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Our Terms-of-use policy

 

Revised and posted as of:

This page explains our terms of use. When you use e-Court, you are agreeing to all the rules on this page. Some of them need to be expressed in legal language, but we have done our best to offer you clear and simple explanations of what everything means, hence the brief summaries in these blue boxes. The summaries, for the record, are not part of the official legal terms.

Welcome to e-Court. By using this website (the Site) and services (together with the Site, the Services) offered by e-Court, PBC (together with Drip U.S., LLC, The Creative Independent, LLC, and its and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, representatives, consultants, employees, officers, and directors, collectively, e-Court, we, or us), you are agreeing to these legally binding rules (the Terms). You are also agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy and Anti Spam Policy and Copyright Policy, and agreeing to follow any other rules on the site, like our Community Guidelines.

We may change these terms from time to time. If we do, we will let you know about any material changes, either by notifying you on the site or by sending you an email. New versions of the terms will never apply retroactively, we will tell you the exact date they go into effect. If you keep using e-Court after a change, that means you accept the new terms.

e-Court is for your personal, non-commercial use, except as explained in section 4 and section 5 below.


2. About Creating an Account

To sign up for an e-Court account, you need to be 18 or over. You are responsible for your account and all the activity on it.

You can browse e-Court without registering for an account. But to use some of e-Courts functions, you will need to register, choose a username, and set a password. When you do that, the information you give us has to be accurate and complete. Do not impersonate anyone else or choose names that are offensive or that violate anyone's rights. If you do not follow these rules, we may cancel your account.

You're responsible for all the activity on your account, and for keeping your password confidential. If you find out that someone's used your account without your permission, you should report it to support@e-court.ca.

To sign up for an account, you need to be at least 18 years old, or old enough to form a binding contract where you live. If necessary, we may ask you for proof of age.


3. Things You Definitely Shouldn't Do

This section is a list of things you probably already know you shouldn't lie, break laws, abuse people, steal data, hack other people's computers, and so on. Please behave yourself. Don't do this stuff.

Millions of people use e-Court. We expect all of them to behave responsibly and help keep this a nice place. Don't do any of these things on the site:

  • Don't break the law. Don't take any action that infringes or violates other people's rights, violates the law, or breaches any contract or legal duty you have toward anyone.
  • Don't lie to people. Don't post information you know is false, misleading, or inaccurate. Don't do anything deceptive or fraudulent.
  • Don't offer prohibited items. Don't offer any rewards that are illegal, violate any of e-Court's policies, rules, or guidelines, or violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance, or regulation.
  • Don't victimize anyone. Don't do anything threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, tortious, obscene, profane, or invasive of another person's privacy.
  • Don't spam. Don't distribute unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material, or any junk mail, spam, or chain letters. Don't run mail lists, listservs, or any kind of auto responder or spam on or through the site.
  • Don't harm anyone's computer. Don't distribute software viruses, or anything else (code, films, programs) designed to interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or equipment on the site (whether it belongs to e-Court or another party).
  • Don't abuse other users' personal information. When you use e-Court and especially if you create a successful case, you may receive information about other users, including things like their names, email addresses, and postal addresses. This information is provided for the purpose of participating in an e-Court case: don't use it for other purposes, and don't abuse it.

We also need to make sure that the site is secure and our systems function properly. So don't do any of these things, most of which boil down to ..don't mess with our system.

  • Don't try to interfere with the proper workings of the services.
  • Don't bypass any measures we've put in place to secure the Services.
  • Don't try to damage or get unauthorized access to any system, data, password, or other information, whether it belongs to e-Court or another party.
  • Don't take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, or on our third-party providers. (We reserve the right to determine what's reasonable.)
  • Don't use any kind of software or device (whether it's manual or automated) to 'crawl' or 'spider' any part of the site.
  • Don't take apart or reverse engineer any aspect of e-Court in an effort to access things like source code, underlying ideas, or algorithms.

  • 4. Liability

    e-Court isn't liable for any damages or losses related to your use of the services. We don't become involved in disputes between users, or between users and any third party relating to the use of the services. We don't oversee the performance or punctuality of cases, and we don't endorse any content users submit to the site. When you use the services, you release e-Court from claims, damages, and demands of every kind,known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and the services. All content you access through the Services is at your own risk. You're solely responsible for any resulting damage or loss to any party.


    5. Other Websites

    If you follow a link to another website, what happens there is between you and them, not us. e-Court may contain links to other websites. (For instance, case pages, user profiles, and comments may link to other sites.) When you access third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. We don't control or endorse those sites.

    e-Court partners with other companies (such as RBC) for payment processing. When you create a case, you're also agreeing to the payment processor's terms of service.


    6. Your Intellectual Property

    We don't own the info you post on e-Court. But when you post it, you're giving us permission to use or copy it however we need in order to run the site, or show conflicting people what's happening on it. You're responsible for the content you post, and you're vouching to us that it's all okay for use.

    e-Court doesn't own content you submit to us (your 'Content'). But we do need certain licenses from you in order to perform our Services. When you submit a case for review, or launch a case, you agree to these terms:

    • We can use the content you've submitted. You grant to us, and others acting on our behalf, the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right to use, exercise, commercialize, and exploit the copyright, publicity, trademark, and database rights with respect to your content.
    • When we use the content, we can make changes, like editing or translating it. You grant us the right to edit, modify, reformat, excerpt, delete, or translate any of your Content.
    • You won't submit info you don't hold the copyright for (unless you have permission). Your content will not contain third-party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third-party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material, or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material (and to grant e-Court all the license rights outlined here).
    • Any royalties or licensing on your content are your responsibility. You will pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity based on your content, or on e-Court's hosting of that Content.
    • You promise that if we use your content, we're not violating anyone's rights or copyrights. If e-Court or its users exploit or make use of your submission in the ways contemplated in this agreement, you promise that this will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including (without limitation) any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
    • You're responsible for the info you post. All information submitted to the site, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom that content originated.
    • We're not responsible for mistakes in your content. e-Court will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content.


      7. e-Court's Intellectual Property

      The content on e-Court is protected in various ways. You do have the right to use it for certain personal purposes, but you can't use it for anything commercial without getting permission first.

      e-Court's Services are legally protected in various ways, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, and other rights and laws. You agree to respect all copyright and other legal notices, information, and restrictions contained in any content accessed through the site. You also agree not to change, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of the services.

      If you want to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, or store any of this content for a commercial purpose, you need prior written permission from e-Court or the relevant copyright holder. A 'commercial purpose' means you intend to use, sell, license, rent, or otherwise exploit content for commercial use, in any way.


      8. How We Deal with Copyright Issues

      We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. To learn more about how we deal with claims of copyright infringement, read our Copyright Policy.

      The Digital Millennium Copyright Act lays out a system of legal requirements for dealing with allegations of copyright infringement. e-Courtcomplies with the DMCA, and we respond to notices of alleged infringement if they comply with the law and the requirements set forth in our Copyright Policy. We reserve the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing, and to terminate accounts for repeat infringers. (We do this when appropriate and at our sole discretion.)

      If you'd like to submit a claim of copyright infringement, please visit our Copyright Policy. Our designated agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement is:

      e-Court.ca Legal Services Int'l Inc
      683 Fraser Ave
      Ottawa, ONT. K2A2R7 Canada
      copyright@e-court.ca


      9. Deleting Your Account

      You can delete your account at any time. Deleting your account won't automatically make some content you've already posted go away.

      You can terminate your account at any time through your account settings. We may retain certain information as required by law or as necessary for our legitimate business purposes. All provisions of this agreement survive termination of an account, including our rights regarding any content you've already submitted to the site. (For instance, if you've launched a case deleting your account will not automatically remove the case from the site.) You can contact us at support@e-court.ca for additional information or to request case page deletion (this is not available in all circumstances).


      10. Our Rights

      To operate, we need to be able to maintain control over what happens on our website. So in this section, we reserve the right to make decisions to protect the health and integrity of our system. We don't take these powers lightly, and we only use them when we absolutely have to.

      e-Court reserves these rights:

      • We can make changes to the e-Court site and services without notice or liability.
      • We have the right to decide who's eligible to use e-Court. We can cancel accounts or decline to offer our services. (Especially if you're abusing them.) We can change our eligibility criteria at any time. If these things are prohibited by law where you live, then we revoke your right to use e-Court in that jurisdiction.
      • We have the right to cancel any pledge to any case, at any time and for any reason.
      • We have the right to reject, cancel, interrupt, remove, or suspend any case at any time and for any reason.

      e-Court is not liable for any damages as a result of any of these actions, and it is our policy not to comment on the reasons for any such action.


      11. Warranty Disclaimer

      We work hard to provide you with great services, but we can't guarantee everything will always work perfectly. This site is presented as-is, without warranties.

      You use our Services solely at your own risk. They are provided to you 'as is' and 'as available' and without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

      e-Court SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION (ORAL OR WRITTEN) OBTAINED BY YOU FROM e-Court SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.


      12. Indemnification

      If you do something on e-Court that winds up getting us sued, you have to help defend us.

      If you do something that gets us sued, or break any of the promises you make in this agreement, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from all liabilities, claims, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and other legal costs) that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of e-Court. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to this indemnification clause, in which case you agree that you will cooperate and help us in asserting any defenses.


      13. Limitation of Liability

      If something bad happens as a result of your using e-Court, we're not liable.

      To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event will e-Court, its directors, employees, partners, suppliers, or content providers be liable for any indirect, incidental, punitive, consequential, special, or exemplary damages of any kind, including but not limited to damages (i) resulting from your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Services; (ii) for any lost profits, data loss, or cost of procurement or substitute goods or services; or (iii) for any conduct of content of any third party on the Site. In no event shall e-Court's liability for direct damages be in excess of (in the aggregate) fifty CAN dollars (CDN 50.00).


      14. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

      We're located in Ottawa, and any disputes with us have to be handled in Ottawa under Ontario Provincial law.

      We at e-Court encourage you to contact us if you're having an issue, before resorting to the courts. In the unfortunate situation where legal action does arise, these Terms (and all other rules, policies, or guidelines incorporated by reference) will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and Canada, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law, and without application of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act or the United Nations Convention of Controls for International Sale of Goods. You agree that e-Court and its services are deemed a passive website that does not give rise to jurisdiction over e-Court or its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers, or shareholders, either specific or general, in any jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms, or your use or non-use of e-Court, shall be filed only in the provincial or federal courts located in Ottawa in the Province of Ontario, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. You hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in any dispute, action, or proceeding.


      15. Other

      These are our official terms and our rules for how things work. (So if you ever see confusing or conflicting information about any of this stuff, just check these terms, they're the last word.) Thanks so much for reading them, and for using e-Court!

      These Terms and the other material referenced in them are the entire agreement between you and e-Court with respect to the services. They supersede all other communications and proposals (whether oral, written, or electronic) between you and e-Court with respect to the services and govern our future relationship. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under the law, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Terms otherwise will remain in full force and effect and enforceable. The failure of either you or e-Court to exercise any right provided for in these Terms in any way won't be deemed a waiver of any other rights.

      These Terms are personal to you. You can't assign them, transfer them, or sublicense them unless you get e-Court's prior written consent. e-Court has the right to assign, transfer, or delegate any of its rights and obligations under these Terms without your consent. e-Court will provide you notice via email, written notice, or by conspicuously posting the notice on our Site.



      These updated policies will go into effect on May 25, 2018, at 12 a.m. Eastern Time, and apply to all cases launched on e-Court on or after that date. We suggest you also visit our (1) Security Policy and (2) Privacy Policy and (3) Cookies Policy and (4) Copyright Policy and (5 ) Community Policy and (6) Anti-Spam Policy and (7) Consent Policy