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Privacy Policy :
Thank you for visiting www.ottawatrade.ca.
We respect your privacy and committed to protect your privacy while online at
our site. This privacy policy tells you how we use personal information
collected at this site. Please read it before using the site. By using the
site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. The
following discloses the information gathering practices for this web site.
Advertisers:
We use third-party advertising companies such Google to serve ads when you visit
our website. These companies may use information (not including your name,
address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and
other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on
our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users
based on their visit to our site and other sites on the internet. Google may be
placing and reading cookies on your user browser, or using web beacons to
collect information, in the course of generating the most relevant and useful
ads for you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know
your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please
visit Google ad and content
network privacy policy
Cookies / Tracking Technology :
A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters sent to your computer
or other device that uniquely identifies your browser. Our site don’t use
cookies but our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, Google
Adsense) to improve the quality of their advertisement service. However, we
have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission
for them to set cookies for advertising. You can choose to disable or
selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser
settings if you wish so.
Log Files:
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, administer the site,
track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
Links:
This web site contains some selected links to other web sites. Please be aware
that we are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personal
information. This privacy statement is valid only for the information collected
by this web site.
Terms of Use :
Ottawatrade.ca is a free electronic classified service. Our
service has been created to be easily accessible to all users of legal age, but
it also has limitations and risks that you must be aware of before
participating. Prior to, and as a condition of your participation, you
(hereinafter You or Yours or User) must agree to abide by our Terms of
Participation. You may review these Terms at any time by clicking on the Terms
link at the bottom of the home page.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
1. Buying and selling through Ottawatrade.ca is available only to individuals
who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. This excludes in
all cases minors (persons who have not reached their eighteenth birthday). In
addition, minors may not place or respond to a personal advertisement.
2. Ottawatrade.ca reserves the right to modify the Terms of Participation at any
time and without prior notice to its Users. We may add to, change, delete or
end our or Your use of our service at any time. The service may be temporarily
unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons.
3. Ottawatrade.ca is not involved in any transaction between any party who uses
our site. There are risks which You assume when dealing with people who might
be acting under false pretenses; all of these risks are borne by You. We are a
venue only and do not screen or censor or otherwise control the listings
offered to other Users, nor does Ottawatrade.ca screen or censor or otherwise
control the Users of its service. Ottawatrade.ca cannot and does not control
the behavior of the participants on this site. We cannot control whether or not
Users of Ottawatrade.ca will complete the transactions they describe on our
site. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE CARE THROUGHOUT YOUR DEALINGS WITH
OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS SITE! Ottawatrade.ca does not assume responsibility for
the content or context of the user comment areas and will not remove or edit
postings to the public comments areas once they are entered into the service,
except to expire records or in our sole discretion.
4. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, Ottawatrade.ca is
under no obligation to become involved. In the event that You have a dispute
with one or more Users, You hereby release, Ottawatrade.ca, their officers,
employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages
(actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected
and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way
related to such disputes and / or our service.
5. The Ottawatrade.ca service may be used only for lawful purposes.
Transmission, distribution or storage of material or conduct in violation of
any applicable local, state, federal or foreign law or regulation is
prohibited. This includes without limitation any unauthorized use of material
protected by patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right,
material that is obscene, defamatory or libelous, constitutes an illegal
threat, or violates rights of privacy or publicity, or violates export control
laws. You may use the information on our site only to the extent necessary to
facilitate Ottawatrade.ca related transactions.
6. Ottawatrade.ca prohibits the transmission, distribution or posting of
unwanted or offensive content. Prohibited transmissions include without
limitation, profane or sexually explicit advertisements that include masking or
misspelling the words, or images that would be illegal in any jurisdiction. It
is Your responsibility, and you agree to comply with all requirements, legal or
other. Additional prohibitions include misleading offers that do not list the
total purchase price or a "bait & switch" of products, advertisements
listed in the incorrect category, telephone numbers listed in the personals or
any sub-category of personals, duplicate listings that contain more than 60% of
the same characters, regardless of category, U.R.L. (Universal Resource
Locator) or hyperlinks within an advertisement (except where allowed) or image,
the sale or distribution of firearms, weapons or controlled substances,
make-money fast schemes, pyramid or chain letters, fraudulent or criminal
offers including but not limited to registering another email address other
than Your own, any posting with the goal of harassment of another, sexual
requests from or for a minor, racial slurs or comments, harassment, placing a
fraudulent ad, unsolicited advertising (whether commercial or informational)
and unsolicited email or advertisements including, but not limited to adult or
dating services placing advertisements (SPAM). Further, Ottawatrade.ca
prohibits the transmission, distribution or posting of any matter which
discloses personal or private information concerning any person or entity,
including without limitation phone number(s) or addresses, credit debit cards,
calling card, User account numbers/ passwords or similar financial information,
and home phone numbers or addresses. Even though all of this is strictly
prohibited, there is a small chance that You might become exposed to such items
and You further waive Your right to any damages (from any party) related to
such exposure.
7. Ottawatrade.ca prohibits the listing or sale of the following goods for any
reason, including but not limited to any item that is illegal to sell under any
applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation including the following:
Food , Alcoholic beverages,Cigarettes or any other tobacco product for human
consumption, Pharmaceuticals or any other controlled substance Dangerous,
counterfeit or stolen goods. Goods which do not actually exist. Any good that
infringes or violates anyone's rights. Any item which in Ottawatrade.ca's sole
discretion is inflammatory, offensive or otherwise inconsistent with
Ottawatrade.ca standards of business ethics. Any messages, data, or images that
might be considered by a reasonable person to be obscene or which contain
racial, ethnic, religious slurs or derogatory epithets, or advocating violence,
hate or other language that is deeply or widely offensive.
8. Ottawatrade.ca strongly opposes SPAM, which floods the Internet with unwanted
and unsolicited email and deteriorates the performance and availability of the
Ottawatrade.ca service. All forms of SPAM, and all activities that have the
effect of facilitating SPAM, are strictly prohibited. It’s recommended that YOU
use the Mailing system of the Ottawatrade.ca to prevent SPAM.
9. Ottawatrade.ca also prohibits the use of another Internet service to send or
post SPAM to drive visitors to Your site hosted on or through Ottawatrade.ca
systems, whether or not the messages were originated by You, under Your
direction, or by or under the direction of a related or unrelated third party.
10. If Ottawatrade.ca, in its sole
discretion, determines that a violation of the Terms of Participation has
occurred, Ottawatrade.ca may pursue any of its legal remedies, including but
not limited to the immediate deletion of any offending material from its site,
cancellation of Your account and /or the exclusion of any person(s) who may
have violated any Terms of Participation. Ottawatrade.ca could also
pursue violators with claims that they have violated various criminal and/or
civil laws as applied by the relevant jurisdiction. Ottawatrade.ca will
cooperate with any investigation by any Federal, State, or local body or any
court or tribunal legitimately exercising it's rights. Such cooperation may be
without notice to You. If Ottawatrade.ca believes in its sole discretion that
any ad may create liability for Ottawatrade.ca, Ottawatrade.ca may take any
actions that it believes are prudent or necessary to minimize or eliminate its
potential liability, including but not limited to, the release of User
information. In sum, Ottawatrade.ca reserves the right to refuse service to
anyone at any time, and to remove any listings or any advertisements for any
reason, and without notice.
11. User understands and agrees that User is responsible for all applicable
taxes and for all costs that are incurred in using the Ottawatrade.ca service.
We may also, in our sole discretion, add or delete fees associated with the
Service.
12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT USER'S
SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS AND ON AN AS AVAILABLE BASIS.
OTTAWATRADE.CA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
13. OTTAWATRADE.CA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET USER'S
REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR
FREE; NOR DOES OTTAWATRADE.CA MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE.
14. USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL AND/OR GOODS OR
SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE IS DONE AT USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND THAT USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANY
TRANSACTION.
15. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY USER FROM
OTTAWATRADE.CA OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. USER AGREES THAT NEITHER OTTAWATRADE.CA NOR ANY OF
ITS PROVIDERS OF INFORMATION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE
OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR FOR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH
OR FROM THE SERVICE OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF
USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA OR ARISING FROM ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE
SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA
OR OTHER INTANGIBLE, EVEN IF OTTAWATRADE.CA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. USER FURTHER AGREES THAT OTTAWATRADE.CA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF
SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER SUCH INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION OR
TERMINATION WAS JUSTITIED OR NOT, NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL, INADVERTENT OR
ADVERTENT. USER AGREES THAT OTTAWATRADE.CA SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE
TO USER, OR ANYONE, FOR THE STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OF THE
SERVICE. In sum, in no event shall Ottawatrade.ca total liability to You for
all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount paid by You to
OTTAWATRADE.CA, if any, that is related to the cause of action.
17. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES OR
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
18. You give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable,
sublicenseable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise all copyright and
publicity rights, in any existing or future media, known or unknown, over the
material or User Data displayed in Your listings. For the purpose of this
Agreement, "User Data" shall mean all information (if any) submitted by You,
(the User) to Ottawatrade.ca with the exception of trading data, credit card
numbers, checking account numbers, etc. "Individually Identifiable User Data"
shall mean that subset of "User Data" which can be reasonably used to identify
a specific individual such as their name, address, phone number, etc. The User
Data shall be deemed to be the property of Ottawatrade.ca. You shall take all
reasonable efforts to ensure that it is accurate and complete and not
misleading in any way.
19. No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use. You agree not to resell or assign
Your rights or obligations under these Terms of Participation. You also agree
not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Service.
20. Others' Information. You agree not to make use of anyone else's Information
other than as necessary to participate in Ottawatrade.ca and to promptly
complete any Ottawatrade.ca Classifieds transactions in which You are involved.
21. No Agency. There is no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer
or franchisor-franchisee relationship between Ottawatrade.ca and any User of
the Service.
22. Notice. Any notice to You or to us shall be made by either email. We may
also give notice of changes to these Terms of Participation or other matters
related to Ottawatrade.ca by displaying notices to Users on the Service.
23. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding any prior agreements and
or communications regarding such subject matter. This Agreement may only be
modified, or any rights under it waived, by a written document executed by both
parties.
24. These Terms of Participation and the relationship between User and
Ottawatrade.ca shall be governed by the laws of the State where
Ottawatrade.ca's owner(s) resides(s) without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. User and Ottawatrade.ca agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of
Ottawatrade.ca's owner(s) residence.
25. The failure of Ottawatrade.ca to exercise or enforce any right or provision
of these Terms of Participation shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of these Terms of Participation is found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that
the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as
reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms of
Participation shall remain in full force and effect.
26. The section titles in these Terms of Participation are for convenience only
and have no legal or contractual effect.
27. Please help us keep the Ottawatrade.ca site an enjoyable experience for all
Users, if You observe material or behavior that may violate one of the
Ottawatrade.ca terms of participation, please contact Ottawatrade.ca at
info@ottawatrade.ca
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