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Terms of Use
These terms set out the agreement between you and Social Evergreen, and are governed by Australian law. They are written to be read, not skipped — the parts that matter most concern virtual coins and the entertainment-only nature of the platform.
1. Acceptance of these terms
These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of socialevergreen.com and the Evergreen Bloom game (the "Service"). By creating an account, or by using the Service in any way, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Responsible Social Play commitments. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.
2. Definitions
- "Service" — the Social Evergreen website, the Evergreen Bloom game and all related features.
- "Account" — the registered profile through which you access the Service.
- "Virtual Coins" — the in-game token used to pace rounds of Evergreen Bloom. Virtual Coins are not currency, not property and not a stored-value instrument.
- "Rewards" — badges, canopy themes, profile effects, sigils and progression tiers unlocked through play.
- "Content" — all text, graphics, code, artwork, audio, game logic and design making up the Service.
3. Entertainment-only functionality
Social Evergreen is a free social casino in the social-gaming sense: it is an entertainment product and nothing more. The Service does not offer real-money gambling. It does not accept deposits, does not process withdrawals, does not permit betting or wagering of money or anything of value, and does not award cash prizes or prizes of monetary value.
No aspect of the Service involves an opportunity to win money or anything of value. Playing the Service, including any success within it, does not imply any likelihood of success in any activity that does involve real money. Nothing in the Service should be understood as gambling, as a gambling opportunity, or as practice for gambling.
Because no money or thing of value is staked and nothing of value can be won, the Service is a social game rather than a gambling service, and it is not offered as a regulated gambling product under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth) or any Australian state or territory gaming legislation. We do not hold, and do not require, an Australian gambling licence.
4. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. The Service is directed at residents of Australia. By creating an Account you represent that you are 18 or over, that the information you provide is accurate, and that your use of the Service is lawful in your state or territory. We may close any Account we reasonably believe belongs to a person under 18 or to a person barred from using the Service under applicable law.
5. Registration and account rules
You may hold one Account. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activity that occurs under your Account. Choose a password that you do not use elsewhere, and tell us immediately at support@socialevergreen.com if you believe your Account has been accessed without your permission.
You must not share, sell, rent, transfer or allow anyone else to use your Account, and you must not create an Account on behalf of another person or using automated means.
6. Virtual Coins
Virtual Coins are granted to you free of charge as part of the game. They exist solely inside the Service and solely to pace gameplay.
- Virtual Coins have no monetary value.
- Virtual Coins cannot be purchased, sold, redeemed, cashed out, refunded, transferred between Accounts or exchanged for money, goods, services or anything else of value.
- Virtual Coins are a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use a feature of the Service. You do not own them.
- We may adjust balances, award amounts, top-up rates and game mathematics at any time as part of ordinary game balancing.
- Virtual Coins are forfeited without compensation if your Account is closed or suspended, or if the Service is discontinued.
The same applies to Rewards: they are cosmetic or in-game only and carry no monetary value.
7. Licence to use the Service
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to access and use the Service for your own non-commercial entertainment. This licence ends automatically if you breach these Terms.
8. Acceptable use and user conduct
You agree not to:
- use bots, scripts, automation, emulators or modified clients to interact with the Service;
- exploit bugs, glitches or unintended behaviour rather than reporting them to us;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to any account, server, database or network;
- probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Service without our written permission;
- interfere with, overload or disrupt the Service, including through automated request floods;
- reverse engineer, decompile or attempt to derive source code except as permitted by law;
- scrape, copy, republish or redistribute Content without permission;
- impersonate any person, or choose a display name that is offensive, misleading or infringing;
- offer, advertise or attempt to trade Virtual Coins, Rewards or Accounts for anything of value;
- use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in breach of any applicable law.
9. Intellectual property
The Service and all Content are owned by Social Evergreen or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws. The Social Evergreen name, the Evergreen Bloom name, the logo, the symbol artwork and the visual system are our marks and may not be used without our prior written permission. Nothing in these Terms transfers any ownership right to you.
If you send us feedback, suggestions or ideas about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use them without obligation to you.
10. Availability and changes to the Service
We aim to keep the Service available but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may modify, suspend or discontinue any part of the Service — including the game, features, Rewards or Virtual Coin economy — at any time, with or without notice. Because the Service is free and no money is ever paid to us, no refund or compensation arises from any such change.
11. Suspension and termination
We may suspend or close your Account, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms, if your Account poses a security or legal risk, or if we are required to do so by law. Where practical and lawful, we will tell you why.
You may close your Account at any time from your account area or by emailing support@socialevergreen.com. On closure, your licence to use the Service ends and all Virtual Coins and Rewards are forfeited without compensation, consistent with section 6.
12. Third-party services
The Service may link to or integrate third-party services, such as Google Sign-In. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, not by ours. We are not responsible for the content, availability or practices of any third-party service.
13. Disclaimers and your Australian Consumer Law rights
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) or any other law that cannot lawfully be excluded. Our services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.
Subject to that, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory. We do not warrant that the Service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted, or that defects will be corrected.
Where our liability for a failure to comply with a consumer guarantee may be limited, our liability is limited, at our option, to supplying the services again or paying the cost of having them supplied again. As the Service is supplied free of charge, that cost is nil.
14. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Social Evergreen and its officers, employees and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, goodwill, opportunity or Virtual Coins, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service, whether based in contract, tort, statute or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Because the Service is provided free of charge and no payment is ever made to us, our total aggregate liability to you in connection with the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you have paid us, which is zero, and (b) the minimum amount permitted by applicable law.
15. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Social Evergreen from any claim, demand, loss or expense, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Service, or your violation of any law or third-party right.
16. Players outside Australia
The Service is operated from Australia and is intended for use in Australia. If you access it from another country, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with the law that applies to you. Some jurisdictions regulate social gaming products, and we may restrict access in any territory where that is appropriate.
17. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the Service develops or as the law requires. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the current version. Material changes will be notified on the Service before they take effect. Continuing to use the Service after changes take effect means you accept the revised Terms; if you do not, please close your Account.
18. General provisions
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Responsible Social Play commitments, form the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder continues in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign your rights under these Terms; we may assign ours in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.
19. Governing law and operator details
These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia, without affecting any right you have to bring proceedings, or any protection available to you, under the Australian Consumer Law or the law of the state or territory in which you live.
The Service is operated by Social Evergreen from Australia. The operator is the APP entity responsible for personal information described in the Privacy Policy. Notices may be sent to support@socialevergreen.com. Social Evergreen is not a licensed gambling service and does not require a gambling licence, because nothing of value is staked and nothing of value can be won.
20. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@socialevergreen.com or through the contact form.