General Terms and Conditions

The general terms and conditions were last updated on April 25, 2024.

Introduction

These general terms and conditions apply to this website and to transactions related to our products and services. You may be bound by additional agreements related to your relationship with us or any product or service you receive from us. If provisions of additional agreements conflict with the provisions of these general terms and conditions, the provisions of the additional agreements will prevail.

Mandatory

By registering on this site, accessing it, or using it in any other way, you hereby agree to be bound by the general terms and conditions set forth below. Simply using this website implies knowledge and acceptance of these general terms and conditions. In certain specific cases, we may also require you to provide your explicit consent.

Electronic Communication

By using this website or communicating with us by electronic means, you accept and acknowledge that we may communicate with you electronically on our website or by sending you an email, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications be in writing.

Intellectual Property

We or our licensors own and control all copyright and other intellectual property rights on the website and the data, information, and other resources displayed or accessible on the website.

Unless specific content dictates otherwise, no license or other right is granted to you under copyright, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property rights. This means that you may not use, copy, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, embed in electronic media, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, transfer, download, transmit, monetize, sell, market or commercialize any of the resources from this website in any form, without our prior written permission, except and only to the extent stipulated otherwise in mandatory regulations (such as the right to quote).

Notwithstanding the above, you may forward our newsletter in electronic form to other individuals who might be interested in visiting our website.

Third-party Property

Our website may include hyperlinks or other references to third-party websites. We do not monitor or review the content of third-party websites linked to this website. Products or services offered by other websites are subject to the terms and conditions applicable to those third parties. Opinions expressed or materials appearing on such sites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites. You assume all risks associated with the use of these websites and any third-party services. We will accept no responsibility for any loss or damage, regardless of cause, resulting from the disclosure of your personal information to third parties.

Responsible Use

By visiting our website, you agree to use it only for the intended and authorized purposes set forth in these general terms and conditions, any additional agreement made with us, and applicable laws and regulations, as well as generally accepted online practices and industry guidelines. You must not use our website or our services to use, publish, or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) malware; use data collected on our website for any direct marketing activity; or conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to our website.

It is strictly prohibited to engage in any activity that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or interferes with the performance, availability, or accessibility of the website.

Idea Submission

Do not send any ideas, inventions, works of authorship, or other information that could be considered your own intellectual property that you would like to present to us unless we have previously signed an agreement regarding intellectual property or a non-disclosure agreement. If you disclose it to us without such a written agreement, you grant us a global, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute your content in any existing or future media.

End of Use

We may, at our sole discretion, at any time modify or discontinue access, temporarily or permanently, to the website or any service found there. You agree that we are not liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of your access or use of the website or any content you may have shared on the website. You will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment, even if certain features, settings, and/or any content you contributed to or relied upon are permanently lost. You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.

Warranties and Liability

Nothing in this section will limit or exclude any implied warranty provided by law that it would be unlawful to limit or exclude. This website and all its content are provided “as is” and “as available” and may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Nous déclinons expressément toute garantie de quelque nature que ce soit, expresse ou implicite, quant à la disponibilité, l’exactitude ou l’exhaustivité du contenu. We do not guarantee that:

this website or our content will meet your needs;
this website will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis.

Nothing on this website is intended to constitute legal, financial, or medical advice of any kind. If you require advice, you should consult an appropriate professional.

The following provisions of this section will apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and will not limit or exclude our liability in respect of any matter for which it would be illegal or unlawful for us to limit or exclude our liability. In no event will we be liable for any direct or indirect damages (including damages for loss of profits or revenue, loss or corruption of data, software, or databases, or loss or damage to property or data) suffered by you or any third party, resulting from your access to our website or its use.

Except to the extent that any additional contract expressly states otherwise, our maximum liability to you for any damages arising from or related to the website, or any product and service marketed or sold through the website, regardless of the form of legal action that imposes liability (whether in contract, equity, negligence, intentional conduct, tort, or otherwise) will be limited to the total price you paid us to purchase those products or services or to use the website. This limit will apply cumulatively to all your claims, actions, and causes of action of any kind and type.

Privacy

To access our website and/or our services, you may be required to provide certain information about yourself as part of the registration process. You agree that all the information you provide will always be accurate, correct, and up to date.
We have developed a policy to address any privacy concerns. For more information, please see our privacy statement and cookie policy.

Export Restrictions / Legal Compliance

Access to the website from territories or countries where the content or purchase of the products or services sold on the website is illegal is prohibited. You may not use this website in violation of export laws and regulations of Canada.

Assignment

You may not assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these general terms and conditions, in whole or in part, to any third party without our prior written consent. Any purported assignment in violation of this section will be null and void.

Breach of These General Terms and Conditions

Without prejudice to our other rights under these general terms and conditions, if you violate these general terms and conditions in any way, we may take the measures we deem appropriate to address the violation, including the temporary or permanent suspension of your access to the website, contacting your Internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website, and/or initiating legal action against you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses related to your violation of these general terms and conditions and applicable laws, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights. You will promptly reimburse us for any damages, losses, costs, and expenses related to these claims or arising from them.

Waiver

Failure to enforce any of the provisions set out in these general terms and conditions and any agreement, or failure to exercise any option to terminate, should not be construed as a waiver of those provisions and does not affect the validity of these general terms and conditions or of any part thereof, or the right thereafter to enforce each and every provision.

Language

These general terms and conditions will be exclusively translated into French. All notifications and correspondence will be written exclusively in this language.

Entire Agreement

These general terms and conditions, along with our privacy statement and cookie policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and ASR Computing regarding your use of this website.

Updates to These General Terms and Conditions

We may from time to time update these general terms and conditions. It is your duty to periodically check these general terms and conditions to see if they have been changed or updated. The date listed at the beginning of these general terms and conditions is the most recent revision date. Changes to these general terms and conditions will take effect as soon as they are published on this website. Your continued use of this website after the publication of changes or updates will be considered notification of your acceptance to comply with and be bound by these general terms and conditions.

Choice of Law and Jurisdiction

These general terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Canada. Any dispute relating to these general terms and conditions will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Canada. If any part or provision of these general terms and conditions is determined by a court or other authority to be invalid and/or unenforceable under applicable law, that part or provision will be modified, deleted, and/or enforced to the fullest extent possible in order to effect the intention of these general terms and conditions. The other provisions will not be affected.

Contact Information

This website is owned and operated by ASR Computing. You can contact us regarding these general terms and conditions through our contact page.