Terms of use

These terms apply when you use Openauto (openauto.co.nz), which is run by DMEGA Limited, trading as Openauto, in Auckland, New Zealand ("we", "us"). By creating an account or using the site you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use Openauto.

What Openauto is

Openauto is a search service that helps you find cars for sale in New Zealand. We are not a car dealer or a seller, and we are not a party to any sale. When you contact a seller or buy a car, that is between you and them.

Early access

Openauto is new. Features may change, be limited or pause while we build them, and some parts are not available yet.

Your account

• You must be 13 or over to create an account. If you are under 16, you need a parent or guardian's permission to use Openauto. Some features, such as finance, are only for people aged 18 and over, and we will say so where they appear.
• Give us a real email address and keep your sign-in methods secure. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
• Some accounts, such as those for dealer staff and administrators, require a second sign-in step. We may require one for others if we think it is needed to keep the service safe.
• Tell us promptly if you think someone else has got into it.

Using the service

You agree not to:

• break the law or use Openauto to deceive or harm anyone;
• scrape, copy or collect listings or data from Openauto in bulk without our written permission;
• interfere with or try to break into the service, or overload it;
• pretend to be someone else or use another person's account.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms. You can close yours at any time by emailing us.

Lists and shared links

You can save cars to lists and share a list with a link. Anyone with the link can see the list's name and its cars, so do not put personal information in a list name. Keep names free of advertising, links, contact details and anything unlawful, offensive or misleading. Anyone can report a shared list. We may switch off a shared link, or sharing on an account, if a list breaks these terms, and we may limit how many lists, saved searches and cars you can keep and how many links you can create each day. A car that is no longer listed is removed from your lists after 30 days.

Search alerts

You can ask us to email you new cars that match a saved search. Alerts are off until you switch them on, we send at most one email a day, and only when there are new cars. You can stop alerts for one search or for all of them with the links in every alert email, or from your saved searches. We limit how many searches can have alerts on at once, and we may switch alerts off if they are being misused. We can't promise that every new car will be included or that an email will arrive.

Reporting a car

If you are signed in you can report a car or suggest a correction. Please be honest and specific. We read every report, but we don't remove or change a listing just because it was reported. We limit how many reports and corrections you can send each day, and we may restrict or close an account that sends false or repeated reports to harm a seller or a competitor.

Listings and AI results

Listings come from sellers and other sources, and we do not check them. Openauto uses artificial intelligence to find and summarise listings, and it can make mistakes. Prices, specifications, condition, history and availability can be wrong or out of date. Before you buy, check the details with the seller and get an independent inspection and a vehicle history report.

Our content

The Openauto name, logo, design and software belong to us or our licensors. You may use the site for your own personal use, but you may not copy or reuse them without permission. Listing content belongs to the sellers or sources it comes from.

Our responsibility

We take care to run Openauto well, but we cannot promise it will always be available or error-free. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss that comes from your use of Openauto, including a decision to buy or not buy a car, and our total liability to you is limited to NZ$100. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, the Fair Trading Act 1986 or other New Zealand law that cannot be excluded.

Privacy

How we handle your personal information is explained in our privacy policy.

Changes

We may change these terms as Openauto develops. The date at the top shows when they last changed. If you keep using Openauto after a change, you accept the updated terms. We will tell account holders about important changes.

Law

These terms are governed by New Zealand law, and New Zealand courts have jurisdiction over any dispute.

Contact

Legal and compliance: compliance@openauto.co.nz
General questions: hello@openauto.co.nz