TERMS OF SERVICE
Last updated DECember 6, 2018
Thanks for using our products and services (“Services”). The Services are provided by Verve S, LLC (“Verve S, LLC”), located at, United States.
By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them carefully.
Our Services are very diverse, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements (including age requirements) may apply. Additional terms will be available with the relevant Services, and those additional terms become part of your agreement with us if you use those Services.
Using our Services
You must follow any policies made available to you within the Services.
You agree that you are entering into a legally binding contract by the Use of our services, website and Mobile App.
Don’t misuse our Services. For example, don’t interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use our Services only as permitted by law, including applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or stop providing our Services to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.
Using our Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights or ownership of in our Services or the content you access or use of any vehicle provided by us. All ownership remains our property. You may not use content from our Services unless you obtain permission from its owner or are otherwise permitted by law. These terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or logos used in our Services. Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in or along with our Services.
Our Services may display some content that is not Verve S, LLC’s. This content is the sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don’t assume that we do.
In connection with your use of the Services, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of some of those communications.
User agrees that they will not submit inappropriate content and consents to it’s removal by us at our discretion without explanation.
We will not be responsible for any damages claimed by the user in the event of a Force Majeure that prevents us from performing our services. We define as circumstances beyond our control thus, making performance inadvisable, commercially impracticable, illegal, or impossible.
User agrees to lock the rented vehicle at the end of each ride. Failure to do so may result in additional charges which user agrees to pay through the payment method used by user at the time of rental.
User agrees to lawfully park the rented vehicle in an upright position away from vehicle and pedestrian traffic areas and private property.
User must report all damaged vehicles, accidents, stolen/lost vehicles to us. User further agrees to file a police report within 24 hours of the theft. User agrees to be responsible for the replacement cost of the lost/stolen vehicle.
User agrees that they are over the age of 18. No user is authorized to use our vehicles unless they are at least 18 years old.
User agrees to only operate the rented vehicle within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
User agrees that the vehicle will not be used while the operator is carrying heavy items or packages such that said use will cause the User to have difficulty balancing the vehicle and operating the vehicle safely.
User further agrees that they will not operate the vehicle while under the influence of any substance, legal or otherwise.
User agrees that they are forbidden from using any locking mechanism or attachment to the vehicle User agrees to only use the provided locking mechanism from the Renter.
User agrees that they will not use the vehicle for stunts, racing, under water or on unpaved roadways or paths.
User agrees and understands that the vehicle is powered by electric and requires charging. User is responsible for determining that the vehicle has the required charge to travel to the desired destination. Renter does not guarantee or represent the amount of power necessary for the User trips.
User agrees that the vehicle is available on a pay-per-ride basis. Taxes and fees may apply to the rental.
User agrees to be solely responsible for safe operation of the vehicle at all times and assumes complete responsibility for all related risks. User also understands that they have signed a waiver of liability and cannot hold the Renter responsible for any claims.
Some of our Services are available on mobile devices. Do not use such Services in a way that distracts you and prevents you from obeying traffic or safety laws.
Your Verve S, LLC Account
You may need a Verve S, LLC Account in order to use some of our Services. You may create your own Verve S, LLC Account, or your Verve S, LLC Account may be assigned to you by an administrator, such as your employer or educational institution. If you are using a Verve S, LLC Account assigned to you by an administrator, different or additional terms may apply and your administrator may be able to access or disable your account.
To protect your Verve S, LLC Account, keep your password confidential. You are responsible for the activity that happens on or through your Verve S, LLC Account. Try not to reuse your Verve S, LLC Account password on third-party applications. If you learn of any unauthorized use of your password or Verve S, LLC Account, .
Privacy and Copyright Protection
Verve S, explain how we treat your personal data and protect your privacy when you use our Services. By using our Services, you agree that Verve S, LLC can use such data in accordance with our privacy policies.
We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
We provide information to help copyright holders manage their intellectual property online. If you think somebody is violating your copyrights and want to notify us, you can find information about submitting notices and Verve S, LLC’s policy about responding to notices .
Your Content in our Services
Some of our Services may allow you to upload, submit, store, send or receive content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.
When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Verve S, LLC (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Verve S, LLC Maps). Some Services may offer you ways to access and remove content that has been provided to that Service. Also, in some of our Services, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of the content submitted in those Services. Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this license for any content that you submit to our Services.
Our automated systems may analyze your content (including emails) to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customized search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection. This analysis occurs as the content is sent, received, and when it is stored.
If you have a Verve S, LLC Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on Verve S, LLC or on third-party applications connected to your Verve S, LLC Account (such as +1’s, reviews you write and comments you post) in our Services, including displaying in ads and other commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your Verve S, LLC Account. For example, you can choose your settings so your name and photo do not appear in an ad.
You can find more information about how Verve S, LLC uses and stores content in the privacy policy or additional terms for particular Services. If you submit feedback or suggestions about our Services, we may use your feedback or suggestions without obligation to you.
About Software in our Services
When a Service requires or includes downloadable software, this software may update automatically on your device once a new version or feature is available. Some Services may let you adjust your automatic update settings.
Verve S, LLC gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Verve S, LLC as part of the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Verve S, LLC, in the manner permitted by these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have our written permission.
Open source software is important to us. Some software used in our Services may be offered under an open source license that we will make available to you. There may be provisions in the open source license that expressly override some of these terms.
Modifying and Terminating our Services
We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a Service altogether.
You can stop using our Services at any time, although we’ll be sorry to see you go. Verve S, LLC may also stop providing Services to you, or add or create new limits to our Services at any time.
We believe that you own your data and preserving your access to such data is important. If we discontinue a Service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of that Service.
Our Warranties and Disclaimers
We provide our Services using a commercially reasonable level of skill and care and we hope that you will enjoy using them. But there are certain things that we don’t promise about our Services.
OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS OR ADDITIONAL TERMS, NEITHER Verve S, LLC NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT THE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON’T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICES, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICES, OR THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES “AS IS”.
SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES.
Liability for our Services
WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, Verve S, LLC, AND Verve S, LLC’S SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF Verve S, LLC, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE SERVICES (OR, IF WE CHOOSE, TO SUPPLYING YOU THE SERVICES AGAIN).
IN ALL CASES, Verve S, LLC, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.
Business uses of our Services
If you are using our Services on behalf of a business, that business accepts these terms. It will hold harmless and indemnify Verve S, LLC and its affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from any claim, suit or action arising from or related to the use of the Services or violation of these terms, including any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees.
About these Terms
We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Services. You should look at the terms regularly. We’ll post notice of modifications to these terms on this page. We’ll post notice of modified additional terms in the applicable Service. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become effective no sooner than fourteen days after they are posted. However, changes addressing new functions for a Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified terms for a Service, you should discontinue your use of that Service.
If there is a conflict between these terms and the additional terms, the additional terms will control for that conflict.
These terms control the relationship between Verve S, LLC and you. They do not create any third party beneficiary rights.
If you do not comply with these terms, and we don’t take action right away, this doesn’t mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future).
If it turns out that a particular term is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms.
The laws of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., excluding Pennsylvania’s conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services. All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA, and you and Verve S, LLC consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.