Arbitration — Cross-Platform Comparison

You and Uber agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services or Application (collectively, "Disputes") will be settled by binding arbitration between you and Uber, except that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court and the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights.

SECTION 14 OF THIS AGREEMENT (WHICH DOES NOT APPLY TO CANADA CONSUMERS RESIDING IN THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC) CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT GOVERN HOW CLAIMS THAT YOU AND WE HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS THAT AROSE OR WERE ASSERTED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, SECTION 14 SETS FORTH OUR ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WHICH WILL REQUIRE DISPUTES BETWEEN US TO BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS (FOR EXAMPLE, NEW ZEALAND CONSUMERS ARE GOVERNED BY SECTION 14(c)(iv) OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND UNITED STATES CONSUMERS DO NOT NEED TO ARBITRATE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR USE OF THE SERVICES). UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (1) YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING (EXCEPT FOR AUSTRALIA CONSUMERS); AND (2) YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL ON YOUR CLAIMS. THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT COULD AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PENDING OR PROPOSED CLASS ACTION LITIGATION.