Terms of Use

Last updated July 15, 2008.

• Summary: basic tenets of the agreement. •

This agreement governs your use of the AdHack website. Yes, we have to have it.

This website is owned and operated by AdHack Media Inc. (“AdHack”). Access and use of this website is provided by AdHack to you on condition that you accept these Terms of Use, and by accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to accept and abide by these Terms of Use you should not access or use this website.

AdHack may revise and update these Terms of Use at anytime and without notice. You are encouraged to review the Terms of Use posted on the website periodically, because, like we mentioned, they can change. Your continued access or use of this website after any such changes are posted will constitute your acceptance of these changes.

So, please: you may not interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse this website or any system resources, services or networks connected to or accessible through this website. You may only use this website for lawful purposes.

Be good and play nicely.

Intellectual Property

• Summary: content on the AdHack website belongs to AdHack. •

All materials on this website (the “Materials”) are the property of AdHack and its licensors and may be protected by intellectual property laws including laws relating to copyrights, trade-marks, trade-names, internet domain names, and other similar rights.

The Materials may only be used and copied for your own, non-commercial, personal or educational purposes, provided that the copyright and other intellectual property notices are not deleted. You may not create derivative works from or otherwise exploit the Materials in any way.

Privacy

• Summary: We’ll treat your personal information as we want our own treated. •

AdHack is committed to respecting the privacy of the personal information of the individuals with whom we interact. We collect personal information and use it to manage and enhance our services. But we don’t share it in any identifiable way with 3rd parties.

Currency of website

• Summary: We’ll do our best to be accurate but we can’t guarantee it. •

AdHack updates the information on this website regularly. However, AdHack cannot guarantee or accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information on this website. AdHack may revise, supplement or delete information, services and/or the resources contained in the website and reserves the right to make such changes without prior notification to past, current or prospective visitors.

Linked websites

• Summary: other websites are not ours and it’s a wild web out there. •

This website may provide links to third party websites. The inclusion of these links does not imply that AdHack monitors or endorses these websites. AdHack does not accept any responsibility for such websites. AdHack shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss, caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance upon any information, content, goods or services available on or through any third party websites or linked resources.

Website and Materials Provided "As Is"

• Summary: what you get is what you see. •

THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ADHACK DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THEIR USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

(We’re not sure why these are all caps, but they are.)

Limitation of Liability

• Summary: we do our best to run the website but can’t guarantee it’s always running. •

YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ADHACK OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER OR OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, ACCESS TO, OR EXPLOITATION OF THIS WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU HEREUNDER, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER THE ACTION IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE.

IN ANY EVENT, THE TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE USE OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY OR ALL PART OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE ($5.00) CANADIAN DOLLARS.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

(Again, unsure about the caps)

Indemnification

• Summary: people are responsible for their own conduct. •

You agree to indemnify and hold AdHack harmless against all claims or liability asserted against AdHack arising out of or in connection with any breach by you or anyone acting on your behalf of any of these Terms of Use.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Infringement

• Summary: We respect copyrights. Here’s how we intend to resolve copyright disputes. •

AdHack Media Inc. respects the copyright of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide AdHack with a written communication addressed to our CEO including substantially the following information:

  1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
  2. description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
  3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the website;
  4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
  5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Please address your letter to our team, as follows:

AdHack Media Inc.
Suite 302 - 70 E. 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V5T

Attention: CEO, James Sherrett

Email

• Summary: how to get more information and support. •

Feel free to email AdHack at help@adhack.com. However, the Internet is not a fully secure medium and any communication may be lost, intercepted or altered. AdHack is not liable for any damages related to communications to or from this website. You agree with respect to any information provided by you to us through this website or via e-mail that:

  • AdHack has no obligation concerning such information;
  • the information is non-confidential;
  • AdHack may use, disclose, distribute or copy the information and may use any ideas, concepts or know-how contained in the information for any purpose without compensation; and
  • the information is truthful and disclosure of the information does not violate the legal rights of others.

Applicable law

• Summary: we operate under the law of British Columbia, Canada. •

This website is controlled, operated and administered by AdHack from within the Province of British Columbia, Canada. This website can be accessed from all provinces and territories of Canada, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these jurisdictions has laws that may differ from those of the Province of British Columbia, by accessing this website, you acknowledge and agree that all matters relating to access to, or use of this website shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (without reference to conflicts of laws principles).

You also agree that any claims or disputes whatsoever arising hereunder shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the Province of British Columbia and acknowledge that you do so voluntarily.

General

• Summary: we enforce the rights here as we see fit. •

AdHack’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

If any provision or part thereof of these Terms of Use is wholly or partially unenforceable the parties or, in the event the parties are unable to agree, a court of competent jurisdiction, shall put in place thereof an enforceable provision or provisions, or part thereof, that as nearly as possible reflects the terms of the unenforceable provision or part thereof.

The parties have requested that these Terms of Use and all documents relating thereto be drawn up in English.

Contact

If you have concerns relating to this website or these Terms of Use, please contact AdHack at help@adhack.com or via phone at +1-604-788-1502.