Terms of Service

Last updated: July 29, 2025

Welcome to Carapis. By accessing or using our services, you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not access or use the platform.

1. Overview

Carapis provides access to transformed and aggregated automotive market data for business intelligence purposes. Our services include analytics, data dashboards, and structured insights generated from publicly available sources. We do not provide original or unaltered data from third-party websites.

2. License and Permitted Use

Carapis grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the services and access data solely for your internal business operations.

You may not, without express written permission:

Resell, sublicense, publish, or redistribute Carapis data to third parties.
Use the services to create or enhance a competing product or database.
Use the services or data for training AI, machine learning models, or LLMs.
Reverse-engineer, extract, or reproduce data structures or algorithms used in the Carapis platform.

3. Ownership and Intellectual Property

All rights, title, and interest in the Carapis platform, including software, tools, analytics, and reworked data, are and shall remain the exclusive property of Carapis.

Carapis does not claim ownership of any underlying third-party data originally collected from public or private sources. You acknowledge that such data may be subject to third-party intellectual property rights and/or terms of service of their respective platforms.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of Carapis data complies with any third-party rights or obligations.

4. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Carapis provides its services and data "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", without warranties of any kind.

We make no representations or guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, legality, or availability of the data, including any information derived from third-party sources.

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
We shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits or loss of data.
Our total liability to you shall not exceed the amount paid by you for services in the preceding six (6) months.

5. User Responsibilities

You agree to:

Use the services in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and third-party rights.
Not use Carapis to scrape, collect, or aggregate data from prohibited sources.
Not attempt to bypass, disable, or interfere with any security or access controls.
Maintain confidentiality of any access credentials and account data.

6. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Carapis, its officers, directors, affiliates, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses (including legal fees) arising out of or related to:

Your use of the services,
Your violation of these Terms,
Any data you process, store, or distribute using Carapis,
Any violation of third-party intellectual property or data rights by you.

7. Privacy and Data Protection

Our Privacy Policy governs how we collect, use, and protect your personal data. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your own use of any Carapis data complies with applicable privacy laws, including but not limited to GDPR and CCPA.

Note: Carapis makes commercially reasonable efforts to anonymize data, but we do not guarantee the absence of personal data in third-party sources.

8. Modifications

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the services after such updates constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

9. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [California/Delaware/Other], without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes shall be resolved via binding arbitration in [City, State].

10. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at legal@carapis.com.