Terms & Conditions of using this site.

Legal Notices

We, the Operators of this Website (PuslinchToday.ca), provide it as a public service to our users at no cost.

Please carefully review the following basic rules that govern your use of the Website. Please note that your use of the Website constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you (the “User”) do not agree to them, do not use the Website, provide any materials to the Website or download any materials from them.

The Operators reserve the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice to User. Your use of the Website following any such change constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms and Conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms and Conditions of Use each time you use the Website.

These Terms and Conditions of Use apply to the use of the Website and do not extend to any linked third party sites. These Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, which are hereby incorporated by reference, contain the entire agreement (the “Agreement”) between you and the Operators with respect to the Website. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Permitted and Prohibited Uses

You may use the the Website for the sole purpose of sharing and exchanging ideas with other Users. You may not use the the Website to violate any applicable local, state, provincial, national, or international law, including without limitation any applicable laws relating to antitrust or other illegal trade or business practices, federal and state securities laws, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, and any U.S. laws, Canadian Laws, rules, and regulations governing the export and re-export of commodities or technical data.

You may not upload or transmit any material that infringes or misappropriates any person’s copyright, patent, trademark, or trade secret, or disclose via the the Website any information the disclosure of which would constitute a violation of any confidentiality obligations you may have.

You may not upload any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other forms of harmful computer code, nor subject the Website’s network or servers to unreasonable traffic loads, or otherwise engage in conduct deemed disruptive to the ordinary operation of the Website.

You are strictly prohibited from communicating on or through the Website any unlawful, harmful, offensive, threatening, abusive, libelous, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, fraudulent, sexually explicit, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any sort, including, but not limited to, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

You are expressly prohibited from compiling and using other Users’ personal information, including addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses or other contact information that may appear on the Website, for the purpose of creating or compiling marketing and/or mailing lists and from sending other Users unsolicited marketing materials, whether by facsimile, email, or other technological means.

You also are expressly prohibited from distributing Users’ personal information to third-party parties for marketing purposes. The Operators shall deem the compiling of marketing and mailing lists using Users’ personal information, the sending of unsolicited marketing materials to Users, or the distribution of Users’ personal information to third parties for marketing purposes as a material breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use, and the Operators reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Website and to suspend or revoke your membership in the consortium without refund of any membership dues paid.

The Operators note that unauthorized use of Users’ personal information in connection with unsolicited marketing correspondence also may constitute violations of various anti-spam statutes. The Operators reserve the right to report the abuse of Users’ personal information to the appropriate law enforcement and government authorities, and the Operators will fully cooperate with any authorities investigating violations of these laws.

User Submissions

The Operators of PuslinchToday (the “Site”) do not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the Site. Any material, information, or other communication you transmit or post (“Contributions”) to the Site will be considered non-confidential.

All Contributions to this Site are licensed by you to the Operators of PuslinchToday.ca and become the sole property of PuslinchToday.ca unless otherwise committed to in writing by the operators of PuslinchToday.ca. By submitting any material or Contribution to this Site you grant PuslinchToday.ca and its operators sole license to print, re-print, display and distribute this material in any form, both physical and digital in perpetuity without compensation of any kind. Distribution channels may include, but are not limited to, Social media outlets (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest etc.), Blogs, News websites, PuslinchToday.ca postings, Email campaigns and messages, print newspapers, digital advertising, print advertising, radio advertising, book publications, memoirs etc. By submitting any material to this site you acknowledge you are the current rights holder to the material and are in a legal position to transfer these rights to PuslinchToday.ca as stated above.

Please note that not all submissions to PuslinchToday.ca will be published in all or any of the formats mentioned in the previous paragraph. The Operators of this Site reserve the right to publish material at their discretion, at any time after material is submitted to the Site. The Operators of this Site reserve to right to edit any Contributions before or after publishing as they see fit without notification to the contributor. Reasons for editing Contributions may include, but are not limited to: grammar, spelling and punctuation; space limitations or length of Contributions; updates on topics included in the Contribution; corrections and amendments; layout and styling. In addition, the Operators of this Site reserve the right to remove from publication any or all material submitted to the Site for any reason whatsoever at any time after publication without notification to the contributor.

If you work for a company or at a University, it’s likely that you’re not the copyright holder of anything you make, even in your free time. Before making contributions to this site, get written permission from your employer. It is your responsibility to ensure you are the copyright holder of any material you submit to this site.

User Discussion Lists and Forums

The Operators may, but are not obligated to, monitor or review any areas on the Website where users transmit or post communications or communicate solely with each other, including but not limited to user forums and email lists, and the content of any such communications. The Operators, however, will have no liability related to the content of any such communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. The Operators may edit or remove content on the the Website at their discretion at any time for any reason.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Information submitted to the Website is governed according to the Operator’s current Privacy Policy.

You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information when registering with the Website. It is your responsibility to maintain and promptly update this account information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provides any information that is fraudulent, untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is fraudulent, untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account without notice and to refuse any and all current and future use of the Website.

Although sections of the Website may be viewed simply by visiting the Website, in order to access some Content and/or additional features offered at the Website, you may need to sign on as a guest or register as a member. If you create an account on the Website, you may be asked to supply your name, address, a User ID, phone number and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your password or account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of either your password or account or any other breach of security. You further agree that you will not permit others, including those whose accounts have been terminated, to access the Website using your account or User ID. You grant the Operators and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Website the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of the Website and in the provision of services to you. The Operators cannot and do not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit, or your or third parties’ use or misuse of information transmitted or received using website. To learn more about how we protect the privacy of the personal information in your account, please visit our Privacy Policy.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Operators, agents, vendors or suppliers from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use or misuse of the Website, including, without limitation, your violation of these Terms and Conditions, the infringement by you, or any other subscriber or user of your account, of any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity.
Termination

These Terms and Conditions of Use are effective until terminated by either party. If you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you must cease use of the Website. If you are dissatisfied with the Website, their content, or any of these terms, conditions, and policies, your sole legal remedy is to discontinue using the Website. The Operators reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Website, or parts of the Website, without notice, if we believe, in our sole discretion, that such use (i) is in violation of any applicable law; (ii) is harmful to our interests or the interests, including intellectual property or other rights, of another person or entity; or (iii) where the Operators have reason to believe that you are in violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE WEBSITE AND ASSOCIATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE OPERATORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. THE OPERATORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THE OPERATORS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. THE OPERATORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE WEBSITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPERATORS OR ANY OF THEIR AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, DAMAGE TO REPUTATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, MISUSE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF THE OPERATORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS DISCLAIMER CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF CONTENT. THE OPERATORS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED, OR ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE INFORMATION OR IDEAS CONTAINED, SUGGESTED OR REFERENCED IN OR APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE OPERATORS OR THROUGH THE OPERATORS, THEIR EMPLOYEES, OR THIRD PARTIES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE THE WEBSITE, THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

LIABILITY LIMITATION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE OPERATORS OR ANY OF THEIR AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO USER OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE THE WEBSITE OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR FOR ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OPERATORS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THE OPERATORS’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE WILL NOT EXCEED FIVE CANADIAN DOLLARS ($5.00). USER AGREES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND THAT THE OPERATORS WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE WEBSITE ABSENT SUCH LIMITATION.

General

The Website may be hosted on multiple physical servers located in any country in the world. The Operators make no claims that the Content on the Website is appropriate or may be downloaded in the country in which you reside. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

Section headings are for reference purposes only and do not define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. These Terms set forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and supersedes any and all oral or written agreements or understandings between the parties, as to their subject matter. The waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

Links to Other Materials

The Website may contain links to sites owned or operated by independent third parties. These links are provided for your convenience and reference only. We do not control such sites and, therefore, we are not responsible for any content posted on these sites. The fact that the Operators offer such links should not be construed in any way as an endorsement, authorization, or sponsorship of that site, its content or the companies or products referenced therein, and the Operators reserve the right to note its lack of affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement on the Website. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to by the Website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Because some sites employ automated search results or otherwise link you to sites containing information that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, the Operators cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in third party sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such sites.

Notification Of Possible Copyright Infringement

In the event you believe that material or content published on the Website may infringe on your copyright or that of another, please contact us.

Privacy Policy

PuslinchToday.ca respects the confidentiality of the personal information of its subscribers, readers, advertisers and those who enter our contests and promotions. As part of our commitment to you, we want to clarify the details of our privacy policy concerning the personal information that we collect.
To learn more, please read the following statements closely. We also strongly suggest that you refer to these sections periodically for changes or updates.

Protection and respect of your privacy

PuslinchToday.ca appreciates the concerns you may have with respect to the circulation of personal information on the Internet and, with your collaboration, wishes to address these issues. This is why we feel it is important that you fully understand the type of information we collect from you when visiting our website along with its intended use.

Please read the following sections carefully. We also strongly suggest that you refer to this section periodically for changes or updates.

The collection and processing of personal information

The collection and processing of personal information takes place under very precise conditions and at specific times. For example, when participating in online contests, you are required to enter your name, postal address, e-mail and other personal information by filling out an online form. From time to time, PuslinchToday.ca also solicits online reader comments on various issues and topics. For the comments to be accepted, PuslinchToday.ca requires that you submit your full name, city and phone number, along with any relevant comments and information, for potential publication online or in a print version of the website. PuslinchToday.ca does not guarantee that submitted comments will be published at all and reserves the right to edit, redact or un-publish any submitted comment content at any time, for any reason. All comments submitted to this site become the sole property of PuslinchToday.ca. Please understand that you are transferring all rights to the content of the submitted comment to PuslinchToday.ca who may publish or republish this content on its website, or on any other website or in any other print or digital medium.

PuslinchToday.ca also accepts letters to the editor online. When you send a letter to the editor, you are consenting to the letter being published, along with your name and city. Please be advised that after you submit a letter to the editor, PuslinchToday.ca owns the content of this letter and may republish it at any time and consent to the republishing of the content on other website or in any other print or digital medium.

Be advised that you are solely responsible for the content you submit to this Site. PuslinchToday.ca does NOT fact check submitted articles, comments, letters or any postings in any way. By submitting content to this website you are guaranteeing the accuracy of the submitted content and that you have to authority to submit said content.

The information that you submit (including but not limited to comments, letters, articles, photographs etc.) will be processed and be subject to a host of data collection practices including saving, storing, editing, detailing, archiving and destruction. PuslinchToday.ca also provides, within reasonable limits, means to verify the accuracy and to update your personal information. As well, on certain online forms, PuslinchToday.ca may ask you if you wish to receive information on other services, contests or news about PuslinchToday.ca and its partners. You are always given the option to decline such offers or to end your subscription to a previously requested service.

The length of time PuslinchToday.ca retains your personal information will vary depending upon the rules and requirements of each individual contest, promotion, or activity.

Despite the above, at any time, you may request that PuslinchToday.ca end its use or planned use of your personal information. Doing so may disentitle you to participate in contests.

In addition, PuslinchToday.ca may disclose your personal information: upon request by a legal authority or in good faith when such action is deemed necessary (a) in order to abide by applicable laws or regulations or to intervene in a lawsuit against PuslinchToday.ca; (b) in order to protect or defend the legal or property rights of PuslinchToday.ca or those of its users; and (c) to intervene, under extreme circumstances, in order to protect the personal safety of PuslinchToday.ca users or the safety of the general public.

Be careful!

PuslinchToday.ca may contain links to third-party Web sites; these are provided solely for your convenience. Clicking on these links will take you outside of PuslinchToday.ca. Please be advised that PuslinchToday.ca has no control over these third-party sites and, while PuslinchToday.ca may feature such links, PuslinchToday.ca will not, at any time, accept liability for these sites. Consequently, personal information that you provide to a Web site outside of PuslinchToday.ca is subject to the privacy protection policies of the given third-party site. In the event of abuse by such sites, PuslinchToday.ca cannot, at any time, be held responsible. Therefore, we strongly urge you to carefully read the privacy protection policies of all third-party sites you choose to enter.
We also wish to inform you that the risks associated with the supplying of personal information in a chat room, via e-mail or on a Web-based message board are not covered by our privacy protection policy; thus, you must be extremely careful if you choose to supply personal information through these means. You are submitting this information at your own risk. Indeed, this information may be collected and used by third parties without your prior consent. In other words, if you choose to provide personal information online and this information is available to the public, you may, eventually, receive unsolicited e-mail from third parties. PuslinchToday.ca declines all responsibility in this regard. We urge you to remain cautious and vigilant, at all times, on the Internet.

Security

PuslinchToday.ca has set up security measures to protect you from the loss or unauthorized use of your supplied personal information. Despite these measures, and given that no technology is foolproof, we must advise you that there will always remain a certain amount of risk and that your personal information may be disclosed, without your consent, unintentionally, and without fault on the part of PuslinchToday.ca. PuslinchToday.ca declines any responsibility in the event that such confidential information is disclosed. Note that the storage of personal information may occur on physical devices located in any country in the world, using any available technology.

Protection of children and teens on the Internet

Children and teenagers are increasingly using the Internet and discovering its many advantages. However, as is the case in many other environments, their greater vulnerability may be targeted for crime and exploitation. This is why we urge you to monitor the Internet use of your children and teenagers and provide them with advice on security and recommendations based on common sense. Such measures will often prevent your children and teenagers from being exposed to offensive content, or from becoming victims of harassment or other criminal acts.

To reduce these risks, as a parent, you should exercise a reasonable amount of supervision of Internet use by your children and teenagers. They should be told to never give out their personal information, such as their name, address or phone number, on any Internet forum. It is also important that children and teenagers be encouraged to share their concerns with you in the event that they receive disturbing or provocative messages. These recommendations will help your children and teenagers surf the Internet in an informed fashion and allow you to ensure that they fully benefit from the learning and development possibilities that exist online.

“Cookies”

What is a cookie?

“Cookies” are little bits of information that are sent to your computer when you visit a Web site. They are saved, either temporarily or permanently, on your hard drive, leaving a trace of your passage. The information can include such things as the date and time of your last visit, a given answer to an online question, personal information, etc. Cookies can also enhance your Web experience by recording your navigation preferences for a given Web site.

The use of cookies on the Web has become standard practice. Most Internet browsers will accept them by default. If you so choose, you may, at any time, change your parameters to disallow the use of cookies. However, in doing so, you will be unable to access the full features of certain sites. It should be noted that the actual cookie files stored on your hard drive are harmless. They may be read and deleted at any time. Thus, you always have complete control.

The use of cookies on PuslinchToday.ca

PuslinchToday.ca may use cookies to monitor traffic, anonymously, on its Web Sites. This allows us to estimate the size of our audience. Each visitor may be assigned a unique cookie, for a temporary period of time that allows us to determine the total number of repeat visits to PuslinchToday.ca. These temporary cookies may also facilitate easier and faster use of the Web Site.

While the information cannot be used to identify a visitor, cookies provide important data for our marketing department. Indeed, this information enables us to inform our sponsors of the total number of visitors for each of our sites and the length of each visit. In turn, it allows our sponsors to estimate or measure the probable or actual impact of their ads. It also allows us to determine our ad rates. While this information helps our sponsors buy ad space, it does not allow them to identify you individually. PuslinchToday.ca utilizes google analytics tracking cookies to help us anonymously collect information about our visitors to help us run this site better and more efficiently. We do use third party analytics programs such as Google Analytics to analyze traffic utilizing cookies.

PuslinchToday.ca may also use cookies to identify users upon their return the the site to quicken the login process of users and to identify return visitors.

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PuslinchToday is not responsible for any content placed on this site by third party advertisers such as google adsense. Clicking on any ad is at your own risk.

Please note that PuslinchToday.ca reserves the right to modify this privacy policy and terms of use at any time. Thus, we invite and urge you to periodically consult this section for possible updates and changes.