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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
We have
taken every effort to design our Web site to be useful,
informative, helpful, honest and fun. Hopefully we’ve
accomplished that — and would ask that you let us know if
you’d like to see improvements or changes that would make it
even easier for you to find the information you need and want.
All we
ask is that you agree to abide by the following Terms and
Conditions. Take a few minutes to look them over because by
using our site you automatically agree to them. Naturally, if
you don’t agree, please do not use the site. We reserve the
right to make any modifications that we deem necessary at any
time. Please continue to check these terms to see what those
changes may be! Your continued use of the
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com Web site means that you accept those
changes.
THANKS
AGAIN FOR VISITING!
Restrictions on Use of Our Online Materials
All Online Materials on the VictoriaBusinessTalk.com site,
including, without limitation, text, software, names, logos,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, images, photos,
illustrations, audio clips, video clips, and music are
copyrighted intellectual property. All usage rights are
owned and controlled by VictoriaBusinessTalk.com. You, the
visitor, may download Online Materials for non-commercial,
personal use only provided you 1) retain all copyright,
trademark and propriety notices, 2) you make no modifications
to the materials, 3) you do not use the materials in a manner
that suggests an association with any of our products,
services, events or brands, and 4) you do not download
quantities of materials to a database, server, or personal
computer for reuse for commercial purposes. You may not,
however, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or
distribute Online Materials in any way or for any other
purpose unless you get our written permission first. Neither
may you add, delete, distort or misrepresent any content on
the VictoriaBusinessTalk.com site. Any attempts to modify any
Online Material, or to defeat or circumvent our security
features is prohibited.
Everything you download, any software, plus all files, all
images incorporated in or generated by the software, and all
data accompanying it, is considered licensed to you by
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com or third-party licensors for your
personal, non-commercial home use only. We do not transfer
title of the software to you. That means that we retain full
and complete title to the software and to all of the
associated intellectual-property rights. You’re not allowed to
redistribute or sell the material or to reverse-engineer,
disassemble or otherwise convert it to any other form that
people can use.
Submitting Your Online Material to Us
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, comments, or other
information that you send to VictoriaBusinessTalk.com through
our site (other than information we promise to protect under
our privacy policy becomes and remains our property, even if
this agreement is later terminated.
That
means that we don’t have to treat any such submission as
confidential. You can’t sue us for using ideas you submit. If
we use them, or anything like them, we don’t have to pay you
or anyone else for them. We will have the exclusive ownership
of all present and future rights to submissions of any kind.
We can use them for any purpose we deem appropriate to our
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com mission, without compensating you or
anyone else for them.
You
acknowledge that you are responsible for any submission you
make. This means that you (and not we) have full
responsibility for the message, including its legality,
reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
Limitation of Liability
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR
INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF ANY OF ITS
SITE.
THESE
INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY
ANY:
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USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SITE
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USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) ANY SITE TO WHICH YOU
HYPERLINK FROM OUR SITE
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FAILURE OF OUR SITE TO PERFORM IN THE MANNER YOU
EXPECTED OR DESIRED
-
ERROR ON OUR SITE
-
OMISSION ON OUR SITE
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INTERRUPTION OF AVAILABILITY OF OUR SITE
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DEFECT ON OUR SITE
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DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OF OUR SITE
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COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE FAILURE
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING:
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DAMAGES
INTENDED TO COMPENSATE SOMEONE DIRECTLY FOR A LOSS OR
INJURY
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DAMAGES
REASONABLY EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN
IN LEGAL TERMS AS "CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.")
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OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS DAMAGES AND EXPENSES RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM
A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS "INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES.")
WE ARE
NOT LIABLE EVEN IF WE’VE BEEN NEGLIGENT OR IF OUR AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES OR BOTH.
EXCEPTION: CERTAIN STATE LAWS MAY NOT ALLOW US TO LIMIT OR
EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR THESE "INCIDENTAL" OR "CONSEQUENTIAL"
DAMAGES. IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE STATES, THE ABOVE
LIMITATION OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT APPLY WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THESE TYPES OF DAMAGES.
HOWEVER,
IN ANY EVENT, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES,
INJURIES, AND CLAIMS OF ANY AND EVERY KIND (WHETHER THE
DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT, OR CLAIMED
TO BE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER WRONGFUL CONDUCT, OR
THEY’RE CLAIMED UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY) WILL NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID IF ANYTHING TO ACCESS OUR
SITE.
Links
to Other Site
We sometimes provide referrals to and links to other World
Wide Web sites from our site. Such a link should not be seen
as an endorsement, approval or agreement with any information
or resources offered at sites you can access through our site.
If in doubt, always check the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
address provided in your WWW browser to see if you are still
in a VictoriaBusinessTalk.com-operated site or have moved to
another site. VictoriaBusinessTalk.com is not responsible for
the content or practices of third party sites that may be
linked to our site. When VictoriaBusinessTalk.com provides
links or references to other Web sites, no inference or
assumption should be made and no representation should be
inferred that VictoriaBusinessTalk.com is connected with,
operates or controls these Web sites. Any approved link must
not represent in any way, either explicitly or by implication,
that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support
of any VictoriaBusinessTalk.com site or endorsement,
sponsorship or support of VictoriaBusinessTalk.com, including
its respective employees, agents or directors.
Termination of This Agreement
This agreement is effective until terminated by either party.
You may terminate this agreement at any time, by destroying
all materials obtained from all VictoriaBusinessTalk.com Web
site, along with all related documentation and all copies and
installations. VictoriaBusinessTalk.com may terminate this
agreement at any time and without notice to you, if, in its
sole judgment, you breach any term or condition of this
agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials.
In addition, by providing material on our Web site, we do not
in any way promise that the materials will remain available to
you. And VictoriaBusinessTalk.com is entitled to terminate all
or any part of any of its Web site without notice to you.
Jurisdiction and Other Points to Consider
If you use our site from locations outside of the United
States, you are responsible for compliance with any applicable
local laws.
These
Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the British Columbia, as it is
applied to agreements entered into and to be performed
entirely within such jurisdiction.
To the
extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to
violate VictoriaBusinessTalk.com and/or its affiliates'
intellectual property rights, VictoriaBusinessTalk.com and/or
its affiliates may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief
in any state or federal court in the State of British
Columbia, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue
in such courts.
Any
other disputes will be resolved as follows:
If a
dispute arises under this agreement, we agree to first try to
resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in
the following location: British Columbia. Any costs and fees
other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be
shared equally by each of us.
If it
proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to
binding arbitration at the following location: British
Columbia, under the rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to
do so.
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com may modify these Terms of Use, and
the agreement they create, at any time, simply by updating
this posting and without notice to you. This is the ENTIRE
agreement regarding all the matters that have been discussed.
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