Terms & Conditions

1. Definitions & Agreement to be bound

1.1 Definitions

References to “you,” and/or “user” mean a general user of the website, whether as a registered member, email list subscriber or general website user.

1.2. Agreement to be bound

The following Terms and Conditions, together with the relevant information set out on the website, including any features and services available, such as photographs, publications and other materials, are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth below. Please read them carefully as any of use of the website constitutes an agreement, without acceptance, to be bound thereby by the User. By using the website and upon registration therefore, by clicking that you agree to these Terms, you represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years old, have read and understand the Terms and Conditions, and that you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions as set forth below.

2. General Provisions

2.1. Modifications and Changes to Terms and Conditions

We may modify, add to, suspend or delete these Terms and Conditions or other agreements, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion at any time, with such modifications, additions or deletions being immediately effective upon their posting to the website. We may additionally attempt to notify you of such changes by contacting you at the email you provided upon registration of an Account or subscription. Your use of the website after modification, addition or deletion of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of the modification, addition or deletion.

2.2. Prohibited Uses of Website

In addition to the other restrictions on use set forth herein, you agree and acknowledge that you shall not use the website: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit Users to perform or participate in any unlawful acts or to engage in acts that are unrelated to the purpose(s) of the website; (c) to violate any international, governmental, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the website; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the website. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the website for violating any of the prohibited uses or for any other reason in our sole and exclusive decision.

3. Intellectual Property & Privacy

3.1. Intellectual Property Rights Not Waived

Except as provided, you may not copy, reproduce, publish, transmit, transfer, sell, rent, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, repost, perform or display the materials, nor may you infringe upon any of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights contained in the website. You may not remove or alter, nor cause to be removed or altered, any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices or visual marks and logos from the website.

3.2. Confidential Information of Users

Users may obtain personal information from another user as a result of their use of the website. Without obtaining prior permission from the User, this personal information shall only be used for the express purpose for which it is provided and shall be held in strict confidence in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We have not granted you a license to use the information for unsolicited commercial messages. Without limiting the foregoing, without express consent from the User, you are not licensed to add any contact or User to your email or physical mail list.

4. Membership/Subscription

Users wishing to register as members shall be given the opportunity to do so via our website by creating a Member account, (your “Account,”) that will allow you to receive information from us and/or to participate in certain features of the website. We may, from time to time, manually assist Members with creating such Accounts. We will use the information you provide in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By registering with us, you represent and warrant that all information you provided is current, complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. You agree to maintain and promptly update your registration information so that it remains current, complete and accurate. During the registration process, you will be required to choose a password. You acknowledge and agree that we may rely on this password to identify you. You are responsible for all use of your Account, regardless of whether you authorized such access or use, and for ensuring that all use of your Account complies fully with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

5. Copyright Policy/Notice

5.1 Subject to the express provisions of this notice:

(a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and

(b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.

5.2 You may:

(a) view pages from our website in a web browser;

(b) download pages from our website for caching in a web browser;

subject to the other provisions of this notice.

5.3 Except as expressly permitted by the other provisions of this notice, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.

5.4 You may only use our website for the business purpose stated, and you must not use our website for any other purposes.

5.5 Except as expressly permitted by this notice, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.

5.6 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:

(a) republish material from our website (including republication on another website);

(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;

(d) exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or

(e) redistribute material from our website, save to the extent expressly permitted by this notice.

Acceptable use

5.7 You must not:

(a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;

(b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;

(c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, root-kit or other malicious computer software; or

(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.

Report abuse

5.8 If you learn of any unlawful material or activity on our website, or any material or activity that breaches this notice, please let us know.

5.9 You can let us know about any such material or activity.

6. Enforcement of copyright

6.1 We take the protection of our copyright very seriously.

6.2 If we discover that you have used our copyright materials in contravention of the license set out in this notice, we may bring legal proceedings against you, seeking monetary damages and/or an injunction to stop you using those materials. You could also be ordered to pay legal costs.

6.3 You agree and consent to the ownership of any artwork that you upload to use. You take full responsibility and guarantee that either you own the artwork or have permission to use it.

6.4 You agree that you will not hold us responsible for any copyright violations you are involved with. You agree that you take full responsibility for all artwork and material you submit or upload to our site.