Terms of Use

You are only authorized to visit, view and to retain a single copy of pages of the Site for your own personal use. You shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute any of the information, reports, data, graphics, trade-marks, text, files, software, product or company names, trade-marks or trade-names listed, contained, embedded or otherwise present on this Site from time to time (collectively, the “Content”) for any purpose. Additionally, you shall not, without prior written permission, remove or modify any legal notices or credits which may be present on the Site, link or post links to any subdirectory of the Site or frame any portion of the Site.

External Links

The Site may, from time-to-time, contains links to websites operated by third parties. These may include sponsored advertisements. The Vancouver Medical Association (VMA) cannot and does not make any guarantees, representations, warranties or endorsements with respect to the content contained or services available on such websites (including, without limitation, any guarantees or representations with respect to the accuracy of the information contained on such websites, the reliability of such websites, the suitability for a particular purpose of such websites or the absence of any viruses, bugs or other disabling material on such websites which may adversely affect the operation of your computer or other software). By using the Site to link to another website, you understand and agree that the VMA will not be liable for any damages or losses resulting or arising from your use of such other websites. Any concerns about sponsored ads can be communicated to the VMA via their contact form. If you are interested in establishing a link from your website to our home page, or if you wish to publish or post our name, logo or other references to VMA on another website, please contact us at [email protected].

Access and Interference

You shall not use any robot, spider or any other device or process to monitor or copy the Site or the Content without prior written permission from the VMA, and also shall not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper operation of the Site or, where applicable, the Content.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer

USE OF THIS SITE AND CONTENT IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Vancouver Medical Association (“VMA”) provides the Site and the Content on an “as-is, where-is” basis, and does not represent, warrant or guarantee that the Site or the Content will be free of errors, viruses, worms or other disabling material which may adversely affect the operation of your computer or other software or that the Site will function on an uninterrupted basis. The Vancouver Medical Association expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Site and the Content, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or ownership and non-infringement of the Content. NEITHER THE VMA NOR ANY PARTNER OR AFFILIATE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND/OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR ACCESS OF THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT, WHETHER SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISES OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY.

Ownership

The Content and the Site are the property of the Vancouver Medical Association and/or its suppliers and trade partners and are protected by U.S., Canadian and international copyright, trade-mark and other laws. The VMA trade-mark and logo are trade-marks of the Vancouver Medical Association. Except as expressly permitted in these terms and conditions, you shall not copy, transmit, display, distribute, license, alter, frame or otherwise use in whole or in part in any manner any of the Content. Other featured words or symbols used to identify the source of goods and services are the trade-marks of their respective owners.

Privacy Policy

The owners of this website acknowledge that adherence to fair information collection practice is of utmost importance. The owners of this website may from time to time collect personal information from visitors to this website, as well as those recipients who apply for memberships. The owners of this website do not share, trade, sell or rent any of its customer or recipient personal information. The owners of this website may use this information to communicate, from time to time, with customers. Many of this website’s services are provided in conjunction with a partner organization (trade associations, professional societies, non-profit organizations). These partnerships are designed to provide the most beneficial experience to users. No personal identification information is ever shared with any advertisers, or third parties. Demographic and profile data may also be collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.