Terms of Use

Last Updated: 14 August 2024

Welcome to Hozuko! These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Hozuko website and services (“Services”, “Platform”). By accessing or using our Platform, you agree to comply with these Terms. Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of Terms

If you are entering into this agreement for and on behalf of a business entity, and the term “you” in this agreement shall mean the business entity on whose behalf you are using the Services, unless the context does not permit.

By accessing or using our Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use our Platform.

2. Eligibility

To use our Platform, you represent and warrant that you meet the following requirements.

  • If you are an individual, you are at least 18 years of age.
  • If you are representing a company, organisation or any other legal entity (“Entity”), you have authority to bind the Entity to these Terms.
  • You are capable of entering into and performing legally binding contracts under applicable law.
  • All information which you provide is accurate, up to date, truthful and complete.

Children (users below the age of 18 years) are not eligible to use the Platform or provide any personal data on the Platform unsupervised. If you are below 21 years of age, you may use the Platform and/or provide any personal data on the Platform only after you have obtained consent from your parents/legal guardian or if you are under the supervision of your parent/legal guardian.

3. User Accounts

  • Acccount Creation: To access certain features of the Platform, you must create an account. You agree to use your actual identity and to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process.
  • Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

4. Use of the Services

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Hozuko grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable (with or without cause), non-transferable right and license to use the Services.

Prohibited Activities: You shall use the Services in accordance with these Terms and shall not:

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Upload or communicate any content that violates or infringes another party’s rights of publicity, privacy, copyright, trademark or any other intellectual property right.
  • Upload or communicate any content that display pornographic or sexually explicit material
  • Use the Services to send, post, or otherwise communicate any content which is false, misleading, illegal, offensive, indecent, threatening, abusive, insulting, harassing, defamatory, libellous, deceptive, infringing, fraudulent, tortious, obscene, profane, invasive of another person’s privacy, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
  • Upload to, or transmit through the Services any data, file, software or link that contains or redirects to a virus, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful components
  • Collect any information in respect of other users without their consent.
  • Use the Services for any purpose for which it is not designed or intended.
  • At any time use the Services with the purpose of impersonating another user or person
  • Use the information in the Platform for any purpose other than for the purposes of procuring benefit out of the Platform
  • Do anything whatsoever which shall or is likely to impair, interfere with, damage, or cause harm or distress to any persons using the Services or in respect of the network.

Compliance: You must:

  • comply with all local, state, and national laws, including landlord-tenant laws and other housing regulations, when using the Platform.
  • provide accurate, truthful, and current information in your listings

5. Content

  • User Content: You retain ownership of any content you post on the Platform (“User Content”). By posting User Content, you grant Hozuko a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, use, display, modify, and distribute such content.
  • Content Removal: Hozuko reserves the right to remove or modify any User Content that violates these Terms or is otherwise deemed inappropriate.

6. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in the Platform, including text, graphics, logos, and software, are owned by Hozuko or its licensors. You may not use any of Hozuko’s intellectual property without our prior written consent.

7. Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

8. Disclaimers

  • No warranty: The Platform is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. Hozuko makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the Platform's content.
  • Limitation of Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Hozuko shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Platform.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Hozuko, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses arising from your use of the Platform or violation of these Terms.

10. Termination

Hozuko may terminate or suspend your access to the Platform at any time, without notice, for conduct that it believes violates these Terms or is harmful to other users of the Platform, Hozuko, or third parties.

11. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore, and any claims or disputes of whatever nature shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.

12. Changes to Terms

Hozuko reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated Terms on the Platform. Your continued use of the Platform after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.