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GENERAL

By using this Website you agree to the Terms of Use. SexualDiversity.org reserves the right to prevent access to any user who is found to be in breach of these Terms of Use.

The information, artwork, text, video, audio, pictures, software and other intellectual property (collectively, "Materials") contained on the Website are protected by copyright and international laws. You may only access and use the Materials for personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify or create derivative works of the Materials (or authorize others to) for commercial gain, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).

You expressly agree that use of the Website and related services is at your sole risk. The Website, Materials and related services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. SexualDiversity.org makes no representations or warranties with regard to the Website or any Materials therein, whether express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement or any implied warranty arising out of course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade.

By using the Website, Materials or related services, you agree that SexualDiversity.org will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature whatsoever and howsoever arising out of or in connection with the viewing, use or performance of the Website, Materials or related services whether due to inaccuracy, error, omission or any other cause.

Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive its right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. Changes may be made to these Terms of Use from time to time. SexualDiversity.Org will notify website users of any such changes by posting a prominent notice of change in Terms of Service at the top of each page of our website, including a link to the Changed Terms of Service, for a period not less than fourteen (14) days from the date of the change. In addition it is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. These terms of use are governed in all aspects by the Laws of Canada. Legal proceedings related to the matters set out in the terms of use shall be brought and adjudicated solely in the courts of Canada.

LINKS

This Website may contain links to other Websites. SexualDiversity.org is not responsible for or liable for the content or Terms of Use and practices of other Websites. All external Websites are accessed at the users own risk.

COOKIES

SexualDiversity.org sometimes use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that can be stored on your computer's hard drive. It may be stored and updated at various times as you access the website. Each time you visit the website, the server may deliver certain customized information to your computer based on the data stored in your cookie. This allows SexualDiversity.org to tailor the service to your preferences. You are not obliged to accept a cookie and you may modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. If you do not want to accept cookies please use the help tools provided with your internet browser to find out how to achieve this. We use cookies and IP addresses for system administration and to monitor aggregate non-personalized information (such as anonymous statistics related to the take up or use of services, or to patterns of browsing). Certain non-personal information about users is recorded by the standard operation of our internet servers. Examples of this type of information include the type of browsers being used, its operating system and the domain names (not e-mail addresses, where possible) of users. See our Privacy Policy for more information.

We may monitor any message board and/or web-chat area which exists on this Website though we are not under any obligation to do so. We advise you to use care and discretion when disclosing personal information on any message board or on any chat area on this Website as other users may collect and use this information and this may result in users receiving unsolicited messages from other people.

Users must not upload, post, publish or transmit any unlawful, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening abuse or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, in any area of the Website including on message boards and in web-chat areas. SexualDiversity.org considers as constituting objectionable information any information which constitutes or encourages the breach of any intellectual property right including copyright whether such right is owned by SexualDiversity.org or any third party.

SexualDiversity.org reserves the right to remove or edit (without notice) any item of information which it considers to be in breach of these Terms of Use and to disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request. SexualDiversity.org also reserves the right to bar any user from the message board and web-chat areas of the Website if he or she uploads, posts, publishes or transmits objectionable information in these areas.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

We may use, and may transfer to others to use, broad demographic information that may include data from your activity at the Site, but not personal information. For example, we use broad demographic information to tailor the site to the interests of our visitors, and we may share it with advertisers and other third parties so that they can tailor their advertisements and communications to the appropriate audience. We reserve the right to use such broad demographic information, and to allow others to make use of it, without limitation or restriction, and without further notice to you, in our sole and absolute discretion and is the sole and absolute discretion of those with whom we share such information.

THIRD PARTIES

When we include links to other internet sites, on this site and in our newsletters and other communications, we do so solely as a convenience to our visitors. Operators of such linked sites may acquire personal information about you through registration procedures or other means and may use that information in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control. Your access and use of linked sites is solely at your own risk.

SECURITY

Whenever we obtain your personal information we take reasonable precautions to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure, but we cannot act as insurers of the security of your personal information transmitted over the internet. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or missions beyond our reasonable control.

DISCLOSURE

You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online in a public accessible area, such as in your member profile, a message board or chat room, that information may be collected an used by others. We do not control the actions of our visitors. If you disclose personal information in your member profile message board or any other public accessible place on the internet you do so at your own risk and should understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes. Please remember the protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register, and you should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.

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FINALLY

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.

SexualDiversity.org may make changes to this terms and conditions and privacy policy from time to time. SexualDiversity.Org will notify users of any such changes by posting a prominent notice of change of Terms of Service at the top of each page of our website, including a link to the Changed Terms of Service, for a period not less than fourteen (14) days from the date of the change. In addition it is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.

If any provision of these Terms of Service are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive its right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

Governing Law: Any disputes arising out of this agreement, including tort claims, shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to its conflict of laws rules or your actual state, province or country of residence. The Parties must irrevocably submit all disputes arising out of this Agreement to the courts of the District of Montreal, Province of Quebec, including disputes regarding the Agreement's interpretation and its effects.



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