CartelOne

Terms and Conditions

Effective date: June 25, 2026  ·  Provider: AutoCartel Texas LLC

1. Acceptance of the Terms

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the CartelOne platform, including the cartelone.com web application and any associated mobile applications (collectively, the “Platform”). By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Platform.

CartelOne is intended solely for individuals expressly authorized by AutoCartel Texas LLC or its affiliated organizations, including employees, contractors, managers, administrators, and other affiliated personnel, in each case solely for internal business purposes. It is not a public-facing consumer service, software-as-a-service offering, or general public application.

Your right to access and use the Platform is conditioned on your continued authorization by the Company. The Company may suspend, restrict, or terminate access at any time, with or without notice, for business, security, legal, or operational reasons.

2. Definitions

3. Eligibility and Authorized Access

Access to the Platform is by invitation only and is tied to your relationship with the Company or an affiliated dealership. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Platform.

You receive access only after the Company confirms your account details. The Company may withhold, suspend, or revoke access at its discretion, including when your role changes or your relationship with the Company ends.

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your account. You must notify the Company promptly of any unauthorized use or suspected security incident.

4. Description of the Service

The Platform presents pay information, performance metrics, and related operational data so that Users can review their compensation and productivity. Certain data is sourced from connected systems, including Connecteam (via its API), and from reference data provided by the Company.

Important — Informational tool only. Pay figures, bonuses, leaderboard rankings, and performance metrics shown in the Platform are provided for transparency and convenience and are indicative only. They do not constitute a pay statement, payslip, or binding commitment. Official compensation is determined and paid through the Company’s standard payroll process and governs in the event of any discrepancy.

5. Platform Content; No Modification of Employment or Compensation Terms

The Platform is provided as an internal administrative and informational tool. Information displayed in the Platform may include payroll, compensation, bonus, scheduling, performance, leaderboard, goal, productivity, and operational data for convenience and internal business use.

Unless expressly stated otherwise in a separate written agreement signed by an authorized Company representative, the Platform does not create, amend, or guarantee any employment term, contractor term, compensation right, bonus entitlement, commission entitlement, wage rate, reimbursement right, or other contractual right.

Official payroll, wage, tax, deduction, and compensation records are determined by the Company’s payroll, HR, accounting, and other official business records, subject to applicable law. Any displayed estimates, projections, rankings, metrics, or preliminary figures may be delayed, incomplete, or subject to correction. The Company reserves the right to correct clerical, technical, administrative, or calculation errors at any time.

Incentive compensation, bonuses, and commission entitlements are governed exclusively by the applicable written plan documents, offer letters, and Company policies in effect from time to time. Nothing displayed on the Platform creates a vested right in any bonus or incentive amount unless expressly confirmed in a separate signed agreement.

6. Acceptable Use and Confidentiality

You may use the Platform only for authorized internal business purposes and in compliance with applicable law and Company policies. You must not:

Information made available through the Platform, including payroll, compensation, performance, operational, and personnel data, is confidential. You must protect that information and may disclose it only as authorized by the Company and only to persons with a legitimate need to know in connection with authorized business purposes.

7. Intellectual Property

The Platform, including its software, design, structure, and Content (excluding your personal data), is owned by the Company or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not grant you any ownership rights. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Platform for authorized business purposes only.

8. Data and Privacy

Your use of the Platform is also governed by the CartelOne Privacy Policy, which describes how personal data is collected, used, and protected. The Privacy Policy is available at https://cartelone.com/privacy and forms part of these Terms.

9. Third-Party Services

The Platform integrates with third-party services, including Connecteam, and relies on infrastructure providers such as Supabase and Vercel. The Company is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or practices of third-party services. Your use of those services may be subject to their own terms.

10. Disclaimers

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. The Company does not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of delay, or that any information displayed in the Platform will be complete, current, or error-free at all times.

CartelOne is intended as a workforce management, payroll visibility, performance tracking, and operational reporting platform. Information displayed within the Platform is provided for transparency and management purposes only and should not be considered an official payroll record, tax document, employment contract, or guarantee of future compensation. Nothing in these Terms limits any rights that cannot be disclaimed under applicable law.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and service providers, will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, business opportunity, goodwill, data, or use, arising out of or related to the Platform or these Terms, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the aggregate liability of the Company and its affiliates arising out of or relating to the Platform or these Terms will not exceed $500.00. The limitations in this section do not apply to liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including fraud or willful misconduct.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its affiliates from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your misuse of the Platform, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any applicable law or third-party right.

13. Suspension and Termination

The Company may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, including when your employment or engagement ends, when these Terms are breached, or for security, legal, or operational reasons. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ends immediately. Termination does not affect any rights or obligations that accrued before termination.

14. Employment and Contractor Relationship

Nothing in these Terms modifies or supersedes your employment agreement, offer letter, independent contractor agreement, employee handbook, compensation plan, arbitration agreement, or any other agreement between you and the Company. These Terms govern access to and use of the Platform only.

The Platform does not affect at-will employment status where applicable. Nothing in these Terms constitutes a waiver of any non-waivable wage, hour, or labor rights under applicable law. The Company reserves all rights to administer, modify, or discontinue compensation plans, bonus programs, and incentive arrangements in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law and any express written agreements.

The Company is committed to neutral, non-discriminatory use of Platform analytics and performance data, consistent with applicable anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation laws.

15. Changes to the Terms

The Company may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through the Platform or by other reasonable means. Your continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. The effective date at the top of this document reflects the latest version.

16. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

If you are subject to a separate written arbitration agreement, employment agreement, independent contractor agreement, or handbook acknowledgment with the Company that governs disputes between you and the Company, then any dispute arising out of or relating to the Platform or these Terms will be governed by that dispute resolution provision to the extent permitted by law.

If no such agreement applies, any legal action arising out of or relating to the Platform or these Terms will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Tarrant County, Texas, and each party consents to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts. Nothing in these Terms is intended to waive non-waivable rights or remedies under applicable employment, wage-and-hour, or other law.

17. Contact and Reporting

Questions about these Terms, payroll discrepancies, or privacy concerns may be directed to:

AutoCartel Texas LLC
support@autocartel.com

If you believe payroll, compensation, or performance data displayed in the Platform is inaccurate, promptly notify the Company through your manager, HR, payroll department, or the support contact above.

18. Acknowledgment

By using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms and Conditions, and that you understand this Platform is an internal workforce tool that does not modify your employment or compensation rights except as expressly stated in a separate signed agreement.