Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Introduction

Welcome to The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia. This website is owned and operated by The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia, a society incorporated under the Societies Act (Nova Scotia). By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide, you understand and agree to comply with the following terms and conditions (“User Agreement”), along with the terms and conditions as stated in our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to change this User Agreement from time to time without notice. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will constitute acknowledgment and agreement of the modified terms and conditions.

Responsible Use and Conduct

By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide for you, either directly or indirectly (the “Resources”), you agree to use these Resources only for the purposes intended as permitted by (a) the terms of this User Agreement, and (b) applicable laws, regulations and generally accepted online practices or guidelines.

You agree that:

  • To access our Resources, you may be required to provide certain information about yourself (such as identification, contact details, etc.) as part of the registration process, or as part of your ability to use the Resources. You agree that any information you provide will always be accurate, correct, and up to date.
  • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any login information associated with any account you use to access our Resources. Accordingly, you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account/s.
  • Accessing (or attempting to access) any of our Resources by any means other than through the means we provide, is strictly prohibited. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of our Resources through any automated, unethical or unconventional means. If Resources are provided to you as a member of our Guild via the “Members Only” page of our website, you are prohibited from sharing those Resources with non-members of the Guild.
  • Engaging in any activity that disrupts or interferes with our Resources, including the servers and/or networks on which our Resources are located or connected, is strictly prohibited.
  • Attempting to copy, duplicate, reproduce, sell, trade, or resell our Resources is strictly prohibited.
  • You are solely responsible for any consequences, losses, or damages that we may directly or indirectly incur or suffer due to any unauthorized activities conducted by you.
  • We may provide various open communication tools on our website, such as blog comments, blog posts, public chat, forums, message boards, newsgroups, product ratings and reviews, various social media services, etc. You understand that generally we do not pre-screen or monitor the content posted by users of these various communication tools, which means that if you choose to use these tools to submit any type of content to our website, then it is your personal responsibility to use these tools in a responsible and ethical manner. By posting information or otherwise using any open communication tools as mentioned, you agree that you will not upload, post, share, or otherwise distribute any content that:
    • Is illegal, threatening, defamatory, abusive, harassing, degrading, intimidating, fraudulent, deceptive, invasive, racist, or contains any type of suggestive, inappropriate, or explicit language;
    • Infringes on any trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party;
    • Contains any type of unauthorized or unsolicited advertising;
    • Impersonates any person or entity, including any The Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia employees or representatives.
  • We have the right at our sole discretion to remove any content that we decide in our sole discretion does not comply with this User Agreement, along with any content that we feel is otherwise offensive, harmful, objectionable, inaccurate, or violates any third-party copyrights or trademarks. We are not responsible for any delay or failure in removing such content. If you post content that we choose to remove, you hereby consent to such removal, and consent to waive any claim against us.
  • We do not assume any liability for any content posted by you or any other third-party users of our website. However, any content posted by you using any open communication tools on our website, if it doesn’t violate or infringe on any third-party copyrights or trademarks, becomes the property of The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia, and as such, gives us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, publicly display and/or distribute as we see fit. This only refers and applies to content posted via open communication tools as described, and does not refer to information that is provided as part of the registration process necessary to use our Resources. All information provided as part of our registration process is covered by our Privacy Policy.
  • You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia and their directors, officers, managers, employees, donors, agents, and licensors, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from any violation of this User Agreement or the failure to fulfill any obligations relating to your account incurred by you or any other person using your account.