GuestyRides Affiliate Program Agreement
GuestyRides Affiliate Program Agreement
Last Updated: March 28, 2022
This GuestyRides Affiliate Program Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legal contract between you and GuestyRides that applies to your participation in the GuestyRides Affiliate Program (“Program”). In this Agreement, “GuestyRides,” “we” or “us” means GuestyRides Technologies, Inc. By participating or registering to participate in the Program, or otherwise indicating your acceptance of this Agreement (such as by clicking a button or checking a box on a web page), you agree to this Agreement, including the Participation Terms (as defined in Section 5 (Participation Requirements)). If you are participating or registering on behalf of a business, then the term “you” means such business, and you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that business to this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified from time to time as set forth in Section 17 (Modification of Agreement).
IMPORTANT: PLEASE REVIEW THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IN SECTION 15 (ARBITRATION PROVISION) CAREFULLY, AS IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH GuestyRides ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 15.2, THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION PROVISION. BY ENTERING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING THE ARBITRATION PROVISION IN SECTION 15) AND HAVE TAKEN TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS DECISION. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, YOU MAY OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION PROVISION BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION 15.8 BELOW.
1. Program Overview
The Program offers contracted participants the opportunity to get paid to refer riders to GuestyRides’ lead generation services and perform related promotional activities (collectively, “Program Activities”). This Agreement gives you (including any personnel, agents, or subcontractors you engage) the right to conduct Program Activities through your contracted participation in the Program.
2. Performance
You will be solely responsible for determining the most effective manner to conduct Program Activities, including determining when (i.e., the days and times), where (i.e., the particular venue or location), and how to conduct Program Activities, and the frequency with which you do so, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, including the Participation Terms, GuestyRides will not control the manner or prescribe the method you use to conduct Program Activities contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement authorizes you to conduct Program Activities consistent with the terms of this Agreement, but it does not obligate you to conduct any Program Activities or other activities should you choose not to exercise that right. You will only be paid for the services you render under the terms of this Agreement.
You are free to engage subcontractors and others to assist you in the conduct of your Program Activities, provided that they also comply with the terms of this Agreement. You will be solely responsible for the direction and control of, and all payments to, any personnel, agents and subcontractors who perform Program Activities pursuant to this Agreement on your behalf, including as applicable, their retention, engagement, hiring or direction. You alone determine the method and means by which the work is done, including services provided by any of your personnel, agents or subcontractors, whose pay will be determined solely by you.
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You will be solely responsible for all costs and expenses of doing business, including all payments for services by any personnel, agents or subcontractors engaged by you to conduct Program Activities, and all taxes and other business expenses (e.g., mileage) that may be incurred in connection with your conduct of Program Activities.
3. Network Providers
GuestyRides works with GuestyRides Affiliate Program Network Providers (“each, a “Network Provider”) that provide technology platforms and related services to support the Program, such as for Program registration, creation of your Program account, tracking, creatives, and payment of fees to you. Participation in the Program requires that you agree to the terms and conditions of the Network Provider (“Network Provider Terms”). In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between any provision of this Agreement and the Network Provider Terms, the provision of this Agreement will control.
4. Registration
You agree to provide and maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date information when registering for the Program and in your Program account once registered for the Program. GuestyRides reserves the right to decline your registration. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Program account. Unless otherwise permitted by GuestyRides, you may only possess one Program account and may not register for a Program account if GuestyRides cancelled a prior Program account that you registered for or used in the past.
5. Participation Requirements
Your contracted participation in the Program, including your conduct of Program Activities, is subject to the most current version of the Program participation terms, guidelines, schedules and other rules available on the GuestyRides website or the Network Provider’s platform, as may be updated by GuestyRides from time to time (“Participation Terms”). You agree to comply with all applicable laws in connection with Agreement, and you otherwise agree to comply with all of the terms of this Agreement, including the Participation Terms. If you are a business, you will ensure that your employees, personnel, contractors and agents comply with this Agreement, including the Participation Terms, and you will be responsible for their conduct in connection with this Agreement.
6. Fees and Payment
The Participation Terms and/or applicable insertion orders describe how you can become eligible to receive fees for your referrals in the Program. To be eligible, your conduct of Program Activities must involve or result in a qualifying referral event as described in the Participation Terms or insertion orders. However, if you do not comply with this Agreement, including any Participation Terms, you agree you will not be eligible to receive any fees that otherwise would have been payable to you under this Agreement, and GuestyRides may withhold payment of such fees upon notice to you.
For fees you are eligible to receive, payment will be made to you as described in the Participation Terms. You agree that payment may be made to you through a Network Provider or other service provider designated by GuestyRides. You acknowledge and agree that any fees paid pursuant to this Agreement are based on your output, and are not related to time worked.
7. Relationship of the Parties
7.1 The parties intend this Agreement to create the relationship of service recipient and independent contractor, and not that of employer and employee. You will not be treated as an employee of GuestyRides for federal or state tax purposes, or for any other purpose. The parties are not employees, agents, joint venturers or partners of each other for any purpose. You have no authority to bind GuestyRides or its corporate affiliates (including GuestyRides’ subsidiaries, parent entities, and entities under common control with GuestyRides) and you undertake not to hold yourself out as an employee, agent or authorized representative of
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GuestyRides or its corporate affiliates. Where, by implication of mandatory law or otherwise, you may be deemed an agent or representative of GuestyRides, you undertake and agree to indemnify, hold harmless and (at GuestyRides’ option) defend GuestyRides and its corporate affiliates harmless from and against any claims by any person or entity based on such implied agency or representative relationship.
7.2 You (including any employees, agents, or subcontractors you engage) will not receive any vacation, illness, or holiday pay from GuestyRides, nor will you (or any employees, agents, or subcontractors you engage) participate in any welfare, pension, profit sharing, stock option or other benefit plans available to GuestyRides’ employees. You will provide GuestyRides or the Network Provider all requested tax forms and information, including, if applicable, federal employer identification number and business license number. You will be solely responsible to pay all applicable tax liabilities arising from payments made to you under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, local, state and federal income taxes; Social Security and Medicare taxes; self-employment taxes and disability insurance. You are not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.
7.3 The parties acknowledge and agree that your conduct of Program Activities under this Agreement exempt you from federal employment tax law under Internal Revenue Code section 3508, and any materially or substantially similar state provisions exempting direct sellers from state taxes.
7.4 The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement will be non-exclusive, and recognize that they are or may be engaged in similar arrangements with others. Without limiting any separate agreement that you and GuestyRides may choose to enter into regarding exclusivity, nothing in this Agreement will preclude either party from doing business with any other entity or person, including the performance of marketing, sales, or promotional services for such entities or persons.
8. Proprietary Rights
You will not use, distribute or modify any GuestyRides trademarks, text, images, videos, documents or other content of GuestyRides except as permitted in the Participation Terms. GuestyRides’ rights to the content or other materials you create or use in connection with the Program are as set forth in the Participation Terms.
9. Confidentiality
You agree to protect the confidentiality of any nonpublic information of a confidential or proprietary nature that you obtain in connection with this Agreement (“Confidential Information”). You will not retain or use the Confidential Information except to the extent necessary for you to perform this Agreement, and you will not disclose Confidential Information to any third party except to your accountants, attorneys or other agents on a confidential basis, or as required by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena), provided that prior to any disclosure required by law you give advance written notice to GuestyRides and allow GuestyRides to
object and seek protective treatment or pursue other actions regarding such Confidential Information. The foregoing obligations will survive the termination of this Agreement.
10. No Publicity
You may not issue a press release or otherwise refer to GuestyRides in any manner in connection with the Program or this Agreement, without the prior written consent of GuestyRides.
11. Term and Termination 11.1 Term
The term of this Agreement will continue until terminated by you or us as set forth in this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that the term of this Agreement does not reflect an uninterrupted service arrangement, as this Agreement guarantees you the right to choose when, if at all, to conduct Program Activities during the term of this Agreement.
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11.2 Termination
Either party may terminate this Agreement in its entirety with or without cause, by giving at least seven (7) days’ prior written notice of termination to the other party. Upon termination, your rights as set forth in this Agreement will immediately terminate and you will immediately cease conducting all Program Activities. Any outstanding payment obligations and Sections 7 (Relationship of the Parties), 9 (Confidentiality), 10 (No Publicity), 11.2 (Termination), 12 (Indemnification), 13 (Disclaimers), 14 (Limits of Liability), 15 (Arbitration Provision), 16 (Additional Terms) will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
12. Indemnification
You will indemnify, hold harmless and (at GuestyRides’ option) defend GuestyRides and its corporate affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) with respect to any third party claim arising out of or related to: (a) your performance of and conduct in connection with the Program and this Agreement, including the activities of your personnel, agents and subcontractors; (b) allegations that any content or other material you distribute, display or perform infringes or violates any intellectual property right, right of publicity, or other proprietary right (except to the extent the allegedly infringing material was originally provided by GuestyRides to you for such distribution, display or performance); © allegations that any of the messages you send or calls made or received that violate relevant Privacy and Communications laws, including but not limited to CAN-SPAM Act, TCPA or relevant state laws; (d) your failure to satisfy any debt, obligation or liability, including your failure to comply with your obligations to any of your personnel, agents or subcontractors, including payment of wages, provision of benefits, and payment of employment taxes; or (e) your breach of this Agreement. Unless GuestyRides elects to control the defense, you will assume the defense of the indemnified claim through counsel designated by you and reasonably acceptable to GuestyRides, and GuestyRides may, at its expense, participate in the defense with its own counsel. You will not settle or compromise any indemnified claim, or consent to the entry of any judgment, without written consent of GuestyRides, which will not be unreasonably withheld. GuestyRides will reasonably cooperate with you in the defense of an indemnified claim, provided that you reimburse GuestyRides for its costs and expenses as they are incurred to provide such cooperation.
13. Disclaimers
THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE PLATFORMS AND SERVICES OF ANY NETWORK PROVIDER, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” GuestyRides HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM OR THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, GuestyRides MAKES NO GUARANTEES THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM OR THE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES YOU CONDUCT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL RESULT IN REFERRAL FEES, CONTINUED OR FUTURE BUSINESS WITH GuestyRides, OR OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE COURSE OF CONDUCTING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, YOU MAY INTERACT WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT MAY POSE HARM OR RISK TO YOU OR OTHERS. YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTERACTIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES ENCOUNTERED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR CONDUCT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. GuestyRides AND ITS CORPORATE AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF YOU, ANY POTENTIAL NEW USER, OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY.
14. Limits of Liability
EXCEPT FOR YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OR A BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
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CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF PROFITS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM OR THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY GuestyRides WILL BE WITHOUT LIABILITY TO GuestyRides OR ITS CORPORATE AFFILIATES.
15. Arbitration Provision
Important Note Regarding this Arbitration Provision:
-Except as otherwise provided below, arbitration does not limit or affect the legal claims you may bring against GuestyRides. Agreeing to arbitration only affects where any such claims may be brought and how they will be resolved.
-Arbitration is a process of private dispute resolution that does not involve the civil courts, a civil judge, or a jury. Instead, the parties’ dispute is decided by a private arbitrator selected by the parties using the process set forth herein. Other arbitration rules and procedures are also set forth herein.
-In arbitration, you will not be required to bear any type of fee or expense that you would not be required to bear if you filed the action in a court of law.
-IMPORTANT: Except as otherwise provided below, this Arbitration Provision will require you to resolve any claim that you may have against GuestyRides or its corporate affiliates on an individual basis. Except as otherwise provided below, this provision will also preclude you from initiating, participating in, or recovering any relief in a class, collective, or representative action against GuestyRides or its corporate affiliates. The availability of claims or actions under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, California Labor Code § 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”) is addressed separately below in the “Private Attorneys General Act” section.
-If you do not wish to be subject to this Arbitration Provision, you may opt out of the Arbitration Provision by following the instructions provided in Section 15.8. WHETHER TO AGREE TO ARBITRATION IS AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS DECISION. IT IS YOUR DECISION TO MAKE, AND YOU SHOULD NOT RELY SOLELY UPON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT AS IT IS NOT INTENDED TO CONTAIN A COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF ARBITRATION. YOU SHOULD TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO CONDUCT FURTHER RESEARCH AND TO CONSULT WITH OTHERS — INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN ATTORNEY — REGARDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DECISION, JUST AS YOU WOULD WHEN MAKING ANY OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS OR LIFE DECISION.
15.1 How This Arbitration Provision Applies.
This Arbitration Provision is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (the “FAA”). Except as it otherwise provides, this Arbitration Provision applies to any dispute, past, present or future, arising out of or related to this Agreement or formation or termination of the Agreement and survives after the Agreement terminates. Nothing contained in this Arbitration Provision will be construed to prevent or excuse you from utilizing any informal procedure for resolution of complaints established in this Agreement (if any), and this Arbitration Provision is not intended to be a substitute for the utilization of such procedures. This agreement will be governed by the FAA even in the event this Arbitration Provision is found to be exempt from the FAA as a matter of law. Any disputes in this regard will be resolved exclusively by an arbitrator. In the event the arbitrator determines the FAA does not apply, the state law governing arbitration agreements in the state in which you conduct the majority of Program Activities will apply (or if you have never performed any Program Activities, the law of the state in which you reside).
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that otherwise would be resolved in a court of law or before any forum other than arbitration, with the exception of proceedings that must be exhausted under applicable law before pursuing a claim in a court of law or in any forum other than arbitration. Except as it otherwise provides, this Arbitration Provision requires all such disputes to be resolved only by an arbitrator through final and binding arbitration on an individual basis only and not by way of court or jury trial, or by way of class, collective, or representative action.
Except as provided in Section 15.5, below, regarding the Class Action Waiver, such disputes include disputes arising out of or relating to interpretation, application, enforceability, revocability or validity of this Arbitration Provision, or any portion of the Arbitration Provision. This also includes disputes regarding whether the Arbitration Provision is governed by the FAA. All such matters will be decided by an Arbitrator and not by a court or judge. As set forth in Section 15.5, the preceding sentences in this paragraph will not apply to disputes relating to the Class Action Waiver, defined below, including their interpretation, enforceability, revocability or validity.
Except as it otherwise provides, this Arbitration Provision also applies to all disputes between you and GuestyRides, as well as all disputes between you and GuestyRides’ fiduciaries, administrators, corporate affiliates, and all successors and assigns of any of them, including but not limited to any disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement and disputes arising out of or related to your relationship with GuestyRides, including the formation or termination of the relationship. Except as it otherwise provides, this Arbitration Provision also applies to disputes regarding any city, county, state or federal wage-hour law, trade secrets, unfair competition, compensation, breaks and rest periods, expense reimbursement, termination, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and claims arising under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans With Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (except for individual claims for employee benefits under any benefit plan sponsored by GuestyRides and covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or funded by insurance), Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, and state statutes, if any, addressing the same or similar subject matters, and all other similar federal, state and/or local statutory and common law claims.
This Arbitration Provision is intended to require arbitration of every claim or dispute that lawfully can be arbitrated, except for those claims and disputes which by the terms of this Arbitration Provision are expressly excluded from arbitration.
15.2 Limitations On How This Arbitration Provision Applies.
The disputes, claims, and requests for relief set forth below will not be subject to arbitration and the requirement to arbitrate set forth in this Arbitration Provision will not apply:
-Claims for workers compensation, state disability insurance and unemployment insurance benefits;
-Disputes that are not permitted to be subject to a pre-dispute arbitration agreement pursuant to applicable Federal law or Executive Order;
-Disputes regarding your or GuestyRides’ intellectual property rights.
Furthermore, nothing in this Arbitration Provision prevents you from making a report to or filing a claim or charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, Securities Exchange Commission, National Labor Relations Board, or Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and nothing in this Agreement or Arbitration Provision prevents the investigation by a government agency of any report, claim or charge otherwise covered by this Arbitration Provision. Nothing in this Arbitration Provision will be deemed to preclude or excuse a party from bringing an administrative claim before any agency in order to fulfill the party’s obligation to exhaust administrative remedies before making a claim in arbitration.
15.3 Selecting The Arbitrator and Location of the Arbitration.
The Arbitrator will be selected by mutual agreement of GuestyRides and you. Unless you and GuestyRides mutually agree otherwise, the Arbitrator will be an attorney licensed to practice in the location where the arbitration
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proceeding will be conducted or a retired federal or state judicial officer who presided in the jurisdiction where the arbitration will be conducted. If the parties cannot agree on an Arbitrator, then an arbitrator will be selected using the alternate strike method from a list of five (5) neutral arbitrators provided by JAMS (Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services). You will have the option of making the first strike. If a JAMS arbitrator is used, then the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules & Procedures rules will apply; however, if there is a conflict between the JAMS Rules and this Arbitration Provision, this Arbitration Provision will govern. Those rules are available here:
http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/
The location of the arbitration proceeding will be in the state where you reside (or, if you are a corporation, where you are domiciled), no more than 45 miles from the city in which you reside or are domiciled, unless each party to the arbitration agrees in writing otherwise.
15.4 Starting The Arbitration.
All claims in arbitration are subject to the same statutes of limitation that would apply in court. The party bringing the claim must demand arbitration in writing and deliver the written demand by hand or first class mail to the other party within the applicable statute of limitations period. The demand for arbitration will include identification of the parties, a statement of the legal and factual basis of the claim(s), and a specification of the remedy sought. Any demand for arbitration made to you or GuestyRides will be provided to the following address: 1455 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. The arbitrator will resolve all disputes regarding the timeliness or propriety of the demand for arbitration. A party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in connection with an arbitrable controversy, but only upon the ground that the award to which that party may be entitled may be rendered ineffectual without such provisional relief.
15.5 How Arbitration Proceedings Are Conducted.
In arbitration, the parties will have the right to conduct adequate civil discovery, bring dispositive motions, and present witnesses and evidence as needed to present their cases and defenses, and any disputes in this regard will be resolved by the Arbitrator.
You and GuestyRides agree to resolve any dispute that is in arbitration and subject to this Arbitration Provision on an individual basis only, and not on a class, collective action, or representative basis (“Class Action Waiver”). The Arbitrator will have no authority to consider or resolve any claim or issue any relief on any basis other than an individual basis. The Arbitrator will have no authority to consider or resolve any claim or issue any relief on a class, collective, or representative basis. The term “representative” in this paragraph includes all representative actions that are subject to this Arbitration Provision, except for claims or actions under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, California Labor Code § 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”). Your ability to assert, participate in, or obtain recovery for PAGA claims or actions is addressed separately below in the subsection entitled “Private Attorneys General Act.” Notwithstanding any other provision of this Arbitration Provision, the Agreement, or the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules & Procedures, disputes regarding the enforceability, revocability or validity of the Class Action Waiver may be resolved only by a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator. In any case in which (1) the dispute is filed as a class, collective, or representative action and (2) there is a final judicial determination that all or part of the Class Action Waiver is unenforceable, the class, collective, and/or representative action to that extent must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction, but the portion of the Class Action Waiver that is enforceable will be enforced in arbitration.
While GuestyRides will not take any retaliatory action in response to any exercise of rights you may have under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, if any, GuestyRides will not be precluded from moving to enforce its rights under the FAA to compel arbitration on the terms and conditions set forth in this Arbitration Provision.
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Private Attorneys General Act.
This Agreement is not intended to apply to claims brought under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, California Labor Code § 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”). The Parties agree that any representative actions brought under the PAGA must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with Section 15.5 of this Arbitration Provision. The parties further agree that the litigation of any representative PAGA claims in a civil court of competent jurisdiction will be stayed, pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration.
15.6 Paying For The Arbitration.
Each party will pay the fees for his, her or its own attorneys, subject to any remedies to which that party may later be entitled under applicable law (i.e., a party prevails on a claim that provides for the award of reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party). In all cases where required by law or by agreement of GuestyRides or its corporate affiliates, GuestyRides will pay the Arbitrator’s and arbitration fees. If under applicable law GuestyRides is not required to pay all of the Arbitrator’s and/or arbitration fees, you will not be required to bear any type of fee or expense that you would not be required to bear if you had filed the action in a court of law. Any disputes in that regard will be resolved by the Arbitrator as soon as practicable after the Arbitrator is selected, and GuestyRides will bear all the Arbitrator’s and arbitration fees until such time as the Arbitrator resolves any such dispute.
15.7 The Arbitration Hearing And Award.
The parties will arbitrate their dispute before the Arbitrator, who will confer with the parties regarding the conduct of the hearing and resolve any disputes the parties may have in that regard. Within 30 days of the close of the arbitration hearing, or within a longer period of time as agreed to by the parties or as ordered by the Arbitrator, any party will have the right to prepare, serve on the other party and file with the Arbitrator a brief. The Arbitrator may award any party any remedy to which that party is entitled under applicable law, but such remedies will be limited to those that would be available to a party in his or her individual capacity in a court of law for the claims presented to and decided by the Arbitrator, and no remedies that otherwise would be available to an individual in a court of law will be forfeited by virtue of this Arbitration Provision. The Arbitrator will issue a decision or award in writing, stating the essential findings of fact and conclusions of law. A court of competent jurisdiction will have the authority to enter a judgment upon the award made pursuant to the arbitration. 2018.11.13 -8-
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with a copy of this Agreement and maintained by GuestyRides. However, if you opt out of this Arbitration Provision and later demand arbitration in writing with respect to a dispute, then you and GuestyRides will arbitrate the dispute pursuant to this Arbitration Provision.
Your decision to opt out of this Arbitration Provision will relieve you only of your obligation to arbitrate the disputes specified in this Arbitration Provision, and does not relieve you of any obligation to arbitrate disputes that might arise under any other arbitration agreements to which you and GuestyRides or any of its corporate affiliates may be bound. Similarly, your decision to opt out of another arbitration provision contained in any other agreement will not relieve your obligation to arbitrate disputes pursuant to this Arbitration Provision.
You acknowledge and agree that if GuestyRides modifies any provision of this Agreement other than a provision in Section 15, you will not have a renewed opportunity to opt out of arbitration. You further acknowledge and agree that if GuestyRides modifies the addresses for hand delivery, mailing, or electronic mailing of opt-out notices identified in this Arbitration Provision, you will not have a renewed opportunity to opt of arbitration. If, however, GuestyRides modifies any provision of this Arbitration Provision other than the addresses for hand delivery, mailing, or electronic mailing of opt-out notices, you will have a renewed opportunity to opt out of arbitration. In such circumstances, the 30-day opt out period will begin to run upon your execution of the modified Agreement. Changes to any information referenced at hyperlinks from the Agreement or Arbitration Provision will not create a renewed opportunity to opt-out.
Should you not opt out of this Arbitration Provision within the 30-day period, you and GuestyRides will be bound by the terms of this Arbitration Provision. You have the right to consult with counsel of your choice concerning this Arbitration Provision. You understand that you will not be subject to retaliation if you exercise your right to assert claims or opt-out of coverage under this Arbitration Provision.
15.9 Full and Complete Agreement Related to Formal Resolution of Disputes; Enforcement Of This Arbitration Provision.
This Arbitration Provision is the full and complete agreement relating to the formal resolution of disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement and/or arising out of or related to any Program Activities you may conduct. In the event any portion of this Arbitration Provision is deemed unenforceable or invalid, the unenforceable or invalid provision or provisions will be restricted or severed from this Arbitration Provision, in order to preserve as much of the parties’ Arbitration Provision as possible.
16. Additional Terms
16.1 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Florida, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction.
16.2 Advice of Counsel. Each party acknowledges having had the opportunity to be represented by and/or advised by independent counsel of its own choice throughout all negotiations preceding execution of this Agreement; therefore, the terms of this Agreement will be given a neutral interpretation, and any ambiguities or uncertainty in this Agreement will not be construed against any party.
16.3 Notices. Any and all notices permitted or required to be given to a party under this Agreement will be sent in accordance with the notice provisions in the Participation Terms.
16.4 Waiver. The failure of either party to enforce, at any time or for any period of time, the provisions of this Agreement, or the failure of either party to exercise any option in this Agreement, will not be construed as a waiver of such provision or option and will in no way affect that party’s right to enforce such provisions or exercise such option.
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16.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid or non-binding, the parties will remain bound by all other provisions of this Agreement. Any invalid or non-binding provision will be severed or restricted, in order to preserve as much of the parties’ Agreement as possible and in light of the contents and purpose of this Agreement.
16.6 Entire Agreement; Waiver; Interpretation. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and replaces and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or undertakings between the parties regarding such subject matter. For clarity, this Agreement does not amend, replace or supersede any Network Provider Terms, except that to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between a provision of this Agreement and a provision of any Network Provider Terms, the provision of this Agreement will control. The failure of GuestyRides to enforce any right or provision in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by GuestyRides in writing. In this Agreement, the words “including” and “include” mean “including, but not limited to.”
16.7 No Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of GuestyRides, and any attempted assignment without such consent will be void. GuestyRides may assign this agreement to (a) a corporate affiliate of GuestyRides, or (b) in connection with the sale or transfer of substantially all of GuestyRides’ business or assets to which this Agreement relates. Subject to the foregoing restriction on your assignment, this Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of each party hereto and its respective successors and assigns.
16.8 DTSA Notification. The misappropriation of trade secrets (a form of intellectual property) is a violation of law, just like the theft of any property. In addition to state law remedies, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the “DTSA”) enables a trade secret owner to bring a trade secret misappropriation case in federal court. The DTSA generally provides that an individual will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law in the following circumstances: (i) where the individual discloses trade secrets in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) where the disclosure is made in a sealed filing in a lawsuit or other proceeding. In addition, the DTSA generally permits an individual to disclose trade secrets to the individual’s attorney in the course of pursuing a lawsuit where the person alleges retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of the law (or uses the trade secret information in such lawsuit, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order). The foregoing is a very generalized summary of the immunity provisions of the DTSA intended to satisfy the notification requirements of the DTSA. The DTSA does not preclude the trade secret owner from seeking breach of contract remedies, however. You should seek legal counsel before disclosing any trade secrets if you intend to seek immunity under the DTSA.
17. Modification of Agreement
GuestyRides may amend this Agreement by providing at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of the amendment, however GuestyRides may modify any Participation Terms effective ten days after such notice (or upon such later date as may be specified in the notice). You may terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the effective date of such amendment or modification. By continuing to conduct any Program Activities after the effective date of any such amendment or modification, you accept and agree to be
bound by the Agreement amendment or modified Participation Terms. However, if you accept the terms of an amendment presented to you by GuestyRides, such as in a clickthrough agreement process, then such amendment will be effective immediately (or on such later date as specified in the amendment) without requirement of advance notice.
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GuestyRides Affiliate Participation Terms
The following GuestyRides Affiliate Participation Terms (“Participation Terms”) are incorporated into the GuestyRides Affiliate Program Agreement (“Agreement”). These Participation Terms may be updated from time to time as set forth in the Agreement.
Participation Requirements
Promo Codes and Links Requirements Content and Trademark Requirements Sending Notices to GuestyRides and You
GuestyRides values the privacy of riders, drivers, eaters, delivery partners, restaurant partners, and others who utilize GuestyRides’ software application service. As described below, you may not use automated calls or text (SMS) messages to send promo codes, promotional messages, or otherwise conduct Program Activities.
Participation Requirements
Effective: March 28, 2022
As a contracted participant in the GuestyRides Affiliate Program, you must comply with the following:
1. General. You must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standard practices regarding advertising (including, without limitation, the Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides, any FTC guidance on affiliate marketing, and any FTC guidance on native advertising). For example:
1. Where it is not clear that a promotion is a paid advertisement, you must include a clear and concise statement disclosing your relationship to GuestyRides. For example, if you promote GuestyRides through a webpage, blog post, social media post as an endorsement or review of GuestyRides or incentivize others to do so, you must ensure that such post includes a clear disclosure that it is an advertisement or was otherwise promoted by GuestyRides.
2. Your disclosure must be as close as possible to the review or endorsement; be placed above the fold so it does not require any scrolling to see it; and not be in the form of a pop-up.
3. Any statements you make about GuestyRides must reflect your honest opinions, beliefs, or experiences and must not be false, misleading, or unsupported.
2. Claims Regarding Driver or Delivery Partner Earnings and Finance or Lease Terms. You may not make any representations regarding (1) the income a driver or delivery partner is likely to or may earn while driving with GuestyRides; (2) the terms or conditions of leasing or financing a vehicle through an GuestyRides entity or any other entity; or (3) any other terms related to purchasing or leasing a vehicle. You represent that you have read and understand GuestyRides’ FTC Settlement Order concerning earnings claims or lease terms.
3. Use of GuestyRides Marks. You may not use the GuestyRides logo, GuestyRides typeface, GuestyRides app launcher icon, the word “GuestyRides,” or any other GuestyRides trademarks or branding elements in any social media handle, account name, profile picture, business name, website name, domain name, or in any other representation of yourself or your business.
4. Prohibited Activities. You may not send or promote promo codes, links or other promotional messages relating to GuestyRides through or using any of the following means:
a. text or SMS messages, or outbound phone calls, including fax and automated or
predictive dialers (aka: robo calls)
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Unsolicited commercial emails (spam)
Pop-ups or pop-unders on third party websites or via networks (pop-ups on your own website are acceptable)
Ads that appear on sites and apps that contain or reference categories: adult content, pornography, weapons, graphic violence (including any violent video game images), alcohol, drugs, tragedy, transportation accidents, sensitive social issues, gambling, or content that is offensive, profane, hateful, threatening, harmful, defamatory, libelous, harassing, or discriminatory (whether based on race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, or otherwise);or solicitous of any unlawful behavior.
Ads that appear on any sites, apps or networks owned, operated or controlled by any of the blacklisted sites at https://uber.box.com/v/UberBlacklist; and You will ensure that any advertisement material provided by GuestyRides does not appear on any of these properties identified on the list provided and at no time shall any of GuestyRides’ advertisements, names, logos, trade names or trademarks appear adjacent to any content that promotes a property contained on that list.
Ads or other promotions on online job boards, unless the provider has executed an attestation to be in compliance with GuestyRides earnings disclosure requirements.
Ads tracked through toolbars, web browser, or any other type of add-on that presents GuestyRides.
Malware, tracking software, or any type of downloadable software
Ads or ad-related activities that are:
(i) fraudulent (e.g., an action with no chance of being seen by a human or activity not conducted by a human, including, without limitation, bot traffic, ad stacking and pixel stuffing)
(ii) incorrectly set up by you, including, without limitation, broken or non-responsive clicks or links
(iii) to the extent applicable, missing the referral source in your transparency report
(iv) to the extent applicable, include mismatches between the SharedID and the referral URL
(v) non-human traffic, including traffic from sources that are designed to engage in inflated or fraudulent click activity.
Promotion through a method requiring GuestyRides’ approval, as described in Section 5 below,
without such approval.
11. no contests or sweepstakes that reference GuestyRides
Within five (5) days of GuestyRides’ request, you will provide a list of all websites, apps and networks on or through which you send or promote promo codes, links or other promotional messages relating to GuestyRides.
Any violation of the above Prohibited Activities will constitute and be treated as a material breach of the Agreement and will cause irreparable harm to GuestyRides entitling GuestyRides to (among other things, and without limiting any of GuestyRides’ other rights and remedies, all of which are expressly reserved):
(A) Immediately terminate the Agreement and/or
(B) Payment by you to GuestyRides of the following amounts: (1) any amounts received (directly or indirectly) by you as a result of such violation, and (2) $500 for each such violation (with each page, advertisement, communication, or other item or action constituting a separate violation) (all such amounts the “Damage Amounts”), which Damage Amounts are agreed upon by the parties as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, and which sum amount has been computed, estimated and agreed upon as an attempt to make a reasonable forecast of actual loss because of the difficult of estimating the exactness of the damages which shall result. For administrative purposes, GuestyRides shall be entitled, at its election, to deduct any Damage Amounts from any amounts then due to you.
5. Promotion Methods Requiring Approval. The following promotion methods are allowed only with GuestyRides’ approval in each instance:
Incent (CPA walls, cash and points, etc.)
Newsletters (regular email series sent in the full branding of the publisher and where the publisher is the legal ‘sender’. Campaigns where GuestyRides is the exclusive advertiser requires GuestyRides.
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approval. In the event that GuestyRides is one of many advertisers in a newsletter, the campaign does not require GuestyRides approval.
c. Content (blogs; news)
d. Dedicated emails (email featuring only GuestyRides, sent entirely in GuestyRides’ branding from an email address that may be perceived as coming from GuestyRides directly)
6. Privacy. You must respect the privacy of consumers and be transparent about your data collection and use practices. That means that you may not collect personal information about individuals, including their names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any other personal information unless you have provided notice and obtained their consent in accordance with the law applicable in your jurisdiction. You may not under any circumstances engage in “scraping” or any other form of automated data collection to collect personal information about individuals. In addition:
You may not contact people with promotional materials unless they have consented to be contacted through that medium consistent with relevant local law.
You must comply with all applicable laws, rules, self-regulatory principles, and industry best practices governing the collection and use of data from users for purposes of serving ads that are targeted to their interests, including but not limited to the Data Marketing Association, ESPC, M3AAAWG, Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, Mobile Principles, and Cross-Device Principles, and FTC Guidance on Cross-Device Tracking.
3. You agree to promptly notify GuestyRides in the event of any Privacy Incident, and to promptly cooperate with GuestyRides in the event of any Privacy Incident that GuestyRides escalates to you or requests your cooperation. A “Privacy Incident” includes any allegation that you have not properly provided notice or obtained consent to collect phone numbers for automated calls or texts/SMS, collected data in a manner inconsistent with your privacy policy, user notice, applicable law, or applicable self-regulatory rules.
7. Records and Audit; Public Relations. You will maintain accurate and complete records relating to your conduct of Program Activities and compliance with the Agreement, including the Participation Terms. Upon request, you will enable GuestyRides or its designated service provider to audit your records and other materials to verify your compliance with the Agreement, including the Participation Terms. GuestyRides will provide at least five (5) days’ advance notice of an audit request. In addition, you will promptly provide such records and other materials, and provide other cooperation and assistance, as requested by GuestyRides to comply with law or with governmental or other third party requirements, requests or investigations. You will promptly notify GuestyRides of any inquiry received by you from any news media, reporter, publication, trade association or governmental authority, and of any complaints or allegations of wrongdoing received by you, with regard to GuestyRides, the Program, or your conduct of Program Activities.
8. Sub-Affiliate Networks. Promoting GuestyRides through a sub-affiliate network is permitted, however you must be completely transparent with regards to where traffic from your sub-affiliates originated. Sub-affiliate networks must ensure that all sub-affiliates promoting GuestyRides adhere to the Agreement, including these Participation Terms. This includes restrictions on advertising through SMS, email, and through any paid placements such as a pay-per-click campaigns. Sub-affiliate networks must also receive written approval from GuestyRides prior to allowing any type of promotion method that requires GuestyRides approval, as described above in Section 5. All sub-affiliate networks must pass back a readable source and their shared media partner IDs. Additionally, sub-affiliate networks are prohibited from re-brokering campaigns regarding GuestyRides to any other networks or agencies. Failure to comply with these sub-affiliate network terms may result in a loss and/or reduction of Referral Fees from referrals made through any sub-affiliate that does not comply with the Agreement, including any Participation Terms. If you or your sub-affiliate is found to be in violation of the Agreement, including any Participation Terms, the Referral Fee earned during the period of the violation will be withheld. If you or the same sub-affiliate violates the Agreement an additional time, the Referral Fee earned during the entire week when the violation occurred will
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also be withheld. If you or your sub-affiliate violates the Agreement a third time, GuestyRides reserves the right to terminate your participation in the Program or your right to use the sub-affiliate immediately. A “week” means the Monday on or prior running up to the following Sunday. The rate of the Referral Fee withholding will be the daily average Referral Fee rate thirty (30) days prior to the violation. You further acknowledge that by engaging a sub-affiliate network, that GuestyRides may apply any of the violations of the terms and conditions by your sub-affiliate either exclusively to that sub-affiliate or directly to you. Within five (5) days of GuestyRides’ request, you will provide a list of all sub-affiliates utilized directly or indirectly by you and remove any sub-affiliates from your use for the Program.
9. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Guidelines. If you participate in PPC advertising, you must adhere to our PPC guidelines as follows:
● You may not bid on “GuestyRides” or any other GuestyRides trademarks, including any variations or misspellings of such terms (“GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms”) for search- or content- based campaigns on Google, MSN, Bing, Yahoo, Facebook or any other network or search engine in the world.
● You may not use GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms in sequence with any other keyword (i.e. GuestyRides Coupons).
● You may not use GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms in your ad title, ad copy, display name or as the display URL.
● You may not direct link to our website or app store pages (e.g., Apple App Store or Google Play) from any Pay Per Click ad or use redirects that yield the same result.
● Affiliate links must be directed to an actual page on your website, except to the extent explicitly authorized by GuestyRides.
● You may not bid in any manner, appearing higher than GuestyRides for any search term in position 1-5 in any auction style pay-per-click advertising program. If you automate your PPC campaigns, the responsibility is yours to exclude our GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms from your program and we strongly suggest you add our GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms as negative keywords. We have a strict no tolerance policy on PPC trademark bidding. We will not enter a discussion about when the violation started and when it stopped; you will forfeit all Referral Fees for a minimum of the past 30 days and your Referral Fee will be set to $0 without warning. GuestyRides Marks and Restricted Terms include, without limitation: GuestyRides Corporation, GuestyRides Driver, GuestyRides Rider, GuestyRides, GuestyRides Eats, GuestyRides com, www.GuestyRides.com, GuestyRides promo, GuestyRides coupon, GuestyRides coupons, GuestyRides discounts, GuestyRides discount, GuestyRides promos, GuestyRides Technologies Inc., GuestyRides.com coupon, GuestyRides.com coupons, GuestyRides.com promo, GuestyRides.com promos, GuestyRides sale, or any variation of the above. GuestyRides can modify this list at any time in its discretion.
10. Social Media. Promotion on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, and other social media platforms is permitted following these general guidelines: You ARE ALLOWED to promote offers to your followers or own lists (excluding Facebook custom audiences or similar programs); more specifically, you are welcome to use your Approved Links on your own social media properties, Facebook, Twitter, etc.; provided you will comply with the terms that govern your use of such social media platform. For example: You may post, “$20 off your first GuestyRides ride through Wednesday with code RIDEUBER20” on Facebook. You ARE PROHIBITED from posting your affiliate links on GuestyRides’ social media properties and via any paid social media channels such as Facebook Ads.
11. No Resale. You acknowledge and agree that Promotional Codes may only be distributed free-of- charge, and that you will not attempt to sell or trade the Promotional Codes to anyone in exchange for anything of value. You further acknowledge and agree not to use the Promotional Codes for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. Promo Codes and Links Requirements – 14 – 2018.11.13
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1. Referral Fee
1.1 GuestyRides may provide you with a unique promotional code (the “New User Promo Code”) which, when applied and used by a New GuestyRides User (defined below), will be valid for up to a specified US dollar amount (as specified by GuestyRides) off of one (1) ride requested via the GuestyRides mobile application (“GuestyRides Rider App”) or one (1) order requested via the UberEATS mobile application (“UberEATS App”). (In this document, the GuestyRides Rider App and UberEATS App are each sometimes referred to as an “App.”) The New User Promo Code will be valid through the expiration date as established by GuestyRides. A “New GuestyRides User” means an individual who does not have an existing account with GuestyRides, downloads the applicable App, enters the New User Promo Code, creates a new user account with GuestyRides (including entering a credit card) and completes a first qualifying GuestyRides ride order (as applicable) requested via the App within forty five (45) days of entering the New User Promo Code. If the New User Promo Code is valid for GuestyRides rides, it will not be valid for rides taken using uberTAXI. If the New User Promo Code is valid for UberEATS orders, it will not be valid for rides or other requests made through the GuestyRides Rider App.
1.2 Subject to the terms of the Agreement, GuestyRides will pay you a referral fee (“Referral Fee”) as specified in the EIO (defined below) for each New GuestyRides User who applies the New User Promo Code and completes at least one qualifying request via the App within forty five (45) days of entering the New User Promo Code (“Referral”). Unless otherwise specified in the EIO, GuestyRides (or its agents) will pay your Referral Fee one day after the end of the month which your Referrals have “locked in”. A Referral is “locked in” fifteen (15) days after the end of the month which the New GuestyRides User applied the New User Promo Code and only if each application of the New User Promo Code complies with this Agreement. For example purposes only, if you make a Referral on January 10, 2017, they will “lock in” on February 15, 2017, and be paid to you on March 1, 2017 (assuming you have complied with all other terms of this Agreement).
1.3 GuestyRides may present to you Electronic Insertion Orders (“EIO”) which may contain supplemental terms and conditions including actions and qualifying parameters that entitle you to earn Referral Fees. Notification to you of any change in Referral Fee (or those requirements to earn such Referral Fees) will be given by GuestyRides at the email address on hand for you (or by other written means of communication) or through the Network Provider dashboard. The EIO are incorporated in these Participation Terms by reference. In the event of a direct conflict between an EIO and this Agreement, the EIO will control.
4. 1.4 All Referral Fees will be paid in U.S. Dollars.
5. 1.5 In the event that you breach the Agreement, including any of the Participation Terms,
then you will not be eligible to receive any Referral Fees that otherwise would have been payable to you, and GuestyRides will not be obligated to pay such Referral Fees to you.
1.6 Referral Fee will not be earned or owed by GuestyRides if, as determined by GuestyRides:
(a) You did not complete all the actions required to earn the Referral Fee (as set forth in the Participation Terms or in the EIO);
(b) GuestyRides suspects you have committed fraud or have otherwise acted in a non−bona fide manner in connection with performance under this Agreement;
(d) You violated any applicable law, this Agreement or any other terms presented by GuestyRides; or
(e) the New GuestyRides User violates the applicable GuestyRides User Terms.
2. Promo Code Distribution; Marketing Materials
2.1 When distributing New User Promo Codes, you must clearly disclose the expiration date and otherwise comply with the Participation Terms.
2.2 GuestyRides may, but is not required to, make available to you certain banner advertisements, button links, text links, and for other graphic or textual material for display and use for the Program (the “Promotional Materials”). You agree to display the Promotional Materials solely in accordance with
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GuestyRides’ guidelines.
2.3 Your distribution of the New User Promo Code and use and display of the Promotional
Materials will strictly conform to the following terms, conditions and specifications: (a) You may not use any graphic, textual or other materials to promote GuestyRides’ website, mobile application, products or services other than the Promotional Materials (in exactly the form as provided by GuestyRides), unless GuestyRides agrees to such other materials in writing prior to their display.
(b) You will not alter, add to, subtract from, or otherwise modify the Promotional Materials as they are prepared by GuestyRides. If you wish to alter or otherwise modify the Promotional Materials, you must obtain prior written consent from GuestyRides.© You will not engage in the distribution of any unsolicited bulk emails (spam) in any way mentioning or referencing GuestyRides, GuestyRides’ website or mobile application or GuestyRides’ products or services.
(d) You will not advertise through any paid media such as search engine ads, display advertising, paid social advertising such as Facebook ads. You will not post the Promotional Materials or any of its contents, or link to any Promotional Materials or any online job boards.
(e) You may not use the Promotional Materials on any property which includes any of the following materials, images or content (as determined by GuestyRides): sexually explicit, obscene, or pornographic; offensive, profane, hateful, threatening, harmful, defamatory, libelous, harassing, or discriminatory (whether based on race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, or otherwise); graphically violent, including any violent video game images; or solicitous of any unlawful behavior.
(f) If GuestyRides has provided Promotional Material to you in order for you to review or
endorse GuestyRides or its products or services, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standard practices regarding such review or endorsement (including, without limitation, any FTC guidance on affiliate marketing disclosures). Without limiting the foregoing, you will include a disclosure statement within any and all webpages, blog posts, or social a media posts where GuestyRides affiliate links are posted as an endorsement or review, and where it is not clear that the link is a paid advertisement. This disclosure statement will be clear and concise and will state that GuestyRides is compensating you for your review. If you received any free products or services from GuestyRides in exchange for your review, this also must be clearly stated in the disclosure. The disclosure statement will: be as close as possible to the review or endorsement; be placed above the fold so it does not require any scrolling to see the disclosure; and not be in the form of a pop−up.
2.4 NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, IN THE EVENT GuestyRides REQUIRES YOU TO REMOVE, MODIFY OR ADJUST ANY ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUING THE NEW USER PROMO CODE OR ANY PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FROM ANY MEDIUM, YOU AGREE TO IMMEDIATELY COMPLY. GuestyRides MAY IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN THE EVENT YOU FAIL TO COMPLY.
Content and Trademark Requirements
Effective: March 28, 2022
1. You may use the GuestyRides Marks (as defined below) that are specified by GuestyRides for your use solely to create and use your own promotional content for your conduct of Program Activities, in accordance with this Agreement and the trademark guidelines and other instructions as GuestyRides may make available to you from time to time, but subject to GuestyRides’ prior written approval of the promotional content you create. You may not use such promotional content you create without GuestyRides’ approval. You grant to GuestyRides a perpetual, – 16 –
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irrevocable, sublicenseable, royalty-free license, during and after the term of this Agreement, to reproduce, distribute, display, perform, modify and otherwise use any text, images, videos or other content (including promotional content) that you create or publish in connection with your conduct of Program Activities (collectively, “Your Content”), for any marketing, promotional or internal business purposes, without attribution or further compensation to you.
2. GuestyRides’ trademarks (including, but not limited to the “GuestyRides” mark), service marks, trade dress, logos and any other indicia of the source of GuestyRides’ goods or services (“GuestyRides Marks”) are all the property of GuestyRides. Your limited right to use the GuestyRides Marks in connection with Program Activities does not give you any right, title or ownership interest with respect to the GuestyRides Marks. All goodwill arising from your use of the GuestyRides Marks in connection with Program Activities, as permitted pursuant to the Agreement, will inure to the benefit of GuestyRides.
3. You agree and acknowledge that your conduct of Program Activities, including Your Content, will be of the highest quality. Should the quality of the Program Activities you conduct fall below a standard deemed acceptable by GuestyRides, GuestyRides reserves the right to terminate your permission to use the GuestyRides Marks if the quality is not restored within a reasonable time.
4. In conducting the Program Activities, you will comply with all policies and guidelines for affiliates with respect to the GuestyRides Marks, GuestyRides’ Promotional Materials, and Your Content, as may be issued from time to time by GuestyRides.
5. Except as they are contained within Promotional Materials provided by GuestyRides for your distribution (which may not be modified by you), or as otherwise expressly permitted in these Participation Terms or elsewhere in the Agreement, you may not use the GuestyRides Marks without GuestyRides’ prior written consent in each instance.