Effective From: 1st May 2026

Thank you for visiting our website ("Website"). We hope you find what you are looking for and enjoy our website content, which has been thoughtfully crafted for users like you.

Please review these Terms of Use very carefully. By accessing our Website, you are agreeing to these and are expressing that you have been given reasonable access to review these Terms prior to your continued use of our Website. This Agreement is binding as of the date you access our Website.

General Purpose

These Terms of Use ("Terms," or "Agreement") that You, the Website user, are entering with Hot Mess Media Pty Ltd trading as Casa Sociale ("Company," "we," "us," "our") govern how you may access and use our Website. The Company and You will collectively be referred to as "Parties," and each individually as a "Party."

By accessing our Website, you are agreeing to these Terms and our Privacy Policy, which is accessible at www.casasociale.com.au/privacy-policy, and which is hereby incorporated by reference. If you do not wish to agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy, or are not legally able to form a binding contract, you must immediately quit using our Website.

Age Limitations

Our Website is offered to users who are at least 18 years old. If you are not at least 18 years old, you are not allowed to use our Website. By continuing to use our Website you are representing that you meet the minimum age requirements to form a binding contract.

Changing Terms

We reserve the right to update and revise these Terms at any time without notice to you. The date that these Terms were last updated is noted at the top of this Agreement. Your continued use of the Website after we have updated these Terms indicates your acceptance and agreement to the changes.

Website Changes + Access

As our Company evolves, our Website and its contents will change with it. We reserve the right to delete, withdraw, or edit this Website (and any service or material we provide on the Website) however we see fit, at any time, and without notice. We are not liable to you if the Website or any part of it is unavailable.

If you are prompted to provide registration information or other details to access the website or any part of it, you are warranting that the information you provide is correct.

Privacy

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. Please review our Privacy Policy at www.casasociale.com.au/privacy-policy to understand the types of data we collect from you and your devices in connection with your use of our Website and how we use your data. By continuing to use our Website you are expressing that you agree with how we collect and use your data as set out in these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

Protection of Personal Information

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity.

You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password, or other security information.

You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier at any time if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights including, but not limited to trademarks, copyrighted material, trade secrets, and other proprietary information are owned by the Company and its designees. The Company has the sole exclusive right to reproduce, share and create derivative works from this intellectual property.

You understand and agree that you are only allowed to access the Website and our content for your personal, non-commercial use.

You may not use the Company's trademarks including, but not limited to, brand names, logo marks, service marks, designs, and slogans, without written permission from the Company.

Linking to Website + Social Media

If you are linking to our Website as a credited source for an article, blog or press, you must include a link to our Website in the cited material. However, no information or content from our Website should be copied in its entirety without express written permission from the Company.

All links to our Website must establish that you do not have any association or endorsement from the Company (absent a separate affiliate, influencer or other written agreement).

Restricted Uses

Our Website should only be accessed and used for lawful purposes according to these Terms.

You are not allowed to use the Website:

• In violation of any applicable Australian laws and regulations.

• For any discriminatory purpose.

• For any spoofing, spamming, or impersonating the Company purposes.

• To transmit or distribute spam email or messaging.

Further, you may not:

• Implement or use any spider, crawler, scraping, bots, or other automated processes to access the Website for any purpose.

• Interfere with the Website's operation in any way including, but not limited to, the use of viruses, malicious codes, attacks or programs.

• Bypass or hack authentication processes or gain any unauthorised access to the Website.

User Submissions

All user submissions are non-confidential. You understand and agree that anything you submit or post through our Website grants the Company and our designees the right to use such material in any capacity for any purpose.

You understand and agree that you are solely responsible and liable for any submissions you make. The Company will not be held liable in any way for your submissions or posts.

Consent to Use

By submitting reviews, images, comments, testimonials, or tags to us on any platform including, but not limited to social media and online reviews, you are by default granting us a commercial license and voluntarily releasing us to use your submissions for any reasonable future business use. In doing so, we may use your name and/or photo along with any other publicly acknowledged information that has been revealed by you when referring to your submissions on our Website, marketing materials, and any other platform.

Monitoring + Enforcement

The Company may remove user submissions and content for any reason and at its sole discretion without notice to you. Further, the Company may terminate user access to the website for any reason without notice.

The Company reserves the right to take legal action against any user, person or entity who violates this Agreement.

User Content Guidelines

User submissions are not allowed to:

• Violate any applicable Australian laws and regulations or promote illegal activities.

• Violate any other person or entity's intellectual property or legal rights.

• Contain or encourage any obscene, indecent, sexually explicit or violent material and/or acts.

• Contain any hateful, discriminatory or other objectionable content.

• Embarrass, stalk, harass, or harm another person.

• Misrepresent any person's identity or organisational affiliation.

• Be used for any promotional or commercial purposes including advertising.

Disclaimer

We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information you find on our Website. Any reliance you place on such information is at your own risk.

You understand and agree that the Website and its content is informational in nature and does not represent any level of legal, medical, financial, or other professional industry-specific advice.

No Warranties + No Guarantees

The Company is providing this Website and all content accessible through it on an "As-Is" basis for individual use by you at your own risk and without any warranties, whether express or implied. The Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy and reliability of information set forth on the Website and its content.

[REVIEW: AU LAW] The following liability and indemnification clauses should be reviewed against the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), which provides non-excludable consumer guarantees. A blanket limitation of liability may not be enforceable to the extent that it conflicts with ACL guarantees.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company is in no way liable to You or any other third party for any and all damages including, but not limited to, punitive or exemplary damages or those resulting from negligence relating to this Agreement or Your use of this Website. If found applicable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Company's total liability arising out of or related to this Agreement will be limited to the total amount paid to the Company preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its designees in all cases arising out of your use of our Website, web content, services or any information contained therein.

Dispute Resolution

In the event there is a dispute between the Parties that cannot be resolved amicably, the Parties agree to attempt to resolve the dispute through mediation before commencing formal legal proceedings. This Agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

Severability + No Waiver

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court with jurisdiction, all other provisions set forth in this Agreement will remain valid and enforceable. By failing to enforce any right or provision of this Agreement, we are not waiving the right or ability to enforce the same rights or provisions in the future.

Transfer + Assignment

You may not transfer or assign any of your rights under this Agreement to any third party without the express written consent of the Company.

Notices

We may provide notice to you by sending a message to the email address provided by you, or by posting to the Website. You may provide notice to the Company by email at info@casasociale.com.au or by mail to Hot Mess Media Pty Ltd trading as Casa Sociale, Warehouse 72 / 6 Bellambi Lane, Bellambi NSW 2518.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the final agreement between the Parties regarding the use of the Website and supersedes all prior understandings. The Company reserves any and all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.

Hot Mess Media Pty Ltd trading as Casa Sociale | Warehouse 72 / 6 Bellambi Lane, Bellambi NSW 2518 | info@casasociale.com.au