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Terms and
Conditions of Use:
Welcome to
autouse.com. This page provides important information about the use of our
website and other legal matters.
Please
review the following terms and conditions carefully and in their entirety prior
to continuing. These terms and conditions govern the use of autouse.com or any
other related mobile application (hereinafter, the Website). These terms and
conditions are applicable to the use of this website, regardless of the manner
and form in which you accessed it.By using this Website, you signify your
acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Please be
aware that these Terms and Conditions may be changed or updated at any time
without prior notice. Changes are effective when posted on the Website. Please
review these Terms and Conditions periodically for current information. Your
continued use of this Website signifies that you agree with any changes or
updates. Additional legal notices, terms and conditions regarding specific
products and services may be found elsewhere on the Website or mobile
application, if any. Those additional legal notices, terms and conditions apply
with regard to the matters specifically addressed by them.
If you do
not agree to the terms and conditions as set forth herein, do not use this
Website.
1.
Website Visitor
Responsibilities
You are
solely responsible for any information your provide us or other visitors
through your use of this website, and you agree that the information you
provide will be accurate and will not a) infringe any partys copyright,
trademark, or other proprietary rights of publicity and / or privacy; nor b) be
defamatory, libelous, otherwise threatening or harassing, or otherwise violate
any applicable law or regulation. You may not use the website to conduct any
illegal business or activity.
Information
you provide to this website may be lost or destroyed, or may be edited or
removed from the website by us. We are not responsible for the loss of this or
any such information. You should retain copies of all important information you
provide to the website.
2.
Registration and Passwords
Sections of
this Website are available to you only if you register as required by this
Website. You agree to provide true, accurate, complete and current information
about yourself when registering and to update the information as needed to keep
it true, accurate, complete and current. By registering, you agree to these
Terms and Conditions and agree to allow the Company to collect your
registration information and allow the Company to track your usage of the
website to help the Company improve the products and services the Company
provides. You further agree to allow the Company to periodically send
promotional email to you about this Website, about the Companys products and
services and the products and services of the Companys affiliates and business
partners.
Upon your
request, the Company will cancel your registration, thereby removing you and
your registration information from the Companys database and terminating your
access to selected portions of the Companys website. Upon cancellation of your
registration, you will no longer receive email contact from the Company as
provided through this Website.
To request a
cancellation of your registration, contact the Company. If the Company has
reason to believe that your registration information is not true, accurate,
complete or current, the Company reserves the right to terminate your
registration and refuse any and all future use of this Website or the Contents.
The Companys use of any personal information you provide as part of the
registration process is governed by the Terms of the Companys Privacy Policy.
To use
certain sections of this Website, you will need a username and a password,
which you will select as part of the registration process. You acknowledge that
the Company reserves the right to refuse to grant you a username that is
already in use, may be illegal, may be protected by trademark or other
proprietary interest, is obscene or profane or otherwise determined by the
Company, in the Companys sole discretion, to be inappropriate.
You agree to
be responsible for all acts and omission that occur in connection under your
Username and Password. You agree to be responsible for keeping your password
confidential. You agree that we are authorized to act on instructions given
under your password or identification, even if you did not consent to the
transaction submitted. You agree to notify us toll free at (800) 737-9780 about
any unauthorized use of your password or breach of security applicable to your
password, identification, or use of this website. The Company is not and will not
be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your failure to protect
your username and password.
3.
Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
All of the
information and content on this Website, including but not limited to all text,
graphics, images, software applications and code, video, audio, and user
interface design (hereinafter, the Content) is the property of Lease and Rental
Management Corp. and / or its affiliates or is being used by the Company with
the express permission of a licensor, and is protected by United States and
foreign copyright laws and conventions.You may not modify, reproduce, copy,
distribute, transmit, display, publish, download or upload, sell, license,
create derivative works of or use any aspect of the Website or the Content for
commercial purposes, public purpose, or for any other republication,
redistribution, or use of the Content, including, without limitation, framing
the Content within another site without the prior, written permission of the
Company.
The
trademarks, service marks, logos, URLs and domain names, registered or not,
including without limitation Auto Use,Auto Loan,and Penn Auto Loan
(hereinafter, the Marks) appearing on this Website, are the property of the
Company. You may not use, copy, download, display, transmit or modify any Mark in
any way without the Companys prior written consent. You may not include the
Company name, any mark, or any variation of the foregoing in any metatag,
hidden textual element, or any other indicator that may create an impression of
affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or any other relationship between this
Website, the Company, and any other website, person, entity or organization.
4.
Links
From time to
time, the Company may provide links from this Website to a website not owned by
the Company or permit a link from a website not owned by the Company to this
Website. Such links are for your convenience only and do not imply any
affiliation with, or an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or promotion of
the non-Company website or its owner. The Company does not control or review
any link, and accepts no responsibility for the content, products or services
provided at or by these linked websites. If you decide to visit these linked
websites, you do so only at your own risk, and you should be aware that these
websites are governed by their own terms and conditions and privacy policies.
Links to
this Website may be made only with the Companys permission. A link to this
Website may be permitted in the Companys discretion, where, without
limitation, such link is (a) to this Websites home page, (b) clearly informs
users that the link is to the Companys home page, (c) does not imply any
affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship, or any other relationship between the
linking site, the site owner, and the Company, (d) delivers this Websites
Content without framing or similar environment and (e) maintains the integrity
of this Websites layout , content and look and feel. The Company reserves the
right in its sole discretion to refuse permission or to cancel permission to
link to this Website anytime, without cause, reason or explanation.
5.
Access and Availability
No warranty
or representation is made that this Website or any part or function including
without limitation any downloadable files, available at either this Website or
any linked site is free of a computer virus, malware, or other destructive or
harmful program, software, code or device which may erase, scramble, lock or
disable any computer software, content or equipment or may prevent users from
using a site or nay other item of software or hardware. You should routinely
scan your system and downloaded files for such disabling devices.
6.
Third Party Content
From time to
time the Company may provide information at this Website supplied by third
parties. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other
information expressed or made available by a third party, are those of such
third party and not the Company. The Company does not independently verify the
information provided by third parties, does not guarantee the accuracy,
completeness or sequencing of such information, and assumes no responsibility
for Content displayed on this Website that may be provided by any third party.
7.
Content and Liability
Disclaimer
No
warranties. Our intent is to provide accurate and up to date content on this
Website. However, that is not always possible. THEREFORE, ALL CONTENT, SERVICES
AND FUNCTIONS ON THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY SITE LINKED TO THIS SITE, ARE PROVIDED
AS ISAND AS AVAILABLEWITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties in which
any required warranty applies to the minimum extent which is legally required.
Content is
provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied on. Although
the information on this Website may include statements on various financial,
legal or tax concerns, it is provided for informational purposes only, and is
not intended and should not be relied upon as legal, tax or personalized
advice. The Company does not warrant or make any representations regarding the
suitability, usefulness, or expected results of the Content, services, products
or functions, including tools such as calculators provided on this Website or
on any linked website. You should not rely solely upon this information in
making any decisions, including any decision to buy a product or a service from
the Company or any other company.
Content may
contain inaccuracies or errors, and may change.
No warranty
or representation is made that the information on this Website is complete,
accurate, up to date or error free, or that known defects will be corrected.
Content, services, products and/ or functions available on this Website may
be changed or updated at any time, without notice; but the company has no
obligation to update this Website so that information may be out-of-date at any
given time.
8.
Limitation of Liability,
Waivers, and Disclaimers
IN NO EVENT
WILL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
PUNATIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTISONS, LOSS OF PRGRAMS OR DATA ON YOUR
EQUIPMENT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE OR ANY OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE EXPRESLLY
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO ANY USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR ANY OTHER LINKED SITE,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE OF ORRELIANCE ON INFORMATION, INTERRUPTIONS,
ERRORS, DEFECTS, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, DELETION FO FILES, DISAQBLING DEVICES,
DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, THEFT,
UNATHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOSURES OF COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE.
Some
jurisdictions do not allow limitation or exclusion of certain liabilities or
damages in which event in such jurisdiction the foregoing shall apply to the
maximum extent allowed by law. You are responsible for the entire cost of all
servicing, repair or correction of your property or operations, including
without limitation your computer, network, software or any device, required as
a result of or related to using this Site. In no event shall the Companys
total liability to you for damages, losses, and causes of action of any kind
whether in contract tort (including, but not limited to negligence), strict
liability or otherwise exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing
this site.
9. Privacy
We are
committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal
information. To review the Companys privacy policy, click HERE.
10.
Childrens Online Privacy
and Protection Act
We operate a
commercial website. Financial transactions with the Company are not intended
for children. We do not knowingly collect or solicit any information from or
about children for marketing purposes through this website.
11. Monitoring Use
The
Company reserves the right to monitor any and all use of the Companys Website
in its discretion. However, unless required by law, we do not have any
obligation to you to conduct such monitoring or to take any action based on any
monitoring we may conduct.
12. Security
You
should be aware that in general information sent through the internet is not
secure. Email services that may be provided through this Website are generally
not encrypted and do not provide a secure and private means of communication
with us. For certain types of communications through this Website, we may
require the use of encryption technologies provided for your protection and /
or require you to use user identification and passwords. You are responsible
for the confidentiality and use of your user identification, password, social
security number and account number.
If you
become aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of your user
identification, password, social security number and / or account number,
immediately notify a Company representative. While the Company may provide
those technologies and use other reasonable precautions to protect confidential
information and provide suitable security, we cannot guarantee that information
transmitted through the internet is secure, or that such transmissions will be
free from delay, interruption, interception or error. Please be aware that
although passwords or other security protections may be in use, the Company
reserves the right to monitor all any and all transmissions, stored messages
and routine backup copies of communications to ensure appropriate system usage.
13. Execution of
Transactions
The
Company may make available on the Website the ability to conduct certain
transactions. By using the Website to access your account or other personal
information, you consent to the electronic transmission of that information.
You can only execute transactions, or obtain personal account information by
following the instructions stated within the appropriate password protected log
in section of the Website.
WE ARE
UNABLE TO EXECUTE ANY TRANSACTIONS OR PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION
VIA EMAIL.
When
using this Website to execute transactions, problems may occur that are beyond
the Companys ability to correct. Access to the Website may be limited or
unavailable during periods of peak demand, system updates or upgrades, maintenance
or for any other reason. If you are not able to complete your transaction due
to a system failure; fail to receive confirmation of a transaction or its
execution within ten (10) business days after execution; or receive
confirmation of a transaction you did not request, you must contact the Company
immediately. The Company will not assume any responsibility for such system
failures and errors.
14. Choice of Law
The laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts govern these Terms and Conditions, without
regards to any conflict of laws provisions. If you take legal action regarding
or related to these Terms and Conditions or arising out of your use of the
Companys Website, you agree to file such action only in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and further consent to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purpose
of pursuing such action. Any cause of action you may have with arising out of
or related to the use of this Website must be commenced within one (1) year
after the cause of action arises.
The
Company reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and at equity
for violation of these Terms and Conditions, as well as the right to restrict
access to this Website or to any portion of this Website. The Company neither
represents nor warrants that the information in the Website is appropriate or
available for use in other locations and access from certain locations or
devices may be strictly prohibited. Those who access the site do so on their
own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable state,
federal and local laws.
15. Entire Agreement
These
terms and conditions represent the entire agreement between the Company and you
regarding the subject matter herein. If any provision of these terms is deemed
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be
deemed severed from these terms and will not affect the validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions.
16. Social Security
Number Safeguarding Policy
The
Company is committed to the protection of Social Security Numbers.
This
notice specifically applies to any Social Security Number that the Company
collects in the course of business.
We will
maintain physical and electronic security procedures designed to protect the
confidentiality and security of Social Security Numbers. We protect against
unauthorized third party access, and do not share Social Security Numbers
except as required or permitted by law. In addition, our employees and agents
are trained to protect Social Security Numbers. We limit internal access to
Social Security Numbers to those individuals who need the information to do
their jobs.