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Terms of Use

Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using this web site.

Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using this web site.

By using www.cmacareerconnections.com, you signify your agreement to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use this web site.

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time at our discretion.

Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this web site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.

The content on this page has been last updated on March 2nd, 2006.

Users from other countries

Users from other countries are required to comply with this web site's established terms of use as well as with terms and conditions applicable in any country where this site may be operational.

Description of services

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia provides this web site to potential and registered participants of CMA Career Connections.

Unless otherwise specified, any new feature that enhances or augments one or more existing services, or any new service launched by the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, will be subject to the Terms of Use in effect for this site.

You alone are responsible for paying any costs associated with the use of the registration section of this web site, such as Internet connection charges or fees associated with connecting to networks that provide access to Internet content. You are also responsible for acquiring any equipment needed for such connections.

Protection of personal information

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia is very aware of the need to protect your security and privacy, particularly in regard to any information you provide to us while using this web site. Please refer to the web site's Privacy Statement for details about our practices.

Restriction on use of content

It is prohibited to reproduce by any means whatsoever the information, data, text, software, music, sounds, photos, images, videos, communications and other materials (collectively "content") included in this web site. More specifically, you are prohibited from doing any of the following:

  • forging headers or otherwise manipulating content transmitted through this web site
  • uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content that contains computer viruses or other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software, computer, application or telecommunications equipment (this list may include other elements without limitation)
  • interfering with, disrupting, or making abusive use of this web site, or servers or networks connected to this web site, or refusing to comply with any requirements, procedures, general regulations or regulatory provisions applicable to networks connected to this web site
  • collecting and storing personal information relating to other users
  • selling, reselling or operating on any commercial basis whatsoever any portion of this web site or any use of this web site or access privileges associated with this web site

Utilization and conservation

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia is in no way responsible for the personalized settings of site users and does not make any warranty with respect to the deletion of your data or any failure to preserve your data.

Changes made to this web site

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia reserves the right at any time to change, temporarily suspend or terminate this web site in whole or in part without informing you in advance. In no event will the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia be liable to you or to any third party for a modification, suspension, or termination of this web site.

Termination

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia reserves the right to refuse your registration in whole or in part.

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia also has the right to remove or relocate any content made available as part of the service. This may be done for any reason, including lack of use or in situations where Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia has good reason to believe that you have violated the Terms of Use applicable to this site.

Any termination of your access to this web site consistent with the established Terms of Use will take place without advance notice of any kind. The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia also reserves the right, at any time, to immediately de-activate or delete any folder or any file within a folder, and/or to prohibit future access to such files or to the service itself.

In no event will Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia be liable to you or to any third party for the termination of your service.

The Certified Management Accountants Society of BC and intellectual property

The service and any software or applications used in connection with the service ("Software and Applications") may contain confidential information protected by existing intellectual property laws or other legislation.

Content included in advertising and information made available to you as part of the service or presented by merchants in connection with the service is protected by the laws applicable to copyright, trademarks, and patents and by any other rights set forth in existing legislation.

Unless expressly authorized by Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, you are prohibited from doing any of the following:

  • copying, altering, renting, borrowing, selling, distributing or creating derivative works based in whole or in part on the service or related software and applications
  • reverse engineering, disassembling or otherwise attempting to locate the source code (except as provided for by law) or to sell, assign, sub-license or transfer in any way the rights attached to the software and applications
  • modifying the software and applications in any way or to use modified versions of the software and applications in order to gain unauthorized access to this web site or for other purposes not limited to this web site
  • accessing this web site by any means other than the interface provided to you by the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia for this purpose

Warranties

This web site is provided to you and is accessible to you based on its availability. The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia makes no warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties as to the quality of this web site or its fitness for a particular purpose, or as to the non-infringement of this web site Terms of Use by users.

More specifically, the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia does not warrant the following:

  • this web site will operate without interruption or error or in a secure and timely manner
  • results obtained by using this web site will be accurate and reliable
  • the quality of any product, service, information or other materials purchased or obtained by you in connection with this web site will meet your expectations
  • any defects in the software and applications will be rectified

You alone will be responsible for any damage sustained by your computer or any loss of data that may result when downloading material.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia or in the course of using this web site may be construed as creating any warranty not expressly stipulated in this web site's Terms of Use.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia will in no way be liable for any direct or indirect damage, including without limitation the loss of profits, customers or data, or other loss of intangible assets, even if Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia has been advised about the possibility of such damage, that may arise:

  • from the use or inability to use this web site
  • following unauthorized access to this web site by a user or following a change in your transmissions or your database
  • from the actions or conduct of a third party in the course of using this web site

Registered Trademarks

Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, the logo of the society, along with trademarks, all other logos and existing or future Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia product/service names, are registered trademarks belonging to the society. It is prohibited to use or otherwise disseminate CMA trademarks in any way without the express written consent of the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia.

Miscellaneous

The Terms of Use represent the entire agreement between the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia and you regarding to use of this web site, www.cmacareerconnections.com, and they supersede any prior agreement between you and Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia concerning the use of this web site.

You may also be subject to additional Terms of Use specific to certain services, third party content, and third party software that will be disclosed to you once you access such services, content, or software. The failure by the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia to exercise any rights conferred upon it by virtue of the Terms of Use in no way constitutes a waiver of such rights. Should any provision of these Terms of Use be judged to be invalid by the decision of a court, all other provisions will remain in effect and continue to apply. The section titles in the Terms of Use are provided for information purposes only and have no legal effect.

Finally, the use of some Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia services may require compliance with additional or specific rules, conditions, provisions or guidelines that will be set forth in a separate agreement. Such rules and guidelines will be considered an integral part of these Terms of Use. In the event of any disagreement or confusion between the Terms of Use and the separate agreement, the latter will prevail.