Website Terms of Service
Last Updated: May 2, 2024
Please read these Terms of Service (this “Agreement”) carefully. Your use of the Service (as defined below) constitutes your consent to this Agreement.
This Agreement is between you and Roadway AI, Inc. (“Roadway AI” or “we” or “us” or “our”) concerning your use of (including any access to) our website located at https://www.roadwayai.com/ (the “Site”) as well as all related web sites, networks, embeddable widgets, downloadable software, mobile applications (including tablet applications, the “App”), and other services provided by us and on which a link to this Agreement is displayed (collectively, together with the Site, our “Service”). This Agreement hereby incorporates by this reference any additional terms and conditions posted by Roadway AI through the Service, or otherwise made available to you by Roadway AI.
Use of the Service by anyone under the age of 16 is prohibited. By using the Service, you affirm that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement, or, if you are not, that you have obtained parental or guardian consent to enter into this Agreement.
This Agreement contains (among other things) a mandatory arbitration provision that, as further set forth in Section 18 below, requires the use of arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or any other court proceedings, or class actions of any kind.
1. Changes. We may change this Agreement from time to time by notifying you of such changes by any reasonable means, including by posting a revised Agreement through the Service. Any such changes will not apply to any dispute between you and us arising prior to the date on which we posted the revised Agreement incorporating such changes, or otherwise notified you of such changes.
Your use of the Service following any changes to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of such changes. The “Last Updated” legend above indicates when this Agreement was last changed. We may, at any time and without liability, modify or discontinue all or part of the Service (including access to the Service via any third-party links); charge, modify or waive any fees required to use the Service; or offer opportunities to some or all Service users.
2. Information Submitted Through the Service. Your submission of information through the Service is governed by Roadway AI’s Privacy Policy, located at https://www.roadwayai.com/privacy-policy (the “Privacy Policy”). You represent and warrant that any information you provide is and will remain accurate and complete, and that you will maintain and update such information as needed.
3. Input and Output. You agree and instruct that we may process inputs provided by you (collectively, “Input”) and generate output based on the Input (“Output”) in connection with the AI features of the Service, to perform the Service, to maintain and provide the Service, to train the machine learning models used to provide the Service, and to develop and improve Roadway AI technologies. You will ensure that all Input and use of the Service and Output will not: (a) violate the terms of this Agreement or violate applicable law; or (b) infringe, violate, or misappropriate any of Roadway AI’s rights or the rights of any third party. You acknowledge that due to the nature of machine learning and the technology powering the Service, Output may not be unique, and the Service may generate, to or for Roadway AI or a third party, output that is the same as or similar to Output. You are responsible for all Input and use of the Outputs. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions required to provide Input to the Services. You are solely responsible for evaluating the Output for accuracy and appropriateness for your use case.
4. Improving the Service. You hereby irrevocably grant all rights and permissions in or relating to the text, images, or other content, that you input into the Service or that are collected, downloaded, or otherwise received, directly or indirectly, by or through the Services or that are derived from the processing of such documents, information, graphics, data, materials, and other content by or through the Services (collectively, “Customer Data”), as are necessary or useful to Roadway AI to enforce this Agreement and exercise Roadway AI’s rights and perform Roadway AI’s obligations hereunder, and otherwise as required or authorized by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Roadway AI may generate, or derive information, data, and content from Roadway AI’s processing of such Customer Data for general product research and development purposes, including, but not limited to, creating new products, services, or components not specific to a customer (such purposes, “Product Development”, and the information, data, and content derived therefrom, “Product Development Data”). You will be responsible for obtaining all rights, permissions, and authorizations to provide Customer Data to Roadway AI for use as contemplated under this Agreement. Except for the rights and licenses expressly granted under this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as granting Roadway AI any right, title, or interest in the Customer Data. You hereby grant Roadway AI a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid-up, royalty free, worldwide right and license to process and otherwise exploit (i) statistical and other aggregated data derived from your use of the Service (the “Aggregated Data”), and (ii) Product Development Data, in each case ((i) and (ii)), for Roadway AI’s business purposes, including Product Development, so long as any such Aggregated Data and any such Product Development Data are combined with similar data from Roadway AI’s other customers and do not include (directly or by inference) any information identifying you or other identifiable individual or protected health information (PHI), or otherwise reveal your confidential information or PHI except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement or in accordance with applicable law. For clarity, Customer Data does not include Aggregated Data or Product Development Data, and all such Aggregated Data and Product Development Data will not be considered your confidential information.
5. Jurisdictional Issues. The Service is controlled or operated (or both) from the United States, and is not intended to subject Roadway AI to any non-U.S. jurisdiction or law. The Service may not be appropriate or available for use in some non-U.S. jurisdictions. Any use of the Service is at your own risk, and you must comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in doing so. We may limit the Service’s availability at any time, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction that we choose.
6. Rules of Conduct. In connection with the Service, you must not:
- Post, transmit or otherwise make available through or in connection with the Service any materials that are or may be: (a) threatening, harassing, degrading, hateful or intimidating, or otherwise fail to respect the rights and dignity of others; (b) defamatory, libelous, fraudulent or otherwise tortious; (c) obscene, indecent, pornographic or otherwise objectionable; or (d) protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right, without the express prior written consent of the applicable owner.
- Post, transmit or otherwise make available through or in connection with the Service any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other computer code, file or program that is or is potentially harmful or invasive or intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software, or equipment (each, a “Virus”).
- Use the Service for any commercial purpose, or for any purpose that is fraudulent or otherwise tortious or unlawful.
- Harvest or collect information about users of the Service.
- Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Service or the servers or networks used to make the Service available, including by hacking or defacing any portion of the Service; or violate any requirement, procedure or policy of such servers or networks.
- Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Service.
- Reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works of, sell, rent, lease, loan, timeshare, distribute or otherwise exploit any portion of (or any use of) the Service except as expressly authorized herein, without Roadway AI’s express prior written consent.
- Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Service, except where such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law.
- Attempt to de-anonymize or attempt to identify any individual data from any aggregate data provided through the Services.
- Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from the Service.
- Frame or mirror any portion of the Service, or otherwise incorporate any portion of the Service into any product or service, without Roadway AI’s express prior written consent.
- Systematically download and store Service content.
- Use any robot, spider, Service search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device to retrieve, index, “scrape,” “data mine” or otherwise gather Service content, or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service, without Roadway AI’s express prior written consent.
- Use, or allow third parties to use, any Output or any other content, data, or other information received or derived from the Service: to (a) directly or indirectly create, train, test, or otherwise improve any machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence systems; (b) to develop foundation models or other large scale models that compete with Roadway AI or the Service or other features of the Service; (c) to mislead any person that Output from the Service was solely human generated; or (d) in a manner that violates any documentation, services usage guidelines, or other parameters or instructions of Roadway AI.
You are responsible for obtaining, maintaining, and paying for all hardware and all telecommunications and other services needed to use the Service.
7. Support. We are under no obligation to provide support for the Service. Instances where we may offer support, the support will be subject to published policies.
8. Registration; User Names and Passwords. You may need to register to use all or part of the Service. We may reject, or require that you change, any user name, password or other information that you provide to us in registering. Your user name and password are for your personal use only and should be kept confidential; you, and not Roadway AI, are responsible for any use or misuse of your user name or password, and you must promptly notify us of any confidentiality breach or unauthorized use of your user name or password, or your Service account.
9. Feedback. If you provide to us any ideas, proposals, suggestions or other materials (“Feedback”), whether related to the Service or otherwise, you hereby acknowledge and agree that such Feedback is not confidential, and that your provision of such Feedback is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction, and does not place Roadway AI under any fiduciary or other obligation. You hereby grant to us a worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and fully sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license, without additional consideration to you or any third party, to reproduce, distribute, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), create derivative works of, adapt, modify and otherwise use, analyze and exploit Feedback, in any format or media now known or hereafter developed, and for any purpose (including promotional purposes, such as testimonials).
10. Monitoring. We may (but have no obligation to) monitor, evaluate, analyze, alter, or remove your access to or use of the Service. We may disclose information regarding your access to and use of the Service, and the circumstances surrounding such access and use, to anyone for any reason or purpose.
11. Your Limited Rights. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, and solely for so long as you are permitted by Roadway AI to use the Service, you may view one (1) copy of any portion of the Service to which we provide you access under this Agreement, on any single device, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The App is licensed (not sold) to end users. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, and solely for so long as you are permitted by Roadway AI to use the App, we hereby permit you, on a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable basis, to install and use the App on a mobile device that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. If you fail to comply with any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, you must immediately cease using the App and remove (that is, uninstall and delete) the App from your mobile device.
12. Roadway AI’s Proprietary Rights. We and our suppliers own the Service, which is protected by proprietary rights and laws. All trade names, trademarks, service marks and logos on the Service not owned by us are the property of their respective owners. You may not use our trade names, trademarks, service marks or logos in connection with any product or service that is not ours, or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing contained on the Service should be construed as granting any right to use any trade names, trademarks, service marks or logos without the express prior written consent of the owner.
13. Third Party Materials; Links. Certain Service functionality may make available access to information, products, services, and other materials made available by third parties (“Third Party Materials”), or allow for the routing or transmission of such Third Party Materials, including via links. By using such functionality, you are directing us to access, route and transmit to you the applicable Third Party Materials.
We neither control nor endorse, nor are we responsible for, any Third Party Materials, including the accuracy, validity, timeliness, completeness, reliability, integrity, quality, legality, usefulness or safety of Third Party Materials, or any intellectual property rights therein. Certain Third Party Materials may, among other things, be inaccurate, misleading, or deceptive. Nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to be a representation or warranty by Roadway AI with respect to any Third Party Materials. We have no obligation to monitor Third Party Materials, and we may block or disable access to any Third Party Materials (in whole or part) through the Service at any time. In addition, the availability of any Third Party Materials through the Service does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation with, any provider of such Third Party Materials, nor does such availability create any legal relationship between you and any such provider.
Your use of Third Party Materials is at your own risk and is subject to any additional terms, conditions and policies applicable to such Third Party Materials (such as terms of service or privacy policies of the providers of such Third Party Materials).
14. Disclaimer of Warranties. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law: (a) the Service and any Third Party Materials are made available to you on an “As Is,” “Where Is” and “Where Available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory; and (b) Roadway AI disclaims all warranties with respect to the Service and any Third Party Materials, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and title. All disclaimers of any kind (including in this Section 14 and elsewhere in this Agreement) are made for the benefit of both Roadway AI and its affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, representatives, licensors, suppliers and service providers (collectively, the “Affiliated Entities”), and their respective successors and assigns.
We may provide you with the option to participate in early access programs to use alpha, beta, or pre-release services, products, features, and documentation (“Beta Services”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Terms, Beta Services are not generally available and may contain bugs, errors, or defects. We may discontinue Beta Services at any time in our sole discretion and may never make them generally available.
While we try to maintain the timeliness, integrity, and security of the Service, we do not guarantee that the Service is or will remain updated, complete, correct or secure, or that access to the Service will be uninterrupted. The Service may include inaccuracies, errors and materials that violate or conflict with this Agreement. Additionally, third parties may make unauthorized alterations to the Service. If you become aware of any such alteration, contact us at contact@roadwayai.com with a description of such alteration and its location on the Service.
15. Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law: (a) Roadway AI will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind, under any contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or other theory, including damages for loss of profits, use or data, loss of other intangibles, loss of security of Submissions (including unauthorized interception by third parties of any Submissions), even if advised in advance of the possibility of such damages or losses; (b) without limiting the foregoing, Roadway AI will not be liable for damages of any kind resulting from your use of or inability to use the Service or from any Third Party Materials, including from any Virus that may be transmitted in connection therewith; (c) your sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with the Service or any Third Party Materials is to stop using the Service; and (d) the maximum aggregate liability of Roadway AI for all damages, losses and causes of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will be the greater of the total amount, if any, paid by you to Roadway AI to use the Service in the three (3) month period preceding the event giving rise to the claim and $10.00. All limitations of liability of any kind (including in this Section 15 and elsewhere in this Agreement) are made for the benefit of both Roadway AI and the Affiliated Entities, and their respective successors and assigns.
16. Indemnity. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Roadway AI and the Affiliated Entities, and their respective successors and assigns, from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses and fees (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your use of, or activities in connection with, the Service (including all Inputs and Outputs); and (b) any violation or alleged violation of this Agreement by you.
17. Termination. This Agreement is effective until terminated. Roadway AI may terminate or suspend this Agreement or your use of the Service at any time and without prior notice, for any or no reason, including if Roadway AI believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. Upon any such termination or suspension, your right to use the Service will immediately cease, and Roadway AI may, without liability to you or any third party, immediately deactivate or delete your user name, password and account, and all associated materials, without any obligation to provide any further access to such materials. Sections 2 to 7 to 10 and 12 to 24 will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
18. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Class Action Waiver. You agree to resolve certain disputes with Roadway AI through binding arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”). Arbitration means that an arbitrator, and not a judge or a jury, will decide the dispute. The parties expressly waive the right to bring or participate in any kind of class, collective, or mass action, private attorney general action, or any other representative action. This Arbitration Agreement supersedes all prior versions.some text
18.1. Covered Disputes. You and Roadway AI agree that any dispute or claim between you and Roadway AI arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services (a “Dispute”), including any related software, hardware, integrations, advertising or marketing communications, your account, or any aspects of your relationship or transactions with Roadway AI, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court. For purposes of this Arbitration Agreement, a Dispute will also include disputes that arose or involve facts occurring before the existence of this or any prior versions of this Agreement as well as claims that may arise after the termination of this Agreement. LAWSUITS AND ARBITRATIONS MAY BE FILED, WHICH COULD AFFECT YOU. YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT COULD AFFECT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THOSE ACTIONS.
18.2. Exceptions to Arbitration. This Arbitration Agreement will not require arbitration of the following types of claims brought by either you or Roadway AI: (i) small claims court actions, if the requirements of the court are met and the claims are only on an individual basis; and (ii) claims pertaining to intellectual property rights, including trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents.
18.3. Informal Dispute Resolution First. We want to address any Disputes without needing arbitration. If you have a Dispute with Roadway AI, prior to initiating arbitration, you agree to mail an individualized request (“Pre-Arbitration Demand”) to ATTN: contact@roadwayai.com so that we can work together to resolve the Dispute. A Pre-Arbitration Demand is only valid when it pertains to, and is on behalf of, a single individual. A Pre-Arbitration Demand brought on behalf of multiple individuals is invalid as to all. The Pre-Arbitration Demand must include: (i) your name, telephone number, mailing address, and email address associated with your account; (ii) the name, telephone number, mailing address and email address of your counsel, if any; (iii) a description of your Dispute; and (iv) your signature. Likewise, if Roadway AI has a Dispute with you, Roadway AI will send an email with its individualized Pre-Arbitration Demand, including the requirements listed above, to the email address associated with your Roadway AI account. If the Dispute is not resolved within sixty (60) calendar days of when either you or Roadway AI submitted a Pre-Arbitration Demand, an arbitration can be brought. If you or Roadway AI have a Dispute involving claims under the exception to arbitration in Section 18.2, then this Section 18.3 does not apply to such Dispute. You agree that compliance with this Section 24.3 is a condition precedent to commencing arbitration, and that the arbitrator will dismiss any arbitration filed without fully and completely complying with these informal dispute resolution procedures.
18.4. Arbitration Procedure. If, after completing the informal dispute resolution process set out in Section 24.3, either you or Roadway AI wishes to initiate arbitration, the initiating party must serve the other party with a demand for arbitration. Any demand for arbitration by you will be sent to the Roadway AI address in Section 24.3. Roadway AI will send any arbitration demand to the email address associated with your Roadway AI account or to your counsel, if any. You and Roadway AI agree that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) governs this Arbitration Agreement. If the FAA cannot apply for whatever reason, then the state laws governing arbitration procedures where you reside apply.
The applicable arbitration provider depends on where you live. If you are a California resident, the arbitration will be administered by ADR Services, Inc. (“ADR Services”) under its Arbitration Rules, available at https://www.adrservices.com/services-2/arbitration-rules. If you are not a California resident, the arbitration will be administered by National Arbitration and Mediation (“NAM”) under its operative Comprehensive Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures, available at https://www.namadr.com/resources/rules-fees-forms. This Agreement will govern to the extent it conflicts with the arbitration provider’s rules. If the applicable arbitration provider is not available to arbitrate, the parties will select an alternative arbitration provider. If the parties cannot agree on an appropriate alternative arbitration provider, then the parties will ask a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint an arbitrator pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 5. To the extent there is a dispute over which arbitration provider has jurisdiction, a NAM arbitrator will be appointed to resolve that dispute.
Arbitration hearings will take place through videoconferencing by default, unless you and Roadway AI agree upon another location in writing. A single arbitrator will be appointed. The arbitrator may award damages, declaratory or injunctive relief, and recoverable costs. Any arbitration award may be enforced (such as through a judgment) in any court with jurisdiction. An arbitration award will have no preclusive effect in another arbitration or court proceeding involving Roadway AI and a different individual. The arbitrator will have the exclusive authority to resolve all threshold arbitrability issues, including whether this Agreement is applicable, unconscionable, or enforceable, as well as any defense to arbitration. However, a court has exclusive authority to rule on the Mass Action Waiver in Section 18.6, including any claim that the section is unenforceable, illegal, void or voidable, or that it has been breached.
If a request to proceed in small claims court (see Section 18.2), is made after an arbitration has been initiated, but before an arbitrator has been appointed, such arbitration will be administratively closed. Any controversy over the small claims court’s jurisdiction will be determined by the small claims court. If you or Roadway AI challenges the small claims court election in your Dispute, and a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the small claims court election is unenforceable, then such election will be severed from this Arbitration Agreement as to your Dispute. However, such court determination will have no preclusive effect in another arbitration or court proceeding involving Roadway AI and a different individual.
18.5. Jury Trial Waiver. You and Roadway AI hereby waive any constitutional and statutory rights to sue in court and have a trial in front of a judge or a jury. You and Roadway AI are instead electing that all Disputes will be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section 18.2 above. Court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review. Discovery may be limited in arbitration, and procedures are more streamlined than in court.
18.6. Mass Action Waiver. You and Roadway AI agree that, except as specified in Section 18.7 below, each of us may bring claims against the other only on an individual basis and not on a class, collective, representative, or mass action basis, and the parties hereby waive all rights to have any Dispute be brought, heard, administered, resolved, or arbitrated on a class, collective, representative, or mass action basis. Subject to this Arbitration Agreement, the arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the party’s individual claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Arbitration Agreement, if a court decides by means of a final decision, not subject to any further appeal or recourse, that the limitations of this Section 18.6 are invalid or unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief (such as a request for public injunctive relief), you and Roadway AI agree that that particular claim or request for relief (and only that particular claim or request for relief) will be severed from the arbitration and will be pursued in the state or federal courts located in the State of California. This subsection does not prevent you or Roadway AI from participating in a class-wide settlement of claims.
18.7. Bellwether Arbitrations. To increase the efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, you and Roadway AI agree that if there are fifty (50) or more individual arbitration demands of a substantially similar nature brought against either party by or with the assistance of the same law firm, group of law firms, or organizations within a one hundred and eighty (180) day period (“Mass Filing”), the parties will select sixteen (16) individual arbitration demands (eight (8) per side) for arbitration to proceed (“Bellwether Arbitrations”). Only those sixteen (16) arbitration demands will be filed with the arbitration provider, and the parties will hold in abeyance, and not file, the non-Bellwether Arbitrations. Roadway AI will pay the arbitration provider’s costs for the sixteen (16) Bellwether Arbitrations. The statutes of limitation, including the requirement to file within one (1) year in Section 18.10 below, will remain tolled when non-Bellwether arbitration demands are held in abeyance. While the Bellwether Arbitrations are adjudicated, no other demand for arbitration that is part of the Mass Filing may be processed, administrated, or adjudicated, and no filing or other administrative costs for such a demand for arbitration will be due from either party to the arbitration provider. If, contrary to this provision, a party prematurely files non-Bellwether Arbitrations with the arbitration provider, the parties agree that the arbitration provider will hold those demands in abeyance.
All parties agree that arbitration demands are of a “substantially similar nature” if they arise out of or relate to the same event or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issues and seek the same or similar relief. Any party may request that the arbitration provider appoint a sole standing administrative arbitrator (“Administrative Arbitrator”) to determine threshold questions such as (i) whether the Bellwether Arbitration process is applicable or enforceable, (ii) whether particular demand(s) are part of a Mass Filing, and (iii) whether demands within a Mass Filing were filed in accordance with this Agreement, including Section 18.3. In an effort to expedite resolution of any such dispute by the Administrative Arbitrator, the parties agree that the Administrative Arbitrator may set forth such procedures as are necessary to resolve any disputes promptly. The Administrative Arbitrator’s costs will be paid by Roadway AI.
The parties will work in good faith with the arbitrator to complete each Bellwether Arbitration within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of its initial pre-hearing conference. The parties agree that the Bellwether Arbitration process is designed to achieve an overall faster, more efficient, and less costly mechanism for resolving Mass Filings, including the claims of individuals who are not selected for a Bellwether Arbitration.
Following resolution of the Bellwether Arbitrations, the parties agree to engage in a global mediation of all remaining arbitration demands comprising the Mass Filing (“Global Mediation”). The Global Mediation will be administered by the arbitration provider administering the Bellwether Arbitrations. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining demands for arbitration comprising the Mass Filing within thirty (30) calendar days following the mediation, the remaining demands for arbitration comprising the Mass Filing will be filed and administered by the arbitration provider on an individual basis pursuant to the arbitration provider’s rules, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise in writing. Any party may request that the arbitration provider appoint an Administrative Arbitrator to determine threshold questions regarding the newly filed demands.
The parties agree to cooperate in good faith with the arbitration provider to implement the Bellwether Arbitration process, including the payment of filing and administrative costs for the Bellwether Arbitrations, deferring any filing costs associated with the non-Bellwether Arbitration Mass Filings until the Bellwether Arbitrations and subsequent Global Mediation have concluded, and cooperate on any steps to minimize the time and costs of arbitration, which may include: (i) the appointment of a discovery special master to assist the arbitrator in the resolution of discovery disputes; and (ii) the adoption of an expedited calendar of the arbitration proceedings. This Bellwether Arbitration provision will in no way be interpreted as authorizing a class, collective, or mass action of any kind, or an arbitration involving joint or consolidated claims under any circumstances, except as expressly set forth in this provision. The statutes of limitation applicable to each arbitration demand within a Mass Filing, including the requirement to file within one (1) year in Section 18.10 below, will remain tolled from the time a party makes a Pre-Arbitration Demand to the time when that party files the arbitration demand with the arbitration provider.
18.8. Settlement Offers and Offers of Judgment. At least ten (10) calendar days before the date set for the arbitration hearing, you or Roadway AI may serve a written offer of judgment upon the other party to allow judgment on specified terms. If the offer is accepted, the offer with proof of acceptance will be submitted to the arbitration provider, who will enter judgment accordingly. If the offer is not accepted prior to the arbitration hearing or within thirty (30) calendar days after it is made, whichever occurs first, it will be deemed withdrawn, and cannot be given as evidence in the arbitration. If an offer made by one party is not accepted by the other party, and the other party fails to obtain a more favorable award, the other party will not recover their post-offer costs and will pay the offering party’s costs from the time of the offer (which, solely for purposes of offers of judgment, may include reasonable attorneys’ fees to the extent they are recoverable by statute, in an amount not to exceed the damages awarded).
The parties agree that any disputes with respect to settlement offer(s) or offer(s) of judgment in a Mass Filing are to be resolved by a single arbitrator to the extent such offers contain the same material terms. For arbitrations involving represented parties, the represented parties’ attorneys agree to communicate individual settlement offer(s) or offer(s) of judgment to each and every arbitration claimant or respondent to whom such offers are extended.
18.9. Arbitration Costs. Except as provided for in a Mass Filing (see Section 18.7), your responsibility to pay any filing, administrative, and arbitrator costs will be solely as set forth in the applicable arbitration provider’s rules. If you have a gross monthly income of less than 300% of the federal poverty guidelines, you may be entitled to a waiver of certain arbitration costs.
18.10. Requirement to File Within One Year. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and notwithstanding any other statute of limitations, any claim or cause of action under this Agreement (with the exception of disputes under Section 18.2(2)) must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or else that claim or cause of action will be permanently barred. The statute of limitations and any arbitration cost deadlines will be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process required by Section 18.3 above.
18.11. Opt-Out. You may reject this Arbitration Agreement and opt out of arbitration by sending an email to contact@roadwayai.com within thirty (30) calendar days after the date you created your account. Your opt-out notice must be individualized and must be sent from the email address associated with your individual account. An opt-out notice that purports to opt out multiple parties will be invalid as to all such parties. No individual (or their agent or representative) may effectuate an opt out on behalf of other individuals. Your notice to opt-out must include your first and last name, address, the email address associated with your account, and an unequivocal statement that you decline this Arbitration Agreement. If you do decide to opt out, that opt out will apply to this Arbitration Agreement, and neither party will have the right to compel the other to arbitrate any Dispute. However, all other parts of this Arbitration Agreement will continue to apply to you, and opting out of this Arbitration Agreement has no effect on any other arbitration agreements that you may enter into in the future with us.
18.12. Severability. Except as provided in Section 18.6 above, if any provision of this Arbitration Agreement is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then that provision will be severed; however, the remaining provisions will still apply and will be interpreted to achieve the closest possible intent to the original intent of this section, inclusive of the severed provision.
19. Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., without regard to its principles of conflicts of law, and regardless of your location. For all disputes between you and us other than those governed by the Arbitration Agreement, if any, you and Roadway AI agree to exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Marin County, California, U.S.A., and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
20. Filtering. We hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections is available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_content-control_software_and_providers. Please note that Roadway AI does not endorse any of the products or services listed on such Service.
21. Information or Complaints. If you have a question or complaint regarding the Service, please send an e-mail to contact@roadwayai.com. Please note that e-mail communications will not necessarily be secure; accordingly, you should not include credit card information or other sensitive information in your e-mail correspondence with us. California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
22. Export Controls. You are responsible for complying with United States export controls and for any violation of such controls, including any United States embargoes or other federal rules and regulations restricting exports. You represent, warrant and covenant that you are not (a) located in, or a resident or a national of, any country subject to a U.S. government embargo or other restriction, or that has been designated by the U.S. government as a “terrorist supporting” country; or (b) on any of the U.S. government lists of restricted end users.
23. Promotions. Any sweepstakes, contests, raffles, surveys, games, or similar promotions (collectively, “Promotions”) made available through the Service may be governed by rules that are separate from this Agreement. If you participate in any Promotions, please review the applicable rules as well as our Privacy Policy. If the rules for a Promotion conflict with this Agreement, the Promotion rules will govern.
24. Miscellaneous. This Agreement does not, and will not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and Roadway AI. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable from this Agreement and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense any or all of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our express prior written consent. We may assign, transfer or sublicense any or all of our rights or obligations under this Agreement without restriction. No waiver by either party of any breach or default under this Agreement will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained herein is for convenience only, and in no way defines or explains any section or provision. All terms defined in the singular will have the same meanings when used in the plural, where appropriate and unless otherwise specified. Any use of the term “including” or variations thereof in this Agreement will be construed as if followed by the phrase “without limitation.” This Agreement, including any terms and conditions incorporated herein, is the entire agreement between you and Roadway AI relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements or understandings between you and Roadway AI relating to such subject matter. Notices to you (including notices of changes to this Agreement) may be made via posting to the Service or by e-mail (including in each case via links), or by regular mail. Without limitation, a printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Roadway AI will not be responsible for any failure to fulfill any obligation due to any cause beyond its control.