Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Kanha Narla, an individual doing business as CurbScout (a sole proprietorship), 1 Cascade Dr, Fairfax, CA 94930 (“CurbScout”, “we”, “us”) governing your use of the CurbScout mobile application and website (together, the “Service”). By selecting “Agree & Continue” in the app, or by using the website, you agree to these Terms of Use and acknowledge the CurbScout Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”, available at curbscout.app/privacy). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Parking information disclaimer — please read this section carefully

CurbScout provides parking information for convenience only. It is not legal advice, and it is not a guarantee that parking at any location is legal, available, or free of charge.

Parking regulations change constantly — cities add and remove signs, change meter hours and rates, post temporary restrictions for construction, events, moving trucks, film shoots, and emergencies, and repaint curbs — often faster than any dataset can reflect. Data can also contain errors, and availability estimates are predictions, not observations.

The posted signs, curb markings, meters, and instructions of parking-enforcement and police officers at the physical location always govern. If the app and the street disagree, the street is right. You are solely responsible for where and how you park, and for any parking citations, fines, towing, storage charges, or other consequences. CurbScout does not issue, control, adjudicate, or have authority over a parking citation; a citation is issued and enforced solely by the applicable city, county, or law-enforcement authority, and CurbScout cannot cancel, dispute, or reduce it. CurbScout is not liable for tickets, tows, or losses of any kind arising from parking decisions made using the Service.

Reminders and automatic detection are best-effort. Street-sweeping, meter, time-limit and tow-away reminders, and automatic “you have parked” detection, depend on your device settings, operating-system permissions, connectivity, and iOS notification delivery, any of which can delay, suppress, or prevent a reminder or a detection. A reminder is a courtesy, not a guarantee, and a detected parking session may be wrong or missing. The deadline is always yours to keep. Do not rely on the Service as your only reminder for any parking deadline.

2. Safe driving

Configure the Service before driving and use voice guidance whenever possible. Do not view, type into, or manipulate the Service while the vehicle is moving. Road conditions, posted signs, traffic controls, and lawful instructions at the scene always govern. Navigation guidance is informational only. You are solely responsible for driving safely and lawfully.

3. License to use the Service

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the CurbScout app on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions and by Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (see Section 13). You may use the Service to park a vehicle you drive, including a commercial vehicle you drive for work. Fleet management, dispatch, resale, data extraction, or automated use requires our prior written consent.

4. Accounts

No identified account is required. When you first use the Service, CurbScout automatically creates a guest account identified by a random Firebase account identifier. You do not need to provide a name, email address, or password unless you choose to upgrade the guest account, which you can do by signing in with Apple, with Google, or with an e-mail address and password. You are responsible for the accuracy of your account information, for maintaining the security of your credentials, and for activity under your account. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. You can delete your account and data at any time in the app (Profile → Delete Account; for a guest account the control is labelled Delete My Data) or by contacting us; see the Privacy Policy for what deletion removes. Deleting your CurbScout account does not cancel an App Store subscription; manage or cancel your subscription through Apple before deleting your account.

5. Purchases, free trial, and subscriptions

• 14-day card-free period. New users receive full access to the Service for 14 days with no payment method required and nothing to cancel. When this period ends, continued use of the Service requires an active plan (a subscription or, where we offer it, the Lifetime Purchase described in Section 6).
• One card-free period per person. The card-free period is offered once per person, account, and device. Reinstalling the app, resetting a device, or creating additional accounts in order to obtain additional free periods is not permitted, and we may use technical measures to detect and prevent it — including keeping a record of when your free period started on your device and in our systems, as described in the Privacy Policy.
• Introductory free week. Where offered, monthly and annual subscriptions begin with an introductory free period (currently 7 days) shown in the App Store at purchase. The subscription converts to a paid subscription at the end of the introductory period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends.
• Purchases and subscriptions are billed by Apple through your App Store account, not by us directly.
• Prices are shown in the App Store before you buy and may change with notice through the App Store.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under App Store policies (reportaproblem.apple.com).
• If you buy a subscription or the Lifetime Purchase during your card-free period, the plan you chose takes effect from the day you buy it (any introductory free period starts that day; the Lifetime Purchase is charged that day); unused card-free days and unused introductory-trial days are not added to your plan or refunded.

6. Lifetime purchase (“Founder Lifetime”)

CurbScout may offer a one-time purchase marketed as “Founder Lifetime” or “Lifetime” (the “Lifetime Purchase”). This section defines exactly what the Lifetime Purchase is and is not.

• What “lifetime” means. “Lifetime” refers to the commercial life of the CurbScout Service — that is, for as long as CurbScout continues to make the Service’s paid tier generally available — and not to the lifetime of the purchaser or of any device. It is a license for the life of the product, not a guarantee that the Service will operate for any particular period.
• What you get. The Lifetime Purchase grants a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service’s paid (“Pro”) tier, as that tier exists and evolves from time to time, for the commercial life of the Service, with no recurring charge.
• Features evolve. We continuously add, change, and retire features. The Lifetime Purchase includes the features we designate as part of the Pro tier from time to time. It does not include separately priced products, services, or add-ons that we may offer in the future.
• Personal and non-transferable. The license is tied to your Apple ID (and to your CurbScout account, if you create one). It may not be sold, resold, or transferred. As with any license under these Terms, you may use it to park a vehicle you drive, including a commercial vehicle you drive for work; it does not authorize fleet management, dispatch, resale, data extraction, or automated use. Family Sharing is not offered for the Lifetime Purchase unless the App Store listing for it says otherwise at the time of purchase.
• What is included on your purchase date. The Pro tier on the date you purchase includes: ranked street-parking suggestions with parking-rule verdicts, in-app turn-by-turn guidance to a suggestion, parking-session tracking with sweeping/meter/tow reminders, automatic park detection where supported, and coverage of every city the app supports at that time. Features may be added, changed, or retired as described above.
• Suspension or revocation. We may suspend or revoke a Lifetime license if we reasonably determine that it was obtained through fraud, was resold or transferred contrary to these Terms, or is being used in a material and intentional violation of these Terms. Where appropriate, we will provide notice and an opportunity to respond. This does not limit refund or consumer rights that cannot be waived.
• Limited availability. If offered, the Lifetime Purchase is limited to the first 1,000 purchasers. We may change its price or withdraw the offer for new purchasers at any time; doing so does not affect licenses already purchased.
• Our commitment to Lifetime purchasers. CurbScout will not discontinue the Pro tier, remove substantially all of its material functionality, or reclassify substantially equivalent functionality as a separately priced product primarily for the purpose of avoiding its obligations to Lifetime purchasers.
• If the Service is discontinued. If we permanently discontinue the Service (or its paid tier), Lifetime licenses end when the Service ends. Except where required by applicable law or provided by Apple’s refund policies, no refund is owed for a Lifetime Purchase upon discontinuation of the Service.
• Billing. The Lifetime Purchase is a one-time in-app purchase billed by Apple. It is charged when you buy it (it does not include an introductory free period) and never renews. Refunds are handled by Apple under App Store policies.
• Your statutory rights. Nothing in this section limits rights you have under applicable consumer-protection law that cannot be limited by agreement.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the Service in violation of any law, including traffic and parking laws;
• scrape, harvest, bulk-download, resell, or redistribute data from the Service;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the app except where the law permits;
• interfere with or disrupt the Service, its servers, or its security features;
• use the Service to build a competing dataset or product;
• misrepresent your identity or impersonate any person.

7a. Feedback and reports you submit

If you send us feedback or report a problem with a suggestion (“Submissions”), you keep ownership of what you submit. You grant CurbScout a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license — sublicensable only to service providers working for CurbScout — to use, copy, and modify your Submissions for the limited purpose of operating, securing, correcting, documenting, and improving CurbScout and its parking data. We will not use your Submissions in public marketing without your separate permission. You represent that you have the right to submit them. Submissions are text only; the Service does not accept photo or other file attachments. Submissions are retained for the periods stated in the Privacy Policy and are deleted with your account, except where a disclosed legal exception applies. We have no obligation to act on any report or feedback, and we may remove any Submission at our discretion.

8. Third-party services and data

The Service incorporates data and services from third parties, including city open-data portals and public-records datasets, mapping and search services (Apple Maps, Google), routing infrastructure, purchase processing (Apple, RevenueCat), and public-event listings. Third-party services are governed by their own terms, and we are not responsible for their accuracy or availability. City data is published by municipal agencies on their own schedules; CurbScout is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any city or transportation agency.

9. Intellectual property

The Service — including the app, website, design, text, graphics, logos, and the selection, arrangement, and enrichment of data — is owned by CurbScout or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Except for the license in Section 3, no rights are granted to you. Apple, the Apple logo, and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. Other marks belong to their respective owners.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT PARKING INFORMATION, AVAILABILITY ESTIMATES, PRICES, SCHEDULES, OR NAVIGATION GUIDANCE WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CURBSCOUT, ITS OWNER, CONTRACTORS, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE — INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PARKING CITATIONS, FINES, PENALTIES, TOWING AND STORAGE CHARGES, VEHICLE DAMAGE OR THEFT, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR MISSED APPOINTMENTS — EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CURBSCOUT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY PARKING CITATION, FINE, PENALTY, TOWING, STORAGE, OR IMPOUND CHARGE, OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENCE OF WHERE, WHEN, OR HOW LONG YOU PARK — WHETHER CHARACTERIZED AS DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES — ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ITS PARKING INFORMATION, AVAILABILITY ESTIMATES, NAVIGATION, REMINDERS, OR AUTOMATIC PARKING DETECTION.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE (INCLUDING AMOUNTS PAID THROUGH APPLE) IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US$50). NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS OR EXCLUDES LIABILITY FOR FRAUD, FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1668). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold CurbScout harmless from third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising directly from (a) your material violation of these Terms, (b) your unlawful or intentionally harmful use of the Service, or (c) a Submission that infringes another person’s rights. CurbScout will promptly notify you of a covered claim and reasonably cooperate in its defense. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim results from CurbScout’s negligence, willful misconduct, or violation of law.

13. Apple App Store terms

Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement governs the license to the iOS application. These Terms separately govern your use of the CurbScout service, account, data, subscriptions, and features. Apple is not the contracting party for the CurbScout service.

• These Terms are between you and CurbScout only — not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the Service or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app (if any); to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation.
• Apple is not responsible for addressing claims relating to the app, including product-liability, regulatory, or consumer-protection claims.
• In the event of a third-party claim that the app infringes intellectual-property rights, CurbScout, not Apple, is responsible for defense and resolution to the extent required by these Terms.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
• You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms (e.g., your wireless carrier agreement) when using the app.

14. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or if we discontinue the Service. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 survive termination.

15. Governing law; dispute resolution

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

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS, YOU AND CURBSCOUT EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION (“ARBITRATION AGREEMENT”).

A. Claims covered. This Arbitration Agreement covers all disputes, claims, or controversies between you and CurbScout, including ones arising before you agreed to these Terms, arising out of or relating to (i) these Terms, (ii) the Service, (iii) any dealings with CurbScout or its developers, officers, or suppliers, or (iv) the relationship between you and CurbScout, including the validity, enforceability, and scope of this Arbitration Agreement itself (collectively, “Disputes”). Disputes that may be brought in small-claims court are not subject to arbitration.

B. Agreement to resolve Disputes informally first. Before starting an arbitration, you and CurbScout each agree to try to resolve the Dispute informally for at least 45 days. That period begins when one party sends the other a written Notice of Dispute stating: the name and contact information of the party raising the Dispute, the nature and basis of the Dispute, and the relief sought. Send your Notice of Dispute to support@curbscout.co or by post to Kanha Narla, 1 Cascade Dr, Fairfax, CA 94930, Attn: Legal. Settlement offers made during this period are confidential and will not be disclosed to the arbitrator. If either party starts an arbitration without first sending a Notice of Dispute and waiting out this period, the other party may have that arbitration administratively terminated.

C. Agreement to arbitrate. If a Dispute is not resolved informally, either party may elect binding, individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (“AAA Consumer Rules”), rather than in court, except as set out in this Section 15. This Arbitration Agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce and is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, not by state arbitration law. The arbitration will be conducted in English by a single arbitrator. If the amount in dispute is $25,000 or less, the arbitration will be conducted on written submissions unless the arbitrator, on request, requires a hearing; otherwise it may proceed by telephone, videoconference, or in person. The arbitrator may hear dispositive motions and must issue a written decision stating the findings and conclusions on which it is based; an award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to follow applicable law. AAA fees and costs are governed by the AAA Consumer Rules; if the arbitrator finds those costs excessive, or if you show us that you cannot afford the filing fee, we will pay the AAA administrative fees. Judgment on an award, and any motion to compel arbitration, stay proceedings, or confirm, modify, or vacate an award, may be brought in the state or federal courts in Marin County, California, and you consent to their jurisdiction for that purpose.

D. Injunctive relief. Claims for injunctive, equitable, or declaratory relief are excluded from this Arbitration Agreement and must be brought in court. If you seek both injunctive relief and money damages arising from the same Dispute, the court may stay the money-damages claim pending arbitration.

E. No class actions. You and CurbScout each agree to bring a Dispute only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, or representative proceeding, and the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims or preside over any class, collective, or representative proceeding. If this class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a Dispute, this entire Arbitration Agreement will be null and void as to that Dispute, and it will be brought in court instead.

F. Multiple individual filings. If arbitration proceedings involving you and CurbScout, together with similar proceedings involving other users, meet the criteria for a “multiple consumer case filing” under the AAA Consumer Rules, either party may ask the arbitrator to have those filings’ pre-hearing matters — such as discovery and dispositive motions — handled together for efficiency. Every arbitration hearing will still proceed on an individual basis.

G. Location of hearing. If an in-person hearing is required, it will take place in the county where you reside.

H. Opt-out. You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement by emailing support@curbscout.co within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms, with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out” and your account identifier. If you opt out, your Disputes will be resolved in court as described below instead.

I. If arbitration does not apply. For a Dispute that is excluded from arbitration under paragraph D or E above, or brought by someone who timely opted out under paragraph H, that Dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Marin County, California, and you consent to their jurisdiction — except that either party may still pursue a qualifying claim in small-claims court, and except where applicable consumer-protection law gives you a non-waivable right to bring a claim elsewhere. Nothing in these Terms limits consumer protections that apply where you live.

J. Severability. If any part of this Arbitration Agreement other than the class-action waiver in paragraph E is found unenforceable, that part will be severed and the rest of this Arbitration Agreement will remain in force. Paragraph E states its own rule for what happens if the class-action waiver is found unenforceable.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may add, change, or discontinue features of the Service at any time; Section 6 describes what this means for the Lifetime Purchase. We may also update these Terms as the Service evolves. If we make material changes, we will post the updated Terms with a new effective date and version, and the app will ask you to accept them before you continue using the Service. If you do not accept, stop using the Service and, if you have a subscription, cancel it through the App Store; the prior Terms govern until then. Earlier versions are available on request. Changes to these Terms apply prospectively. A change will not retroactively remove access or material rights already purchased under a Lifetime license except where required by law, necessary to protect security or safety, or accepted by the purchaser.

17. General provisions

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and the Apple terms referenced in Section 13, are the entire agreement between you and CurbScout about the Service and supersede any prior agreements on the same subject. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary — including as applied to the citation, fine, and towing exclusion in Section 11 — and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent; CurbScout may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of the Service, and will notify you of any such assignment. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms, and any legal notice under them: support@curbscout.co, or by post to Kanha Narla, an individual doing business as CurbScout (a sole proprietorship), 1 Cascade Dr, Fairfax, CA 94930.