TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By accessing this website, you acknowledge and accept these terms and conditions of use (“Terms”). It is important that you read these Terms and download or print them for your records. If you access this website without reading the Terms you are still agreeing to be bound by all of the Terms.

USE OF THIS WEBSITE

You may browse this website for personal entertainment and information purposes but you are not permitted to distribute, modify, communicate, transmit, revise or otherwise use the materials contained in this website in any way. Any use of these materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purposes is prohibited without the written consent of the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia. The materials on this website may be subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights and any unauthorized use of these materials may violate copyright, trade mark and other laws. The use of any materials or trademarks other than as expressly provided for by these Terms is strictly prohibited.

USER SUBMISSIONS

Any material, information or other communications you transmit or post to this website or transmit to us to be posted to this website (“Communications”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. The Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia and its affiliates or others may copy, display, post, transmit, disclose, communicate or otherwise use the Communications. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, profane, defamatory, obscene or pornographic material, or any material that would infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of another party if used without the party's permission, or any software that contains a virus, defect or other harmful or disruptive component. By transmitting any Communications to this website or to be posted to this website, you warrant that such Communications are original to you or that you have authorization to publicly communicate them and you waive all moral rights or other similar rights in those Communications.

WEBSITE FUNCTIONS

All communication transmitted to us may be posted to this website and is public and non private.
Furthermore, you acknowledge that you are personally responsible of the content of any material that you communicate as well as consequences that could ensue. You represent and warrant that the material is entirely original, is not owned by others, and does not infringe any third party rights, including copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights.

You are therefore responsible to comply with the following rules in your communications:

1. Content: It is forbidden to use coarse or offensive language. Will not be tolerated any content that is defamatory, obscene, injurious, pornographic, obsessive, racist, aggressive, violent, abusive or otherwise illegal or encouraging illegal activities. No personal attack will be tolerated.
2. Solicitation: No one is authorized to solicit, promote and/or offer for sale any products/services for commercial purposes or in any other way than for the goals of this website.

In all cases, the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia reserve their right, at their sole discretion, to partly or totally publish, to refuse to partly or totally publish or to remove any material transmitted by a user that may be infringing or that they may judge inappropriate for whatever reason. However, Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia cannot guarantee the immediate withdrawal of any inappropriate material.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

This site, the materials and services provided at this site and links to other sites are provided “as is” without any warranties of any kind, statutory or otherwise, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement of intellectual property. Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia, its officers, directors, employees, agents, third-party content providers, sponsors, licensors, and the like, do not warrant the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the materials, including, without limitation, information regarding services, products or prices described. If applicable law does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, the above exclusion may not apply to you.

In no event will the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia, its suppliers, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, directors, or other third parties be liable for any damages whatsoever, including direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential, punitive or otherwise (including, without limitation, liability for loss of use, data, revenue or profits or business interruption), arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this website, any website linked to this website, or the materials of information contained at any such sites, including without limitations those resulting from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access of the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia records, programs or services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or other legal theory, whether for negligence or gross negligence, whether or not reasonably foreseeable and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. If your use of the materials, links, or information from this site results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment or data, you assume all costs thereof. Applicable law may not allow exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusion may not apply to you. Liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

You agree to indemnify the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia for all claims, loss or damage of any kind resulting from or arising out of (1) your breach of these Terms and (2) your use of this website, including any claim of infringement of any intellectual property rights of any third party.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

This website may contain links to third-party websites, which are not under the control of the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia, therefore the Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia is not responsible for the contents contained in any linked site. These links are provided solely for your convenience. The Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia does not endorse or make any representations or warranties about those sites, or any information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them.

GOVERNING LAW

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada, and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in the Province of British Columbia in all disputes arising out of or relating to your use of this website and the materials contained herein.

AMENDMENTS

The Advertising Agency Association of British Columbia reserves the right to revise these Terms at any time subject to applicable law.