Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The Public Health Association of BC (PHABC), on behalf of the The Boys and Girls Club of Canada (BGC), is pleased to provide and support the Clubs Boost Immunity website (the “Site”) as an online education and outreach service for Canadian children and youth. By accessing and using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, including the disclaimers and limitations of liability set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by any of these Terms of Use, please exit this Site immediately and do not access any other pages. These Terms of Use may change from time to time without notice. It is important that you periodically review these Terms of Use and it is your responsibility to check for future updates. By using this Site, you are agreeing to be bound by the current version of these Terms of Use. The last revision date for these Terms of Use is identified at the bottom of this page.

About the Site and services provided

The information on the Site is provided for educational and outreach purposes only and is intended to offer only general information that individuals may choose to follow up with their physician or other qualified care professionals. It does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for advice given by your physician or other qualified healthcare professional.

PHABC and BGC do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Any information appearing on the Site is solely for online education and outreach. 

Your account

You will need an account if you want to participate in activities on the Site. This requirement is to protect the Site from misuse and fraudulent use of the Site (e.g., spam, malware). All users of the Site must comply with these Terms of Use, regardless of whether they are a visitor or have an account on the Site.

Once you have created an account, your username and password will be required to log in to your account. You must not allow anyone else to access or use your username, password or account. You are solely responsible and liable for all activity conducted through your account.
 
Your account information will be kept confidential. You must comply with the Community Guidelines set out below regarding your username. You should immediately report to the PHABC Privacy Officer at privacy@phabc.org if you become aware of or reasonably suspect any security breach regarding your account.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

PHABC will endeavour to ensure that the information presented on the Site is as accurate as possible and reflects available medical and scientific information. However, we do not guarantee or warrant the quality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, appropriateness, or suitability of the information provided.
 

Your use of the Site, your account, and the information and services available on or through the Site might be interrupted and may not be free of errors. Any of the Site, your account, the information and services available on or through the Site may be unavailable from time to time due to routine maintenance, upgrades, hardware or software malfunctions, repairs, power outages, hackers, denial of service attacks, unforeseeably large service demands, or other reasons beyond PHABC or BCG’s control. 

THE SITE AND THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE”. PHABC AND BGC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE.
 
PHABC AND/OR BGC DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE; (B) ANY PROCEDURES, ADVICE OR TREATMENTS REFERRED TO ON THE SITE ARE SUITABLE OR EFFECTIVE OR WILL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RESULT OR OUTCOME; (C) THE SITE AND ITS AVAILABILITY WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE; (D) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS; OR (E) THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. 
 
PHABC and BGC assume no obligation to update the information on the Site or advise on further developments concerning topics mentioned. The information and services available on or through the Site may also be changed from time to time without notice. Certain portions of the information may express the opinions or contributions of third parties. Its inclusion on the Site should not be interpreted as any endorsement or recommendation of such opinions or views, but rather is intended to ensure that certain viewpoints are represented. Accordingly, PHABC and BGC provide no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of such materials. Nor does the reference to specific products or services on the Site constitute or imply a recommendation or endorsement by PHABC and BGC, unless explicitly stated.

By using the Site, you agree that to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PHABC, BGC, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, and representatives, including all Site content providers and all those who operate any of the services available on the Site (collectively the “PHABC/BGC Releasees”) shall have no liability whether direct, indirect, consequential, contingent, special, or incidental related to or arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site, the inability to use the Site, the content on the Site or the reliance by any user on the information or services available in or through the Site, whether such liability arises out of an action for breach of contract, negligence or other tortious action, or other theory of liability, and even if PHABC and BGC have been advised of the possibility of such liability.

You also agree that none of the PHABC and BGC Releasees shall be liable for any losses, damages, or claims suffered or incurred by you as a result of any failure by you to protect your password or your information on the Site to which access is restricted (i.e., your PHABC account). IF, DESPITE THE LIMITATIONS SET OUT ABOVE, PHABC AND/OR BGC BECOME LIABLE TO YOU IN RESPECT OF ANY OF THE SITE, YOUR ACCOUNT, OR THE INFORMATION OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, THAT LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO $25.

Indemnity

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ALL USE OF THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND BY USING SUCH INFORMATION AND SERVICES YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS THE PHABC AND/OR BGC RELEASEES, OR ANY ONE OR MORE OF THEM, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, LOSS, INJURY, DAMAGES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT ANY ONE OR MORE OF THEM MAY SUFFER OR INCUR ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO SUCH USE OF THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON THE SITE, ANY CONTENT THAT YOU POST ON THE SITE, OR ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM OTHER WEBSITES THAT ARE LINKED TO FROM THE SITE.

Community guidelines

Community guidelines have been developed to protect visitors to and users of the Site. If you access the Site and post content to the Site (e.g. via email), you are required to follow the Community Guidelines outlined below.

• Personal information. Do not give us personally identifiable information unless we expressly request it. Do not include information that may potentially identify you or other people in any content you provide. This includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, physical descriptions, photos or images, and other content that may personally identify an individual.
• Appropriate content. Use appropriate language when posting content to the Site. Do not post content that: (a) is abusive, hateful, obscene, threatening, harassing, harmful, defamatory, or libellous; (b) is fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading; (c) violates another person’s copyright, trade-mark, or other intellectual property rights; (d) contains personal information about you or any other person; (e) contain or links to photographs or videos; or, (f) is otherwise unlawful or objectionable to PHABC or BGC.
• Unauthorized use. Users are prohibited from posting malicious or unauthorized code (e.g., viruses, bots, worms, spyware, Trojan horses, etc.) or other potentially harmful material to the Site that may interrupt, damage, or limit the functionality of the Site or the use of the Site by others. Users are prohibited from using the Site for spamming, phishing, or other similar schemes. Users are prohibited from posting links to other websites that enable those other sites to passively collect information from the Site (deep linking) or to pull entire sections of the Site’s wireframes (framing).

Site content

You must comply with the Community Guidelines and these Terms of Use. Your failure to do so may result in the deletion of your account and/or the blocking of your IP address for further access to or participation on the Site. PHABC and BGC will cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing PHABC or BGC to disclose the identity of anyone posting content that is unlawful or violates another person’s rights.

Third-party content made available by links to the Site does not necessarily reflect PHABC's and/or BGC’s views or opinions. PHABC and BGC assume no responsibility or liability for any such content. Any links provided by PHABC and BGC on the Site to other external or third-party websites are provided as a reference to help you identify and locate other internet resources that may be of interest. These external websites were independently developed by other parties and PHABC and/or BGC do not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information contained at, or endorse the viewpoints or opinions expressed on such websites. Your use of any third-party website is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of such website. PHABC and/or BGC are not liable for any acts, omissions, or conduct of third parties associated with external websites. PHABC and/or BGC encourage reviewing individual terms of use and privacy policies before using any external website.
 
PHABC reserves the right, to be exercised in its sole discretion, to remove any content from the Site for any reason and at any time, but has no obligation to do so. PHABC will have no liability for any decision to remove, or not to remove, content from the Site.

Any party may request in writing to PHABC or BGC that content be removed from the Site on the grounds that the content does not comply with the Community Guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use. PHABC and BGC are not obligated to remove any content upon receiving a request to do so but may remove any content in its sole discretion as described above.

Privacy Statement

Our Privacy Statement describes the collection, use, and disclosure of information on Clubs Boost Immunity. By accessing and using the Site, you agree that our Privacy Statement applies to the information you provide when you use the Site. 

Modifications
From time to time and without notice PHABC may add new features to the Site, remove existing features from the Site, or otherwise modify the Site, the information, and services available on or through the Site (including their functionality, “look-and-feel”, universal resource locators, and software components).

Copyright

PHABC owns or has authority to use the Site and all information and content, including any icons, images, video, audio, text, illustrations, computer software, and code on the Site (collectively the “Proprietary Content”), and own or have acquired all the necessary licenses for any related intellectual property, including copyright. The Site as a whole and the Proprietary Content is the property of PHABC and/or BGC and is protected under national and international copyright laws and other laws.

You are granted a limited licence to access, download, print, and reproduce reasonable portions of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided the information is not modified and all copyright and other proprietary notices are retained. Any other use is strictly prohibited without permission from PHABC. None of the information, in whole or in part, may be otherwise reproduced, republished or re-disseminated in any manner or form without our prior written consent. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any right in any copyright in any of the information provided on the Site.
 
Trade-marks

Any names, words, titles, phrases, logos, designs, graphics, or icons appearing on the Site may be registered or unregistered trade-marks, official marks, service marks or trade-names and may be the property of PHABC or third parties. Though third-party marks may be used by PHABC and/or BGC subject to a licence agreement, mere display of a third party’s trade-marks does not indicate or imply any relationship between PHABC or BGC and that third party or indicate that PHABC or BGC approves of any of the wares or services used in association with that trade-mark. 
 
Nothing contained herein implies that a licence has been granted to you in respect of any official marks, trade-marks, service marks, or trade names displayed on the Site, unless prior written permission of PHABC or the respective owner of any third party trade-mark is obtained.

Applicable law

The laws in effect in the Province of British Columbia shall govern these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim based on or arising from your use of the Site. You agree that any action or proceeding relating to this agreement or your use of the Site shall only be brought by you in the courts of the Province of British Columbia and will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. 

Entire agreement

If any part of these Terms of Use is found void and unenforceable, it will not affect the validity of the balance of the remaining Terms of Use, which will remain valid and enforceable. These Terms of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us and you with respect to your use of the Site.

Questions, concerns or complaints about the Terms of Use for Clubs Boost Immunity should be submitted to info@phabc.org.

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LAST MODIFIED: 

January 17, 2022