Terms of Service

This is a legal document and creates an Agreement between you, the user, and Sar-Net Information Technology Services You must agree to be bound by the terms and conditions presented herein as a condition precedent to using any of the tools or services provided to you via the Sar-Net Information Technology Services web site.

By using or purchasing any tool or service presented by this site or viewing any element of content present on this site, you signify your acceptance to each term and condition of this Terms of Service. These terms and conditions apply to any separate Agreement, whether or written in nature and are incorporated by reference into any such Agreement as if fully set forth therein.

THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT APPLY NOT ONLY TO YOUR USAGE OF THIS SITE BUT TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT WHEREBY SAR-NET PROVIDES YOU ANY SERVICE WHATSOEVER.

Rules of Behavior Regarding This Website

You may never engage in any of the following activities :

•   Violation of any law, whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature, regarding your usage of this site.
•   Engage in any action, indirectly or directly, that is harmful to the Sar-Net Information Technology
     Services web site or any function thereof. Confidentiality of Codes, Passwords and Information.

You agree to treat as strictly private and confidential any user ID and related password which you may have received required for entry to any tool or service that we provide and all information to which you have access through password-protected areas and will not cause or permit any such information to be communicated, copied or otherwise divulged to any other person whatsoever. You are solely responsible for the security of your password. Any loss that you sustain due to a lack of security on your part regarding your codes or passwords is your sole loss to sustain.

Intellectual Property

The contents of the Sar-Net Information Technology Services web site are protected by Canadian copyright law and trademark law, the laws of the Province of Ontario, and various international treaties and agreements. Canadian copyright law and patent law may protect various software, programming and scripts in use by Sar-Net Information Technology Services Text, graphics, appearance, visual elements, design, concepts, business models, operational models, databases, collections of links, hyper text markup language (HTML) code, scripts and all products sold and services offered are protected by Canadian and International Copyright Laws and Treaties, and may not be copied, published, reengineered, decompiled, translated, mirrored, hosted, or otherwise distributed by any means without explicit written permission of Sar-Net Information Technology Services

Trademarks appearing on this site are protected by law and you cannot use any such trademarks in any fashion without the express written permission of the trademark owner.

Your "right" to use the Sar-Net Information Technology Services site, and any tools, services or memberships offered is subject to termination by Sar-Net Information Technology Services at any time, for any reason, without notice to you.

Liability

The services, tools, and programs offered by Sar-Net Information Technology Services, including those service that are not a portion of this website, but are services provided by separate contractual agreement or arrangement, are provided on a "as is" basis, and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. Sar-Net Information Technology Services hereby disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Sar-Net Information Technology Services does not warrant that any material or function presented on this site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful elements. Sar-Net Information Technology Services does not offer a warranty or make any representations regarding the results of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, risk of injury to your computer or commercial advantage to you. No promises of any earnings or commercial gain are made to you in any way. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so such exclusions may not apply to you.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Sar-Net Information Technology Services be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the tools or services offered to you via this site, or outside of this site through separate contractual arrangements, even if you have advised Sar-Net Information Technology Services of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall Sar-Net Information Technology Services's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, or any other legal theory, including but not limited to, negligence or otherwise) exceed the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100) CAD.

You agree to hold Sar-Net Information Technology Services, its employees, directors, officers, investors, partners, affiliates and advertisers harmless and defend from any civil claim of any nature regarding your usage of any of the tools or services provided via this site, or through any separate contractual arrangements

External Content Sar-Net Information Technology Services include hyperlinks to third-party content, advertising or websites. You acknowledge and agree that Sar-Net Information Technology Services is not responsible for and does not endorse any advertising, products or resource available from such resources or websites.

Cancellation of Programs, Tools, and Services

Sar-Net Information Technology Services may cancel or discontinue any or all of our programs, tools, or services provided on this website at any time without notice to you.

Jurisdiction / Arbitration

This Agreement and any separate agreements whereby Sar-Net Information Technology Services provides you with services, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Province of Ontario, excluding that body of laws known as choice of law or conflict of laws. Subject to the provisions of this Section, all disputes, controversies or claims (except civil wrongs or criminal acts, intentional or otherwise, committed by you) arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be resolved through mandatory binding arbitration conducted in Ontario, Canada, before a Provincial Court of Law.

Entire Agreement

You understand and agree that the above Terms constitute the entire general agreement between you and Sar-Net Information Technology Services. You may be subject to additional Terms and conditions when you use, purchase or access other services, affiliate services or third-party content or material.

Changes to the Terms

Sar-Net Information Technology Services reserves the right to modify these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion and without any notice. Changes to our Terms become effective on the date they are posted and your continued use of Sar-Net Information Technology Services after any changes to Terms will signify your agreement to be bound by them.

Last Updated : May 25th, 2010.