Terms and conditions

Welcome to the Heritage Montreal Foundation (“we”, “our”) Website (montrealheritagecalendar.com). Please read these terms and conditions of use (“Terms and Conditions”) carefully before browsing our site.  This agreement, which becomes effective when you access our site and remains in effect for an indefinite period, is legally binding.  By browsing this website, you acknowledge and accept all the Terms and Conditions.  We reserve the right to modify such terms at our sole discretion and without prior notice.  If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not visit our website.  In addition, it is your responsibility to read the Terms and Conditions regularly. 

Content of the site

Unless otherwise indicated, the contents of the website are presented for information and education purposes only.

Data and information provided by the Heritage Montreal Foundation and other sources are deemed to be reliable at the time of presentation. Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee that such data and information are accurate or complete and up to date at all times.

Use of the site

You may consult this site and, subject to express restrictions or limitations on specific items on the site, you may make an electronic copy, download or print certain parts of the site for your exclusive personal use and not for any commercial purpose.

Harassment, regardless of the nature, in particular the use of obscene or abusive language in e-mail messages or other forms of communication, is strictly prohibited on this site. Users are also prohibited from harassing our employees, hosts, representatives or any other members or visitors to the site and from misusing their name or identity. In addition, you may not download, disseminate or post any documents or messages on this site, that are defamatory, obscene, threatening or abusive, that invade the privacy of any persons or that are otherwise unacceptable, that could constitute or incite a criminal act, that violate the rights of any individuals or that would bind a third party or violate the law. You may not download onto the site any commercial messages or use the site to encourage other persons to join or become members of an online commercial service or other organization.

Copyright and trademarks

The entire content of this site, including texts, images, video and audio recordings, graphics, interfaces, codes, content selection and layout (the “Content”) is the property of Heritage Montreal Foundation or the respective holder who granted Heritage Montreal Foundation the right and authorization to use the Content and is protected by copyright. It is strictly prohibited to reproduce, publish, redistribute, transmit or use the Content in any other way, other than for research or educational purposes without commercial ends or for any pedagogical use by an educational institution, so long as the Content is accompanied by a mention of the rights holders of the Content and its source © Heritage Montreal montrealheritagecalendar.com.

All the trade-marks, whether registered or not, and all the business names (collectively the “Trade-marks”) are the property of Heritage Montreal Foundation or the respective holder who granted Heritage Montreal Foundation the right and authorization to use such Trade-marks.

We can, at our sole discretion, add, delete or modify part or all of these services at any time and without prior notice.

Communications

By sending us notes, messages, ideas, making suggestions, presenting concepts or submitting other messages, you are irrevocably assigning and transferring your rights and waiving all moral rights thereto for the duration of the right, in perpetuity, anywhere in the world. Consequently, you grant us the right to publish them, in any format, including for promotional and advertising purposes.

If you open a user account on our site, you will be required to provide accurate and complete information in all the required fields.

Links to other sites

We may provide links to other websites that are owned and operated by third parties. Such sites belong to third parties with whom we have no affiliation; consequently, we have no control over their information-gathering and privacy-protection practices, which may differ from and are independent of ours. We will therefore not be held liable for and do not offer any warranties as to the accuracy, currency and completeness of any information contained on such sites.

The inclusion of links on our website must not be deemed to be a recommendation or approval of the trade-marks, business names, brands, images, logos, symbols or other copyright-protected items contained on such sites or accessible through such sites. The presence of such links on our site in no way indicates that we are affiliated or associated with them or that we are legally authorized to use them.

However, you are entitled to communicate your comments on the links added to our website.

Confidentiality

All of the information you provide us with is governed by our privacy statement.  Please read our privacy statement for further information.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

Although we strive to provide up-to-date and accurate information on our website, errors or omissions may occur. As a result, we do not provide any guarantees or make any representations as to the accuracy or reliability of the information contained on this or any other website.

This website, the Content, information, services and products provided herein, including, without limitation, the texts, graphics and links, are provided on an “as-is” basis, without any guarantees, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all guarantees, express or implied, including, without limitation, implied guarantees of quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or absence of computer viruses and guarantees arising from established business practices or course of performance. We do not make any representations or give guarantees that the functions contained on this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that failures will be corrected or that the website or server providing access thereto are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not provide any guarantees or make representations regarding the integrity, consistency, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, currency, reliability or other quality of the components of our site. You should not act upon the current Content.

Under no circumstances shall we be held liable for direct, indirect, special or punitive damages or for monetary loss, even if you have informed us in advance of the possibility, be it a remedy for contractual, extra-contractual or civil liability or any other legal theory resulting from or in respect of the use, inability to use or execution of services or products offered, and in information or messages posted on the website. This limitation of liability clause shall apply notwithstanding any limited remedy available at law.

You use this website at your own risk and you agree not to claim otherwise.

Applicable Law

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws in force in the Province of Québec, and any disputes will be brought before the competent Québec court in the District of Montréal. Should any provision of the Terms and Conditions be deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision will be dissociated from the other provisions in the terms and conditions; the latter will remain in force.

If you suffer any prejudice or disagree, in any way whatsoever, with the provisions of the present Terms and Conditions, your sole remedy is to leave this website.

The terms and conditions and all other legal notices displayed on this website constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect of the use of the website and its Content.

Privacy Statement

The Heritage Montreal Foundation (“we”, “our”) makes every effort to protect the privacy of your personal information. Given that we obtain information on you through our website (montrealheritagecalendar.com), we feel it is important that you understand the manner in which we gather and use this information.

Use of information

We use all the information you provide us to make your visit on our website more pleasant. We may also use this information in the future to add personalized items to our site or to ensure that our content caters to the interests of our users. In addition, we can use your personal information to send you information letters or promotional offers with a view to providing you with the best possible service. We do not share your personal information with third parties.

Information that we share with third parties

If required by law or an order, we provide government authorities with your personal information when they need and request it.

Under no circumstances do we transmit your personal information to other third parties or organizations without your consent.

Cookies

We use a feature in your browser, known as cookies, to recognize your computer. A cookie is a small data file that is copied onto your hard drive when you visit a website. These files help you browse the site.

We do not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer. The information gathered is used for statistical purposes, especially to determine the number of hits on the site and to pinpoint the most frequently visited pages.

If your browser is configured to alert you before accepting cookies, you will receive a warning message for each cookie. You can change your browser settings in order to disable cookies.

Security and access

We store your files ourselves. We also take all appropriate security measures to ensure that the information you provide is kept confidential.

You can consult, modify or ask us to delete all the personal information you have provided us at any time. To do so, simply send us an e-mail at, or write to us at:

Héritage Montréal
100, Sherbrooke Street East, Suite 0500
Montreal (Quebec) H2X 1C3

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