Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms & Eligibility

Kynic is a social sports and team organisation platform operated in Australia. To register an account or use Kynic services:

• You must provide accurate, current, and complete registration information.
• Users under 18 years of age ("Minors") require explicit parent or legal guardian authorization. Minors must provide their parent or guardian's full name and email address during registration.
• In accordance with Australian legal standards, a parent or legal guardian must review and counter-sign the digital guardian consent waiver before an under-18 user may create or join team fixtures.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities occurring under your account.

2. Platform Role & Sports Participation

Kynic provides digital logistics, team scheduling, availability tracking, and fee-splitting coordination tools. Kynic does not own, operate, or supervise the physical venues, pitches, competitions, or sporting matches organised by users.

• Voluntary Sporting Participation: Players, coaches, and spectators acknowledge that participating in physical sports activities involves inherent risks of physical injury, illness, or property damage.
• Assumption of Risk: Players voluntarily participate in matches organised via Kynic at their own risk and are encouraged to maintain appropriate personal sports injury insurance.
• Venue & League Rules: Users must comply with all ground regulations, venue safety rules, and local council or league bylaws where matches take place.

3. Team Management & Match Fees

Kynic enables team admins and organisers to calculate and coordinate match subs, venue hire, and referee fees.

• Transparency: Organisers agree to set fee amounts transparently for team members.
• Third-Party Payment Processing: Digital payment transactions are processed via authorized third-party gateways (including Stripe). By utilizing digital fee splitting, you agree to comply with third-party payment terms and processing fees.
• Dispute Exclusions: Kynic is not liable for personal cash disputes, uncollected cash subs, or private financial disagreements between individual team members and team organisers.

4. User Content & Acceptable Conduct

Kynic enforces a strict zero-tolerance policy against abusive behaviour, harassment, or unauthorized data scraping.

• You agree not to post, send, or transmit abusive, offensive, defamatory, or unlawful content in squad chat or public team listings.
• Scraping, harvesting, or collecting email addresses, phone numbers, or private contact details of other team members for commercial marketing or spam is strictly prohibited.
• Kynic reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account violating conduct standards without prior notice.

5. Limitation of Liability & Recreation Waivers

To the maximum extent permitted by Australian Law, including the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) and state recreational services legislation (including the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)):

• Kynic excludes all statutory guarantees, implied warranties, and liability for personal injury or death resulting from recreational sporting activities organised by independent users.
• Kynic shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, loss of profits, or data loss arising from platform usage.
• Community organisers, coaches, and volunteers utilizing Kynic's digital waiver features are provided digital audit logs to record player consent and statutory risk notices.

6. Termination & Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales for resolving any dispute relating to these Terms.

If you have questions regarding these Terms, please contact our legal team at [email protected].