Version: March 2018
Welcome to GRABiD Logistics, a marketplace platform for the commercial and private logistics industry that connects Senders to Carriers by allowing Users to both offer and bid for delivery and freight services based on real-time availability, resourcing, and location. Users may be bound under these Terms of Use as Users, Senders, Carriers, Principal Users or in any combination of those capacities.
The following sets out the GRABiD Platform rules for both Senders and Carriers, as well as each party's key obligations and promises in relation to any Carriage Agreement they may enter into through use of the Platform. It is important you understand your obligations as you may be liable to us for any unauthorised use of the Platform.
These Terms of Use govern your use of the Platform and form a binding contract between you, as a User and GRABiD. Without limiting the ways in which you may be bound by the Terms of Use, by using the Platform, whether or not a Carriage Agreement is entered into, you will be deemed to have accepted and will be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use (including as amended from time to time).
If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use the Platform. GRABiD reserves the right to change its Terms of Use from time to time, and any updated or amended Terms of Use will apply to any use of the Platform after the date on which they are published. It is your responsibility to read and understand these Terms of Use, and to review updated Terms of Use when they become available.
Questions? You can contact us at support@grabid.com.au. If you're looking for a definition, please check the Dictionary at the end of these Terms of Use.
1.1 You acknowledge and agree that, in order to use the Platform and enter into a Carriage Agreement on the Platform, you must establish a User Account with GRABiD. Users may participate on the Platform as both a Sender and Carrier, subject to GRABiD's approval.
1.2 In order to satisfy GRABiD of the authenticity of each User, and to ensure compliance with these Terms of Use, you must provide GRABiD with the User Information and evidence of same, prior to you being approved as a User. The User Information may include, but is not limited to:
1.3 GRABiD relies on information provided to it by each User and you warrant that all User Information provided by you is accurate, current, complete, correct and complies with all relevant Laws, including the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
1.4 The Platform operates on Australian Eastern Standard Time or Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the time of year, and timing information provided by a Sender in respect of Freight must be provided in that context unless otherwise indicated.
1.5 With regard to your use of your User Account, you warrant and represent to GRABiD and to each other User that:
2.1 GRABiD grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free licence to use the Platform in accordance with these Terms of Use.
2.2 Your licence to use the Platform is conditional upon you:
2.3 GRABiD may immediately terminate or suspend your licence to use the Platform and/or your User Account without notice if, as determined by GRABiD in its sole discretion: (a) you breach these Terms of Use; or (b) such action is otherwise required by Law or order of a court or relevant authority, without incurring any liability in respect of that termination or suspension.
2.4 By using the Platform, you acknowledge and agree that:
3.1 Companies or organisations may apply to GRABiD to become a Principal User. A Principal User allows its representatives, agents, officers, directors, employees, and contractors to use the Platform as an agent or representative of the Principal User. Your use of the Platform as a Principal User is subject to GRABiD's prior approval.
3.2 A person who wishes to use the platform as a representative of a Principal User must first be accepted as a User pursuant to clause 1.1.
3.3 A Principal User must supply to GRABiD User Information as required from time to time, including but not limited to:
3.4 A Principal User is responsible, and indemnifies GRABiD for, the conduct of its Users.
4.1 Senders and Carriers may enter into a Carriage Agreement with each other via the Platform. GRABiD is not a party to a Carriage Agreement, nor is GRABiD responsible for completion of a Carriage Agreement, or liable for either party's failure to complete a Carriage Agreement.
4.2 You agree, however, that any Carriage Agreement entered into via the Platform or otherwise in respect of a Delivery of Freight must not conflict with either your obligations or the Sender or Carrier's (as the case may be) obligations to GRABiD (and that these Terms of Use will apply to the extent of any inconsistency with a Carriage Agreement).
4.3 By requesting the Delivery of Freight on the Platform, each Sender warrants and represents to GRABiD that it has all necessary rights, title, authority, and permission to authorize the Delivery of the Freight, and that the carriage and Delivery of the Freight by the Carrier will not infringe these Terms of Use.
4.4 You agree not attempt to create a Carriage Agreement in respect of a Delivery advertised on the Platform other than via the Platform, or to otherwise bypass or attempt to bypass the Platform or its integrated payment systems in order to derive a benefit from another User (whether in the position of Carrier or Sender) and, if you do so or attempt to do so, you agree that GRABiD may determine, with or without notice to you, that your licence to use this Platform ceases immediately.
4.5 Without limiting the operation of any other clause in these Terms of Use, the following terms will apply to all Carriage Agreements:
(5.a) the Sender must specify the details of the Delivery, including but not limited to:
(5.e) the Carrier is responsible for:
4.6 Acceptance of a Delivery will occur as follows:
(6.a) for Deliveries listed as a Take Now offer:
(6.b) for Deliveries listed by way of Auction:
4.7 If a Carrier fails to Deliver the Freight in accordance with the Delivery information, or in any way performs its duties in an unsatisfactory manner, the Sender may within 48 hours of the Delivery lodge a claim via the Platform to be investigated by GRABiD. Following the investigation, GRABiD may in its sole discretion:
5.1 The Sender must make all payments due in respect of a Carriage Agreement as instructed by GRABiD, including:
5.2 GRABiD will not be liable for any loss, cost, damage, expense, or Claim (including for negligence) suffered or incurred by any person in connection with use of a third-party payment platform or service.
5.3 The Sender will be charged the Price automatically by the Platform upon the formation of the Carriage Agreement. The Price will be charged first as a deduction against any credits the Sender has in its digital wallet on the Platform and then against the Sender's nominated credit card. It is the Sender's responsibility to ensure that it has provided the Platform with the correct account details and credit card information. If the Platform is unable to charge the Sender the Price, the Carriage Agreement is automatically rescinded by the Sender.
5.4 The Carrier will be paid the Price paid by a Sender minus applicable Charges in respect of a Carriage Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the relevant third-party payment platform or services provider and no more than 2 business days following completion of the Delivery by the Carrier (except where the Sender has raised a claim for an issue with the delivery pursuant to clause 4.7).
5.5 A notified change to applicable Charges will apply to any Carriage Agreement that is subsequently formed. If the User does not wish to accept the Charges, the User's only recourse or remedy is to cease using the Platform(but Carriage Agreements already formed will not be affected).
5.6 Each User must provide accurate and current account information in the format and via the means requested by GRABiD or a third-party payment platform or service provider from time to time in order for the remittance of the remainder Price to occur in accordance with clause 5.4. The User is solely responsible for updating its account information as required. GRABiD will not be liable for any loss, cost, damage, or Claim (including for negligence) suffered or incurred by a User in connection with a failure to receive or delay in receiving payment in respect of a Carriage Agreement (including, but not limited to, a failure caused by the supply of inaccurate account information).
5.7 In the event that a Carriage Agreement is formed but terminated by a User for any reason prior to the Freight being collected by the Carrier, additional charges may apply as follows:
(7.a) where the Delivery is cancelled by the Carrier in excess of 48 hours prior to the collection time:
(7.b) where the Delivery is cancelled by the Carrier less than 48 hours prior to the collection time:
(7.c) where the Delivery is cancelled by the Sender in excess of 48 hours prior to the collection time:
(7.d) Where the Delivery is cancelled by the Sender less than 48 hours prior to the collection time:
5.8 The purposes of an investigation by GRABiD into the conduct of a User pursuant to clause 5.7 is to determine whether there has been any misuse of the Platform, fraud or for any other purpose as determined by GRABiD from time to time.
5.9 Upon payment of the Price in accordance with these terms:
6.1 Reviews
6.2 Loyalty and Referral Incentive Schemes
7.1 Everything on the Platform and all Intellectual Property therein is either owned by us or is licensed to us. Nothing in these Terms of Use affects the ownership of any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by a User, GRABiD, or any other person.
7.2 You must not copy, reproduce, adapt, transmit or distribute any of GRABiD's Intellectual Property or any other User's Content in any way not expressly permitted in these Terms of Use (or otherwise allowed by Law) without the consent of GRABiD or the relevant User, as applicable.
7.3 In the event that you post or submit any Content to or via the Platform or otherwise provide us with Content by any means, you grant GRABiD the following non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free licence in perpetuity throughout the Territory:
7.4 We may edit, modify, delete, remove, or take down any Content which we believe (in our sole discretion) is in breach of these Terms of Use without notice to you and without incurring any liability.
7.5 You warrant and represent to us that you have and will procure all necessary right, title, consent, and authority to use and provide any Content you supply to us, and that the exercise of the rights granted under clause 7.3 and use of the Content in accordance with these Terms of Use will not breach any Law or the rights of any person (including rights of attribution or integrity or against false attribution). You indemnify GRABiD from and against any loss, cost, damage, or Claim suffered or incurred by GRABiD in connection with your breach or misrepresentation in respect of this clause 7.5.
7.6 Each user is solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of their Content. GRABiD will not be liable for any mistake or misrepresentation in connection with your Content, and you indemnify GRABiD for and against any loss, cost (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis), damage, expense, or Claim (including for negligence) suffered or incurred by GRABiD in connection with your misrepresentation, mistake, infringement of any person's rights (including in respect of Intellectual Property), or breach of Law in connection with your User Content.
8.1 GRABiD will keep confidential all information provided by or on behalf of a User that is marked as confidential or should otherwise reasonably be presumed to be confidential, and will only use or disclose such confidential information: (a) for the purpose of operating the Platform; (b) with the consent of the User; (c) in anonymized and aggregated form; or (d) as may otherwise be required or permitted by Law.
8.2 GRABiD will comply with the applicable provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the SPAM Act 2003 (Cth), and any other applicable Law, in dealing with any Personal Information. GRABiD will at all times collect, use, hold, destroy, and disclose Personal Information in accordance with its privacy policy (available via GRABiD's website) and applicable Law.
8.3 The User undertakes and continuously warrants to GRABiD that:
(3.a) where the User is an individual, the User will only supply Personal Information in respect of that User; and
(3.b) where the User is a Principal User:
9.1 The User acknowledges and agrees that in using the Platform, including by uploading or creating any Content via the Platform, that:
9.2 GRABiD will comply with any Laws requiring GRABiD to notify the User or any other person regarding any notifiable data breach. Otherwise, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, GRABiD will not be liable or responsible for protecting the security of Content transmitted, uploaded, or downloaded via the Platform, or for any loss, cost, expense or damage suffered by the User as a result of any unauthorised access or use of the Content or GRABiD's systems.
10.1 The User acknowledges that the Heavy Vehicle National Law may apply to a Carriage Agreement and, as such, the User:
(1.b) Without limiting clause 10.1(a), the User must:
(1.c) If at any time requested by GRABiD or by a User, the User must within seven (7) days provide to GRABiD or the relevant User with all information and documents necessary:
(1.d) The information and documents to be provided under clause 10.1(c) may include (but are not limited to):
10.2 Each User (and Principal User, on behalf of each of its Users), continuously indemnifies GRABiD for and against any loss, cost (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis), damage, expense, or Claim (including for negligence) suffered or incurred by GRABiD in connection with that User's breach of clause 10.1.
11.1 The User must not, and must not permit its Related Parties to, use the Platform in any way that might defame, offend, insult, embarrass, injure, damage, or otherwise breach the rights of any person or contravene any applicable Laws.
11.2 The User acknowledges that:
11.3 GRABiD provides the Platform "as is" and, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, GRABiD will not be liable in respect of any loss, damage, expense, cost or claim by or against the User or its Related Parties (whether contractual, tortious, statutory or otherwise) for any direct or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages or injury including, but not limited to, any loss of profits, contracts, revenue or data arising out of or in connection with the provision of the Platform or or the provision of any other goods or services under these Terms of Use, and whether as a result of any negligence, breach or default, by GRABiD.
11.4 If the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (or analogous legislation) applies to these Terms of Use and prohibits the exclusion of certain liability but permits the limitation of that liability, then that liability of GRABiD is limited, at the option of GRABiD, to:
11.5 in the case of goods, any one or more of the following:
(5.b) in the case of services:
11.6 The maximum liability of GRABiD under these Terms of Use for any matter which cannot otherwise be excluded as described in these Terms of Use, will be limited in aggregate (to the maximum extent permitted by Law) to the lesser of: (1.a) the Price most closely connected to the Claim; or (1.b) AUD $10.
11.7 The User indemnifies GRABiD, its agents, officers and employees against any loss, cost, expense or damage (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which is suffered or incurred by GRABiD, its agents, officers or employees as a direct or indirect result of:
11.8 Any of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use which limit or exclude any term, condition or warranty, express or implied, or the liability of GRABiD will apply to the extent permitted by Law and will not be construed as excluding, qualifying or limiting the User's statutory rights or remedies arising by virtue of the breach of any implied term of this Agreement where such exclusion, qualification or limitation would be prohibited by legislation.
12.1 Other than as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, GRABiD does not accept any responsibility, and disclaims all and any liability for, any dispute between Users for Deliveries of Freight, the nature of Freight advertised on the Platform, Carriage Agreements or any other dispute relating to the Platform.
12.2 A User must not commence court proceedings in relation to a Complaint until it has exhausted the procedures in this clause 12.2. If a Complaint arises:
13.1 In the interpretation of these Terms of Use, unless the contrary intention appears:
13.2 In the case of a Principal User, unless otherwise requested in writing by the Principal User, GRABiD may use the Principal User’s corporate identity (if applicable) as part of promoting the Platform in the market place.
13.3 You must not assign, transfer, sublicense or otherwise deal in any other way with any of your rights under these Terms of Use (including your right to use an User Account) without the prior written consent of GRABiD.
13.4 Each party must at its own expense do everything reasonably necessary to give full effect to these Terms of Use and the events contemplated by it.
13.5 These Terms of Use are governed by the Laws of Victoria, Australia, and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia, and their courts of appeal.
13.6 You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent that any part of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the Terms of Use shall remain otherwise in full force apart from such provisions which shall be deemed to be read down or deleted and, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, any interpretation of these Terms of Use shall be interpreted for the benefit of GRABiD.
13.7 Nothing in these Terms of Use creates a relationship of employment, joint venture, or partnership between GRABiD and a User or another person. GRABiD provides the Platform as an independent contractor only, and does not act as the agent or representative of a User under any circumstances.
13.8 Any consent or discretion required from, or vested in GRABiD by these Terms of Use, may be given, withheld or exercised by GRABiD in its sole and absolute discretion.
In these Terms of Use, unless the context otherwise requires:
Acceptance means the time in which a User consents to enter a Carriage Agreement offered by another User in accordance with clause 4.6;
Auction means a Delivery published on the Platform by a Sender which enables Carriers to bid for the Delivery at a Price below the maximum Price set by the Sender;
Carriage Agreement means an agreement between a Sender and Carrier for the Delivery of Freight;
Carrier means a user of the Platform engaged in, or seeking to be engaged in, a Carriage Agreement to perform a Delivery;
Charges means the transaction fees payable to GRABiD and any applicable third-party fees or charges as notified by GRABiD in writing from time to time;
Claim means any demand, claim for loss or damage or claim for any remedy whatsoever whether originating by writ, summons, cross claim, counterclaim, application, other originating legal or arbitral process, proceeding or investigation or inquiry by a governmental agency arising out of or in any way connected to the use of the Platform or the carriage of Freight using the Platform but excluding any such claim which cannot be excluded or released by Law;
Complaint means a User’s complaint or dispute with GRABiD in connection with the Platform or these Terms of Use;
Content means any information, material, image, data, design, schematic, or Intellectual Property provided by a User to GRABiD or another User in connection with the Platform, and includes User Information;
Delivery means the carriage of Freight from point A to point B and the specific information provided by the Sender with respect to same;
Dictionary means the definitions in this clause 13 of these Terms of Use;
Freight means any item that is capable of being transported by road;
GRABiD or us or we or our means GRABiD Technologies Pty Ltd (ACN 622 362 743);
GST means goods and services or value added tax as provided for under the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) or any associated, replacing, or equivalent legislation in the Territory;
Heavy Vehicle National Law means the laws and regulations with respect to heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes as determined by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and as applicable in each state and territory of Australia from time to time;
Intellectual Property means all present and future intellectual property or related rights, including copyright, trade mark, designs, patents, circuit layouts, business or domain names, inventions, know how, confidential information and trade secrets arising anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered and including applications, and any associated moral rights;
Law means the Law of any jurisdiction that applies to any agreement made between GRABiD and you in connection with your use of the Platform including the Heavy Vehicle National Law, except as limited in context in these Terms of Use;
Personal Information means as that term is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) or any replacing or amending legislation, and includes any identifying information provided by a User or by GRABiD or any other person about a User;
Platform means the software, website, and/or mobile application which are owned, controlled, managed, maintained and/or hosted by GRABiD and on which the Service is made available;
Price means all the price specified by a Sender for a Delivery;
Principal User means a User who applies as a company or organization for a User Account;
Processing Fee means a fee charged to a User by GRABiD as a result of a cancellation of Carriage Agreement;
Related Party of a person means an "associate" or "related body corporate” of that person as determined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
Sender means a user of the Platform who requests a Delivery of Freight;
Take Now means a Delivery published on the Platform at a Price is fixed by the Sender;
Terms of Use means these terms of use, our Privacy Policy and any other policies posted on the Platform or otherwise notified to you in writing by GRABiD from time to time (save that these terms of use will apply to the extent of any inconsistency between them and any such policy);
Territory means Australia and any other place where GRABiD hosts the Platform;
User or you means a person who accesses the Platform including a Sender, Carrier or a Principal User;
User Account means an account that permits a User to use the Platform; and
User Information means the information requested by GRABiD or that you otherwise provide to GRABiD or any other User in connection with the Platform or otherwise pursuant to these Terms of Use.
This privacy policy applies to the management of your personal information (“Your Information”) by or on behalf of GRABiD Technologies Pty Ltd (ACN 622 362 743) and its related entities, including GRABiD Logistics Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 622 299) and GRABiD Chauffeur Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 622 226) (“GRABiD, GRABiD Logistics, GRABiD Chauffeur, we, us, our”).
GRABiD provides users with access, via its mobile applications and other websites and software, to a marketplace platform that enables users to offer and accept bookings for the transport of goods and for chauffeurs or town cars and (our “services” and “products”).
We have created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our commitment to the Privacy Act 1988 Cth (“Privacy Act”), the Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”), and relevant State based privacy legislation (together, the “Australian Privacy Laws”). It sets out how we may collect, hold, use or disclose Your Information.
What information do we collect?
We collect and hold Your Information, which may include your name, phone number, email, mailing address, age, sex, gender, location, preferences, qualifications, licenses, certifications, application usage and device information, and other information relevant to the supply of our products and services that is collected by our products or that you choose to provide to us. If you use our services, we may also collect your bank or credit card details for payment and details of your credit history and creditworthiness.
How we collect Your Information
We collect Your Information as part of supplying our services and products. This includes when you provide Your Information to us in person, via our products (including our GRABiD mobile applications and our website), location Data, during phone and skype calls, by email, via social media, or otherwise via customer enquiries or communications.
Generally, we collect Your Information directly from you but we may also collect Your Information from other people or organisations, if you have given your consent. Location Data is used for the sole purpose of supplying our services and products and you are able to opt out at any time.
Why do we need Your Information?
We only collect or hold Your Information where it is reasonably necessary for our business functions or activities.
In particular, we need Your Information to provide you with our products and/or services, which includes matching you with relevant carriers or senders (as the case may be), internal record keeping, communicating with you about our products and/or services, creating and updating our database(s) and other records, ensuring compliance with our contractual and other legal obligations to you, and administering our relationship with you by responding to your enquiries (Main Purposes).
If you do not provide us with Your Information we may not be able to carry out some or all of the Main Purposes.
How do we use or disclose Your Information?
By submitting Your Information to us, you consent to us using or disclosing Your Information for:
Secondary Purposes may include: improving our products or services; sending you direct marketing messages about our products or services, deals, and promotions; conducting customer surveys; managing our relationship with you; monitoring how you interact with us on our applications, website or other contact points; or helping you to complete a transaction or activity that you have chosen to undertake.
We may also use certain non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, IP addresses, browser or platform type etc.) to improve the quality and design of our products and services, and to create new features, promotions, functionality and services by storing, tracking, analysing and processing user preferences and trends as well as user activity and communications.
Can you remain anonymous or use a pseudonym?
We will, if practicable, allow you to use a pseudonym or to not identify yourself (unless this is impractical or against the law (including the Australian Privacy Laws)).
In some instances, if you do not provide us with some of Your Information we may not be able to provide you with the relevant product, service or information. This may have an effect on whether we can begin or continue a relationship with you.
Do we disclose Your Information overseas?
We may disclose Your Information to our partners, suppliers and distributors in order to assist us in providing our products or services to you. Some of our service providers, or the services they provide (like cloud storage services), may be based outside Australia. In order to protect Your Information, we take care where possible to work with service providers whom we consider maintain acceptable standards of data security compliance, and we do our part to meet those standards as they apply to us. By providing us with Your Information, you consent to Your Information being used, stored and disclosed overseas (and acknowledge that no additional obligations that may apply to the overseas disclosure of personal information under Australian Privacy Laws will apply).
Is Your Information confidential and secure?
We take all reasonable steps to keep Your Information secure and to ensure it is protected against misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or inappropriate disclosure. We may hold Your Information in both hard copy and electronic forms, but will store it in secure systems accessible only to authorised personnel.
Using other sites
Our products may contain links to other websites, platform or applications. Unless the other website, platform or application is one of our products, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of the owners of those websites, platforms, or applications. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any website, platform, or application that asks you to provide Your Information.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may need to change this privacy policy from time to time. When we do amend it, the changes will be effective immediately upon being made public on our website. We will use reasonable measures to notify you of any relevant changes to this privacy policy, but please be aware that it is your responsibility to review our privacy regularly and make sure you keep up to date with any changes.
Managing Your Information
You are responsible for ensuring that Your Information is accurate, current and complete and we encourage you to contact us to update Your Information if it changes.
You may ask us to access Your Information in accordance with Australian Privacy Laws (as applicable), including by asking us to provide you with a summary of Your Information that we hold, subject to certain limitations under the Australian Privacy Laws.
For your protection, we may require you to confirm your identity before access to Your Information is granted.
In most cases, we can provide you with a summary of Your Information free of charge. However, in some circumstances, reasonable costs may be charged to you in accessing Your Information in accordance with and subject to the Australian Privacy Laws, including any costs limitations contained in applicable Australian Privacy Laws.
Queries and complaints
If you have a question or want to make a complaint about how we handle Your Information please contact us using the details below. We will review any question, complaint or concern you may have and will respond to you after we have carefully considered it. We will, where reasonably possible, take steps to investigate and resolve complaints within 30 days. Please note, we may require further information from you in order to resolve any complaints. If we need more time, we will notify you about the reasons for the delay and seek to agree a longer period with you (if you do not agree, we may not be able to resolve your complaint). If we cannot resolve a complaint related to your privacy information, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) directly.
We can be contacted via:
Email: privacy@grabid.com.au
Or for more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy, please visit the OAIC website at www.oaic.gov.au.
Last date Updated: 30 Jan., 2019