Terms of Service

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Who we are

When we say “we”, “us” or “our”, we mean Matrix Law P.C.  Please note that use of this site does not mean you are a client. Until you have a signed retainer agreement with us, you must govern yourself accordingly.

Acceptable use of this website and any associated services:

We require you to follow several simple rules when accessing or using this website. You must not:

· use this website, information, hackathon resources or data in violation of any law, rule or regulation

· interfere with or disrupt this website or any of our computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment used by or for this website or system.

· interfere with the use or enjoyment of this website by others.

· introduce code which is disruptive or harmful to the website.

· attempt to gain unauthorized access to our computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment, including to: user-restricted areas of this website; logins and passwords of others; or personal information and personal accounts of others.

· conduct yourself in any way which is disruptive, discourteous or harmful to the website or hackathon, if you do so you may be removed, banned or other legal action may be taken against you or your firm.

Privacy

Your privacy is important to us.  If you provide any personal information to us through this website, we will handle it according to what we say in our Privacy Statement.  Contact us to get a copy if not available on this site for any reason.

Copyright

Unless we tell you otherwise, the content on this website, materials or data, or submitted to this website, is protected and all rights moral or otherwise are reserved.

Copyright ownership in user submitted content is ours, unless we tell you otherwise. You must obtain the prior consent of the copyright holder before doing anything with user submitted content or hackathon materials or data.

User contributed content

This website allows you and others to submit content to this website, and to download certain files, data and materials. If you choose to submit content or use the data, please be civil and respectful and ensure you delete materials if and when requested to do so. 

You must not:

Mislead us or anyone else as to your identity or the origin of the submitted content, or falsely claim to represent a person, organization or entity post or transmit any message, data, content or link to content that:

· you either do not own or do not have the necessary rights to post, download or transmit data.

· is in violation of any law, rule or regulation or any third party right, or promotes illegal activity or conduct that would contravene any law, rule or regulation or third party right.

· is abusive, hateful, homophobic, discriminatory, malicious, aggressive, threatening, violent, sexist, harassing, inflammatory, indecent, tortious, defamatory, knowingly false, misleading, deceptive, vulgar, obscene, offensive, scandalous, sexually explicit, profane, offensive or otherwise objectionable.

· incites hatred, racism, bigotry or physical harm of any kind.

· is unsolicited or unauthorized, such as unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letter," "pyramid scheme," or any other form of solicitation (commercial or otherwise)..

· is in breach of any confidence or non-disclosure agreement.

· includes personal data or information about others or data provided to you.

· can result in us being liable to anyone else under any intellectual property rights law.

By submitting your content, or downloading materials and data you agree to give us a right to do what we want with the content that you submit and to permit others to do the same; in both cases, without the need to give you notice, acknowledgement or payment (except in the case of personal information, in which case our right to do what we want with it is subject to terms of our Privacy Statement, other privacy policies and applicable consents). You also agree to waive your moral rights as an author under copyright law in the submitted content.

While we may moderate certain interactive portions of this website or hackathon, we are not required to, nor should you expect that we will take action in response to any content posted on this website. The views expressed by others represent their own personal views and are not endorsed or approved by us, nor do we endorse or approve any events or other activities posted by a user or made in an event.

We reserve the right not to post any content that you submit, and to remove, edit or move, at any time, any content submitted and posted on this website or in a hackathon which does not comply with these Terms of Use or for any other reason that we determine appropriate in our sole and exclusive opinion.

We will cooperate with law enforcement officials and comply with any court order with respect to any claim or investigation due to any content posted or activity that you undertake on our website or in a hackathon and will provide such content and provide information regarding your identity as well as other relevant information.

Links to other websites and social media platforms

You may see links on this website to other websites, or data sources and some widely-used social media platforms. We have included them because they may be of interest to you. Just to be clear, providing a link to them doesn’t mean that we endorse or recommend them to you.

Also, since these other websites and social media platforms are controlled and maintained by other people, we can’t be sure that the link will still work when you click on it or that the service or content is useful, appropriate, virus-free or reliable. Therefore, you need to decide for yourself whether you want to follow any link, download data or participate in an project or hackathon or to agree to receive or rely on any service or content that is made available to you.

Your privacy and third party sites

Important Privacy Information: Any information that you provide to or through a social media platform or other website is not collected or controlled by us. Social media platforms or other websites are not bound by our Privacy Statement. You should review the privacy policies of any linked website or social media platform before providing any personal or other information. Others may not comply with the same privacy laws, policies and practices. Please be careful and when in doubt do not share your information.

Links from other websites and social media platforms

Unless we tell you otherwise, other websites and social media platforms that link to this website are not associated with us or endorsed by us and we take no responsibility for third party sites.

Disclaimer of warranty / Limitation of liability

We cannot make this website as current, informative and interactive as possible without the important legal disclaimers of warranty and liability set out below. 

Warranty disclaimer

Use of this website and its contents and data is at your own risk. This website and all of its content are provided "AS IS". You must not rely on any content published on or linked to this website without first making your own inquiries to verify it is accurate, current, safe and complete. We do not make, and expressly disclaim, any representations, warranties, covenants and conditions, express or implied, arising out of operation of law, course of performance, course of dealing, usage of trade or otherwise, including any express or implied warranties and conditions of: merchantability; merchantable quality; fitness for a particular purpose; non-infringement; safety; quality; freedom from defects or that defects will be corrected; uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free use of this website; or accuracy, currency, reliability, completeness or appropriateness relating to the content of this website.

Limitation of liability

Under no circumstances will we or our employees, agents and independent contractors have any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary or other damages, and including without limitation to any loss of profit, costs, expenses, harm to business, business interruption, reputation, loss of information or programs or data, loss of savings, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of tangible or intangible property, legal fees or legal costs, wasted management or office time or damages of any kind whatsoever), whether based in contract, tort, negligence or any other legal basis, arising out of or in connection with this website, data, any linked website or linked social media platform (including without limitation any damages suffered as a result of the use, inability to use, failure of, or any omissions or inaccuracies in, this website, any linked websites or linked social media platforms, or any of the services or content of the foregoing), even if we have been specifically advised of the possibility of such damage or loss, or if such damage or loss was foreseeable.

General

We reserve the right to supplement, remove or modify these Terms of Use at any time and from time to time without notice. Please check this website regularly for any changes. If you continue to use this website following a change to these Terms of Use, you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.

If any term or condition set out in this Terms of Use is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will continue in full force.

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and deemed to be entered into by you in the Province of Ontario.

Updated: June 14, 2023