WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA TERMS OF SERVICE
Last Updated October 21, 2020
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The services that ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD provides to User is subject to the
following Terms of Service ("TOS"). ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD reserves
the right to update the TOS at any time without notice to User. The most
current version of the TOS can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Service"
hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web pages and also on the
membership sign up form.
A. This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions applicable to use of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, including, but not limited to, supplemental terms and conditions set forth hereof ("Supplemental Terms") governing the use of certain specific material contained in WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA by User. By using ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), User agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA is personal to User and is not transferable to any other person or entity. User is responsible for all use of User's Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of User's Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. User shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of User's password(s), if any.
B. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
2. CHANGED TERMS
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right at any time to change or modify the
terms and conditions applicable to User's use of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, or any
part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to,
adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or
deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be
given by means including, but not limited to, posting on WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA,
or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which User
obtains notice thereof. Any use of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA by User after such
notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by User of such changes,
modifications or additions.
3. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Through its Web property, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD provides User with access to a variety of resources, including information areas, emails, and communication forums (collectively "Services"). The Services, including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new Web properties, are subject to the TOS.
4. EQUIPMENT
User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware, software and other equipment needed for access to and use of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA and all charges related thereto.
5. USER CONDUCT
A. User shall use WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA for lawful purposes only. User shall not post or transmit through WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD 's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that in ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD 's discretion restricts or inhibits any other User from using or enjoying WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA will not be permitted. User shall not use WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services competitive with ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD.
B. WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA are copyrighted as a collective work under the CANADA copyright laws. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. User may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. User may download copyrighted material for User's personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. User acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
C. User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with User. User shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. User also permits any other User to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that User's personal use. User hereby grants ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA by User.
D. Users shall not share information obtained from WWW.FINDADOTORBC.CA with others via any means, including email, Facebook, Twitter or any other social media platform. User shall not attempt to defeat any copy protections on content, including functions as “no-right-click’ and watermarks.
E. The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
6. USE OF SERVICES
The Services may contain email services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable User to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). User agrees to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, User agrees that when using the Communication Services, User will not:
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD reserves the right to terminate User’s access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as it deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD's sole discretion.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; User is responsible for adhering to such limitations if User downloads the materials.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information in any Communication Services. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from User’s participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD.
7. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
If any of the Services requires User to open an account, User must complete the registration process by providing ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. User also will choose a password and a user name. User is entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of User’s password and account. Furthermore, User is entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under User’s account. User agrees to notify ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD immediately of any unauthorized use of User’s account or any other breach of security. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD will not be liable for any loss that User may incur as a result of someone else using User’s password or account, either with or without User’s knowledge. However, User could be held liable for losses incurred by ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD or another party due to someone else using User’s account or password. User may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
8. MATERIALS PROVIDED TO ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD OR POSTED AT ANY OF ITS WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA PAGES
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD does not claim ownership of the materials User provide to ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") User’s Submission User is granting ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use User’s Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat User’s Submission; to publish User’s name in connection with User’s Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of User’s Submission, as provided herein. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD is under no obligation to post or use any Submission User may provide and ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion. By Posting a Submission User warrants and represents to own or otherwise control all of the rights to User’s Submission as described in these Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for User to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), User warrant and represent that (a) User is the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted User permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of User’s use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) User have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, User is granting (a) to all members of User’s private community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use User’s Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat User’s Images without having User’s name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the time User completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in connection with such Images prior to the time User completely remove such Images. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of User’s Images.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
A. USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA IS AT USER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA.
B. WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
C. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH USER.
D. IN NO EVENT WILL ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA OR THE ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE.
E. IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
F. FORCE MAJEURE – NEITHER PARTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY IN PERFORMANCE DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, RIOT, EMBARGOES, ACTS OF CIVIL OR MILITARY AUTHORITIES, FIRE, FLOODS, ACCIDENTS, SERVICE OUTAGES RESULTING FROM EQUIPMENT AND/OR SOFTWARE FAILURE AND/OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURES, POWER FAILURES, NETWORK FAILURES, FAILURES OF THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS (INCLUDING PROVIDERS OF INTERNET SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS). THE PARTY AFFECTED BY ANY SUCH EVENT SHALL NOTIFY THE OTHER PARTY WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM ITS OCCURENCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THS AGREEMENT SHALL THEN BE SUSPENDED FOR AS LONG AS ANY SUCH EVENT SHALL PREVENT THE AFFECTED PARTY FROM PERFORMING ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
10. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
THE LINKS IN THIS AREA WILL LET YOU LEAVE ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD'S SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD AND ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD OF THE SITE.
11. UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES DO NOT ACCEPT OR CONSIDER UNSOLICITED IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEAS FOR NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR NEW PRODUCT NAMES. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ORIGINAL CREATIVE ARTWORK, SAMPLES, DEMOS, OR OTHER WORKS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO AVOID POTENTIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR DISPUTES WHEN ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD'S PRODUCTS OR MARKETING STRATEGIES MIGHT SEEM SIMILAR TO IDEAS SUBMITTED TO ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD. SO, PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR UNSOLICITED IDEAS TO ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD OR ANYONE AT ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD. IF, DESPITE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SEND US YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS, YOU STILL SEND THEM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD MAKES NO ASSURANCES THAT YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS WILL BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY.
12. MONITORING
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA. Without limiting the foregoing, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right to remove any material that ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
13. INDEMNIFICATION
User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD by User or User's Account.
14. TERMINATION
Either ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD or User may terminate this Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD shall have the right to immediately terminate User's Account in the event of any conduct by User which ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by User of this Agreement.
15. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement and any operating rules for WWW.FINDADOCTORBC.CA established by ALLCOAST
SERVICES LTD constitute the entire agreement of 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. This Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA, without
regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach
or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or
subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.
16. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD its logos are trademarks of ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD, All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on ALLCOAST SERVICES LTD are the property of their respective owners.
17. TRADEMARKS
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.