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Terms of Service

TERMS OF USE UNDER WHICH THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED AND INFORMATION FOR USERS OF www.carpnovascotia.ca

BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR DISCRETION, TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD, OR REMOVE PORTIONS OF THESE TERMS AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, AND WITHOUT NOTICE.

Trademarks and Copyrights

This site is owned by Zoomer Media Limited and contains material which is derived in whole or in part from material supplied by CARP and other sources, and is protected by copyright and trademark laws. CARP and all other names, titles, logos, and designs identifying the products and brands of Zoomer Media and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries, including any derivative and related names, titles, logos and designs, are trademarks and the sole property of Zoomer Media Limited. All other names, titles, logos and designs appearing on this web site are the property of their respective owners.

You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this site including code and software (“Information”). You may download Information from this site for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

Disclaimers

Zoomer Media Limited has provided links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties and may from time to time provide third party materials on this site. As a service to visitors, we include links to other web sites over which we have no control. Zoomer Media Limited makes no endorsements, warranties or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding those sites, including the products, software, materials, services, content or accuracy or appropriateness of content on such linked web sites. A visitor’s decision to access any such other web sites shall be entirely at the visitor’s own risk and discretion.

The materials in this site and the third-party sites are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. Neither Zoomer Media Limited, CARP, nor its affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on these third party sites. Zoomer Media Limited does not warrant that the functions contained in the Information or the third-party sites will be error-free or accessible on an uninterrupted basis, that defects will be corrected, or that this site, or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Zoomer Media Limited does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this site or in third party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. You (and not Zoomer Media Limited) assume the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or correction.

This service may include Chat rooms and a Discussion Forum which allow feed-back to CARP, Zoomer Media Limited and interaction between users. Zoomer Media Limited does not control the messages, information or files delivered to chat rooms or Discussion Forums. By posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication (a “Communication”) through this service, you are granting Zoomer Media Limited, a free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such Communication, and sublicence any or all of these rights to third parties. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights you may have in such Communication under copyright, trademark or otherwise in any jurisdiction.

It is a condition of your use of the Chat rooms, Discussion Forums and this Website that you do not:

  1. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the chat rooms.
  2. Post on this Website or transmit to this Website any material which may be unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent, including any material constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, provincial, federal or international law.
  3. Post on this Website or transmit to this Website any material which violates or infringes in the rights of others, including rights of privacy or publicity or material which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder.
  4. Post on this Website or transmit to this Website any material which contains a virus or other harmful component.
  5. Post on this Website or transmit to this Website any material for commercial purposes or which contains advertising.

It is a further condition of your participation in any Chat room or Discussion Forum that you agree to abide by Zoomer Media Limited Code of Ethics, as posted on this site.

You understand that Zoomer Media Limited has no obligation to monitor the Chat rooms or Discussion Forum. However, Zoomer Media Limited reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove from the Website any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Zoomer Media Limited’s sole discretion are objectionable or in any way violate these terms and conditions.

Your use and browsing of this web site is at your own risk. We do not warrant that the functions contained in this site including polls, discussion rooms, forms, and all Materials will be error-free and uninterrupted, and or that the defects will be corrected. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of materials in this web site in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise.

On-Line Polls

On line polls are not “scientific” and we (Zoomer Media Limited & CARP) do not present the results as absolute. Zoomer Media Limited & CARP shall not be held responsible for poll stuffing and or programming manipulation by voters. The poll is intended as a sample of reader opinion on certain topics.

Privacy

We collect only the domain name of visitors to our web page to collect information on what pages consumers access or visit. If you communicate with us, by sending us an e-mail, participating in chat rooms, responding to surveys or otherwise, we will recognize and collect your e-mail address in addition to your domain name and any information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Zoomer Media Limited or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of this Website, the inability to use this Website, from Zoomer Media Limited materials, from the use of any third party site, the inability to access or use any third party site or from the materials on any third party site. You specifically acknowledge and agree that Zoomer Media Limited is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with the CARP Website, any CARP Information, or with any of these terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the CARP Website. You understand and expressly agree that use of the CARP Website is at your sole risk and discretion. You agree to hold Zoomer Media Limited & CARP and its affiliates and subsidiaries absolutely harmless from, and you covenant not to take any action against Zoomer Media Limited & CARP and any of its affiliates and subsidiaries for, any claims in any connection with this Website.

In no event will Zoomer Media & CARP, its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, nor its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives be liable to any party for damages of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website, or any other linked web site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that you agree is fair and reasonable in the circumstances concerning your use of the Website and applies to all harm, liability, injury, loss, cost, expense or damages of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, compensatory, or consequential damages, regardless of how same arise (whether in tort, negligence, statute, contract, common law, equity or otherwise), and whether for or in connection with, without limitation, loss of programs or other data, loss of income, revenues or profits, loss of anticipated sales, loss of opportunities, business interruption, failure to realize expected savings, damage to property, claims of third parties and otherwise.

Termination

This agreement is effective until terminated by Zoomer Media & CARP, at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the chat rooms and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the chat rooms, the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in this agreement, shall survive.

Governing Laws

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

  1. NEW and RENEWAL Orders for CARP - (1. CARP only; 2. CARP and Zoomer Magazine): CARP Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable as of September 1, 2018. This new policy will provide 72 hours for the purchaser to cancel the order and receive a full refund. However, once the order (CARP or CARP and Zoomer Magazine, new or renewal) is placed, and 72 hours (3 days) have passed, then the purchaser decides to cancel the order, the purchaser will NOT receive their money back on the CARP portion of the order. If the purchaser would like to cancel the order, they may do so, but the CARP portion would NOT be refunded and sent to the purchaser. If the order included Zoomer Magazine, CARP portion is non-refundable, the Zoomer portion will allow refunds on un-mailed issues, which would be refunded to the purchaser.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: This new policy (where CARP portion of orders is not refundable to the purchaser) will only impact orders that come in after September 1st, 2018. Customers who purchased or renewed before this date will be eligible to receive refunds on their CARP membership as they will be grandfathered on the original terms and conditions that were in place at the time of purchase.

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