Terms of use

Version 1.6 08.03.2024

Caroster.io is a service offered by Octree sàrl.
"Caroster” is a trademark of Octree

Use

1. A "service" is defined as the use of the application to create and manage carpools and to join them as a passenger.

2. Use of the service is at your own risk. The service is provided as is.

3. You must not modify another site in order to falsely signify that it is associated with this service Caroster.

4. Accounts can only be created and used by humans.

5. Accounts created by robots or other automated methods may be deleted without notice.

6. You are responsible for the security of your account and password.

7. Octree can not and will not be responsible for any losses or damage resulting from your failure to comply with this safety obligation.

8. You are responsible for all content posted and all activity that occurs under your account.

9. You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

10. You must not break the laws of your country.

11. You may not sell, trade, resell, or exploit in an unauthorized business purpose an account of the service used.

12. Violation of any of these agreements will result in termination of your account. You understand and agree that Octree providing the Service is not responsible for any content posted on the Service.

13. You understand that posting the Service and your Content involves transmission (in clear text or encrypted form, depending on the Service) over various networks.

14. You must not transmit any worms, viruses or other malicious code.

15. Octree does not warrant that the Service will meet your specific requirements, that the Service will be uninterrupted or bug-free, or that errors in the Service will be corrected.

16. You understand and agree that Octree shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, access, data or other intangible losses (even if Octree is advised of the possibility of such damages), arising out of:

    • use of or inability to use the service ;

    • unauthorized access to or alteration of the transmission of data;

    • statements or actions of any third party regarding the service;

    • termination of your account;

    • any other matter relating to the Service.

17. Octree's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you and Octree and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Octree (including prior versions of the Terms of Service).

18. Paid features help finance the caroster.io service and the continuity of the caroster open source project and provide access to specific features of the application. These features have the same terms of use as the rest of the application.

19. Questions regarding the Terms of Service should be sent by email to caroster@octree.ch.

modifications of the Service

1. Octree reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, with or without notice.

2. Octree will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the service.

content copyright

1. You cannot send, upload, blog, distribute, disseminate any illegal, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent content, counterfeit, obscene or otherwise objectionable.

2. We do not claim any rights on your data: text, images, sound, video, or any other element, that you download or transmit from your account.

3. We will not use your content for any purpose other than to provide the service to you.

4. You must not download or make available any content that infringes someone else’s rights.

5. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem necessary. not relevant to the use of the service, in our sole judgment.

6. We may, if necessary, delete or prevent the distribution of any content on the service that does not comply with these conditions.

Editing and data sharing

1. The files you create with the service can be - if you wish - read, copied, used and redistributed by people you know or not.

2. By making your data public, you acknowledge and agree that any person using this website may consult them without restrictions.

3. But the service can also offer you the possibility to authorize restricted access and collaborative work on its documents to one or more other users.

4. Octree cannot be held responsible for any problem resulting from the sharing or publishing data between users.

Closure

Octree, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any current or future use of the service. Termination of the service will result in deactivation of access to your account, and the restitution of all the contents.

Octree reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

Octree also reserves the right to terminate your account if you do not log into your account for a period longer than 6 months.

Personal information

Octree guarantees the user a right to opposition, access and of correction on the personal data concerning him.

1. To use certain Caroster services, you must create an account. Octree requires certain personal information: a valid e-mail address and a password, which is used to protect your account from unauthorized access. The "Last name" and "First name" fields may be required for the software to function correctly, but they need not reveal your true identity.

2. Like other online services, Octree automatically records certain information about your use of the service, such as account activity (e.g. storage space occupied, number of entries, actions taken), data displayed or clicked (e.g. links, user interface elements), and other information that may identify you (e.g. browser type, IP address, date and time of access, referring URL).

3. This data is used to analyze behavior as part of product improvement, in order to maintain a consistent and reliable user experience, but under no circumstances for advertising targeting purposes.

4. The telephone number, e-mail address, first and last names, routes and dates of the cars are information made available to people who know the URL of the event in order to ensure the proper management of the event.

5. The e-mail address is used by the application to notify updates affecting a user's participation in an event.

6. The e-mail may also be used to communicate about service improvements.

7. Data is not sold to third parties.

   Consult our data protection policy here for more information: data privacy