21. PARTNER MARKETPLACE AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
(a) Partner Programs. Provider may make available, through the Service or through communications sent by Provider, products and services offered by third parties with whom Provider has a commercial relationship (each, a "Marketplace Partner," and each such offering, a "Partner Program"). Partner Programs may include, without limitation, utility enrollment, electric bill payment, and energy services, insurance, internet, moving, and other resident and property services. Provider may add, change, or discontinue Partner Programs and Marketplace Partners at any time.
(b) Property Participation. Unless opted out under Section 21(d), each property onboarded to the Service may be included in Partner Programs as of its onboarding date, without further action by the owner or management company of that property. When a property is included, Provider may promote Partner Programs to residents of that property through the Service, email, and other communications permitted by applicable law, and may share information about the property, such as its name, address, zip code, and unit count, with Marketplace Partners to administer Partner Programs.
(c) Resident Participation. A resident’s use of any Partner Program is optional, and a resident becomes a customer of a Marketplace Partner only by agreeing directly to that Marketplace Partner’s terms. Partner Programs may be offered through links or through partner pages displayed within the Service. When a resident chooses to open a Partner Program displayed within the Service, Provider may send the Marketplace Partner the resident information described in Provider’s Privacy Policy so the Marketplace Partner can identify the resident and direct the resident to sign in or sign up. Any information the resident provides to a Marketplace Partner is collected by that Marketplace Partner under its own terms and privacy policy. Marketplace Partners may report to Provider information about residents’ enrollment in Partner Programs, which Provider may use to calculate its compensation and manage Partner Program communications.
(d) Property Opt-Out. The owner or management company of a property may opt that property out of any or all Partner Programs or Marketplace Partners (an opt-out of a Marketplace Partner applies to all of its Partner Programs) at any time by written notice to
support@carson.live. Provider will process a property opt-out within ten (10) business days of receipt by ceasing promotions of the opted-out Partner Programs to that property’s residents, removing those Partner Programs from the Service for that property, and ceasing to send resident information from that property to the affected Marketplace Partners. A property opt-out is effective on a going-forward basis only. It does not affect any compensation earned by Provider before it became effective, or any account or agreement a resident has entered into directly with a Marketplace Partner, which is solely between the resident and that Marketplace Partner.
(e) Resident Choices. Partner Programs within the Service are enabled or disabled for a property as a whole, not for individual residents. A resident is never required to use a Partner Program, and Provider sends a resident’s email address and Carson resident ID to a Marketplace Partner only when the resident chooses to open that Marketplace Partner’s Partner Program within the Service. A resident may stop receiving Partner Program emails from Provider at any time by using the unsubscribe option in any Partner Program email or by contacting
privacy@carson.live, and Provider will process the request within ten (10) business days of receipt.
(f) Text Messages. Provider will not send Partner Program promotions by SMS text message unless you have separately and expressly agreed to receive marketing text messages from Provider. The SMS System described in Section 4 is used only for Service notifications and emergency alerts.
(g) Compensation. Provider may receive fees, commissions, revenue share, or other compensation from Marketplace Partners in connection with Partner Programs, including compensation based on residents’ enrollment in or use of Partner Programs. Such compensation belongs solely to Provider. Provider may, in its sole discretion, elect to share a portion of it with an owner or management company, but no owner, management company, or resident is entitled to any portion of it unless expressly agreed by Provider in a separate signed writing.
(h) No Responsibility for Partner Programs. Partner Programs are provided by Marketplace Partners, not by Provider, including when displayed within the Service. Provider does not operate or control Partner Programs, does not process payments made to Marketplace Partners, makes no representations or warranties regarding Partner Programs, and is not responsible or liable for any act, omission, product, service, charge, or data practice of any Marketplace Partner. Sections 14, 15, and 16 apply to Partner Programs as if they were part of the Service.
(i) Authority to Bind. Any person or entity that registers for, accepts, or uses the Service on behalf of a property, including an owner, a management company, or their authorized representatives, represents and warrants that it has authority to bind both the owner and the management company of that property to these Terms of Service, including this Section 21, and agrees that acceptance by any of them binds the property and each of them with respect to that property. A management company that accepts these Terms of Service does so as agent for and on behalf of the owner. Any person or entity that accepts without such authority shall indemnify Provider against any claim arising from that lack of authority. This Section 21(i) does not apply to residents, who accept these Terms of Service only for themselves.