Agreement Terms & Conditions
4. Restrictions on Marketing Practices
CARx may not engage in any inappropriate, misleading, deceptive, or unlawful conduct ("Prohibited Conduct") in connection with this Agreement including, without limitation, the following:
(a) No Incentive Promotion. CARx may not market to Dealer through the offer of incentives. By way of example, CARx may not market to Dealer any service through offers to win prizes.
(b) Misleading Consumers. CARx may not market any Lead generated by use of fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading means to: (i) generate visitors to any website, including any promotion of, or link to, and transmit that data as a Lead to Dealer; or (ii) enlist or encourage any third party to do so on Dealer's behalf, including the promotion of an instant quote. CARx and Dealer shall handle consumer information consistent with all posted privacy policies as well as with any State or Federal regulations.
5. Indemnification
Except in the event (and to the extent) of CARx negligence or willful misconduct, Dealer shall indemnify and hold harmless CARx, and its directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders and partners, members and other owners, from and against, and with respect to, Dealer's breach of this Agreement or any violation of any applicable state or federal law, code, or regulation, or unauthorized use of a third party's intellectual property, including, but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names, or copyright protected materials, that results in CARx being named as a party to litigation or other proceedings, and any demands, claims, actions, suits, proceedings, assessments, judgments, attorney’s fees and court costs.
Except in the event (and to the extent) of Dealer's negligence or willful misconduct, CARx shall indemnify and hold harmless Dealer, its subsidiaries and affiliate dealers, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders and partners, members and other owners, from and against, and with respect to, CARx breach of this Agreement or any violation of any applicable state or federal law, code, or regulation or unauthorized use of a third party’s intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names, or copyright protected materials, that results in Dealer being named as a party to litigation or other proceedings, and any demands, claims, actions, suits, proceedings, assessments, judgments, attorney’s fees and court costs, incident to the foregoing.
6. Relationship of the Parties
“Dealer” and CARx are independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement shall create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative or employment relationship between the parties. Dealer shall have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on behalf of CARx. Dealer shall not make any statement, whether on its site or otherwise, that might reasonably contradict anything in this section.
7. Exclusivity
This Agreement does not prevent Dealer from selling or fulfilling its own proprietary merchandise on its site or from accepting paid advertising from other companies in the same industry as CARx. However, Dealer shall not provide any Lead to a third party that was, or will be, provided by CARx, for the purposes of selling that lead in the Automotive Finance business.