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We, the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”), operate the website www.abfoodconnect.com (“the Site”), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (collectively, the “Services”)

These Legal Terms constitute a legal binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”), and the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA), concerning your access to and the use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

We will provide you with prior notice of any scheduled changes to the Service you are using. The modified Legal Terms will become effective upon posting or notifying you by info@afpa.com, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use the Services after the effective date of any changes, you agree to be bound by the modified terms.
The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years of age. Persons under 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Services.

1. OUR SERVICES

The information provided when using the Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We are the owner of the license of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein.
The content provided in or through the Services is “AS IS” for your internal business use only and AFPA reserves the right to discontinue your access to said content at our discretion. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Services, Content, and Marks. Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will be terminated.

3. YOUR SUBMISSIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

You are solely responsible for your submissions and contributions, and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any and all losses we may suffer due to any breach on your part. You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Services and possibly through third-party websites. When you post contributions, you grant us license (including use of your name, trademarks, and logos). By posting contributions, you grant us unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferrable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt, and exploit your Contributions for any purpose. This license includes the use of your name, company name, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide.

4. USER REGISTRATION

You may be required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

5. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services many not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors other than those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

6. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

By posting your Contributions to any part of the Service, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferrable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt, and distribute such Contributions for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.

7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT

The Services may contain links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or origination from Third-Parties. Such Third-Party Websites are not monitored, investigated, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness, by us and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Services or Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Services, including all content, privacy practices, or policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites. You shall hold us blameless for any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.

8. SERVICES MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to (1) monitor the Service for violation of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violated the law or these Legal Terms; (3)
in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable any of your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Services.

9. PRIVACY POLICY

We care about data privacy and security. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on the Services.

10. TERM AND TERMINATION

These Legal Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR FOR ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

11. MODIFICTIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

We reserve the sole right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Services. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Services without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third-party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.

12. DISCLAIMER

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES’ CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THER SERVICES AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/ OR ANY PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES (5) ANY BUGS OR VIRUSES WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY ANY THIRD-PARTY (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED.

Should you have any questions regarding the TERMS AND CONDITIONS listed above, or to receive further information regarding the use of our Services, please contact us at:

Alberta Food Processors Association

5123 Marian Road NE
Calgary, AB, T2A 2Y1
Ph: 403-201-3657
E: info@afpa.com