This Web site* (the “Site”) is the property of Group Bel Canada Inc. (we, us, our).
GENERAL TERMS OF USE OF THE SITE
These general terms of use apply to any person or entity (user, you), regardless of geographical location, who uses the Site. Accessing or using documents, files or photos found on the Site constitutes consent to the following provisions and is subject to your acceptance of and compliance with these provisions. Please read this section carefully, and if you do not accept these terms, you should not access the Site or download any content. This section, as well as all other content included on this Site, may be subject to revision without notice. Therefore, it is your responsibility to regularly review these Terms of Use and be aware of any changes made to them. On the Site, you can access these Terms of Use easily, freely and at any time by clicking the “Terms of Use” link.
The Site is intended for your personal use and not for business purposes. The information on the Site is of general interest and is intended to entertain you.
Links to third-party sites
The Site may contain links to Web sites operated by third parties. These links are provided solely for your convenience. We cannot guarantee the accuracy, reliability and truthfulness of the information found on these sites, nor can we guarantee that these sites function properly. The inclusion of links to these sites does not mean that we approve of the content found on these sites and does not imply any association between us and the operators of these sites. Consequently, we cannot be held liable in any way for the content of these sites.
Intellectual property
You agree that the content, selection, arrangement, architecture and other features of a Web site are protected by intellectual property rights, Canadian and international, including copyrights, trademarks and other exclusive rights.
All content on our Site, including text, drawings, graphics, interfaces or code, along with the selection and arrangement thereof (the “Content”) belongs to Group Bel Canada Inc. and/or its affiliates, and is protected by copyright. Unless otherwise stated or you have the specific written permission of the copyright holder, it is strictly forbidden to copy, publish, distribute, retransmit or reproduce it in any form whatsoever or use it in any way without our prior written consent. The Content includes content owned and controlled by us or our affiliates as well as content owned or controlled by third parties and used with permission. Consequently, this Web site does not grant, either implicitly or otherwise, any licence or right of use with regard to the intellectual property of Bel Cheese Canada Inc. or its affiliated companies, or the intellectual property of third parties that may be contained therein.
All trademarks, registered or not, belong to Group Bel Canada Inc. or Fromageries Bel SA. The names of all other products, services or companies mentioned on this Site may be trademarks of their respective owners.
You remain the owner of the intellectual property relating to the content you submit on our Site, if applicable. However, you grant us a licence to use this content for distribution and promotional purposes. This licence, which is granted by the sole act of submitting your content to our services, is offered free of charge, is non-exclusive and is perpetual.
Unlawful or prohibited use
You may use this Site only if you guarantee that you will not use it for purposes that are unlawful or prohibited by law or by legal and contractual provisions.
Without this list being restrictive, you shall not commit any of the following actions while using the Site: attempt to access or enable access to the Site for another person by any indirect means; upload, post or transmit, via email or any other means, any content containing computer viruses or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; interfere with or disrupt the Site, servers or networks; violate, intentionally or not, any law or national or international regulation in force, any legal act and any other rule that is legally binding; distribute, upload or transmit to the Site any information or data that is protected by any intellectual property rights; harm underage users in any way, in particular through the manufacture, conveyance and distribution of a message that is violent or pornographic in nature, or likely to cause serious harm to human dignity; upload, send, transmit, email or otherwise make available any content that constitutes incitement to commit a crime or offence, encourages discrimination, hate or violence, spreads false news, undermines the authority of justice, or constitutes defamation, insult or invasion of privacy; use the space for dialogue to post or transmit documents that are unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene or pornographic, or other material that is against the law. Any violation of these terms may result in denial of access to the Site.
Privacy
The information we collect about you, if any, is in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please refer to our Privacy Policy, located at (https://).
Compensation
You agree to compensate and indemnify Group Bel Canada Inc. and/or its affiliated companies against all claims and damages, whether direct, indirect and/or immaterial, caused to third parties resulting from access and/or use of this Site. You are solely liable and shall reimburse Group Bel Canada Inc. and/or its affiliates for damages and harm, direct or indirect, material or immaterial, caused to Bel Cheese Canada Inc. and/or its affiliates as a result of your illegal use of the Site or relating to any violation of these terms, either by you or by users of your account.
Limitation of liability
Group Bel Canada Inc. undertakes to make its best effort to keep information on the Site up to date and accurate. However, errors or omissions may occur. You agree to accept the risks and limitations of the Internet, and to acknowledge in particular that you are solely responsible for your use of the information. The information and opinions found on the Site may in no case be considered as formal advice involving the liability of Group Bel Canada Inc. and/or its authors. The services and information are provided solely for informational purposes.
Group Bel Canada Inc. shall not be held liable for any damage including, but not limited to, interruption of services resulting from failure of the network or the telecommunications operator, or failure of the recipient’s equipment.
Group Bel Canada Inc. shall not be held liable to you or any third party for any errors or omissions of any kind in the Content on this Site or any matter relating to it. Group Bel Canada Inc. does not grant, either to you or a third party, any express or implied guarantee of the Content or any matter relating to the Site and, in particular, any guarantee against infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Group Bel Canada Inc. may not, under any circumstances, be held liable for damages of any kind, including indirect, special or incidental, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of or the performance of this Site, or of the content available on this or any other site you may access through this Site.
Group Bel Canada Inc. assumes no liability for damage to your computer equipment or other property as a result of your accessing the Site, using it, browsing through it, or downloading documents, data, text, images, audio files or videos from this Site, nor assumes any liability for viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property in the above-mentioned cases.
Applicable law
These terms and conditions are governed by the laws applicable in the Province of Quebec, regardless of the place of use or acquisition. Any dispute arising from the use of this Web site will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the District of Montreal, Province of Quebec. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a competent court, this will not render invalid all other provisions, as the invalid provision will be separated from the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which will remain in effect.
Password and access code
If applicable, you agree to keep your password and access code secret and confidential. Any use of identifying information is entirely at your own risk. In case of loss or theft or fraudulent use of one of these identifying elements, you are required to notify Group Bel Canada Inc. as soon as possible. This notification must be confirmed by registered letter.
