IROC, INC. TERMS OF USE
Last Modified 01-01-2024
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND OBLIGATIONS. THEY INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE (UNLESS YOU OPT OUT). THESE TERMS ALSO INCLUDE A PROHIBITION OF CLASS AND REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS AND NON-INDIVIDUALIZED RELIEF FOR ALL MATTERS IN EITHER COURT OR ARBITRATION, VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND GOVERNING LAW OF DISPUTES, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, AND OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
INTRODUCTION
IROc Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “IROc”, “we”, or “us”), provide an online car sharing platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers seeking to book those vehicles. IROc is accessible online including at huur-us.com and as an application for mobile devices. IROc’s websites, blog, mobile applications, and associated services are collectively referred to as “the Services”. By accessing or using the Services, including by communicating with us or other IROc users, you agree to comply with, and be legally bound by, the provisions of these Terms of Service (these “Terms”), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Services and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and IROc.
These Terms, together with IROc’s Privacy Policy, applicable insurance terms and certificates, roadside assistance terms, and the user Policies accessible via the Services (the “Policies”) constitute the “Agreement” between you and IROc (each a “Party” and together, “the Parties”).
Modification. IROc reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to modify the Services or to modify the Agreement, including these Terms, at any time. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Services. We will also update the “Last Modified” date at the top of these Terms. If you continue to access or use the Services after we have posted a modification or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified terms. If the modified terms are not acceptable to you, your sole recourse is to stop using and accessing the Services and close your HUUR Account within 30 days. If you choose to close your HUUR Account, the previous effective version of these Terms will apply to you, unless you use the Services during the intervening 30 day period, in which case the new version of these Terms will apply to you.
ELIGIBILITY, REGISTRATION, VERIFICATION
Eligibility. The Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any use of the Services by anyone that does not meet these age requirements is expressly prohibited. By accessing the Services, you affirm that you are at least 18 years of age and are fully able and
competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms. Furthermore, you affirm that you will in fact abide by and comply with these Terms.
Registration. To access certain features of the Services, you must sign up for an account with us (a “HUUR Account”). You can create a HUUR Account by providing us your first and last name, email address, and creating a password. When you book a vehicle as a traveler, driver, or driver (“driver”), you provide us with certain additional information about yourself. Similarly, when you list a vehicle as a vehicle owner or host (“host”), you provide us with certain additional information about yourself and your vehicle(s) (if applicable). You must provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration, booking, and/or listing process. You must keep your HUUR Account up to date at all times. Based on information you provide, IROc may impose additional requirements for you to book a rental (e.g., providing a deposit, adding a second form of payment, buying a certain level of protection plan, or other requirements).
Verification. Where permitted, IROc has the right, but not the obligation, to undertake screenings, checks, and engage in processes designed to (1) help verify the identities or check the backgrounds of users, including driving history and driver’s license validity and (2) verify vehicle details. IROc does not endorse any vehicle, user, or a user’s background, or commit to undertake any specific screening process. IROc may in its sole discretion use third-party services to verify the information you provide to us and to obtain additional related information and corrections where applicable, and you hereby authorize IROc to request, receive, use, and store such information. IROc may permit or refuse your request to book or list a vehicle in its sole and absolute discretion. IROc may, but does not commit to, undertake efforts to ensure the safety of vehicles shared through the Services. We do not make any representations about, confirm, or endorse the safety, roadworthiness, or legal status of any vehicles beyond our policies that require hosts to ensure their vehicles are in safe and operable condition, legally registered to be driven on public roads, have a clean title (e.g., non-salvaged/non-branded/non-washed/non- written off), not subject to any applicable safety recalls, and otherwise satisfy our eligibility requirements.
Consumer Report Authorization. When you attempt to book or list a vehicle, or at any time after where IROc reasonably believes there may be an increased level of risk associated with your HUUR Account, you hereby provide IROc with written instructions and authorize IROc, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, applicable consumer reporting laws, or any similar laws to obtain your personal and/or business auto insurance score, credit report, and/or conduct a background check, including a criminal background check where permissible under applicable law.
FEES, TAXES, TERM
Fees. Per each booking made through our Platform we charge the higher of 2.5% of the total cost of the rent of the vehicle (Total Rent) or $10. Additionally, you will be charged 2,9% plus
0.30 cents for each transaction as a transaction processing fee. (collectively “Fees”). All Fees are borne by the drivers and collected from them. The Fees we charge for using the Services are
included to the total fee at checkout for drivers. You have to verify the amount for your rent at checkout before you submit your rent request.
When you provide IROc a payment method, you authorize IROc, or third-party service providers acting on IROc’s behalf, to store your payment credential for future use in the event you owe IROc any money. You authorize IROc to use stored payment credentials for balances, host fees, and driver fees and any other applicable fees (e.g., late fees, security deposits, processing fees and claims costs, and related administrative fees).
Payment Processing. Payment processing services are provided by Stripe Payment System (“STRIPE”; https://stripe.com/) and subject to STRIPE terms of use and other related policies (“STRIPE Terms of Use"). Where you receive payment proceeds via STRIPE, you agree to be bound by the STRIPE Terms of Use, which may be modified from time to time. You further agree to provide accurate and complete information about you, and authorize IROc to share it and transaction information with STRIPE for the purposes of facilitating the payment processing services provided by STRIPE IROc reserves the right to switch payment processing vendors in its discretion.
Collection of fees. IROc and its service providers will employ all legal methods available to collect amounts due, including the engagement of collection agencies or legal counsel. IROc, or the collection agencies we retain, may also report information about your HUUR Account to credit bureaus. As a result, late payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your HUUR Account may be reflected in your credit report. In addition to the amount due, delinquent accounts or chargebacks will be charged with fees and/or charges that are incidental to the collection of delinquent accounts or chargebacks including, but not limited to, collection fees, convenience fees, and/or other third party charges. If you wish to dispute the information IROc reported to a credit bureau, please contact support@huur-us.com . If you wish to dispute the information a collection agency reported to a credit bureau regarding your HUUR Account, you must contact the collection agency directly.
Taxes.
Hosts shall be responsible for ensuring that they collect and pay sales tax, their own income taxes and withholding taxes and any other applicable taxes, associated with the rental transactions and use of Platform to any state, local or federal governing body, specifically in relation to any payments received through the Platform.
The rental price stated by a host on the Platform shall include sales tax and any other taxes, imposed on the respective rental transactions. If not otherwise required by applicable laws, IROC is not and shall not be responsible for calculation, collection and reflection on the Platform of sales tax or any other taxes or levies, imposed on the rental transactions or any other transactions, performed through the Platform.
Host warrants that he shall make all necessary payments due appropriate governmental agencies to comply with the foregoing and defend, indemnify and hold harmless IROC and the
officers, directors, contractors, agents, affiliates and representatives of IROC against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses that may arise out of breach of the foregoing. In the event of any such claim, demand or cause of action, IROC shall immediately reimburse Company for the ongoing costs of any defense, settlement or judgment incurred by Company.
In certain jurisdictions, IROc may enable the collection and remittance of certain taxes from or on behalf of drivers or hosts, based on existing and future tax regulations, including marketplace facilitator or car sharing regulations. The amount of taxes, if any, collected and remitted by IROc will be visible to, and separately stated, to both drivers and hosts on their respective rental related documents and invoices. Where IROc is facilitating the collection and remittance of taxes, hosts are not permitted to collect the same taxes on the Services in relation their vehicle sharing in that jurisdiction.
Term of rent. Each booking made through our Platform cannot exceed 52 weeks of continuous rent.
TOLLING RESPONSIBILITY AND AGREEMENT
By using the vehicle, the user agrees to be fully responsible for all toll charges incurred during the rental period. The user acknowledges and agrees that all toll-related charges during the reservation period are their sole responsibility, and they shall not dispute or challenge any toll transactions. Any toll charges, including those that may arise after the reservation, are to be paid by the user, and the user agrees not to file any disputes regarding these transactions with their financial institution.
CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS
Cancellation by drivers.
If, as a driver, you cancel your requested booking before the requested booking is confirmed by a host, IROc will cancel any pre-authorization to your credit card and/or refund any nominal amounts charged to your credit card in connection with the requested booking minus all applicable transaction fees within a commercially reasonable time.
If, as a driver, you wish to cancel a confirmed booking made via the Services, either prior to or after picking up the vehicle, will refund the Total Fees and Deposit for such booking within a commercially reasonable time of the cancellation, minus following cancellation fees (as applicable):
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Cancelling 48 hours prior to pick-up of the vehicle: drivers are charged 30% of Total Rent plus all payment transaction fees.
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Cancelling less than 48 hours prior to pick-up of the vehicle: drivers are charged 50% of Total Rent plus all payment transaction fees.
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Cancelling after pick-up of the vehicle: drivers are charged 100% of Total Rent plus all payment transaction fees.
Cancellation by hosts.
If as a host you cancel a confirmed booking made via the Services, (i) IROc will refund the Total Fees and Deposit for such booking minus all applicable transaction fees to the applicable driver within a commercially reasonable time of the cancellation and (ii) the driver may receive an email or other communication from IROc containing alternative listings and other related information.
In no event a booking can be cancelled by a host after a driver has picked up the vehicle.
General terms.
PLEASE NOTE: The transaction processing fees, including, without limitation any SRTIPE fees, are non-refundable. Any amounts you are eligible to receive as refund for the payments made through the Platform (including without limitation refunds made due to cancellation by the hosts), will be refunded minus all applicable transaction fees.
Cancellations are registered on working days only: Mon–Fri 10.00–16.00 (Eastern Standard Time), excluding USA national holidays.
YOUR COMMITMENTS
You agree that you will always use your HUUR Account and the Services in compliance with these Terms, applicable law, and any other policies and standards provided to you by IROc.
Account Activity. You are, and will be solely responsible for, all of the activity that occurs through your HUUR Account. Keep your HUUR Account information, including your password, secure. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your HUUR Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify IROc of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your HUUR Account. We are not responsible for your failure to comply with this clause, or for any delay in shutting down or protecting your HUUR Account unless you have reported unauthorized access to us.
CONTENT
IROc Content and User Content License. Subject to your compliance with the provisions of these Terms, IROc grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to access and view any IROc and/or user content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by IROc or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
User Content. We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit content through the Services such as photographs of you and your vehicle(s), reviews, feedback, and descriptions of you, your vehicle, or rent. By making available any content on or through the Services, or through IROc promotional campaigns, you grant IROc a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual (or for the term of the protection), non-exclusive, transferable, royalty- free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such content on, through, by means of, or to promote or market the Services. Except as described above with respect to IROc photography provides to hosts, IROc does not claim any ownership rights in any such content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such content.
Copyright Protection. We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate HUUR Accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and similar laws. If you think a user is violating your copyright(s) and want to notify us, you can request information about submitting notices to support@huur- us.com.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
In connection with your use of or access to the Services, you agree that you will not, nor advocate, encourage, request, or assist any third party to:
Violate any law, including: (i) Breach, violate, and/or circumvent any local, state, provincial/territorial, regional, or national law or other law or regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, airport regulations and tax regulations, licensing or registration requirements, or third-party rights; (ii) Post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content; or (iii) Infringe, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, reverse engineer, or prepare derivative works from content that belongs to or is licensed to IROc, or that comes from the Services and belongs to another IROc user or to a third party, including works covered by any copyrights, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property, privacy, publicity, moral, or contractual rights, except with prior express written permission of IROc.
Dilute, tarnish, or otherwise harm the IROc brand in any way, including : (i) Through unauthorized use of the Services and/or user content; (ii) Registering and/or using "IROc,” “HUUR” or derivative terms in domain names, trade names, trademarks, or otherwise; or (iii) Registering and/or using domain names, trade names, trademarks, social media account
names, or other means of identification that closely imitate or are confusingly similar to IROc or HUUR domains, trademarks, taglines, promotional campaigns, or IROc and/or user content.
Provide or submit any false or misleading information, including: (i) False name, date of birth, driver’s license details, payment method, insurance, or other personal information In relation to a claim (for example about damage to a vehicle); (ii) By registering for a HUUR Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself; or (iii) Impersonating any person or entity, or falsifying or otherwise misrepresenting yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity
Fail to honor your commitments, including: (i) Fail to pay fees, penalties, or other amounts owed to IROc or another user; (ii)Fail, as either a driver or host, to timely deliver, make available, or return any vehicle and optional Extras, unless you have a valid reason; (iii) Use the Services to find a host or driver, and then complete a transaction partially or wholly independent of the Services, in order to circumvent the obligation to pay any fees related to IROc’s provision of the Services or for any other reasons (aka, gray market transactions); (iv) Transfer your HUUR Account and/or user ID to another party without our consent; or (v) Leave a vehicle unlocked or running with the keys inside, except where instructed to do so directly by IROc in certain limited circumstances.
Harm or threaten to harm users of our community, including: (i) Harass, stalk, or defame any other IROc user or collect or store any personally identifiable information about any other user other than for purposes of transacting as a host or driver in accordance with these Terms; (ii) Engage in physically or verbally abusive or threatening conduct; (iii) Use the Services to transmit, distribute, post, or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission, personal contact information, payment method details, or account numbers; or (iv) Treat anyone differently based on the way they look, who they love, what they believe, how they self-identify, where they are from, or when they were born. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated in the IROc community
Sue or assert legal claims against IROc or a IROc user in any manner prohibited or waived by these Terms.
Use the Services for your own unrelated purposes, including to: (i) Contact another IROc user for any purpose other than in relation to a booking, vehicle, listing, or the use of the Services by such user; (ii) Commercialize any content found on the Services or software associated with the Services, including reviews; (iii) Harvest or otherwise collect information about users without their and our consent; (iv) Recruit or otherwise solicit any user to join third-party services or websites that are competitive to IROc, without our prior written approval
Interfere with the operation of the Services , including by: (i) Interfering with any other user’s listings; (ii) Using the Services in connection with the distribution or posting of unsolicited commercial messages (e.g., spam); (iii) Distributing viruses or any other technologies such as cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, backdoors, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or e-mail address information, or similar methods or
technology that may disrupt or interfere with the operation or provision of the Services, or harm IROc or the interests or property of others; (iv) Bypassing robot exclusion headers, interfering with the working of the Services, or imposing an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (v) Systematically retrieving data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, directory, or the like, whether by manual methods, or through the use of bots, crawlers, spiders, or otherwise; (vi) Using, displaying, mirroring, or framing the Services or any individual element within the Services, IROc’s name, any IROc trademark, logo, or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the Services, without IROc’s express written consent; (vii) Accessing, tampering with, or using non-public areas of the Services, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of our service providers; (viii) Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any of our system or network or breach any security or authentication measures; (ix) Avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, impairing, descrambling, or otherwise circumventing any technological measure implemented by IROc or any of our service providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services; (x) Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way using the Services to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information; (xi) Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services; or (xii) Endeavoring to circumvent a suspension, termination, or closure of your HUUR Account or the account of another IROc user, including, but not limited to, creating a new HUUR Account or listing vehicles affiliated with or registered to a HUUR Account holder that has been suspended, terminated, or closed.
OTHER LEGAL MATTERS
Violations. IROc has the right, but not the obligation, to investigate, pursue, and seek to prosecute, litigate, or refer to law enforcement, violations of the Agreement to the fullest extent permissible by the law.
IROc reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, in accordance with applicable law, to remove or disable access to any content that IROc, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms, or otherwise harmful to the Services or our community. If we believe you are abusing IROc, our users, or any other person in any way or violating the letter or spirit of any of these Terms, we may, in our sole discretion and without limiting other remedies, limit, suspend, or terminate your HUUR Account and access to the Services, remove hosted content, deny a damage claim, remove or demote your listings, reduce or eliminate any discounts, and take technical and/or legal steps to prevent you from using the Services. Additionally, we reserve the right to refuse or terminate access to the Services to anyone for any reason at our discretion to the full extent permitted under applicable law.
Policy enforcement. When an issue arises, we may consider the user’s performance history and the specific circumstances in applying our Policies. We may choose to be more lenient with
policy enforcement in an effort to do the right thing, subject to our sole and absolute discretion.
Communications with you. In order to contact you more efficiently, you agree that we may at times contact you using autodialed or prerecorded message calls or text messages at your phone number(s). We may place such calls or texts primarily to confirm your signup, provide notices regarding your HUUR Account or HUUR Account activity, investigate or prevent fraud, collect a debt owed to us, or communicate urgent messages. We may share your phone number(s) with service providers with whom we contract to assist us in pursuing these interests. We will not share your phone number(s) with third parties for their own purposes without your consent. Standard telephone minute and text and data charges may apply. Where IROc is required to obtain your consent for such communications, you may choose to revoke your consent.
You authorize IROc and its service providers, without further notice or warning and in our discretion, to monitor or record telephone conversations you or anyone acting on your behalf has with IROc or its agents for quality control and training purposes. You acknowledge and understand that your communications with IROc may be overheard, monitored, or recorded without further notice or warning. If you do not wish to have your call recorded, please contact us instead in writing through support@huur-us.com .
Non-disparagement. The Parties agree that they will not take any action that will harm the reputation of the other Party, or which would reasonably be expected to lead to unwanted or unfavorable publicity to either of the other Party.
Insurance and protection plans. IROc is not an insurance company and does not insure hosts or drivers. Host and driver protection plans made available through the Services are in no way related. To be eligible for coverage under a protection plan, hosts and drivers must comply with these Terms. Protection plans may be available through the Services. Please contact us at support@huur-us.com for Protection plan details and other specifics. Please refer to the specific terms for drivers and specific terms for hosts sections below for additional information based on the nature of your use of the Services.
SPECIFIC TERMS FOR DRIVERS
The following sections also apply if you book a vehicle using the Services:
Driver commitments. As a driver, you commit that you will be a legally licensed driver and provide proof to the host or via the Services of a current, valid driver’s license. You will treat the vehicle and any applicable Extras well and will take all reasonable measures to return the vehicle and any applicable Extras on time and in essentially the same condition as received. You will not allow anyone other than a person listed in the rental details as an Approved Driver to drive the vehicle you booked.
Driver financial responsibility for physical damage to the vehicle. The driver that booked the rental (“primary driver”) is financially responsible for all physical damage to or theft of a booked vehicle that occurs during a rent, plus any additional costs and fees resulting from damage of any kind to the vehicle, regardless of who is found to be at fault. This responsibility applies whether the primary driver has their own auto insurance or not.
Primary drivers may be insured against damage to the booked vehicle under their own automobile policies. When you book a vehicle on IROc, you agree that if any damage occurs to the booked vehicle during the booked rent, you will work with IROc to make a claim for coverage under any policy of insurance that applies to the loss.
The primary driver can limit the amount they are obligated to pay out of their own pocket in the event there is damage to the booked vehicle during the booked rental by choosing a protection plan on the Services. Protection plan details and other specifics can be requested by email to support@huur-us.com. The limitation on the amount a primary driver may have to pay out of pocket included in any protection plan only applies (1) if the primary driver and any Approved Driver abide by these Terms and (2) to physical damage that is not mechanical or interior damage.
Deposit. You agree, upon booking your rent, to be charged for a deposit equivalent to the higher amount of (a) the rental price for the first week of your booking or (b) Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) USD (the “Deposit”), unless otherwise established by your Commercial Host. The Deposit may be held by iROc or your Commercial Host. You are required to maintain the full Deposit to continue using the Services.
If we hold your Deposit, the Deposit will be kept in a non-interest bearing account until fifteen
(15) calendar days after the date you return the vehicle to its host. The Deposit may be used to reimburse the host in the event of loss of or damage to the vehicle or equipment during your rent, as well as to cover any fines, parking tickets or any other payments whatsoever that the host may incur as a result of your using the rental (together, the “Repair and Violation Costs”). In no event shall iROc be responsible or liable for the amounts of Deposit transferred to the host in the event of a Repair and Violation Costs.
Auto liability insurance. Most hosts offering a vehicle for sharing on the Services cannot offer liability insurance to you. All protection plans offered on the Services include coverage under a third-party automobile liability insurance policy. For more information about our third-party automobile liability insurance policy, please contact us by email to support@huur-us.com.
If the driver has their own personal auto policy, it will be primary over the IROc protection depending on various factors such as applicable laws, where the driver books the vehicle, and/or where the accident or damages occur. Terms and exclusions apply.
Booking with Commercial Hosts. Where a host can offer drivers at least legally required minimum insurance through their own commercial or rental policy, the host may choose to
decline insurance on the Services and provide its own policy directly to you as the driver. We refer to these hosts as “Commercial Hosts.” You can determine directly in the vehicle listing whether the vehicle is offered by a Commercial Host.
If you book with a Commercial Host, no third-party automobile liability insurance, financial responsibility limitations for physical damage, or roadside assistance is made available via the Services by IROc, or any third-party insurance partners, brokers, or producers. The Commercial Host will bill you directly for any applicable protection plan after booking, not through the Services. In these circumstances, a Commercial Host may require you to sign additional paperwork, provide a deposit, or pay additional fees, costs, or taxes after booking, for instance when picking up the vehicle. A Commercial Host may also have additional requirements that differ from IROc requirements (like requiring a credit card deposit). By booking a vehicle where a Commercial Host is providing protection, you agree that the Commercial Host may impose additional terms and fees after booking.
Use of the vehicle. When you book a vehicle on the Services, you must use the vehicle only for your personal use or taxi services and not for any other commercial purposes (e.g. driving other passengers for a fee such as through Uber or Lyft or delivering food or other packages) unless you have express written permission from IROc’s Legal Department in advance. You may not access a vehicle until the rent start time and you must return the vehicle on time and to the correct location. You must present the host with a current, valid driver’s license. You must exercise reasonable care in your use of the vehicle. You are required at all times to operate the vehicle safely, and in compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation, speed limits and prohibitions on impaired or distracted driving. In the event IROc has any concern about your use of a vehicle, IROc may terminate your booking in its discretion at any time and require the return of the vehicle, including recovering the vehicle on behalf of the host. You are required to wear seat belts during the operation of the vehicle and to require that all of your passengers wear seat belts. You are also required to meet any laws or regulations concerning child safety seats and other protections for children. You must not leave the car unlocked or with the keys unsecure (such as in the ignition). You must not engage in any prohibited uses with any vehicle you book through the Services. The prohibited uses list is not meant to be exhaustive. If you have any concerns about your planned use, please contact support@huur- us.com . If you misuse a vehicle, you will be fully financially responsible for any related claims, loss, or damage, and your protection plan may be voided. Drivers also acknowledge that using a vehicle in a prohibited manner or otherwise breaching the Agreement may lower available liability coverage to legal minimum limits, or nullify coverage, and may furthermore nullify any comprehensive or collision protection and/or protection plan where allowed by applicable law.
Condition of the vehicle and optional Extras. You understand that third parties own the vehicles and Extras offered through the Services. Each host is responsible for complying with all legal requirements (including ensuring the vehicle is registered and insured) and maintaining their vehicle(s) in safe and roadworthy condition. Please complete a visual inspection before you begin your use of the vehicle. If you find damage in your initial inspection, you should upload photos of such pre-existing damage at the start of your reservation to ensure you are
not held responsible for pre-existing damage. If you find damage on your initial inspection and fail to report it, IROc, third-party administrators, or insurance partners, may assume that the damage occurred during your reservation period. If, after your initial inspection, you believe that the vehicle is not safe to drive, please do not use the vehicle; instead, please contact the IROc team immediately by email to support@huur-us.com.
No responsibility for shared vehicles. You acknowledge that IROc is not responsible and shall not be liable for the safety, roadworthiness, or legal status (e.g., whether the vehicle is legally registered or the subject of a stolen vehicle report) of any vehicles shared via the Services beyond our policies that require hosts to ensure their vehicles are in safe and operable condition, legally registered to be driven on public roads, not subject to a missing or stolen vehicle report, have a clean title (e.g., non-salvaged/non-branded/non-washed/non-written off), not subject to any applicable safety recalls, and otherwise satisfy our eligibility requirements.
Incident reporting. Where you elected for a protection plan when booking your rental via the Services, you must immediately report any damage to the vehicle you are using to IROc at support@huur-us.com. If there has been a collision, you must also make a report to the police. You will need to use all reasonable efforts to secure evidence from any available witnesses and to provide IROc or third-party claims administrators with a written description of the incident and any other information requested, including identity and insurance information of any parties involved in the incident. You are also required to cooperate in any loss investigation conducted by IROc, third party claims administrators, or insurers. After an incident, you may not continue to use the vehicle unless you have the explicit permission of IROc staff. Failure to timely report an incident or cooperate in an investigation may reduce or invalidate any protection plan received via the Services.
Vehicle theft. The following conduct may result in the reporting of the vehicle you have booked as stolen to law enforcement, possibly subjecting you and any other driver to arrest, and civil and/or criminal penalties, and the voiding of your protection plan:
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If you fail to return the vehicle you booked at the time and place agreed upon with the host and/or designated in your reservation
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If you do not return the vehicle by the end of the reservation period and you have not properly obtained an extension of the reservation through the Services
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If the vehicle is returned to any place other than the return location on the reservation or agreed upon with the host. Any damage to, or loss or theft of, a vehicle occurring prior to the host inspecting the vehicle upon return at the end of the reservation is the driver’s responsibility
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If you misrepresent facts to the host pertaining to booking, use, or operation of vehicle
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If the vehicle’s interior components are stolen or damaged or the vehicle itself is stolen or damaged when the vehicle is left unlocked or running or unattended with the keys not secured during reservation period
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If you fail or refuse to communicate in good faith with the host, police, IROc, or other authorities with a full report of any accident or vandalism involving the vehicle or otherwise fail to cooperate in the investigation of any accident or vandalism
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If the vehicle is operated by anyone who has given a fictitious name, false address, or a false or invalid driver’s license, whose driver’s license becomes invalid during the reservation period, who has obtained the keys without permission of the host, or who misrepresents or withholds facts to/from the host or IROc material to the booking, use, or operation of vehicle
The primary driver who books the reservation is responsible for any private investigation costs IROc deems necessary to recover a vehicle that is not returned. In addition, a $500 case administration fee will be imposed on the primary driver if IROc and/or the host has to report a vehicle as stolen to law enforcement due to it not being returned.
Repossession. IROc, a hired agent of IROc, or the host may repossess any vehicle booked through the Services without demand, at the driver’s expense, if the vehicle is not returned by the end of the reservation, is found illegally parked, apparently abandoned, or used in violation of applicable law or these Terms.
Missing Vehicles. If a vehicle you have booked through the Services goes missing and/or is stolen during the reservation period (or extension period), you must immediately return the original ignition key to the host, file a police report immediately after discovering the vehicle is missing or stolen, but in no event more than 24 hours after discovering it has gone missing, and cooperate fully with the host, law enforcement, IROc, and other authorities in all matters related to the investigation.
SPECIFIC TERMS FOR HOSTS
The following sections also apply if you share your vehicle through the Services:
Host commitments. As a host, you commit that you will provide a safe and legally registered and insured vehicle, with current license plates, with a clean (non-salvage/branded/written off) title, and in good mechanical condition. You will provide such vehicle on time but only to a driver who is listed on the Services as an Approved Driver for the rent. You commit that your listings will be complete and accurate and you will honor all representations made in your listings. You will not offer any vehicle or optional Extra that you do not yourself own or have authority to share or that may not be shared for compensation pursuant to the terms and conditions of any agreement with a third party, including, but not limited to, a lease or financing agreement. You will not offer any Extra that is not safe, clean, and acceptable for the use it is intended. You will not offer any vehicle that is the subject of a missing or stolen vehicle report. You will not offer any vehicle that is the subject of a safety recall without first properly addressing the matter subject to the recall. You will not offer a vehicle that is not roadworthy (i.e., not “street legal”) in the location where it is shared and it will not have any illegal modifications to any part of the vehicle.
Information given at registration. When you sign up for IROc, you will identify passenger vehicle(s) that you want to list for sharing through the Services. Each vehicle must meet the requirements available at huur-us.com. You may only use the Services in connection with vehicles that you own or otherwise have all the necessary rights and permissions to share for compensation.
Listing only on the Services. Any vehicle you list on the Services must be exclusively listed on the Services. You cannot list any vehicles you intend to share on the Services on any other car sharing marketplace. Failure to abide by this condition may result in fines, penalties, denial of physical damage claims, removal of the vehicle from the Services, account closure, or other action, in IROc’s sole discretion. This does not limit Commercial Hosts’ (as defined below) ability to maintain their own rental car business or prohibit a vehicle from being listed on ride sharing or other delivery services when not on a IROc reservation.
IROc photography. IROc may offer hosts the option of having photographers take photographs of their vehicles and/or hosts with their vehicles (“Images”). You alone are responsible for using the Images in connection with your IROc listing and you agree that you will cease using the Images if they no longer accurately represent your vehicle. You agree that IROc is the sole and exclusive owner - or exclusive licensee, as allowed by applicable law - of all right, title, and interest in all copyrights, trademark rights, and any and all other intellectual property rights, including right of publicity, worldwide, in the Images regardless of whether you include them in your listing, and you shall take no action to challenge or object to the validity of such rights or IROc’s ownership or registration thereof. You acknowledge that IROc may use the Images for advertising, marketing, commercial, and other business purposes in any media or platform, whether in relation to your listing or otherwise, without further notice or compensation. Further, you waive any and all rights to royalties or moral rights you may have in the Images. If you use the IROc photography program, you agree that you will not use the Images in connection with sharing your vehicle on any platform, website, or application other than IROc. At IROc’s request, you will execute documents and take such further acts as IROc may reasonably request to assist IROc to acquire, perfect, and maintain its intellectual property rights and other legal protection in the Images.
Vehicle availability. Once a rental is booked, you must make the vehicle available or deliver the vehicle as expected by the driver. If you offer the driver the option to pick up your vehicle at a persistent specified location, you must supply the location of the vehicle accurately to IROc and ensure that the vehicle is available at that location at the beginning of the reservation period. In order to qualify for available protection plans, you must verify that a prospective driver has a current, valid driver’s license before you provide the driver your vehicle, and ensure the driver’s license matches the name on the reservation and that the person picking up the vehicle appears to match the photograph on a facially valid driver’s license.
Pricing, earnings, and payments. You will have the ability to set and revise the vehicle’s pricing as you choose. IROc will pay you the amount collected from drivers that book your vehicle, less the applicable fees payable to IROc. A current fee schedule can be found at huur-us.com. To the
extent you owe IROc money for any reason, IROc also reserves the right to deduct those amounts from your payment.
Payment Processing. Payment processing services are provided by Comploy, Inc. and subject to the Comploy Terms of Use. Where you receive payment proceeds via Comploy, you agree to be bound by the Comploy Terms of Use, which may be modified from time to time. You further agree to provide accurate and complete information about you, and authorize IROc to share it and transaction information with Comploy for the purposes of facilitating the payment processing services provided by Comploy. IROc reserves the right to switch payment processing vendors in its discretion.
Airport delivery; personal vehicle sharing regulations. Some airports where you offer delivery may take the position that you must have a permit to use airport premises and remit fees. While IROc does not believe that rental car permits should apply to peer-to-peer car sharing, not all airport authorities agree with this position.
Maintenance. You are required to regularly check your vehicle for any defects in its operations or safety. You promise that, at all times, your vehicle will be in safe and roadworthy condition, in good mechanical condition, and in full compliance with all applicable inspection and registration requirements. You will only list vehicles with a clean, non-salvaged, non-written off, non-washed, and non-branded title. You agree to respond to any applicable recall or similar safety notices and to complete any recommended action before allowing your vehicle to be booked. In addition, if IROc believes that your vehicle does not conform to reasonable standards, IROc may notify you and reserves the right to remove or decline listing your vehicle until its concerns have been resolved. IROc may, but does not commit to, undertake efforts to ensure the safety of vehicles booked through the Services.
Reporting vehicle damage. If you did not decline a protection plan made available via the Services, and you believe that a driver has caused any damage to your vehicle, you are required to report that damage as soon as you become aware of it (and in any event, no more than 24 hours after the scheduled end of the rent) and to provide reasonable cooperation in the investigation of the damage so that it can be eligible for coverage. Based on the investigation, IROc or third-party claims administrators will reasonably determine whether the damage occurred during the reservation period and is eligible for coverage. If it was, and you did not decline a protection plan made available via the Services, you will be reimbursed for the loss as described in the sections below. If IROc is not given prompt notice as described in this paragraph, or if you do not provide reasonable cooperation in the investigation by IROc or third-party claims administrators, we may not be able to determine the cause. In that case, you agree that we may decline any reimbursement or coverage for such damage.
Liability insurance. All host protection plans offered on the Services include coverage under a third-party automobile liability insurance policy. For more information about our automobile liability insurance policy, please contact us by emailing support@huur-us.com.
Physical damage to your vehicle. The protection plans available to hosts also address the allocation of financial consequences of physical damage to the vehicle offered by a host during a rent. Physical damage contractual reimbursement from IROc applies to your vehicle in the event of a collision and most comprehensive events during the rent, and is subject to terms and exclusions.
Actual cash value. If IROc, or third-party claims administrators, choose to pay you the actual cash value for your vehicle, you will be required to transfer title to the vehicle to IROc or a third party appointed by IROc to accept title. The standard for determining the actual cash value will be as determined by IROc or its third-party claims administrators and in compliance with applicable law.
Exclusions to physical damage reimbursement and coverage. Protection plans selected by hosts on the Services do not apply to normal wear and tear to your vehicle or optional extras or personal property, including aftermarket installations (e.g., equipment racks), that are taken from your vehicle or damaged during a rent. Remove all personal property before making your vehicle available for a reservation. If you violate the Agreement, these Terms, or any of our Policies, any protection plan you selected may be voided.
If you submit inaccurate information about your vehicle when listing it on the Services (for example, falsely represent the make, model, or year of the vehicle), any protection plan you selected may also be voided.
Other host-specific insurance matters. You will maintain valid and up to date registration information and proof of insurance in any vehicle you share on the Services. You must maintain your own auto insurance policy for any vehicle you list on the Services and such policy must meet any minimum insurance levels required by law. You agree to provide IROc with information regarding your auto insurance policy as may be requested and to keep such information up to date. Where not prohibited by law, you hereby appoint IROc or a wholly owned subsidiary of IROc as your attorney-in-fact for the purpose of filing insurance claims, receiving insurance payment, otherwise administering an applicable insurance policy, and/or working with law enforcement, drivers, or private entities to recover your vehicle, as necessary.
Missing vehicles. If you selected a protection plan via the Services and your vehicle goes missing, is not returned, and/or is stolen during the reservation period (or extension period), you, as the host, must immediately contact a IROc representative and follow his or her instructions, including cooperating with IROc, the police, and any other authorities in all related to the investigation of the theft. If you are instructed by IROc to file a police report, you must do so within 24 hours of receiving those instructions.
Indemnification of host. If you selected a protection plan via the Services, in the event of any claim for a loss or injury that occurs during the use of your vehicle by a driver (or by IROc itself), subject to your compliance with these Terms and the Policies, IROc or its insurers will defend and indemnify you, subject to any exclusions or limitations in the policy or policies of insurance
contained with the protection plan, against such claims as required by applicable law. In connection with any indemnified claim, you are required to give IROc or its insurers prompt written notice of the claim, allow IROc sole control over the defense of the claim, and provide IROc reasonable cooperation in its defense of the claim, at IROc’s expense. If IROc or its insurers reimburses you for a lost or damaged vehicle and you later receive payment for some or all of your vehicle from a third party (e.g. a third party insurance company or restitution), you must reimburse IROc any monies received from that third party in an amount equivalent to, but not to exceed, the funds provided to you by IROc.
Additional terms for Commercial Hosts. If you decline a protection plan made available via the Services (such as if you choose to offer your own commercial/rental policy to drivers) or where no protection plan is offered via the Services you are a "Commercial Host."
In exchange for keeping more of the rent price for yourself, when you decline a IROc protection package or where no protection package is offered, you waive, on behalf of yourself and any affiliated individuals (including, but not limited to, employees, employers, associates, contractors, or any other related personnel) or entities (whether they be corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, limited liability companies, or otherwise) (collectively, “Affiliates”) any protection plan normally offered via the Services, to you or any Affiliates, your vehicles, and any drivers or approved drivers of all of the vehicles you list on IROc.
When you choose to provide your own commercial rental insurance, or where no protection or insurance is offered via the Services in your region, you, as the host, or an authorized representative acting on behalf of the host, shall be exclusively responsible for providing commercial rental insurance coverage for any reservation of your vehicles through IROc. You shall carry no less than the minimum applicable liability and/or physical damage automobile insurance for your vehicle, your driver, and his/her authorized drivers. When you select to decline a protection plan or where none is offered in your region, you represent and warrant that (1) you are a licensed commercial rental car company or are authorized to act on behalf of and bind a commercial rental car company in connection with listing vehicles on IROc, or (2) you are an individual or company, or are authorized to act on behalf of, and bind a company, that can offer commercial rental car insurance to drivers.
You further acknowledge and agree that you shall receive no protection or coverage from our third-party insurance provider or any of its affiliates, whether financial responsibility for physical damage, third-party liability protection, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, PIP or any similar coverage or indemnification, roadside assistance, or trust and safety support as part of a booking of your vehicle when you have chosen to provide your own commercial rental insurance. You shall add IROc as an additional insured on all applicable automobile and excess liability policies. These provisions replace and supersede any representation made by IROc, or those acting on behalf of IROc, including but not limited to statements made on the Services, these Terms, Help Center, Policies, emails, and/or marketing materials, concerning protection plans, insurance, and roadside assistance otherwise offered to host and drivers when the hosts do not decline protection via the Services.
IROc reserves the right to, but does not commit to, satisfy itself that you are, or are acting on behalf of, a licensed commercial rental car company and have the ability to offer commercial auto rental insurance to renters/drivers of your vehicles when you choose to decline protection. If IROc has any concerns in this regard, you agree that IROc can automatically, and in its sole discretion, default all of your vehicles to a protection plan of our choice, along with its associated fees (if offered in your region), remove your listings, or suspend your HUUR Account.
If you lose the ability to offer commercial rental insurance to your drivers (for example, your policy has been canceled or nonrenewed), you must immediately change the status of your vehicle. If the change is temporary, you can snooze your vehicle(s). If you need to permanently change the protection plan for your vehicle(s) back to a protection plan made available via the Services, contact us at support@huur-us.com . Never let a driver pick up a vehicle or continue to use a vehicle without providing them insurance coverage.
You must disclose on your listing page any applicable additional fees, costs, and/or taxes you assess in addition to other requirements you may impose (such as a security deposit or if you do not accept debit cards, for example). You must never surprise drivers with hidden costs or requirements at pick-up. IROc reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to default your vehicles to a protection plan of our choice, remove your listings, or suspend your HUUR Account for failure to be transparent with drivers about fees, costs, and requirements in your vehicle listing page.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ACTUAL DAMAGES LIKELY TO RESULT FROM YOUR BREACH OF THIS SECTION ARE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE ACCURATELY AND WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR IROC TO PROVE WITH CERTAINTY. YOU WILL PAY IROC USD $5,500 PER BREACH IN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO COMPENSATE IROC FOR ANY SUCH CONDUCT. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT INTENDED AS A PUNISHMENT FOR ANY SUCH BREACH, BUT RATHER AS A REASONABLE ESTIMATE WHERE ACTUAL DAMAGES ARE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE ACCURATELY AND/OR PROVE WITH CERTAINTY.
YOU SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD IROC, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND AGENTS, AND ANY OF YOUR DRIVERS OR THEIR AUTHORIZED DRIVERS, HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, SUITS, JUDGMENTS, COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES, ATTORNEYS FEES, DAMAGES, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, THEFT OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF ANY RESERVATION OR USE OF ANY VEHICLES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY VEHICLE DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WHERE YOU HAVE DECLINED A PROTECTION PLAN MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES OR ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION AND THEREFORE AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND GOVERNS HOW CLAIMS YOU AND IROC HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED.
Subject to applicable law, the Parties agree that any disputes or claims between us relating in any way to, or arising out of, this or previous versions of these Terms, your use of or access to the Services, or any breach, enforcement, or termination of the Agreement will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Dispute resolution for hosts and drivers.
Pre-arbitration dispute resolution. Should a dispute or claim arise between us, you and IROc agree to notify the other Party of the nature of the dispute or claim prior to initiating arbitration, and the Parties will attempt to negotiate an informal resolution to it first. We will contact you at the email address you have provided to us; you can contact us by email at support@huur-us.com . Please provide your name, phone number, email, mailing address, and briefly describe both the nature of your dispute and the relief you would like from IROc. If the Parties are unable to resolve the claims described in the notice within 30 days after the notice is sent, then the Party intending to pursue arbitration agrees to notify the other Party via email prior to initiating the arbitration. In order to initiate arbitration, a claim must be filed with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) as set forth below, pursuant to AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules, as appropriate. A form for initiating arbitration proceedings is available on the AAA's website. (AAA provides a Demand for Arbitration form.) Any settlement offer made by you or IROc shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator.
Applicable law. The below Agreement to Arbitrate evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce and is therefore governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and the applicable procedural rules of AAA, as applicable (see "Arbitration procedures" below). To the extent state law is applicable to the Agreement to Arbitrate, the Parties agree that the substantive law of the state of New Jersey will apply, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Agreement to Arbitrate. The Parties each agree that any and all disputes, claims, or controversies that have arisen or may arise at any time between you and IROc (including its respective subsidiaries, employees, officers, directors, agents, third-party insurance brokers or products, and third-party claims administrators) will be resolved by binding arbitration according to the procedure set forth below. For the purpose of this Agreement to Arbitrate, “disputes," "claims,” and "controversies" shall have the broadest possible meaning that will be enforced and includes, any and all disputes and/or claims that arise out of or in any way relate to your relationship with IROc, including but not limited to: (1) your use of the Services, (2) the Agreement, these Terms and/or this Agreement to Arbitrate, including the interpretation, validity, enforceability, or scope of this Agreement to Arbitrate, or (3) your use of, or access to the Services, and anything sold, offered, or purchased through the Services (such as booking, listing, or sharing a vehicle). Through this Agreement to Arbitrate, and subject to the below exceptions, the Parties intend to arbitrate all disputes or claims regardless of whether they are based in contract, statute, regulation, ordinance, tort (including, but not limited to, fraud, misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, or negligence), or any other legal or equitable
theory and regardless of whether they arose or accrued before the Parties entered into this Agreement to Arbitrate. For avoidance of doubt, the Parties expressly agree that this Agreement to Arbitrate encompasses all disputes or claims pertaining to the validity, enforceability, or scope of this Agreement to Arbitrate and any such disputes or claims will be referred to binding arbitration and will be resolved by the arbitrator and not a court.
Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate . The only exceptions to this Agreement to Arbitrate are as follows:
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Disputes or claims that can be brought in small claims court
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Injunctive or equitable relief to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a Party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights. However, the Parties agree that any court proceedings shall be stayed pending the final resolution in arbitration of any arbitrable claims or issues
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Any cause of action or claim for relief which cannot be arbitrated as a matter of applicable statute or public policy. However, the Parties agree that any such court proceedings shall be stayed pending the final resolution in arbitration of any arbitrable claims or issues
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In the event California law is found to apply to this Agreement to Arbitrate, any remedy of public injunctive relief (i.e., injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and effect of prohibiting unlawful acts that threaten future injury to the general public). However, the Parties agree that any such court proceedings shall be stayed pending the final resolution in arbitration of arbitrable claims, causes of action, or issues
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Arbitration procedures. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, and court review of an arbitration award is very limited. An arbitrator can award the same damages and relief on an individual basis that a court can award to an individual.
Any AAA arbitration hearing shall be held in the county in which you reside or at another mutually agreed location. The arbitrator shall have discretion to require a live hearing. In all cases in which a live hearing is requested or required, you and/or IROc may attend by video or phone.
The arbitrator will decide the substance of all claims in accordance with applicable law, 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 different users but is bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving the same IROc 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.
Where permitted, the Parties agree that all communications, evidence, and rulings in the arbitration will remain confidential.
Costs of arbitration. If you initiate arbitration proceedings, you will be responsible for the initial filing fee. Payment of any additional filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules, unless otherwise stated.
Severability. With the exception of the provisions in the below section “Prohibition of class and representative actions and non-individualized relief,” if an arbitrator or court decides that any part of the Agreement to Arbitrate is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of the Agreement to Arbitrate shall still apply. If an arbitrator or court decides that any of the provisions in the section “Prohibition of class and representative actions and non-individualized relief” is invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of the Agreement to Arbitrate shall be null and void. The remainder of the Agreement, these Terms, and dispute resolution section will continue to apply.
Right to opt-out of arbitration; procedure. IF YOU ARE A NEW IROC USER, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO OPT-OUT OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE BY EMAILING US AN OPT-OUT NOTICE TO SUPPORT@HUUR-US.COM ("OPT-OUT NOTICE"). THE OPT-OUT NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS FOR THE FIRST TIME OR THE COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR FIRST RENT ON IROC AS A DRIVER OR HOST, WHICHEVER DATE IS
EARLIEST. In order to opt-out, you must email your full name, address (including street address, city, state, and zip/postal code), and email address(es) associated with your HUUR Account to support@huur-us.com . This procedure is the only way you can opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, all other provisions of the Agreement will continue to apply to you, including the below forum selection clause specifying Bergen County, New Jersey.
Future amendments to the Agreement to Arbitrate. Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, the Parties agree that if IROc makes any amendment to the Agreement to Arbitrate in the future, that amendment shall not apply to any claim that you filed against IROc prior to the effective date of the amendment. The amendment shall apply to all other disputes or claims governed by the Agreement to Arbitrate that have arisen or may arise between the Parties. If you do not agree to the amended terms, you may close your account within 30 days of our posting or notification and you will not be bound by the amended terms; provided that the Parties will arbitrate any dispute in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement to Arbitrate as of the date you last accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms). Once you have submitted a valid Opt-Out Notice to IROc, you do NOT need to submit another one when these Terms are subsequently updated. Your first Opt-Out Notice will serve as a valid as to future versions of these Terms.
Judicial forum for legal disputes not subject to arbitration. Unless the Parties agree otherwise, in the event that the Agreement to Arbitrate is found not to apply to you or to a particular claim or dispute, whether (1) as a result of your decision to opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, (2) as a result of a decision by the arbitrator or a court order, or (3) if one of the above exceptions to the Agreement to Arbitrate applies, you agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between the Parties will be resolved exclusively by a state, federal, or small claims
court located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a state court located in Bergen County, New Jersey or a United States District Court for the District of New Jersey located in Bergen County. The Parties agree that the substantive law of the state of New Jersey will apply to any such claim or dispute without regard to conflict of law provisions.
Prohibition of class and representative actions and non-individualized relief. THE PARTIES 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, WHETHER IN COURT OR ARBITRATION. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, THE COURT OR 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 COURT OR 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 OTHER USERS, SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE EXCEPTION ALLOWING PUBLIC INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT IN COURT BUT ONLY IF THAT EXCEPTION IS FOUND TO APPLY.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Termination. You may discontinue your use of the Services at any time and IROc may terminate your access to the Services and remove any listings for any reason or no reason to the extent permissible under applicable law. Termination of access to the Services will not release a Party from any obligations it incurred prior to the termination and IROc may retain and continue to use any information, including but not limited to photography, previously provided by you. Termination of the Agreement will not have any effect on the disclaimers, waiver or liability limitations, or legal disputes provisions under the Agreement and/or any fees due, and all of those terms will survive any termination of the Agreement.
No vehicle transfer or assignment. Except as otherwise provided herein, drivers and hosts agree that nothing in these Terms constitutes an actual or purported transfer or assignment of any right or interest in a vehicle or optional Extras shared through the Services.
Disclaimers. IROC PROVIDES SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE SHARING OF VEHICLES AND OPTIONAL EXTRAS BETWEEN HOSTS AND DRIVERS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS, IROC DOES NOT ITSELF PROVIDE VEHICLE SHARING, RENTAL SERVICES, AND/OR INSURANCE SERVICES AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY OF THE USERS OF ITS SERVICES, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE OR ANY OPTIONAL EXTRAS, OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OF SERVICES (E.G. IN-VEHICLE GPS OR OTHER SYSTEMS). THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IROC EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY
WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. IROc makes no
warranty that the Services, including, but not limited to, the listing and/or any vehicle or optional Extra, will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. IROc makes no warranty regarding the quality of any listings, vehicles, hosts, drivers, Extras, the Services, or any content or the accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness, or reliability of any content obtained through the Services. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from IROc or its service providers or through the Services or content, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.
Limitation of liability and waiver. YOU WAIVE AND DISCHARGE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO SUE OR MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST IROC AND ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS, INSURANCE PRODUCERS, AND INSURANCE PROVIDERS), OR EMPLOYEES (TOGETHER, THE “IROC PARTIES”) AND ANY IROC USER FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES, WHETHER DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING: (1) VEHICLE AVAILABILITY (E.G., A VEHICLE NOT BEING AVAILABLE OR RETURNED WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE), (2) PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE (E.G., ANY MALFUNCTION OF OR DEFICIENCY WITH A VEHICLE), (3) VEHICLE WARRANTY ISSUES (E.G., ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHER OBLIGATION BY ANY MANUFACTURER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE), (4) THE LEGAL OR LICENSE STATUS OF A VEHICLE, HOST, OR DRIVER, (5) THIRD PARTY ASSESSMENTS OF A VEHICLE'S VALUE, OR (6) ANY ACTION OR INACTION OF A HOST OR DRIVER.
YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER IROC NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES), WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE AGREEMENT, (2) THE SERVICES (INCLUDING LISTING OR BOOKING OF ANY VEHICLE OR OPTIONAL EXTRA VIA THE SERVICES), OR (3) INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES.
Except for our obligations to pay amounts to applicable hosts or drivers pursuant to these Terms, including an approved payment request or claim under a protection plan or applicable insurance policy, in no event will the IROc Parties' aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Agreement or your use of the Services, exceed the greater of (1) the amounts you have paid or owe for bookings via the Services as a driver in the twelve month period prior to the event giving rise to the liability, or if you are a host, the amount earned by you in the 12 month period prior to the event giving rise to the liability, or (2) US $200.00.
YOU ALSO WAIVE AND DISCHARGE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO SUE OR MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST ANY IROC USER FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES UNLESS (1) YOU ARE A HOST WHO HAS DECLINED A PROTECTION PLAN VIA THE SERVICES AND ARE MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST A DRIVER WHO
BOOKED A VEHICLE FOR WHICH YOU OPTED TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL/RENTAL INSURANCE OR COVERAGE TO THE DRIVER, OR (2) YOU ARE A DRIVER WHO BOOKED A VEHICLE FROM A HOST WHO OPTED TO DECLINE A PROTECTION PLAN VIA THE SERVICES AND SUCH HOST OPTED TO PROVIDE INSURANCE OR PROTECTION DIRECTLY TO YOU AND YOU ARE MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST THAT COMPANY/HOST.
YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, OR ANY SIMILAR LAW, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND WAIVER PROVISIONS ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN IROC AND YOU. THEY SHALL APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND ANY ASPECTS OF THEM THAT ARE DEEMED VOID OR UNENFORCEABLE SHALL BE SEVERED WHILE LEAVING THE REMAINDER IN EFFECT.
Indemnification. You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold IROc and its subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with: (1) your access to or use of the Services, (2) your violation of these Terms, (3) your user content, (4) your interaction with any other user of the Services, or (5) your booking of a vehicle or creation of a listing for a vehicle. Such indemnification includes but is not limited to any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) arising in connection with or as a result of a booking, sharing, or use of a vehicle or optional Extra. This indemnification provision is a fundamental element of the basis of the bargain between IROc and you. It shall apply to the extent permitted by applicable law, and any aspects of it that are deemed unenforceable shall be severed while leaving the remainder in effect.
Liquidated damages. You acknowledge that the actual damages likely to result from your breaches of the Agreement by any of the following are difficult to estimate accurately and would be difficult for IROc to prove with certainty: (1) engaging in gray market transactions, (2) using the IROc domains, trademarks, or taglines without IROc's express consent, incluidng without limitation registering website domains or social media handles, or bidding on online advertising key words, (3) suing or asserting legal claims against the IROc Parties or a IROc user in any manner prohibited or waived herein, (4) as a host, sharing your vehicle via the Services with expired registration stickers or without current registration paperwork in the vehicle, (5) as a host, offering any vehicle that is the subject of a missing or stolen vehicle report, or (6) creating or using a HUUR Account that has the effect of circumventing IROc’s suspension, termination, or closure of another HUUR Account. You will pay IROc $5,500 per breach in Liquidated Damages to compensate IROc for any such conduct. This amount is not intended as a punishment for any such breach, but rather as a reasonable estimate where actual damages are difficult estimate accurately and/or prove with certainty. This liquidated damages provision is a fundamental element of the basis of the bargain between IROc and you. It shall apply to the
extent permitted by applicable law, and any aspects of it that are deemed unenforceable shall be severed while leaving the remainder in effect.
NOT A RENTAL CAR COMPANY. IROc is not a rental car company. It does not own a fleet of vehicles, and is not in the business of renting vehicles to the public. IROc provides an online platform where vehicle owners and those in need of a vehicle can meet and share vehicles amongst themselves subject to these Terms.
Rounding off. IROc may, in its sole discretion, round up or down amounts that are payable from or to hosts or drivers to the nearest whole dollar unless explicitly prohibited under applicable law.
Contact Us. IROc can be contacted by mail at 83 Washington Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010. If you have any questions for us concerning the Agreement, these Terms, or IROc generally, please contact us at support@huur-us.com.
If you are a California resident, in accordance with Cal. Civ. Code §1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at 1-800-952-5210.
Governing law. The parties agree that the substantive laws of the state of New Jersey apply to these Terms and the Agreement without regard to conflict of law provisions.
Severability and non-waiver. In the event any provision of these Terms is held to be void, voidable, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of any Party to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, or any other provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of these Terms or any part of these Terms, or any right of any Party to enforce that provision or each and every other provision at any time. No waiver of any breach of these Terms shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any other breach.
General. IROc does not appoint you or any other user as its employee, mandatory, legal agent, or form any kind of legal partnership or joint venture. You are not authorized to make any commitments on behalf of IROc and IROc will not make commitments on your behalf, except as contemplated by the Services or expressly stated in these Terms.
The Agreement, including these Terms, states the entire understanding between you and IROc concerning your access to and use of the Services and supersedes any earlier verbal or written communications between us. With the exception of appointing a custodian to manage your vehicles on your behalf, you may not delegate your legal obligations or transfer any of your rights, in whole or in part, to any third party without advance written consent of IROc. You will remain responsible for your obligations hereunder in any event. A IROc Director or Officer must
agree to any modification or waiver of any term of the Agreement in writing. Headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit the scope or extent of such section.
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