Privacy Policy
I. INTRODUCTION
This User Agreement and Privacy Policy governs each website, mobile site, application, and/or
other service, regardless of how distributed, transmitted, published, or broadcast (each, a
"Service") provided by Wholemax.com, its parent and/or subsidiaries ("we," "us," or "our")
that links to this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, which is binding on all those who
access, visit and/or use the Service, whether acting as an individual or on behalf of an
entity, including you and all persons, entities, or digital engines of any kind that harvest,
crawl, index, scrape, spider, or mine digital content by an automated or manual process or
otherwise (collectively, "you" or "your"). Any financial product or service that may you
obtain from a finance company through the Service is also subject to our Financial Privacy
Policy. Any purchase facilitated through the Services, or use of the Services in a way that
involves sending or receiving payment is subject to our Financial Privacy Policy.
Please read this User Agreement and Privacy Policy carefully. You can access this User
Agreement and Privacy Policy any time in the footer of the Service's home page or initial
screen. Your access, visitation and/or use of the Service, including without limitation any
registration on any aspect of the Service, will constitute your agreement to this User
Agreement and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this User
Agreement and Privacy Policy, you may not access, visit and/or use the Service.
The User Agreement and Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time; the date of the most
recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access of the
Service by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the User
Agreement and Privacy Policy. If you breach, violate, fail to follow, or act inconsistently
with the rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and/or conditions that apply to the Service,
whether listed in this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, posted at various points in the
Service, or otherwise communicated to users of the Service (collectively, the "Agreement"), we
may terminate, discontinue, suspend, and/or restrict your account/profile, your ability to
access, visit, and/or use the Service or any portion thereof, and/or the Agreement, including
without limitation any of our purported obligations hereunder, with or without notice, in
addition to our other remedies. In addition, we may curtail, restrict, or refuse to provide
you with any future access, visitation, and/or use of the Service. We reserve the right, in
addition to our other remedies, to take any technical, legal, and/or other action(s) that we
deem necessary and/or appropriate, with or without notice, to prevent violations and enforce
the Agreement and remediate any purported violations. You acknowledge and agree that we have
the right hereunder to an injunction without posting a bond to stop or prevent a breach or
violation of your obligations under the Agreement.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this User
Agreement and Privacy Policy and the terms of the Financial Privacy Policy, the terms of the
Financial Privacy Policy shall control. In the event of any other conflict between the terms
and conditions of this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and any rules, restrictions,
limitations, terms and/or conditions that may be posted at various points in the Service or
otherwise communicated to users of the Service, the terms of this User Agreement and Privacy
Policy shall control.
Among other things, the Agreement governs all text, articles, photographs, images, graphics,
illustrations, creative, copy, artwork, video, audio, music, podcasts, ringtones, games,
trademarks, trade names, service marks, and other brand identifiers, designs, plans, software,
source and object code, algorithms, data, statistics, analysis, formulas, indexes, registries,
repositories, and all other content, information, and materials (collectively, "Content")
available on or through the Service, whether posted, uploaded, transmitted, sent or otherwise
made available by us, our licensors, vendors, and/or service providers.
IN ADDITION TO SETTING FORTH HOW YOU CAN USE OUR SERVICES, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS
AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION PROVISION, WHICH WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION, REQUIRE YOU
TO SUBMIT CLAIMS YOU HAVE AGAINST US TO BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION.
II. MONITORING AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SERVICE AND THE CONTENT
A. Monitoring.
We strive to provide an enjoyable online experience for our users, so we may monitor activity
on the Service to foster compliance with the Agreement. You hereby specifically agree to such
monitoring. Nevertheless, we do not make any representations, warranties or guarantees that:
(1) the Service, or any portion thereof, will be monitored for accuracy or unacceptable use,
or (2) we will take any specific action (or any action at all) in the event of a challenge or
dispute regarding compliance or non-compliance with the Agreement.
B. What to do if you have a complaint about the service and the content.
If you have a legitimate complaint about the Service or the Content, please do the
following:
Copyright Complaints: If you have reason to believe that your Content has been copied and/or
is accessible on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the
Service contains links or other references to another site, application, destination or
service that contains Content or activity that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify
us as described below in the section entitled Copyright Complaints.
Cybercrime: If you have reason to believe you may be the victim of an online crime, such as
identity theft, fraud, infringement, or hacking, you may contact the Internet Crime Complaint
Center, at www.ic3.gov, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
IMPORTANT: FALSE OR INACCURATE ACCUSATIONS THAT OTHERS HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, INAPPROPRIATE ACT, OR VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, COULD BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAW, OR OTHERWISE EXPOSE YOU TO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES).
III. REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT/PROFILE CREATION
A. We may at times require that you register and/or set up an account/profile to access, visit and/or use certain portions of the Service, or the Service as a whole, in which case you may be provided, or required to choose, a password and/or User ID, and you may be asked to provide a credit, debit, or charge card number, or other payment information, as well as your name, telephone number(s), email and/or street address, and other personally identifiable information. Other information such as your age, gender, an avatar, and the number for your mobile or other device may also be requested. In addition, you may be asked to send us similar information via messaging (e.g., email, SMS, MMS, or other technologies). All such information shall be referred to in the Agreement as your "Registration Information". We may use and share your Registration Information as described in our Privacy Policy.
B. You agree, represent, warrant, and guarantee that all Registration Information provided by you is true, accurate, complete, up-to-date, and solely yours. You may not impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else when registering and/or setting up an account/profile on the Service. If any of your Registration Information changes, you must update it promptly by using the mechanism or contact information on the Service that allows you to change or update your Registration Information, if available. If no such mechanism or contact information is available on the Service, please notify us as described in our Privacy Policy.
WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES (AS DEFINED BELOW), SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH OR ARISING FROM YOUR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR UP-TO-DATE REGISTRATION INFORMATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR FAILURE TO RECEIVE CRITICAL INFORMATION. NEITHER WE NOR OUR INDEMNITEES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
C. We reserve the right at any time, with or without notice, to remove or require a change to or repossess any password and/or User ID that has been provided to you, any avatar you may be using or other Registration Information, or otherwise change the access means or methods for portions of the Service, the Service as a whole, or certain products and/or services.
D. You will be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Registration Information. You may not authorize or permit anyone else to access and/or use your Registration Information, or access, visit and/or use the Service by use of your account/profile and/or Registration Information. You may not access and/or use anyone else's Registration Information, or access, visit and/or use the Service by use of anyone else's account/profile and/or Registration Information. You may not sub-license, transfer, sell, rent or assign your Registration Information to any third party without our written approval. Any attempt to do so will be null and void and shall be considered a material breach of the Agreement.
E. You are solely responsible for all access or visitation to, usage of, or activity on, your account/profile including, but not limited to, use of the account/profile by any person who uses your Registration Information, with or without authorization, or who has access to any computer, mobile or other device on which your account/profile resides or is accessible. You acknowledge and agree that we may, and you specifically authorize us to, process all transactions, including without limitation purchases and/or registration for additional merchandise, products and/or services, including without limitation Content, that are initiated by use of your Registration Information.
F. If you have reason to believe that your account/profile is no longer secure (for example, in the event of a loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of your Registration Information), you must immediately change the affected Registration Information by using the mechanism or contact information on the Service, if available, and/or close the account/profile. If no such mechanism or contact information is available on the Service, please immediately notify us as described in our Privacy Policy.
IV. RULES OF USAGE:
A. Deposits, Fees, Payment and Deliveries:
1. Wholemax.com is a neutral facilitator in this process has no control over the truth, accuracy, quality, legality, or safety of postings made by users, sellers, dealers, auction clearing houses, brokers and other automotive industry professionals. You understand and agree that Wholemax.com cannot and does not confirm or verify the identity, background, qualifications, or abilities of users, sellers, auction clearing houses, dealers, brokers and the like, nor does Wholemax.com guaranty the condition and/or quality of the vehicles or services that are offered up for sale through this Site.
2. Vehicle listings and descriptions on the Service are for informational purposes only and Wholemax.com does not guarantee the accuracy of such information. Wholemax.com may obtain vehicle listing information, including vehicle descriptions from third parties, so there is a possibility that unintentional errors can occur. All vehicles are subject to prior sale and may not be available in your area when you are ready to purchase. You agree that any reliance on the vehicle listing and descriptions on the Service is at your own risk. All vehicle listings are subject to the Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability in these Terms of Use. Wholemax.com is under no obligation to finance, sell, or lease a vehicle to you or facilitate the financing, sale or lease of a vehicle to you. All vehicles purchased through Wholemax.com are sold “AS-IS WHERE-IS, WITH ALL FAULTS”, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY.
3. The purchase price of the vehicle will include the auction price mandatory fees like title and registration along with additional fees. The entire price including all fees and costs will be displayed prior to your decision to purchase. Wholemax.com does not guarantee that the vehicle you choose to purchase will be available at that price. Your purchase will not be completed unless the vehicle is won at auction.
4. If you utilize Wholemax.com to facilitate the purchase of a car you do so at your own risk and your purchase cannot be canceled and your obligated to complete the transaction according to the terms you agreed to and Wholemax.com will not be responsible for any attempts to cancel a purchase or transaction. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Wholemax.com harmless from any and all liability arising out of or in connection with any of purchases, offers, buy it now and/or any decisions made in resolving disputes. Wholemax.com may, by its sole and absolute discretion and with or without notice, postpone or cancel a sale or withdraw a vehicle from availability to purchase. Wholemax.com will neither have liability nor obligation to You as a result of any vehicle withdrawal or any purchase that cannot be completed.
5. Dealers and auction clearing houses associated with Wholemax.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any offers placed for product listed on this website. Dealers associated with Wholemax.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any such offers whether or not the offer has been accepted and you provided the necessary deposit. If you have paid a required deposit and your offer has been refused or cancelled, your deposit will be refunded in a timely manner.
6. For its services, Wholemax.com charges a fee to facilitate the purchase of vehicles purchased (whether through an auction process, as a Buy it Now or in any other way) through the Site. This fee is $300 plus three percent of the purchase price. Listings may have additional fees in connection with the vehicle purchase, such as a documentation fee (which covers title transfers, courier and other related charges) and a bank wire fee. Each listing will set out the associated fees and expenses for that vehicle. There are also auction clearing house fees which vary based on the vehicle purchase price, auction type and location.
7. In addition to the above, you agree to pay all other customary auction fees and charges for services rendered in connection with the purchase and sale of vehicles, including, without limitation, gate fees, buyer fees, sale fees, entry fees, loading fees, storage fees, and other such fees and charges. It Your sole responsibility to verify fees charged by Wholemax.com prior to incurring such charges. All fees and charges are subject to change without notice.
8. Deposit payments made towards placing a bid on a vehicle can be paid by credit card or by wire transfer. You acknowledge that Wholemax.com may require additional documentation from you in connection with its fraud prevention and security measures program before it approves any credit card deposit made by you. You acknowledge and agree that you shall provide Wholemax.com such additional documentation, including, without limitation, a copy of a government issued identification, a copy of the credit card used for the deposit and any other documentation reasonably required to ascertain your identity as part of Wholemax.com’s fraud prevention and security measures program, all of which are for your protection. Prior to any credit card charge, you agree to sign an authorization letter for all charges.
9. Should Wholemax.com facilitate the purchase of a vehicle for you (and/or on your behalf), whether by way of, without limitation, being the highest bidder at the auction of the vehicle, through a “buy it now” option, or any other way, and you fail to complete the purchase of the vehicle within [INSERT TIME PERIOD] or you default in any other way on your acceptance of your obligation to pay for that vehicle in full, you unconditionally acknowledge and agree that your deposit will become non-refundable and such deposit shall become the sole and lawful property and possession of Wholemax.com. You further acknowledge and agree that you have that, given the nature of the transaction, the potential damages to us in the event of your breach are difficult to estimate. You further agree that this paragraph operates as a liquidated damages provision and not as a penalty.
B. Pre-Qualification for Financing
1. Any application for pre-approval or pre-qualification on our Site is for the sole purpose to advise you whether you have been pre-approved or pre-qualified for a loan and not an offer to lend any funds. At no time shall you interpret a pre-qualification or pre-approval as Wholemax.com providing a loan or financing to you. All offers of financing and/or loans are subject to credit approval by the relevant financial institution that considers your finance and/or loan application.
2. Programs, rates, terms and conditions on our Site are subject to change and may expire without notice.
3. By completing and submitting the application on our Site you acknowledge and agree that you are not applying for credit, funding and/or financing. You further acknowledge and agree that completing and/or submitting the application does not mean that a vehicle loan (or an offer thereof) will be provided to you.
4. A vehicle loan and/or an offer for a vehicle loan is a decision of the financial institution providing the loan and not a decision made by Wholemax.com. Wholemax.com does not originate, fund nor disburse any of the loans offered.
C. Use of the Service by You:
1. The Service is not intended for users under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from users under the age of 18. Such users are expressly prohibited from registering for the Service or submitting their personally identifiable information to us, and from using portions of the Service for which registration is required.
2. You shall ensure that all equipment, hardware, software, products and/or services you use to access, visit, or use the Service does not disturb or interfere with our operation of the Service, or impede or interfere with others' access, visitation and/or use of the Service. We reserve the right, in addition to our other remedies, with or without notice, to immediately disconnect from the Service any equipment, hardware, software, product and/or services causing interference with us, our licensors, vendors, service providers, the Service or any Content.
3. If you provide to us the number for a mobile or other device, or we obtain the device identifier for a device you are using, you agree, represent, warrant, and guarantee that such device is registered in your name and owned by you, or that you have permission of the device owner(s).
4. Unless otherwise specified, the Service is intended for your personal, non-commercial use only. You are solely responsible for all usage of, or activities on, the Service by you and by those you authorize or allow to use, or provide access to, the Service, for example, by authorizing or allowing access to your account/profile or any computer, mobile or other device on which the Service resides or is accessible.
5. You must comply with all applicable import and export control laws, rules, and regulations of the United States and other countries, and you must not transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any Content subject to restrictions under such laws, rules, or regulations to a site, application, destination, location, person or entity, or for an end use, prohibited thereby.
6. You represent and warrant that you are not: (a) a resident or national of Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, or any other country subject to United States embargo; (b) anyone on the US Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or on the US Commerce Department's Denied Party or Entity List; or (c) any prohibited country, person, end-user, or entity specified by US Export Laws. When using our Services, you are responsible for complying with trade regulations and both foreign and domestic laws (e.g., you are not located in a country that is subject to a US Government embargo, or that has been designated by the US Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and you are not listed on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties).
7. Content that is provided by us, our licensors, vendors and/or service providers, including without limitation photos, images, text, music, audio, videos, podcasts, trademarks, trade names, service marks and other brand identifiers, the organization, design, compilation, and "look and feel" of the Service, and all advertising thereon, is protected by local, state, federal, provincial, national, international, and foreign copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws, rules, and regulations, and is the property of us or our licensors, vendors and/or service providers.
8. Certain Content may be made available to you on or through the Service for download, installation, and/or streaming on your computer, mobile or other device, and via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), such as photos, images, text, music, audio, videos, podcasts, ringtones, games, graphics, or software. Such Content is subject to the same terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions applicable to all Content provided by us, our licensors, vendors and/or service providers. You must, in addition to all of your other obligations, use such Content only to the extent expressly authorized for the particular Content, and you may not use such Content in a manner that exceeds such authorization. Certain Content on the Service may be provided by third parties and Wholemax.com may not have editorial control over the content. The views or opinions expressed by those third parties do not necessarily represent the views of Wholemax.com.
D. Prohibitions on Use of the Service:
1. Absent explicit prior written consent in certain situations, you may not, nor may you
allow, enable, authorize, instruct, encourage, assist, suggest, inform, or promote that
others, directly or indirectly, do any of the following for any reason:
Access and/or use anyone else's Registration Information, or access, visit and/or use the
Service by use of anyone else's account/profile and/or Registration Information;
Make any commercial, advertising, promotional, or marketing use of the Service and/or
Content, including without limitation the photos, images, text, music, audio, videos,
podcasts, trademarks, trade names, service marks and other brand identifiers of us, our
licensors, vendors, and/or service providers obtained on or through the Service, except as
permitted by the Copyright Act or other law or as expressly permitted in writing by the
Agreement, us or the Service;
Impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else, by setting up different
accounts/profiles or otherwise, or falsely state, represent, or imply any affiliation,
association, or connection with a person or entity when using the Service;
Authorize or permit anyone else to access and/or use your Registration Information, or
access, visit and/or use the Service by use of your account/profile and/or Registration
Information;
Import or create any content that disparages any person or entity, or that promotes bigotry,
racism, sexism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination
based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
Import into, create content to, or use the Services in any way that violates any state,
federal or international law;
Falsely state, represent, or imply any affiliation, association, or connection between any
person or entity, including without limitation you, your company, or your site, application,
destination or service, with the Service, us, or our licensors, vendors and/or service
providers;
Use any bots, cheats, macros, scripts, or run Mail list, Listserv or any form of
auto-responder, or use any other automated process, or engage in meta-searching or periodic
caching of information, to access, visit and/or use the Service, including without limitation
to post, upload, transmit, send, or other make available Content on or through the
Service;
Copy, harvest, crawl, index, scrape, spider, mine, gather, extract, compile, obtain,
aggregate, capture, or store any Content, including without limitation photos, images, text,
music, audio, videos, podcasts, data, software, source or object code, algorithms, statistics,
analysis, formulas, indexes, registries, repositories, or any other information available on
or through the Service, including by an automated or manual process or otherwise, if we have
taken steps to forbid, prohibit, or prevent you from doing so;
Copy, reproduce, modify, change, edit, crop, alter, revise, adapt, translate, enhance,
reformat, remix, rearrange, resize, create derivative works of, move, remove, delete, or erase
any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary legends, symbols, marks, or notices on the
Service, or attempt to circumvent any mechanisms for preventing the unauthorized reproduction
or distribution of Content;
Copy, reproduce, modify, change, edit, crop, alter, revise, adapt, translate, enhance,
reformat, remix, rearrange, resize, create derivative works of, move, remove, delete, erase,
reverse engineer, decipher, decompile, disassemble, store, cache, aggregate, publish, post,
display, distribute, broadcast, perform, transmit, rent, sell, share, sublicense, syndicate,
or otherwise provide to others, or use any Content obtained on or through the Service, in
whole or in part, except as permitted by the Copyright Act or other law or as expressly
permitted in writing by the Agreement, us or the Service;
Copy, reproduce, modify, change, edit, crop, alter, revise, adapt, translate, enhance,
reformat, remix, rearrange, resize, create derivative works of, move, remove, delete, erase,
reverse engineer, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive any source
code or underlying ideas or algorithms of the Service, in whole or in part, including without
limitation any Content, communications, messaging, programming, hardware, functionality, or
features on our networks, servers or databases, or otherwise reduce the Service, in whole or
in part, to a human perceivable form;
Access, other than connecting to our servers by http requests using a browser, or disrupt,
overwhelm, attack, hack, destroy, damage, disable, impair, alter, tamper or interfere with,
the Service including without limitation any Content, communications, messaging, programming,
hardware, functionality, or features on our networks, servers or databases, or impede or
interfere with others' access, visitation, and/or use of the Service, in any way or by any
means, whether remotely or by access to our personal property, premises, or otherwise,
including, without limitation, by using administrator passwords or by masquerading as an
administrator while using the Service or otherwise; or
Post, upload, transmit, send or otherwise make available on or through the Service any
software disabling devices, time bombs, Trojan horses, cancelbots, viruses, worms, bugs,
corrupted files, spyware, adware, malware, malicious programs or code, or devices or defects
of similar nature.
Hyperlink to the Service without our written permission. If you wish to obtain permission to
hyperlink, please contact: Attn: Wholemax Operations, 14 North East 1st Avenue, Suite 700
Miami, FL 33132 or [email protected].
2. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DO ANY OF THE FOREGOING PROHIBITED ACTS, OR TO OTHERWISE UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, IN ADDITION TO OUR OTHER REMEDIES, TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
E. Editing, Additions and Deletions:
We reserve the right, but undertake no duty, in our sole discretion, with or without notice, to review, edit, move, add, delete, or otherwise change any features, functionality, and/or Content available on or through, or downloadable from, the Service, including without limitation any Content in your account/profile. This includes updates or upgrades to Content, automatic or otherwise. You agree to accept, and to take no action to interfere with, automatic upgrades or updates. Any changes to the Service may not be consistent across all platforms, computers, or devices. If you do not refresh the Service after each such change, or download the update(s) or upgrade(s), your experience may not reflect the most recent features, functionality, and/or Content, for which we and our Indemnitees disclaim any and all responsibility and liability. If any changes require you to obtain new, additional, or different equipment, hardware, software, and/or telephone, mobile, wireless, Internet and/or other services, you are solely responsible for any additional expense. Even after Content is removed from your account/profile, your messages, post(s), and/or threads, regardless of whether such removal or deletion is by you or by us, copies of that Content may be retained and/or remain viewable by us, our licensors, vendors, service providers and/or other third parties.
F. Copyright Complaints:
1. We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, in addition to our other remedies, terminate, discontinue, suspend and/or restrict the account/profile or ability to access, visit, and/or use the Service of users who infringe the copyright rights of others, and we may choose to remove, delete, erase, or disable access to Content deemed to be infringing. It is our policy to terminate the access of repeat infringers.
2. If you have reason to believe that your Content has been copied and/or is accessible on
the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the Service contains
links or other references to another site, application, destination or service that contains
Content or activity that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify us by providing a
document via fax, first class U.S. mail, or e-mail that includes the following information (as
required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sec. 512) to our copyright agent set forth below:
i. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
ii. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple
copyrighted works at the Service are covered by a single notification, a representative list
of such works at the Service;
iii. Identification of the copyrighted work that is claimed to be infringing or to be the
subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled,
and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate such copyrighted work;
iv. Information reasonably sufficient to enable us to contact the complaining party, such as
an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the
complaining party may be contacted;
v. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted
work in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law; and
vi. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of
perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
3. IMPORTANT: MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE IN A NOTICE CLAIMING THAT CONTENT OR ACTIVITY IS INFRINGING VIOLATES THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT AND MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES). COURTS HAVE FOUND THAT YOU MUST CONSIDER COPYRIGHT DEFENSES, LIMITATIONS OR EXCEPTIONS BEFORE SENDING A NOTICE. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER CONTENT RESIDING ON OUR SERVICE INFRINGES YOUR COPYRIGHT, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU FIRST CONTACT AN ATTORNEY. IN ADDITION, PLEASE DETERMINE WHETHER THE CONTENT YOU ARE SENDING A NOTICE ABOUT IS ACTUALLY RESIDING ON OUR SERVICE BEFORE SENDING THE NOTICE.
4. Copyright Agent: Wholemax Operations, 1st SE 3rd Avenue - Suite 2150 - Miami – Florida – 33131 or [email protected]
Note: Only inquiries about permission to hyperlink, this privacy policy, your personal information, Rejection Notices or copyright complaints, should be sent to Wholemax Operations. No other communications will be accepted or responded to.
For communications on other matters, please contact us through the means described on the Service, if available (for example, in the "Contact Us" section), or if no such means are specified, contact us as described in our Privacy Policy.
PLEASE NOTE: THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT HERE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE.
G. Indemnification:
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our licensors, vendors, service providers, and each of our and their respective officers, directors, members, employees, independent and sub-contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, "Indemnitees") from and against any and all claims, disputes, demands, proceedings, cause of action, judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, costs or expense (including, but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) of any kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed (collectively, "Claims") which may arise out of or are in any way connected with your access, visitation and/or use of the Service, your Content, unauthorized use of Content obtained on or through the Service, breach or alleged breach of the Agreement, or from any of your acts or omissions in connection with the Service.
H. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability:
1. CERTAIN FEATURES, FUNCTIONALITY, AND/OR CONTENT OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE MAY BE HOSTED, ADMINISTERED, RUN OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATED IN BY THIRD PARTIES. THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY REQUIRE THAT YOU AGREE TO THEIR ADDITIONAL TERMS, CONDITIONS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND/OR RULES. YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL TERMS, CONDITIONS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND/OR RULES IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT WHEN USING THE SERVICE. WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES.
2. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND GUARANTEES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTEE OR REPRESENTATION, WHETHER ORAL, IN WRITING OR IN ELECTRONIC FORM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN OR PROVIDED BY US OR THE SERVICE. WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES DO NOT REPRESENT, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT ACCESS TO THE SERVICE AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS OR MESSAGING FROM OR TO US OR YOU WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES, DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR LOSS OF TRANSMITTED CONTENT, OR THAT NO SOFTWARE DISABLING DEVICES, TIME BOMBS, VIRUSES, WORMS, BUGS, OR DEVICES OR DEFECTS OF SIMILAR NATURE WILL BE TRANSMITTED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, AND WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH OCCURRENCE.
3. USE OF THE SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCOMPLETE, INCORRECT, LOST, DELAYED, LATE, MISDIRECTED, GARBLED, DAMAGED, ILLEGIBLE, UNDELIVERABLE, OR INCOMPLETELY RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS OR MESSAGING FROM OR TO US OR YOU FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING BY REASON OF HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BROWSER, NETWORK, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FAILURE, MALFUNCTION, DELAY, OR CONGESTION, OR ANY INCOMPATIBILITY AT OUR SERVERS OR ELSEWHERE, OR FOR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, ANY FORM OF ACTIVE OR PASSIVE FILTERING BY A USER'S COMPUTER, MOBILE OR OTHER DEVICE OR ACCESS PROVIDER, INSUFFICIENT SPACE ON USER'S COMPUTER, MOBILE OR OTHER DEVICE OR ACCOUNT/PROFILE, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OR COMBINATION THEREOF.
4. WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED ARISING OUT OF THE AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE, YOUR ABILITY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, VISIT AND/OR USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER, MOBILE OR OTHER DEVICE, OR FOR SOFTWARE DISABLING DEVICES, TIME BOMBS, VIRUSES, WORMS, BUGS, OR DEVICES OR DEFECTS OF SIMILAR NATURE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE, YOUR ACCESS, VISITATION, AND/OR USE OF, OR RELIANCE ON, THE SERVICE AND/OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY YOU DURING THE ONE MONTH PERIOD IN WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE AGREEMENT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF SUCH STATES, BUT TO THE EXTENT A CLAIM IS BROUGHT THEREIN, OUR LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH STATES, IN PART: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR".
I. Termination or Suspension of the Service, Your Use of the Service, and/or the Agreement:
1. We reserve the right, in addition to our other remedies, to terminate, discontinue, suspend and/or restrict the Service, your account/profile, your ability to access, visit and/or use the Service or any portion thereof, and/or the Agreement, including without limitation any of our purported obligations hereunder, for any or no reason, with or without notice. In the event of any termination or discontinuation of your account/profile, your ability to access, visit and/or use the Service or any portion thereof, and/or the Agreement, we reserve the right, in addition to our other remedies, to reassign, and/or allow another user to use, your password and/or User ID.
2. Even if the Service, your ability to access, visit and/or use the Service or any portion thereof, and/or the Agreement is terminated, discontinued, suspended or restricted, by you or by us, we have no obligation to (but we may in our discretion) remove any Content, and therefore copies of all information with regard to your account/profile and/or Content you may have posted, uploaded, transmitted, sent or otherwise made available on or through the Service, may be retained and/or remain viewable by us, our licensors, vendors, service providers and/or other third parties. Nevertheless, we have no obligation to retain, store, or provide you with any information with regard to your account/profile and/or Content you may have posted, uploaded, transmitted, sent or otherwise made available on or through the Service. All provisions of the Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of the Agreement and/or your account/profile.
J. Communications to You:
1. The communications between you and us usually use electronic means, whether you access, visit or use the Service, send us messages, or whether we post notices on the Service or communicate with you via messaging. For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from us in electronic form; and (b) agree that all notices, documents, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if they were in writing. Your consent to receive communications and do business electronically, and your agreement to do so applies to all of your interactions and transactions with us.
2. You understand and agree that joining the Service may include receiving certain communications from us, such as transactional or relationship messages, and/or messages about your account/profile, and that these communications are considered part of your account/profile and you may not be able to opt out of receiving them without ceasing to be a registered user of the Service.
3. You agree that by providing your phone number, Wholemax.com, or Wholemax.com's authorized representatives*, may call and/or send text messages (including by using equipment to automatically dial telephone numbers) about your interest in a purchase, for marketing/sales purposes, or for any other servicing or informational purpose related to your account. You do not have to consent to receiving calls or texts to purchase from Wholemax.com.
*Including, but not limited to, LightStream, Vehicle Solutions, Titletec, American Colonial Administration and Currency Capital.
K. Mobile Participants:
You understand and agree that various entities unaffiliated with us make up the "mobile ecosystem" that enables you to access, visit and/or use the Service via your computer, mobile or other device, including without limitation equipment, hardware and software manufacturers and providers, telephone, mobile, wireless, and Internet network providers and carriers, and sellers or providers of Content for use with the Service (collectively, the "Mobile Participants"). We do not represent, warrant or guarantee that all portions of the Service, or the Service as a whole, can be accessed via all mobile or other devices, or via all carriers and service plans or is available in all geographic locations.
THESE MOBILE PARTICIPANTS MAY REQUIRE THAT YOU AGREE TO THEIR ADDITIONAL TERMS, CONDITIONS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND/OR RULES. YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL TERMS, CONDITIONS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND/OR RULES IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT WHEN USING THE SERVICE. WE AND OUR INDEMNITEES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF SUCH MOBILE PARTICIPANTS.
We have agreements with some of these Mobile Participants that require us to make certain disclosures and pass along certain responsibilities to you. For such Mobile Participants, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) the Agreement is between us and you; the Mobile Participants are not parties to the Agreement; (ii) the Mobile Participants and their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates are third party beneficiaries of the Agreement and upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Mobile Participants will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the Agreement against you; (iii) the license granted to you hereunder is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Service on the particular product authorized by the applicable Mobile Participant that you own or control and as permitted by such Mobile Participant's applicable usage rules; (iv) Mobile Participants have no obligation whatsoever in connection with the functionality or content of the Service, or to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the Service; (v) in the event of any failure of the Service to conform to any applicable warranty, you may be able to notify the applicable Mobile Participant to receive a refund of all or part of the amount you paid for the Service, if any (to the maximum amount permitted by applicable law, Mobile Participants will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Service); (vi) Mobile Participants are not responsible for addressing any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses by you or a third party relating to the Service or your possession, access, visitation and/or use of the Service, including without limitation (a) product liability claims; (b) any claim that the Service fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; and (vii) in the event of any third party claim that the Service or your possession, access, visitation and/or use of the Service, infringes such third party's intellectual property rights, Mobile Participants are not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and/or discharge of such claim.
L. Third Party Content:
The Service may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than Wholemax.com. Wholemax.com does not operate the third party service(s) or links and is not responsible for the content or accessibility outside of the Wholemax.com website. The Service may also contain content created by third parties, such as customer reviews, where third parties may express their ideas and opinions. Wholemax.com and its affiliates do not endorse the accuracy or reliability of any third party content.
M. Disputes and Jurisdiction:
1. The Service is based in the United States. It is not designed, customized or intended for, or directed to, any other country. Those who choose to access, visit and/or use the Service do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. We make no representation, warranty or guarantee that the Service, or any merchandise, products, services, and/or Content available on or through the Service are appropriate, available, or legal in any particular geographic location.
2. In any dispute between us, your remedy will be limited as set forth in this Agreement, but in no instance shall your remedy exceed the fees you paid to us. This includes any dispute related to or arising out of: (i) rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and conditions that apply to the Service, whether listed in this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, posted at various points in the Service, or otherwise communicated to you, including our enforcement, non-enforcement, or application of any such rules; (ii) any of our policies and/or practices, including our enforcement, non-enforcement, or application of any such policies and/or practices; (iii) any Content available on or through the Service, or any edits, deletions, additions, or other changes thereto; or (iv) your ability or inability to access, visit and/or use portions of the Service, or the Service as a whole, or features, functionality, and/or Content available on or through the Service.
3. ARBITRATION PROVISION: PLEASE REVIEW AS THIS EFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. You agree that in
the event of any dispute between us, you will first contact us and make a good faith sustained
effort to resolve the dispute before resorting to more formal means of resolution, including
without limitation any court action. If we have a dispute that we are unable to resolve, you
and Wholemax.com agree to binding confidential arbitration using the American Arbitration
Association or J.A.M.S in Miami-Dade County, Florida. You may send a demand for arbitration to
either of the following:
American Arbitration Associate (AAA)
13455 Noel Road, Suite 1750
Dallas, TX 75240
www.adr.org
(972) 702-8222
J.A.M.S./Endispute
700 11th Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20001
www.jamsADR.com
(800) 352-5267
The applicable rules of the arbitration in the State of Florida will apply. You are giving up your right to a trial by jury or class action or similar relief. You have all other rights and remedies under applicable law. This arbitration provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. For the purposes of this provision, the term "Dispute" means any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to: (i) these Terms and/or our privacy policy, its interpretation, or the breach, termination, applicability or validity thereof; (ii) the related order for, purchase, delivery, receipt or use of any product or service from Wholemax.com; or iii) any other dispute arising out of or relating to the relationship between You and Wholemax.com.
The arbitrator’s award, including attorneys’ fees, shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these Terms or under our privacy policy shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these Terms or our privacy policy, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. You understand that, in the absence of this provision, You would have had a right to litigate disputes through a court, including the right to litigate claims on a class-wide or class action basis, and that you have expressly and knowingly waived those rights and agreed to resolve any Disputes through binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this section.
You have the right to reject this arbitration agreement, in which event neither you nor we will have the right to require arbitration of any disputes. Rejection of this arbitration agreement will not affect any other aspect of your contract. In order for you to reject this arbitration agreement, we must receive a signed writing ("Rejection Notice") from you within 30 days of the day you enter into the contract, stating that you reject the arbitration agreement. The Rejection Notice must include your name, address and Customer Number and must be mailed to us at: Attn Wholemax Operations, 1st SE 3rd Avenue - Suite 2150 - Miami – Florida – 33131 by mail, return receipt requested. If you reject this arbitration agreement, that will not constitute a rejection of any other arbitration agreement between you and us.
4. Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and Non-individualized Relief. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
5. We reserve the right, in addition to our other remedies, to take any technical, legal, and/or other action(s) that we deem necessary and/or appropriate, to prevent or correct violations and enforce the Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that we have the right hereunder to an injunction without posting a bond to stop or prevent a breach or violation of your obligations under the Terms of Use.
6. You agree that, regardless of where you access, visit and/or use the Service, all issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, in the State of Florida, without regard to any principles of conflict of laws. Any disputes that are not arbitrated or otherwise result in court action will be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in the State of Florida, and you specifically consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts and waive any claim of forum non-conveniens. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of Florida, and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of Florida. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys' fees) and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.
7. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement, or portion thereof, to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision or portion will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of the Agreement will continue to be valid and enforceable in full force and effect.
8. SECTION 501.98 NOTICE: Section 501.98, Florida Statutes, requires that, at least 30 days before bringing any claim against a motor vehicle dealer for an unfair or deceptive trade practice, a consumer must provide the dealer with a written demand letter stating the name, address, and telephone number of the consumer; the name and address of the dealer; a description of the facts that serve as the basis for the claim; the amount of damages; and copies of any documents in the possession of the consumer which relate to the claim. Such notice must be delivered by the United States Postal Service or by a nationally recognized carrier, return receipt requested, to the address where the subject vehicle was purchased or leased or where the subject transaction occurred, or an address at which the dealer regularly conducts business.
N. General:
1. We reserve the right to post, from time to time, additional rules that apply to certain portions of the Service, or the Service as a whole. Such additional rules will be posted in the relevant portions of the Service, and are hereby incorporated into the Agreement by this reference. Your continued access, visitation and/or use of the Service constitutes your agreement to comply with these additional rules.
2. The rules, restrictions, limitations, terms and conditions that apply to the Service, whether listed in this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, posted at various points in the Service, or otherwise communicated to you, constitutes the Agreement and entire understanding between the parties, and supersedes prior agreements between the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Unless explicitly stated in writing by us, any new or additional features, functionality, or Content that augment or enhance the Service, including the release of updates, upgrades, new products and/or services, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
3. Any delay or failure by us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. No waiver by us shall have effect unless such waiver is set forth in writing, signed by us; nor shall any such waiver of any breach or default constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or default.
4. We may sub-license, transfer, sell or assign the Agreement, and/or any of our purported obligations hereunder, at any time to any person or entity, with or without notice. You may not sub-license, transfer, sell, or assign the Agreement at any time to any person or entity, and any attempt to do so will be null and void.
V. PRIVACY POLICY
A. The Type of Information the Service Collects:
1. The following Privacy Policy summarizes the various ways we treat personally identifiable and other information about you and your computer, mobile or other device when you access, visit and/or use the Service. The Financial Privacy Policy summarizes the way that we treat personally identifiable information about you that you provide us if you obtain a financial product or service or make a purchase.
2. The Service generally collects personally identifiable information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you register and/or set up an account/profile to access, visit and/or use certain portions of the Service, or the Service as a whole, you may be provided, or required to choose, a password and/or User ID, as well as your name, telephone number(s), email and/or street address, and other personally identifiable information. Other information such as your age, gender, an avatar, and the number for your mobile or other device may also be requested. In addition, you may be asked to send us similar information via messaging (e.g., email, SMS, MMS, or other technologies). All such information shall be referred to in this Privacy Policy as your "Registration Information".
3. Our servers may also automatically collect information about you, your online behavior and your computer, mobile or other device. The information collected may include, without limitation, the make, model, settings, specifications (e.g., CPU speed, connection speed, browser type, operating system, device identifier) and geographic location of you and/or your computer, mobile or other device, as well as date/time stamp, IP address, pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, the site(s), application(s), destination(s), and/or service(s) you arrived from, and other clickstream data.
4. If you choose to access, visit and/or use any third party social networking service(s) that may be integrated with or linked to the Service, we may receive personally identifiable information and other information about you and your computer, mobile or other device that you have made available to those services, including information about your contacts on those services. For example, some social networking services allow you to push content from our Service to your contacts or to pull information about your contacts so you can connect with them on or through our Service. Some social networking services also will facilitate your registration for our Service or enhance or personalize your experience on our Service. Your decision to use a social networking service in connection with our Service is voluntary. However, you should make sure you are comfortable with the information your third party social networking services may make available to our Service by visiting those services' privacy policies and/or modifying your privacy settings directly with those services. We reserve the right to use, transfer, assign, sell, share, and provide access to all personally identifiable information and other information about you and your computer, mobile or other device that we receive through third-party social networking services in the same ways described in this Agreement as all of your other information.
B. Data Retention:
1. Any personal information that Wholemax.com collects is kept as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law or our recordkeeping policies and practices. When we no longer have reason to retain your personal information it will be destroyed or anonymized in a manner designed to preserve its private and confidential nature, however archival copies may be impossible to delete.
C. How the Service Uses Information About You:
1. We use personally identifiable information you supply through the Service to provide you with the Content you have requested. If you request information or services through the Site, you agree that Wholemax.com may share personally identifiable information with third parties as may be necessary to provide such information to or perform such services for you. For example, if through the Site you request additional information from a financial institution, Wholemax.com will share your information with that institution. Personally identifiable information also may be included in reports to these third parties, but only when you have intended to submit the information to the third party as described above. After the information is provided to such third parties, the subsequent use or disclosure of such information is subject to those third parties' privacy policies and practices and Wholemax.com does not control their subsequent use or disclosure of information. We may also use the information to communicate with you about new features, products or services, and/or to improve the services that we offer by tailoring them to your needs.
2. Unless otherwise specified on the Service, we may share information about you and your computer, mobile or other device, including without limitation your Registration Information and other personally identifiable information, with our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates and nonaffiliates for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive future commercial messages from us, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions contained within the message you receive. (But note that you may continue to receive certain communications from us, such as transactional or relationship messages, and/or messages about your account/profile). If you've registered on any part of the Service, please use the mechanism or contact information on the Service that allows you to change or update your member preferences or information, if available, to keep all such data accurate and up-to-date. If no such mechanism or contact information is available on the Service, contact us as described below with your changes.
3. We may also allow access to our database by third parties that provide us with services, such as technical maintenance or market research but only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide those services. There are also times when you provide information about yourself to us in areas of the Service that may be managed or participated in by third parties. In such cases, the information may be used by us and by such third party(ies), each pursuant to its own policies. While we may seek to require such third parties to follow appropriate privacy policies and will not authorize them to use this information except for the express purpose for which it is provided, we do not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third parties.
You consent to our sharing of Information, which may include personally identifiable information with third parties. Examples of these third parties include but are not limited to social media networks, payment processors, credit check and financing service providers, vehicle inspectors, vehicle history providers, shipping providers, web hosting services, analytics and advertising service providers, sales management tools, and marketing and promotion partners.
Some specific Examples of these third parties include but are not limited to:
Google Analytics, whose privacy policy can be found here and here;
PayPal, whose privacy policy can be found here; and
Stripe, whose privacy policy can be found here.
4. In some situations, we use Currency Capital, LLC (“Currency”) to gather customers’ data from financial institutions when customers are seeking financing for a vehicle purchase. By using the Service, you grant us and Currency the right, power, and authority to act on your behalf to access and transmit your personal and financial information to and from the relevant financial institution. By using the Service, you agree to your personal and financial information being transferred, stored, and processed by Currency in accordance with the Currency Privacy Policy.
5. We may also provide access to our database in order to cooperate with official investigations or legal proceedings initiated by governmental and/or law enforcement officials, as well as private parties, including, for example, in response to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.
6. In addition, we reserve the right to use the information we collect about your computer, mobile or other device (including its geographic location), which may at times be able to identify you, for any lawful business purpose, including without limitation to help diagnose problems with our servers, to gather broad demographic information, analyze trends, track users' movements around the Service, for marketing purposes and to otherwise administer the Service. Geographic location information about you and/or your computer, mobile or other device may specifically be used to show you content and sponsored messaging based on geographic location.
7. We use Google Analytics to analyze traffic to this Web site in order to help us understand our customers' and visitors' needs and to continually improve our site for them. The data they collect on our behalf may include search engine referral, affiliate referrals, traffic driven by banner ads or other online promotions, how visitors navigate around the site, and the most popular pages. We also collect certain technical information, such as the browser version and operating system. Google Analytics collects only anonymous, aggregate statistics. We reserve the right to use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group for any lawful business purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers, sponsors, clients and customers.
8. In addition, as our business changes, we may buy or sell various assets. In the event all or a portion of the assets owned or controlled by us, our parent or any subsidiary or affiliated entity are sold, assigned, transferred or acquired by another company, the information from and/or about our Service users may be among the transferred assets.
9. We reserve the right to identify you from your Registration Information and/or to merge or co-mingle anonymous or non-personally identifiable data about you, your offline and online behavior, and/or your computer, mobile or other device (including its geographic location), with your Registration Information and/or other personally identifiable data for any lawful business purpose, including marketing purposes.
C. Local Device Storage and other Tracking Technologies:
1. The Service may place and/or store code or other types of information and/or devices (e.g., "cookies") on your computer, mobile or other device ("Local Device Storage"). We may use Local Device Storage for any lawful business purpose, including without limitation to determine which of our messages have been opened by recipients so we can gauge the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, to track usage patterns, the movements of individual users, and your geographic location, to help diagnose problems with our servers, to gather broad demographic information, to analyze trends, to conduct research, to deliver editorial content, to record registration and personalization information, and to otherwise administer the Service. For example, if you register on any part of the Service and are given the option to save your user name and password, we may provide this convenience to you via Local Device Storage. Local Device Storage may also collect and store your personally identifiable information, which may be shared with our parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates and other companies.
2. If you do not want Local Device Storage, your computer, mobile or other device may include an option that allows you to not accept it. However, if you disable Local Device Storage, some portions of the Service may not function properly.
3. In addition to Local Device Storage, we may use web beacons, web bugs, clear gifs, and similar technologies (collectively, together with Local Device Storage, the "Tracking Technologies"). We use Tracking Technologies for all or some of the same lawful business purposes we describe above for use of Local Device Storage.
D. How to Opt-Out of Third Party Tracking Technologies:
Other third parties may also use Tracking Technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this Service and other sites, applications, destinations, and services you have visited, and for other lawful business purposes. In doing so, these third parties may collect data including for example the make, model, settings, specifications (e.g., CPU speed, connection speed, browser type, operating system, device identifier) and geographic location of your computer, mobile or other device, as well as date/time stamp, IP address, pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, the site(s), application(s), destination(s), and/or service(s) you arrived from, and other clickstream data. The use of Tracking Technologies by third parties is subject to their own privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy, and we have no responsibility or liability in connection therewith. If you do not want the services that Tracking Technologies provide, you may be able to opt-out by visiting http://www.aboutads.info and/or www.networkadvertising.org.
E. Transfer of Information:
Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, servers and databases located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as your jurisdiction. Please be advised that we may transfer your information to and from any state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction, and process it in the United States or elsewhere. We may transfer any information we have about you in connection with a change in corporate control, including but not limited to a merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or part of Wholemax.com or as part of a corporate reorganization or stock sale. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to any such transfer.
F. Information Security and Notification:
1. We use TLS 1.1+ protocol to secure your private information. Because no data transmission is completely secure, and no system of physical or electronic security is impenetrable, however, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you send to us or the security of our servers, networks or databases, and by using the Service you agree to assume all risk in connection with the information sent to us or collected by us when you access, visit and/or use the Service, including without limitation your personally identifiable information or other Registration Information, and we are not responsible for any loss of such information or the consequences thereof.
2. Moreover, if you elect to store information, such as your personally identifiable information or other Registration Information, where others may access it, we are not responsible for any loss of such information or the consequences thereof. If you lose a computer, mobile or other device, or it is stolen, that contains your personally identifiable information or other Registration Information, it is up to you to take all the steps necessary to protect yourself.
3. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you. If notification is appropriate, we may notify you via your computer, mobile or other device.
G. Kids and Parents:
1. This Service specifically intended for use by persons over the of age 18. This Service is not intended for use by minors. No one under age 18 is allowed to register for the Service. This Site is not intended to be used by persons under the age of 18. EACH TIME YOU USE THE SERVICES PRODUCTS, YOU ARE REPRESENTING TO US THAT YOU ARE EITHER (I) AN INDIVIDUAL 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
H. Assistance to Victims of Identity Theft:
If you suspect that someone has had unauthorized access to your account with us or access to your personally identifiable information, you should report this crime to your local law enforcement agency and to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). To speak with a trained FTC telephone counselor, call toll-free 1-877-IDTheft (1-877-438-4338). Or, to enter information about your complaint into a secure FTC online database, visit www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The site also provides links to consumer education materials.
I. Privacy Policy Coordinator:
If you have any concerns or questions about any aspect of this policy, please feel free to contact us as follows: Wholemax Operations, 1st SE 3rd Avenue - Suite 2150 - Miami – Florida – 33131 or [email protected]
Make sure to include enough information for us to help you, including for example your name, contact information, and the specific website, mobile site, application, and/or other service you're contacting us about.
Note: Only inquiries about permission to hyperlink, this privacy policy, your personal information, Rejection Notices or copyright complaints, should be sent to Wholemax Operations. No other communications will be accepted or responded to.
For communications on other matters, please contact us through the means described on the Service, if available (for example, in the "Contact Us" section).
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If you don't agree to the terms contained in this User Agreement and Privacy Policy, you must immediately exit the Service.