TERMS OF USE

BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, DISCONTINUE ALL USE OF THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY.

Please carefully read the following terms of use (“Terms of Use”) before using this web site (the “Site”) owned by the Caribbean Chinese Association (“CCA”).

In these Terms of Use, the expression “Site” refers to either www.caribbeanchinese.ca or to any other web site owned by CCA and from which you may have been redirected.

1. General Remark.  This Site is for personal and non-commercial use. The entire content included in this Site, including but not limited to text, information, designs, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, interfaces, codes, audio clips, sounds video clips, software and links to external web sites (the "Content"), is provided for informational purposes only.
2. In no event shall CCA be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this site or any other site you may access while using this site or your use of the Content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
3. Indemnity.  You acknowledge and expressly agree that use of this Site is at your sole and own risk. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold CCA and its affiliates as well as their respective directors, officers, trustees and employees harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of these Terms of Use by you or users of your account, or in any way arising out of the use of this Site, including without limitation, the placement or transmission of any information or other materials on this Site by you or users of your account.
4. Prohibited Use of this Site. You shall not use this Site in any way that would interfere with its operation nor submit any content to this Site which libels, defames, invades privacy, is obscene, pornographic, abusive or threatening, infringes intellectual property laws or violates any other laws. You shall not post, upload, publish, transmit or otherwise distribute on this Site any information or other materials that   
   
   • could constitute a criminal offence, including without limitation, any crimes relating to pornography, threats, intimidation, hate, assault, or fraud;    
     
   • could defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise interfere with or harm the contractual, personality, confidentiality, privacy or publicity, moral or statutory or any other rights of any person;     
     
   • could infringe the intellectual property rights including without limitation any copyright, trade-mark, or patent, of any person;    
     
   • could be considered as a use of this Site that is contrary to law or electronic etiquette, or which would adversely impact the use of this Site or the Internet by other users, including the posting or transmitting of information or software containing viruses or other disruptive components;     
     
   • contains any distasteful or offensive material including, but not limited to, material intended for an adult audience;    
     
   • contains: (i) commercial content, including without limitation, advertising, solicitation, offer to sell any goods or services,  or (ii) advertising, solicitation, offer to join any organization whatsoever, or (iii) surveys, contests, or chain letters; or    
     
   • encourages, conspires, entices or promotes the occurrence of any of the prohibited conduct stipulated herein.
5. Web Scraping/Harvesting.  You may only use or reproduce the Content for your own personal and non-commercial use. The framing, scraping, data-mining, extraction or collection of the Content of this Site in any form and by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, you may not mirror any material contained on this Site.
6. Hyperlinking to this Site. You may create a link (the “Hyperlink”) to this Site provided that:
   
   • you do not replicate any of the Content of this Site;    
     
   • you do not create a frame or any other bordered environment around this Site or its Content;    
     
   • the Hyperlink shall not imply any endorsement of any product or services;     
     
   • the website linking to this Site does not contain distasteful or offensive material including, but not limited to, material intended for an adult audience and pornographic material; and    
     
   • the website linking to this Site does not contain any information, content or material that would interfere with the operation this Site nor which libels, defames, invades privacy, is obscene, pornographic, abusive or threatening, infringes intellectual property laws or violates any other laws.
     
     CCA may withdraw your right to link to this Site at any time in its sole discretion.
7. External Links on this Site. Links available on this Site will allow you to link to websites not maintained or controlled by CCA. CCA provides these links for your convenience only and makes no endorsements, warranties or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding those other web sites and assumes no responsibility for content on third party websites. Please be aware that you link to these third party websites at your own risk.
8. Changes. CCA reserves the right to change or remove any Content from this Site, in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, at any time, without notice. CCA reserves the exclusive right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately. Any material changes will take effect 30 days after their posting.  To know the posting date of any change appears at the top of this page, please refer to the last update date. Any continued use of this Site will be deemed conclusive of your acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.