Terms of Use
PawsConnect.com ("PawsConnect.com") maintains www.PawsConnect.com and its related sites (collectively the "PawsConnect.com site") for your personal information, entertainment, and enjoyment. Please feel free to browse, download from, talk back to, and otherwise use the site. At the same time, please remember that your access to the PawsConnect.com site is subject to the following terms of use (the "Terms of Use") as well as all applicable laws. By accessing and using the PawsConnect.com site, you accept and agree to the Terms of Use without limitation or qualification, and acknowledge that any other agreements you may have with PawsConnect.com are superseded by the Terms of Use, to the extent any conflict exists.PawsConnect.com may at any time revise these Terms of Use, as further described in this policy. Your use of this site following such revision constitutes your consent to the revised Terms of Use. You should therefore visit this page to review the current Terms of Use from time to time.
PawsConnect.com reserves the right, without notice and for any reason, to remove any content on this site, and to deny access of any user or users to all or any part of this site.
Use of the Site
Unless otherwise specifically indicated, you may download material displayed on the PawsConnect.com site for personal, non-commercial use only and you may not distribute, modify, transmit, use, or reuse any of the contents of the PawsConnect.com site for any public or commercial purpose without the written consent of PawsConnect.com or any third party PawsConnect.com deems necessary. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices on downloaded and/or copied material. Any copy of material from the PawsConnect.com site you make and distribute for any purpose must also include these Terms of Use. You may not access or use the PawsConnect.com site in any way that could or is intended to damage or impair the PawsConnect.com site, or any server or network underlying the PawsConnect.com site, or interfere with anyone else's use and enjoyment of the PawsConnect.com site.
Copyrights, And Other Rights
You should assume that everything on the PawsConnect.com site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and that it must not be used except as provided in the Terms of Use or with the express written consent of PawsConnect.com or any third party PawsConnect.com deems necessary. PAWSCONNECT.COM NEITHER WARRANTS OR REPRESENTS THAT YOUR USE OF THE MATERIAL DISPLAYED ON THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE WILL NOT INFRINGE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES. Any product, service, program, or technology described on the PawsConnect.com site may be the subject of other intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright, trademark, or patent rights) owned by PawsConnect.com. Any such right that is not expressly licensed herein is reserved by PawsConnect.com.
Images of people or places displayed on the PawsConnect.com site are either the property of, or used with permission by, PawsConnect.com. Use of these images by you or other third parties is prohibited unless expressly permitted in the Terms of Use or elsewhere on the PawsConnect.com site. Any unauthorized use of these images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other applicable regulations and statutes. Any product, service, program or technology described in any document published by PawsConnect.com on this site may be the subject of other intellectual property rights owned by PawsConnect.com. Any such right that is not expressly licensed hereunder is reserved by PawsConnect.com.
Trademarks
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the PawsConnect.com site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of PawsConnect.com and others. Nothing contained on the PawsConnect.com site should be construed as granting by implication, estoppels, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the PawsConnect.com site without the written permission of PawsConnect.com or such third party that may own the Trademark. Misuse of any Trademarks, or any other content, displayed on the PawsConnect.com site is prohibited. PawsConnect.com aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.
Submissions
Apart from your personal information, any communication or material you send to the PawsConnect.com site, electronically or otherwise, including but not limited to data, questions, comments, suggestions, or submissions is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you send to the PawsConnect.com site may be used by PawsConnect.com for any purpose including but not limited to modification, reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, broadcast, and posting. By submitting material to PawsConnect.com, you irrevocably transfer and assign to PawsConnect.com, and forever waive and agree never to assert, any copyrights, "moral" rights, rights of publicity or to privacy, or other intellectual-property or proprietary rights that you may have in such material. PawsConnect.com is free to use, without obligation of any kind, any ideas, concepts, techniques, or know-how contained in any communication you send to the PawsConnect.com site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services.
By using this site, you may submit, or PawsConnect.com may gather, certain limited information about you and your usage of the site. Subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy, PawsConnect.com is free to use such information for any purpose it deems appropriate.
No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, PAWSCONNECT.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED OR REFERENCED BY THIS SITE IS EITHER ACCURATE, THAT SUCH INFORMATION OR SERVICE WILL FULFILL ANY OF YOUR PARTICULAR PURPOSES OR NEEDS, OR THAT SUCH INFORMATION OR SERVICE DOES NOT INFRINGE ON ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. EXCEPT FOR ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES STATED ON THIS SITE, IF ANY, THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES PROVIDED OR REFERENCED ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH THE USER.
SO WHILE PAWSCONNECT.COM MAY USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INCLUDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE, PAWSCONNECT.COM MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO ITS ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS. PAWSCONNECT.COM MAY PERIODICALLY ADD, CHANGE, OR IMPROVE ANY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED ON THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE WITHOUT NOTICE. PAWSCONNECT.COM ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE.
IN FACT, YOUR USE OF THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, NEITHER PAWSCONNECT.COM NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR RELIANCE ON THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE, EVEN IF PAWSCONNECT.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FOR EXAMPLE, PAWSCONNECT.COM ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO OR ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR DOWNLOADING FROM, THE PAWSCONNECT.COM SITE. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY RESTRICT OR DISALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Disclaimers
PawsConnect.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate content or information posted on PawsConnect.com or in connection with PawsConnect.com, whether caused by advertisers of the PawsConnect.com or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the PawsConnect.com. Inclusion of any linked website on PawsConnect.com does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by PawsConnect.com. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. PawsConnect.com takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on PawsConnect.com, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. PawsConnect.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any communication. PawsConnect.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on PawsConnect.com or combination thereof.
Other Agreements
Your use of the PawsConnect.com site, or certain features or information provided through the PawsConnect.com site, may be subject to additional agreements apart from the Terms of Use.
Links
PawsConnect.com has not reviewed all of the sites which are linked to or from the PawsConnect.com site, and the fact of such links does not indicate any approval or endorsement of any material contained on any linked site. PawsConnect.com is not responsible for the contents of any site linked to or from the PawsConnect.com site; and your connection to any such linked site is at your own risk.
U.S. and International Information
Most of the information on the PawsConnect.com site applies internationally PawsConnect.com does not warrant or represent that all information applies internationally. You should check the applicability of any information on this site to you or your organization.
Solicitation
You shall not, without the express approval of PawsConnect.com, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services. You specifically acknowledge that soliciting other members to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization is expressly prohibited. PawsConnect.com may establish general practices and limits on forum usage, including:
- Using PawsConnect.com to transmit or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- Creating a false identity for the purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message;
- “Stalking” or otherwise harassing another; or
- Harming minors in any way; PawsConnect.com reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
The Terms of Use will be governed by and construed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, excluding only its conflict of law provisions. Each party to the PawsConnect.com site Terms of Use hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts within the Province of Ontario, and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
Any failure by PawsConnect.com to enforce any of its rights under the Terms of Use or applicable laws shall not constitute a waiver of such right. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you, PawsConnect.com, and the court shall endeavor to give effect to the intent reflected in that provision, and the remaining Terms of Use provisions shall retain their full force and effect.
You agree to follow any applicable laws in your use of the PawsConnect.com site. Among other things, Canadian, American and other export control laws regulate the export and re-export of technology originating in Canada, the United States and elsewhere. You will abide by all laws and regulations applicable to your use of the PawsConnect.com site and will not transfer, directly or indirectly, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any content or software from the PawsConnect.com site to or from any countries or foreign nationals in violation of such laws or regulations. PawsConnect.com may modify or amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Except for personal information which was previously collected, your use of the PawsConnect.com site following any such modification or amendment shall constitute your acceptance of the Terms of Use then in effect. In an effort to keep you informed of changes to these Terms of Use, please note that the latest revision occurred in November 2007. Changes to these Terms of Use will not affect our use of previously provided personal information.