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This agreement is a legally binding contract between you (“You”
or “Your”) and Universal Interactive, LLC, its affiliates,
subsidiaries and/or licensors (“We,” “Us,” or “Our”). This agreement
governs Your use of any websites operated by Us, including any site
from which You access this agreement, which may include, but is not
limited to, CarLotCentral.com and RoadandRiver.com (collectively,
the “Sites”). We make the content on Our Sites, including all
information, documents, communications, files, text, graphics,
images, video, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs,
software, metadata, audio/visual files, and other copyrightable
material owned by Us (collectively, the “Materials”), available for
Your use subject to the Terms of Use set forth below. The Terms of
Use spell out what you can expect from Us and what We expect from
You.
1. Acceptance of Terms of Use.
You accept and agree to all terms, conditions and notices
contained or referenced on the Sites (“Terms of Use”). Please read
the following Terms of Use carefully. If you do not agree to the
Terms of Use, do not use Our Sites. By accessing, shopping, using,
or downloading in any way, without limitation, any Materials from
Our Sites, or merely browsing Our Sites, You agree to and are bound
by these Terms of Use.
We reserve the right to change the Terms of Use at any time. In
such an event, We will send You an email containing the revised
terms and conditions or a notification containing a link to where
the revised terms and conditions can be viewed on any of Our Sites
at least three (3) days before they go into effect. If You do not
expressly object to the validity of the new terms and conditions via
e-mail within this three (3) day period, then the newly revised
Terms of Use will be considered agreed upon. If You reject the newly
revised Terms and Conditions, then We may terminate this agreement
as provided herein.
2. Your Account.
If You are 18 years of age or older, You may set up an account as
permitted under any one of Our Sites. You will need to independently
set up an account on each of Our Sites because accounts on Our
different Sites are not connected. If You are under 18, you may not
use Our Sites. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate
accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in Our sole
discretion.
A. Secrecy Obligation.
Once you have selected or been allocated a unique username,
password or other appropriate security code (“Identifiers”), it
is Your responsibility to keep these Identifiers secure and
confidential. In the event You are concerned that Your
Identifiers are no longer secure and confidential, you should
immediately notify Us by sending an e-mail to
support@carlotcentral.com, whereupon new Identifiers may be
selected and allocated and any future transactions under the
previous Identifiers may be voided, at Our sole discretion.
Without limiting the foregoing, any transactions made and
accepted on the Site where your Identifiers have been used (and
where you have not previously notified Us as provided herein)
will be treated as valid.
B. No Transfer.
Only one account is allowed per person per Site. Your account
is not transferable. Under no circumstances shall You allow or
permit any other person or third party, including without
limitation any person under the age of 18 to use or re-use Your
account or Your Identifiers. Any person found to have violated
this section will be subject to having his or her account(s)
voided on all of our Sites at Our sole discretion. More
importantly, any person found to have violated this section may
be reported to the relevant authorities for criminal
prosecution. We also reserve the right to institute civil
proceedings against You and/or the offending third party(ies)
for violation of the terms of this section and all damages
related thereto.
3. Intellectual Property Rights.
A. Copyright Information and Personal &
Non-Commercial Use Limitation.
All Materials and the compilation of all content included on
Our Sites are owned or licensed by Us and protected by United
States and international copyright laws. Copyright © 2008
Universal Interactive, LLC All Rights Reserved. We do not claim
ownership of copyrights owned by third parties.
You have been granted a license to view and use the Materials
subject to these Terms of Use. Unless otherwise specified, the
Materials on this Sites are for your personal and non-commercial
use. You may not sell or modify Materials or reproduce, display
publicly or otherwise use the Materials in any way for any
public or commercial purpose. Permission to reprint or
electronically reproduce any document or graphic, in whole or in
part, for any other purpose is expressly prohibited without
prior written consent from Us. You may not provide copyrighted
or other proprietary information to Us without permission from
the owner of such material or rights. You are solely responsible
for obtaining such permission and for any damages resulting from
unauthorized disclosures or infringement.
B. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims
under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides recourse
to copyright owners who believe that their rights under the
United States Copyright Act have been infringed by acts of third
parties over the Internet. If You believe that your copyrighted
work has been copied without your authorization and is available
on Our Sites in a way that may constitute copyright
infringement, You may provide notice of Your claim to Our
Designated Agent listed below. For your notice to be effective,
it must include the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person
authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has
been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is
infringing is located on this Sites;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service
provider to contact the complaining party, such as
address,telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail
address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief
that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner,its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is
accurate and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining
party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Designated Agent:
Universal Interactive, LLC
Attn: James McCann
4121 Plank Road, Suite 215
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
support@carlotcentral.com
Fax:540-657-1053
The Designated Agent should be contacted only if You believe
that Your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on Our
Sites. All other inquires to the Designated Agent will not be
answered.
C. Trademarks.
We own trademarks for Our many goods and services, including,
without limitation, CARLOTCENTRAL and ROADANDRIVER and the
associated graphics, logos and service marks are Our trademarks
and may not be used without Our prior written consent. All other
trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing
on the Sites are the property of their respective owners.
D. Ideas and Inventions.
All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other
submissions (“Ideas”) disclosed, submitted, or offered to Us in
connection with Your use of this Site shall become Our exclusive
property. You agree that unless otherwise prohibited by law We
may use, sell, exploit and disclose the Ideas in any manner,
without restriction and without compensation to You.
4. Privacy and Protection of Personal
Information.
We respect the privacy of visitors to our Sites. Please see Our
Privacy Policy relating to the collection and use of Your
information. You acknowledge and agree that this Privacy Policy,
including, but not limited to, the manner in which We collect, use
and disclose Your personally identifiable information, is
incorporated and made part of these Terms of Use. If You do not
agree to each and every part of Our Privacy Policy, then You should
not use the Sites or submit any personally identifiable information
through Our Sites. Questions regarding privacy issues should be
directed to Us via e-mail at support@carlotcentral.com
.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of
Liability.
You expressly agree that use of Our Sites, services, and
Materials is at Your sole risk. Neither We nor any of Our officers,
directors, employees, agents, merchants, sponsors, licensors,
component suppliers (both hardware and software), and/or any third
party who provides products or services purchased from or
distributed by Us (collectively “Providers”), or the like, warrant
that sites affiliated with Providers, including, but not limited to,
Our Sites, will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, keyboard loggers, spyware, adware, malware,
harmful or malicious code, or other defects. The information,
products and services published on Our Sites may contain
inaccuracies or typographical errors. We makes no warranty as to the
results that may be obtained from the use of Our Sites or as to the
accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information content,
service, or merchandise provided through Our Sites.
A. Disclaimer of Warranties.
OUR SITES ARE PROVIDED BY US ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”
BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE
DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF OUR SITES, SECURITY OF OUR
SITES, THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON OR
THROUGH OUR SITES, INCLUDING E-MAIL, OR THE INFORMATION,
CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, INCLUDED ON OUR SITES. ANY
MATERIALS DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF
OUR SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU
WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD
AND/INSTALLATION OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. SOME STATES OR OTHER
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
B. Limitation of Liability.
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE
ACCESS TO OUR SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES. THE OPERATION OF
OUR SITES MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OUR
CONTROL.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY
TO USE OUR SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS
BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR
OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES).
THE LIMITATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY RELIANCE BY A YOU ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OUR SITES
OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION
OF FILES OR E-MAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES OR OTHER MALICIOUS
CODE, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD,
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OUR RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES, AND WHETHER OR NOT
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO ALL
CONTENT, MERCHANDISE, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITES.
SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES
ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON OUR GOODS OR
SERVICES, FROM INABILITY TO USE OUR GOODS OR SERVICES, OR FROM
THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF OUR SERVICES
(INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES).
SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
If you are dissatisfied with any portion of Our Sites, your
sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue your use of the
Sites.
6. Third Party Links.
Our Sites may from time to time contain links to other websites
and may forward users to other websites within the same Internet
browser window. These websites are not under Our control, and the
existence of a link on one of Our Sites does not imply any
endorsement of the linked website(s) by Us or any affiliation
between Us and the owners of the linked websites. We make no
warranties or representations, and disclaim all liability, relating
to the accuracy, content, terms of use, privacy policies, products,
services, legality, reliability, viewpoint, accuracy, currency,
decency, or any other aspect of the linked websites. You agree that
We have no responsibility to You with respect to such material. We
encourage you to examine the privacy policies and/or terms of use
policies of any third party website.
7. Online Conduct.
You agree to use Our Sites and any services provided through Our
Sites only for lawful purposes. Unacceptable uses of Our Sites
include, without limitation: (i) engaging in any illegal activity or
the planning of any illegal activity; (ii) disseminating or
transmitting statements or material that, to a reasonable person,
may be abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, harassing,
grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious; (iii) creating,
disseminating or transmitting files, graphics, software or other
material that actually or potentially infringe the copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, publicity or other intellectual
property rights of any person; (iv) creating a false identity or
otherwise attempting to mislead any person as to the identity or
origin of any communication; (v) exporting, re-exporting or
permitting the downloading of any message, software or content in
violation of any export or import law, regulation or restriction of
the United States and its agencies or authorities, or without all
required approvals, licenses or exemptions; (vi) interfering,
disrupting or attempting to gain unauthorized access to other
accounts on the Sites or any other computer network; (vii)
disseminating or transmitting viruses, worms, Trojan horses, RATs,
keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware, adware, cancelbots or any
other malicious or invasive code or program; or (viii) stalking or
harassing another; (ix) disobeying any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to Our Sites; (x)
engaging in any other activity deemed by Us to be in conflict with
the spirit or intent of Our Sites.
8. Circumvention.
You acknowledge and agree that You shall not circumvent or
attempt to circumvent any of these Terms of Use or the Materials
offered through Our Sites or otherwise interrupt or attempt to
interrupt the operations of the Sites (collectively, a
“Circumvention Act”). If We determine, in Our sole discretion, that
You have engaged, or attempted to engage, in any Circumvention Act,
or to otherwise commit fraud with regard to the Sites, then, in such
an event, We reserve the right to institute civil or criminal
proceedings against You and to report You to the relevant regulatory
authorities.
9. Termination.
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by either
party. You may terminate these terms at any time by discontinuing
use of Our Sites. Your access to the Sites may be terminated
immediately without notice from Us if in Our sole discretion You
fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Use.
10. Security.
We reserve the right to monitor all network traffic to Our Sites
to identify and/or block unauthorized attempts or intrusions to
upload or change information or cause damage to Our Sites in any
fashion. Anyone using Our Sites expressly consents to such
monitoring.
We reserve the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement
authorities or court order requesting or directing Us to disclose
the identity of anyone posting any information, or publishing or
otherwise making available any materials that are believed to
violate these Terms of Use.
11. Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliates,
subsidiaries, agents, managers, and other affiliated companies, and
their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors
harmless from and against all liabilities, actions, claims and
expenses, including legal fees arising out of or relating to: (a)
your use of the Sites or the Materials, including any data or work
transmitted or received by You or any service provider; (b) Your
violation of these Terms of Use; or (c) Your violation of any rights
of a third party or service provider.
12. Arbitration.
Any dispute relating in any way to Your visit to any of Our Sites
shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Stafford, Virginia
except that, to the extent You have in any manner violated or
threatened to violate Our intellectual property rights, We may seek
injunctive, equitable, or other appropriate relief in any state or
federal court and You consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in
the state and federal courts in the State of Virginia. We agree that
any Dispute between us shall be resolved exclusively and finally by
arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association
(“AAA”), using interpretations under Virginia law, and conducted
under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and in accordance with its
expedited hearing procedures, except as otherwise provided below. We
will agree on another arbitration forum if AAA ceases operations.
The arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator in
Stafford, Virginia, and will be limited solely to the Dispute
between us. The arbitrator’s award, including attorneys’ fees, shall
be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of
competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, no arbitration under these Terms of Use or Privacy
Policy shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party
subject to these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, whether through
class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. You understand that, in
the absence of this provision, You would have had a right to
litigate disputes through a court, including the right to litigate
claims on a class-wide or class action basis, and that you have
expressly and knowingly waived those rights and agreed to resolve
any Disputes through binding arbitration in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph. This arbitration provision shall be
governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. For
the purposes of this provision, the term “Dispute” means any
dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to: (i)
these Terms of Use and/or Our Privacy Policy, its interpretation, or
the breach, termination, applicability or validity thereof; (ii) the
related order for, purchase, delivery, receipt or use of any product
or service from Us; or iii) any other dispute arising out of or
relating to the relationship between You and the Providers.
Information may be obtained from the AAA online at www.adr.org, by
calling 1-800-778-7879, or writing to 1633 Broadway, 10th Floor, New
York, New York 10019.
13. Applicable Law/Jurisdiction.
By visiting Our Sites, even if accessed from a location outside
the United States, you agree that the laws of the State of Virginia
will govern these disclaimers, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy,
without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. We
reserve the right to make changes to Our Sites and these
disclaimers, Terms of Use or Privacy Policy at any time. You hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally consent to jurisdiction in the State
of Virginia.
14. Waiver/Severability.
Any failure by Us to require or enforce strict performance by You
of any provision of these Terms of Use or to exercise any right
under them shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of
Your right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in
that or any other instance.
The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be
severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use
shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such determination of
invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the validity or
enforceability thereof in any other manner or jurisdiction and
without affecting the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use,
which shall continue to be in full force and effect.
15. Statue of Limitations.
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary,
any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of Our
Sites, Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy must be filed within ONE
(1) YEAR after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever
barred.
16. Entire Agreement.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between us
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and
replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements,
written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any
provision of the Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy will be
effective only if in writing and signed by Us.
THE SECTION TITLES IN THE TERMS OF USE ARE FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
AND HAVE NO LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL EFFECT.
DATE LAST MODIFIED: October 10, 2009.
These Terms of Use may be changed at any time.
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