General Terms & Conditions
Introduction
1. Pied Parker, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “Pied Parker”; possessively
“our”) strives to provide the most user friendly, convenient, and efficient ways for users to
advertise their available parking spaces, or for users to find and easily book available parking
spaces (“Parking Spaces” or “Parking Spots”).
2. The Company’s platform connects two users:
one user who is listing an available Parking Spot (a “Lister”) and another user who is in search of
a Parking Spot (a “Parker”), to allow them to make a transaction for temporary usage of the Parking
Spot (a “Parking Reservation”). A Lister should be either the owner or the operator of the Parking
Spot.
3. If you find parking that you would like to use from one of our Listers, you may
book it through the App. You will notify us upon arrival and departure from the Parking Spot via
your smart device and you will be charged for the agreed upon amount of time.
4.
Authorization of the charge will be completed either at the time the reservation is scheduled or
soon after departure.
Scope of Agreement
1. This is a binding agreement. BY USING THE NATIVE APPLICATION, WEB
APPLICATION,
AND/OR WEBSITE OF PIED PARKER, INC. (THE APP), OR ANY SERVICES, PRODUCTS, FEATURES, CONTENT, OR
APPLICATIONS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE APP (THE “SERVICE”), YOU, THE USER, (THE “USER,” “YOU,”
“YOUR,” AND “YOURSELF”) AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS”), AS THEY MAY
BE AMENDED BY US FROM TIME TO TIME AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION. Pied Parker, Inc. will post a notice on
the App when these Terms have been changed or otherwise updated. It is your responsibility to review
these Terms as you agree to them and if at any time you find these Terms unacceptable, you must
immediately leave the App and cease all use of the Service and the App. A user may also be a
“Lister,” “Parker,” or both.
2. IMPORTANT: PLEASE REVIEW THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT SET FORTH
BELOW CAREFULLY, AS IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH PIED PARKER ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS
THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. BY ENTERING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND HAVE TAKEN TIME TO 2 CONSIDER
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IMPORTANT DECISION, INCLUDING WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION AND REPRESENTATIVE
PROCEEDING CLAUSE.
3. Other agreements. If you wish to book a Parking Space through the App
you will also need to enter into a Parker-Lister License Agreement with a Lister of
one or more Parking Spaces and you will be bound by our Parker Agreement.
4. If you are a Lister of a Parking Space and you wish to rent your Parking Space with us,
you will be bound by our Lister Agreement.
5. The App is merely a venue in
which Listers may advertise their available Parking Spaces, and a parking User (“Parker”) may seek
an available Parking Space along with the Service(s) to facilitate transactions between the Listers
and Parkers. Use of a Parking Space occurs for a fixed duration of time (a “parking period” or
“reservation”), as denoted by “check-in” and “check-out” for hourly, daily, weekly, and flat rate
occupancy. “Check-out” corresponds with the time in which the Parker agrees to depart a listed
Parking Space.
Registration
1. TO USE THE PIED PARKER APP AND THE SERVICE, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT
(“ACCOUNT”) AND UPLOAD BASIC PERSONAL INFORMATION. PLEASE SEE OUR PRIVACY POLICY.
2. You
agree that all information supplied is true, accurate, current, and complete. You are required to
keep your account information updated at all times. Some of the needed personal information may
include, but is not limited to, the following:
a. Email address;
b. Your first and last
name;
c. Date of Birth;
d. Phone number, including a mobile phone number or landline number;
e. Mailing address;
f. Financial information, e.g., credit card numbers;
g. Payment or
tax information, including, but not limited to, bank account information;
h. User login and
password information;
i. Facebook, Gmail, or other social media login username and
password;
j. The name of the domain from which you access the Internet;
k. Search preferences
including latitude and longitude of your location;
l. Street address of your location;
m.
Pages you visit on our App;
n. Vehicle information such as license plate information if you are
a Parker;
o. The date and time you access the App and the duration time.
3. All notices
sent to you will be sent to the email address provided to us (as updated by you), through push
notifications, and/or via informational text (SMS) messages as part of normal business operation
from use of the App or the Services. By accepting these terms you give your consent to receive
communications from us by email, push notifications, or SMS and you agree that all agreements,
notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you by such communication means
satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. You agree to accept any
charges for receiving any communications from us by email, push notifications, or SMS. You may
opt-out of receiving push notifications or SMS from us at any time by updating your preferences
under Settings.
4. Personal information that you supply to us will not be disclosed by us to
any third party except as provided by our Privacy Policy. You agree that we may use the personal
information supplied by you in accordance with our Privacy Policy a. We will disclose information
required by Stripe to process payment following a transaction between a Lister and Parker including,
but not limited to, a user’s: name, address, date of birth, the last four digits of their social
security number, bank name, bank account number and transit number.
5. We reserve the right
to delete or cancel the membership of any person or entity at any time. We reserve the right to
refuse to offer the App and the Service to any person or entity and change eligibility criteria at
any time.
6. The service is offered for your use only; you are not entitled to allow any
third party to use your registration. You may not impersonate any other person or entity in any
registration whether or not that person is a user of the App. You may not register for another
person unless you are a court appointed conservator or guardian, and in such case you represent that
the other person satisfies the requirements of eligibility included in the Terms, Parker-Lister
License Agreement, Parker Agreement, Lister Agreement, and/or any other applicable agreement with
Pied Parker.
7. YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND HAVE THE REQUISITE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO
ENTER INTO THESE TERMS IN ORDER TO USE THE APP OR THE SERVICE.
8. Your Account may not be
transferred or sold to another party.
9. If you are registering as a business entity, you
represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to these Terms.
10. You are not
permitted to do any of the following: (i) submit the information or name of another person or
entity, real or fictitious; (ii) use another person’s Account or registration information; (iii)
publish, distribute, or otherwise disclose the login information for your Account.
11. An
account may be deleted by contacting the Company directly as the Account Owner.
12. Upon
opening an account, you may be asked to provide a username and password if you do not log in via a
social media platform, e.g., Facebook. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your password.
13. You may not use the Account, username, or password of someone else at any
time. You may not use the payment method of another unless you are an authorized user of the payment
method. Pied Parker shall not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone using
your password or payment method, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for
any losses incurred by Pied Parker, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants,
agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your Account, password, or payment method.
Compensation to Company
1. Once review systems are available, we encourage you to leave detailed and
honest feedback for Listers, Parkers, and Parking Spots. “Content” includes, but is not limited to,
photos of a Parking Spot, vehicle(s), forms of identification, user photos, information about the
user, location information, videos, audio clips, written posts, data, text, photographs, software,
scripts, graphics, interactive features generated, 5 provided, or otherwise made accessible on or
through the App or the Service. Content may be posted by us, third parties, you, or other users.
2. You shall not make available through uploading, downloading, displaying, performing,
transmitting, or otherwise distributing, the following types of Content:
a. Libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening Content;
b. Content that advocates or
encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or
otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or foreign law, or regulation;
c.
Content that is false, inaccurate, or misleading;
d. Content that is fraudulent or involves the
actual or proposed sale, trade, or transportation of counterfeit or stolen items;
e. Content
that infringes any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, rights of publicity, or
other proprietary rights or privacy; or
f. Content that violates any law, statute, ordinance, or
regulation including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, antidiscrimination, or false advertising.
3. Company reserves the right
to terminate your receipt, transmission, or other distribution of any such material using the
Service or the App, and if applicable, to delete any such material from its servers. Company
reserves the right to access, read, preserve and disclose any information as we reasonably believe
necessary to:
a. Satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental
request;
b. Enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violations thereof;
c.
Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues;
d. Respond to user
support requests; and
e. Protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, and the
public. Company intends to cooperate fully with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the
investigation of any violation of these Terms or any applicable laws.
4. The material
displayed on our App is provided without any guarantees, conditions, or warranties as to its
accuracy and is provided on an "as is" basis. To the extent permitted by law, we hereby expressly
exclude all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by any law,
regulation, statute, common law or law of equity.
5. Company makes no representations about
the quality, safety, or legality of the information posted. If any unsafe or illegal information is
posted, Company will make a reasonable effort to remove such information.
6. We reserve the
right to remove any content from the App or the Service, terminate your registration or membership
and restrict, suspend, or cease your access to our Service at any time for any reason, including,
but not limited to, upon receipt of 6 claims or allegations from third parties or authorities
relating to such content, or if we are concerned that you may have violated the Terms.
7.
All “User Content” includes Content that is added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or
posted to the App by you or other users. By submitting User Content through the Service or the App,
you grant Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, perpetual, sub-licensable,
and transferable license to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of,
display, perform, and otherwise fully exploit User Content in connection with the App, the Service,
our businesses, our successors’ and assigns’ businesses, including without limitation, except as
provided in our Privacy Policy, for such purposes as promoting and redistributing part or all of the
App or the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media
channels (including, but not limited to, application programming interfaces (API’s), third-party
websites and feeds). By posting, downloading, displaying, performing, transmitting or otherwise
distributing information or other User Content to the App or the Service, you are granting Company,
its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, and users a
perpetual license to use User Content in connection with the App and the Service including, without
limitation, a right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce,
edit, translate, and reformat User Content.
8. This license granted to Pied Parker and users
does not affect other ownership or license rights you may have in your User Content, including the
right to grant additional licenses to your User Content, unless otherwise agreed to in writing. You
will not be compensated for any User Content. You agree that Pied Parker may publish or otherwise
disclose your username or real name in connection with your User Content.
9. By posting User
Content on the App or the Service, you warrant and represent that you either own the rights to the
User Content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform, transmit, license,
sub-license, or otherwise distribute User Content to us without infringement or violation of any
third-party rights, including, without limitation, any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights,
contract rights, trademark rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
10. All Content that you access by using the App or the Service is at your own risk.
11. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. The App may contain links to other websites. If you choose to
visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other
websites, and it is your responsibility to review the content and privacy policies at those websites
to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies. We ask that you do not click on any
suspicious links or advertisements and promptly report to us if you encounter any suspicious
content. 7 We are not responsible for any damages caused by visitation of third party websites via
any link contained in the App.
12. We will not be responsible for any breach of these Terms
and Conditions caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Although we aim to offer you
the best service possible, we make no promise that the Service or App will meet your requirements.
We cannot guarantee that the Service will be fault-free.
13. The App may include links to
other web sites or material that are beyond our reasonable control; we are not responsible for such
content on any site outside the App. You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that
is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not
establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our
part where none exists.
14. We will not be liable for any business, financial, or economic
loss nor for any consequential or indirect loss (such as lost reputation, lost profit or lost
opportunity) arising as a result of your use of the App whether such loss is incurred or suffered as
a result of your negligence or otherwise, including, but not limited to, access of web sites or
material that are beyond our reasonable control.
15. Sometimes we may delete or remove your
User Content, either by your actions or through a request made through the App or the Service. When
your User Content is deleted, it will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
Temporary Suspensions of Access to Content
1. Your access to the App may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs,
maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services and any such
interruptions shall not constitute a breach by us of these terms. We will attempt to
restore the Service in a timely manner.
2. In most circumstances, we will attempt to provide some advanced notice before
scheduling maintenance. We make no guarantees, however, with respect to the
availability of the App or the Service. We may conduct maintenance at any time with
or without notice to you.
3. If, for some reason, our maintenance interferes with a currently scheduled Parking
Reservation, such that your Parking Reservation is dropped or suspended, please
contact hello@piedparker.com for a resolution of the
issue.
Referral Fees
1. Users may refer friends and other third parties through the application. A
user
attempting to refer a third party will receive a unique referral code to send to the
third party. When the third party signs up using the referral code, the user that
referred that third party (“referring party”) will receive ordinarily (any applicable
promotional rate notwithstanding) up to 5% of the revenue (“referral fee”) that the
third party receives from Parking Spaces that the third party lists (up to $100 per third party
parking host); this 5% comes
from Pied Parker’s share of the revenue, not the third party’s share of the revenue.
In other words, for ordinary transactions (not subject to a promotional rate), a Lister
will receive 75% of revenue and Pied Parker will receive 25% (not including any
applicable transaction fees charged). If the Lister were referred by a referring party,
then the Lister will receive 75%, the referring party will receive 5%, and Pied Parker
will receive 20%. Pied Parker reserves the right to adjust the referral rate in the
future.
2. These referral amounts generated may be sent to your bank account at the end of
each month using the bank account information you provided. If you do not receive
payment, you may need to update your bank account information with us if you
have not done so. Monthly summaries including referral amounts should be sent to
the email you listed at sign-up.
Taxes
1. Tax regulations may require us to collect appropriate tax information from
our
Users, or to withhold taxes from payouts to Users. For instance, IRS regulations may require that we
collect an IRS Form W–9 and/or 1099 Form from certain US Users, and an appropriate IRS Form W–8
(e.g. Form W–8BEN) from certain non-US Users, especially ones with at least one Listing in the
United States.
2. As for the W-9, the form purpose is to get a TIN (taxpayer identification
number), but for many Listers who have SSN, they do not need it. Pied Parker may provide 17
applicable 1099 forms to Users. Users may request a W-9 Form from the IRS directly.
3.
Because Listers generally work for themselves as independent contractors, they may receive the
1099-K forms each year. For the Form 1099-K, the amount shown in this form is all the money that
Pied Parker collected from Parkers for parking spaces that Listers provided. This will be more than
Listers actually received in payment, since it includes Pied Parker's commissions and other
expenses. Thus, Pied Parker will provide Listers a tax summary which can be used to translate the
1099-K information into some of the income and expenses to report on Schedule C. Generally, Users
may want to wait until the 1099-K form is complete before filing tax returns.
4. Pied Parker
is required to file a Form 1099-K when reporting payments to a Lister that exceed both 200
transactions and $20,000 during the course of the year.
5. Pied Parker may present a
breakdown of how much you made, what fees Pied Parker took out, and how many hours you rent the
parking spot while on the app.
6. For users who generate income from referral fees Pied
Parker would provide the 1099-MISC forms each year. The 1099-MISC forms are issued to users who
generate income over $600 from referral fee.
7. Users are solely responsible for keeping the
information in their tax forms current, complete, and accurate. If you as a User fail to provide us
with documentation that we determine to be sufficient to alleviate our obligation (if any) to
withhold taxes from payments to you (e.g., if you are a Lister within the United States and you fail
to provide us with a completed IRS Form W-9 or 1099), we reserve the right in our sole discretion to
freeze all payouts to you until resolution and/or withhold such amounts as required by law.
8. Depending on the governing jurisdiction, Listers may be required to pay additional
parking provider taxes in addition to ordinary income taxes for revenue generated from listed
Parking Spaces. Please check your local, state, and federal tax laws for further information.
9. Unless otherwise stated, you are responsible for any taxes or duties associated with your
share of the sale of the services and reservations, including any related penalties or interest.
10. You will pay Pied Parker for the services without any reduction for Taxes. If Pied
Parker is obliged to collect or pay Taxes, the Taxes will be invoiced to you. Upon receiving an
invoice, you may provide Pied Parker with a valid tax exemption certificate authorized by the
appropriate taxing authority or other documentation providing evidence that no tax should be
charged. If you are required by law to withhold any Taxes from your payments to Pied Parker, you
must provide Pied Parker with an official tax receipt or other appropriate documentation to support
such payments.
11. You are also responsible for taxes related to income generated from
referral fees (collectively “Taxes”). Referral amounts may be included on monthly summaries sent to
the email you listed at sign-up.
12. Nothing in this section should be construed as tax
advice or legal advice, and should not be taken as to apply to any individual case or situation. We
recommend that you seek tax advice from your own tax adviser.
Cancellations and Refunds
1. You agree to abide by the policies regarding cancellation included in this
agreement. If you are a Parker, you must agree to the cancellation policy of this agreement in
addition to the cancellation policies of the Parker Agreement and the Parker- Lister License
Agreement. If you are a Lister, you must agree to the cancellation policy of this agreement in
addition to the cancellation policies of the Lister Agreement and the Parker-Lister License
Agreement.
2. Reservations may be booked On-demand or in advance by Scheduled Reservation,
depending on services offered in your area. Depending on such availability, a Lister may designate
which parking spaces may be booked On-demand or by Scheduled Reservation. A Lister may make the
Parking Space available for both On-demand or Scheduled Reservation by toggling one or more options
while listing the Parking Space, depending on options currently available.
3. No
cancellation fee will be charged for cancelling an On-demand booking unless a Parking Space is
already booked.
4. During a daily Scheduled Reservation, a Lister may be charged a
cancellation fee and compensation fee for the Parker in order to cancel a current reservation on the
same day. The Lister shall be obligated to pay a cancellation fee for parking on the Parking Space,
if:
a. the Lister cancels a weekly or monthly Scheduled Reservation within 24 hours before
the nearest scheduled check-in time;
b. the Lister cancels a current reservation (i.e., after
check-in) before the check- out time in case of booking On-demand; or
c. Pied Parker confirms
that the reserved Parking Space has become unavailable because it is of a condition such that it may
render the Parking Space unsafe or impossible to enter, exit, or otherwise navigate.
5.
During a daily Scheduled Reservation, a Parker may also be charged a cancellation fee and
compensation fee to cancel a current reservation on the same day, at least in the amount of the cost
of such reservation plus any applicable fees. In some cases, for a daily Scheduled Reservation, the
Lister may not cancel the current reservation at all.
6. The Lister or Parker may be
refunded amounts paid for reservations that are more than 24 hours from the time of cancellation, in
the case of weekly parking.
7. In the case of a monthly Scheduled Reservation, the Lister or
Parker may be refunded amounts paid for reservations that are greater than 7 days before the time of
cancellation. It is free for a Lister or Parker to cancel a monthly Scheduled Reservation a month in
advance.
8. If you as a Parker are unsatisfied with the condition of a Parking Space, you
may report the conditions of the Parking Space to hello@piedparker.com. Pied Parker will investigate
the matter and determine if a refund is appropriate. You as a Parker may also rate the Parking Space
appropriately.
9. If a Parking Space is of a condition such that it may render the Parking
Space unsafe or impossible to enter, exit, or otherwise navigate, a Parker may indicate that the
Parking Space has become unavailable through the App. If a Parker indicates that the Parking Space
has become unavailable, we will attempt to refund a Parker’s purchase and the matter will be
investigated.
10. If a Lister removes a Parking Space from the App while the Parking Space
is occupied by a Parker during a current booking, the Parker may not extend the booking, and must
depart the Parking Space by the end of the period of booking availability.
11. For On-demand
bookings, the maximum period of booking availability may be 24 hours; the Parker can select “depart”
and rebook the Parking Space before the end of a period of booking availability as long as the
Parking Space is still listed as available by the Lister and is not booked by another Parker.
12. For Scheduled Reservations, the maximum period of availability may vary by day, week,
and month. A Lister may, for example, list a Parking Space as being available for the month, but
restrict which days and hours on those days the Parking Space is available each week. The Lister
may, for instance, list the spot for monthly parking but only Tuesday through Friday, 9 A.M.-4 P.M.
for each week.
Compliance with Intellectual Property Laws
1. When accessing the App or using the Service, you agree to obey the law and to
respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Service and the App is at all
times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright, trademark, trade secret, rights of
publicity, and patent ownership, and all other forms of intellectual property.
2. You agree
not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or
Content in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, rights of
publicity, patents, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by
laws regarding copyright, 20 trademark, trade secret, rights of publicity, and patent ownership, and
all other forms of intellectual property, and you agree that you shall be solely responsible for any
violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any
Content you provide or transmit, or that is provided or transmitted through your use of the App or
the Service.
3. The burden of proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third
party rights rests solely with you.
4. You agree that you will maintain all copyright
notices, information and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Service or App
for Content provided by us, our partners, or users. Company has in place legally mandated procedures
regarding allegations of copyright infringement occurring on the App or with the Service. Company
has adopted a policy that provides for the immediate suspension or termination of any App or Service
user who is found to have infringed on the rights of the Company and/or of a third party, or
otherwise violated any intellectual property laws or regulations. Company’s policy is to investigate
any allegations of copyright infringement brought to its attention.
5. Pied Parker complies
with the notice and takedown procedures defined in section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (“DMCA”), which applies to content reported and removed for infringing United States
copyrights. Submitting a claim of copyright infringement is a serious matter with legal
consequences. Before you report a claim of copyright infringement to us, you may want to reach out
to the person posting the content. You may be able to resolve the issue simply by bringing it to
their attention without contacting us at all.
6. If you are not sure whether the content you
are reporting is infringing your legal rights, you may want to seek legal guidance. Keep in mind
that submitting intentionally misleading reports of infringement may be punishable under the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States or similar laws in other countries.
7.
If you have evidence, know, or have a good faith belief that your right has been violated, and you
wish for the Company to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide the
Company with all of the following information:
a. Your complete contact information (full
name, mailing address, and phone number). Note that we regularly provide your contact information,
including your name and email address, the name of your organization or client who owns the right in
question, and/or the contents of your report to the person who posted the Content you are reporting.
You may wish to provide a professional or business email address for contact by users;
b. A
declaration that 21
i. You have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted content
described above, in the manner you have complained of, is not authorized by the copyright owner, its
agent, or the law
ii. The information in your notice is accurate
iii. You declare, under
penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed.
c. Your electronic signature or physical
signature;
d. Identification of Content that you claim infringes your copyright; and
e.
Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
8. For the
notification to be effective, you must provide it to the Company’s designated agent at
legal@piedparker.com.
9. If your content was removed under the notice and counter-notice
procedures of the DMCA, you will receive instructions about the counter-notification process,
including how to file a counter-notification, in the warning we send you.
10. When we
receive an effective DMCA counter-notification, we promptly forward it to the reporting party. If
the reporting party does not notify us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to
restrain you from engaging in alleged infringing activity related to the material in question within
10-14 business days, we will attempt to promptly restore eligible content under the DMCA.
11. In rare instances, we may not be able to restore content due to technical limitations.
In that event, we will send you an update letting you know you may repost the content to the App at
your discretion. Restored content will not be counted against you if your account is ever reviewed
for potentially violating our policies about repeat infringement.
Alleged Violations and Terminations of Use
1. Pied Parker reserves the right to terminate your use of the Service and/or
the
App.
2. To ensure that the Company provides a high quality experience for you and for other
users of the App and the Service, you agree that Pied Parker or its representatives may access your
Account and records on a case-by- case basis to investigate complaints or allegations of abuse,
infringement of third party rights, or other unauthorized uses of the App or the Service.
3.
Pied Parker does not intend to disclose the existence or occurrence of such an investigation unless
required by law, but reserves the right to terminate your Account or your access to the App and the
Service immediately, with or without notice to you, with or without cause, and without liability to
you, effective immediately, if Company believes that you have violated any of the Terms, 22
furnished Company with false or misleading information, or interfered with use of the App or the
Service by others.
4. Termination may result in the forfeiture or destruction of all
information associated with your account and any account balances. If you wish to terminate your
account, you may do so by contacting us or through the Account settings. All provisions of the
Terms, which, by their nature, should survive termination, include, but are not limited to,
ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
Warranty Disclaimer and Limitations of Liability
1. Pied Parker hereby disclaims all warranties. To the extent permitted by law,
the App and the Service are provided ‘as is.’ Pied Parker makes no other express or implied
warranties or conditions including hardware, systems, networks, environments or for merchantability,
satisfactory quality, fitness of a particular purpose or non- infringement.
2. You further
waive, release, and hereby hold Pied Parker, including our officers, directors, shareholders,
employees, agents, and assigns, harmless from any and all liability of every type arising out of
your use of the App or the Service, except liability arising out of our own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
3. You agree that your use of the App and the Service shall be at your
sole risk. Pied Parker, our officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, and assigns shall
not be liable for any incidental, indirect, punitive, actual, consequential, special, exemplary, or
other damages, including loss of revenue or income, pain and suffering, emotional distress, or
similar damages, even if you have advised Pied Parker of the possibility of such damages. Pied
Parker, our officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, and assigns will have no liability
to you or any other party for damages (including but not limited consequential, compensatory,
special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or exemplary damages), obligations, losses, costs
and expenses (“Loss”) arising out of or relating to the use of, reliance on or inability to use the
App or the Service. This includes but is not limited to the following:
a. Damage to or
destruction of your vehicles or Parking Spots;
b. Any valuables left unattended in your vehicle
or property;
c. Any suspension or termination of your Account;
d. Errors, mistakes or
inaccuracies on the App;
e. Any personal injury or property damage resulting from your access
and use of the App or the Service; and
f. The conduct or actions of Lists, Parkers, and any
other users of the App or the Service.
4. You assume the risk of any and all damage or loss
from use of, or inability to use, the App or the Service. Pied Parker does not warrant that the App
or the Service will meet your requirements for functionality or that the provision of the service
will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that Pied Parker will correct all errors. You acknowledge
that Pied Parker does not control transfer of data over communications facilities, including the
Internet, and that the service may be subject to limitations, delays, and other problems inherent in
the use of such communications facilities. We are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures,
or damage resulting from such problems.
5. We further do not warrant that the content
provided by other users of the App is timely or accurate. We will make reasonable efforts to
promptly remove posts in violation of the Terms, but have no control over what other Content users
generate.
6. You acknowledge and agree that Pied Parker provides a platform for undertaking
parking rental transactions, and that we have no individual control over users or Parking Spots; we
cannot independently verify the identity, veracity, background, or other details of other users or
Parking Spots, and we therefore make no claim or warranty for any user, based on any User Content,
or the use of a Parking Spot.
7. Company has no control over, and no liability for, any
third party websites or materials. Company works with a number of partners and affiliates and the
App or the Service may permit you to link to and otherwise interact with third party resources on
the Internet. You agree to do so at your own risk. The App or the Service may allow you to post
location data or other content to these third party services. You acknowledge and agree that we do
not control these third parties and that we are therefore not responsible or liable for the content,
functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness, performance or any other aspect of these partners,
their affiliate sites and resources. Company assumes no responsibility for unintended,
objectionable, inaccurate, misleading or unlawful content that may be included on those sites or
resources. Similarly, from time to time, in connection with your use of the App, you may have access
to content items, including but not limited to, websites that are owned by third parties. Any such
use does not imply our endorsement or any association between us and the third party services. You
acknowledge and agree that Company makes no guarantees about, and assumes no liability or
responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of this third party content, and
that unless expressly provided otherwise, these Terms shall govern your use of any and all third
party content.
Warranties by User
1. You warrant that you have authority to enter into contract with the Company.
If you
are entering into a contract on behalf of an entity, you warrant that you have
authority to enter into contract and bind such entity.
2. As stated above, you warrant and represent that you either own the rights to your
User Content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform,
transmit, license, sub-license, or otherwise distribute such User Content to us
without infringement or violation of any third-party rights, including, without
limitation, any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, trademark
rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
Prohibited Uses
1. Pied Parker imposes certain restrictions on users’ permissible use of the App
and the Service.
2. You are prohibited from using data mining, robots, or other similar data
gathering and extraction tools to collect usernames, email addresses, photos, or other User Content
for the purposes of sending unsolicited email or for any other use. You are prohibited from using
the App or the Service to send unsolicited communication, including, but not limited to, promotions
and advertisements for products or services.
3. You may not falsely represent that you have
departed a Parking Space before you have actually begun departure from the space. Remaining in a
Parking Space beyond a 5 minute period following your scheduled departure may result in a penalty up
to three times the rate of charge for the Parking Space for the duration of your continued
occupancy.
4. You are prohibited from violating, or attempting to violate, subvert, or
exploit, any security features of the App or the Service, including, without limitation:
a.
Accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging into a service or Account that you are
not authorized to access;
b. Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the
Service, the App, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication
measures without proper authorization;
c. Interfering with or attempting to interfere with
service to any user, host, or network, including, but not limited to, by submitting a virus to the
App or the Service or by overloading, flooding, spamming, mail bombing, or crashing the App or the
Service;
d. Foregoing any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any
communication or in posting Content;
e. Attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile,
disassemble, decipher, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form, any 25
of the source code used by Pied Parker in providing the App or the Service or underlying ideas or
algorithms of any part of the App or the Service;
f. Modify, translate, or otherwise create
derivative works of any part of the App or the Service; or
g. Copy, rent, lease, distribute, or
otherwise transfer any of the rights that you receive hereunder.
5. ANY VIOLATION OF SYSTEM
OR NETWORK SECURITY OF THE APP OR SERVICE MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL
LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 1030.
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION MAY INCLUDE A FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. PIED
PARKER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REPORT ANY VIOLATIONS TO LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FOR YOUR
UNLAWFUL MISCONDUCT.
6. We further reserve the right to pursue civil action for your
violation of system or network security, including, but not limited to, the right to seek
compensatory damages and injunctive relief under 18 U.S.C. § 1030.
7. We reserve the
right to terminate without notice your use of the App and/or the Service without limiting any other
rights and remedies we may have.
Reporting Misconduct
1. In the event that something inappropriate, offensive, disturbing,
threatening, or potentially criminal occurs during the course of activities relating to the App or
the Service, including, but not limited to, vandalism, littering, reckless or drunk driving, or
other more serious criminal activities, we request that you immediately report such activity to the
local police.
2. We request that, in any incident in which police are contacted, that you
forward us information related to the event, including:
a. The name of the police station
reported to;
b. The police report number;
c. The date and approximate time of the incident;
d. The names of the party involved; and
e. Any other important facts to legal@piedparker.com.
3. We request this
information for the purpose of evaluating the App and the Service, reviewing the Listers, Parkers,
and Parking Spots involved. Regardless, receiving a report does not obligate us to take legal action
or constitute an agreement to incur any liability or undertake any action.
4. In the event
that any Content is posted which violates our “Content and User Content” permissible by these Terms,
or any other policy or agreement of Pied 26 Parker, we ask that you flag such activity or report the
activity to legal@piedparker.com. 5. In case you are not
able to report within the App, please include any reports within our Intercom chat.
Indemnification
1. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Pied Parker, its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, any related companies, suppliers, licensors and partners,
and the officers, directors, employees, agents, consultants, and representatives of each of them,
harmless, including costs, liabilities, and legal fees (including, but not limited to, any
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs), from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out
of or relating to:
a. your access to or use of the App or the Service;
b. your misuse of
the App or the Service;
c. your violation of the Terms;
d. your identity in the App or the
Service;
e. your failure to pay any applicable taxes;
f. your acts of infringement, or
infringement by any other user of your Account, of any intellectual property or other right of any
person or entity.
2. Pied Parker reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the
exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us and you agree
to cooperate with our defense of these claims.
3. You further agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company from any claim asserted against you from any other user of the App or the
Service, and to indemnify and hold harmless Company from any damage incurred for any reason that
proximately or actually flows from use of the App or the Service.
4. You agree not to settle
any such matter without the prior written consent of Pied Parker.
5. Pied Parker will use
reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, loss, liability, demand, action, or proceeding
in which indemnity is required upon becoming aware of it. Pied Parker further agrees to take and
cause affiliates to take all commercially reasonable steps to mitigate loss upon becoming aware of
any event or circumstance that gives rise thereto, including incurring costs only to the minimum
extent necessary to remedy the breach that gives rise to such loss.
6. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, indemnification shall not be required for liability arising of out of Company’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the App or Service.
7. If you are a
California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: “A general release
does not extend to claims which the creditors does not 27 know or suspect to exist in his favor at
the time of executing the release, which is known by him must have materially affected his
settlement with the debtor.” If you are a resident of another jurisdiction, you waive any comparable
statute or doctrine.
8. The foregoing indemnity obligations will survive any termination of
the Terms or your use of the Service. Pied Parker reserved the right, at its own expense, to assume
the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, which will not
excuse your indemnity obligations under this section. You agree not to settle any matter subject to
the foregoing indemnification obligations without the express consent and approval of Pied Parker.
Choice of Law and Venue
1. These Terms shall be construed in accordance and governed by the laws of the
United States and the State of California, as well as any claim, cause of action or
dispute that might arise between you and Pied Parker (a “Claim”), without regard to
conflict of law provisions.
2. FOR ANY CLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY, YOU AGREE TO SUBMIT AND
CONSENT TO THE PERSONAL AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION IN, AND THE EXCLUSIVE
VENUE OF, THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS (OR ARBITRATION TRIBUNALS,
WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE) LOCATED WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.
Right to Intervene
1. We are not responsible for your interactions with other Listers or Parkers.
We
reserve the right, but have no obligation, to act as an intermediary in the event of
any dispute.
2. You acknowledge and agree that we will incur no liability simply by virtue as acting
as an intermediary.
Severability
1. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
No Waiver
1. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power, or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.
Limited License
1. We grant you a limited license to access and make use of the App, but not to
modify
it, or any portion of it, reproduce it, distribute it, or store it for non-personal use,
except with our express written consent.
2. Nothing contained in the App or through the Service should be understood to grant
you a license to use any of the trademarks, service marks, logos, copyrights, patents,
and trademarks by Pied Parker or any of its affiliates, except insofar as to make use
of the App and the Service for personal use, we grant each user of the Service and
the App a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferrable
license for such use.
Mergers and Acquisitions
1. We, in some cases, may choose to buy or sell business assets. In these
transactions, user information is typically one of the transferred business assets. Moreover, if we,
or substantially all of our assets, were acquired, or if we go out of business or enter bankruptcy,
user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
2. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of us or our assets
may continue to use your Account as set forth in this policy.
Arbitration
1. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY CONTROVERSY, CLAIM, OR DISPUTE WITH A PARTY
OR AFFILIATE OF THE PARTY, ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR RESULTING FROM
THESE TERMS OR THE EXISTENCE, BREACH, TERMINATION, ENFORCEMENT,
INTERPRETATION, OR VALIDITY THEREOF, OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE APP
OR SERVICE AT ANY TIME, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE DATE YOU AGREED TO
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THE TERMS, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO BINDING ARBITRATION AND NOT A COURT OF
LAW.
2. The Parties agree that the arbitrator will have the power to decide on any motions
brought by any party to the arbitration, including discovery motions, motions for
summary judgment and/or adjudication and motions to dismiss and demurrers,
prior to any arbitration hearing. The Parties agree that the arbitrator will issue a
written decision on the merits. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT
CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL
ACTION, (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C)
SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY.
3. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU AND PIED PARKER ARE EACH HEREBY
WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR
CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE
PROCEEDING.
4. No Class Actions or Representative Proceedings. YOU AND PIED PARKER
ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY PARTY IS EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO
PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT, CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ACTION, OR
ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING AS TO ALL ARBITRABLE DISPUTES.
FURTHER, UNLESS YOU AND PIED PARKER BOTH OTHERWISE AGREE IN WRITING,
THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PARTY’S CLAIMS AND
MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF ANY CLASS OR
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
5. Exceptions; actions not remediable by AAA: EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW AND THIS SECTION, ARBITRATION WILL BE THE SOLE, EXCLUSIVE,
AND FINAL REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE. Exceptions include: (i) any claim related to
actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s
copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights;
or (ii) any claim seeking emergency injunctive relief based on exigent circumstances
(e.g., imminent danger or commission of a crime, hacking, cyber-attack).
6. The parties
agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the
parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to
any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
7. The arbitration shall be conducted on a confidential basis pursuant to the
Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
8. Any decision or award as a result of any such arbitration proceeding shall be in
writing and shall provide an explanation for all conclusions of law and fact and shall
include the assessment of costs, expenses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Any
such arbitration shall include a written record of the arbitration hearing. The parties
reserve the right to object to any individual who shall be employed by or affiliated
with a competing organization or entity. An award of arbitration may be confirmed
in a court of competent jurisdiction.
United States Use Only
1. The App and the Service are controlled and operated by Pied Parker from its offices in the State of California. Company makes no representation that any of the materials or services which are made accessible are available or appropriate for use in other locations other than the domestic United States currently. Your use of or access to the App should not be construed as purposeful availment of benefits or privileges associated with doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than in the domestic United States.
Relationship
1. No agency, partnership, joint venture, legal person, association, legal entities, or employment relationship is created as a result of these Terms. It is not the purpose or intention of this agreement to create any such relationship whereby any party shall be held liable for the commissions or omissions of any other party.
Force Majeure
1. Any prevention of or delay of the Company’s performance hereunder due to labor disputes, acts of god, governmental restrictions, enemy or hostile governmental action, fire or other casualty or other causes beyond Company’s reasonable control shall excuse performance of its obligations hereunder for a period equal to the duration of any such prevention or delay.
Contact Information:
Pied Parker
E-mail: hello@piedparker.com
Entire Agreement; Modifications
1. The Parties agree that this Agreement is the ENTIRE AGREEMENT between the
parties. This Agreement OVERRIDES AND REPLACES all prior negotiations and terms proposed or
discussed, whether in writing or orally, about the subject matter of the Terms.
2. Company
may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, (a) revise these Terms; (b) modify the App
and/or the Service; and (c) discontinue the App and/or the Service at any time. Company shall post
any revision to these Terms to the App, and the revision shall be effective immediately on such
posting. 3. You agree to review these Terms and other online policies posted on the App, which will
be updated periodically. You agree that, by continuing use or access of the App or the Service,
following any notice of such revisions, you shall abide by the updated Terms and that no further
approval is needed by you. Changes are effective immediately, but do not apply retroactively.
The Terms are Not Legal Advice
1. Nothing in the Terms should be construed as tax advice or legal advice, and
should not be taken as to apply to any individual case or situation.
2. The information
contained in the Terms is not intended to create, and receipt or reading of these Terms does not
constitute, an attorney-client relationship.
3. You are encouraged to contact an attorney
for legal advice concerning any tax information, or any other legal matter arising from use of the
App or the Service.