Terms & Conditions

1. About the Application

Kivex is a versatile mobile application designed to make life simpler and more connected by offering a range of local services in one place. Whether you're looking to rent an item, shop for great deals, find a job, or meet new people nearby, Kivex has you covered.

Key Features:
  1. Rent & Shop Locally: Browse and rent a variety of items, from electronics to household goods, or shop for unique products in your local area.
  2. Job Opportunities: Looking for a job? Kivex helps you discover nearby employment opportunities, connect with potential employers, and manage your job search on-the-go.
  3. Meet New People: Use Kivex to meet like-minded individuals nearby for socializing, networking, or collaborating on personal and professional projects.
  4. Location-Based: Everything on Kivex is tailored to your current location, ensuring you can access services and connect with people nearby.

2. Acceptance of the Terms

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

3. Your obligations as a Member

  1. As a Member, you agree to comply with the following:
    1. you will use the Services in accordance with the Kivex Community Guidelines, and only for purposes that are permitted by:
      1. the Terms; and
      2. any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions;
    2. you have the sole responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of your password and/or email address. Use of your password by any other person may result in the immediate cancellation of the Services;
    3. any use of your registration information by any other person, or third parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to immediately notify Kivex App of any unauthorised use of your password or email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware;
    4. access and use of the Application is limited, non-transferable and allows for the sole use of the Application by you for the purposes of Kivex App providing the Services;
    5. you will not use the Services or the Application in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by the management of Kivex App;
    6. you will not use the Services or Application for any illegal and/or unauthorised use which includes collecting email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorised framing of or linking to the Application;
    7. you agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from the Application without notice and may result in termination of the Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken by Kivex App for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Application; and
    8. you acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Application or its Services is prohibited.

4. Copyright and Intellectual Property

  1. The Application, the Services and all of the related products of Kivex App are subject to copyright. The material on the Application is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Application (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Application code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by Kivex App or its contributors.
  2. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by Kivex App, who grants to you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license whilst you are a Member to:
    1. use the Application pursuant to the Terms;
    2. copy and store the Application and the material contained in the Application in your device's cache memory; and
    3. print pages from the Application for your own personal and non-commercial use.
    4. use the Application solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes and not for any business or commercial activities;
    Kivex App does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Application or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by Kivex App.
  3. Kivex App retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Application and all related Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Application will transfer any:
    1. business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
    2. a right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or
    3. a thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system or process),
    to you.
  4. You may not, without the prior written permission of Kivex App and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or third party Services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms. This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Application, which are freely available for re-use or are in the public domain.

5. Privacy

Kivex App takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your use of the Application and/or Services are subject to Kivex App's Privacy Policy, which is available at www.kivex.org Kivex reserves the right to modify, update, or change its Privacy Policy from time to time. Users will be notified of any material changes to the Privacy Policy and continued use of the Application after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

6. General Disclaimer

  1. Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.
  2. Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:
    1. all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded; and
    2. Kivex App will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.
  3. Use of the Application and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the Application and the Services is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors and licensors of Kivex App make any express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services (including the products or Services of Kivex App) referred to on the Application. This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:
    1. failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;
    2. the accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Application, the Services, or any of its Services related products (including third party material and advertisements on the Application);
    3. costs incurred as a result of you using the Application, the Services or any of the products of Kivex App; and
    4. the Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your convenience.

7. Limitation of liability

  1. Kivex App's total liability arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.
  2. You expressly understand and agree that Kivex App, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.
  3. You expressly acknowledge and agree that shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these Terms or to take all necessary precautions to ensure that any material you may download or otherwise obtain through your use of the Application is free of viruses or other harmful components.

8. Competitors

If you are in the business of providing similar Services for the purpose of providing them to users for a commercial gain, whether business users or domestic users, then you are a competitor of Kivex App. Competitors are not permitted to use or access any information or content on our Application. If you breach this provision, Kivex App will hold you fully responsible for any loss that we may sustain and hold you accountable for all profits that you might make from such a breach.

9. Termination of Contract

  1. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Kivex App as set out below.
  2. If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:
    1. providing Kivex App with 7 days' notice before your next billing date of your intention to terminate; and
    2. closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where Kivex App has made this option available to you.
    Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Kivex App via the 'Contact Us' link on our homepage.
  3. Kivex App may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:
    1. you have breached any provision of the Terms or Kivex Community Guidelines;
    2. Kivex App is required to do so by law;
    3. the provision of the Services to you by Kivex App is, in the opinion of Kivex App, no longer commercially viable.
    4. the user fails to pay any fees or charges associated with the Services when due;
  4. Subject to local applicable laws, Kivex App reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your membership at any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Application or the Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts Kivex App's name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify Kivex App, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against:

  1. all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or arising out of or in connection with your content;
  2. any direct or indirect consequences of you accessing, using or transacting on the Application or attempts to do so; and/or
  3. any breach of the Terms.

11. Dispute Resolution

  1. Compulsory:

    If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).

  2. Notice:

    A party to the Terms claiming a dispute (Dispute) has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.

  3. Resolution:

    On receipt of that notice (Notice) by that other party, the parties to the Terms (Parties) must:

    1. Within 28 days of the Notice endeavour in good faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means upon which they may mutually agree;
    2. If for any reason whatsoever, 28 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the Australian Mediation Association;
    3. The Parties are equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation and without limiting the foregoing undertake to pay any amounts requested by the mediator as a precondition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must each pay their own costs associated with the mediation;
    4. The mediation will be held in Sydney, Australia.
  4. Confidential

    All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.

  5. Termination of Mediation:

    If 2 months have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the mediator must do so.

  6. Time Limitation:

    The Parties agree that any legal action arising out of or relating to these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

12. Venue and Jurisdiction

The Services offered by Kivex App is intended to be viewed by residents of Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Application, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be in the courts of New South Wales, Australia.

13. Governing Law

The Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

14. Severance

If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.

15. Community Guidelines

By using our services, you agree to follow our community guidelines. You agree that you will not:

  1. Use false or misleading information to register on our app.
  2. Share, list, post or advertise any kind of content that is racist, threatening, harmful, abusive, or misleading to an individual or the society on and off the app.
  3. Share, list, post or advertise any nudity, sexual content, anything that promotes or provokes violence, or anything that is harmful for an individual, community or society on and off the app.
  4. Be rude or offensive towards any member or user.
  5. Harass, threaten, defame, or insult any user or member.
  6. Use the service to damage the service or copy it.
  7. Use the service to spam or spy on members.
  8. Promote gambling, drugs, alcohol, pornography, prostitution, and weapons.