By accessing or using the City Pulse Toronto website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.
If you do not agree with any part of these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the site.
Continued use of City Pulse Toronto constitutes your acceptance of any changes to these terms, as described below.
These Terms of Use apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the site.
Your use of certain services or features may be subject to additional terms, which will be incorporated into these Terms by reference.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
All content available on City Pulse Toronto, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, and software, is the exclusive property of City Pulse Toronto or its content suppliers and is protected by Canadian and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
The City Pulse Toronto name, logo, and all related names, design marks, and slogans are trademarks of City Pulse Toronto and may not be used without prior written permission.
Users may view, print, and download content for personal, non-commercial use only, provided they do not modify or remove any copyright or proprietary notices.
Any user-submitted content (such as comments or user-generated articles) remains the property of the user; however, by submitting content, you grant City Pulse Toronto a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content in any media.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, or otherwise exploit any content from City Pulse Toronto without prior written consent.
You warrant that any content submitted by you does not infringe on the rights of third parties, including intellectual property rights.
City Pulse Toronto reserves the right to remove any user-submitted content at its sole discretion.
3. Prohibited Uses
You agree not to use City Pulse Toronto for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any local, provincial, national, or international law or regulation.
You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the site, or any other systems or networks connected to the site, by hacking, password mining, or any other illegitimate means.
You must not use the site to transmit, distribute, or facilitate the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam, or any other form of solicitation.
Harassment, abuse, intimidation, or threatening behavior towards other users, staff, or representatives of City Pulse Toronto is strictly prohibited.
You shall not upload, post, or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, infringing, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable.
You may not use any automated means, including robots, scrapers, or spiders, to access or collect data from City Pulse Toronto without express written permission.
Interfering with the proper working of the site, including introducing viruses or other harmful code, is strictly forbidden.
4. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use and any disputes arising from or relating to them are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Toronto, Ontario, for the resolution of any legal matter arising from these Terms of Use or your use of City Pulse Toronto.
Use of City Pulse Toronto may be subject to other local, provincial, national, and international laws.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
You are responsible for compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to your access and use of City Pulse Toronto.
5. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, City Pulse Toronto and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, partners, and licensors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of or inability to use the site.
City Pulse Toronto assumes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, or unauthorized access to user communications.
Under no circumstances will City Pulse Toronto’s total liability to you for all claims arising out of or related to the use of the site exceed the amount paid by you, if any, to City Pulse Toronto during the twelve months prior to the event giving rise to the liability.
City Pulse Toronto is not liable for any damages resulting from any third-party conduct, user interactions, or external links accessed through the site.
This limitation of liability applies regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
By using the site, you expressly acknowledge and accept that you assume all risk associated with such use.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
City Pulse Toronto is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
City Pulse Toronto does not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or free from viruses or other harmful components.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from City Pulse Toronto or through the site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
City Pulse Toronto makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or currency of any content available through the site.
Your use of the site and any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the site is at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results.
City Pulse Toronto makes no guarantee of the availability or accessibility of any portion of the site at any given time.
Certain jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
7. Changes to Terms
City Pulse Toronto reserves the right to modify, update, or revise these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice.
Any changes to the Terms of Use will be effective immediately upon posting on the site unless otherwise stated.
It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for any changes.
Your continued use of City Pulse Toronto following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes.
If you do not agree to the new or modified Terms of Use, you must discontinue your use of the site.
City Pulse Toronto may, at its sole discretion, notify users of changes to these Terms via email, site notifications, or other reasonable means.
The most current version of the Terms of Use will always be available on the City Pulse Toronto website.