TERMS OF USE
You have accessed a website (the Website) of the Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. (LRC).
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
By using the Website
, you acknowledge having read and understood these Terms of Use and, accordingly, you agree to abide by them as well as any future modifications which may be made. You agree that you are only authorized to use the website (regardless of whether you access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and the Terms of Use. These Terms of Use represent an agreement between you and the LRC.
These conditions of use may be subject to change, addition or deletion at any time, without further notice. Any such change will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the Website after such changes constitutes your acceptance to the Revised Terms of Use. Please refer to these conditions of use regularly in case any changes are made to them.
If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions of use, you should not use the LRC’s sites.
By using the LRC’s websites, you acknowledge and agree that these conditions of use are governed by laws applicable in the Province of Alberta and that any litigation ensuing from, or related to, the use of the LRC’s websites and services will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Alberta.
2. CHANGES IN WEBSITES
The LRC may modify, cancel or terminate any item contained in its websites, at any time, including the availability of any function, database or content. The LRC may also impose limits on certain items or restrict the access to certain sections of its Websites without prior notice and without incurring liability
3. PERSONAL USE
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All the items contained in the LRC’s websites are offered for your personal use for non-commercial purposes. It is prohibited to use the items contained the LRC’s websites for commercial or advertising purposes without the written consent of the LRC.
4. LINKS
Some of the LRC’s websites contain hyperlinks to websites managed by third parties. By activating these links, you may have to leave the LRC’s websites. The LRC has no control over websites owned by third parties. These sites are managed entirely by third parties and the LRC cannot make any declaration whatsoever concerning the quality, accuracy, privacy policies, or overall content thereof nor regarding the quality of the products offered or the security of performing transactions on the sites in question. The fact that third party sites are identified on LRC sites should not in any way be interpreted as an endorsement by the LRC and does not incur its liability in any way. The LRC cannot be held liable for possible damages arising from the use of these sites. All complaints about third party sites should be addressed to the administrators of those sites.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The trademarks and logos used or posted on LRC sites are trademarks and logos whether registered or not by the LRC or third parties. Nothing on the LRC’s websites may be interpreted in such a way as to allow, directly or indirectly, the use of such trademarks or logos without the prior written permission of their owner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is prohibited to reproduce the trademarks and logos displayed on the LRC’s websites for commercial or advertising purposes or to increase the number of visitors to your site.
All the items on LRC’s websites (including, without limitation, the texts, articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio and video excerpts, software, etc.) are protected by copyright and belong to the LRC or third parties acting as content providers. No items on the LRC’s websites must be interpreted as giving you any right whatsoever with regard to the intellectual property of the LRC or of a third party acting as a content provider.
You can download or copy only for your personal use, educational, or non-commercial purposes items from the LRC’s websites provided you maintain all the intellectual property notices they contain. Copying or memorizing any item for purposes other than personal use is strictly forbidden without the prior written permission of the LRC or the holder of the copyrights identified in the notice of intellectual property.
Subject to the above provisions, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute or participate in the transfer or sale of, or create derivative works from, translate, download, grant under licence, or in any other way exploit, any item offered on the LRC’s websites (including any software), in whole or in part.
6. MESSAGE BOARDS AND MESSAGE THREADS
Since any communications which are part of message boards and message threads (Messages) are public and not private, you should abide by the rules set forth below.
Use polite language. Objectionable or offensive language will not be tolerated at any time. In addition, no one may keep or submit defamatory, obscene, tortious, pornographic, abusive or otherwise illegal content.
Be courteous. No one may make threats or incite anyone else to violence or hatred. It is also prohibited to deliberately disturb any discussion with repetitive messages, unfounded messages or spamming.
Discuss but do not attack. In an open discussion where there are many different opinions, people often disagree. The LRC encourages lively discussions and debates in its message threads, but personal attacks are a breach of these Terms of Use.
No one should use Messages to promote or offer for sale any good or service for a commercial purpose, or conduct or send any study, contest, pyramid scheme or chain letters, spamming, or to engage in any hacking, solicitation or any other act for illegal purposes. Any acts which may infringe other peoples' rights or their enjoyment of the message boards and message threads are also prohibited.
You declare that you have all the necessary rights, in particular, intellectual property rights, to any Messages that you submit as a user to the LRC.
You acknowledge and agree that you remain the holder of the copyright of all Messages you submit as a user to the LRC (e.g. letter to the editor, comments, etc.). Moreover, you acknowledge and agree that by simply submitting your material to the LRC you grant it a non-exclusive licence, without any compensation whatsoever to you, to use, edit, modify, delete, reproduce, publish, distribute and give sub-licences to such materials. To this effect, you waive any moral right you may assert related to the integrity of your work.
You acknowledge and agree that you are personally liable for the content of your Messages threads on the LRC’s sites, and for the consequences thereof.
The LRC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to not publish or to withdraw any materials transmitted by a user on any of its websites. This remains an option and not an obligation. In addition, although the LRC reserves the right to remove, without notice, any posting for any reason, it has no obligation to delete Messages that users may find objectionable or offensive.
The LRC does not make any declaration concerning the control over the Messages available on its websites. The LRC is not and may not be held liable for the accuracy, legality or the compliance with the intellectual property rules or with the conditions of use of any Messages provided by its users.The LRC reserves the right, at its sole discretion to monitor some, all, or no areas of its websites for adherence to these Terms of Use or for any other purpose. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to distribute Messages, the LRC is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and the LRC is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any Messages.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTEES
You hereby indemnify, defend and hold the LRC, its directors, officers, senior executives, shareholders, employees, affiliated businesses, representatives and content providers (collectively referred to as the “LRC”) harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, actions, causes of action, costs and expenses, including but without limitation, all reasonable legal costs incurred by the LRC related to any claim, proceeding, action or stay (“Claim”) ensuing from the non-compliance, by you or any other user of your account, with these Terms of Use. The LRC reserves the right to participate in the defence of any such Claim and to be represented by the legal counsel of its choice.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The LRC’s websites and the items they contain are offered to you on an “as is” basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, use, availability, validity, accuracy, reliability of the items reproduced on said sites or as to the results ensuing from the use of such items. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the LRC makes no representations about the comprehensive nature of the results of your searches conducted on its websites. You hereby acknowledge and agree that your use of the LRC’s websites is at your own risk.
The LRC makes no representation related to the accuracy or reliability of, nor does it endorse, any opinion, declaration or other information published or distributed on its websites by any user, content provider or other person.
The LRC disclaims all liability related to any error which may be found on its websites. Thus, the LRC and any third party providing content on the LRC’s websites, their related companies, officers, employees, representatives or agents cannot in any way be held liable for any damage related directly or indirectly to the use of the LRC’s websites, in particular, the loss of data or profits ensuing from the use of items on said sites, errors or omissions contained in the items or the inability to use such items.
9. REGISTERED USERS
Certain portions content and features of LRC websites are only available to individuals who register / create a user account (“Registered User”). If you are a Registered User, then you agree to the following provisions.
- You are issued a password and a user name. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and user name. You should notify the LRCs as soon as possible by e-mail regarding any known or suspected use of your account, or of any known or suspected breach of security. You are responsible for any use of your accounts on any and all LRC websites. The LRC cannot be held liable for the unauthorized use of your account or for any loss or damage arising in particular from the non-compliance with the security measures mentioned in this section.
- You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by any registration form(s) on LRC websites (the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
- You can cancel your account at any time.
- The LRC can, at its sole discretion and without further notice, cancel or suspend your account to its websites in whole or in part for any reason, including, without limitation, the non-compliance with these Terms of Use.
10. HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY
Should you have a claim related to a copyright infringement of any of the materials contained in the LRC’s sites, or for any other correspondence, you can reach us at the following address:
The Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd.
201-10350 124 Street
Edmonton AB, T5N 3V9
Ph: (780) 451-8764 Fax: (780) 451-2341
Email: infor.lrc@ualberta.ca
