Legal
Terms of Service
Last updated: April 28, 2026
The short version
- Month-to-month — cancel anytime, no long-term contracts
- Your data belongs to you, always
- We don't access or sell your dealership data
- Export your data anytime, no fees
- Ontario, Canada governing law
These Terms govern your use of the Carvio platform and website operated by Tetronix Inc. By creating an account or using Carvio, you agree to these Terms. If you're using Carvio on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that business.
Your Account
You must create an account with accurate information and are responsible for maintaining the security of your credentials. Notify us immediately at support@carvio.ca if you suspect unauthorized access.
You may invite team members. You're responsible for ensuring all users under your account comply with these Terms.
Your Data
You retain full ownership of all data you enter into Carvio — inventory records, customer information, deal data, messages, and any other content you create.
We only use your data to provide and improve the service. We will not access, use, or share your data beyond that, except as required by law.
Your data belongs to you. You can request a copy of your data, and after cancellation we will delete it within a reasonable period unless we are legally required to retain it.
In plain English: your inventory, customers, deals, and messages are yours. We just host them. If you leave, they leave with you.
Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use Carvio for unlawful purposes
- Reverse engineer or extract source code
- Disrupt the platform or its infrastructure
- Access another user's account without authorization
- Transmit spam, malware, or harassing content
- Scrape or harvest data by automated means
- Resell or redistribute access without permission
Use of Carvio messaging features is additionally governed by Messaging Channels below and our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Messaging Channels
Carvio provides messaging features that let dealers send and receive emails, text messages, and other electronic communications with their leads, customers, and prospects. Carvio relies on third-party providers to deliver these messages; the current list of sub-processors is set out in our Privacy Policy. Your use of these features is subject to the rules in this section, the Acceptable Use Policy, and applicable law.
Compliance with anti-spam and telemarketing law
As a dealer, you are solely responsible for the lawfulness of every message you send through Carvio. You must comply with all laws that apply to your messages and recipients, including:
- Canada — CASL. Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation requires express or implied consent before sending a commercial electronic message, accurate sender identification, and a working unsubscribe mechanism in every message. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining records of consent.
- Canada — CRTC & DNCL. Where the CRTC's Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules and the National Do Not Call List apply to your calls or texts, you must scrub recipients against the DNCL and your internal do-not-call list and honor opt-outs immediately.
- United States — CAN-SPAM. Commercial email to US recipients must include accurate header information, a clear identification that the message is an advertisement (where applicable), a valid postal address, and a functioning unsubscribe mechanism honored within ten business days.
- United States — TCPA / FCC. Marketing SMS to US recipients requires prior express written consent. Informational SMS requires prior express consent. Recipients can revoke consent through any reasonable method, including replying STOP, and you must honor revocations promptly.
- Other jurisdictions. You are responsible for compliance with any other applicable law (for example, GDPR / ePrivacy where recipients are in the EU/UK, or CCPA / CPRA where recipients are California residents).
Consent, identification, and opt-outs
- Send messages only to recipients with whom you have express consent, valid implied consent under CASL (e.g. existing business relationship), or another lawful basis. Maintain records sufficient to demonstrate consent on request.
- Identify yourself accurately. Use sender names, email addresses, phone numbers, and dealership identification that truthfully reflect your business.
- Include a functioning unsubscribe mechanism in every commercial email, and honor STOP / unsubscribe / opt-out requests on or before the time frame required by applicable law (and in any event without undue delay).
- Do not send messages to a recipient after they have opted out, unless and until they re-consent.
Prohibited content and practices
You may not use Carvio messaging to send content that is unlawful, deceptive, fraudulent, harassing, threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, infringing, or otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the Acceptable Use Policy, or the prohibited-use rules of our upstream delivery providers. You may not send messages relating to industries, products, or services prohibited by those providers (for example, certain regulated or high-risk categories).
You may not:
- Use purchased, rented, scraped, or appended contact lists, or message recipients with whom you have no prior business relationship and no express consent.
- Send at volumes or frequencies that are unreasonable for the recipient relationship or that produce elevated complaint, bounce, or spam-trap rates.
- Conceal sender identity, falsify routing or header information, or disable unsubscribe / STOP handling.
Carvio's rights and remedies
We may monitor message metadata (delivery, bounce, complaint, and opt-out rates) to operate the platform. We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to messaging features — in whole or in part, with or without notice — if we reasonably believe that:
- You have violated this section, the Acceptable Use Policy, or applicable law;
- Your messaging is generating elevated complaint, bounce, or spam-trap rates;
- A recipient, regulator, or upstream delivery provider has requested suspension or removal; or
- Continued sending poses a risk to the platform, other dealers, or recipients.
Without limiting the foregoing, we may permanently disable your dealership's ability to send and/or receive messages through Carvio on a specific channel (for example, email only, or SMS only) or across all messaging channels. A channel ban may be imposed in addition to, or instead of, account termination, and may apply to your dealership, its affiliates, and any successor or substitute account we reasonably believe is associated with the same dealership. Where a ban is imposed, Carvio is under no obligation to deliver or relay further messages — inbound or outbound — on the affected channel(s), and you remain responsible for arranging alternative means of communication with your recipients.
Where a recipient opts out, Carvio records the opt-out on your account so that further messages to that recipient are blocked, and may extend that suppression more broadly where we believe it is necessary to comply with anti-spam law. We will work with you in good faith to lift suppression where you can demonstrate valid consent.
In plain English: you're responsible for the messages you send. If recipients complain, regulators get involved, or our delivery providers flag your sending, we can pause your messaging — or in serious cases, ban your dealership from sending and receiving on a specific channel or across all of them.
Subscription & Payment
Carvio is billed monthly. No long-term contracts.
- Prices in Canadian dollars unless stated otherwise
- Cancel anytime — takes effect at end of billing period
- No refunds for partial billing periods
- 30 days' notice before any pricing changes
- Payments processed securely through Stripe
In plain English: pay monthly, cancel whenever. We don't lock you in. We never see your credit card — Stripe handles that.
Platform Availability
We strive for high availability but don't guarantee uninterrupted access. The platform may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance or due to circumstances beyond our control. We'll notify you of planned downtime in advance when possible.
Intellectual Property
The Carvio platform — design, code, features, documentation, and branding — is owned by Tetronix Inc. These Terms grant you a limited right to use the platform as a subscriber, not ownership of any part of it.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tetronix Inc. shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of Carvio, including loss of profits, data, or business opportunities.
Our total liability shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.
Carvio is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. AI-generated content (pricing suggestions, drafted messages) is informational and should be reviewed before use.
Indemnification
You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Tetronix Inc., its affiliates, and its sub-processors from and against any third-party claim, regulatory action, fine, penalty, loss, liability, damage, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to:
- Messages, calls, or content you send, schedule, automate, or cause to be sent through Carvio, including claims under CASL, CAN-SPAM, the TCPA, CRTC rules, the National Do Not Call List, GDPR / ePrivacy, CCPA / CPRA, or analogous law;
- Your violation of these Terms, the Acceptable Use Policy, or applicable law;
- Your collection, use, retention, or disclosure of recipient data (including consent records and opt-outs); and
- Your dispute with a recipient, customer, employee, or third party regarding messages or content delivered through Carvio.
We will give you prompt written notice of any claim subject to this Section, reasonable cooperation in defending it, and the right to control the defense and settlement (subject to our reasonable approval where the settlement requires us to admit liability or take action).
Termination
You may cancel your account anytime through the platform or by contacting support@carvio.ca. We may suspend or terminate your account for Terms violations or non-payment, with reasonable notice except in urgent cases.
We may also suspend, restrict, or terminate access to specific features — including the messaging features described in Messaging Channels — in accordance with that section and the Acceptable Use Policy. Suspension of a feature does not, by itself, terminate your subscription or excuse non-payment.
Changes to These Terms
Material changes get 30 days' notice by email or through the platform. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada. Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Ontario, Canada.
If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary. The remaining provisions stay in effect.
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