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USAGE AGREEMENT FOR THE WEBSITE OF LAPOINTE DENTAL CENTRES

Your acceptance of this Agreement

The website www.centreslapointe.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Lapointe dental Centres (“LDC”). Each time you use the Site, you signify your acceptance and agreement and the acceptance and agreement of any person you purport to represent (for purposes of this Agreement, “person” includes natural persons and any type of incorporated or unincorporated entity), without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Website Usage Agreement (the “Agreement”).
If you do not accept the terms of use stated here, do not use the Site.
LDC reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this agreement at any time. You are responsible for keeping up to date with these terms and conditions. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to this Agreement have been posted will be considered as signifying your understanding and acceptance of those changes.

Authorized users and access

By using the Site, you signify your understanding and agreement that you are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and regulations. The Site may not be used by persons in territories where access to the Site in full or in part, or use of the Site in full or in part, is illegal or prohibited.

No professional advice

The Site is for convenience and informational purposes only. The Site is not intended to constitute a comprehensive or detailed statement concerning the matters addressed, professional or any other kind of advice, or an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any product or service. The Site is not a tool for seeking professional advice. You should seek appropriate, qualified professional advice before acting or omitting to act based on any information provided on or though the Site.

LDC takes every precaution and uses every means at its disposal, including encryption, to optimize the security and confidentiality of your personal information. Nonetheless, due to the nature of the Internet and associated technologies, security and privacy risks cannot be fully eliminated, and LDC cannot guarantee that your personal information will not be disclosed in ways that run counter to the provisions of this policy.

Intellectual property

The Site and its contents (including but not limited to text, images, videos and software) are owned by LDC or its assignees and are protected by Canadian and international laws governing copyright, trademarks and other applicable issues. LDC reserves all intellectual property rights that are not expressly granted under this Agreement.

Protection of personal information

LDC collects, uses and discloses your personal information in compliance with the Privacy Policy for Website and Electronic Communications of Lapointe Dental Centres, which you can view by clicking on the provided link. By accepting this Agreement and each time you use the Site, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by LDC in accordance with the Policy in its current form, without any further notice or any liability to you or any other person.

Ownership and permitted use of the Site

Copyright © 2017 Lapointe Dental Centres. All rights reserved. Note that any product, process or technology described in the Site’s content may be subject to other intellectual property rights reserved by LDC. Your use of the Site does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the Site or its content. No material on this site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. The Site is available for your legitimate personal and non-commercial use.

You may print or download Site pages for your personal and non-commercial use provided that you do not modify any of the Site’s pages or other content and you do not remove or alter any visible or non-visible identification, marks, notices, or disclaimers. You may not use the Site or its content for any other purpose or in any other way. In particular, the Site and its content may not be reproduced, imitated, copied, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, indexed, catalogued, mirrored or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of LDC. Lapointe dental Centres and its logo are registered and protected trademarks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Warnings

The information and materials on this Site may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies (including errors, inaccuracies or omissions in the descriptions of products or services, pricing, availability or self-assessment of your current condition) and may not be complete or updated. LDC does not guarantee that any document or information on the site is free from error, is complete or is updated. LDC may change any information or materials on the Site at any time without prior notice, but LDC makes no formal promise to update the elements and information contained on this Site. LDC makes no statement to the effect that the content provided on Site is applicable, legitimately accessible or permitted to be used outside of Canada.

Other sites

For your convenience, the Site may include links to other Internet sites or resources and businesses operated by other persons (collectively, “Other Sites”). Other Sites are independent from LDC, and LDC has no responsibility or liability for or control over Other Sites or their business, goods, services or content. Your use of Other Sites and your dealings with the owners or operators of Other Sites are at your own risk.

Disclaimer of guarantee

Without limiting the foregoing, the Site and its entire contents are made publicly available by LDC “as is,” with all faults and without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied. All warranties, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title, uninterrupted use, quiet enjoyment, system integration or accuracy or reliability of the information, are specifically excluded. The user assumes all risks as to the quality, accuracy, relevance, availability and performance of the Site and its content, and acknowledges that the Site and its content may be revised, modified or altered from time to time. LDC does not guarantee that the Site’s content will operate continuously or uninterruptedly or be error-free, nor that defects will be corrected, nor that this Site or any other LDC website shall be free of viruses or other harmful components.

Limitation of liability

LDC assumes no liability for loss or damage resulting from the use of its Site or its content. In no event shall LDC be liable for any lost profit, savings or data, for business interruption or for other direct, indirect or claimed damages (contract, tort, criminal or other) arising from or in connection with the Site, its content, its use or the inability to use this Site.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This Agreement, your use of the Site and all related matters are governed solely by the laws of the Province of Québec in Canada and by the applicable federal laws of Canada, excluding any rules of private international law or the conflict of laws that would lead to the application of any other laws. Any dispute between LDC and you or any other person arising from, connected with or relating to the Site, this Agreement or any related matters must be resolved before the Courts of the Province of Québec sitting in the City of Longueuil, and you hereby irrevocably submit to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of those Courts with respect to any such dispute or matter.

Changes to this Agreement

LDC may, from time to time and at its sole discretion, change or supplement this Agreement as it relates to your future use of the Site, for any reason and without any prior notice or any liability to you or any other person. You may not change or amend this Agreement in any manner whatsoever.

Other matters

This Agreement, including any changes made to this Agreement from time to time, constitutes the entire agreement between you and LDC relating to your use of the Site, and supersedes all previous agreements, written, oral or otherwise, between you and LDC with respect to your use of the Site.

Should any provision of this Agreement be found unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severed from the rest of this Agreement and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions. The provisions of this Agreement shall be drawn in favour of and shall be binding upon LDC and its successors and assignees and related persons, and of you and your heirs, executors, administrators, successors, permitted assignees and personal representatives. You may not assign this Agreement or your rights and obligations under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of LDC, which may be withheld at LDC’s sole discretion. LDC may assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations under this Agreement without your consent.

No consent or waiver by either party to or of any breach or default by the other party in its performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to signify consent to or a waiver of a continuing breach or default or any other breach or default of those or any other obligations of that party. No consent or waiver will be effective unless in writing and signed by both parties.