Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the PiedRéseau Inc. website!

These terms of use (the “Terms of Use“) are a legally binding contract between you and PiedRéseau Inc. (the “Parties“), governing your access to and use of the website www.piedreseau.com and the services offered therein (the “Website“). This contract becomes effective as soon as you access the Website and remains in effect until either Party terminates the contract in accordance with these Terms of Use or any other agreement you have entered into with us, as applicable. By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Terms of Use and agree to be legally bound by them, along with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy (collectively, the “Agreement“), in addition to complying with applicable laws and regulations. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to access or use the Website or the services offered therein.

When used in these Terms of Use, the words “Organization,” “we,” “our,” and “ours” refer to PiedRéseau Inc., including its representatives, administrators, and employees, with whom you are entering into this Agreement. The terms “you” or “your” refer to the individual accessing or using the Website, whether as a visitor or a user. If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a legal entity, you represent that you have the authority or power to bind that legal entity to this Agreement, in which case the terms “you” or “your” refer to that legal entity.

1. PRIVACY POLICY

Our privacy policy, which includes information about our practices regarding the processing of personal information (the “Privacy Policy“), is incorporated herein by reference and is an integral part of this Agreement.

2. MODIFICATIONS

By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that these Terms of Use may be modified as outlined below and are encouraged to review them regularly.

We reserve the right to update and modify the Terms of Use at any time and without prior notice. In the event of modification, we will post the updated version of the Terms of Use on our Website and update the version number and the date of the last update at the bottom of the document. Therefore, we encourage you to review our Terms of Use when visiting the Website to become aware of timely updated Terms of Use. If you do not approve of the updated Terms of Use, we invite you to cease using our Website. Continuing to use or access our Website after the publication of updated Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those updated Terms of Use.

3. CONTENT

For the purposes herein, “Content” refers to all materials and content made available to users on the Website, including reviews, guidelines, communications, text, RSS feeds, graphics, images, illustrations, audiovisual works, multimedia elements, photographs, videos, music, sound recordings, policies, documents, software, information, data, and any other works, including how this Content is presented.

Third-party content — Content viewed or available on the Website or via the Internet may belong to third parties (the “Third-Party Content“) and may be protected by intellectual property rights, including copyrights and trademarks, or other proprietary rights and laws. Nothing in your use of the Website or these Terms of Use grants you any right, title, or interest in such Third-Party Content, except for the right to use the Website granted to you in accordance with these Terms of Use.

Third-party websites — The Website may contain links to Third-Party Content available on independent third-party websites (the “Third-Party Websites“). These links are provided for reference purposes only. The Organization is not responsible for Third-Party Content or the quality, security, availability, completeness, accuracy, compliance with the law, or policies and practices of these Third-Party Websites. We do not endorse Third-Party Websites and make no representations about them or their content. If you choose to access a Third-Party Website linked on our Website, you do so at your own risk.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS

Organization’s Content — Unless otherwise expressly stated, all rights, titles, and interests in the Website and any Content, URLs, domain names, source codes, processes, trademarks, trade names, logos, product and service names, works or other copyrightable material, registered or unregistered, recognized by applicable laws, including (a) any improvements or modifications to any of the foregoing, (b) any requests for registration or renewal thereof, and (c) licenses and sublicenses for third-party intellectual property (collectively, the “Organization’s Content“), as well as all derivative works, translations, and updates of the Organization’s Content, are the exclusive property of the Organization and are protected by copyright, trademarks, or other proprietary rights and laws. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by the Organization.

License — Subject to your compliance with the Terms of Use and any other agreement between you and us, the Organization grants you, for your personal use only, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Website and its Content during the term of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement confers on you any right, title, or interest in the Organization’s Content, except for the limited right to access and/or use the Website in accordance with these Terms of Use. You are prohibited from copying, modifying, disassembling, reproducing, adapting, selling, reselling, compiling, or extracting any Content, in whole or in part, by any means and on any medium, existing or future, including translating the Content into any other language, except to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms of Use. Any other use of the Organization’s Content is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of Canadian intellectual property laws or other applicable property rights and laws. The Organization will enforce its intellectual property rights to the extent permitted by applicable laws.

5. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Acceptable use — You must only use the Website and its Content for lawful purposes and in accordance with the rules set forth in this section. If at any time you become aware of a violation of these Terms of Use by a person or entity, you agree to immediately notify us so that we can investigate and, if necessary, address or remedy such violation.

Prohibited uses — Without limiting the generality of the restrictions set forth below, you agree not to take or allow, directly or indirectly, any of the following actions in connection with the Website:

(i) Publish, upload, translate, use, upload, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise transmit any Content that:

Is defamatory, counterfeit, or illegal;
Is inappropriate, profane, derogatory, obscene, indecent, or contains information without proper or legally required access controls (which controls will in no case be our responsibility);
Gives rise to civil liability or infringes upon our rights or assists anyone else in infringing upon our rights or the rights of third parties, including copyright infringement, invasion of privacy, trademark infringement, or defamation;
Constitutes threats, harassment, intimidation, abuse, or any conduct that infringes upon the rights of others;
Constitutes a criminal offense, or participates in or aids others in committing a criminal offense;
Contains a virus, ransomware, Trojan horse, worm, spyware, or any other malicious program or software, including web scraping tools.
Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited commercial communications, spam, or other mass communications (whether or not they use email services, including instant messaging, blogging, or comment spam) or are otherwise massive or unsolicited;

Disrupt, disable, or threaten the integrity, operation, or security of the Website;
Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website or violate its security measures;
Disable or bypass any access control measures or processes or procedures related to the Website;
Sub-license, share, resell, reproduce, copy, distribute, redistribute, or exploit any portion, use, or access to the Website for commercial purposes without our prior express permission;
Extract, gather, collect, or store personal information of third parties without their explicit consent.

Remedies — Without limiting any other rights we may have and subject to any agreement between you and us, the Organization may, without notice, suspend, restrict, or terminate your access and use of the Website and take any other action we deem appropriate if, in our sole and absolute discretion, we determine or believe that you have violated any provisions of the Terms of Use.

6. DISCLAIMER

THE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING AS TO CONNECTIVITY, PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONALITY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, QUALITY, CAPACITY, OR ACCURACY OF THE WEBSITE AND CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ORGANIZATION BE LIABLE FOR DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS, UNINTENTIONAL FAILURES, SERVICE OUTAGES, OR OTHER ISSUES INHERENT TO THE USE OF THE INTERNET, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, OR OTHER SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS OPERATED BY THIRD PARTIES OR BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. THE ORGANIZATION EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, LEGAL, OR OTHERWISE.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER THE ORGANIZATION NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ACTUAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF CUSTOMER BASE, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, COMPUTER DAMAGE, OR SYSTEM FAILURE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND THE SERVICES OFFERED THEREIN, EVEN IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND DAMAGES ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE ORGANIZATION. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ONE OR MORE OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOUR SITUATION.

8. INDEMNIFICATION

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the Organization harmless from any claim, liability, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, fees, including reasonable legal and accounting fees (collectively, “Claims”), arising out of or in connection with: (i) your breach of these Terms of Use, (ii) any infringement or violation arising from your use of the Website and its Content, or (iii) your violation of any law or regulation or the rights of third parties, such as intellectual property or privacy rights, other than as expressly authorized under these Terms of Use.

The Organization reserves the right, at its sole discretion and at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You also agree to cooperate fully and reasonably in the defense of any claim, as applicable.

9. APPLICABLE LAW

This Agreement and other policies available on the Website shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec. All disputes, claims, and actions arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use shall be resolved or adjudicated in Quebec, Canada. You submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the province of Quebec and the federal courts sitting in the province of Quebec.

10. CONTACT US

Any questions or comments regarding the Terms of Use, the Website, or our services, including reports of non-functioning links, should be submitted in writing to the following address: info@piedreseau.com.