Website Terms of Use Agreement

BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, DISCONTINUE ALL USE OF THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY.

Please carefully read the following Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") before using this website owned [and operated] by Yellow Pages Group Corp. ("YPG").

In these Terms of Use, the term "site" refers to www.businesscentre.yp.ca, www.carrefouraffaires.pj.ca or to any other web site owned by YPG and from which you may have been redirected (the "Site").

  1. General Remark

    This Site is for personal and non-commercial use. The entire content included in this Site, including but not limited to text, information, designs, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, interfaces, codes, audio clips, video clips, software and links to external websites (the "Content" ), is provided for informational purposes only.

  2. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

    YPG intends for the Content on this Site to be accurate and reliable, however, this Site and the Content are provided to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis and without warranty or condition of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, YPG disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, freedom from computer viruses, and warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. YPG expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the functions contained in this Site will be uninterrupted or error free, that communications to or from this Site will be secure and not intercepted, that defects will be corrected or that this Site or that the server which makes the Site available are free of viruses or other harmful components. In no event shall YPG or its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, suppliers, advertisers, representatives and agents, be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this Site or any other site you or users of your account may access while using this Site or your use or the use by users of your account of the Content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

  3. Indemnity

    You acknowledge and expressly agree that use of this Site is at your sole and own risk. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold YPG and its affiliates as well as their respective directors, officers, trustees and employees harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of these Terms of Use by you or users of your account, or in any way arising out of the use of this Site, including without limitation, the placement or transmission of any information or other materials on this Site by you or users of your account.

  4. Prohibited Use of this Site

    You shall not use this Site in any way that would interfere with its operation nor submit any content to this Site which libels, defames, invades privacy, is obscene, pornographic, abusive or threatening, infringes intellectual property laws or violates any other applicable laws. You shall not post, upload, publish, transmit or otherwise distribute on or through this Site any information or other materials that:

    • could constitute a criminal offence, including without limitation, any crimes relating to pornography, threats, intimidation, hate, assault, or fraud;
    • could defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise interfere with or harm the contractual, personality, confidentiality, privacy, publicity, moral or statutory or any other rights of any person, including, without limitation and for greater certainty, YPG and its affiliates;
    • could infringe the intellectual property rights including without limitation any copyright, trade-mark, or patent, of any person, including, without limitation and for greater certainty, YPG and its affiliates;
    • could be considered as a use of this Site that is contrary to law or electronic etiquette, or which would adversely impact the use of this Site or the Internet by other users, including the posting or transmitting of information or software containing viruses or other disruptive components;
    • contain any distasteful or offensive material including, but not limited to, material intended for an adult audience;
    • contain: (i) commercial content, including without limitation, advertising, solicitation, offers to sell any products, goods or services, or (ii) unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, which prohibition includes but is not limited to (a) using the Business Centre to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact or who have not consented to receiving electronic messages from you in accordance with applicable anti-spam legislation; (b) using the Business Centre to connect to people who don't know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those direct connections without their permission; and (c) sending messages to distribution lists, newsgroup aliases, or group aliases; or (iii) surveys or contests;
    • encourage, conspire, entice or promote the occurrence of any of the prohibited conduct stipulated herein.
     

    YPG does not endorse any submission or any opinion, recommendation or advice that you may submit on or through this Site and YPG expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with your submissions to this Site.

    YPG reserves the right to remove any information that you post, upload, publish, transmit or distribute or otherwise use on this Site at any time, at its sole discretion and without prior notice.

  5. License

    By posting, uploading or submitting any information, material or content to this Site, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of the rights to such material or content has expressly granted you the rights to grant) YPG a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sublicensable, royalty-free right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, improve, create derivative works from, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, translate, transmit, distribute and otherwise exploit any or all portions of such information, material or content in any manner and media and by means of any technology now known or hereafter developed. In addition, you hereby irrevocably waive all moral rights in any such information, material or content posted, uploaded or submitted by you.

  6. Web Scraping/Harvesting

    You may only use or reproduce the Content for your own personal and non-commercial use. The framing, scraping, data-mining, extraction or collection of the Content of this Site in any form and by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, you may not mirror any material contained on this Site.

  7. Hyperlinking to this Site

    You may create a link (the "Hyperlink") to this Site provided that:

    • you do not replicate any of the Content of this Site;
    • you do not create a frame or any other bordered environment around this Site or its Content;
    • the Hyperlink shall not imply any endorsement of any products, goods or services;
    • the website linking to this Site does not contain distasteful or offensive material including, but not limited to, material intended for an adult audience, including pornographic material; and
    • the website linking to this Site does not contain any information, content or material that would interfere with the operation of this Site nor which libels, defames, invades privacy, is obscene, pornographic, abusive or threatening, infringes intellectual property laws or violates any other applicable laws.
     

    YPG may withdraw your right to hyperlink to this Site at any time in its sole discretion.

  8. External Links on this Site

    Links available on this Site will allow you to link to websites or resources not maintained or controlled by YPG. YPG provides these links for your convenience only and makes no endorsements, warranties or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding those other websites and assumes no responsibility for content on third party websites. Please be aware that you link to these third party websites at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that YPG shall not be held responsible for the legality, accuracy or inappropriate nature of any content, advertising, products, services, or information located on or through any other websites, nor for any loss or damages caused or alleged to have been caused by the use of or reliance on any such content.

  9. Copyright

    All Content published on or otherwise accessible through this Site is protected by copyright to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws. The Content, and the copyright in the Content, are owned or controlled by YPG and/or its affiliates, licensors, suppliers, representatives or agents (each a "Copyright Holder"). YPG grants you a limited licence to display or print the Content for your own personal and non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell these materials in any form or manner without the prior written permission of the Copyright Holder(s) of the Content. You must abide by all copyright notices, information and restrictions contained in any Content on or accessed through this Site and maintain such notices in the Content. YPG does not warrant or represent that your use of materials displayed on, or obtained through, the Site will not infringe the rights of third parties.

  10. Trade-marks

    Yellow Pages™, Pages JaunesMC, the Walking Fingers & Design™, YellowPages.ca™, PagesJaunes.caMC, are trade-marks of YPG in Canada. All other products, services and company names mentioned in the Site may be trademarks of either YPG or its related companies or of their respective owners. You shall not use any trade-mark displayed on the Site without the express written permission of YPG or the relevant owner of the trademark.

  11. Changes

    YPG reserves the right to change or remove any Content from this Site, in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, at any time, without notice. YPG reserves the exclusive right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately. Any material changes will take effect 30 days after their posting. You must regularly review these Terms of Use. Please refer to the last update date which appears at the bottom of this page to know the posting date of any change. Your continued use of this Site following any modification to the Terms of Use constitutes your agreement to such modified Terms of Use.

  12. Privacy Policy

    To the extent any personal information is collected, used or disclosed by YPG through this Site, such collection, use and disclosure of personal information is subject to YPG's Privacy Policy. By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information as set forth in Privacy Policy.

  13. General

    YPG reserves the right to terminate or suspend access to this Site and/or to terminate these Terms of Use at any time without notice and for any reason whatsoever. The Terms of Use of this Site and all other documents referenced herein constitute the entire agreement between YPG and you with respect to your use of this Site or the use by users of your account. YPG's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. If any of these Terms of Use is determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. The parties hereby agree and attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the province to which you reside. The parties have required that these Terms of Use and all related documents be drawn up in English. Les parties ont demandé que ces termes et conditions ainsi que tous les documents qui s'y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.

Last updated on July 2014