These terms of service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the www.carriersource.io website as well as the CarrierSource, Inc. platforms and mobile applications, ("Site").
By accessing or using this Site in any manner, you agree to be bound by these Terms. Please read these Terms carefully. If you do not accept all of these Terms, you may not use this Site.
Be sure to return to this page periodically to review the most current version of these Terms. We may modify these Terms at any time and without advance notice by posting an update to the Site. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you should discontinue your use of this Site.
The terms "we", "us", "our" and "CS" refer to CarrierSource, Inc., an Illinois corporation located at 420 W Huron St LL101, Chicago, IL 60642, United States.
The term "you" refers to the person visiting this Site, accessing this site through a registered Account, and/or contributing Content on this Site. If you are accessing or using this Site on behalf of a business, that business accepts these Terms, and the term "you" collectively to you and the business on behalf of which you are acting.
The term "Content" means all information on the Site, unless otherwise specified and including, without limitation, messages, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, FMCSA Data, graphics, video, maps, icons, and code.
THESE TERMS ARE A CONTRACT AND CONTAIN OTHER IMPORTANT PROVISIONS RELATING TO YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. THE SITE PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR DISPLAY OF CONTENT. IMPORTANTLY, THE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO AND VIEW ON THE SITE.
As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant that (i) all information supplied by you on this Site is true, accurate, current, and complete, (ii) if you have a CS account ("Account"), you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your Account by anyone other than you, and (iii) you are 18 years of age or older. CS does not knowingly collect the information of anyone under the age of 18. We retain the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this Site and the Content we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of these Terms.
Please be advised that all reviews, including any endorsements, of third-party motor carriers or other freight related service providers or vendors contained on this Site are the opinions of the user who created that Content and are not the options or, endorsed by or otherwise controlled or created by CS. CS from time to time may provide incentives (such as gift cards) to encourage users to submit reviews. Any such incentives are not dependent on the Content of review, whether the review is positive or negative or to whom the review relates.
The Site shall maintain current Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") information as provided to us by the FMCSA for motor carrier insurance coverage, including but not limited to bodily injury and property damage limits, cargo insurance coverage, policy numbers, insurance company name and contact information, docket number, authority status, census data, carrier safety rating and CSA 2010 scores ("FMCSA Data").
The FMCSA Data contained on the Site is the same information that was provided to CS and is maintained by the FMCSA. CS and the Site merely reproduce the information in a readily available and user-friendly format. CS makes reasonable efforts to keep the Site's information (including, without limitation, the FMCSA Data) current and up-to-date. However, CS does not guarantee and may or may not review the Site's information to determine if it is all up-to-date, is consistent with other publicly available data or is otherwise complete.
The Content and infrastructure of this Site is proprietary to us, except as expressly provided in these Terms or applicable law. You agree not to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, lease, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any Content or infrastructure of this Site.
Additionally, you agree not to:
Our current Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.carriersource.io/privacy-policy and applies to the collection and use of data. In conjunction with these Terms, the Privacy Policy also governs your use of this Site.
We appreciate hearing from you. To that end, this Site contains various forums through which you and other users may post reviews of experiences using technologies and services, post or link other content, messages, materials, videos, or other items to this Site ("Interactive Areas"). If CS provides you access to such Interactive Areas (through a registered Account or otherwise), you are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own discretion and risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, link, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create, or otherwise publish through this Site any of the following:
Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of this Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use some or all of the Site.
Without limiting the foregoing, CS takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content posted, stored, or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is CS liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you may encounter. CS will not be liable for any statements, representations, or other Content provided by its users in any public forum or other Interactive Area. Although CS has no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Interactive Area, CS reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, or edit, without notice, any Content posted or stored on this Site at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post on this Site at your sole cost and expense.
Reviews are subject and based on the author's experience and perspective. We reserve the right to review and remove reviews, but do not make any commitment to do so for some or all reviews or to do so at any particular frequency. Further, although we may provide financial incentives (such as gift cards) to those who right reviews, we do not require any review to have any particular content (such as being negative, positive or about a particular individual or business) and we accept no liability or responsibility for the content of reviews, as described above, even if the review was because of an incentive or request for the review to be written. You also accept full responsibility for any action or inaction that you choose to take because of a review on the Site.
Subject to and conditioned on your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, license to access and use the object code versions of such components solely for the purpose of using the Site. Except as expressly granted in this paragraph, no right, title or interest in the Site or any underlying technology or property is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. The limited license granted herein does not extend to any collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display or derivative use of the Site, or any use of data mining or similar data gathering and extraction tools for any purpose.
Except for the limited use of the Site as expressly provided for in these Terms, nothing in these Terms grant any right, title or interest in or to you (including any license under) of any Intellectual Property Rights (defined below) in or relating to the App or Third-Party Materials (defined below), whether expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All right, title and interest in and to the Site are and will remain with CS and the respective rights holders in the Third-Party Materials. For purposes of these Terms, (a) "Intellectual Property Rights" means any and all registered and unregistered rights granted, applied for or otherwise now or hereafter in existence under or related to any patent, copyright, rights of publicity, trademark, trade secret, database protection, domain registration or other intellectual property rights laws, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world, including any improvements, derivative works, and modifications related thereto; and (b) "Third-Party Materials" means all materials and information in any form or medium, including services, documents, data, content, specifications, products, equipment or components of or relating to the Site that are not proprietary to CS.
Please be aware that by submitting Content to this Site through any means, including any product or service reviews (whether written or video), questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, or the like contained in any submissions, (individually and collectively, "Submissions"), you grant CS and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual (except as expressly provided in our Privacy Policy, transferable, irrevocable (except as expressly provided in our Privacy Policy), and fully sublicensable right to (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from, and publicly display and perform such Submissions throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; and (b) use the name and other personal information, including your likeness, that you submit in connection with each such Submission. You acknowledge that CS will only provide direct attribution of your Submissions with your permission or in order to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas, or court orders. You acknowledge and agree that no Submissions will include confidential or proprietary information of a third party or information that you otherwise are not allowed to disclose to the public. You acknowledge and agree that your Submissions, your name, and, if you include a photo in your profile or submit a video review, your likeness, and any other personal characteristics or private information you include with your Submissions, may be used by us, our affiliates, and our sublicensees through other websites (including advertising as described below), social media and other similar services (including advertising as described below), platforms, applications, and/or other marketing materials, such as slide decks or case studies.
With respect to reviews included in your Submissions (whether written or video), you will be asked at the time of your Submission whether you consent to the use of that review, and the name, likeness, and other personal characteristics and private information you include with your Submission, for advertising, promotion, and other commercial and business purposes. Your consent, if you indicate "yes", means that:
If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the Submissions or Content, you hereby declare that (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the Submission or Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion, and exploitation of the Submission and/or Content by CS or its licensees, successors, and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the Submissions or Content; and (d) you forever release CS, and its licensees, successors, and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against CS by virtue of any such moral rights.
THE CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, AND/OR SERVICES PUBLISHED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. CARRIERSOURCE, INC. DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF, AND DISCLAIMS, ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OTHER INACCURACIES RELATING TO, THE INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTOR CARRIERS AND RELATED SERVICES DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRICING, SCREENSHOTS, VIDEOS, LIST OF SERVICE FEATURES, VENDOR COMPANY INFORMATION, GENERAL SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS, ETC.). CARRIERSOURCE, INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE, AND THE INCLUSION OR OFFERING OF ANY SERVICES ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY ENDORSEMENT OR RECOMMENDATION OF SUCH SERVICES BY CARRIERSOURCE, INC. ALL SUCH CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, AND/OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND BY CARRIERSOURCE, INC. CARRIERSOURCE, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR ANY EMAIL SENT FROM CARRIERSOURCE, INC., ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. CARRIERSOURCE, INC. HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CARRIERSOURCE, INC. (NOR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO, DISPLAY ON, OR USE OF THIS SITE OR INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE, OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, DISPLAY, OR USE THIS SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR RELIANCE UPON FMCSA DATA, INFORMATION, OR OPINIONS APPEARING ON THIS SITE; ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES, INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, LINKED SITES, AND/OR SERVICES OBTAINED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE; OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO, DISPLAY ON, OR USE OF THIS SITE) WHETHER BASED ON A THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF CARRIERSOURCE, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOUR USE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE PROVIDE THE SITE AND THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. WE DO NOT ENDORSE THE REVIEWS OR USERS OF THE SITE, INCLUDING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS ON THE SITE. FURTHER, AN ARRANGEMENT, HIRING OR USE OF A PARTY FOUND ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, YOUR OWN COST AND YOUR OWN LIABILITY. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ACTIONS, INACTIONS, COSTS, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES OR OTHER EXPENSES OR RESULTS OF CONTRACTING OR OTHERWISE WORKING WITH ANY PARTY FOUND THROUGH OR ON THE SITE.
The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in these Terms is found to have failed of its essential purpose. The limitations of liability provided in these Terms inure to the benefit of CS.
You agree to defend and indemnify CS and its affiliates and licensees and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties, liabilities, or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:
This Site may contain hyperlinks to websites or platforms operated by parties other than CS. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. We do not control, review or endorse such websites, applications or platforms and are not responsible for their content or the privacy or other practices of such websites, applications or platforms. Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this Site or other websites, applications or platforms) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects, and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites or platforms does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or platforms or any association with their operators. In some cases, you may be asked by a third-party site, platform, or application to link your profile on this Site to a profile on that third-party site, platform or application. Choosing to do so is optional, and the decision to allow this information to be linked can be disabled (with the third-party site, platform, or application).
This Site is controlled and operated by CS from its offices in the State of Illinois in the United States. The services it provides may be subject to United States export controls. No services may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods or otherwise restricted access, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
Any services or, additional licensed Content, sponsored Content, research reports, and/or review data (individually and collectively, "Licensed Materials") that is made available through this Site or otherwise from CS is the copyrighted and proprietary work of CS, or CS affiliates, or other third parties as identified. Your use of all Licensed Materials shall be subject to these Terms and the additional terms set forth in CS's Content and Usage Guidelines (located at www.carriersource.io/policies) for the applicable Licensed Materials. Your use of any services is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies, or is included with, the services ("License Agreement"). You may not install, access, or use any services that are accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms. For any services made available for download on this Site not accompanied by a License Agreement, we hereby grant to you a limited, personal, nontransferable, non-sublicensable license to use the services for viewing and otherwise using this Site in accordance with these Terms and for no other purpose.
Please note that all services, including, without limitation, all HTML, XML, Ruby code, Java code, and Active X controls, and all Licensed Materials contained on or made available through this Site, is owned by CS, and/or its affiliates or licensors, and is protected by copyright and/or trade secret laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction, redistribution, or disclosure of the services and/or Licensed Materials is expressly prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SERVICES AND/OR LICENSED MATERIALS TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY CS IN WRITING. THE SERVICES AND/OR LICENSED MATERIALS ARE WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT OR APPLICABLE CONTENT USAGE GUIDELINES .
All contents of this Site are: © Copyright 2022 CarrierSource, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CS is not responsible for Content on websites, platforms, or mobile applications operated by parties other than CS. CS, its logo, and, except as noted below, all other service names, logos, or slogans displayed on this Site are registered and/or common law trademarks of CarrierSource, Inc. or its suppliers or licensors and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of CS or the applicable trademark holder. In addition, the look and feel of this Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts, is the service mark, trademark, and/or trade dress of CS and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of CS. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, and company names or logos mentioned in or on this Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by CS.
Other logos and product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
If you are aware of an infringement of either your brand or our brand, please let us know by emailing us at support@carriersource.io.
This Site is operated by a U.S. entity, and these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in Cook County, Illinois, USA and stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceedings in such courts for all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Site, except as otherwise expressly provided in our Privacy Policy. You agree that all claims you may have against CS arising from or relating to this Site must be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in the State of Illinois, except as otherwise expressly provided in our Privacy Policy. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this paragraph.
You agree that no joint venture, agency, partnership, or employment relationship exists between you and CS and/or affiliates as a result of these Terms or use of this Site.
Our performance under these Terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms limits our right to comply with law enforcement or other governmental or legal requests or requirements relating to your use of this Site or information provided to, or gathered by, us with respect to such use. To the extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that you will bring any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of this Site within 2 years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued or such claim or cause of action will be irrevocably waived.
If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions in these Terms shall continue in effect.
These Terms (and any other terms, policies, guidelines, or agreements referenced herein) constitute the entire agreement between you and CS with respect to this Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and CS with respect to this Site. A printed version of these Terms and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters, and/or data mentioned on this Site are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product, or event. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
For answers to your questions or ways to contact us, email us at support@carriersource.io