Congratulations on subscribing to Drive Safe and Save with In-Drive
automobile personal assistance and safety services (the "Service").
The specific Service that you will receive depends on the service
plan you have selected (the "Service Plan"). Available Service
Plans are described on the program website (the "Program Website").
You will be provided with equipment ("Equipment") for installation
in your vehicle (your "Vehicle") that is capable of receiving the
Service and transmitting data about your Vehicle's operation and
location, as well as other types of Vehicle and Subscriber Data (as
defined in Section 12 below). The Service is provided to you, the
Vehicle owner or lessee ("you" or "your") by HUGHES Telematics,
Inc. ("we," "us, "our" or "Hughes Telematics") through our
operations center and other facilities operated by our Service
Partners (as defined in Section 4 below). You may visit the Program
Website to: (1) find out more about your Service Plan, (2) modify
your Service Plan, (3) manage your account, (4) access vehicle and
driver information, (5) make payments, and (6) learn more about the
Service.
These Terms of Service describe the relationship
and agreement between you and Hughes Telematics. State Farm Mutual
Automobile Insurance Company, on behalf of itself, its subsidiaries
and affiliates (collectively referred to herein as "State Farm") is
hereby deemed a third-party beneficiary under these Terms of
Service. In certain instances, State Farm may be a Service Partner
of ours pursuant to these Terms of Service. These Terms of Service
do not give you any rights against State Farm. However, as an
intended third-party beneficiary hereunder, the protections set
forth in these Term of Service, including without limitation, the
disclaimers of warranties and limitations of liability set forth in
these Term of Service, shall extend to State Farm.Your
participation in the State Farm "Drive Safe and Save Program™
(the "Program")is subject to your agreement with State Farm with
regard to applicable program rules and the use of your data for
potential insurance discounts and other insurance services.
BY ELECTRONICALLY CLICKING ON THE "I AGREE" BUTTON ADJACENT TO
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE ONLINE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE
AND THE ASSOCIATED PRIVACY POLICY. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND THE PRIVACY
POLICY BY INSTALLING THE EQUIPMENT IN YOUR VEHICLE.
1. Binding Agreement
These Terms of Service
and your Service Plan constitute a binding agreement between us. We
reserve the right to change these Terms of Service, including
pricing or service offerings from time to time, in which case,
where required, we will notify you of, or solicit your consent to,
such changes. Check the Program Website for the most up-to-date
pricing, product and service details and Terms of Service. Any use
of the Service, the Equipment, or the Program Website is subject to
these Terms of Service, as well as the Privacy Policy posted on the
Program Website.
The initial term of your Service Plan
shall commence on the date identified in your Service Plan, and
shall continue for such period as is set forth in your Service
Plan, and shall be non-cancelable during the first six (6) months
of your participation in the Program.
2. Registering with Us.
To register you
must have enrolled in the Program and completed the registration
process on the Program Website. The Service is specific to the
Vehicle you have registered with us, and the Equipment may NOT be
moved from the registered vehicle to another vehicle without our
approval.
3. Costs of the Service
i.) Service
Rates
Your Service Plan describes the Service features that
we will provide to you, the applicable charges for such Service
features, and any optional features that may be available to you
(and the prices there for) (the "Service Rates"). All Service Rates
are subject to change upon notice, subject to your termination
rights set forth in Section 11(ii). Furthermore, any Service
upgrades, enhancements or updates that you request and that we may,
in our sole discretion, provide to you upon such request, may be
subject to additional fees or charges for which you shall be fully
responsible. Service rates do not include charges for calls or text
messages that may be sent to or from your personal mobile
telephone(s) or other devices; the charges are your responsibility.
ii.) Taxes and Surcharges
Service Rates do
not include certain taxes and surcharges that may apply to the
Service. To the extent applicable, as determined by us in our sole
discretion, in addition to Service Rates, we may charge for
reimbursement of state and local sales taxes, surcharges for
federal and state Universal Service Fund contributions, and state
and local emergency service fees. Charges may also include a cost
recovery surcharge. The amount of these surcharges may vary from
time to time and by area, subject to your termination rights set
forth in Section 11(ii). We may not provide advance notice of
changes to these taxes and surcharges. Surcharges are typically
assessed to help defray our costs (or the costs of our wireless
service providers) incurred in complying with federal and state
telecommunications regulations. In addition to all applicable
Service Rates, you agree to pay all taxes and surcharges charged to
you by us. The applicable taxes and surcharges will be added to
your bill.
iii.) Payments, Payment Methods,
and Your Payment Responsibilities
You are responsible for
paying all amounts due on time and in full. All charges (including
all Service Rates, taxes and surcharges) shall be paid in advance
of the initial term and any renewal term. If you fail to timely
deliver a cancellation or termination notice at least fifteen (15)
days before the end of the then-current initial term or renewal
term, then the Service will continue automatically and you will be
charged for the next term, as set forth in your Service Plan,
provided however that, unless otherwise permitted (or required) by
law, rule or regulation, or unless you are registered for a monthly
renewal period, we will provide you with thirty (30) days’ notice
prior to such renewal to permit you to terminate your Service and
not renew. To the extent a different period is required by law,
rule or regulation, we will provide you with notice within such
period. Absent a termination, if you have a valid and current form
of payment on file with us, we will continue to automatically
charge you in advance for the next term of Service. If your payment
information has changed at the time your then-current term ends,
you must arrange for payment to us or else we may discontinue the
Service. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend the Service
(in whole or in part) if your credit, charge or debit card
provider, or financial institution, refuses a charge or debit from
us or if such card or financial institution account has otherwise
expired or been closed. Notwithstanding such termination, you are
still responsible for any charges due at the time of such
suspension or termination.
You hereby expressly consent and
authorize us to: (1) verify, either ourselves or through third
parties, your credit, charge or debit card information or financial
institution information; (2) receive updated account information
from the financial institution issuing your credit, charge or debit
card, or hosting your account; (3) review your credit history and
obtain credit reports to determine your creditworthiness; (4)
charge all amounts for which you are responsible to the credit,
charge or debit card account number or financial institution
account you have provided. If we determine you are not
creditworthy, we may refuse to extend credit to you, terminate the
Service and cancel these Terms of Service.
You are
responsible for paying directly to third parties, including
emergency service providers, all charges for services furnished
directly to you that are not expressly covered by your Service Plan
(e.g., ambulance fees, etc.).
iv.) Disputed
Charges
To request an adjustment if you think that there
has been an error in any charge billed by us, you must notify us
within sixty (60) days, or such longer period as required by law,
after the charge is posted. If you do not contact us about the
disputed charge within this time period, you agree that you have
waived your right to dispute the charge and must pay all amounts
due in full.
v.) Our Refund/Credit Policy
All payments (including, without limitation, any applicable
Service Rates and activation fees) are non-refundable, except as
otherwise expressly set forth in these Terms of Service.
We
may in our sole discretion give a credit (the amount of which is
determined by us in our sole discretion) for continuous Service
interruption of more than 24 hours on a case-by-case basis, if such
interruption was reasonably within our control, as determined by us
in our sole discretion, and if you notify us within seven (7) days
of the continuous interruption. Any such credit shall constitute
your sole and exclusive remedy for such failures, and you hereby
waive and release us and our Service Partners from any further
liability to you in connection therewith.
4. Our Service Partners
We work with many
different companies, individuals and government entities to provide
you with the Service. These service partners include, for example
and without limitation, telecommunications providers, wireless
service providers, public safety operators, emergency personnel,
towing companies, vehicle manufacturers, distributors and dealers,
equipment and software manufacturers, distributors, licensors,
content providers, and any other person or entity who provides any
service, equipment, content, feature or facilities in connection
with the Service. These parties are collectively referred to in
these Terms of Service as our "Service Partners." In the event any
of our Service Partners imposes additional terms and conditions on
the services it provides, such terms and conditions shall be
conveyed to you and deemed part of these Terms of Service.
5. Limitations of the Service
i.) Our
Coverage Area
The Service (or a portion thereof) may not
be available in all areas and may only be available if your Vehicle
is in a geographic area covered by the service network footprint
(and within operating range) of one of our wireless Service
Partners. Service is currently only available in the continental
United States (including the District of Columbia), Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico. The Service generally works using wireless
communication networks of our wireless Service Partners and the
Global Positioning System ("GPS") satellite network. The Equipment
receives GPS signals and communicates with our response centers and
those of our Service Partners through use of wireless and landline
communications networks. The location of your Vehicle, particularly
in remote or enclosed areas, may affect the availability and
quality of the Service that we can provide to you.
ii.) Major
Events and Acts of God
Various conditions beyond our
control may prevent or delay us or our Service Partners from
providing Service to you, or impair the quality of Service you or
your Vehicle may receive. These conditions include, for example and
without limitation, atmospheric, geographic, or topographic
conditions (such as buildings, hills or tunnels), damage to or
failure to maintain your Vehicle or the Equipment in good working
order and in compliance with these Terms of Service or government
regulations, failure, congestion or outages of utility or wireless
networks (including interruption of cellular service), war, acts of
God, natural disaster, inclement weather, labor strikes or other
acts, forces or causes beyond our and our Service Partners’
control. In the event of any of the foregoing, we may, in our
discretion, suspend or terminate the Service (in whole or in part)
or terminate your Service Plan, without advance notice to you and
without any liability. Further, we and our Service Partners are not
responsible for any Service or Equipment failures, interruptions,
delays or impairments due to these causes, and you are not eligible
for any Service or Service Rate credit or refund (whole or partial)
therefore [except to the extent set forth in Section 3(v)].
In the event of any regulatory, governmental or other legally
compelled changes, or discontinuation or change of necessary
telecommunications systems and services (e.g., if our wireless
carrier terminates or restricts wireless services of the type used
by your Equipment), we may, in our sole discretion, choose to
terminate your Service or replace your Equipment.
iii.) Disclaimer
of Warranties
NEITHER WE NOR OUR SERVICE PARTNERS WARRANT
OR GUARANTEE THAT SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR
AT ALL TIMES OR AT ANY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, OR THAT THE SERVICE
WILL BE PROVIDED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, DELAY OR ERROR. NEITHER WE
NOR ANY OF OUR SERVICE PARTNERS MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED ABOUT (1) THE EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
USED WITH THE SERVICE, (2) THE SERVICE, OR (3) ANY DATA OR
INFORMATION OR OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. THIS
INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, CONTENT,
QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS,
RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
OR USE. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED BY THESE TERMS
OF SERVICE. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED
WARRANTIES.
iv.) The Equipment
The
Service is provided only if the Equipment is properly installed in
your Vehicle and is in good working order. Additionally, your
Vehicle must have a working electrical system, including adequate
battery power, in order for the Equipment and Service to operate
and function appropriately. The Service may not work if you attempt
to modify the Equipment or add any equipment or software in or to
your Vehicle that is not expressly authorized by us or is not
compatible with the Equipment or Service.
The receipt of
the Service may vary in different Vehicles depending on the
electrical systems of the Vehicle and the version of Equipment or
software in the Vehicle.
We use software in connection with
the Service. As between you and us, we (or our applicable Service
Partners) own all such software and you do not acquire any rights
in such software, including any right to use or modify the software
(other than in the ordinary course of your receipt and use of the
Service hereunder). We may update the software contained in the
Equipment from time to time. We may do this remotely without
notifying you first.
v.) Certain Other
Limitations of the Service including Emergency Services and Our
Need for Your Cooperation
Certain of the features of the
Service may require the assistance of our customer service
representatives. In such cases, our customer service
representatives will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide
such features. However, you will need to call us and provide
satisfactory identification before we will attempt to use any such
features. You hereby agree that we may provide assistance to anyone
who provides us with satisfactory identification of your account,
and that we have no responsibility or liability for anything that
may arise from our provision of assistance to any such individual
who is not, in fact, authorized by you to use your account.
Our (or our Service Partners’) customer service representatives
will use reasonable efforts to contact appropriate emergency
personnel, such as police, fire department or emergency responders,
for assistance when you request it or when the Equipment in your
Vehicle signals for it, but neither we nor our Service Partners
promise, nor can we or our Service Partners guarantee, that any
such Service Partners will respond in a timely manner or at all. We
will assume an emergency exists if our or our Service Partners’
call center(s) receive(s) a crash notification signal from your
Vehicle. If applicable laws require an emergency to be confirmed
before emergency personnel provide service, we will not contact
emergency personnel in these areas until we hear your request for
assistance or otherwise confirm that an emergency exists. YOU
EXPRESSLY RELEASE US AND OUR SERVICE PARTNERS FROM ALL LIABILITIES
AND LOSSES (INCLUDING PHYSICAL INJURY AND DEATH) THAT YOU OR OTHERS
MAY SUFFER IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
Voice recognition
software may be used in connection with the Service. This software
recognizes many voices, accents, speech patterns and words, but
neither we nor our Service Partners guarantee that such software
will recognize all, or that it will work with, your voice or speech
patterns some or all of the time.
YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE
AND AGREE THAT THE USE OF OR ANY RELIANCE ON THE SERVICE IS SOLELY
AND COMPLETELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS YOUR SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOU (AND/OR ANY OTHER OCCUPANT OF
YOUR VEHICLE) OPERATE YOUR VEHICLE SAFELY, MAINTAIN YOUR VEHICLE
APPROPRIATELY, EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT, AND OBEY TRAFFIC AND OTHER
APPLICABLE LAWS AND INSTRUCTIONS, WHEN OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE AND
USING THE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE.
6. Additional Limitations and Prohibitions on Your
Use of the Equipment, Service and Program Website.
You
agree not to use the Equipment, the Service, any other service we
may offer, or the Program Website, in any way that is illegal,
fraudulent or abusive, including to harass, threaten, abuse,
defame, or slander any individual or entity.
You agree that
you shall use our emergency and roadside Service, if applicable to
your Service Plan, only for actual emergencies and legitimate
roadside assistance needs.
You may not use the Service in a
manner that interferes with any other customer's use of our Service
or our provision of our Service to our other customers. You agree
you will not abuse or do anything to damage our or any of our
Service Partner’s respective business, operations, services,
reputation, employees, equipment, property or facilities. You
further agree that you will not harass, threaten or use vulgar
and/or inappropriate language towards any customer service
representatives.
We and our Service Partners provide the
Service, including the messages, data, information, content, or
other material provided as part of the Service, for your
non-commercial use only, and not for re-sale. Certain information
you receive through the Service is the property of us or our
Service Partners (or other third parties) and it may be subject to
one or more copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or
other legal protections. You may not (or permit or cause any other
party) to sell or resell or otherwise use it for commercial
purposes, nor may you reproduce, copy, modify, make derivative
works from or otherwise display or distribute it. These uses are
expressly prohibited by these Terms of Service.
7. Lost or Stolen Vehicles; Sale of Vehicle or
Termination of Lease; Location of Vehicles
In the
unfortunate event that your Vehicle is stolen or may be involved in
an unlawful act, we and/or our Service Partners can try to help
locate it after you provide us with satisfactory identification and
we have confirmed that the police consider the Vehicle stolen or
that it may be involved in an unlawful act. There can be no
assurances that a thief will not disable the Equipment. Except as
otherwise set forth herein, we generally provide location
information about such vehicles only to the police. However, in
cases of crises or emergencies, we may, in our sole discretion,
elect to provide you with information about the general area of
your Vehicle without police involvement. Neither we nor our Service
Partners have any obligation to continue our attempts to locate
your Vehicle after thirty (30) days from the time you first report
it stolen or lost to us, and neither we nor our Service Partners
can guarantee that we will be successful in finding your Vehicle.
Neither we nor our Service Partners are required to try to find
your Vehicle outside of a Vehicle theft scenario, i.e., for the
purpose of locating any vehicle.
To ensure your safety in
the event your Vehicle is recovered, the Service will not be
intentionally terminated without express instructions from you to
terminate the Service in such cases. Upon such an instruction, the
Service will be terminated and you will be issued a refund equal to
the value of any whole months remaining on your Service Plan that
you have paid in advance. To the extent that the Service provides
the ability to locate your Vehicle, such as a mobile application
enabling you to locate your Vehicle, such an application should in
no case be used by you to locate a stolen vehicle. Such
investigations are for law enforcement to conduct.
You must
notify us if you sell your Vehicle or end its lease. If you sell or
transfer your Vehicle or terminate your lease and fail to notify
us, you will remain responsible for all charges for any Service
incurred in connection with such Vehicle. Further, it is your
responsibility to remove the Equipment and return it prior to the
transfer of your Vehicle. We may communicate with you about the
Service by providing you with messages through the Equipment in
your Vehicle. If you fail to notify us of a sale or transfer of
your Vehicle or termination of your lease, we may continue to send
messages or other information about the Vehicle or your account to
the billing or email address currently on file with us. We are not
responsible for any privacy-related damages you may suffer as a
result.
The Equipment in your vehicle (as well as the
Service) may provide us and our Service Partners with the
capability of recording, storing, and transmitting certain Vehicle
data, information and two-way communications (which may include,
for example, Vehicle location information, as well as other types
of Vehicle and Subscriber Data, as defined below). You expressly
consent to, and hereby provide a release allowing, our and our
Service Partners’ access, interception, retrieval, use and
disclosure of such information, data or communications obtained
through the Equipment or Service for purposes of facilitating the
location and/or repossession of your Vehicle, for purposes of
operation of the Program, or for other lawful purposes or reasons.
You further agree and expressly consent that in conjunction with
our and our Service Partners’ efforts to locate your Vehicle, we
and they may create an electronic or other record of information,
data or communications obtained through the Equipment and/or the
Service as described herein.
8. Your Responsibilities for Insuring and
Maintaining Your Vehicle and for Other Important Matters.
The Service is provided to you as a convenience. However, the
Service is no substitute for insurance. We are not an insurance
company, and you should not consider the Service as insurance or
rely on it to limit the potential for loss, theft or damage to your
Vehicle or property. The payments you make for the Service bear no
relation to your Vehicle’s value or that of any property you may
keep in it, or the cost of any injury to or damages suffered by
you. You agree that you bear sole responsibility for obtaining and
maintaining appropriate and lawful insurance covering personal
injury, loss of property, and other risks covering yourself, those
who operate your Vehicle, your passengers and anyone else claiming
any damages, and hereby release us from any such responsibility. No
insurance company or insurer will be entitled to any right of
subrogation against us or our Service Partners.
It is your
responsibility to maintain your Vehicle and its systems (including
the Equipment) in good working order and in compliance with these
Terms of Service and all applicable laws.
9. Your Responsibilities for Those Who Use Your
Vehicle.
Without limitation of anything herein, you are
solely responsible for those who use the Service in your Vehicle,
including to request services or to change, modify or terminate
your account or Service, even if you later claim the use was not
authorized. You will be responsible for any damages or other
amounts owed by us or any of our Service Partners as a result of
such use.
Neither we nor our Service Partners have any
obligation to inquire about the authority of anyone using your
Vehicle or other information that can be used to identify your
account to request the Service for your Vehicle.
You are
responsible for any changes to your account or charge you for any
amounts authorized by a person who provides your authentication
information that can be used to access your account.
10. No Ownership Rights in any Numbers or
Addresses
You have no property right in any number or other
address that may be assigned to you or to the Equipment in
connection with the Service, and you confirm and agree that any
such number can be changed from time to time.
11. Suspending; Terminating; Changing;
Transferring and Reactivating
Without limitation of any
other suspension or termination (or other) rights expressly set
forth in these Terms of Service:
i.) Suspension
of the Service.
We can decide to suspend the Service at any
time for any reason in our discretion, including for network or
system maintenance, improvement, congestion, or failure or if we
suspect your Service (in whole or in part) is being used for any
unauthorized or inappropriate purpose, or for reasons unrelated to
you or your account with us. If suspension or termination of the
Service occurs for any reason, you acknowledge and agree that you
may not be able to access the Service, including the emergency
services.
ii.) Termination of
Service/Termination Fee/Service Plan.
You may cancel the
Service at any time by contacting your State Farm Agent or Hughes
Telematics, Inc. through the In-Drive Support Center. Unless your
Service Plan specifies otherwise or as otherwise expressly set
forth in these Terms of Service, we will not refund any other
amounts that you have paid in advance for any service. Such fees
are non-refundable. In addition, in no event will we refund you for
any one-time activation fees or transaction-based fees you have
incurred.
UPON TERMINATION OF YOUR SERVICE FOR ANY REASON,
BY YOU, US OR ANY THIRD PARTIES, YOU AGREE TO RETURN THE HARDWARE
TO US OR BE SUBJECT TO A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($100) SERVICE
TERMINATION FEE.
After receiving any notice of an adverse
pricing change (other than the addition or an increase of a tax or
surcharge), you may cancel your Service Plan or agree to the
change. If you cancel your Service Plan within thirty (30) days of
the date of such a notice, we will issue you a refund equal to the
value of any whole months remaining on your Service Plan that you
have paid in advance (other than any payment that was included in
the purchase or lease price of your Vehicle). If you do not cancel
your Service Plan within thirty (30) days of such a notice, you
will be deemed to have agreed to the change and it will become part
of these Terms of Service between us.
Our ability to provide
the Service and maintain its quality may be impaired when customers
place illegitimate emergency, roadside assistance calls, place or
initiate an abnormally high numbers of calls, send or receive
unusually high numbers of messages, or repeatedly place calls of
unusually high frequency or long duration, relative to typical
usage by other customers for similar Service Plans ("Excessive
Use"). In the event we determine this is Excessive Use, you will be
given notice by email. Such Excessive Use suggests that the Service
is being used in violation of these Terms of Service. If we
determine in our sole discretion that such Excessive Use continues,
we may terminate the Service.
Further, we reserve the right
to issue a warning and/or to suspend or terminate providing to you
the Service (in whole or in part), or your access to the Program
Website, at any time and for any reason in our sole discretion,
including if you breach these Terms of Service, or any other
applicable agreement or policy, or if we suspect your Service or
Equipment is being used for any unauthorized or inappropriate
purpose, even for reasons unrelated to you or your account with us,
or for any other reason in our sole discretion. If we elect to
terminate your Service (in whole or in part) as a result of your
breach of these Terms of Service or unauthorized use of the Service
or Equipment, you will not be entitled to any refunds or credits.
iii.) Reactivation of Service.
You do not
have any right to have Service reactivated and we are under no
obligation to do so, even if you cure the issues that resulted in
the termination of your Service. It is solely in our discretion
whether to allow you to have Service again. You also may be
assessed a fee for reactivating the Service.
iv.) Transfer
of Service.
You have no right to transfer the Service to
another Vehicle or to another person without our prior consent. If
we consent to such transfer, you shall be able to transfer the
balance of the period remaining on your Service Plan that you have
paid for in advance. Prior to transferring the Service to another
Vehicle as consented to by us, you must meet all requirements for
receiving the Service with the new Vehicle.
v.) Authority
to Terminate, Change or Transfer the Service/Service Plan.
We will only accept requests from you (or from someone we believe
is you, or someone with your authorization, such as your authorized
agent) to activate, cancel, change, reactivate, or transfer the
Service. We will assume that anyone who provides your
authentication information or supplies your credit, charge or debit
card number is authorized to act in your behalf (even if such
individual, in fact, has no such authorization).
12. Collection and Use of Your Vehicle and
Subscriber Data
You hereby expressly consent to our Privacy
Policy, a copy of which is available on the Program Website, and
you also consent to the following, with respect to any information
regarding you or your Vehicle (or your use or receipt of Equipment
and/or the Service) (which may include, without limitation,
diagnostic data from or about your Vehicle or your use of the
Service, location data, information as to how your Vehicle is used,
such as operating speed, hours of operation, areas of operation,
driver characteristics, time Equipment is out of Service, as well
as personally identifiable information from or about you), which we
and/or our Service Partners obtain or derive through or in
connection with your Service Plan or in connection with the
Equipment, your Vehicle and/or the Service (collectively, the
"Vehicle and Subscriber Data"):
We and/or our Service
Partners may collect, intercept or obtain Vehicle and Subscriber
Data from and/or about you and/or your Vehicle in a number of ways,
including (without limitation): (1) from the information you
provide to us when you register for Service, (2) from your or your
Vehicle’s receipt or use of the Service or Equipment (as
applicable), (3) from your use of the Program Website or any
websites of our Service Partners, (4) from you directly, through
communications between you and us (or our Service Partners) or our
(or their, as applicable) representatives, (5) from our Service
Partners (or, in the case of our Service Partners, from us); and
(6) from your Vehicle itself through the Equipment in your Vehicle
and your use of the Equipment or the Service. Without limitation of
the generality of the foregoing, (i) we and/or our Service Partners
may intercept any wire, wireless, oral or electronic communications
made or transmitted through the Service, at any time and for any
reason, (ii) we and/or our Service Partners may retrieve, access
and/or use any of the information (including, without limitation,
location information) recorded, transmitted or otherwise obtained
in connection therewith, at any time and for any reason, and (iii)
you hereby consent to the foregoing and hereby expressly release us
and Service Partners therefore. We and/or our Service Partners may
share between and amongst us your Vehicle and Subscriber Data that
we or they have collected or otherwise obtained, and you hereby
expressly acknowledge and consent to such sharing.
To comply
with appropriate legal process, including any rule, order,
subpoena, national security letter or other request of any
government entity, law enforcement entity or court, we and/or any
of our Service Partners may disclose to law enforcement authorities
or other legal or governmental representatives any Vehicle and
Subscriber Data, including, without limitation, your name, Vehicle
location, account history, account information, or other
transmission data.
We and/or our Service Partners also may
disclose to third parties any Vehicle and Subscriber Data necessary
to respond to claims of violation of the rights of third parties,
or to protect our rights and property (as applicable).
Without limiting the foregoing, you further expressly consent (1)
to the acquisition and sharing of all Vehicle and Subscriber Data
by and between Hughes Telematics and our Service Partners (and with
their respective vendors) freely including but not limited to,
State Farm, (2) to our and our Service Partners’ use of such data
to perform and provide the Service, as well as for Supplemental
Uses (as hereafter defined), and (3) to Hughes Telematics’ use of
such data for purposes of internal research and improvement and
development of telematics services. As used herein, "Supplemental
Use" means the use of Vehicle and Subscriber Data for purposes
other than as necessary to provide and maintain the Service and
Equipment, including, as examples, the use of such data in
connection with the Program, the use of such data for other purpose
deemed appropriate by us, and the sale or other transfer of such
data to third parties for purposes above and beyond the uses
necessary to provide the Service, provided by the sale of such data
to third parties, other than for use in the Program, shall only be
on a depersonalized basis.
Because we provide the Service
through wireless networks, your communications may be intercepted
by others. We and our Service Partners, including, for example,
telecommunications carriers and other wireless carriers, cannot and
do not guaranty (and we and our Service Partners expressly
disclaim) the security and privacy of wireless transmissions, and
we and they will not be liable for any lack of security relating to
the use of the Service by you or your Vehicle. You agree that you
will not hold us or any Service Partners liable for any damages
resulting from any loss of privacy or security occurring in
connection with any communications over such networks.
You
acknowledge and agree that we and/or our Service Partners (either
ourselves or themselves, or through our or their vendors) may
record and/or monitor conversations between you and our (or their,
as applicable) customer service representatives, emergency
personnel, or the police, as well as your use of any of our (or
their) automated services, for various purposes, including (without
limitation), in order to assess, maintain or improve the quality of
the Service, for issue resolution, training purposes, or to promote
and provide the Service. Our customer service representatives (as
well as those of our Service Partners, if applicable) may also
remain on the line while conferencing in a third party to assist in
completing a service request. You (for yourself and your Vehicle’s
occupants and anyone else acting or using the Service on your
behalf): (1) expressly consent to the monitoring and recording
activities described herein, and (2) release us and our Service
Partners from claims, liabilities and losses resulting in
connection with any such monitored and/or recorded conversations as
described herein.
We and our Service Partners strive to
handle your information in a manner consistent with applicable
privacy laws and our Service Privacy Policy (which is incorporated
herein by this reference, and posted on the Program Website).
We and/or our Service Partners may communicate with you by
providing you with messages through the Equipment in your Vehicle,
the Program Website, or to the billing or email address or other
contact information for you that we have on file. We and/or our
Service Partners may also use your email address to send you emails
about products, specials and online promotions, which may be
related to the Service or not. From time to time, we may also use
your email address to send you information about selected
third-party products, services or offers relating to our offerings
or services that we think may be of interest to you. Each email you
receive from us for offers will provide a link to unsubscribe to
all future email offers from Hughes Telematics. If you do not want
to receive emails about our offers or products or those of these
selected third parties, you can also contact a Hughes Telematics
customer service representative. Please note that even if you
choose not to receive marketing emails from us, you may still hear
from us regarding your Service, your account, your system status
and any other Service-related issues and order status updates that
will allow us to provide you with the optimal user experience.
We may also use your name, postal delivery information and phone
number to contact you for various purposes (including marketing
purposes).
You hereby consent to us and/or our Service
Partners requesting and obtaining your current personal information
(as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2725) from any state department of motor
vehicles or any reseller of such information. Your consent is
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2725(b) (13).
13. Dispute Resolution
YOU AND WE AGREE
THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN US, WE WILL FIRST TRY TO
RESOLVE IT BY TALKING WITH EACH OTHER. IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN
RESOLVING OUR DISPUTES IN THIS MANNER WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME
PERIOD, YOU AND HUGHES TELEMATICS EACH AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW:
(1) ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, OR TO ANY PRODUCT OR
SERVICE PROVIDED UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF
SERVICE, WILL BE SETTLED BY INDEPENDENT ARBITRATION INVOLVING A
NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR AND ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION
ASSOCIATION ("AAA") UNDER WIRELESS INDUSTRY ARBITRATION ("WIA")
RULES, AS MODIFIED BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. WIA RULES AND FEE
INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE FROM AAA. ARBITRATION IS NOT A COURT
PROCEEDING. THE RULES OF ARBITRATION DIFFER FROM THE RULES OF
COURT. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING;
(2) EVEN IF APPLICABLE LAW PERMITS CLASS ACTIONS OR CLASS
ARBITRATIONS, YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO PURSUE ON A CLASS
BASIS ANY SUCH CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM AGAINST HUGHES TELEMATICS OR
ANY OF OUR SERVICE PARTNERS, OR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES OR
PREDECESSORS IN INTEREST. IF MULTIPLE CLAIMS ARE JOINED IN ONE
ACTION, SOME OF WHICH WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, THE
LATTER CLAIMS MUST BE STAYED UNTIL ANY CLAIMS IN THAT ACTION THAT
ARE SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. IF CLAIMS ARE
ASSERTED AGAINST MULTIPLE PARTIES, SOME OF WHOM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
ARBITRATE, THE CLAIMS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION MUST BE SEVERED.
HOWEVER, YOU RETAIN YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH ANY
REGULATORY AGENCY;
(3) NO ARBITRATOR HAS AUTHORITY TO AWARD
RELIEF IN EXCESS OF WHAT THESE TERMS OF SERVICE PROVIDE, OR TO
ORDER CONSOLIDATION OR CLASS ARBITRATION, EXCEPT THAT AN ARBITRATOR
DECIDING A CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO A PRIOR AGREEMENT
MAY GRANT AS MUCH SUBSTANTIVE RELIEF ON A NON-CLASS BASIS AS SUCH
PRIOR AGREEMENT WOULD PERMIT. IN ALL ARBITRATIONS, THE ARBITRATOR
MUST GIVE EFFECT TO APPLICABLE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS AND WILL
DECIDE WHETHER AN ISSUE IS ARBITRABLE OR NOT. IN A LARGE/COMPLEX
CASE ARBITRATION, THE ARBITRATORS MUST ALSO APPLY THE FEDERAL RULES
OF EVIDENCE AND THE LOSING PARTY MAY HAVE THE AWARD REVIEWED BY A
REVIEW PANEL CONSISTING OF THREE (3) ARBITRATORS; AND
(4) IN
THE EVENT THE FOREGOING ARBITRATION REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY, YOU
AND HUGHES TELEMATICS EACH WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY
LAW, ANY TRIAL BY JURY AND A JUDGE WILL DECIDE ANY AND ALL
DISPUTES.
14. The Laws Governing Our Relationship
These Terms of Service and any disputes arising out of or relating
to them or the Equipment or Service will be governed by the laws of
the State of New York, wherever filed. Any complaint, arbitration
or other legal action concerning these Terms of Service shall be
interpreted under the laws of the State of New York and shall be
subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York.
Complaints, arbitration or other legal actions involving California
customers will be interpreted under the laws of the State of
California, and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts
of the California county in which the customer primarily uses the
Service.
15. Limitation of Liability
BY ENTERING
INTO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR BY USING THE EQUIPMENT OR SERVICE,
YOU ARE WAIVING IMPORTANT RIGHTS, AND ARE PROVIDING YOUR EXPRESS
CONSENT TO VARIOUS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY US AND OUR SERVICE
PARTNERS (AS DESCRIBED HEREIN).
Neither we nor our Service
Partners assume any risk or responsibility for your use of the
Service, or any of the information or other content provided as
part of the Service. You hereby acknowledge and agree that neither
we nor any of our Service Partners are liable for dropped calls or
interrupted service, or for problems caused by or contributed to by
you, by any third party, by buildings, hills, tunnels, network
congestion, atmospheric conditions, act of God or natural disaster
or by any other conditions or circumstances out of our control (as
further described above in Section 5(ii) hereof).
In
addition, neither we nor our Service Partners are liable (1) for
our inability to contact any Service Partner or other party in any
particular situation (including any emergency personnel), (2) for
any act or omission of any other company furnishing a part of our
Service or any equipment provided for such Service, (3) for errors
or omissions of any vendors, dealers or manufacturers participating
in offers made through us, or (4) for any damages that result from
or arise out of the use, installation, repair or maintenance by you
(or by any person you authorize) of the Equipment or Service, or
any product or service provided by or manufactured by third
parties.
IF WE AND/OR ANY OF OUR SERVICE PARTNERS ARE FOUND
TO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE,
YOU AGREE THAT THE MAXIMUM, AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF US AND OUR
SERVICE PARTNERS TO YOU, AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER ANY THEORY
OR FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
FAILURE OR DISRUPTION OF SERVICE PROVIDED HEREUNDER, FRAUD,
MISREPRESENTATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY
DAMAGE, OR PRODUCTS LIABILITY), SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE PORTION OF THE SERVICE RATES CHARGED TO YOU FOR THE SERVICES
THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAIM FOR THE PERIOD OF SERVICE DURING
WHICH ANY RESULTING DAMAGES OCCURRED; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT WE
WILL REIMBURSE YOU FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR VEHICLE WHICH IS PROVEN,
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, TO HAVE BEEN SOLELY CAUSED BY THE
EQUIPMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NEITHER WE NOR ANY
SERVICE PARTNER WOULD HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE OR
EQUIPMENT TO YOU WITHOUT YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS LIMITATION. YOU
FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE DAMAGES CAP SET FORTH IN
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE THE SOLE EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY OF US AND OUR
SERVICE PARTNERS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SERVICE
PARTNERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR, AND YOU CANNOT
RECOVER ANY, (A) PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, TREBLE, CONSEQUENTIAL,
INDIRECT, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE OR
OUR SERVICE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT SUCH LOSS MAY OCCUR);
OR (B) ATTORNEY’S FEES. YOU AGREE NOT TO MAKE, AND TO WAIVE TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, ANY CLAIM FOR DAMAGES OTHER THAN
DIRECT, COMPENSATORY DAMAGES AS LIMITED ABOVE. SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THOSE PARTICULAR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY.
You
understand and agree that our Service Partners, including without
limitation the wireless carriers, shall have no legal, equitable,
or other liability of any kind to you in any event, regardless of
the form of the action, whether for breach of contract, warranty,
negligence, strict liability in tort or otherwise relating to or
arising from the Service and you hereby waive any and all such
claims or demands. If any Service Partner is involved in any
problem, you also agree to limitations of liability that such
entity imposes on its customers.
16. Indemnification; Release
You agree to
indemnify and hold harmless Hughes Telematics and each of our
Service Partners, and each of our or their respective affiliates,
officers, directors, agents, partners and employees, from and
against any and all liabilities, settlements, penalties, claims,
causes of action, and demands (including any costs, expenses, or
attorneys' fees on account thereof) (collectively "Claims")
irrespective of the nature of the cause of such Claims, alleging
loss, costs, expenses, damages or injuries (including without
limitation Claims for libel, slander, or any property damage,
personal injury or death), arising in any way, directly or
indirectly, in connection with your (or any occupant of your
Vehicle) violation of these Terms of Service or your (or any
occupant of your Vehicle) misuse or failure to use the Service or
Equipment.
You agree that the limitations of liability and
indemnities in these Terms of Service will survive even after your
Service Plan has ended and your Service has terminated. These
limitations of liability apply not only to you, but to anyone using
your Vehicle, the Equipment or the Service, to anyone making a
claim on your behalf, and to any claims made by your family,
employees, customers, or others arising out of or relating to any
Service we or our Service Partners provide or the Equipment.
WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, YOU FURTHER
AGREE TO RELEASE US AND EACH SERVICE PARTNER FROM ALL CLAIMS,
LIABILITIES AND LOSSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE AND/OR
EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY
OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE TOTAL OR PARTIAL FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF US
OR ANY SERVICE PARTNER, OR THE MALFUNCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT. YOU
AGREE THAT THIS RELEASE EXTENDS TO ANY PARTY CLAIMING UNDER YOU AND
THAT NO INSURANCE COMPANY WILL HAVE ANY RIGHT OF SUBROGATION.
17. Contact Information
You may notify us
by postal mail (Hughes Telematics, Inc., 2002 Summit Boulevard,
Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30319), or by electronic mail (via the
Program Website). Such notices will be considered effective after
we receive them. In particular, any written notice from you will be
considered given when we receive it at our address provided in the
preceding sentence.
Any notice we send you will be sent to
your last known residence or email address as shown on our records.
It is your sole responsibility to ensure that we have the most
up-to-date and accurate contact information for you at all times.
Any written notice from us will be considered given when we send it
by email to the email address you have provided to us that is then
in our records, or two days after we mail it to you at the most
current billing address we have on file for you. Any oral notices
will be considered given when we call you or when you speak with a
live customer service representative.
18. Miscellaneous Terms
i.) Entire
Agreement.
These Terms of Service (including the Service
Plan and any other document or policy incorporated herein) is the
entire agreement between you and us. It supersedes all other
agreements, communications or representations, oral or written,
between us, past or present. We are not responsible for any
statements, agreements, representations, warranties or covenants,
oral or written, including, without limitation, any statements from
third parties, concerning or relating to the Equipment or the
Service provided to you pursuant to these Terms of Service or your
Service Plan, unless such statements, agreements, representations
warranties or covenants are expressly contained in these Terms of
Service or your Service Plan.
ii.) Effect
of Termination or Non-Renewal.
Even after your Service
Plan has ended and unless it has been replaced by a new agreement
expressly entered into by and between us, the provisions of these
Terms of Service will continue to govern any disputes arising out
of or relating to it. These Terms of Service will also be binding
on your heirs and successors and on our successors. In addition to
any other provisions identified herein as surviving termination or
expiration of your Service Plan, the following provisions of these
Terms of Service shall survive the termination or expiration of
your Service Plan: Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 through 19.
iii.) Waiver; Severability.
No waiver of
any part of these Terms of Service, or of any breach of it, in any
one instance will require us to waive any other instance or breach.
If any part of these Terms of Service is declared invalid or
unenforceable, all other parts of these Terms of Service are still
valid and enforceable.
iv.) Relationship
Between Parties.
Notwithstanding anything else herein,
these Terms of Service do not create any fiduciary relationships
between you and us, or between you and/or any of our Service
Partners. These Terms of Service also do not create any
relationship of principal and agent, partnership, or employer and
employee between you and us or between you and/or any of our
Service Partners.
v.) Third-Party
Beneficiaries.
Without limitation of anything else set
forth herein, our Service Partners are intended third-party
beneficiaries of these Terms of Service. No provision of these
Terms of Service provides any other person or entity not a party to
these Terms of Service with any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement, or cause of action, or creates any other third-party
beneficiary rights. You have no contractual relationship whatsoever
with any of our Service Partners, and these Terms of Service do not
give you any rights against any Service Partner. You are not a
third-party beneficiary of any agreement between us and any of our
Service Partners. None of our Service Partners has any legal,
equitable, or other liability of any kind to you under these Terms
of Service. You hereby expressly waive any and all claims or
demands for such liability.
v.) Assignment.
We can assign these Terms of Service, in whole or in part,
to any individual or entity we choose, at any time, without notice
to you, in our sole discretion.
19. Export
You agree to comply with all
applicable trade regulations and export control laws both domestic
and foreign. The Equipment and the Service, and any underlying
information accessed or transferred by you using the Service may be
subject to U.S. export controls, including the Export
Administration Act (50 U.S.C. S 2401, et seq.) and the Export
Administration Regulations (50 C.F.R. S 730-774), as well as the
import regulations of other countries. You agree not to export or
re-export any such Equipment, software or information to any
foreign country. Any information transferred by you using the
Service or the Equipment to any foreign country, entity, or person
must comply with the U.S. Export Administration Act and the Export
Administration Regulations.