Terms of Service.
The short version:
- Be honest with reports. Don't pin rangers you haven't seen.
- Don't use Chalked to harass, dox, or target anyone.
- Chalked is a warning service, not legal advice or a guarantee.
- A fine dodged is a bonus, not a promise.
Accepting these terms
By downloading, installing, or using Chalked, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the app.
What Chalked is
Chalked is a community warning tool for sharing sightings of parking enforcement officers ("rangers"). Users submit reports ("pins") of rangers they spot, and other users in the area receive a warning. Chalked doesn't identify, track, or target individual rangers — pins flag that a ranger is in an area, nothing more.
Using the service
By using Chalked, you agree that you will:
- Only submit reports for rangers you have personally observed.
- Not submit reports to harass, defame, or identify any individual — ranger or otherwise.
- Not use Chalked to interfere with lawful enforcement activity. Chalked is a warning service, not an evasion tool.
- Not scrape, copy, or republish Chalked data for commercial purposes without our written permission.
- Not attempt to reverse-engineer, attack, abuse, or overload our servers.
We may suspend or permanently ban a user — including the device ID and any linked account — for violating these Terms, without notice.
Your content
When you submit a report or check-in, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, display, and transmit that content as necessary to operate the service. Reports are anonymous and expire four hours after they're dropped.
We may remove any content that we believe violates these Terms, is fraudulent, or exposes us or other users to legal risk.
No warranty
Chalked is a community service provided "as is" and "as available". We don't guarantee:
- That you will always be warned in time.
- That reported sightings are accurate — reports are community-generated and may be wrong, outdated, or missing entirely.
- That the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available in your area.
You use Chalked at your own risk. A fine dodged is a bonus, not a promise.
Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any fines, losses, damages, or consequences arising from your use of Chalked — including inaccurate or missed reports, service outages, or any interaction with a ranger or enforcement body. This clause doesn't exclude any rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law or any other law we can't lawfully exclude.
Changes
We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the app after changes means you accept the new Terms. We'll bump the "Effective" date at the top whenever we change something meaningful.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Any disputes will be handled in the courts of New South Wales.