Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: 03/05/2024.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR
WEBSITE (THE "SITE") OR OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL
TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR
PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO
NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITE
OR OUR SERVICES.

The present terms and conditions (this "Agreement" or "Terms") is a legal agreement
between you and Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association (hereinafter
"CIADA"), a company duly organized and validly existing, located at 5634, Harrisburg
Industrial Park Dr, Harrisburg, North Carolina 28075. This Agreement annuls and voids all
previous agreements.

OVERVIEW
The Site (www.theciada.com) is operated by CIADA. Throughout the Site, the terms "we",
"us" and "our" refer to CIADA. CIADA offers this Site, including all information, tools and
services available from this Site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all
terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.
By visiting our Site and/or purchasing something from us, you engage in our "Service" and
agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including those additional terms and
conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Terms apply to
all users of the Site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers,
merchants, and/or contributors of content. In the event of an inconsistency between this
Agreement and any additional terms or policies referenced herein, the provisions of the
additional terms or policies shall control.
Please read these Terms carefully before accessing or using our Site. By accessing or using
any part of the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all the Terms
of this Agreement, then you may not access the Site or use any Service. If these Terms are
considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms.
Any new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also be subject to the
Terms. You can review the most current version of the Terms at any time on this page. We
reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and/
or changes to our Site. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of or access to the Site following the posting of any changes constitutes
acceptance of those changes.
SECTION 1 - GENERAL TERMS
By agreeing to these Terms, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state
or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of
residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use
this Site.
You may not use our products or Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in
the use of our products or Site, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited
to motor vehicle laws).
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your
account and right to use our Service.
We have the right, but not the obligation, to take any of the following actions in our sole
discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you any prior notice:
1. Restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of our Site;
2. Change, suspend or discontinue all or any part of our products or Site;
3. Refuse, move, or remove any content that is available on all or any part of our Site;
4. Deactivate or delete your accounts;
5. Establish general practices and limits concerning use of our Site.
You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of these actions.
You understand and agree that our Site may include communications such as service
announcements and administrative or legal notices from us. Please note that you cannot opt
out of receiving these notices.
You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred
unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform
and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card
information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Site, use
of the Site, or access to the Site or any contact on the Site, without express written permission
by us.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale,
create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on
the Site. CIADA content is not for resale. Use of the Site does not entitle users to make any
unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any
proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely
for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written
permission of CIADA and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any
ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or
implied, to the intellectual property of CIADA or our licensors except as expressly authorized
by these Terms.
SECTION 2 - CREATING AN ACCOUNT
Once you create an account with us, you are registered on the CIADA Site. The terms
"member," "membership," and "account" all refer to this registration as a member on CIADA's
Site. If you are merely surfing or browsing through the Site and have not yet created an
account, your use of the Site is still subject to this Agreement; if you do not agree to this
Agreement, do not use the Site.
When you create an account, you will provide a unique username and email. We will also ask
you to create a password. Because any activities that occur under your username or password
are your responsibility it is important for you to keep your username and/or password secure.
You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You
acknowledge that CIADA is not responsible for third party access to your account that results
from theft or misappropriation of your account. Notify us immediately if you believe that
someone has used your username, email, or password without your authorization.
Furthermore, the registering party hereby acknowledges, understands and agrees to:
a) furnish factual, correct, current and complete information with regards to yourself as
may be requested by the data registration process, and
b) maintain and promptly update your registration and profile information in an effort
to maintain accuracy and completeness at all times.
If anyone knowingly provides any information of a false, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete
nature, Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association will have sufficient grounds
and rights to suspend or terminate the member in violation of this aspect of the Agreement,
and as such refuse any and all current or future use of Carolinas Independent Automobile
Dealers Association Services, or any portion thereof.
SECTION 3 - CONDUCT
As a user or member of the Site, you herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all
information, text, software, data, photographs, music, video, messages, tags or any other
content, whether it is publicly or privately posted and/or transmitted, is the expressed sole
responsibility of the individual from whom the content originated. In short, this means that
you are solely responsible for any and all content posted, uploaded, emailed, transmitted or
otherwise made available by way of the CIADA Services, and as such, we do not guarantee
the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. It is expressly understood that by use of our
Services, you may be exposed to content including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions
in any content posted, and/or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of
any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by CIADA.
Furthermore, you herein agree not to make use of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association's Services for the purpose of:
a) uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any
content that shall be deemed unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy or
which is hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
b) causing harm to minors in any manner whatsoever;
c) impersonating any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, any
CIADA officials, forum leaders, guides or hosts or falsely stating or otherwise
misrepresenting any affiliation with an individual or entity;
d) forging captions, headings or titles or otherwise offering any content that you
personally have no right to pursuant to any law nor having any contractual or fiduciary
relationship with;
e) uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any such content
that may infringe upon any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary or
intellectual rights of any other party;
f) uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any content that you
do not personally have any right to offer pursuant to any law or in accordance with any
contractual or fiduciary relationship;
g) uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional flyers, "junk mail," "spam," or any other form of
solicitation, except in any such areas that may have been designated for such purpose;
h) uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any source that
may contain a software virus or other computer code, any files and/or programs which
have been designed to interfere, destroy and/or limit the operation of any computer
software, hardware, or telecommunication equipment;
i) disrupting the normal flow of communication, or otherwise acting in any manner that
would negatively affect other users' ability to participate in any real time interactions;
j) interfering with or disrupting any Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association Services, servers and/or networks that may be connected or related to our
website, including, but not limited to, the use of any device software and/or routine to
bypass the robot exclusion headers;
k) intentionally or unintentionally violating any local, state, federal, national or
international law, including, but not limited to, rules, guidelines, and/or regulations
decreed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in addition to any rules of
any nation or other securities exchange, that would include without limitation, the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, and any
regulations having the force of law;
l) providing informational support or resources, concealing and/or disguising the
character, location, and or source to any organization delegated by the United States
government as a "foreign terrorist organization" in accordance to Section 219 of the
Immigration Nationality Act;
m) "stalking" or with the intent to otherwise harass another individual; and/or
n) collecting or storing of any personal data relating to any other member or user in
connection with the prohibited conduct and/or activities which have been set forth in
the aforementioned paragraphs.
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association herein reserves the right to pre-screen,
refuse and/or delete any content currently available through our Services. In addition, we
reserve the right to remove and/or delete any such content that would violate the Terms or
which would otherwise be considered offensive to other visitors, users and/or members.
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association herein reserves the right to access,
preserve and/or disclose member account information and/or content if it is requested to do so
by law or in good faith belief that any such action is deemed reasonably necessary for:
a) compliance with any legal process;
b) enforcement of the Terms;
c) responding to any claim that therein contained content is in violation of the rights of
any third party;
d) responding to requests for customer service; or
e) protecting the rights, property or the personal safety of Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association, its visitors, users and members, including the general
public.
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association herein reserves the right to include the
use of security components that may permit digital information or material to be protected,
and that such use of information and/or material is subject to usage guidelines and regulations
established by Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association or any other content
providers supplying content services to Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association. You are hereby prohibited from making any attempt to override or circumvent
any of the embedded usage rules in our Services. Furthermore, unauthorized reproduction,
publication, distribution, or exhibition of any information or materials supplied by our
Services, despite whether done so in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited.
SECTION 4 - GLOBAL USE; EXPORT/IMPORT COMPLIANCE
Due to the global nature of the internet, through the use of our network you hereby agree to
comply with all local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable
content. Uploading, posting and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical
data may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and possibly other
countries. Through the use of our network, you thus agree to comply with all applicable export
and import laws, statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Export
Administration Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html), as well as the
sanctions control program of the United States (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/
sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx). Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:
a) are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any
government export exclusion report (http://www.bis.doc.gov/
complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm) nor a member of any other government
which may be part of an export-prohibited country identified in applicable export and
import laws and regulations;
b) agree not to transfer any software, technology or any other technical data through
the use of our network Services to any export-prohibited country;
c) agree not to use our website network Services for any military, nuclear, missile,
chemical or biological weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export
laws; and
d) agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or any other
technical data which would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or
import laws.
SECTION 5 - SUBMITTED CONTENT
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association shall not lay claim to ownership of
any content submitted by any visitor, member, or user, nor make such content available for
inclusion on our website Services. Therefore, you hereby grant and allow for Carolinas
Independent Automobile Dealers Association the below listed worldwide, royalty-free and
non-exclusive licenses, as applicable:
a) The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible
areas of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association's Sites, the license
provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or
publicly display said Content on our network Services is for the sole purpose of
providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or
made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a
member of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association's sites, and shall
terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.
b) Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on
the publicly accessible areas of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association's sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify,
adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services
are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area in which this
content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available
so long as you are a member of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association's sites and shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your
membership.
c) For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly
accessible areas of Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association's sites, the
continuous, binding and completely sub-licensable license which is meant to permit to
use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and/or
publicly display said content, whether in whole or in part, and the incorporation of any
such Content into other works in any arrangement or medium current used or later
developed.
Those areas which may be deemed "publicly accessible" areas of Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association's Sites are those such areas of our network properties which
are meant to be available to the general public, and which would include message boards and
groups that are openly available to both users and members. However, those areas which are
not open to the public, and thus available to members only, would include our mail system and
instant messaging.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association may provide an area for our user and
members to contribute feedback to our website. When you submit ideas, documents,
suggestions and/or proposals ("Contributions") to our site, you acknowledge and agree that:
a) your contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary
information;
b) CIADA shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain
confidentiality, expressed or implied, related to any Contributions;
c) CIADA shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in
any such manner as they may see fit;
d) the contributor's Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of
CIADA; and
e) CIADA is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of
reimbursement in any manner or nature.
SECTION 6 - INDEMNITY
All users and/or members agree to insure and hold Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors
blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to,
reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from any content a member
or user of our Site may submit, post, modify, transmit or otherwise make available through our
Services, the use of CIADA Services or your connection with these Services, your violations
of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of another person.
SECTION 7 - COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES
The member or user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor
exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to CIADA's sites.
SECTION 8 - MODIFICATIONS
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association reserves the right at any time it may
deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service,
or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you
or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of
our Services, or any part thereof.
SECTION 9 - TERMINATION
As a member of www.theciada.com, you may cancel or terminate your account, associated
email address and/or access to our Services by submitting a cancellation or termination request
to .
As a member, you agree that Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association may,
without any prior written notice, immediately suspend, terminate, discontinue and/or limit
your account, any email associated with your account, and access to any of our Services. The
cause for such termination, discontinuance, suspension and/or limitation of access shall
include, but is not limited to:
a) any breach or violation of our Terms or any other incorporated agreement,
regulation and/or guideline;
b) by way of requests from law enforcement or any other governmental agencies;
c) the discontinuance, alteration and/or material modification to our Services, or any
part thereof;
d) unexpected technical or security issues and/or problems;
e) any extended periods of inactivity;
f) any engagement by you in any fraudulent or illegal activities; and/or
g) the nonpayment of any associated fees that may be owed by you in connection with
your www.theciada.com account Services.
Furthermore, you herein agree that any and all terminations, suspensions, discontinuances, and
or limitations of access for cause shall be made at our sole discretion and that we shall not be
liable to you or any other third party with regards to the termination of your account,
associated email address and/or access to any of our Services.
The termination of your account with www.theciada.com shall include any and/or all of the
following:
a) the removal of any access to all or part of the Services offered within
www.theciada.com;
b) the deletion of your password and any and all related information, files, and any
such content that may be associated with or inside your account, or any part thereof;
and
c) the barring of any further use of all or part of our Services.
SECTION 10 - LINKS
Either Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association or any third parties may
provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are
not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do
not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other
materials, on or available from such third-party sites or resources. Furthermore, you
acknowledge and agree that Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association shall not
be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a
result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance
on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.
SECTION 11 - PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You do hereby acknowledge and agree that Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association's Services and any essential software that may be used in connection with our
Services ("Software") shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is protected by
applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge
and agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information
presented by and through our Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights,
trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Therefore, except for that which is
expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Carolinas Independent Automobile
Dealers Association or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent,
loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic
works which are based on Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association Services
(e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part.
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association hereby grants you a personal, nontransferable and non-exclusive right and/or license to make use of the object code or our
Software on a single computer, as long as you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to
duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or
otherwise make an attempt to locate or discern any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant
a security interest in and/or otherwise transfer any such right in the Software. Furthermore,
you do herein agree not to alter or change the Software in any manner, nature or form, and as
such, not to use any modified versions of the Software, including and without limitation, for
the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our Services. Lastly, you also agree not to
access or attempt to access our Services through any means other than through the interface
which is provided by Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association for use in
accessing our Services.
SECTION 12 - WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
a) THE USE OF CAROLINAS INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
ASSOCIATION SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE SOLE RISK BY YOU.
OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND/
OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CAROLINAS INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE
DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM
ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b) CAROLINAS INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND
OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND
LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) CAROLINAS
INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION SERVICES OR
SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) CAROLINAS
INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION SERVICES OR
SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERRORFREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE
OF THE CAROLINAS INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv)
QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER
MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH
OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v)
THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE
CORRECTED.
c) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED BY WAY OF CAROLINAS INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE
DEALERS ASSOCIATION SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED
BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL
BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL
CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO
YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR
DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE
DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR MATERIAL.
d) NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR
ORAL, THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CAROLINAS
INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION OR BY WAY OF OR
FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
e) A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME
DEGREE OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT
PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A
COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN
CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CONDITION OR
UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO HAVE SHOWN NO
HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU, ANYONE
YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC
CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS,
ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS,
DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
SECTION 13 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CAROLINAS
INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN
THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID
DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:
a) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
b) THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA;
d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR
SERVICE;
e) AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.
SECTION 14 - RELEASE
In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release Carolinas Independent Automobile
Dealers Association (and its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries,
affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other third parties) from claims, demands and
damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected
or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected to such
dispute.
SECTION 15 - NOTICE
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association may furnish you with notices,
including those with regards to any changes to the Terms, including but not limited to email,
regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website Services, or other
reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such
notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the Terms by accessing our Services
in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your agreement that
you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you
accessed our Services in an authorized manner.
SECTION 16 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association logos and any brand features, and/or
product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association. You herein agree not to display and/or
use in any manner the Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association logo or marks
without obtaining Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association's prior written
consent.
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association will always respect the intellectual
property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate
circumstances and at its sole discretion, Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our Terms
and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a
way that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property
rights have been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the following information:
a) The electronic or the physical signature of the individual that is authorized on behalf
of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
b) A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe
has been infringed upon;
c) A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing upon
your work;
d) Your physical address, telephone number, and email address;
e) A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agents or the law;
f) And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned
information in your notice is truthful and accurate, and that you are the copyright or
intellectual property owner, representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright
or intellectual property owner's behalf.
The Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association agent for notice of claims of
copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:

Mailing Address:
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association
Attn: Copyright Agent
5634, Harrisburg Industrial Park Dr
Harrisburg, North Carolina 28075
Telephone: 704-455-2117
Fax: 704-454-5567
Email: info@theciada.com

SECTION 17 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any
prior version of this Agreement between you and us with respect to Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and
conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party
software.
SECTION 18 - CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM
It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association with regard to the Agreement that the relationship between the parties shall be
governed by the laws of the state of North Carolina without regard to its conflict of law
provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or
relating to the Agreement, or the relationship between you and Carolinas Independent
Automobile Dealers Association, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the
County of Cabarrus, North Carolina or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
the courts as previously mentioned, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise
of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.
SECTION 19 - WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS
At any time, should Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association fail to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of the Agreement, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give
effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the
Agreement remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 20 - NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP NONTRANSFERABILITY
You acknowledge, understand and agree that your account is non-transferable and any rights to
your ID and/or contents within your account shall terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of
a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein
permanently deleted.
SECTION 21 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary,
any claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the Agreement must
be filed within 6 year(s) after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.
SECTION 22 - VIOLATIONS
Please report any and all violations of this Agreement to Carolinas Independent Automobile
Dealers Association as follows:
Mailing Address:
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association
5634, Harrisburg Industrial Park Dr
Harrisburg, North Carolina 28075
Telephone: 704-455-2117
Fax: 704-454-5567
Email: info@theciada.com

SECTION 23 - GOVERNMENT REQUESTS
In order to cooperate with governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect our
systems, or to ensure the integrity and operation of our business and systems, we may access
and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including and without
limitation, your information, IP address, and usage history. Our right to disclose any such
information is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.
SECTION 24 - FOREIGN ACCESS OF SITE
The Site is controlled, operated and administered by CIADA from our offices within the USA.
If you access the Site from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance
with all local laws. You agree that you will not use CIADA's content accessed through the Site
in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.
SECTION 25 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS
Occasionally there may be information on our Site that contains typographical errors,
inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers,
product shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any
errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any
information on the Site or on any related Site is inaccurate at any time without prior notice
(including after you have submitted your order).
We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information on the Site or on any
related Site, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No
specified update or refresh date applied on the Site or on any related Site, should be taken to
indicate that all information on the Site or on any related Site has been modified or updated.
SECTION 26 - PRIVACY POLICY
Every member's registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected
by the Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association Online Privacy Policy (see the
full Privacy Policy at https://theciada.growthzonecms.com/privacy-policy/). As a member, you
herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of
information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by
Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers Association and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.