Terms and conditions associated to the use of the «Associated Art Collectors» website
Preamble
ARTICLE 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
ARTICLE 2: INFORMATION TO USERS
ARTICLE 3: USING THE SITE "The Collectors Associates»
ARTICLE 4: STATEMENT BY THE USER
ARTICLE 5: SITE CONTENT
ARTICLE 6: PROPERTY
ARTICLE 7: DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
ARTICLE 8: PAYMENT
ARTICLE 9: ASSIGNMENT - USE
ARTICLE 10: DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONTRACT
ARTICLE 11: LEGAL JURISDICTION
Preamble
Some definitions
- «Associated Art Collectors» is the website developed and owned by M. Gilles Caron. Also identified as the "Site".
- The owner of the site is Mr. Gilles Caron, residing in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Canada. Also identified as the "Owner".
ARTICLE 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
«Associated Art Collectors» is an Internet service produced and operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this User Agreement.
This User Contract alone is the only document contractually linking you, as a user of«Associated Art Collectors» website, with the "Owner".
By accessing the «Associated Art Collectors» website, whatever the Internet address or URL used and/or registering on the «Associated Art Collectors» website you accept to be bound by all the terms of this User Contract.
In any dispute, the French version of «Associated Art Collectors»’s User Contract is the only possible reference.
ARTICLE 2: USER INFORMATION
The "Owner" will be allowed to ask for personal information about your marital status in order to facilitate the management of your account and improve the adequacy of services. The use of this personal information is governed by our Privacy Charter.
The "Owner" reserves the right to refuse the registration or subscription of a client with whom it has had past payment difficulties or who has demonstrated a lack of respect for the "Owner"’s User Contract or existing laws and regulations.
ARTICLE 3: USE OF THE «ASSOCIATED ART COLLECTORS»’s WEBSITE
From the «Associated Art Collectors» website, you can consult the entirety of the databanks available on the website.
Our website requires cookies to be enabled in your web browser to maintain your session with the web server.
The "Owner" reserves the right to limit the number and frequency of consultations effected on its website and any such reduction or limitation shall under no circumstances be considered grounds for any claim or to have occasioned any prejudice to the user.
We prohibit any consultations that do not conform to the profession’s customs, any automated consultations, especially those generated by a machine, software or hardware system, and any consultations based on algorithms, mathematical series or by comparison with another existing databank.
ARTICLE 4: STATEMENT BY THE USER
The user states that he/she is at least 18 years of age and has the legal competence to conclude this contract and/or register on «Associated Art Collectors» website.
By using the username and password sent by the "Owner" to the user, the user accepts sole responsibility for consulting «Associated Art Collectors» website.
The "Owner" shall attempt to satisfy all such consultations, it being understood that tThe "Owner"’s obligation is limited to that of due care and diligence.
The "Owner" cannot be held responsible for the fraudulent use of the username and password of the user which are the only references that tThe "Owner" is authorized to verify.
ARTICLE 5: SITE CONTENT
«Associated Art Collectors» makes available online databanks containing information about visual arts and related services.
In order to do so, «Associated Art Collectors» processes raw information and incorporates it into its databanks manually.
The "Owner" offers no guarantee as to the absolute accuracy of the information concerned. It commits itself only to an obligation of due care and diligence in processing the information it collects.
ARTICLE 6: PROPERTY
All programs, services, procedures, concepts, non-commercial software, brands, technological elements and content of the databanks as well as all the services offered by «Associated Art Collectors» remain the full and exclusive property of the "Owner" and are protected by intellectual copyright.
Any unauthorized use of the "Owner"’s protected services, procedures, concepts, non-commercial software, brands, technological elements or databank content is strictly prohibited.
Specifically, any use or quotation of the data contained in «Associated Art Collectors» website must respect the "Owner" copyrights and clearly indicate the source with the caption “source: «Associated Art Collectors» ”.
ARTICLE 7: ABSENCE OF GUARANTEE AND LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
All information in the «Associated Art Collectors» website is provided ‘as seen’ and the "Owner" offers no express or implied guarantee as to the content of this information which has been collected and collated from other pre-existing elements which may themselves contain errors.
The "Owner", while seeking to minimize these errors, nevertheless accepts no responsibility for the presence of any erroneous information on its databanks. By this contract, the user renounces any claim or right to engage in litigation relative to any loss or injury caused by any such errors on the basis of contractual or criminal responsibility, or on any other basis.
ARTICLE 8: PAYMENT
In the event of online or deferred payments by the client being rejected, the "Owner" reserves the right to suspend or cancel without prior warning the registration of the user and to bill the client for any costs related to such rejected payments.
ARTICLE 9: ASSIGNMENT - USE
The account is strictly for the personal use of the user alone.
The user is therefore forbidden to cede, transfer or sublicense his/her rights as a user to anyone whatsoever.
He may not allow other persons to use his/her account, password and username.
ARTICLE 10: DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONTRACT
This contract shall come into effect on the date it is first accepted, and remain in force until the closure of the account.
The "Owner" reserves the right to modify this contract at any moment by posting the modifications online and it is the client’s responsibility to regularly acquaint him/herself with the user information that shall be made available online for this purpose.
If the client continues to use the «Associated Art Collectors» website after the online posting of any such modifications he/she shall be deemed to have accepted the present contract along with its modifications.
If a client disagrees with any modifications, he/she shall inform the "Owner" within a period not exceeding 30 days of their initial publication by the "Owner".
ARTICLE 11: LEGAL JURISDICTION
This contract is subject to Canadian law.
The "Owner" give Canadian courts jurisdiction to decide all disputes relating to the conclusion or termination of this contract
This agreement shall enter into force on the date of its initial acceptance and remains in effect until the account is closed.
Adopted: June 15, 2014
Last updated: April 27, 2017.