Terms of Service

Any changes to our Terms will be posted here.

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the website careit.com and the mobile application Careit (“Careit,” “us”, “our” or “we”) and our services made available through the website (the “Website” or the “Site”) and the mobile applications and tools (collectively, the “App(s)”) which together comprise the service (“Service(s)”). Unless otherwise specified, all references to the Service include the services available through the Careit Website or Apps, as well as any software that Careit provides to you that allows you to access the Services. The term “you” or “user” refers to the user of the Service. The following Terms of Service are a legally binding contract between you and Careit regarding your use of the Service. Careit is owned and operated by Careit Co, a California C Corporation.

Please read the following Terms of Service (“Terms”) carefully before accessing or using any of the Service. Each time you access or use the Service, you, and if you are acting on behalf of a third party or your employer, such third party or employer, agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy whether or not you register with us. If you do not agree to be bound by all of these Terms, you may not access or use the Service. Careit may change this Agreement at any time by posting an updated Terms of Service on this site. If any amendment to these Terms is unacceptable to you, you shall cease using this Site. If you continue using the Site or our App, you will be conclusively deemed to have accepted the changes. 

In addition, certain areas of the Service may be subject to additional Terms of Service that we make available for your review. By using such areas, or any part thereof, you are expressly indicating that you have read and agree to be bound by the additional Terms of Service applicable to such areas. In the event that any of the additional Terms of Service governing such area conflict with these Terms, the additional terms will control.

PLEASE READ THE BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER PROVISIONS IN THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION OF THESE TERMS. IT AFFECTS HOW DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED. 

Eligibility for Our Service

Our Services are not directed to children younger than 13. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older and your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law, rule or regulation. If you are a user between the ages of 13 and 18, you represent and warrant that you have parental permission to enter into an agreement to accept these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. Certain features of our Services may be subject to higher age and/or other eligibility requirements and restrictions.

Description of Service

Careit provides an online venue and platform that permits individuals and businesses with surplus food and food donations to connect with, and donate to, nonprofit organizations, food banks and other charitable food distributors, for the purpose or redistributing the food donations to persons in need or other food rescue organizations.

Businesses enter their Employer Identification Number (EIN) for confirmation of their ability to donate as a business, with or without a food safety expert on site. Individuals however, are not allowed to donate prepared foods due to food safety concerns, and are not given this option.

Donors may choose to post to either a self-selected receiving agency, or they may post to our database to be matched with a nearby nonprofit or food rescue organization.

After a match has been made and a recipient accepts a donation, they are then allowed to add it to their pickup queue, assign it to a driver in their member network, receive a dropped-off donation, or communicate directly with the Donor through our platform.

Users of the Careit Discover App, can browse for emergency relief services by location, date, and filter by type of service.

Donors can see a list of posted donations, accepted donations, and completed donations, as well as a dashboard of their data.

The Service includes (i) Careit systems, procedures, processes and technologies, and (ii) any hardware, software, applications, data, reports, and other content made available by or on behalf of Careit.

The Service does not include any software application or service that is provided by you or a third party, which you use in connection with the Service.

Any modifications and new features added to the Service are also subject to this Agreement.

Careit reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service or any feature or functionality thereof at any time without notice to you. All rights, title and interest in and to the Service and its components (including all intellectual property rights) will remain with and belong exclusively to Careit.

Accounts and Registration

To access some features of the Service you may be required to register for an account. When you register for an account, you may be required to provide us with some information about yourself and your organization (such as your name, date of birth, e-mail address, organization name, physical address, phone number or other personal information). Some of this information may be of a confidential nature and may include personal identifying information (all “Your Information”).

You may create your own Careit account, or one may be assigned to you by an administrator, such as your employer or the nonprofit with which you volunteer. If you are using a Careit account assigned to you by an administrator, different or additional terms may apply and your administrator may be able to access or disable your account.

If you provide Your Information to us then you agree to provide true, current, complete and accurate information, and not to misrepresent your identity.  You also agree to keep Your Information current and to update Your Information if any of Your Information changes.

Our collection, use and disclosure of Your Information is governed by this Agreement and our Privacy Policy.

Account Management

Keep Your Password Secure. If you have been issued an account by Careit in connection with your use of the Services, you are responsible for safeguarding your password and any other credentials used to access that account. You, and not Careit, are responsible for any activity occurring in your account, whether or not you authorized that activity. If you become aware of any unauthorized access to your account, you should notify Careit immediately.

Keep Your Details Accurate. Careit may send notices to the email address or text messages to your mobile phone registered with your account. You must keep your email address, mobile phone number and, where applicable, your contact details and payment details associated with your account current and accurate.

Your Access and Use of our Services

Your right to access and use our Services is personal to you, and any parties you authorized as users, and is not transferable by you to any other person or entity not authorized. Access to our Services may not be available in all locations. You are only entitled to access and use our Services for lawful purposes and pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and our Privacy Policy. Any action by you that, in our sole discretion: (i) violates the terms and conditions of this Agreement and/or the Privacy Policy; (ii) restricts, inhibits or prevents any access, use or enjoyment of our Services; or (iii) through the use of our Services, defames, abuses, harasses, offends or threatens others, shall not be permitted, and may result in your loss of the right to access and use our Services.

The rights granted to you in these Terms are subject to the following restrictions: (i) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services; (ii) you shall not modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Services; (iii) you shall not access the Services in order to build a similar or competitive Service; and (iv) except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Services may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Services shall be subject to these Terms.

Furthermore, you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithm or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor our Services or any portion of our Services or for any other purpose, without our prior written permission.  Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content (except for your personal information) from our Services without our prior written permission and the appropriate third party, as applicable; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of our Services or any activities conducted on our Services; (iv) bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to our Services, or (v) interfere or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature.

Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, you shall not collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from our Services.

Our Services may now, or in the future, have “publicly accessible areas” that allow users to post User Content (hereafter defined) that will be accessible by the public or the user population generally. As a user of the Services, you acknowledge and affirmatively agree that in the course of using the Services you may be exposed to User Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate. You further agree that Careit shall not, under any circumstances, be liable in any way for any User Content.

You understand that Careit may issue upgrade versions of any mobile App and you consent to receiving automatic upgrades on your mobile device.  You also acknowledge and agree that standard carrier data charges may apply to your use of the Service including, without limitation, text messages.

You shall not use any communication systems provided on our Services including, without limitation email, for any commercial or solicitation purposes.  You shall not solicit for commercial purposes any users of our Services without our prior written permission.

You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and Tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Services.

By accessing or using the Service(s) you agree to give Careit consent and authorization to generate an electronic signature on your behalf solely on a timestamped written agreement formed between food donor and food rescuer on the first time a food rescue organization reserves a posted donation. The aforementioned agreement is available for download through the organization’s Careit dashboard. If you do not agree to the above or disagree with any part of the terms herein, then you do not have permission to access the Service(s).

Additional Terms for Donors; Nonprofits and Food Rescue Groups

Careit is an online venue and platform that permits nonprofits and food rescue groups to interact with one another, and is not a provider, distributor, seller or purchaser of any food or merchandise appearing in our Service and does not transfer legal ownership of items posted to the Service.

You agree that you will maintain reasonable procedures for identifying wholesome and unwholesome food and that those procedures will, and do, conform to accepted standards and guidelines within the food industry and that you will cooperate with Careit’s inquiries to ensure the quality and implementation of those procedures.

You agree that you will fully and promptly comply with any inquiry, request or order of any public health or safety official intended to ensure public health or safety and you will promptly notify Careit of any such inquiry, request or order.

All Donations will conform to the requirements of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. §1791) and the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008.

You warrant that you have express authority from the owner of any food you donate through the Services to donate that food and that the description of that food will be accurate and truthful.

You warrant that all food donated through the Services will be at all times properly stored and safely transported up to and including the time and place of acceptance by the recipient by a licensed and insured carrier.

You agree to promptly notify Careit, and any party to whom any donation has passed, as soon as you become aware of any recall or health notice or concern associated with that donation.

You agree to leave a copy of the shipper’s report, bill of lading or other documentation associated with your donation with the recipient and will upload a photo or provide a copy of the same to Careit promptly upon request.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have sufficient information relating to any health and safety risks, including confirmation that the Donor is licensed as appropriate with the relevant regulatory authority.

You are responsible for verification of all information provided by the Donor in relation to any food items provided, including the ingredients and any potential food allergy that may result by consuming the food.

Careit is not responsible for any User Content or posting of donations. You agree and acknowledge that Careit is not a transferor of the items listed on our Service; that Careit is not an advertiser of any of the items listed on this Service and that Careit is not a party to the transactions between users of this Service.

Careit does not endorse or make any representation as to the accuracy or truthfulness of the users of our Service.

Careit makes no representation that users of our Service will complete the transfer of the food or other donated items posted to our Services or deliver the Item to the transferee or that the transfer of an Item complies with applicable legal requirements for the transfer.

All users of our Service are independent contractors and no agency relationship, partnership, joint venture, employer-employee relationship or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

Free Account

Careit offers users a free account, as well as several premium paid Subscription Plans.  The terms and prices of these Subscription Plans change from time to time and the most current terms and prices may be found on our Website pricing pages.

Subscription Trials

Careit may, from time to time, offer the paid Subscription Plan Services on a trial basis. If you are currently on a free trial, you may cancel your account, free of charge, at any time until your trial period expires  (The day of creation constitutes the first day of the trial). Upon expiration of the trial period, your account will automatically renew as a paid Subscription Plan Service.

The last day of the trial signifies the due date of the first payment. If payment is not received by Careit on the due date, your account will be frozen, inaccessible, and all shared links will be turned off until all outstanding payments have been processed by Careit.

Unless we notify you otherwise, if you’re participating in any trial period offer, you must cancel the Service by the end of the trial period to avoid incurring charges. If you do not cancel your Service you authorize us to charge you for the Service and no credits or refunds will be available.

Subscription Period

There are three different monthly subscription plans; Basic, Food Movers, and Food Hub. The subscription period for any Monthly Subscription Plan will be one month and will automatically renew each month on the anniversary of your Monthly Subscription Plan unless you cancel your Monthly Subscription Plan in accordance with these Terms at least ten (10) days prior to your renewal date. There is one annual subscription plan; Executive. The subscription period for the Annual Subscription Plan will be one year an will automatically renew each year unless otherwise contracted. You will be billed annually for the Annual Subscription Plan on or about the same day each year until such time that you cancel your Annual Subscription Plan. Payment plans may be negotiated in writing by Careit and Client. There will be no refunds for Annual Subscription Plan payments. Please be certain you are committing to a one (1) year period if you select the Annual Subscription Plan.

Suspension and Termination of Services

  1. By You. If you terminate a Subscription Plan in the middle of a billing cycle, you will not receive a refund for any period of time you did not use in that billing cycle unless you are terminating these Terms for any of the following reasons: (a) we have materially breached these Terms and failed to cure that breach within 30 days after you have so notified us in writing; or (b) a refund is required by law.
  2. By Careit. Careit may terminate your Monthly Subscription Plan at the end of a billing cycle by providing at least 30 days prior written notice to you. Careit may terminate your Annual Subscription Plan for any reason by providing at least 30 days written notice to you and will provide a pro rata refund for any period of time you did not use in that billing cycle. Careit may suspend performance or terminate your Subscription for any of the following reasons: (a) you have materially breached these Terms and failed to cure that breach within 30 days after Careit has so notified you in writing; (b) you cease your business operations or become subject to insolvency proceedings and the proceedings are not dismissed within 90 days; or (c) you fail to pay fees for 30 days past the due date. Additionally, Careit may limit or suspend the Services to you if you fail to comply with these Terms, or if you use the Services in a way that causes legal liability to us or disrupts others use of the Services. Careit may also suspend providing the Services to you if we are investigating suspected misconduct by you. Careit will use commercially reasonable efforts to narrow the scope and duration of any limitation or suspension under this Section as is needed to resolve the issue that prompted such action. Careit has no obligation to retain your User Content upon termination of the applicable Service.

Optional Paid Services

Optional paid services such as Guaranteed Pickup, Compost Services, Training, Recruiting, and Executive Access might become or are available (any such services, an “Upgrade”).

By selecting an Upgrade you agree to pay Careit the one-time, monthly, or the annual fees indicated for that service.

Payments for one-time Upgrade services will be charged at the time of purchased services completion.

Payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for a yearly Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for the annual subscription period as indicated.

We do not issue refunds for any Upgrade service provided.

Advertisements

Careit may choose to be supported by advertising revenue and we may display advertisements and promotions in our Services. You agree that Careit may place such advertising and promotions in our Services, on, about or in conjunction with your posted User Content. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising and promotions are solely at our discretion and subject to change without notice to you.

Data, Privacy and Your Personal Information

Careit may sell data collected on our platform to third parties and your use, and continued use, of our Services indicates that you consent to such sale.  Data sold may include: Donor business name, phone number, and location, time of donation, type of donation, size of donation, total pounds donated, entity responsible for transportation of donation, final nonprofit that received the donation, emergency services posted by nonprofit, and number of users interested in each nonprofit post.

We will never share credit card information or email addresses with any third party.

We will share all information posted on an account profile with other users of the Service, such as a contact phone number, hours of operation, website etc.

For more information about the Careit data protection practices and privacy policies, please read our Privacy Policy where you accessed these Terms of Service. This policy explains how we treat your personal information, and protect your privacy when you use the Services. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Careit Privacy Policy.

Payments; Taxes

You acknowledge that Careit reserves the right to charge fees for subscription service plans and any other portion of our Services. Payments will be processed by a secure third party payment processing gateway. Careit will not store any record of your personal financial information related to purchases or other transactions you make through the Careit Services. You should therefore maintain records of all your transactions. If you have any questions regarding your transactions or believe that there is an error or unauthorized transaction or activity associated with transactions utilizing your personal financial information, you must contact the third party payment processing gateway.

You may choose to set up and/or use third party services, such as PayPal to collect or send payments. If you do so, be aware that some of your data may be passed to the respective third party. We are not involved in these relationships and the respective third party’s terms of service, privacy policy, and other policies will apply.

Users are responsible for collecting and filing all taxes associated with your monetary transaction activities. You must collect, report, and/or pay the correct amounts to the appropriate tax collection authorities, if applicable.

Information Accuracy

We make no representation as to the completeness, accuracy, or currency of any information on the Service, including, without limitation, any description or photographic images of donated food, User Content or other content available on this Site or App.

We attempt to ensure that information on this Service is complete, accurate and current, however, despite our best efforts, the information on our Service may occasionally be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date and Careit disclaims any responsibility or liability for such information. By using the Services, you agree to accept such risks.

Proprietary Rights

As between Careit and you, Careit or its licensors own and reserve all right, title and interest in and to the Service and all hardware, software and other items used to provide the Service, other than the rights explicitly granted to you to use the Service in accordance with these Terms. No title to or ownership of any proprietary rights related to the Service is transferred to you pursuant to these Terms. All rights not explicitly granted to you are reserved by Careit.

Intellectual Property Rights

Our names, graphics, videos, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are our trademarks or trade dress in the United States and/or other countries (collectively, the “Proprietary Marks”), are owned by Careit. You may not use the Proprietary Marks without our prior written permission.

We make no proprietary claim to any third-party names, trademarks or service marks appearing on our Services. Any third-party names, trademarks, and service marks are property of their respective owners.

The information, descriptions, advice, data, software and content viewable on, contained in, or downloadable from our Services (collectively, “Our Content”), including, without limitation, all text, graphics, charts, pictures, photographs, images, videos, line art, icons and renditions, are copyrighted by, or otherwise licensed to us or Our Content suppliers.

We also own a copyright of a collective work in the selection, coordination, arrangement, presentation, display and enhancement of Our Content (the “Collective Work”).

All software used on, or within our Services is our property or the property of our software vendors and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. Viewing, reading, printing, downloading or otherwise using Our Content and/or the Collective Work does not entitle you to any ownership or intellectual property rights to Our Content, the Collective Work, or the Software.

You are solely responsible for any damages resulting from your infringement of our, or any third-parties, intellectual property rights regarding the Trademarks, Our Content, the Collective Work, the Software and/or any other harm incurred by us or our affiliates as a, direct or indirect, result of your copying, distributing, redistributing, transmitting, publishing or using the same for purposes that are contrary to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Use of Our Content

We grant you a limited license to access, print, download or otherwise make personal use of Our Content and the Collective Work for your noncommercial personal use provided, however, that you shall not delete any proprietary notices or materials with regard to the foregoing.

You may not modify Our Content or the Collective Work or utilize them for any commercial purpose or any other public display, performance, sale, or rental, decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble Our Content and the Collective Work, or transfer Our Content or the Collective Work to another person or entity.

User Content Rights and Related Responsibilities; License

“User Content” means, without limitation, any postings to our Service of any donation descriptions, digital files, images, photos, artwork, videos, audio, messages, texts, comments, feedback, suggestions, reviews and documents, or other content you upload, transmit or otherwise make available to Careit and its users via the Services. This includes, but is not limited to, nonprofit users and food rescue group users. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control the rights to your User Content and agree to indemnify Careit and its affiliates for all claims arising from or in connection with any claims to any rights in your User Content or any damages arising from your User Content.

By submitting User Content on or through the Service, you grant Careit a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such User Content without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity, in any manner including, without limitation, for commercial, publicity, trade, promotional, or advertising purposes, and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content.

In order for us to provide the Service to you, we require that you grant us certain rights with respect to User Content, including the ability to transmit, manipulate, process, store and copy User Content in order to provide our Services. Your acceptance of this Agreement gives us the permission to do so and grants us any such rights necessary to provide the Service to you.

You agree that any User Content you submit to our Service may be viewed by other users, any person visiting or participating in the Service and by the public in general.

Careit expressly disclaims any liability for the loss or damage to any User Content or any losses or damages you incur as a result of the loss or damage of any User Content. It is your responsibility to back-up any User Content to prevent it’s loss.

You are solely responsible for User Content, including, without limitation, reviews, comments and feedback, and any damages suffered by Careit resulting therefrom.

Careit may remove or return any User Content at any time for any reason whatsoever, or for no reason at all. We are not responsible for the authenticity, accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, or legality of User Content.

You represent and warrant that all information that you submit is authentic, accurate and truthful and that you will promptly update any information provided by you that subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false.

User Content is not considered to be confidential. You agree not to submit User Content in which you have any expectation of privacy.

Careit has no control over User Content once posted, and it is possible that visitors to the Site or App may copy User Content and repost it elsewhere.

You agree not to post as part of the Service any offensive, inaccurate, incomplete, abusive, obscene, profane, threatening, intimidating, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material.

Software

If you receive software from us, its use is governed in one of two ways: If you’re presented with license terms that you must accept in order to use the software, those terms apply; if no license is presented to you, these Terms apply. We reserve all other rights to the software.

Any license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Careit, in the manner permitted by these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell or lease any part of our Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software.

We may automatically check your version of the software. We may also automatically download to your device or computer new versions of the software.

Any software is licensed, not sold. Unless we notify you otherwise, the software license ends when your Service ends. You must then promptly uninstall the software, or we may disable it. You must not work around any technical limitations in the software.

The software is subject to applicable U.S. export laws and regulations. You must comply with all domestic and international export laws and regulations that apply to the software. These laws include restrictions on destinations, end users, and end use. Without limitation, you may not transfer the software or Service without U.S. government permission to anyone on U.S. government exclusion lists. You represent and warrant that you’re not on any of those lists or under the control of, or an agent for, anyone on those lists.

Mobile Application from a Third Party App Store

The following applies to any App Store Sourced Application accessed through or downloaded from a Third Party App Store:

  1. You acknowledge and agree that (i) the Terms are concluded between you and Careit only, and not the Third Party App Store, and (ii) Careit, not the Third Party App Store, is solely responsible for the App Store Sourced Application and content thereof. Your use of the App Store Sourced Application must comply with the App Store Terms of Service.
  2. You acknowledge that the Third Party App Store has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App Store Sourced Application.
  3. In the event of any failure of the App Store Sourced Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the Third Party App Store, and the Third Party App Store will refund the purchase price for the App Store Sourced Application to you, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Third Party App Store will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App Store Sourced Application. As between Careit and the Third Party App Store, any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the sole responsibility of Careit.
  4. You and Careit acknowledge that, as between Careit and the Third Party App Store, the Third Party App Store is not responsible for addressing any claims you have or any claims of any third party relating to the App Store Sourced Application or your possession and use of the App Store Sourced Application, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App Store Sourced Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation.
  5. You and Careit acknowledge that, in the event of any third-party claim that the App Store Sourced Application or your possession and use of that App Store Sourced Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, as between Careit and the Third Party App Store, Careit, not the Third Party App Store, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by the Terms.
  6. You and Careit acknowledge and agree that the Third Party App Store, and their subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of the Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Terms, the Third Party App Store will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
  7. Without limiting any other terms of the Terms, you must comply with all applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App Store Sourced Application.

Interruption of Service

Your access and use of our Services may be interrupted from time to time for any of several reasons, including, without limitation, the malfunction of equipment, periodic updating, maintenance or repair of our Services or other actions that we, in our sole discretion, may elect to take.

You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any interruption of the Services or any part thereof.

Third Party Links, Services and Content

The Service may contain features, services and functionalities linking you to, or providing you with access to third party services and content, websites, directories, servers, networks, systems, information, databases, applications, software, programs, products , services, and the Internet as a whole. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. When you visit or use a third party’s website you agree to read, and consent to, the third party’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and you release us from any liability.

You acknowledge that we are not responsible for such third party content or services and that we are not an agent of any third party, nor are we a direct party in any such transaction with a third party. Any such activities, and any terms associated with such activities, are solely between you and the applicable third party. Should you have any problems resulting from your use of any third party services, or should you suffer data loss or other losses as a result of problems with any of your other service providers or any third-party services, we will not be responsible unless the problem was the direct result of our actions.

Electronic Communications

Although we may choose to communicate with you by regular mail, we may also choose to communicate with you by electronic means including, without limitation, email, telephone, text, SMS or by posting notices on our Services.  When you use our Services, you consent to communicating with us electronically.

You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Electronic Transactions

Your use of the Services includes the ability to enter into agreements, including these Terms, and to make transactions electronically, including financial transactions and purchases. You acknowledge that your electronic submissions constitute your agreement and intent to be bound by such agreements, financial transactions and purchases.

Your agreement and intent to be bound by electronic submissions applies to all records relating to all transactions you enter into on this site, including purchases, financial transactions, notices of cancellation, policies, contracts, and applications.

In order to access and retain your electronic records, you may be required to have certain hardware and software, which are your sole responsibility.

Third Party Social Networking

If you access our Services through a third party social networking  site or application including, but not limited to, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, you authorize Careit to access certain information about you that is made available through that third party social networking site and further authorize us to collect, store, retain and use, your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Security

Violating the security of our Site, App and Services is prohibited and may result in criminal and civil liability. Careit may investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve, and will cooperate with law, enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected. Security violations include, without limitation, unauthorized access to or use of data or systems including any attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or to breach security or authentication measures, unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic and interference with service to any user, host, or network.

Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We reserve the right to remove any User Content on the Services which allegedly infringe upon another person’s copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, and/or terminate, discontinue, suspend and/or restrict the account or ability to visit and/or use the Services or remove, edit, or disable any User Content on the Services which allegedly infringe upon another person’s intellectual property rights. We provide this policy pursuant to Section 512 of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).

A valid complaint under the DMCA must provide the following information in writing:

  1. An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Service.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law.
  6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

FEDERAL LAW PROVIDES THAT IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY AND CIVIL PENALTIES, INCLUDING MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES.

The above information must be submitted to Careit at: hello@careitapp.com

Disclaimers; No Warranties

OUR SERVICES AND ANY PRODUCTS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW. Careit AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, (COLLECTIVELY, THE “Careit PARTIES”) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. 

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR (III) THE QUALITY OF ANY SERVICES, PRODUCTS OR INFORMATION TO YOU FROM OR THOUGH US WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

THE SERVICES CAN INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. FURTHERMORE, THE INFORMATION OR SERVICES ON THIS SITE OR APP MAY BE OUT OF DATE. WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS OR, INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR APP, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, HOWEVER WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO.

THE Careit PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SERVICES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS OR OTHER CONTENT OFFERED AS PART OF THE SERVICES, ARE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR COMPLETE.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IF YOU DOWNLOAD ANY CONTENT FROM THE SERVICE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY CONTENT THROUGH THE SERVICE. 

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE OR ANY FEATURE OR PART THEREOF AT ANY TIME.

THE Careit PARTIES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY CONTENT OR PERSONALIZATION SETTINGS. 

SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME PARTS OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

Limitations Of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE RESPONSIBLE TO, OR LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE OR BUSINESS, AS A DIRECT OR INDIRECT RESULT OF: (I) YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF OUR SERVICES; (II) YOUR BREACH OR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT; (III) YOUR DELAY IN ACCESSING OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES FOR ANY REASON; (IV) YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY OF OUR CONTENT OR THE COLLECTIVE WORK FOR YOUR USE; OR (V) YOUR RELIANCE UPON OR USE OF OUR CONTENT OR THE COLLECTIVE WORK, WHETHER RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.  

THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN THE SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED IN THE SERVICES. 

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACTS OF NATURE, FORCES, OR CAUSES BEYOND THEIR REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTERNET FAILURES, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FAILURES, OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES, STRIKES, LABOR DISPUTES, RIOTS, INSURRECTIONS, CIVIL DISTURBANCES, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, FIRES, FLOODS, STORMS, EXPLOSIONS, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, ORDERS OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN COURTS OR TRIBUNALS OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES.

OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY USER TO Careit FOR ITS CURRENT ACTIVE SUBSCRIPTION PLAN.

YOU AND WE AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO OUR SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

CERTAIN STATE OR JURISDICTIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnity 

You agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of the Service and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Careit and its officers, directors, employees, consultants, affiliates, subsidiaries and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ and accounting fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to, use of or alleged use of the Service; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Service or any representation, warranty, or agreements referenced herein, or any applicable law or regulation; (iii) your infringement upon the property rights, intellectual property rights (copyrights and trademarks) or other rights of others; (iv) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation publicity, confidentiality, or privacy right; (v) any death, or serious physical or serious emotional harm, to you or any third party resulting from your use of the Services, or (vi) any disputes or issues between you and any third party.

We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claim.

Release

By using the Services, you release, to the maximum extent allowed by law, Careit, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, and agents from claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Services, and any interaction with other users through the Services, including without limitation, any death or serious emotional or serious physical harm.

If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” 

Our Remedies

You acknowledge that we may be irreparably damaged if this Agreement is not specifically enforced, and damages at law would be an inadequate remedy. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement by you, we shall be entitled, in addition to all rights and remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond, and/or to a decree for specific performance of the provisions of this Agreement.

For purposes of this Section, you agree that any action or proceeding with regard to such injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach shall be brought in the courts of record of the State of California, or a United States District Court for the State of California, Los Angeles County. You consent to the jurisdiction of such court and waive any objection to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such court.

Dispute Resolution

THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE, WHICH WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION, REQUIRE YOU TO SUBMIT CLAIMS YOU HAVE AGAINST US TO BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. THIS AGREEMENT ALSO CONTAINS AN AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF THE SERVICE. EACH TIME YOU ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION AND THE CLASS ACTION WAIVER YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.

For any dispute you have with Careit, you agree to first contact us at hello@careitapp.com and attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally. If Careit has not been able to resolve the dispute with you informally, we each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy as follows:

Claims. You and we agree that any claim or dispute at law or equity between us relating in any way to or arising out of this or previous versions of this Agreement, your use of or access to the Services will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Legal Disputes section. Please read this section carefully. It affects your rights and will have a substantial impact on how claims you and we have against each other are resolved.

Applicable Law. You agree that the laws of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern this Agreement and any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and us, except as otherwise stated in this Agreement.

Agreement to Arbitrate. You and we each agree that any and all disputes or claims between you and us relating in any way to or arising out of this or previous versions of this Agreement, your use of or access to our Services, or any products or services delivered, sold, offered, or purchased through our Services shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that you may assert claims in small claims court, if your claims qualify.

Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. UNLESS BOTH YOU AND WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S OR PARTY’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A CONSOLIDATED, REPRESENTATIVE, OR CLASS PROCEEDING. ALSO, THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND DECLARATORY RELIEF) ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF NECESSITATED BY THAT PARTY’S INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S). ANY RELIEF AWARDED CANNOT AFFECT OUR OTHER USERS.

Arbitration Procedures. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is very limited. However, an arbitrator can award the same damages and relief on an individual basis that a court can award to an individual. An arbitrator should apply the terms of this Agreement as a court would. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Agreement to Arbitrate, any part of it, or of this Agreement including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of the Agreement to Arbitrate or this Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its rules and procedures, including the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes (as applicable), as modified by this Agreement to Arbitrate. The arbitrator will decide the substance of all claims in accordance with the laws of the State of California, including recognized principles of equity, and will honor all claims of privilege recognized by law. The arbitrator shall not be bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving our other users, but is bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving the same user to the extent required by applicable law. The arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

Judicial Forum for Legal Disputes. Unless you and we agree otherwise, in the event that the Agreement to Arbitrate above is found not to apply to you or to a particular claim or dispute as a result of a decision by the arbitrator or a court order, you agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and us must be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in the State of California, Los Angeles County. You and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within California for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes. You also agree that: (i) our Services shall be deemed solely based in the State of California; and (ii) our Services shall be deemed passive Services that do not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us and our assigns, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than the State of California.

Law Enforcement

Careit is committed to cooperating with law enforcement while respecting each individual’s right to privacy. If Careit receives a request for user account information from a government agency investigating criminal activity, we will review the request to be certain that it satisfies all legal requirements before releasing information to the requesting agency.

Furthermore, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2702(b)(8) and 2702(c)(4) (Voluntary Disclosure Of Customer Communications or Records), Careit may disclose user account information to law enforcement, without a subpoena, court order, or search warrant, in response to a valid emergency when we believe that doing so is necessary to prevent death or serious physical harm to someone. Careit will not release more information than it prudently believes is necessary to prevent harm in an emergency situation.

Amendments to this Agreement

We reserve the right to update, amend and/or change this Agreement at any time in our sole discretion and without notice. Updates to this Agreement will be posted here. Amendments will take effect immediately upon us posting the updated Agreement on our Services.  You are encouraged to revisit this Agreement from time to time in order to review any changes that have been made. The date on which this Agreement was last updated will be noted immediately below this Agreement.  Your continued access and use of our Services following the posting of any such changes shall automatically be deemed your acceptance of all changes.

Miscellaneous

U.S. Economic Sanctions 

You expressly represent and warrant that your use of our Services and or associated services and products is not contrary to applicable U.S. Sanctions. Such use is prohibited, and Careit reserves the right to terminate accounts or access of those in the event of a breach of this condition.

Translation

These Terms of Service were originally written in English (US). We may translate these terms into other languages. In the event of a conflict between a translated version of these Terms of Service and the English version, the English version will control.

Severability

If any portion of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, this Agreement as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Agreement that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Agreement.

No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing.

Survival

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement, as may be amended by us, from time to time, shall survive your acceptance of this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.

Statutory Rights; Notice To California Residents

If you are a California resident, under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing, currently at: 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone, currently at (800) 952-5210 in order to resolve a complaint regarding our Site or to receive further information regarding use of our Site.

Entire Understanding

This Agreement and the Privacy Policy represent the entire understanding and agreement between you and us regarding the subject matter of the same, and supersede all other previous agreements, understandings and/or representations regarding the same.

If you have questions, comments, concerns or feedback regarding this Agreement or our Services, please contact us at hello@careitapp.com.

Last updated: November 3, 2021

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