CONDITIONS GÉNÉRALES D'UTILISATION

Date of last update: 20 March 2024

PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THE SITE

The following terms and conditions govern and apply to your use of or reliance on the Site maintained by Centre francophone du Grand Toronto (the "Site").

By accessing or browsing the Site, you represent that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Please note that we may change the terms of use at any time without notice. Your continued use of the site will be deemed to be your acceptance of the revised terms and conditions.

1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All intellectual property on the Site is owned by us or our licensors and includes anything protected by copyright, trademark or patent. All content on the Site including, but not limited to, text, software, code, design, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, applications, interactive features and other content, is a collective work under Canadian or other copyright law and is the property of Centre francophone du Grand Toronto. The materials on this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed or modified, in whole or in part, whether in text, graphical, audio, video or executable form.

2. USE OF COMPANY CONTENT

We may provide you with certain information as a result of your use of the Site, including, without limitation, documents, data or information developed by us, or any other material that may assist you in using the Site or the Services (the "Company Content"). The Company Content may not be used for any purpose other than the use of the site and the services offered on the site. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting you any license or intellectual property rights.

3. ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE SITE

You agree not to use the Site for any unlawful purpose or any purpose prohibited by this clause. You agree not to use the Site in any manner that could damage the Site, the services or the business of the Centre francophone du Grand Toronto. You also agree not to use the Site for any of the following purposes:

a) harass, abuse, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of any person;

b) infringe the intellectual property of the Centre francophone du Grand Toronto or any other third party;

c) upload or post computer viruses or any other software that may damage the property of the Centre francophone du Grand Toronto or others;

d) commit fraud;

e) create or participate in gambling activities, lotteries or illegal pyramid schemes;

f) publish or distribute obscene or defamatory material;

g) publish or distribute any material which incites violence, hatred or discrimination against any group whatsoever; and/or

h) illegally collect information about others.

4. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY

By using our site, you may provide us with certain information. By using the site, you authorise us to use your information in Canada and in any other country in which we may operate.

When you register for a user account, you provide us with a valid email address and you may also provide us with certain additional information such as your name. Depending on how you use our site, we may also receive information from external applications you use to access our site or we may receive information about you through various web technologies such as cookies, logs, web beacons (also known as "clear gifs"), tags and the like.

We use the information collected from you to ensure that you have a good experience on the site. We may also track some of the passive information received to improve our marketing and analytics, and we may work with third party vendors to do so.

If you wish to block our access to any passive information we receive from the use of various technologies, you can choose to disable cookies in your web browser. Please be aware that we will still receive information about you that you provide to us, such as your email address.

5. REVERSE ENGINEERING AND SAFETY

You may not undertake any of the following actions:

a) reverse engineer or disassemble any code or software on or from this site;

b) violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site by any unauthorized access, circumvention of encryption or any other security tool, data mining or interference with any host, user or network.

6. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Centre francophone du Grand Toronto and its affiliates harmless from and against any claim, action or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, alleging or resulting from or related to your use or misuse of the Site, your violation of this Agreement, or your conduct and actions. If we choose to do so, we will select our own lawyer and participate in our own defence.

7. SPAM POLICY

You are strictly prohibited from using the Site or any service offered on the Site for illegal spam-related activities, including collecting addresses and personal information from others or sending mass commercial e-mail.

8. LINKS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

We may publish links to third-party sites or services. We are in no way responsible for any damage or loss related to the use of third-party services linked to our site.

9. INDEPENDENCE OF CLAUSES

If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the unenforceable portion shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions.

10. SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

We may have to interrupt your access to the Site in order to carry out maintenance work or unplanned emergency work. You agree that your access to the Site may be affected by unplanned or unanticipated unavailability for any reason and that we will not be liable for any damages or losses arising from such unavailability.

11. NO WARRANTY

Bien que nous ayons déployé des efforts raisonnables pour nous assurer que le contenu du présent site est exact, nous ne pouvons garantir que ledit contenu soit exempt d'erreurs, à jour ou exhaustif. En aucun cas, nous ne pourrons être tenus responsables de tout dommage pouvant découler d'une erreur se trouvant sur le site.

Although we have made reasonable efforts to ensure that the content of this site is accurate, we cannot guarantee that it is error-free, up-to-date or complete. Under no circumstances can we be held responsible for any damage that may result from an error on the site.

We accept no liability for any damage arising from misuse of the content of the site. Nor can we guarantee that the site will be available without interruption, without error or omission, or that defects will be corrected. Nor can we guarantee that the site and the servers that make it available are free of viruses or harmful components. The site and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without representations, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied.

You agree that we may, in our sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, suspend, cancel or terminate your account, use or access to the Site or any of its services, and remove and discard any information or content related to the Site or any of its services (and terminate your use of them), for any reason, including if we believe that you have violated these Terms. You further agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site or the Services.

12. CONFIDENTIALITY

Communications via the Internet are subject to interception, loss or alteration, and you acknowledge that information or material which you provide electronically through your access to or usage of this site is not confidential or proprietary, except as may be required under applicable law, and that unprotected e-mail communication over the Internet is subject to possible interception, alteration or loss.

13. QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact us at the following address: infos@centrefranco.org