Thank you for consulting the Mennonite Fellowship of Montréal (MFM) Web site. This document lays down the terms and conditions for use of this site. Any user of this site shall be deemed to have read, accepted and acknowledged the validity of these Terms of Use, and in so doing agrees to comply with and be bound by them. The MFM may modify these terms and conditions at any time, without notice. The date of the last modification of these Terms of Use appears at the bottom of this document.
These Terms of Use constitute the entirety of the rights and obligations binding the MFM and any user of this site, and replace any prior condition or provision respecting the use of the site. No verbal or written assertion by a member or the council of the MFM, or any other person, shall have the effect of modifying or replacing these Terms of Use.
This Web site is managed and updated from a computer located in the City of Montréal, Province of Quebéc, Canada. The content and use of this site are governed by the applicable laws of Québec and Canada.These Terms of Use, along with any conflict or misunderstanding arising from their application, shall be interpreted in accordance with these laws. Should any provision of these Terms of Use be held unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable by law, said provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of these Terms of Use, which shall then be interpreted without reference to the expunged provision. Any recourse, action, petition or suit upon the content or use of this site, brought against the MFM, or implicating the latter, shall be brought before a court of Québec or a federal court of Canada, without regard for any potential application of conflict of laws theory.
Copyright
All content on this Web site, whether in written, visual, binary, auditory or other form, is the property of the MFM. This content is protected by Canadian and international copyright law (notably the Copyright Act, R.S.C., ch. C-24). The MFM holds the copyright, among others, on the selection, coordination, layout and improvement of this content. It is illegal to reproduce, modify, download, publish, copy, post, exhibit, share or otherwise distribute any portion of this content and, likewise, to exploit it, notably by contributing to its sale or transfer, or by creating works from it. However, the MFM does permit any user of this site to copy its content without specific authorization or fees, notwithstanding the prohibition relative to the use of official and other marks, on condition that:
- said copy is the result of a single download to a single computer;
- said copy is strictly for personal use, and not for commercial or gainful purposes;
- the MFM is clearly identified as the source of the copied documents;
- the copy is not presented as an official version of the copied documents, nor as a copy made in collaboration with the MFM, under its supervision, or with its consent;
- following such a copy, the content of the copied documents is not modified for the purpose or with the result of harming the moral rights of the MFM.
The MFM shall grant no license other than that stated above and, moreover, retains all of its intellectual property rights over the content of this site.
The user of this site agrees that the MFM may make free use of or exploit the ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques communicated to it by electronics means, regardless of the end, and cedes to the MFM its potential rights in this regard, without the MFM being required to pay any royalty or fee of any kind, save and except for the MFM's undertaking in the matter of the protection of personal information.
Trademarks
Certain expressions, graphics, logotypes, icons, designs, words or slogans appearing on this site constitute or may constitute official marks, trademarks, service marks, merchandise marks or certification marks by virtue of the laws of Canada or any other country. They may be registered as such. The fact that such marks may appear on this site does not mean that any license has been granted or assigned.Integrity and accuracy of information
The MFM strives to ensure that the information available on this site is complete, accurate and current. This information comes from sources that the MFM considers reliable, and is updated regularly. It may nevertheless contain inaccuracies, omissions, typographical errors or other deficiencies.Consequently, this Web site and all of its content are made available to the public "as is", without any guarantee of either an implicit or explicit nature, including, among others, implicit guarantees as to market quality, non-infringement, or suitability for specific needs or uses. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the MFM offers no guarantee regarding the availability or stability of the site content, its accessibility, or the precision, reliability or accuracy of the information offered. The user is urged to note that this site is regularly subject to technical maintenance operations, which may limit or prevent its access.
The MFM may not be held liable for any damage whatsoever, be it direct or indirect, suffered in connection with using this Web site, including, in particular, personal prejudice, punitive, exemplary, accessory, moral or consecutive damages, loss of profit, earnings, or information, damage due to operating losses, loss or deletion of programs or data from an information system, and other expenses or damages that may result from the use or unavailability of this Web site, its algorithms, the incompatibility of any software downloaded or copied from it, any interruption, defect, delay in processing or transmission, or the presence of a virus, worm or Trojan horse program, or any other destructive element or to a power or system outage, whether or not the MFM is informed of the possibility of such an outage, loss or expense.
Any user of this Web site does so at his or her own risk and undertakes to indemnify and hold the MFM and it’s friends and/or members, harmless from any civil, criminal or quasi-criminal liability in connection with the use of this site, irrespective of the latter's negligence.
Unless indicated otherwise, all sums of money shown on this Web site are expressed in the legal tender of Canada.
Modifications and Illegal Content
The MFM does not authorize users of this Web site to modify, reword, adapt, change, adjust, rearrange, dismantle, outline or decode its content.Moreover, it is strictly forbidden to post or transmit, to or through this Web site, any content that is unlawful, abusive or threatening, including texts, sounds or images of a defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, scandalous, seditious, pornographic or blasphemous nature, or any other material likely to constitute, foster or encourage the commission of a criminal or penal offence, giving rise to a civil suit or to the violation of any other laws in force.
Links to Other Sites
This site contains hyperlinks that provide quick access to Internet sites belonging to third parties and managed by them. The MFM makes these hyperlinks available to users of its own site solely for their convenience, and exercises no control of any form over the content of the sites to which these hyperlinks lead. Furthermore, the MFM makes no assertion, issues no approval, and accepts no liability regarding the content or use of such sites. Certain sites may place permanent or temporary cookies on their users' hard drives. Finally, it should be noted that the information presented on the linked sites might not be available in English and/or French.Privacy
No user of this site is required to supply any personal information whatsoever in order to access the site's content. In order to use certain portions of this website, a user may have to log-in. During log-in a user is required to give a predetermined username and password. We do not collect personal identification numbers, such as Social Security numbers. If someone contacts you requesting this information, and claims to be a representative of mfmtl.ca or the Mennonite Fellowship of Montréal, please let us know immediately!When a user accesses this site, data is automatically exchanged between the user's computer and the MFM computer system. This data includes:
- the Internet domain name, the Internet Protocol (IP) address, the browser type, and the operating system of the computer being used to access the site;
- the access date and time;
- the pages read;
- the address of the referring Internet site, if applicable.
This data exchange is indispensable as it enables the MFM server to transmit files that are compatible with the user's computer type. This data is stored in a journal file and used to compile statistics and technical data regarding Web site usage. It does not allow personal identification of the user. The MFM does not try to establish the personal identity of the user, unless it detects a manoeuvre that is contrary to the Terms of Use of this Web site.
Generally speaking, this Web site does not use cookie files.
This Web site does not have a "secure" area, where a separate and confidential dialogue may be established between a user's computer and the MFM’s computer system. In general, data transmitted by Internet can never be considered entirely safe from leakage or misappropriation. Consequently, the MFM cannot guarantee that information sent to its attention by e-mail or by Internet will reach it without being falsified, read, altered, or without its integrity or authenticity having been otherwise compromised, or that the information will even reach its destination. The MFM's commitment in matters of protection of personal information is limited exclusively to the processing of information actually in its possession.
Site administration and technical problems
This site is designed and managed entirely by the MFM. Please contact the Webmaster at: webmaster@mfmtl.ca if you encounter any technical problems or errors while browsing the site.These Terms of Use were last updated on February 22nd, 2003 ( rev 12/1/08 )
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