GLOBAL BED AND BREAKFAST LINKS ("GBBL") PROVIDES THIS WEB SITE (THE "WEBSITE") TO YOU SUBJECT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE (THESE "WEBSITE TERMS"). PLEASE READ THESE WEBSITE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU EXPLICITLY AGREE TO COMPLY WITH AND BE BOUND BY THESE WEBSITE TERMS AND ALL TERMS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL PROVISIONS OF THESE WEBSITE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
These WEBSITE Terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with GBBL or its affiliates for products, services or otherwise. GBBL reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in these WEBSITE Terms, or any policy or guideline of the WEBSITE, at any time and at its sole discretion. Unless otherwise specified, any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the WEBSITE, and your continued use of the WEBSITE will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. You should review the WEBSITE Terms and its incorporated policies and documents from time to time to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the WEBSITE. If you do not agree to any amended terms, you must stop using the WEBSITE.
The WEBSITE, and all text, images, marks, logos and other content contained herein, including, without limitation, the GBBL logo and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, other files, Content (as defined below) and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, the "WEBSITE Content") are the proprietary property of GBBL or its licensors or users and are protected Canadian and international copyright laws. The WEBSITE and all WEBSITE Content is (C) 2005-06 GBBL All Rights Reserved.
GBBL and all other product or service names or slogans displayed on the WEBSITE are registered and/or common law trademarks of GBBL and/or its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of GBBL or the applicable trademark holder. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the WEBSITE are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by GBBL.
GBBL grants you a limited, nonsublicensable license to access and use the WEBSITE and to view, copy and print portions of the WEBSITE Content. Such license is subject to these WEBSITE Terms, and specifically conditioned upon the following: (i) you may only view, copy and print portions of the WEBSITE Content for your own informational, personal and non-commercial use; (ii) you may not modify or otherwise make derivative uses of the WEBSITE or the WEBSITE Content, or any portion thereof; (iii) any displays or printouts of WEBSITE Content must be marked "(c) 2005-06, GBBL All rights reserved."; (iv) you may not remove or modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices that have been placed in the WEBSITE Content; (v) you may not use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (vi) you may not use the WEBSITE or the WEBSITE Content other than for its intended purpose; and (vii) you may not reproduce, prepare derivative works from, distribute or display the WEBSITE or any WEBSITE Content (except for page caching), except as provided herein. Except as expressly permitted above, any use of any portion of the WEBSITE or WEBSITE Content without the prior written permission of GBBL is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein.
Any such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these WEBSITE Terms may be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time.
You represent and warrant that your use of the WEBSITE and the WEBSITE Content will be consistent with this license and will not infringe or violate the rights of any other party or breach any contract or legal duty to any other parties, or violate any applicable law. You expressly agree to indemnify GBBL against any liability to any person arising out of your use of WEBSITE Content not in accordance with these WEBSITE Terms.
The WEBSITE contains links to third-party WEBSITEs ("Third-Party WEBSITEs") and third-party content ("Third-Party Content") as a service to those interested in this information. You use links to Third-Party WEBSITEs, and any Third-Party Content therein, at your own risk. GBBL does not monitor or have any control over, and makes no claim or representation regarding, Third-Party Content or Third-Party WEBSITEs. GBBL provides these links only as a convenience, and a link to a Third-Party WEBSITE or Third-Party Content does not imply GBBL's endorsement, adoption or sponsorship of, or affiliation with, such Third-Party WEBSITE or Third-Party Content. GBBL accepts no responsibility for reviewing changes or updates to, or the quality, content, policies, nature or reliability of, Third-Party Content, Third-Party WEBSITEs, or WEBSITEs linking to the WEBSITE. When you leave the WEBSITE, our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third-Party WEBSITE, and should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction with any third party.
The WEBSITE may contain discussion forums, bulletin boards, review services or other forums in which you or third parties may post reviews of travel experiences or other content, messages, materials or other items on the WEBSITE ("Interactive Areas"). If GBBL provides such Interactive Areas, you are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the WEBSITE any of the following:
GBBL takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is GBBL liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, GBBL is not liable for any statements, representations or Content provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other Interactive Area. Although GBBL has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Interactive Area, GBBL reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on the WEBSITE at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or store on the WEBSITE at your sole cost and expense.
Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the WEBSITE in violation of the foregoing violates these WEBSITE Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or the WEBSITE. In order to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect GBBL's systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of GBBL's business and systems, GBBL may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user profile information (i.e. name, email address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted Content. GBBL's right to disclose any such information shall govern over any terms of GBBL's Privacy Policy.
By posting or distributing Content to or through the WEBSITE, unless we indicate otherwise, you (a) grant GBBL and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; (b) grant GBBL and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such Content, if they choose; and (c) represent and warrant that (i) you own and control all of the rights to the Content that you post or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute such Content to or through the WEBSITE; (ii) such Content is accurate and not misleading; and (iii) use and posting or other transmission of such Content does not violate these WEBSITE Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You further grant GBBL the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or GBBL's rights in the Content by a breach of these WEBSITE Terms.
Content submitted by users will be considered non-confidential and GBBL is under no obligation to treat such Content as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, GBBL reserves the right to use the Content as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post it. GBBL is under no obligation to offer you any payment for Content that you submit or the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify Content once the it has been submitted to GBBL. GBBL shall have no duty to attribute authorship of Content to you, and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.
If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the Content, you hereby declare that (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the Content by GBBL or its licensees, successors and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the Content; and (d) you forever release GBBL, and its licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against GBBL by virtue of any such moral rights.
GBBL may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on the WEBSITE. Your business dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than GBBL, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. GBBL is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of third-party advertisers on the WEBSITE.
If you believe that material posted on the WEBSITE infringes upon any copyright that you own or control, or that any link on the WEBSITE directs users to another WEBSITE that contains materials that infringes upon any copyright that you hold or control, you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below:
admin@globalbedandbreakfastlinks.com
We may give notice of a claim of copyright infringement to our users by means of a general notice on the WEBSITE, electronic mail to a user's email address in our records, or by written communication sent by first-class mail to a user's address in our records.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable law, GBBL has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at GBBL's sole discretion, subscribers or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers. GBBL may also at its sole discretion limit access to the WEBSITE and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
You agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the WEBSITE ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain the security of your password; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to GBBL, and to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to GBBL.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN WRITING BY GBBL, THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (THE "SERVICES") ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. GBBL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT AS TO THE SERVICES, INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE. GBBL DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY OR PROPRIETARY CHARACTER OF THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE CONTENT OR ANY PORTION THEREOF.
GBBL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO PRICING, TEXT OR PHOTOGRAPHY. WHILE GBBL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES SAFE, GBBL CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD.
YOU WAIVE AND COVENANT NOT TO ASSERT ANY CLAIMS OR ALLEGATIONS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER AGAINST GBBL, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS OR ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO THE ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, ALLEGED INACCURACY OF WEBSITE CONTENT, OR ALLEGATIONS THAT GBBL HAS OR SHOULD INDEMNIFY, DEFEND OR HOLD HARMLESS YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FROM ANY CLAIM OR ALLEGATION ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR OTHER EXPLOITATION OF THE WEBSITE. YOU USE THE WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, NEITHER GBBL NOR ANY PARTIES PROVIDING WEBSITE CONTENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY WEBSITE CONTENT OR OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM GBBL OR ACCESSIBLE VIA THE WEBSITE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO GBBL'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF GBBL, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE WEBSITE EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO GBBL FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
The website is operated from British Columbia Canada but, due to the nature of the internet, is accessible from many jurisdictions around the world. You and GBBL both benefit from establishing a predictable legal environment in regard to the WEBSITE. Therefore, you and GBBL explicitly agree that all disputes, claims or other matters arising from or relating to your use of the WEBSITE will be governed by the laws of the British Columbia, Canada without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree that all claims you may have against GBBL arising from or relating to the WEBSITE will be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you, stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceeding in such courts, and covenant not to assert any objection to proceeding in such courts. If you choose to access the WEBSITE from locations other than Vancouver Canada you will be responsible for compliance with all local laws of such other jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding any provision of these WEBSITE Terms, GBBL reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, without any notice or liability to you, to (a) terminate your license to use the WEBSITE, or any portion thereof; (b) block or prevent your future access to and use of all or any portion of the WEBSITE, WEBSITE Content or Services; (c) change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the WEBSITE, WEBSITE Content or Services; and (d) impose limits on the WEBSITE, WEBSITE Content or Services.
If any provision of these WEBSITE Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these WEBSITE Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.