PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR UTILIZING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS SHOWN HEREIN AND BY ALL TERMS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INTEGRATED BY RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.
These terms of usage ("site terms") apply to your use of this site (the "site"). They do not modify in any way the terms or conditions of any other arrangement you may have with us, our parent company or our affiliates. By using this website, you represent and confirm that you are over the age of 18 and are legally able to accept these website terms. If you are utilizing the website on behalf of any entity, you further represent and confirm that you are authorized to accept these website terms on such entity's behalf, and that such entity concurs to indemnify us for offenses of these website terms.
We are devoted to safeguarding your privacy. Please view our privacy policy for information on how we collect, use and reveal individual information.
Unless otherwise indicated, all of the content featured or showed on this website, including, but not restricted to, text, graphics, information, photographic images, moving images, sound, illustrations, software, and the selection and layout thereof (our content), is owned by us, our licensors, or our 3rd-party image partners.
All elements of the site, consisting of the content, are secured by copyright, trade dress, moral rights, trademark and other laws connecting to the defense of intellectual property.
This site and the material are intended for our customers. You might not utilize this website or the content for any function unrelated to your business with us. You are specifically forbidden from (a) downloading, copying, or re-transmitting any or all of the website or the content without, or in violation of, a written license or arrangement with us. (b) using any information mining, robots or similar information gathering or extraction techniques. (c) manipulating or otherwise displaying the website or the material by utilizing framing or similar navigational technology. (d) signing up, subscribing, unsubscribing, or trying to sign up, subscribe, or unsubscribe any party for any of our products or services if you are not specifically authorized by such party to do so. (e) using the website or the material other than for its designated purpose. Such unapproved usage might break not just our terms of use, but also applicable laws consisting of without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and promotion, and applicable communications policies and statutes.
You represent and warrant that you will comply with all suitable laws and guidelines, consisting of, without limitation, those connecting to the internet, information, e-mail, privacy, and the transmission of technical data exported from the United States, Canada or the nation in which you live.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other suitable laws, we have actually embraced a policy of terminating, in appropriate scenarios and at our sole discretion, account holders who infringe our or any third-party copyright rights. (Wikipedia: Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
If you think that any material on the website infringes upon any copyright that you own or manage, you might submit a notification of such violation with us. We may give notification of a claim of copyright infringement by means of a basic notice on the website, e-mail to a user's e-mail address, or by composed interaction sent out by mail to a user's address.
Our trademarks, logo design, and any other services or product name or slogan contained in the website are our or our providers' or licensors' trademarks. They might not be copied, mimicked or used, in their entirety or in part, without our prior written permission or that of the applicable trademark holder. You may not utilize meta tags or any other "hidden text" using our name or any other name, trademark or services or product name of ours without our prior written approval. In addition, the look of the site, consisting of all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is our service mark, trademark and/or trade dress and might not be copied, imitated or utilized, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, item names and company names or logo designs pointed out on the website are the property of their respective owners. Referral to any products, services, processes or other details, by brand name, trademark, maker, provider or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.
You might not use our logo design or other proprietary graphics of ours to connect to this website without our express written authorization. Further, you may not frame any of our hallmarks, logos or other exclusive information, including the content, without our composed permission.
We make no claim or representation regarding, and we accept no obligation for, directly or indirectly, the quality, material, nature or reliability of third-party sites available by hyperlink from the website, or sites connecting to the website. Such sites are not under our control and we are not accountable for the contents of any linked website or any link included in a linked site, or any review, changes or updates to such websites. We offer these links to you just as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply association, recommendation or adoption by us of any site or any information contained therein. When you leave the site, you must be mindful that our terms of use and policies no longer govern. You must evaluate the applicable terms of use and policies, including personal privacy and information gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from the site.
Your participation, correspondence or company negotiations with any third-party discovered on or through the website, concerning the payment and shipment of associated goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations related to such transactions, are exclusively between you and such 3rd-party. You agree that we shall not be responsible or accountable for any loss, damage or other matters of any sort incurred as the outcome of any such transactions.
The site might consist of conversation forums or other interactive locations or services, consisting of blog sites, chat spaces, bulletin board systems, message boards, online hosting or storage services, or other areas or services in which you or third-parties produce, publish or store any content, messages, comments, products or other products on the site ("interactive locations"). You are exclusively responsible for your use of such interactive areas and use them at your own risk. By utilizing any interactive locations, you concur not to post, submit, send, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the site any of the following:
a. Any message, comment, data, information, text, music, noise, images, graphics, code or other material ("user material") that is illegal, libellous, defamatory, profane, pornographic, harmful to minors, indecent, lewd, suggestive, pestering, threatening, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, deceitful or otherwise objectionable.
b. User material that would constitute, encourage or offer directions for a criminal offence, breach the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or breach any local, state, country or international law, consisting of, without restriction, the policies of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any guidelines of a securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ.
c. User material that might infringe any patent, trademark, trade, copyright or other intellectual property or contract right of any party. By publishing any user content, you represent and necessitate that you have the legal right to transmit, disperse and recreate such user material.
d. User material that impersonates anybody or entity or otherwise misrepresents your association with a person or entity.
e. Unsolicited promotions, political marketing, marketing, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid plans or solicitations.
f. Private info of any third-party, including, without limitation, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and charge card numbers.
g. Infections, corrupted data or other damaging, disruptive or destructive files.
h. User material that, in our sole judgment, is objectionable or which limits or hinders any other individual from utilizing or delighting in the interactive locations or the website, or which negatively affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., extreme shouting, usage of all uppercase, or flooding continuous publishing of repetitive text), or which may expose us or our users to any damage or liability of any type.
Even more, you concur not to erase or modify any user content posted by any third-party. We take no duty and presume no liability for any user material published, stored or submitted by you or any 3rd-party, or for any loss or damage thereto. Nor are we accountable for any errors, disparagement, slander, libel, omissions, frauds, profanity, pornography or obscenity you might encounter. Your use of interactive locations is at your own risk. As a service provider of interactive services, we are not responsible for any declarations, representations or user content supplied by our users in any public online forum, personal web page or other interactive areas. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or keep an eye on any of the user material posted in any interactive location, we reserve the right and have absolute discretion, to eliminate, screen or edit any user content published or stored on the site at any time and for any reason without notification. You are exclusively responsible for creating backup copies of and changing any user content you post or save on the website at your sole cost and expenditure. Any usage of the interactive locations or other portions of the site in infraction of the foregoing violates these website terms and may result in, to name a few things, termination or suspension of your rights to utilize the interactive areas and/or the website. You acknowledge and concur that we may access, use or divulge any information about you or your use of this site, consisting of without constraint any user content to abide by the law or any legal process; secure and protect our rights or property; or to protect the safety of our business, workers, consumers or the general public.
If you publish user material to the website, unless we show otherwise, you grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, continuous, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to use, replicate, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such user content throughout the world in any media. You grant us and our affiliates and sub-licensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content if they choose. You represent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the user material that you post or you otherwise can post such user content to the website; (b) the user content is precise and not misleading; (c) usage and publishing of the user content you supply does not break these site terms and will not breach any rights of or trigger injury to anybody or entity.
In consideration of your use of the website, you consent to (a) offer precise, present and total information about you as may be prompted by any registration types on the site ("registration information"). (b) keep and without delay upgrade the registration information, and any other information you supply to our company, to keep it accurate, current and complete. (c) keep the security of your password and identification. (d) inform us instantly of any unauthorized use of your account or other breaches of security. (e) accept all duty for any and all activities that take place under your account. (f) accept all threats of unapproved access to the registration information and any other details you offer to us.
You concur to protect, indemnify and hold us harmless, as well as our subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, employees, agents, 3rd-party info providers and independent contractors against any claims, damages, expenses, liabilities and expenditures (including, however not limited to, lawyers' costs) arising out of or associated to any user content that you post, store or otherwise send on or through the site, your conduct, your use or inability to use the site, your breach or declared breach of the site terms or of any representation or service warranty included herein your unauthorized use of the material, or your infraction of any rights of another.
THIS WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT ARE SUPPLIED "AS IS" AND WE AND OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND AFFILIATES EXCLUDE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR SUGGESTED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT RESTRICTION, ANY INDICATED GUARANTEES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR FUNCTION. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM MAKING USE OF THIS SITE OR THE MATERIAL, OR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SAME, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, AND DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON OR IN THE PRODUCTS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT MISTAKE. YOU, NOT US, ASSUME THE WHOLE EXPENSES OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR WORK OR CORRECTION FEE TO YOUR USAGE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. WE MAKE NO SERVICE WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE MATERIAL IS DEVOID OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES.
We use sensible efforts to ensure the precision, accuracy and reliability of the content, however we make no representations or warranties regarding the material's accuracy, correctness or reliability.
We use a search function on the site. We clearly disclaim any responsibility for the material or accessibility of information included in our search index or directory. We also disclaim any responsibility for the efficiency or precision of any directory site or search result.
Some countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation of suggested guarantees or liability for certain classifications of damages. For that reason, some or all of the restrictions above may not apply to you to the level they are prohibited or superseded by state or national arrangements.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN AGREEMENT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CARELESSNESS) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY METHOD LINKED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES BROUGHT ON BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFO RECEIVED FROM US, OR THAT ARISE FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR E-MAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OUR RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. IN NO OCCASION SHALL WE AGGREGATE LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), ITEM LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO USING THE SITE WENT BEYOND ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO US FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
Any disagreement relating in any method to your usage of the site or the material shall be sent to private arbitration in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, other than that, to the degree you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our copyright rights, we might look for injunctive or other proper relief in any state/provincial or federal court in Ontario, and you consent to special jurisdiction and place in such courts. To the max degree allowed by relevant law, no arbitration under this arrangement will be joined to an arbitration including any other party subject to the website terms, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
Regardless of any of these site terms, we reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to end your account and/or to obstruct your usage of the website.
Any waiver of any provision of the site terms will be effective just if in writing and signed by us. If any clause in these website terms is discovered to be unenforceable, anywhere possible this will not impact any other stipulation and each will remain {in complete force and effect. Any rights not specifically granted herein are reserved.
We reserve the right to change any of the conditions contained in the website terms or any policy or guideline of the website, at any time and at our sole discretion. We encourage you to examine the site terms whenever you visit one of our sites.