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Updated: May 19, 2023
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using our Service.
These website terms of use for oliveltd.com and its subdomains, constitute a legal agreement and are entered into by and between you and Olive Group Ltd. ("Olive" "we," "us," "our"). The following terms and conditions (these "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use, including any content, and functionality offered on or through oliveltd.com (our "Website"). The services and programs which are listed on our Website may be governed by their own terms and conditions as set out on our Website or as otherwise provided to participants and users by us.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY SINCE THEY ARE LEGALLY BINDING AND HAVE SECTIONS WHICH CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT USE, RIGHTS, LIABILITY, OBLIGATIONS WHICH YOU MUST ABIDE BY, AND MATTERS RELATED TO DISPUTES, INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF ARBITRATION.
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY, FOUND AT WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY, INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBSITE. FOR ANY CLARIFICATION, PLEASE CONTACT US AT SUPPORT@OLIVELTD.COM.
Modifications to the Terms of Use and to our Website
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to revise and update these terms and conditions from time to time. Any and all such modifications are effective immediately upon posting and apply to all access to and continued use of our Website. You agree to periodically review the terms and conditions in order to be aware of any such modifications and your continued use shall be your acceptance of these Terms of Use.
The information and material on our Website may be changed, withdrawn or terminated at any time in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of our Website is restricted to users or unavailable at any time or for any period.
Your Use of our Website and Account Set-Up and Security
The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Users are responsible for obtaining their own access to our Website. Users are required to ensure that all persons who access our Website through a user's internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them. Our Website, may require user registration. It is a condition of your use of our Website that all the information you provide on our Website is correct, current, and complete.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
Your provision of registration information and any submissions you make to our Website through any functionality such as applications, chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, personal or interest group web pages, profiles, forums, bulletin boards and other such functions (collectively, "Interactive Functions") constitutes your consent to all actions we take with respect to such information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
Any username, password, or any other piece of information chosen by you, or provided to you as part of our security procedures, must be treated as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You must exercise caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. You understand and agree that should you be provided an account, your account is personal to you and you agree not to provide any other person with access to our Website or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you logout from your account at the end of each session. You are responsible for any password misuse or any unauthorized access.
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time, to disable or terminate your account, any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including any violation of any provision of Terms of Use these Terms of Use. The clauses related to indemnification, governing law, and such other items which are meant to survive shall survive any termination of your account for any reason.
You are prohibited from attempting to circumvent and from violating the security of our Website, including, without limitation: (a) accessing content and data that is not intended for you; (b) attempting to breach or breaching the security and/or authentication measures which are not authorized; (c) restricting, disrupting or disabling service to users, hosts, servers or networks; (d) illicitly reproducing TCP/IP packet header; (e) disrupting network services and otherwise disrupting Website owner's ability to monitor our Website; (f) using any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access our Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on our Website; (g) introducing any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful; (h) attacking our Website via a denial-of-service attack, distributed denial-of-service attack, flooding, mailbombing or crashing; and (i) otherwise attempting to interfere with the proper working of our Website.
Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership
You understand and agree that our Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality, including, but not limited to, all information, software, code, text, displays, graphics, photographs, video, audio, design, presentation, selection, and arrangement, are owned by Olive, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected in all forms by intellectual property laws including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and any other proprietary rights.
Olive’s name and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, images and slogans are trademarks of Olive or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Olive. Other names, logos, product and service names, designs, images and slogans mentioned, or which appear on our Website are the trademarks of their respective owners. Use of any such property, except as expressly authorized, shall constitute an infringement or violation of the rights of the property owner and may be a violation of federal or other laws and could subject the infringer to legal action.
You may only use our Website for your personal and non-commercial use. You shall not directly or indirectly reproduce, compile for an internal database, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, in any form or medium whatsoever except:
- your computer and browser may temporarily store or cache copies of materials being accessed and viewed; and
- in the event social media platforms are linked to certain content on our Website, you may take such actions as our Website and such third-party social media platforms permit.
Users are not permitted to modify copies of any materials from our Website nor delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of our Website or any services or materials available through our Website.
You have no right, title, or interest in or to our Website or to any content on our Website, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Olive. Any use of our Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may infringe or violate copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property or other proprietary laws.
Conditions of Use and User Submissions and Site Content Standards
As a condition of your access and use, you agree that you may use our Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.
The following content standards apply to any and all content, material, and information a user submits, posts, publishes, displays, or transmits (collectively, "submit") to our Website, to other users or other persons (collectively, "User Submissions") and any and all Interactive Functions. Any and all User Submissions must comply with all applicable federal, provincial, local, and international laws, regulations and terms of service.
Without limiting the foregoing, you warrant and agree that your use of our Website and any User Submissions shall not:
- in any manner violate any applicable federal, provincial, local, or international law or regulation including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property, legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy of others) or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy found at WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY;
- in any manner violate the terms of use of any third-party website that is linked to our Website, including but not limited to, any third-party social media website;
- include or contain any material that is exploitive, obscene, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, hateful, defamatory, sexually explicit or pornographic, violent, inflammatory, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age or other such legally prohibited ground or be otherwise objectionable, such determination to be made in Company's sole discretion;
- involve stalking, attempting to exploit or harm any individual (including minors) in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content or otherwise or ask for personal information as prohibited under applicable laws, regulations or code;
- involve, provide or contribute any false, inaccurate or misleading information;
- include sending, knowingly receiving, uploading, downloading, using, or reusing any material that does not comply with the general guidance of these Terms of Use;
- impersonate or attempt to impersonate Olive, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses, or screen names associated with any of the foregoing);
- transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertisements or promotions without our prior written consent, sales, or encourage any other commercial activities, including, without limitation, any "spam", "junk mail", "chain letter", contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising or any other similar solicitation;
- encourage any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of our Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Olive or users of our Website or expose them to liability;
- cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, or alarm any other person;
- promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act; or
- give the impression that they originate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
User Submissions: Grant of Licence
Our Website may contain Interactive Functions allowing User Submissions on or through our Website.
None of the User Submissions you submit to our Website will be subject to any confidentiality by Olive. By providing any User Submission to our Website, you grant us and our licensees, successors, and assigns the right to a world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose and according to your account settings and/or incorporate such material into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. You further waive any moral rights or other rights of authorship as a condition of submitting any User Submission.
By submitting the User Submissions, you declare and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to submit the User Submissions and have the right to grant the licence hereof to us and our licensees, successors, and assigns to the User Submissions and comply with these Terms of Use. You represent and warrant that all User Submissions comply with applicable laws and regulations and the User Submissions set out in Terms of Use these Terms of Use.
You understand and agree that you, not Olive, are fully responsible for any User Submissions you submit or contribute, and you are fully responsible and legally liable, including to any third party, for such content and its accuracy. We are not responsible or legally liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Submissions submitted by you or any other user of our Website.
Site Monitoring and Enforcement, Suspension and Termination
Company has the right, without provision of notice to:
- remove or refuse to post on our Website any User Submissions for any or no reason in our sole discretion;
- at all times, take such actions with respect to any User Submission deemed commercially necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion;
- take appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, referral to law enforcement or regulatory authority, or notifying the harmed party of any illegal or unauthorized use of our Website - without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through our Website; and
- terminate or suspend your access to all or part of our Website for any or no reason, including, without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
We have no obligation, nor any responsibility to any party to monitor our Website or its use, and do not and cannot undertake to review material that you or other users submit to our Website. We cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted and we have no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party, subject to applicable laws.
No Reliance
The content on our Website is provided for general information purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain more specific or professional advice before taking, or refraining from, any action or inaction on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Website is accurate, complete or up to date. Your use of our Website is at your own risk and Olive has no responsibility or liability whatsoever for your use of our Website.
Our Website may include content provided by third parties, including from other users and third-party licensors. All statements and/or opinions expressed in any such third-party content, other than the content provided by Olive, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. Such materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Olive. Olive has no responsibility or liability whatsoever to you, or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any third-party materials.
Privacy
By submitting your personal information and using our Website, you consent to the collection, use, reproduction, hosting, transmission and disclosure of any such user content submissions in compliance with our Privacy Policy, found at WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY, as we deem necessary for use of our Website and provision of services.
Third Party Websites
For your convenience, our Website may provide links or pointers to third-party sites. We make no representations about any other websites that may be accessed from our Website. If you choose to access any such sites, you do so at your own risk. We have no control over the contents of any such third-party sites and accept no responsibility for such sites or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You are subject to any terms and conditions of such third-party sites.
Such links to third-party sites from our Website may include links to certain social media features that enable you to link or transmit on your own or using certain third-party websites, certain content from our Website. You may only use these features when they are provided by us and solely with respect to the content identified.
You must not establish a link to our Website in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Website other than the homepage. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking of our Website to immediately stop.
Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
NEITHER OLIVE NOR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS OR SUCCESSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR ENDORSEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR AVAILABILITY OF OUR WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER OLIVE NOR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS OR SUCCESSORS REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES OR DATA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR OUR WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE SOLELY AND ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND YOUR COMPUTER, INTERNET AND DATA SECURITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, OVERLOADING, FLOODING, MAILBOMBING OR CRASHING, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS, LOGIC BOMBS, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT WHERE SUCH EXCLUSIONS ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL OLIVE NOR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, OR SUCCESSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF PRIVACY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE PARTY WAS ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE ON, THE WEBSITE, ANY LINKED WEBSITES OR SUCH OTHER THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, NOR ANY WEBSITE CONTENT, MATERIALS, POSTING OR INFORMATION THEREON EVEN IF THE PARTY WAS ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW.
OLIVE’S LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING IN RELATION TO ITS WEBSITE SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE CANADIAN DOLLAR.
Indemnification
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Olive, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your breach of these Terms of Use or your use of our Website, including, but not limited to, your User Submissions, third-party sites, any use of our Website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Our Website and these Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision, principle or rule and notwithstanding your domicile, residence or physical location.
Any dispute arising under these Terms of Use which cannot be resolved by discussion between Olive and you shall be determined solely and exclusively by arbitration administered under the rules of the Arbitration Act (ON) (“Rules”). The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If the parties to the arbitration are unable to agree on an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be selected under the Rules. Arbitration costs shall be borne by both parties equally unless the arbitration award directs otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the arbitrator’s award shall be limited to compensatory damages against either party. The decision by the arbitrator shall be binding and conclusive on the parties and such determination shall constitute an award pursuant to an arbitration upon which judgment of a court having jurisdiction may be entered.
Waiver
No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from these Terms of Use operates, or may be construed, as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder precludes any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
Severability
If any term or provision of these Terms of Use is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of these Terms of Use or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Olive regarding our Website and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such subject matter.
Reporting and Contact
Our Website is operated by Olive Group Ltd. 92 King Street South, Suite 200, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Should you become aware of misuse of our Website including libelous or defamatory conduct, you must report it to Olive at legal@oliveltd.com.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to our Website should be directed to support@oliveltd.com.