Terms of Use

CarScene – Website & Portal Terms of Use

(carscene.au & portal.carscene.au)

Last Updated: 11 October 2026

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the CarScene websites, including carscene.au and portal.carscene.au (the "Web Platform").

By accessing or using the Web Platform, you agree to these Terms.

1. About the Web Platform

The CarScene Web Platform provides:

  • Public discovery of vehicles, clubs, and events
  • Club and event management tools
  • Administrative and account management features
  • Informational and promotional content related to CarScene

CarScene provides digital infrastructure only and does not organise events or verify vehicles, venues, or participants.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Web Platform and capable of entering a legally binding agreement.

3. Accounts & Access

Some features require an account.

You are responsible for:

  • Maintaining the security of your login credentials
  • All activity conducted through your account
  • Ensuring all submitted information is accurate and lawful

CarScene may restrict or terminate access for violations of these Terms.

4. Public Content

Users may choose to make the following content public:

  • Vehicles
  • Clubs
  • Events

Public content may be visible to:

  • Other users
  • Non-registered visitors
  • Search engines and promotional listings

The only personal identifier displayed publicly is the display name of the content owner.

5. User-Generated Content

You retain ownership of content you submit.

By submitting content, you grant CarScene a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, and distribute content for Platform operation and promotion.

You must not submit unlawful, misleading, infringing, or harmful content.

CarScene has no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. You can report any post, comment, vehicle, event or organisation page, and block other users. We review every report and may remove content and suspend or terminate the accounts of users who break these Terms.

6. Pages and Claims

Pages on CarScene represent real clubs, venues, businesses and event organisers. Only create or claim a page for an organisation you run, or that its owner has authorised you to act for.

We check every claim and may contact the owner before approving it. A new page may be reviewed before it is listed, a page whose name could be mistaken for another may be held until we have reviewed it, and a new page's content may not appear on +Scene for an initial period.

7. Suspension and Review

We may suspend or restrict an account that appears to breach these Terms while we review it. We will tell you why by email, and you can reply to ask us to look again. Your data is kept while the account is suspended.

An account that appears linked to a suspended account may be restricted until we have reviewed it.

8. Clubs & Events Disclaimer

Club owners and event organisers are solely responsible for:

  • Event planning and execution
  • Safety and compliance
  • Venue permissions and insurance
  • Participant eligibility and conduct

CarScene:

  • Is not an event organiser
  • Does not supervise or control events
  • Accepts no liability for incidents, injuries, or losses

Attendance is at your own risk.

9. Vehicles & Automotive Content

Vehicle information is user-submitted and informational only.

CarScene does not verify:

  • Vehicle condition or modifications
  • Roadworthiness or legal compliance

Vehicle make, model and year suggestions are based on Road vehicles Australia, January 2025, by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE), licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.

10. Platform Technology

The Web Platform uses cloud hosting, analytics, mapping services, and third-party integrations to function. Use of the Web Platform constitutes acceptance of these technologies as outlined in the Privacy Policy.

11. Prohibited Use

You must not:

  • Use the Web Platform unlawfully
  • Attempt unauthorised access
  • Interfere with platform integrity
  • Scrape or reverse-engineer services
  • Impersonate a person, club, venue, business or organiser
  • Create or claim a page without authority
  • Create a new account to get around a suspension

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CarScene is not liable for:

  • User-generated content
  • Events or club activities
  • Losses or damages arising from platform use

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Australia.

14. Contact

📧 support@carscene.au