PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR SERVICES BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND OUR SERVICES (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE (INCLUDING LEGAL ADVICE). YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MAY RELY ON THIRD PARTY TOOLS, INCLUDING THOSE RELYING ON OR OTHERWISE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND/OR MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, WHEN PROVIDING CERTAIN INFORMATION. YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON OR PROVIDED IN RELATION TO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR OTHER SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED TO YOU BY US IN RELATION TO OUR SERVICES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Canadian Food Innovation Network (“CFIN”, “we”, “us”, “our” or similar pronouns) is a registered Canadian not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to accelerate innovation in Canada’s food industry by stimulating connections, collaborations and investments across Canada’s food ecosystem.
General CFIN membership is available to anyone who is committed to advancing Canada's food industry. CFIN uses data from members to match member needs and opportunities with innovation, research and potential funding resources and improve the quality of services provided by the network to members in accordance with CFIN’s Privacy Policy.
In addition, CFIN+ membership (“CFIN+ Membership”) may also be available to existing general CFIN members for an additional annual fee. The benefits of CFIN+ Membership and all related fees and other information are set out at CFIN+ - Canadian Food Innovation Network and are subject to change at any time and from time to time.
The Terms of Use (together with any documents referenced herein) (collectively, these “Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you and CFIN. These Terms apply to your use of our services (collectively, our “Services”) including, without limitation, any content, functionality and services offered on or through our website located at https://www.cfin-rcia.ca/ (including all subdomains, collectively, our “Website”), our YODL and Resource Finder tools and to any mobile, tablet and other smart device applications and application program interfaces or other tools that we may develop from time to time. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these Terms and contact us if you have any questions.
Your access to and use of our Services is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and by accessing and using our Website and/or other Services, you hereby accept and agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. Subject to these Terms, our Website is free to use by you. If you are accessing and/or using our Services on behalf of another individual or as a consultant or agent of a third-party, then you hereby represent and warrant that you have the authority to act on behalf of and bind such individual or third-party principal to these Terms.
In addition, upon applying for CFIN membership, whether general or CFIN+, you will also be required to specifically accept these Terms. For clarity, these Terms apply to your use of our Services regardless of whether or not you obtain either general CFIN membership or CFIN+ membership.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OR ANY OF THEM, THEN YOU MUST CEASE USING OUR WEBSITE AND OUR OTHER SERVICES IMMEDIATELY.
Note that these Terms may change from time to time, so please check back periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes and unless we provide a delayed effective date for any such changes, all changes to these Terms will be effective as soon as they are posted on our Website. Your continued use of our Website or our other Services will signify your acceptance of any such changes. It is your responsibility to regularly review these Terms for changes. CFIN reserves the right to change our Website or change, eliminate or interrupt any of our Services without notice and for any reason whatsoever. For clarity, your use of and access to our Website will be subject to the version of the Terms in effect upon such use and/or access. You may determine the most recent version of these Terms by referring to the “Last modified” date that appears at the top of these Terms.
Our Services may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. We assume no responsibility for any error, inaccuracy, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any communications between you and CFIN through our Website or use of our other Services.
Subject to the provisions of these Terms, these Terms apply to our Website and our other Services as well as any linked websites and other materials that are under our control. Any linked websites or other materials that are not under our control may be subject to other terms and conditions which may differ from or conflict with these Terms.
To access and use certain features of our Services, you will need to create an account and provide login information, including username, e-mail address, password or other similar security mechanisms as required by our Website to identify you (collectively, your “Login ID”). You must safeguard your Login ID, and you must not disclose this information to anyone. Your Login ID will be used by CFIN solely in accordance with these Terms and the Privacy Policy. Your Login ID will be encrypted in our database for your security and if you forget your password, we will send a secure link to the e-mail address associated with your account to reset your Login ID.
Your Login ID will also designate whether you hold a general CFIN membership or CFIN+ Membership.
To sign up and pay for CFIN+ Membership, you must provide valid credit card information which will be associated with your account. We use Stripe for payment processing and no one at CFIN can see the complete credit card information associated with your account as you provide to Stripe. Stripe encrypts all credit card information in their database and is PCI DSS compliant to ensure the security of all such information. You can learn more about Stripe’s privacy policy and related matters at its website accessible here: Stripe Privacy Center. Please note that Stripe does provide us with the last four digits of the credit card number you use to purchase CFIN+ Membership, which four digits we may use (subject to our Privacy Policy) to identify your account and the credit card you are using within our systems.
You hereby agree to immediately notify CFIN of any unauthorized use of your Login ID or account, or if the confidentiality of any of your Login ID or account is compromised. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in immediate termination of your account. CFIN shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with, your failure to comply with these requirements.
If you choose to access our Services, then you do so at your own risk. You may use our Services for lawful purposes only and only in accordance with these Terms. You are solely responsible for complying with any and all laws, rules, regulations and other obligations that may apply to your use of our Services including, without limitation, any and all applicable data protection and privacy laws.
Your use of our Services is subject to these Terms and you agree not to misuse our Services in any way whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms, if you violate any of these Terms, then CFIN may deactivate or terminate your account and prevent access to our Services and/or any of your data without prior notice to you.
Without limiting the applicability of any other provision(s) of these Terms, you hereby agree not to use our Services:
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to engage in any activities that would violate the privacy rights of others, including to copy, store, access or use personally identifiable information about another CFIN member or any other person in a way that is inconsistent with CFIN’s Privacy Policy or these Terms;
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to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of our Services, or which, as determined by CFIN in our sole discretion, may harm CFIN or users of our Services or expose them to liability;
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to use our Services to send harassing and/or threatening messages to others or to abuse, stalk, threaten, defame or otherwise infringe or violate the rights of any other person; or
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to discriminate against or harass anyone on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition, marital status, age or gender identity, or other protected grounds, or to otherwise engage in abusive or disruptive behaviour.
You may view, download for caching purposes, and print pages from our Website, but you hereby agree that you shall not, without our express written consent:
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copy, sell, resell, or otherwise exploit any portion of our Website or our other Services for a commercial purpose;
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use our Services or any portion thereof for any purposes related to marketing or in order to build, enhance, promote, or otherwise sell a competing offering;
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interact, through our Services, including on YODL, in any manner that is contrary to the Code of Conduct posted at ;
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use our Services or any portion thereof in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You hereby also agree that you will not post any information or other material protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Third-Party Material”) without the permission of the owner of such Third-Party Material. By posting any Third-Party Material, you warrant and represent that you either own the rights to post such Third-Party Material or have received permission from the owner of such Third-Party Material to post it. You are solely responsible and liable for any information you make available on or through our Website or our other Services or that is made available through your Login ID. In addition, you hereby grant CFIN and other users of our Website the worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, reproduce, print and use such information or other material in our and their respective sole discretion and you hereby agree that CFIN may proofread, summarize or otherwise edit and/or withdraw any information made available by you in our sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever.
You acknowledge that CFIN has no obligation to monitor access to or use of our Services, but we have the right to do so if we choose including, without limitation, to secure and improve our Services for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support and to ensure compliance with these Terms or as we otherwise determine. In particular, CFIN does not actively monitor YODL for inappropriate postings and we do not, on our own, undertake editorial control of postings. If, however, any inappropriate posting is brought to CFIN’s attention, then we will take all appropriate action with respect to any such posting as we deem necessary in our sole discretion.
Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms, CFIN reserves the right to revoke your License (as defined below) and otherwise terminate your right to use our Services at any time in our sole discretion, for any or no reason including, without limitation, if you have failed to comply with any provision of these Terms or for any illegal or criminal behaviour.
When using our Resource Finder tool, in addition to the other provisions of these Terms, you shall not or permit those acting on your behalf to:
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use our Resource Finder tool to create or augment any other mapping-related dataset (including any mapping or navigation dataset, business listings database, mailing list, or telemarketing list) for use in a service that is a substitute for, or substantially similar to our Resource Finder tool.
The data displayed in our Resource Finder tool is licensed from Scott’s Directories at https://www.scottsdirectories.com and is protected by applicable Canadian, United States and international copyright and intellectual property laws.
Any breach or attempted breach of any of the foregoing restrictions is a violation of our rights. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms, if you breach any of the foregoing restrictions, then you may be subject to prosecution and damages, and we may, at our sole discretion, bar you from accessing our Services.
You agree that we may collect and use personal information pursuant to our Privacy Policy, which is available for viewing here.
You agree that you are responsible for any and all information you provide or input or post via our Services, and you acknowledge and agree that if you provide personal information for yourself or any third party, then you are authorized to do so and accept full responsibility in relation thereto including, without limitation, with respect to the accuracy of such information.
If you, for any reason, collect, store or process personal information when using our Services, then you must comply with all applicable privacy and data protection laws, taking into account the nature of the information to be processed.
You acknowledge and agree that if you act on behalf of an entity or organization, then we provide you with a platform only and in relation to your use of our Services and any collection, use or disclosure of information by you related thereto, you, and not CFIN, are a data controller, and you are solely responsible for complying with any and all privacy obligations related thereto. You represent and warrant to CFIN that you have conducted, and will at all times conduct, your business and your use of our Services in compliance with all applicable privacy laws.
Subject to the provisions of these Terms, CFIN hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to use our Services (including, without limitation, our Website) solely for your own personal use and not for republication, distribution, assignment, license, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works and/or any other use (collectively, the “License”).
Except as otherwise expressly stated in these Terms, CFIN or our affiliates own all intellectual property rights to the material on our Website and reserve all intellectual property rights thereto. CFIN or our licensors own all right, title and interest (inclusive of all intellectual property rights) in and to our Services and any and all software, content, methodologies, technology, designs, graphics, illustrations, logos and marks used by us to provide our Services or in connection therewith (collectively, “CFIN IP”). You do not have any rights to, and may not, rent, lease, lend, sell, copy, transfer, reproduce, distribute, redistribute, sublicense, display adapt and/or modify our Services or any CFIN IP. All rights not expressly granted to you are retained by CFIN.
For clarity and without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms: links to our Website or other Services without our express, written permission are strictly prohibited; the framing, mirroring, scraping or data-mining of our Website or other Services or any of their content in any form and/or by any means is strictly prohibited; and you may not use any collaborative browsing or display technologies in connection with your use of our Website or other Services or to post comments, communications or any other data of any kind to or on our Website or other Services with the intention and/or effect that such posting may be viewed by other users of our Website or other Services.
All products, brands and CFIN names and logos and trademarks displayed on our Website or used in connection with our Services are the trademarks of CFIN (or our applicable suppliers, partner businesses or third-party licensors). Any use of any of the marks appearing on our Website or in connection with our Services without the express written consent of CFIN or the owner of the mark, as appropriate, is strictly prohibited.
If you provide CFIN with any comments, suggestions, recommendations, requests or any other feedback (“Feedback”), then CFIN may use such Feedback to improve our Website and/or our other Services or for any other purpose. Furthermore, CFIN shall own such Feedback and CFIN and our affiliates, licensees, partners, third-party providers and other authorized parties may use, license, distribute, reproduce and commercialize the Feedback, and you hereby assign, irrevocably, exclusively and on a royalty-free basis, all such Feedback to CFIN. CFIN will have no obligation to consider, use, return or preserve any Feedback you provide to us. Any Feedback you provide to us may or may not be treated confidentially by us, and CFIN will have no obligation or liability to you for the use or disclosure of any Feedback.
Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms, the License is effective until terminated by you or us. CFIN may, at our sole discretion, terminate or suspend the License and bar your access to our Services immediately, without prior notice or liability: (1) for any breach of these Terms, CFIN’s policies, applicable laws or regulations or third party rights; (2) if CFIN believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to protect the personal safety or property of CFIN or third parties; or (3) for fraud prevention, risk assessment or security purposes. Upon any termination of the License, you shall cease all use of our Services and destroy all copies, full or partial, of any CFIN IP.
OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “as is” and “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING SENTENCE, CFIN EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF THE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OR TRADE, ALL to the FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. THE INFORMATION AND ALL OTHER MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE AND OTHER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, OTHER SERVICES AND ON ANY INTERNET SITE WITH WHICH THEY ARE LINKED.
NEITHER cfin NOR our AFFILIATES nor any of our OR THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, successors or assigns make any warranty, representation or endorsement with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, suitability, accuracy, currency or availability of OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES or their respective contents. without limiting the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, NEITHER cfin NOR our AFFILIATES nor any of our OR THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, successors or assigns represent or warrant that OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES, their respective content or any items found or attained through OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES will be accurate, reliable, error-free or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES or the servers that make them available are free of viruses, bugs, errors, problems or other harmful components.
we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files or data available for downloading from OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES will be free of viruses or other destructive code. you are solely and entirely responsible for your use of OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES, your device from which you access OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES, the internet and data security. to the fullest extent provided by applicable law, we will not liable for any loss or damage caused by any denial-of-service attack, overloading, flooding, mailbombing or crashing, viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other technologically harmful material that may infect or affect your computer equipment, computer programs, applications, data and/or other proprietary material due to your use of OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES and/or any items found or attained through OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES and/or to your downloading of any material posted on OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES or on any internet site linked to OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES.
Without limiting the generality of any other provisions of these Terms, our Resource Finder tool is created from a subset of data obtained by us under license Scott’s Directories at https://www.scottsdirectories.com. CFIN makes no claims, no representations and no warranties, express or implied, concerning the validity (express or implied), reliability or accuracy of any such data including, without limitation, the implied validity of any uses of any such data.
Our liability and that of our affiliates is absolutely limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES REMAINS WITH YOU. NONE OF CFIN, OUR AFFILIATES AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSEES, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND SUPPLIERS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY, WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, MOBILE DEVICE DAMAGE, SYSTEM FAILURE AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, OR FOR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL OR BODILY INJURY OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RESULTING FROM: (I) THESE TERMS; (II) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES; (III) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY ON OUR WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICES; AND/OR (IV) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM OUR SERVICES, IN ALL CASES WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT CFIN HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS, THE LIABILITY OF CFIN, OUR AFFILIATES AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSEES, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND SUPPLIERS, AND ANY OTHER PARTY SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, ONE HUNDRED CANADIAN DOLLARS (CAD$100).
Without limiting the generality of any other provisions of these Terms, you hereby release CFIN from any and all liability, damages or loss, whether economic or non-economic, of any type or character, arising out of or in connection with our Services, whether based on warranty, contract or tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Without limiting the generality of any other provisions of these Terms, you hereby agree to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless CFIN, our affiliates and our and their respective licensees, licensors, employees, contractors, agents, officers, directors and suppliers, to the greatest extent allowed by law, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, judgments, awards, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees) resulting from or arising out of: (a) improper use of and access to our Services by you or any person using your account; (b) a breach of these Terms; (c) any claim or allegation that your use of our Services infringes the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of CFIN or any third party; or (d) your breach of any laws, regulations or third party rights.
Any links on our Website to third-party websites are provided for your convenience and for partnering sites to identify that you are using our Services. If you choose to access third-party websites or obtain products or services from third parties, you do so entirely at your own risk, and such access is between you and such third parties. CFIN does not warrant or make any representations regarding the legality, accuracy or authenticity of content presented by such websites or any products or services offered by third parties and shall have no liability for any loss or damages arising from the access or use of such websites, products or services. CFIN does not endorse any product or service that may appear on any linked website. The provision of any linked website does not imply that CFIN sponsors, endorses, in affiliated or associated with entity that owns or is responsible for the linked website or any of the products or services that appear on such website. You are strongly advised to check the terms of use and the privacy policies of these external websites or resources before making use of them. You acknowledge that CFIN may remove any link to an external website or to resources at any time for any reason whatsoever.
No consent or waiver by us to or of any violation of these Terms by you will be effective unless provided by us in writing to you, nor will be deemed or construed to be a consent to or waiver of a continuing violation or any other violation by you. No failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, remedy, power and/or privilege arising from these Terms by CFIN operates, or may be construed, as a waiver thereof by CFIN, and no single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power and/or privilege by CFIN pursuant to these Terms may preclude any other or further exercise of any such right, remedy, power and/or privilege or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power and/or privilege by CFIN.
Any provision of these Terms which is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction with no further right of appeal to be illegal, invalid, prohibited and/or unenforceable shall, as within the jurisdiction of that court only, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, prohibition and/or unenforceability and shall be severed from the balance of these Terms for the purposes of that jurisdiction only, all without affecting the remaining provisions of these Terms or affecting the legality, validity and/or enforceability of such severed provision in any other jurisdiction. We and you agree to reformulate any such illegal, invalid, prohibited and/or unenforceable provision in good faith to preserve the original intentions and objectives of these Terms and to remove such illegality, invalidity, prohibition and/or unenforceability to the extent possible for the purposes of each jurisdiction where such provision was found to be illegal, invalid, prohibited and/or unenforceable without materially reducing the value of these Terms to us or to you.
You may not assign, transfer or delegate these Terms and/or your rights and obligations hereunder without CFIN’s written consent. CFIN may, without restriction, assign, transfer or delegate these Terms and any of CFIN’s rights and obligations hereunder at our sole discretion by providing you with notice of the assignment, transfer or delegation.
Our Website and our other Services are not intended to be used by and are not marketed or directed towards, children or any person under the age of 18.
Unless specified otherwise, any notices or communications between you and us as required under these Terms will be in writing and sent via e-mail.
These Terms and all other electronic documents referred to or incorporated herein, will be: (i) deemed for all purposes to be a “writing” or “in writing,” and to comply with all statutory, contractual and other legal requirements for writing; and (ii) legally enforceable as a signed agreement.
These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada. We operate and maintain our Services from Canada. We make no representation that our Services are appropriate or available for use outside of Canada. If you access our Services from a jurisdiction other than Canada, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for complying with all local laws of your jurisdiction.