General

1.1 Our Platform

Thank you for visiting our website. If you browse our website or access any content or data from or through our website, these Terms of Use apply

The Carbee Website is owned and operated by HYVE CORPORATION LIMITED ABN

90 674 037 631 and its related entities (“Carbee”).  Carbee is pleased to welcome you to our  network of websites, Apps and related e-commerce services (such as finance, insurance, or vehicle inspections/service etc) accessed via the internet, or through any of our broader e-commerce platforms .This includes all social media platforms managed by Carbee (including but not limited to Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

  “We“, “our“, and “us” refers to Hyve Corporation LimitedCarbee and its related entities; and “you” or “your” refers to you, the person accessing our website.

 

Your use of our website is governed by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Your access to and use of our website constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Use. Other terms may also apply subject to your use of the website, for example competitions or App promotions may have their own terms. Where there is an inconsistency with these Terms of Use and any other terms or conditions, the latter will prevail.

1.2 Acknowledgements

These are the current Terms of Use and replace any other Terms of Use previously published on our website to date.  Our Terms of Use may be varied at any time without notice to you (to the extent allowed by law) by publishing the updated terms of use on our website. Any variations become effective immediately unless otherwise indicated . Variations may be made for security, legal or regulatory reasons, or to reflect changes in technology or updates or changes to the services, information or functionality of our website at our discretion. 

We do not warrant that content, links, or sub-domains contained on, or associated with our website will always be available and accessible to you. We may change the path or location of a link or sub-domain, or redirect content contained within a link or sub-domain on our website at any time without prior notice to you. We do not warrant that any links that you forward will remain constant at the time that you forward or share them, as they are subject to change at any time without notice to you.

Information on our platform and in any realestate.com.au publication should not be regarded as a substitute for professional legal, financial or other advice

You acknowledge that unless you are a paid subscriber to the Carbee platform, access to the  website and platform is for personal and non-commercial use only

If Carbee reasonably considers that you or any party related to you has acted contrary to these Terms of Use, then Carbee may immediately terminate your right to access and use the Carbee website and platform.  Carbee reserves its right to take any action it deems reasonably necessary or desirable to prevent such repeated action.

 

You can keep track of any changes to our Terms of Use via the ‘ Version Date’ at the end of these Terms of Use. We encourage you to check regularly for updates. By your use of our website after any published update, you are taken to have accepted the new Terms of Use.

2 Privacy

The privacy and security of our customers is extremely important to us. We are committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information we hold and to handling it in a secure and responsible manner in accordance with the Commonwealth Government’s Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles. Our website will record and track the use you make of our platform and certain data items will be collected and used by us as set out in our Privacy Policy.

3 Restrictions on Use

In using our website, you agree that you will not either directly or via any third party:

• use our website for any other purpose, other than as a legitimate customer, potential customer or Carbee authorised Dealer unless authorised by us;
• take any action which may disrupt access to; cause damage; or interfere with; the proper operation of our website;
• take any action that places an unusually large load on the infrastructure of; or bandwidth connecting to; our website;
• take any action that includes the use of any data accumulation tool, scraping, robot or spider to compile, disseminate, extract, process, monitor, or copy any web pages from our website, whether for AI learning or other purposes, inclusive of any information, data, graphics or content contained within our website, without our prior written consent;
• take any action that involves decompiling, engineering, reverse assembling, attempting to reveal source code or other processes or formulas, connected with our website software;
• copy, reproduce, alter, modify, or display in public any part or content from our website, without our prior written consent;
• link any part of our website without our authorisation and written permission.
• Use our platform, or any content from our, platform in a manner which, in our view, is not reasonable, or not for the purpose for which the content is made available.

• )violate the rights of any person, including copyright, trade secret, privacy right, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; 
• pose as any person or entity or attempt to solicit money, passwords or personal information from any person; 
• act in violation of any Term of Use or other condition imposed by us or any applicable law;
• reproduce, republish, retransmit, modify, adapt, distribute, translate, create derivative works or adaptations of, publicly display, sell, trade, or in any way exploit our platform or any content on our website, except as expressly authorised by us; or 
• transmit or attempt to transmit any computer viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature.

We reserve the right to exercise whatever control we deem necessary to prevent unauthorised access to or use of our website, including, but not limited to, instituting technological barriers, or reporting your conduct to any person or entity.

 4 Accuracy

Whilst we take reasonable commercial steps to ensure that all information contained in our website is accurate and free from error, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of information on our website, nor do we warrant our website will function as intended or be uninterrupted. All information is subject to change without notice. 

Some of the information on our website, for example blogs or informational articles, will, by the nature of the information, be time sensitive. If this information is important to you, you should seek external updates before relying on the information. 

We do not guarantee that our website, or websites of those linked to our website, will function as intended, be uninterrupted, or will be free from viruses. We also take no responsibility for information provided by third parties, including in posts to our social media sites.

5 Website Links

Within our website, there may be links to other websites or applications which are owned and operated by entities that are independent of Carbee.

These links are provided for your convenience only. We do not approve, sponsor or endorse these websites, nor information, services, text, graphics, or data which is contained within their websites. We do not accept responsibility for any malicious activity, inaccuracy in information or representations made on those websites and we will not be liable for any loss that may be suffered because of using those websites.

6 Tools and our Website Features

We may make available on our website tools or information features, for example valuation tools, finance calculators, comparison tools, premium tools, infographics, interactive elements or general insurance information tools (‘Tools’). While we take reasonable commercial steps to ensure Tools operate correctly and are up-to-date and relevant, we do not warrant the accuracy, relevance, completeness, or usefulness of these Tools for your use or for any persons use. The use of Tools on our website is entirely at your own risk. Any Tools we make available produce general information only and do not take into account all of your individual circumstances.

7 Intellectual Property

Copyright on the services, information, text and graphics on our website is owned or licensed by Carbee or has been reproduced by Carbee with the necessary recognition to the owner.

No part of our website, inclusive of information, services, text and graphics, and other data may be reproduced, stored, modified, adapted, uploaded to another location, and produced for display in public in any form without our prior specific written consent.

“Carbee”, our logos and various of our regularly used phrases, are trademarks of Hyve Corporation Limited ABN or one of its subsidiaries

8 Jurisdiction

The law applicable to our website and to disputes arising out of our website is the law of the state of Victoria, Australia. By using our website or platform you irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Victoria, Australia and any courts which have jurisdiction to hear appeals from such courts. 

9 Social Media Sites

You acknowledge and accept that certain parts of our website function as a social media site, for example social media platforms managed by Carbee, and that information and content you submit to these areas may be freely visible to other website users.

You acknowledge that we may, but are not obliged to, screen the content that is submitted to our website. By using our website, you:

• grant us the right, by way of a non-revokable, perpetual and worldwide license, to use, reproduce, modify or publish across any media, any content, or parts of content, you submit, without compensation or restriction of use;
• acknowledge that you are fully responsible for the content you submit and that we will not be liable in any way for the content and will not be deemed to have authorised or endorsed the content; and
• warrant you will not submit any content that is unlawful, fraudulent or that may breach intellectual property rights or privacy law, or that may defame any person, or be obscene, derogatory racist, offensive or contrary to accepted community standards .

10.Third party links and advertising

• Our platform includes advertisements, hyperlinks and pointers to websites operated by third parties. Those third-party websites do not form part of our platform and are not under the control of or the responsibility of Carbee. When you link to those websites you leave our platform and do so entirely at your own risk. Carbee and its related entities make no warranty as to the accuracy or reliability of the information contained on any third party websites, and Carbee and its related entities, directors, officers and agents disclaim all liability and responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may be suffered by you through relying on anything contained on or derived or omitted from such third party websites. A display of advertising does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by Carbee of the relevant product

11. Editorial content

Any editorial content or articles on our site are of a general nature only and do not consider your personal objectives, financial situation or particular needs. Editorial content should not be regarded as advice or relied upon by you or any other person and we recommend that you seek professional advice before acting on the content. For the avoidance of doubt, editorial content provided by third party authors that are not employed by us is deemed to be Third Party Content for the purposes of the section above

 

12 Security

You represent and warrant to Carbee that:

• your use of our platform will comply at all times with these terms and any directions we make to you in relation to your use of our platform from time to time; 
• you will make sure that you keep your username and password by which you access the Carbee website or any part of our platform confidential and secure at all times; and
• you accept all liability for any unauthorised use of any username and password issued except for unauthorised use resulting from any negligent act or omission legally attributable to Carbee.

 

13 Accuracy

• Whilst we take reasonable commercial steps to ensure that all information contained in our website is accurate and free from error, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of information on our website, nor do we warrant our website will function as intended or be uninterrupted. All information is subject to change without notice. 
• Some of the information on our website, for example blogs or informational articles, will, by the nature of the information, be time sensitive. If this information is important to you, you should seek external updates before relying on the information. 
• We do not guarantee that our website, or websites of those linked to our website, will function as intended, be uninterrupted, or will be free from viruses. We also take no responsibility for information provided by third parties, for example posts to our social media sites.

14 Indemnity

• Should you do anything in breach of these Terms of Use, you agree to indemnify us in respect of any liability incurred by us for any loss or damage that we may suffer or any costs that may be incurred arising from your breach.

15 Website Links

• Within our website, there may be links to other websites or applications which are owned and operated by entities that are independent of Carbee.
• These links are provided for your convenience only. We do not approve, sponsor or endorse these websites, nor information, services, text, graphics, or data which is contained within their websites. We do not accept responsibility for any malicious activity, inaccuracy in information or representations made on those websites and we will not be liable for any loss that may be suffered because of using those websites.

16 Editorial content

• Any editorial content or articles on our site are of a general nature only and do not consider your personal objectives, financial situation or particular needs. Editorial content should not be regarded as advice or relied upon by you or any other person and we recommend that you seek professional advice before acting on the content. For the avoidance of doubt, editorial content provided by third party authors that are not employed by us is deemed to be Third Party Content for the purposes of the section above

17 Liability excluded

            To the fullest extent possible Carbee excludes all liability to you for loss incurred through the use of the Carbee platform.  Where Liability cannot be excluded entirely, for example, under Australian Consumer Law, Carbees liability is limited (at its option) to the repair r resupply of any defective product or service.   Carbee’s liability to you shall not in any circumstances whatsoever extend to indirect or consequential loss or damage, including for loss of use of any goods or services. 

 

18. Contact CarBee

If you have a question, issue or need to contact us:

Phone: (03) #### ####

Email – [email protected]:

 

Version Date 12/09/2024