Terms Of Use
The Website Ownership
As defined below, this website was created for and is maintained and operated by Parapli Transportation Solutions, LLC (the “Company”). For these Terms of Use, the terms "PTS," "we," "us,” and "our" refer to the Company; the term "You" refers to you as an end-user of Our Website and Service. It may not be utilized for commercial benefit without the express written consent of PTS.
Under these Terms of Use, the term "Website" includes paraplits.com, other websites operated by or on behalf of PTS, such as our software; our mobile applications, including without restriction, any dashboard, portal, internal system (as applicable and as accessible to our staffs), and other internal communication services; via our third-party service providers which send emails and texts on our behalf; and our other products and services, which are available on tablets, mobile phones, and other electronic devices, which may be branded by a trademark or these Terms of Use. PTS is headquartered at 1500 Barkie Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, and its main telephone number is 866-460-8717.
You are highly encouraged to read these “Terms of Use” thoroughly before using this Website, as these terms and our privacy and cookies policy govern your access to and use of this website. The website is available if you agree to these “Terms of Use” and our privacy and cookies policy. Do not access or utilize this website if you do not consent to all of these terms of use and our privacy and cookies policy. By opening or using the Website or by providing your personal information or other information, you and the third party that you are representing ("you" or "your") indicate your consent and agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use and our privacy and cookies policy.
In our sole discretion, PTS reserves the right to modify or update these Terms of Use at any time. Any change to our Terms of Use will be incorporated in a revised version accessible through the Website. Your continued use of the Website after posting any changes will constitute your unconditional acceptance and agreement to be bound by the changed terms. If you disagree with these revised Terms of Use, do not access or use the Website or our services.
Website Maintenance and Management
We are only liable if the information on this Website is precise, complete, and updated. The materials on the Website are given for general information purposes only. They should only be depended upon or utilized as the base for decision-making when referring to the source or other more accurate, complete, or updated sources. Moreover, this website may contain some outdated data that has been kept for historical purposes and to be used as a reference. So, you can see or use the provided material on this Website at your own risk.
Sometimes, information on our Website may contain grammatical and typographical errors, mistakes, or oversights related to our hours, services, brand, or Company. We reserve the right to modify and correct any such errors and to revise the information and content on the Website at any time without prior announcement. PTS is not obligated to amend, update, or refine any information on the Website except as required by applicable laws. Any revision or change dates on the Website do not mean the whole Website has been updated. You consent to the responsibility of monitoring changes to our Website.
Usage Restrictions and Prohibitions
Utilizing this Website's contents on other computerized systems is prohibited except as explicitly allowed by these Terms of Use and other written and signed agreements between you and TPS. The contents of any Website owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by PTS may not be copied, republished, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any form. The alteration or utilization of the materials for any other purpose will violate PTS copyrights and other proprietary rights. You consent to not use the Website or its contents in any way that:
(1) Violates upon the privacy, copyright, trademark, individual rights, and intellectual property rights of another individual or business, including, without restriction, PTS;
(2) Marketizes or endorses any individual or business;
(3) petitions others to act or partake in any unlawful deeds;
(4) violates any local ordinances, state or provincial, federal, or international rules,
regulations or laws;
(5) provides false or deceiving information;
(6) uploads or spreads viruses or any form of malicious code that will or may be
utilized in any manner that will disturb the website's operations, related websites, or platforms.
(7) gathers or tracks personal information of other individuals;
(8) phishes, pharms, spams, crawls, spiders, scrapes, or pretexts for any offensive
or corrupt reason;
(9) inhibits or evades the security features of the Website or any related platforms
(10) breaks any duty of confidentiality owed to another user or any other individual
or business, to include, without limitation, PTS;
Your Privacy
PTS values your privacy. For additional information about your privacy rights, feel free to review our Privacy and Cookies Policy, which is integrated into these Terms of Use and constitutes your binding agreement with PTS.
Account Management
You may be asked to register and make an account before you utilize some of the services connected with the Website. You consent and attest that all information you provide to PTS via the Website, including but not restricted to contact information or registration material, is accurate, correct, and current. You also affirm that you are at least 18 years old and eligible to utilize our services and are “willing” and “able” to enter into and perform under these Terms of Use. If you are under 18, you may only use our services with the approval of your adult parent or legal guardian.
Moreover, you agree to keep your account information accurate and notify PTS quickly of any variations to your email address or pertinent information. You agree to conform to any instructions provided to you by PTS in association with your use of our services. PTS may define general practices, restrict the use of services, and reserve the right to modify its instructions, practices, and restrictions at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without prior notice.
By electing to make an account on the Website or using our services, you agree to receive electronic communications via email address, text, and fax regarding your account, inquiry, or service request. Though you can opt out of getting promotional emails, PTS reserves the right to send you informational communications regarding your account or administrative notices about the Website, as permissible under the CAN-SPAM Act or other related laws.
Furthermore, you grant PTS the right to access, monitor, receive, transfer, retrieve, delete, store, maintain, and utilize the contents of your account and your use, choices, keystrokes, and cursor activities to deliver services, operate the Website, or perform PTS's legal responsibilities, in keeping with these Terms of Use and PTS's relevant policies and procedures.
PTS has final discretion in granting account access. We reserve the right to refuse users without explanation. As such, you are prohibited from trading, selling, assigning, or transferring your account (this also applies to the emails linked to such an account.
You are accountable for safeguarding the privacy of your user identification and password; furthermore, you agree to be liable for all actions under your account. You also consent to promptly inform PTS of any unsanctioned use of your account or any other security violation that comes to your knowledge. We are neither liable for nor accountable for any damage or other injury you may suffer due to someone else utilizing your user identification and password, both with and without your permission.
Third-Party
PTS has enlisted numerous service providers to efficiently and effectively serve our clients (shippers, carriers, and receivers). For example, we use a Transportation Management System (TMS) to streamline and optimize the physical movement of freight, stay compliant, and have proper documentation. A load board allows us to match shippers with carriers efficiently. Freight Factoring will enable us to vet shippers properly, invoice them, and pay our carriers on time. As such, you may be required to provide your personal information. It will only be shared between PTS and our third-party providers to the extent necessary to transact in freight movement with PTS.
This Website may contain links to these third-party websites, content, or materials over which we do not have direct control. These sites may have their policies and standards for their services. We neither recommend nor are responsible for any content, products, marketing, or other resources on these websites. For your security, we highly advise referring to those respective websites' terms of service and privacy policies.
By using these websites, you agree that we shall not be held accountable or responsible in any way for any harm or loss endured or allegedly caused by or in association with the use of, or reliance on, any such materials, content, services, or goods accessible on such websites. We shall not be liable for any errors or interruptions in the goods, services, or content available on such other websites. The links are provided "as is," and using them is at your own risk.
Intellectual Property Rights
Please take note of the following text:
Unless explicitly specified otherwise in these Terms of Use, we own and will maintain exclusive control over this website's content, operation, upkeep, and administration. All content and materials on this Website, including sounds, text, illustrations, images, and aesthetics, are protected by trademarks and copyrights owned and controlled, whether registered or unregistered, by PTS or by other entities that have licensed their materials to us.
This Website may contain other proprietary notices, trademarks, and copyright information, and their terms must be observed and followed. Additionally, we reserve the right to make changes and improvements in the services, products, or programs described in this information at any time without prior notice. Furthermore, the website may contain material and features that are protected by patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary laws and rights.
Unless specifically permitted by us, you agree not to modify, copy, scrape, frame, lend, lease, rent, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on our Website or the information about our service-provided content, in whole or in part. In relation to your use of our website, you will not engage in or conduct any data mining, scraping, robots, or similar data collection or extraction methods. In the event that we block your IP address from accessing this website, you agree not to attempt to bypass such blocking, whether by using a virtual private network (VPN) or a proxy service for your IP address.
The use of this website or the service-provided content other than expressly approved herein is prohibited. Furthermore, the underlying software and technology used throughout its operation are the property of PTS. By using our website, you agree not to copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, or attempt to discover any source code for any purpose related to our software. Any rights not explicitly permitted herein are reserved by PTS.
Liabilities and Warranties Clause
These Terms of Use do not, in any shape or form, make an agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, or franchisor-franchisee relationship between PTS and any other entity, including you. We do not make any representation or endorsement about, nor take any accountability or responsibility for, any other websites you may access via this Website. They are independent of PTS, and we have no control over their contents. Our failure or reluctance to exercise any right related to their website or these Terms of Use will not serve as a waiver of such right, nor will PTS's partial exercise of any right prohibit PTS's further exercise of that right.
PTS does not guarantee or warrant that: (1) your content will be protected against misuse, alteration, or loss by other entities; (2) the accuracy of the content of the website; (3) access to your account will be undisturbed; (4) PTS's security processes and methods cannot be penetrated; or (5) that the website will be accessible. The website and its content are offered on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranty whatsoever, whether explicit or implicit, including, without restriction, implied warranties of marketability and suitability for a specific function.
These provisions shall apply to the fullest extent permissible by law. PTS shall not, under any conditions, be responsible for any incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, and significant damages (including, without restrictions, lost data or profits and costs of procurement of substitute services or software), however arising, though PTS may be aware of the probability of such damages. PTS shall have no responsibility for any other entity claims against you. If PTS is found liable for any claim associated with or in any manner arising out of the Website or these Terms of Use, then the combined damages for all such claims shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The restriction of liability stipulated in this passage shall apply to the fullest extent authorized by law.
Indemnification Clause
You consent to defend (with counsel designated or permitted by PTS), indemnify, and hold PTS faultless from any demand or claim (including, without restriction, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) made by any third party arising out of or in any manner related to (1) any content posted by you on any PTS Website; (2) your infringement of the intellectual property rights of others; and/or (3) your breach of these Terms of Use.
Force Majeure Clause
Under no circumstance will PTS be responsible or accountable to you or be held to have defaulted in any of our responsibilities under our Terms of Use for any failure of or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of these Terms of Use when and to the extent such delay or failure is the result of any conditions beyond our practical control, including acts of God: tornado, tsunami fire, earthquake, flood, or human-made: invasion, war, terrorism, riot or other civil unrest, blockades or embargoes in effect on or after the date, regional or national emergency, strikes, work stoppages or other business instabilities, governmental action or public authority decision, the passage of a law or including any regional or national shortage of adequate power or telecommunications or transportation.
Claim Limitation Period
To help resolve any Claim quickly and directly, you agree to commence any dispute resolution for any Claim you may have arising out of or relating to the Website or these Terms of Use within 1 year after a claim arises; then, you waive the Claim.
Entire Agreement and Severability
These Terms of Use and our Privacy and Cookies Policy, integrated herein, represent the entire agreement between you and PTS related to the Website or in respect to the Service and replace prior negotiations, agreements, and written or oral representations related to the subject matter of these Terms of Use. Whenever feasible, each provision of these Terms of Use will be interpreted in such way as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction. These Terms of Use will be reformed, construed, and enforced in such a manner as to make such provision valid, legal, or enforceable.
Governing Law
These Terms of Use and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Virginia.
Contacting PTS
If you have concerns or questions related to this Terms of Use, please contact PTS using the information listed below.
Parapli Transportation Solutions, LLC
Toll-free: 1866-460-8717
Local: 757-250-9845
Fax: 757-7071969
Original Effective Date: 08/14/2024