Terms of Use

 AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE

 

Use of this website, and information distributed in conjunction with this website, is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. Your use of this website or of any content presented in any and all areas of the website indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. If you do not agree to be bound by and comply with all of the foregoing, you may not access or use our web site information,  or services. We suggest you print a copy of each of these documents for your records.

Vancouver Homestay House shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall be effectively immediately following the posting of such changes on this website. The most recent version of these Terms of Use may always be found at www.vancouverhomestayhouse.com. You agree to review these Terms of Use from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of this website following changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. These Terms of Use were last modified on Dec 14, 2004.

The www.vancouverhomestayhouse.com Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by Vancouver Homestay House.

The web site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the www.vancouverhomestayhouse.com web site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
 

I understand and agree that the contents of these pages are original and the photo collection is belonging to Vancouver Homestay House. I will not re-post, resell, or bundle these photos, in part or in full. I understand and agree this it is not permissible either on-line or in printed collateral, regardless of cost. The same holds true if I want to include any of these photos on a CD-ROM). I understand that I may not use these photos as part of a web site and/or photo display, or written letter; etc. I understand and agree that if I wish to re-post or resell any part of this collection, I will need explicit written permission from Vancouver Homestay House. Submit all requests to: info@vancouverhomestayhouse.com


I agree to international copyright laws and I understand that these laws protect the entire contents of these pages. The owners of the copyrights are Vancouver Homestay House, its affiliates, and/or other third party licensors. In other words, I cannot include these images in my copyright or claim to have created them myself. Minor modifications such as a color change or the addition of text merely creates a derivative of the original work, which would still mean that Vancouver Homestay House. retains copyright over the derivative, as well as to the original underlying work. I will provide a credit line if I use any of these files, artwork, or objects on these pages, or a derivative thereof.

 
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

The Vancouver Homestay House web site may contain links to other Web Sites. The linked sites are not under the control of Vancouver Homestay House and Vancouver Homestay House is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, including without limitation any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to a linked site. Vancouver Homestay House is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. Vancouver Homestay House is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Vancouver Homestay House of the site or any association with its operators, webmasters or owners.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the Vancouver Homestay house web site, you warrant to Vancouver Homestay House that you will not use Vancouver Homestay House web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions. You may not use the Vancouver Homestay House web site in any manner which could interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Vancouver Homestay House web site.

Vancouver Homestay House reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Vancouver Homestay House’s sole discretion.

User Conduct and Obligations 

You agree to follow all applicable laws and regulations when using this website. Furthermore, you agree that you shall not:

upload, post or otherwise transmit through or to this website any content that:

is unlawful, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, lewd, offensive, defamatory or otherwise objectionable;

might infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights of others; contains any viruses, Trojan horses, time bombs, or any other harmful programs or elements;

disrupt, place unreasonable burdens or excessive loads on, interfere with or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of our website, its computer systems, servers or networks;

provide false information about yourself to us, impersonate any other person, or otherwise attempt to mislead others about your identity or the origin of any content, message or other communication;

transmit junk mail, chain letters, or other unsolicited bulk e-mail or duplicative messages; collect information about other visitors to our website without their consent or otherwise systematically extract data or data fields, including without limitation any data or e-mail addresses;

sell access to or the use of this website, including any content contained on, downloaded or accessed from this website, except as specifically permitted in writing by Vancouver Homestay House;

redistribute any content, including data, provided by us in any manner whatsoever including by means of printed publication, fax broadcast, web pages, e-mail, web newsgroups or forums, or any other electronic or paper-based service or method; intentionally alter the format in which data is provided by us or otherwise circumvent our regular interfaces to such data;

and embed or import any data provided by us into any information services (whether or not web-based), data files or application software, including without limitation accounting and payroll systems, except as except as specifically permitted in writing by Vancouver Homestay House. By uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting through or to our website any content, you grant to us, our successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, non-revocable license to use or distribute such content in any manner otherwise than as stated in our Privacy Policy.

 Activity Waiver:

Exclusion of Liability - Assumption of Risk
As a condition of involvement in all activities at Vancouver Homestay House, I assume all risk of person injury, death, or property loss resulting from any cause whatsoever, including but not limited to the inherent risks of these activities, use of equipment, collision with man-made or natural objects or other students, travel within or beyond designated boundaries, or negligence, breach of contract, or breach of statutory duty of care on part of Vancouver Homestay House. and it's employees, owners, and agents. I agree that Vancouver Homestay House. and its employees, owners and agents shall not be liable for any such personal injury, death, or property loss and releases Vancouver Homestay House. and its employees, owners and agents and waives all claims and respects thereto. This includes all transport to and from these activities arranged by Vancouver Homestay House. And it's employees, owners, and agents.

This means that you are fully responsible for anything that happens to you during activities organized by Vancouver Homestay House. You do not have to do any activity you do not want to. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate insurance coverage.

Materials provided to/or posted to any Vancouver Homestay House web site.

Vancouver Homestay House does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Vancouver Homestay House (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Vancouver Homestay House web site or any of its other services. However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Vancouver Homestay House, its affiliated companies and necessary sub licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Vancouver Homestay House is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Vancouver Homestay House’s sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.


LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE  AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

VANCOUVER
HOMESTAY HOUSE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE
VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE
VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE VANCOUVER HOMESTAY HOUSE WEB SITE.

CONTACT : info@vancouverhomestayhouse.com

 

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:

All contents of the Vancouver Homestay House web site are:

Copyright © 2004 Vancouver Homestay House All rights reserved.

TRADEMARKS

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement under United States copyright law should be sent to Service Provider’s Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE. See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

All documentation should be in writing and sent to us at Vancouver Homestay House. We will comply with all intellectual property laws and act accordingly upon receiving a claim or notice of infringement. If you think your work has been reproduced on our web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, Provide a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner for the purposes of the complaint.

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.

Identification of the material on our website that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity.

The address, telephone number or e-mail address of the complaining party.

A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.

A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice of copyright infringement is accurate, and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed.

All copyright infringement notices should be sent to:

 

 

Vancouver Homestay House

754 East 53rd Ave

Vancouver B.C.

V5X 1J6

Canada

Attention: webmaster

E-mail: Webmaster@vancouverhomestayhouse.com

 

Note: We at Vancouver Homestay House are committed to dealing with people of as many languages as possible. However because we are English-speaking. We are sorry for any inconvenience we may cause you, but we can only correspond with you in English.

 


 

 

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