Terms of Use
These Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms and Conditions") apply to your use of and, as the case may be, registration with www.scopus.ca (the "Site") owned and operated by Coldspring Commerce Inc. (“CCI”). Scopus Commerce is a division of ColdSpring Commerce Inc.
Please Read these Terms and Conditions Before Accessing, Browsing, or Otherwise Using the Site
Your access to, and browsing, review and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and using the Site, you accept these Terms and Conditions, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions, do not use the Site. If, at any time, any part of the Terms and Conditions is no longer acceptable to you, immediately terminate your use of the Site.
Right to Change, Modify or Delete the Terms and Conditions
CCI reserves the right to change, modify, add or delete portions of the Terms and Conditions at any time, without prior notice. Please re-review the Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site will mean that you accept such changes or deletions.
Privacy
Please refer to CCI's Privacy Policy for information regarding the CCI's collection, use, and storage of users' information.
Copyright and Use of Site Content
This Site and all the information it contains, or may in the future contain, including, but not limited to, articles, memoranda, bulletins, reports, press releases, opinions, text, directories, guides, photographs, illustrations, trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos (collectively, the "Content"), is the property of CCI, and is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by domestic and international intellectual property laws. Certain of the trademarks and logos displayed on the site are owned by third parties. Except as we have described in these Terms of Use, nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use this Site or any Content displayed on this Site, through the use of framing or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CCI or such third party that may own the trademark or copyright of material displayed on this Site.
CCI encourages and permits links to Content on the Site. CCI does not grant any license or other permission for links or other use of the Site or its Content if such use or link: (a) suggests that CCI promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, ideas, political campaigns, web sites, products or services, (b) copies, displays, disseminates or otherwise uses the Content without CCI’s express written consent, or (c) uses the Content for commercial purposes. Furthermore, CCI does not grant its consent for links to the Site where the linking party engages in any Prohibited Conduct (as described in these Terms of Use). We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link at any time.
Subject to your full compliance with these terms, CCI authorizes you to view the Content, make a single copy of it, and print that copy, but only for your own lawful, personal, noncommercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property notices contained in such Content, and provided that the Content, or any part thereof, is not modified.
Responses To Online Requests
From time to time, CCI may offer to provide information or materials via e-mail or otherwise to interested persons. CCI reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject any requests for such information or materials, or to discontinue the provision of such information or materials to any person, for any reason whatsoever.
Prohibited Conduct
You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. From time to time CCI may offer the ability to upload Content. You may not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site, any Content that is any of the following:
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is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, or otherwise objectionable to CCI in its sole discretion;
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contains computer viruses, worms, moles or other contaminating or destructive elements;
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violates the rights of others, such as Content that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity;
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contains any false or misleading statement;
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contains advertising; or
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otherwise violates any applicable criminal or civil law.
You may not use the Site for any commercial purpose and may not distribute over the Site any solicitation of funds, goods and services. In addition, you may not use the Site to solicit subscribers to join other online information services that are competitive with the Site.
Content Management and Removal
CCI reserves the right to cancel your access to certain areas of the Site and/or delete, move, or edit any Users' Content (including messages posted in any forum) that may be on the Site that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates the Terms of Use. You shall remain solely responsible for all Users' Content posted by you or by any other person using your account. CCI shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Users' Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion.
CCI prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to CCI at the below address, giving a written statement that contains the following information: (a) an identification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed; (b) an identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed; (c) your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available; (d) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed; and (f) the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner's behalf to assert infringement of the right. CCI will remove any posted submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under applicable intellectual property law. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions. CCI's contact for submission of notices under this section is: General Counsel, Coldspring Commerce Inc. at info@coldspring.ca
Non-Endorsement
CCI does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Users' Content displayed, uploaded, posted on any message board, or otherwise distributed through the Site by any subscriber, information provider or any other third party. CCI expressly disclaims any liability related to Users' Content, and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Subscriber Content shall be at your sole risk.
The Site may contain links to sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties (the "External Sites"). You acknowledge that CCI is not responsible for the availability of, or the content or software applications located on or through any External Site. You should contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or External Sites.
Subscriber Qualifications
In the event CCI offers services which involve registering with or applying to CCI, you must provide accurate, complete, and current registration information and you agree to provide CCI with any updates to that information promptly after such changes occur.
Individual subscriptions to the Site, as and when available, will be made available only to persons who are at least 18 years of age. Minors may receive access keys or user id/passwords only as part of an authorized group subscription. Any right which may be granted to you to use the Site will be solely personal to you and cannot be transferred to any other person.
You shall be responsible for obtaining communication services, computer equipment and other products or services necessary to access and use the Site. You shall be responsible for all charges associated with accessing and maintaining a connection to the Site including, but not limited to, charges imposed by an Internet service provider, or your local telephone company.
Registrant Information
Unless you elect otherwise by making the appropriate selection on the indicated site pages, as appropriate, concerning personal information, CCI shall have the right to disclose certain limited registrant information including, but not limited to, the registrant's name, e-mail and mailing address, to affiliates, partners and third party vendors for the purpose of providing registrants with information about products and services. CCI shall also have the right to disclose aggregate information about registrant usage and demographics in a manner that does not reveal the personal identity of any individual registrant. CCI shall have the right to send you electronic mail to inform you of changes or additions to the Site, or of any products and services of CCI. For additional information, see CCI's Privacy Policy
Third Parties
CCI may provide you with links to third party Web sites, and some of the Content appearing to originate from the Site may be supplied by third party Content providers. CCI has no responsibility for these third-party Web sites, which are governed by the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party Content providers.
Access to and Availability of the Site
The Site may become unavailable to you as a result of maintenance, malfunction of computer hardware or software, or for other reasons, and may result in damages to your systems or operations. You shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any information or content obtained from the Site does not contain any virus, worm, mole or other computer software code or subroutine designed to disable, erase, impair or otherwise damage your systems, software, or data.
Restriction, Suspension or Termination
CCI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Site at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability and without any obligation to refund any portion of fees paid for any product or service.
CCI may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content, without prior notice or liability.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. NEITHER CCI, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY 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, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU. NEITHER CCI NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS WARRANTS THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DOES CCI, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CCI NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PAST OR PRESENT OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, ATTORNEYS, LICENSORS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE LIABILITY OF CCI, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold CCI, and all of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and past and present officers, directors, shareholders, investors, employees, agents, information providers, attorneys, representatives licensors and information providers (collectively, the "CCI Representatives") harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by CCI or any CCI Representative in connection with any claim arising out of any use or alleged use by you of this site or arising out of or in relation to any breach by you of the Terms and conditions, or the representations, warranties and covenants you made by agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. CCI reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate reasonably with CCI's defense of such claim.
Choice of Law
The Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
Entire Agreement
The Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
No Amendment or Waiver
The Terms and Conditions may not be amended except in writing signed by both parties and no waiver by either party shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default, unless such a waiver is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of CCI.
Privacy Policy
Introduction
ColdSpring Commerce Inc. (“CCI”) understands that your privacy is important to you. CCI is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that you may provide to CCI as you access and use the materials on www.coldspring.ca (the "Site"), including any subscription pages of the Site. In addition, information that you submit to CCI in response to an email request for information or other outreach from CCI, will also be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In this written Privacy Policy, CCI describes the scope and breadth of our commitment to privacy. CCI may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any material changes to our policy will be reflected on this page, so that you remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it. By exploring and using this Site, and by submitting information to CCI, you agree to CCI's use of such information as described herein. This Site may contain links to external sites, which sites are not governed by this privacy policy, and CCI does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.
Information That We Collect, and How We Use It
CCI collects or may collect in the future, as the case may be, information from our users when they create their account for this Site, when they request copies of publications, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities, or register for conferences and other CCI-sponsored events. Some of CCI’s registration, enrolment, account setup and other forms may ask users to give us contact information, unique personal identifiers, financial information, subject areas of interest and/or demographic information. We may use this data to tailor the visitor's experience at our Site or, if applicable, to assess candidacy and qualifications for employment with CCI. We sometimes aggregate demographic information and the types of systems and browsers of users for internal purposes, so that we may better understand the user population of our Site, identify subject areas of interest, and determine whether the Site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of our visitors. CCI also may conduct user surveys on the Web, which usually are intended to provide CCI with information on a number of areas, such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site content is relevant to user needs, and the like. CCI uses the information gathered from such surveys to improve our web content, navigation, and overall visitor experience.
Any personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, subject areas of interest, etc., allows CCI to inform you about updates to the service and to notify you about other products and services offered by CCI that may be of interest to you. We will not sell, share, or rent or otherwise make available any of that information to other parties, except that we may disclose the information to third parties who perform services on our behalf and have a need to access the information in connection with those services. In addition, CCI may disclose contact information for you in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information that you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to CCI. Individuals that subscribe to e-mail newsletters are given the opportunity to opt-out of promotions, news, and information at the time of sign up. CCI also provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the points where we request information. You may also feel free to contact us as indicated below.
E-Mail Addresses
We may collect the e-mail addresses at the point of subscription, of users who wish to receive e-mail notification of publications and press releases in identified subject areas of interest, and of those who send us e-mail messages or express interest regarding our services or employment opportunities, or register for conferences and other CCI-sponsored events. We will not, however, share any e-mail addresses with any third party or send unsolicited e-mail to any of the addresses we collect, except in very limited circumstances as set forth in this policy.
Cookies
CCI may use browser cookies on this Site to keep track of your visit to our Site. A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Use of cookies may allow CCI to provide a higher quality, more relevant, customer experience. Use of cookies may also allow CCI to automate entry into password protected portions of the Site so that you will not need to re-enter your password each time you visit our Site. We may also use cookies to track which areas of the web site are most popular with our users and to further CCI's understanding concerning overall use of the site. With most Internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or a help screen to learn more about these functions and how to use them. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.
International Transfer of Information
Because CCI is a global organization, information collected on this Site or through other means may be transferred from time to time among the CCI offices or personnel, or to third parties located throughout the world and this Site may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personally-identifiable data. By using the Site, submitting information through the Site, or submitting information to CCI through other means, you voluntarily consent to such international transfer and hosting of such information.
Security Processes
CCI has in place technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, CCI cannot guarantee that your personally-identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons.
Links to Other Web Sites
CCI is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-CCI web sites to which we link from this Site.
Legal Compliance
CCI complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. CCI may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of this Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through this Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.
Change and/or Delete Information
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete as the case may be, any personally-identifiable information that you submit to CCI through this Site or through other means. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered or contact us as indicated elsewhere on the Site.
Children
CCI understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This website is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.
Use of CCI Web Sites
Your access to and use of the Site are subject to certain terms and conditions, which are summarized in our Terms of Use.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or CCI's collection and use of information, please contact us as indicated elsewhere on the Site.