Tanpool Inc (hereinafter referred to as “Tanpool”) has developed a intercity rideshare and parcel delivery service platform accessible on a website at the address www.tanpool.com or in the form of a mobile application, and designed to put drivers travelling to a given destination in contact with passengers going in the same direction, in order to enable them to share the Trip and therefore the associated costs (hereinafter referred to as the “Platform”).

These terms and conditions have the purpose of governing access to and the terms of use of the Platform. Please read them carefully. You understand and recognise that Tanpool is not party to any agreement, contract or contractual relations, of any nature, entered into between the Members of its Platform. By clicking “Login with Facebook” or “Register with an email address”, you recognise having read and accepted all these general conditions of use.

Definitions In this document,

• “Ads” means an advertisement about a Trip posted on the Platform by a Driver;
• “Tanpool” has the meaning given to it in Article 1 above;
• “T&Cs” means these Terms and Conditions;
• “Account” means the account that must be created in order to become a Member and access certain services offered by the Platform;
• “Driver” means the Member using the Platform, to offer to transport another individual or parcel in exchange for the Cost Contribution, for a Trip and at a time defined by the Driver alone;
• “Booking Confirmation” has the meaning given to it in Article 4.2.1 below;
• “Service Fee” has the meaning given to it in Article 5.2 below;
• “Member” means any individual having created an Account on the Platform;
• “Passenger” means the Member having accepted the offer to be transported by the Driver or, where applicable, the person on whose behalf a Member has booked a Seat;
• “package” or “Parcel” means the item which have been shipped though this platform.
• “animal” or “Pet” means something that lives and moves but is not a human, in this document can be dog, cat ,bird, fish etc.
• “Cost Contribution” means, for a given Trip, the sum of money requested by the Driver and accepted by the Passenger for his contribution to the travel costs;
• “Seat” means the seat booked by a Passenger in the Driver’s vehicle;
• “Platform” has the meaning given to it in Article 1 above;
• “Booking” has the meaning given to it in Article 4.2.1. below;
• “Services” means all services delivered by Tanpool via the Platform;
• “Website” means the website accessible at the address www.tanpool.com;

“Trip” means the journey subject of an Ads published by a Driver on the Platform, and for which he agrees to transport Passengers or parcel or animal in exchange for the Cost Contribution;

“Trip with Booking” has the meaning given to it in Article 4.2.1 below;

“Trip without Booking” has the meaning given to it in Article 4.2.2 below;

3.    Registration on the Platform and creation of an Account

3.1.    Conditions of registration on the Platform

The Platform may be used by individuals aged 18 or over. Registration on the platform by a minor is strictly prohibited. In accessing, using or registering on the Platform, you represent and warrant that you are aged 18 or over.

3.2.    Creation of an Account

The Platform enables Members to post and view Ads and to interact with each other to book a Seat or book a parcel delivery  service. You can view the Ads if you are not registered on the Platform. However, you cannot post an Ads or book a Seat without having first created an Account and become a Member.

To create your Account, you can:

(i)    either complete all mandatory fields on the registration form;

(ii)    or log in to your Facebook account via our Platform (hereinafter referred to as your “Facebook Account”). In using such functionality, you understand that Tanpool will have access to, will publish on the Platform, and will keep certain information from your Facebook Account. You can delete the link between your Account and your Facebook Account at any time through the “Verifications” section of your profile. If you wish to find out more about the use of your data from your Facebook Account, read our Privacy Policy and that of Facebook.

To register on the Platform, you must have read and accepted these T&Cs and the Privacy Policy.

When creating your Account, regardless of the method chosen, you agree to provide accurate and true information, and to update it through your profile or by notifying Tanpool, in order to guarantee its relevance and accuracy throughout your contractual relations with Tanpool.

In the case of registration by email, you agree to keep secret the password chosen upon creating your Account and not to communicate it to anybody. If you lose or disclose your password, you undertake to inform Tanpool immediately. You alone are responsible for the use of your Account by third parties, unless you have expressly notified Tanpool of the loss, the fraudulent use by a third party, or the disclosure of your password to a third party.

You agree not to create or use, under your own identity or that of a third party, Accounts other than that initially created.

3.3.    Verification

Tanpool may, for the purposes of transparency, improving trust, or prevention or detection of fraud, set up a system for verification of some of the information you provide on your profile. This is notably the case when you enter your telephone number or provide us with an Identity document.

You recognise and accept that any reference on the Platform or the Services to “verified” information, or any similar term, means only that a Member has successfully passed the verification procedure existing on the Platform or the Services in order to provide you with more information about the Member with whom you are considering travelling. Tanpool cannot guarantee the truthfulness, reliability or validity of the information subject of the verification procedure.

4.    Use of the Services

4.1.    Posting Ads

As Member, and providing you fulfil the conditions below, you can create and post Ads on the Platform by entering information about the Trip you intend to make (dates/times and collection points and arrival, number of seats offered, options available, whether or not offer parcel delivery service and if so what type of parcel delivery service you select,  amount of the Cost Contribution, etc.).

When posting your Ads, you can indicate the milestone cities in which you agree to stop, to pick up or drop off Passengers. The sections of the Trip between these milestone cities or between one of these milestone towns and the collection point or destination of the Trip

You are only authorised to post an Advert if you fulfil all the following conditions:

(i)    you hold a valid driving licence;

(ii)    you only offer Ads for vehicles you own or use with the express permission of the owner, and in all cases that you are authorised to use for the purposes of carpooling;

(iii)    you are and remain the main driver of the vehicle subject of the Ad;

(iv)    the vehicle has valid third party insurance;

(v)    you have no contraindication or medical incapacity for driving;

(vi)    the vehicle you intend to use for the Trip is a touring car with 4 wheels and a maximum of 7 seats;

(vii)    you do not intend posting another advert for the same Trip on the Platform;

(viii)    you do not offer more Seats than the number available in your vehicle;

(ix)    all Seats offered have a seatbelt, even if the vehicle is approved with seats having no seatbelt;

(x)    to use a vehicle in good working order and which complies with the applicable legal provisions and customs.

You recognise that you are solely responsible for the content of the Ads you post on the Platform. Consequently, you represent and warrant the accuracy and truthfulness of all information contained in your Ads, and you undertake to fulfil the Trip under the conditions described in your Ads.

Providing your Ads complies with the T&Cs, it will be posted on the Platform and therefore visible to Members and all visitors, even non-members, conducting a search on the Platform or on the website of Tanpool’s partners. Tanpool reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without notice, to not post or to remove, at any time, any Ad that does not comply with the T&Cs or that it considers as damaging to its image, that of the Platform, or that of the Services.

You recognise and accept that the criteria taken into account in the classification and the order of display of your Advert among the other Adverts are at the sole discretion of Tanpool.

4.2.    Booking a Seat

The methods of booking of a Seat depend on the nature of the Trip envisaged. For some Trips, Tanpool has set up an online booking system.

4.2.1.    Trip with Booking

Tanpool has set up a system for booking Seats online (“Booking”) for some Trips offered on the Platform (“Trips with Booking”).

Eligibility of a Trip for the Booking system remains at the sole discretion of Tanpool, which reserves the right to modify these conditions at any time.

When a Passenger is interested in an Ad benefiting from Booking, he may make an online Booking request. This Booking request is either (i) accepted automatically (if the Driver chose this option when posting his Advert), or (ii) accepted manually by the Driver. At the time of the Booking, the Passenger makes online payment of the Cost Contribution and the related Service Fees, where applicable. After receipt of the payment by Tanpool and validation of the Booking request by the Driver, where applicable, the Passenger receives a Booking Confirmation (the “Booking Confirmation”).

If you are a Driver and have chosen to handle manually the Bookings requests when posting your Advert, you are required to respond to any Booking request within the timeframe specified by the Passenger during the Booking request. Otherwise, the Booking request will expire automatically and the Passenger shall be refunded all sums paid at the time of the Booking request, if any.

At the time of the Booking Confirmation, Tanpool will send you the telephone number of the Driver (if you are the Passenger) or of the Passenger (if you are the Driver). You are then solely responsible for executing the contract binding you to the other Member.

4.2.2.   Named nature of the Seat booking and terms of use of the Services on behalf of a third party

Any use of the Services, in the capacity of Passenger or Driver, relates to a specific name. The Driver and the Passenger must correspond to the identity communicated to Tanpool and the other Members participating in the Trip.

However, Tanpool allows its Members to book one or more Seats on behalf of a third party. In this case, you undertake to accurately indicate to the Driver, at the time of the Booking or when sending the message to the Driver, the forenames, age and telephone number of the person on whose behalf you are reserving a Seat. It is strictly prohibited to book a Seat for a minor under the age of 13 travelling alone. In the case where you are reserving a seat for a minor over the age of 13 travelling alone, you undertake to request the prior agreement of the Driver and to provide him with duly completed and signed permission of his/her legal representatives.

In addition, the Platform is intended for the booking of Seats for individuals. It is forbidden to book a Seat for transporting any object, package, animal traveling alone or material items whatsoever.

Furthermore, it is prohibited to publish an Adfor a Driver other than you.

4.3.    Review system

4.3.1.    Operation

Tanpool encourages you to leave a review about a Driver (if you are a Passenger) or about a Passenger (if you are a Driver) with whom you have shared a Trip or with whom you were supposed to share a Trip. However, you are not permitted to leave a review about another Passenger if you were a Passenger, or about a Member with whom you have not travelled or with whom you were not supposes to travel.

4.3.2.    Moderation

You recognise and accept that Tanpool reserves the right not to publish or to delete any review, any question, any comment or any response if it deems its content breaches these T&Cs.

4.3.3.    Limit

Tanpool reserves the right to suspend your Account, limit your access to the Services, or terminate these T&Cs in the case where (i) you have received at least three reviews and (ii) the average review you have received is less than or equal to 3.

5.    Financial conditions

Access to and registration on the Platform, as well as searching, viewing and posting Adverts, are free of charge. However, the Booking is charged under the conditions described below.

5.1.    Cost Contribution

The Cost Contribution is determined by you, as Driver, under your sole responsibility. It is strictly prohibited to profit in any way from using our Platform. Consequently, you agree to limit the Cost Contribution you ask your Passengers to pay to the costs you actually incur to make the Trip. Otherwise, you alone will bear the risks of recharacterization of the transaction completed via the Platform.

When you post an Ad, Tanpool will suggest an amount of for the Cost Contribution, which notably takes account of the nature of the Trip and the distance and time travelled. This amount is given purely as a guideline and it is up to you to increase it or reduce it to take account of the costs you actually incur on the Trip. To avoid abuse, Tanpool limits the possibility of adjustment of the Cost Contribution.

5.2.    Service Fees

In the context of Trips with Booking, Tanpool, in exchange for use of the Platform, at the time of Booking, shall collect service fees (hereinafter referred to as the “Service Fees”) calculated on the basis of the Cost Contribution.

The Service Fees are collected by Tanpool for each Seat subject of a Booking by a Passenger for both passenger and driver.

5.3.    Rounding

You recognise and accept that Tanpool may, at its full discretion, round up or down the Service Fees and the Cost Contribution.

5.4.    Methods of payment and repayment of the Cost Contribution to the Driver

5.4.1.    Collection mandate

In using the Platform as Driver for Trips with Booking, you confer on Tanpool a collection mandate for the Cost Contribution in your name and on your behalf.

Consequently, in the context of a Trip with Booking, and after manual or automatic acceptance of the Booking, Tanpool shall collect the whole of the sum paid by the Passenger (Service Fees and Cost Contribution).

The Cost Contributions received by Tanpool are deposited in an account dedicated to payment of the Drivers.

You recognise and accept that none of the sums received by Tanpool in the name and on behalf of the Driver gives entitlement to interest. You agree to respond diligently to any request of Tanpool, and more generally of any administrative or court authority competent particularly in the prevention or combating of money laundering. Notably, you agree to provide, on simple request, any useful evidence of address and/or identity.

In the absence of response to these requests, Tanpool may take any measure it deems appropriate, notably freezing of the sums paid and/or suspension of your Account and/or termination of these T&Cs.

5.4.2.    Payment of the Cost Contribution to the Driver

After the Trip, the Passengers shall have a period of 24 hours after the end of the Trip to submit a claim on the Trip to Tanpool. In the absence of claim of the Passengers within this period, Tanpool shall consider the Trip confirmed.

From the time of this express or tacit confirmation, you shall have, as Driver, a credit payable on your Account. This credit corresponds to the total amount paid by the Passenger at the time of confirmation of the Booking reduced by the Service Fees of the part of passenger as well as the part of you  the driver.

When the Trip is confirmed by the Passenger, you have the option, as a Driver, of giving instructions to Tanpool to pay the money to your bank account (by entering your bank details in advance in your Account) or your PayPal account (by entering your PayPal email address in advance in your Account).

The payment order in your name will be sent on the first working day after your request or, if you do not so request, the first working day after the provision of the sums in question to your profile (providing Tanpool has your bank information).

At the end of the applicable time limitation periods, any sum not claimed from Tanpool  shall be deemed to belong to Tanpool.

6.    Non-commercial and non-business purpose of the Services and the Platform

You agree to use the Services and the Platform only to be put into contact, on a non-business and non-commercial basis, with people wishing to share a Trip with you.

As Driver, you agree not to request a Cost Contribution higher than the costs you actually incur and that may generate a profit, being specified that in the context of a cost sharing, you have to bear as a Driver your own part of the costs induced by the Trip. You are solely responsible for calculating the costs you incur for the Trip and for checking that the amount requested of your Passengers does not exceed the costs you actually incur (excluding your share of the costs).

Tanpool reserves the right to suspend your Account in the case where you use a chauffeur-driven or other business vehicle or taxi, or a company car, and due to this, generate a profit from the Platform. You agree to provide to Tanpool, on its simple request, a copy of your car registration certificate and/or any other document showing that you are authorised to use this vehicle on the Platform and are not drawing any profit therefrom.

Tanpool also reserves the right to suspend your Account, limit your access to the Services, or terminate these T&Cs, in the case of activity by you on the Platform which, owing to the nature of the Trips offered, their frequency, the number of Passengers carried and the Cost Contribution requested, entails a situation of profit for you, or for any reason suggesting to Tanpool that you are generating a profit on the Platform.

7.    Cancellation policy

7.1.    Terms of repayment in the case of cancellation

Only Trips with Booking are the subject of this cancellation policy; Tanpool does not offer any guarantee, of any nature, in the case of cancellation for any reason, by a Passenger or a Driver, of a Trip without Booking.

The cancellation of a Seat or parcel delivery service on a Trip with Booking by the Driver or the Passenger after Booking Confirmation is subject to the stipulations hereunder:

–    In the case of cancellation owing to the Driver, the Passenger is refunded the whole of the sum paid (i.e. the Cost Contribution and the related Service Fees). This is notably the case when Driver cancels a Trip or has not arrived at the meeting point 15 minutes after the agreed time;

–    In the case of cancellation owing to the Passenger:

 If the Passenger cancels more than 24 hours before the planned departure time as mentioned in the Advert, the Passenger shall only be refunded the Cost Contribution. The Service Fees are retained by Tanpool and the Driver does not receive any sum of any nature;

If the Passenger cancels 24 hours or less before the planned departure time as mentioned in the Advert, and more than thirty minutes after the Booking Confirmation, the Passenger shall be refunded half the Cost Contribution paid at the time of Booking, the Service Fees are retained by Tanpool, and the Driver receives 50% of the Cost Contribution;

If the Passenger cancels 24 hours or less before the planned departure time, as mentioned in the Advert, and thirty minutes or less after the Booking Confirmation, the Passenger is refunded the whole of the Cost Contribution. The Service Fees are retained by Tanpool and the Driver does not receive any sum of any nature;

If the Passenger cancels after the planned departure time as mentioned in the Advert, or if he has not arrived at the meeting place 15 minutes after the agreed time, no refund shall be issued. The Driver shall be compensated with the whole of the Cost Contribution and the Service Fees are kept by Tanpool.

When cancellation occurs before departure and owing to the Passenger, the Seat(s) cancelled by the Passenger shall be automatically made available to other Passengers, who may book them online and they are accordingly subject to the conditions of these T&Cs.

Tanpool appreciates, in its sole discretion, on the basis of the available information, the legitimacy of the reimbursement requests.

7.2.    Right of withdrawal

You have no right of withdrawal from the time of Booking Confirmation provided the Contract between you and Tanpool consisting of putting you in contact with another Member has been fully executed.

8.    Behaviour of users of the Platform and Members

8.1.    Undertaking of all users of the Platform

You recognise being solely responsible for respecting all laws, regulations and obligations applicable to your use of the Platform.

Furthermore, when using the Platform and during Trips, you undertake:

(i)    not to use the Platform for professional, commercial or profit-making purposes;

(ii)    not to send Tanpool (notably upon creation or updating of your Account) or the other Members any false, misleading, malicious or fraudulent information;

(iii)    not to speak or behave in any way or post any content on the Platform of a defamatory, injurious, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, offensive, aggressive, uncalled-for, violent, threatening, harassing, racist or xenophobic nature, or with sexual connotations, inciting violence, discrimination or hatred, encouraging activities or the use of illegal substances, or more generally contrary to the purposes of the Platform, that may infringe the rights of Tanpool or a third party or contrary to good morals;

(iv)    not to infringe the rights and image of Tanpool, notably its intellectual property rights;

(v)    not to open more than one Account on the Platform and not to open an Account in the name of a third party;

(vi)   not to try to bypass the online booking system of the Platform, notably by trying to send another Member your contact details in order to make the booking outside of the Platform and avoid paying the Service Fees;

(vii)    not to contact another Member, notably via the Platform, for a purpose other than defining the terms of the carpooling;

(viii)    not to accept or make payment outside of the Platform, save in the cases authorised by these T&Cs in the case of Trips without Booking;

(ix)    to comply with these T&Cs and the Privacy Policy.

8.2.    Undertakings of the Drivers

Furthermore, when you use the Platform as Driver, you undertake:

(i)    to respect all laws, regulations and codes applicable to driving and the vehicle, notably to hold civil liability insurance valid at the time of the Trip and to be in possession of a valid driving licence;

(ii)    to check that your insurance covers carpooling and that your Passengers are considered as third parties in your vehicle and are therefore covered by your insurance during the whole Trip, even if cross-border;

(iii)    not to take any risk when driving, not to take any product that may impair your attention and your abilities to drive vigilantly and completely safely;

(iv)    to post Adverts corresponding only to Trips actually planned;

(v)    to make the Trip as described in the Advert (notably with regard to using or not using the motorway) and to respect the times and places agreed with the other Members (notably meeting place and drop-off point);

(vi)    not to take more Passengers than the number of Seats indicated in the Advert;

(vii)    to use a vehicle in good working order and which complies with the applicable legal provisions and customs,

(viii)    to communicate to Tanpool or any Passenger who so requests your driving licence, your car registration certificate, your insurance certificate, your certificate and any document demonstrating your capacity to use the vehicle as Driver on the Platform;

(ix)    in the case of holdup or change to the time or the Trip, to inform your Passengers without delay;

(x)        to wait for Passengers at the agreed meeting place for at least 15 minutes after the agreed time;

(xi)     not to post an Advert relative to a vehicle you do not own or that you are not authorised to use for the purposes of carpooling;

(xii)    to ensure you can be contacted by your Passengers by phone on the number registered on your profile;

(xiii)    not to generate any profit via the Platform;

(xiv)    not to have any contraindication or medical incapacity for driving;

(xv)    to behave appropriately and responsibly during the Trip, and in compliance with the spirit of carpooling;

(xvi)    not to decline any Booking based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, physical appearance, marital status, pregnancy, special vulnerability due to their economic situation, name, place of residence, health, political opinion, age

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8.3.    Undertakings of the Passengers

When you use the Platform as Passenger, you undertake:

(i)    to adopt appropriate behaviour during the Trip so as not to hinder the concentration or driving of the Driver or the peace and quiet of the other Passengers;

(ii)    to respect the Driver’s vehicle and its cleanliness;

(iii)    in the case of holdup, to inform the Driver without delay;

(iv)    in the case of Trips without Booking, to pay the Driver the agreed Cost Contribution;

(v)    to wait for the Driver at the meeting place for at least 15 minutes beyond the agreed time;

(vi)    to communicate to Tanpool, or any Driver who so asks, your identity card or any document evidencing your identity;

(vii)    not to carry during a Trip any item, goods, substance or animal that could hinder the driving and concentration of the Driver, or the nature, possession or carriage of which is contrary to the legal provisions in force;

(viii)      to ensure you can be contacted by the Driver by phone on the number registered on your profile, including at the meeting point.

In the event where you have made a Booking for one or more Seats on behalf of third parties, in compliance with the stipulations of Article 4.2.3 above, you guarantee respect by this third party for the stipulations of this article, and generally these T&Cs. Tanpool reserves the right to suspend your Account, limit your access to the Services, or terminate these T&Cs, in the case of breach by the third party on whose behalf you have booked a Seat under these T&Cs.

9.    Suspension of accounts, limitation of access and termination

You can terminate your contractual relations with Tanpool at any time, without cost and without reason. To do this, simply go to the “Close my account” tab of your Profile page.

In the event of (i) breach by you of these T&Cs, including but limited to your obligations as Member mentioned in Articles 6 and 8 above, (ii) exceeding the limit set out in Article 4.3.3 above, or (iii) if Tanpool has genuine reason to believe that this is necessary to protect its security and its integrity, that of the Members or third parties, or for the purpose of prevention of fraud or investigations, Tanpool reserves the right to:

(i)    terminate the T&Cs binding you with Tanpool immediately and without notice; and/or

(ii)    prevent the posting of or remove any review, Advert, message, content, Booking request, or any content posted by you on the Platform; and/or

(iii)    limit your access and your use of the Platform; and/or

(iv)    temporarily or permanently suspend your Account.

When this is necessary, you will be notified of the establishment of such measure in order to enable you to give explanations to Tanpool. Tanpool will decide, at its sole discretion, whether or not to lift the measures put in place.

10.    Personal data

In the context of your use of the Platform, Tanpool will collect and process some of your personal data. In using the Platform and registering as Member, you recognise and accept the processing of your personal data by Tanpool in compliance with the applicable law and the stipulations of the Privacy Policy.