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Terms of Service

Welcome to RoadTalk

Welcome to RoadTalk (“RoadTalk,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).

RoadTalk is a social networking and communication platform designed primarily for truck drivers and members of the trucking community to connect, communicate, build friendships, expand professional networks, share experiences, exchange information, and participate in conversations relating to trucking and life on the road.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the RoadTalk mobile application, website, software, features, content, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

By creating an account, accessing, downloading, or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms and the RoadTalk Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Service.

Please read these Terms carefully before using RoadTalk.

1. Eligibility

RoadTalk is intended only for individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

By creating an account or accessing or using the Service, you represent and warrant that:

During account creation, RoadTalk requires users to affirm that they are at least eighteen (18) years old and agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. RoadTalk records the date and time of that affirmation. RoadTalk does not currently require users to provide their date of birth as part of account creation.

RoadTalk does not knowingly permit individuals under eighteen (18) years of age to use the Service.

If RoadTalk becomes aware that an account belongs to an individual under eighteen (18), RoadTalk may suspend or terminate that account and take other reasonable measures consistent with applicable law.

RoadTalk may also take reasonable steps to verify identity, eligibility, or other information where necessary to protect the Service, prevent fraud or abuse, address security concerns, enforce these Terms, or comply with applicable legal obligations.

2. About RoadTalk

RoadTalk provides a platform through which users may, depending on the features available at the time:

Features may change, be modified, suspended, or discontinued from time to time.

RoadTalk is not:

RoadTalk provides technology that facilitates communication and connection between users. RoadTalk does not control, supervise, endorse, verify, or guarantee the identity, conduct, statements, qualifications, employment status, or intentions of users except to the limited extent expressly stated for particular verification or moderation features.

Any interaction or communication between users, whether online or offline, is undertaken at the user’s own discretion and risk.

RoadTalk should not be relied upon for emergency communications. If you are experiencing an emergency, contact the appropriate emergency service or other qualified emergency resource rather than relying on RoadTalk.

3. Acceptance of Terms and Electronic Agreement

By creating an account or accessing or using RoadTalk, you acknowledge and agree that:

  1. You have read and understood these Terms;
  2. You agree to comply with these Terms;
  3. You agree to the RoadTalk Privacy Policy;
  4. You understand that RoadTalk provides a social networking and communication platform and does not guarantee the conduct or reliability of other users;
  5. You consent to receive electronic communications from RoadTalk relating to your account, security, transactions, policies, technical matters, and Service-related matters;
  6. You agree that electronic acceptance of these Terms may have the same legal effect as a written signature to the extent permitted by applicable law; and
  7. You are responsible for reviewing updates to these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

Where legally permitted, your continued use of the Service after an updated version of these Terms becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

If you do not agree to an updated version of these Terms, you must stop using the Service and may request deletion of your account in accordance with the applicable account-deletion procedures.

If you access or use RoadTalk on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms. In that case, “you” includes both you individually and the entity you represent, to the extent applicable.

4. Creating and Maintaining Your Account

Certain RoadTalk features require you to create an account.

RoadTalk currently uses third-party authentication services to facilitate account registration and authentication, which may include phone-number verification through a one-time passcode and authentication through services such as Sign in with Apple or Google.

Depending on the authentication method you select, RoadTalk may receive and retain limited account information necessary to create and maintain your account, including an authentication-provider user identifier and, for phone-based authentication, your verified telephone number, as described further in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

You agree to:

You may not:

RoadTalk reserves the right to refuse registration, restrict features, suspend, or terminate an account where RoadTalk reasonably believes that the account violates these Terms, creates a security or safety risk, involves fraud or abuse, or is otherwise inconsistent with applicable law or legitimate platform operations.

5. Usernames, Profiles, and Publicly Visible Information

RoadTalk allows users to create profiles and voluntarily provide information such as:

Many profile fields are optional. You are responsible for deciding what information you provide and what information you make visible to other users.

Depending on your settings and the applicable RoadTalk feature, information visible to other users may include your display name, profile photograph, verification badge, voice biography, home corridor, join date, “on the road” status, and certain location or distance information.

RoadTalk’s location-sharing features may allow other users to see your approximate distance or map position depending on the location-sharing mode you select. The operation and limitations of location-sharing features are described further in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

You should carefully consider the information you choose to make available to other users.

You agree that information and content you publish or make visible through your profile must not:

RoadTalk does not guarantee that information provided by users is accurate, complete, current, or reliable.

Protect Your Sensitive Information

RoadTalk strongly recommends that you do not publicly disclose sensitive personal information through your profile, posts, messages, voice recordings, photographs, or other user content unless you understand the risks associated with doing so.

This may include, for example:

RoadTalk cannot guarantee that information you voluntarily disclose to another user will remain confidential after you share it with that user.

6. Account Security

You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your account and authentication information.

RoadTalk uses third-party authentication and security mechanisms designed to help protect accounts, but no authentication or security system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You agree not to:

If you believe that your account has been compromised, accessed without authorization, or otherwise subjected to a security incident, you should notify RoadTalk promptly through the available support or contact channels.

RoadTalk may temporarily restrict access to an account or feature when reasonably necessary to investigate suspected unauthorized access, fraud, abuse, security threats, or violations of these Terms.

Nothing in this section limits any rights or remedies available to you under applicable law.

7. User Conduct and Community Standards

RoadTalk is intended to provide a respectful, useful, and safe community for truck drivers and members of the trucking community. You are expected to use the Service responsibly and to treat other users with respect.

You agree to use RoadTalk only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.

You may not use RoadTalk to engage in conduct that violates applicable law, infringes the rights of others, threatens the safety or security of users or the Service, or otherwise undermines the RoadTalk community.

7.1 Harassment, Abuse, and Threats

You may not:

RoadTalk may remove content, restrict features, suspend accounts, permanently terminate accounts, or take other appropriate action in response to violations of these Terms.

8. Prohibited Content and Activities

You may not upload, post, transmit, distribute, promote, request, facilitate, or otherwise use the Service for content or activities that:

RoadTalk may take appropriate action when it determines that content or conduct presents a legal, security, safety, or community risk.

9. Fraud, Scams, and Financial Safety

RoadTalk prohibits fraudulent, deceptive, or intentionally misleading conduct.

You may not use RoadTalk to:

RoadTalk does not verify every user, business, employment opportunity, offer, statement, recommendation, or transaction appearing on the Service.

RoadTalk is not a financial-services provider, employment verification service, investment adviser, or marketplace intermediary unless expressly identified as such for a particular feature.

You are responsible for independently evaluating any financial, employment, business, or personal opportunity presented to you through RoadTalk.

Never send money, provide banking credentials, disclose authentication codes, or provide sensitive personal information to another user unless you independently determine that doing so is appropriate and safe.

RoadTalk is not responsible for losses resulting from transactions or interactions between users.

10. Spam, Advertising, and Unauthorized Commercial Activity

You may not use RoadTalk to:

RoadTalk may introduce advertising, business profiles, sponsorships, partnerships, or other commercial features in the future. Such features may be governed by additional terms, policies, or disclosures.

11. Security and Technical Restrictions

You may not:

Violations may result in immediate restriction, suspension, or termination of an account and may be reported to appropriate authorities when RoadTalk reasonably believes such reporting is appropriate or legally required.

12. User Reporting and Safety Tools

RoadTalk encourages users to report content, accounts, or behavior that may violate these Terms or create a safety concern.

Depending on the features available, users may report:

When a report is submitted, RoadTalk may review the information available to it and determine what action, if any, is appropriate.

RoadTalk may:

RoadTalk is not required to remove content merely because it has been reported. RoadTalk may consider the context, applicable law, these Terms, safety concerns, and other relevant circumstances when determining whether to take action.

13. Our Right to Moderate Content

RoadTalk may, but does not have an obligation to:

RoadTalk may take action before completing a full investigation when reasonably necessary to address an immediate security, safety, legal, or operational concern.

RoadTalk does not guarantee that every violation, harmful interaction, or inappropriate piece of content will be identified or removed immediately.

The fact that content remains available does not mean that RoadTalk has reviewed, approved, verified, or endorsed that content.

Users remain responsible for the content they create, upload, transmit, or share.

14. No General Obligation to Monitor

Although RoadTalk may use moderation tools, automated systems, human review, and user reports, RoadTalk does not have a general obligation to monitor every communication, profile, message, voice recording, photograph, post, or other User Content.

The size and nature of an online community make it impossible to guarantee that every violation will be discovered or addressed immediately.

RoadTalk may nevertheless review information when reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, respond to reports, protect users, investigate suspected abuse or fraud, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, or protect the Service.

Users should exercise good judgment and report concerns through available reporting mechanisms.

15. User Content

RoadTalk allows users to create, upload, post, transmit, share, or otherwise provide content through the Service.

Depending on the features available, User Content may include:

All such materials are referred to collectively as “User Content.”

Ownership of User Content

You retain ownership of the User Content you create and submit to RoadTalk, subject to the rights and licenses granted in these Terms and any rights that may arise from your use of third-party services.

RoadTalk does not claim ownership of your User Content merely because you submit it to the Service.

License to RoadTalk

By submitting User Content to RoadTalk, you grant RoadTalk a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit, display, distribute, and otherwise use your User Content only as reasonably necessary to operate, provide, maintain, secure, improve, and administer the Service and as otherwise permitted by these Terms or applicable law.

This license allows RoadTalk, for example, to:

RoadTalk will not use private User Content for unrelated advertising purposes without an appropriate legal basis or disclosure.

Where User Content is publicly or broadly visible through the Service, you understand that other users may view, copy, screenshot, record, or redistribute that content outside RoadTalk, subject to applicable law.

The license described above continues for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service and may continue for limited periods after deletion where reasonably necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, technical operations, or backup purposes, as further described in the Privacy Policy.

16. Your Responsibility for User Content

You are solely responsible for the User Content you submit through RoadTalk.

By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that:

You understand that content shared through RoadTalk may potentially be viewed, copied, captured, recorded, or redistributed by other users.

RoadTalk cannot guarantee that another user will not misuse, copy, save, or redistribute User Content that you voluntarily make available to that user.

17. Content Removal

RoadTalk reserves the right, but does not assume an obligation, to remove, disable, restrict, modify, or limit access to User Content when RoadTalk reasonably believes that the content:

RoadTalk may take action without prior notice when reasonably necessary to protect users, comply with legal obligations, address security concerns, or maintain the integrity of the Service.

Where appropriate and legally permitted, RoadTalk may provide notice or an opportunity to appeal or request review of certain enforcement decisions. RoadTalk is not required to provide advance notice when doing so would create additional risk or conflict with a legal obligation.

18. Feedback and Suggestions

If you voluntarily provide RoadTalk with feedback, ideas, suggestions, recommendations, proposed features, or other comments regarding the Service (“Feedback”), you grant RoadTalk a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, display, and otherwise use that Feedback for any lawful purpose without compensation or attribution to you.

RoadTalk may use Feedback to:

You understand that Feedback is provided voluntarily and does not create any ownership interest in RoadTalk or any obligation for RoadTalk to use or compensate you for the Feedback.

19. Messaging and Communication Features

RoadTalk may provide communication features including, depending on availability:

Users are responsible for their own communications and User Content.

RoadTalk does not guarantee:

Certain communications and User Content may be processed or stored by third-party service providers used by RoadTalk to provide communication functionality. Additional information is provided in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

Users should exercise caution when communicating with others and should not disclose sensitive personal information unless they understand the risks and are comfortable doing so.

20. Voice Features and Audio Communications

RoadTalk may provide voice-based features, including voice biographies, voice messages, push-to-talk clips, voice conversations, or other audio functionality.

By using voice features, you agree that:

Certain jurisdictions have laws governing the recording, interception, storage, disclosure, or distribution of communications. You are responsible for understanding and complying with all applicable laws before recording, transmitting, or sharing communications.

RoadTalk may store certain audio User Content as necessary to provide the applicable feature. The applicable retention periods and storage practices are described in the Privacy Policy.

RoadTalk does not guarantee the availability, quality, accuracy, or uninterrupted operation of any voice feature.

21. Location Services

RoadTalk may provide location-based features designed to help users discover nearby members of the trucking community, identify regional or corridor activity, participate in truck-stop communities, or use other location-related functionality.

Depending on the user’s selected settings and permissions, RoadTalk may support:

Location sharing requires applicable device permissions. Users may have the ability to select among available location-sharing modes, including Active, Coarse, and Invisible, depending on the version of the Service.

In general:

RoadTalk may support both foreground and background location functionality when the user separately grants the required device permission.

Users who enable background location understand that the device may transmit location updates while the application is running in the background, subject to the user’s device permissions, RoadTalk’s settings, and applicable operating-system limitations.

RoadTalk does not maintain a historical GPS time-series for users. As described in the Privacy Policy, RoadTalk generally maintains a current last-known location rather than a historical record of every location update.

You acknowledge that:

RoadTalk does not guarantee your safety, privacy, or anonymity when you use location-based features.

You should not use RoadTalk’s location information to stalk, monitor, threaten, harass, or otherwise harm another person.

22. Meeting Other RoadTalk Users

RoadTalk is designed to facilitate connections between people, and users may choose to interact with one another offline.

If you choose to meet another RoadTalk user, you do so voluntarily and at your own risk.

RoadTalk does not guarantee another user’s:

RoadTalk is not responsible for offline meetings, transactions, relationships, disputes, injuries, losses, or other interactions between users, except to the extent liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

For your safety, RoadTalk recommends that you:

23. No Emergency Service

RoadTalk is not an emergency communication service and is not designed to provide guaranteed real-time emergency assistance.

You must not rely on RoadTalk for:

RoadTalk may experience outages, delays, technical failures, connectivity problems, or other circumstances that prevent or delay communications.

If you are experiencing an emergency, contact the appropriate emergency services or qualified emergency provider directly.

24. User Verification and Background Checks

RoadTalk may offer optional verification features designed to provide users with an indication that certain information has been reviewed or verified through a RoadTalk verification process.

Where RoadTalk offers driver verification, the process may require the submission of information such as a driver’s-license number or verification documents. The collection and handling of such information are described in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

A verification badge or similar designation does not constitute a guarantee of a user’s identity, character, employment, driving history, criminal history, qualifications, or safety.

Unless RoadTalk expressly states otherwise for a particular feature, RoadTalk does not conduct comprehensive criminal background checks, employment verification, driving-record checks, or professional-license verification on every user.

Users should independently verify information before relying upon it for employment, business, financial, personal, or safety-related decisions.

RoadTalk may suspend or remove a verification designation if information is determined to be inaccurate, outdated, fraudulent, incomplete, or otherwise inconsistent with the applicable verification requirements.

25. Intellectual Property Rights

The RoadTalk Service and its original components, including but not limited to:

are owned by RoadTalk or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual-property and other laws.

Except as expressly permitted by RoadTalk or applicable law, you may not:

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of RoadTalk’s intellectual property to you.

All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by RoadTalk and its licensors.

26. Trademarks

“RoadTalk” and any related names, logos, slogans, designs, service marks, and branding elements are owned by RoadTalk or its licensors, or are used by RoadTalk under applicable rights.

You may not use RoadTalk trademarks or branding:

Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership of or a license to RoadTalk trademarks except as expressly authorized in writing.

27. Copyright Complaints and DMCA Policy

RoadTalk respects intellectual-property rights and expects users to do the same.

If you believe that material available through RoadTalk infringes your copyright, you may submit a copyright-infringement notice containing information required by applicable law, which may include:

RoadTalk may remove, disable access to, or restrict allegedly infringing material where appropriate and may take action against repeat infringers consistent with applicable law.

If RoadTalk designates a specific copyright agent, the applicable contact information will be published through RoadTalk’s website or other appropriate legal notice.

Submitting a knowingly false or materially misleading infringement claim may result in legal consequences under applicable law.

28. Third-Party Services and Integrations

RoadTalk relies on certain third-party services and technology providers to operate portions of the Service.

These may include, depending on the applicable feature:

Current third-party technologies may include services such as Auth0, AWS, GetStream, Google Maps, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Sentry, and Twilio.

The specific processing of personal information by these providers is described in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

Third-party services operate independently and may have their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and limitations.

RoadTalk does not control third-party services and does not guarantee:

Your use of third-party services may be subject to those providers’ separate terms and policies.

RoadTalk is not responsible for third-party services except to the extent liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

29. App Store Terms

If you download or access RoadTalk through a third-party application marketplace, including the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and RoadTalk and not between you and the applicable application-store provider.

Your use of RoadTalk must also comply with the applicable rules and terms of the platform through which you obtained the application.

The applicable app-store provider:

If you obtained RoadTalk through an app store, any applicable purchase, refund, subscription, or account-management procedures may also be governed by that provider’s policies.

30. Payments, Subscriptions, and Future Paid Features

RoadTalk does not currently offer paid features or subscriptions through the Service.

RoadTalk may introduce paid features, subscriptions, premium memberships, digital products, advertising opportunities, or other commercial services in the future.

If paid features become available:

If a purchase is made through Apple, Google, or another third-party platform, billing, cancellation, and refund procedures may be subject to that platform’s policies.

RoadTalk may modify or discontinue paid features and pricing subject to applicable law and any contractual obligations applicable to existing purchases or subscriptions.

31. Service Availability and Changes

RoadTalk is continually developing and improving the Service.

RoadTalk may, at any time and subject to applicable law:

You acknowledge that temporary outages, interruptions, delays, maintenance periods, connectivity problems, and technical failures may occur.

RoadTalk does not guarantee that the Service will always be:

RoadTalk may suspend access to all or part of the Service when reasonably necessary for maintenance, security, legal compliance, emergency response, or other legitimate operational reasons.

32. Beta Features and Testing

RoadTalk may occasionally make experimental, beta, preview, or early-access features available to selected or eligible users.

Beta features may:

Beta features are provided primarily for testing, evaluation, and improvement.

Unless otherwise required by applicable law, RoadTalk does not guarantee that beta features will become permanent features or that information created through beta features will remain available indefinitely.

33. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ROADTALK SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ROADTALK DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF:

ROADTALK DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT:

Nothing in this section excludes or limits any warranty or right that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

34. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ROADTALK AND ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, GOODWILL, DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE.

This limitation may apply to claims arising from or relating to:

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ROADTALK’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ROADTALK FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

This limitation does not apply to liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded under applicable law.

Some jurisdictions do not permit certain limitations of liability. Accordingly, some portions of this section may not apply to you.

35. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RoadTalk and its owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, affiliates, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against claims, demands, actions, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising out of or relating to:

RoadTalk reserves the right to assume exclusive control and defense of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree to reasonably cooperate with RoadTalk in any such defense.

Nothing in this section requires you to indemnify RoadTalk to the extent such an obligation is prohibited by applicable law.

36. Suspension and Termination of Accounts

RoadTalk may suspend, restrict, deactivate, or terminate your access to all or part of the Service if RoadTalk reasonably believes that:

RoadTalk may take such action with or without prior notice when reasonably necessary to protect users, investigate suspected misconduct, prevent harm, maintain security, or comply with legal obligations.

Where appropriate and legally permitted, RoadTalk may provide an opportunity to request review or appeal an account-enforcement decision.

If your account is terminated:

37. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your RoadTalk account through the available account-deletion functionality or through the public account-deletion process provided by RoadTalk.

The current public deletion page is:

https://www.road-talk.com/delete-account/

RoadTalk may require reasonable verification of your identity or account ownership before processing a deletion request in order to prevent unauthorized deletion or misuse of another person’s account.

RoadTalk’s account-deletion process may include a limited grace period before permanent deletion is completed.

Once permanent deletion is processed, RoadTalk generally intends to:

Certain information may remain for a limited period where reasonably necessary for:

For example, messages that you have sent to another user may remain in that user’s conversation history in anonymized form after your account is deleted.

RoadTalk may also retain limited technical information for a short period to prevent fraud or unauthorized re-creation of an account.

Additional information concerning deletion, retention periods, backups, and exceptions is provided in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

38. Privacy Policy

RoadTalk’s collection, use, storage, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information are described in the RoadTalk Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

By using RoadTalk, you acknowledge that you have been provided with an opportunity to review the Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy explains, among other things:

Nothing in these Terms is intended to replace or contradict the disclosures contained in the Privacy Policy.

If there is a conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy regarding the processing of personal information, the Privacy Policy will control with respect to privacy and data-processing matters, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

39. Data Storage and Security

RoadTalk uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information processed through the Service.

Depending on the type of information, RoadTalk may use third-party infrastructure and security technologies, including cloud hosting, encrypted connections, encrypted storage, access controls, authentication protections, and security monitoring.

RoadTalk currently stores core application data and media using infrastructure hosted by Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) in the United States, including the AWS us-east-1 region, subject to the practices described in the Privacy Policy.

RoadTalk uses reasonable measures designed to protect information, including encryption in transit and applicable encryption at rest.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure.

Accordingly, RoadTalk cannot guarantee absolute security.

You acknowledge that:

In the event of a security incident, RoadTalk will respond in accordance with applicable law and its incident-response procedures.

40. Legal Compliance and Government Requests

RoadTalk may preserve, access, use, or disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

RoadTalk will evaluate requests for information according to applicable law.

Where legally permitted and reasonably appropriate, RoadTalk may provide notice to an affected user before responding to a legal request. RoadTalk may not provide notice where prohibited by law, where an emergency or security concern exists, or where providing notice would compromise an investigation or other legitimate purpose.

Nothing in these Terms requires RoadTalk to disclose information beyond what is legally required or otherwise permitted.

41. Export Controls and Sanctions Compliance

You may not use RoadTalk in violation of applicable export-control laws, trade restrictions, embargoes, or economic-sanctions laws.

You represent and warrant that:

RoadTalk may restrict or terminate access where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable sanctions, export-control requirements, or other legal obligations.

42. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you and RoadTalk agree that disputes, claims, or controversies arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Service, or your relationship with RoadTalk will be resolved through individual binding arbitration rather than through a court proceeding, except for matters that applicable law permits to be brought in court.

The arbitration agreement applies to claims arising under contract, statute, regulation, tort, or other legal theory, including claims relating to the use of the Service or the termination of an account.

Individual Proceedings

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

Nothing in this section prevents either party from:

Arbitration Procedure

Unless the parties agree otherwise, arbitration will be conducted by a mutually agreed arbitration provider under its applicable consumer arbitration rules.

The arbitration will be conducted before a neutral arbitrator.

The arbitrator, rather than a court, will generally determine disputes concerning the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

Nothing in this section is intended to prevent you from exercising rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

43. Jury Trial Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND ROADTALK WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY FOR CLAIMS THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE RESOLVED IN COURT AND THAT ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE.

This waiver does not apply where applicable law prohibits waiver of the right to a jury trial.

44. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent that mandatory law in another jurisdiction applies to you and cannot legally be waived.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to deprive consumers of rights or protections that cannot lawfully be waived under the laws applicable to them.

45. Time Limit to Bring Claims

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms must be brought within one (1) year after the event giving rise to the claim occurred.

Any claim not brought within this period will be barred to the maximum extent permitted by law.

This limitation does not apply where applicable law prohibits contractual shortening of the applicable limitations period.

46. Force Majeure

RoadTalk will not be responsible for delays, interruptions, failures, or inability to perform caused by circumstances beyond RoadTalk’s reasonable control, including:

This section does not excuse obligations that cannot legally be excused under applicable law.

47. Assignment

You may not assign, transfer, delegate, or otherwise dispose of your rights or obligations under these Terms without RoadTalk’s prior written consent, except where applicable law permits such transfer.

RoadTalk may assign or transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without your consent in connection with:

Any successor to RoadTalk’s rights and obligations will remain subject to applicable provisions of these Terms.

48. No Waiver

If RoadTalk fails to enforce a provision of these Terms immediately, that does not constitute a waiver of RoadTalk’s right to enforce that provision later.

A waiver of any provision must be made by an authorized representative of RoadTalk and applies only to the specific circumstance for which it is given, unless expressly stated otherwise.

49. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable by a court or other authorized decision-maker, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

If the invalid provision cannot be enforced, it will be severed to the minimum extent necessary without affecting the enforceability of the remaining Terms.

50. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the RoadTalk Privacy Policy and any additional terms, policies, or agreements expressly incorporated into them, constitute the entire agreement between you and RoadTalk concerning your use of the Service.

These Terms supersede prior agreements, representations, or understandings concerning the same subject matter, except where a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.

51. Changes to These Terms

RoadTalk may update or modify these Terms from time to time.

When material changes are made, RoadTalk may provide notice through reasonable methods, which may include:

The updated Terms will identify their effective date.

Where applicable law requires affirmative acceptance of material changes, RoadTalk may request your acceptance before allowing continued use of affected portions of the Service.

Otherwise, your continued use of RoadTalk after the updated Terms become effective may constitute acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you do not agree with updated Terms, you should discontinue use of the Service and may request deletion of your account.

52. Contact Information

If you have questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding these Terms or the RoadTalk Service, you may contact RoadTalk at:

RoadTalk

Email: info@road-talk.com

Website: https://www.road-talk.com

For privacy-related requests, including account or personal-information requests, please also consult the RoadTalk Privacy Policy and applicable account-deletion procedures.

53. Acknowledgment and Acceptance

By creating an account, accessing, downloading, or using RoadTalk, you acknowledge that:

Thank you for being part of the RoadTalk community.