Terms of Use

These Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") govern your use of The Ideas Collective (“we,” “us,” and “our”) website on which these Terms of Use appear and your use of the features therein.

BY USING AND ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE SET FORTH BELOW. THESE TERMS OF USE ARE ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN YOU AND US AND GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE. Use of this website is strictly voluntary. If you disagree with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, you must immediately log off and may not use this website.

These Terms of Use apply to your access to and use of this website and do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with us. If you breach any of these terms and conditions, your authorization to use this website automatically terminates, and you must immediately discontinue using this website.

To access and use certain website features, you may be required to register with us and use a login/registration page. You must agree to be bound by any additional applicable terms and conditions.

Collection of Visitor Information on this website

Any information collected at this website and the purposes for which we may use this information are outlined in our Privacy Policy. The terms of our Privacy Policy are incorporated herein by this reference. Please carefully review the information contained in our Privacy Policy. By using this website, you agree to waive and release us from any claim or liability in connection with the collection, use, or disclosure of information consistent with our Privacy Policy's terms.

Copyright

All content, software, and technology included on this website or used in the operation of this website is the owned or licensed property of our content, software, and technology suppliers or us. It is protected by Canadian, U.S. and international copyright laws. In addition, the compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this website is our exclusive property and is protected by Canadian, U.S. and international copyright laws. We grant you permission to view and use content, software, and technology made available to you on this website in connection with your own personal, noncommercial use of this website. Any other use, including reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of this website's content, software, and technology is strictly prohibited without our written permission.

Trademarks

The trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and “look and feel” (the "Trademarks") used and displayed on this website are Trademarks of ours and other parties. Nothing on this website shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this website without the prior written permission of the Trademark owner. Other product and company names mentioned on this website may be the Trademarks of their respective owners.

Other Intellectual Property

All other intellectual property rights related to the content, software, and technology included on this website or used in the operation of this website, including, without limitation, patents, trade secrets, trade dress, publicity rights, character rights, titles, and artistic and moral rights are our owned or licensed property. Any use of these rights without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited.

Accuracy

Information on this website may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update information at any time without notice to you. 

Disclaimer of Warranties 

THIS WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS, WITH ALL DEFECTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WEDISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THIS WEBSITE IS FREE FROM ERRORS, VIRUSES, BUGS, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE CANADA. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THIS WEBSITE WILL CONSTITUTE A REPRESENTATION OR, WARRANTY OR CONDITION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE.  

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, THAT SUCH USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties, so the above exclusions or limitations may not apply in all cases.

Limitation of Liability 

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR RELATED ENTITIES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.

Certain laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.

Under no circumstances shall our aggregate liability resulting from or relating to your use of this website exceed Five Canadian Dollars (CAD $5.00).

Prohibited Activities and Visitor Obligations

As a visitor or user of this website, you shall not: 

• Violate any applicable law or regulation; 
• Upload, post, use, transmit, or otherwise make available, including by e-mail, (each, a “Post”) any content or information that is false or inaccurate; 
• Post any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or could otherwise be considered to be objectionable; 
• Post any content that is subject to any disclosure restrictions; 
• Post any materials, items, information or content that infringes or otherwise violates any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights; 
• Post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials, including, without limitation, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation; 
• Post any material that contains software viruses, malware, or any other corrupt computer code, files or programs that impair the use of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; 
• Impersonate or use the identity of another person or organization, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organization; 
• Engage in any activities or manipulate identifying material to misrepresent the origin of the content; 
• Use this website for any activity that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, stalking, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or that could otherwise be considered to be objectionable; 
• Interfere with or otherwise limit the use of this website by other users; 
• Collect, compile, or store personal information about other users of this website;
• Disrupt or interfere with the security of, operation of, or otherwise cause harm to, this website or the systems resources, accounts, usernames and passwords, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through this website or any affiliated or linked sites;
• Use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to “screen scrape,” monitor, “mine,” or copy the web pages on this website or the content contained therein without our prior, express, and written permission or 
• Use this website for your commercial purposes. 

You agree that you are solely responsible for posting any content ‎ (e.g., text, images, documents, photographs, videos‎) ("User Content") that you make available on or send through this website. In addition to the rights granted to us elsewhere in these Terms of Use, you hereby grant us the irrevocable right to copy and use User Content in connection with this website and for the purposes related to your Post of the User Content. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content or user conduct on this website, we reserve the right, and have absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content and to monitor any user conduct on this website at any time and for any reason without notice. You are solely responsible for creating backup copies and replacing any of your User Content at your sole cost and expense.

By the Post of User Content to this website, you represent and warrant that: (a) you have all necessary rights to Post the User Content to this website and to grant the rights to us that you grant in these Terms of Use; (b) the User Content is accurate and not misleading or harmful in any manner; and (c) the User Content, and your use and the Post thereof in connection with this website, does not and will not violate these Terms of Use or any applicable local, provincial, state, national or international statute, regulation, or law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us, our related entities, and our and their respective successors and assigns harmless from and against and in respect of any and all claims, demands, losses, obligations, liabilities, damages, recoveries, deficiencies, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, which relate to your use of this website, your failure to perform any of your obligations under these Terms of Use, or your breach of any of your representations or warranties made under these Terms of Use.

Links to Other Websites

This website may contain links to other websites. Additionally, other websites may contain links to this website. We do not review or monitor the websites linked to this website, and we are not responsible for the content or policies of any other websites. Any link established by us does not constitute an endorsement of the other websites or create a relationship between us and the operators of other websites. We disclaim any liability concerning your use of any other website, and you release us from any liability related to your use of any link to another website or your use of any other website. Where this website contains a link to another website owned and/or operated by us, such website use may be subject to different and additional terms of use and privacy policy terms and conditions. 

Third-Party Providers of Functionality 

We may have functionality in this website that is provided, in whole or in part, by a third-party service provider. You can usually identify such third-party functionality by using a trademark not owned by us on or near the functionality. For such ‎third-party functionality, you will need to review the terms of use and privacy policy for ‎that third party, which in some cases may require you to visit that party’s website and ‎locate the terms of use and privacy policy. Your review should include determining ‎whether such terms and policy are acceptable to you. If they are not, do not use the ‎associated functionality on this website.‎

Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations and Agent for Notice 

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. In appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, it is our policy to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may infringe or repeatedly infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others.

Our agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached by e-mail at contact@theideascollective.ca.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the following information:

• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
• a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
• a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on our website, with enough detail that we may find it on the website;
• your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Changes to Terms of Use

We may revise these Terms of Use at any time without providing notice by posting updates to these Terms of Use on this website. Any use of this website following the date on which changes to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy are published on this website shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. You expressly agree that we shall have no obligation to provide you with any notice of any changes, and you hereby expressly waive any right you may have to receive notice of any changes to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy.

Continued Operation, Accessibility, and Maintenance of this website

We may modify, change, suspend, terminate or discontinue the operation of part or all of this website without notice to you, and we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time, with or without cause.

Your Account

If you are a registered user of this website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. We have the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your access to this website, refuse or restrict access or service, terminate accounts, and remove or edit content on this website. 

General Provisions

English has been used in preparing these Terms of Use, and English shall be the controlling language concerning these Terms of Use and their interpretation. Any failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or the right to enforce same.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of laws. For the purpose of resolving disputes relating to or arising out of these Terms of Use, or arising out of any other dispute or claim associated with us, you irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the provincial and federal courts located in the Province of Ontario, Canada, (the “Ontario Courts”) for any litigation or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use; (ii) agree not to commence any litigation arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use except in the Ontario Courts; (iii) agree not to plead or claim that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (iv) agree that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class ‎action or other consolidation or joining of claims of other parties who may have similar claims; and (v) agree the Ontario Courts represent the exclusive jurisdiction for all disputes relating to these Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use do not, and will not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, or agency relationship between you and us. If any portion of these Terms of Use is held invalid, such holding shall not invalidate the other provisions of these Terms of Use. You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws. 

Jurisdictional Restrictions

Use of this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give full effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation this paragraph and the warranty disclaimers and liability exclusions above. Use of this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction where all or any portion of this website may violate any legal requirements, and you agree not to access this website in any such jurisdiction.

Submissions

Any and all questions, comments, suggestions, and similar materials or information that you send or submit to us through this website (collectively, "Submissions") shall become our property. You hereby transfer, sell, and assign to us all of your rights, titles, and interests in and to any such Submissions, including any related patent, copyright, moral rights, trademark, and other intellectual property rights, without limitation. We have no obligation to maintain confidentiality regarding any such Submissions. We shall be free to use them for any purpose without providing you notice or receiving your consent and without restriction or compensation.

Contact

For questions or comments about this website or these Terms of Use, please e-mail us at contact@theideascollective.ca.