Terms of service

The Web sites cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org are operated by the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est.

  1. Creating a user account

To create a user account, you must be at least 18 years old and consent to provide the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est with the following information:

• a valid e-mail address

• a username

• a password

• your location (country and state or province as the case may be)

• a telephone number should we need to contact you to inform you that you are the winner of a contest that you entered

• a minimum of one tourism area of interest, from among a list of choices

This information is mandatory and allows the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est to create, manage and protect your account. Providing your location is necessary for statistical purposes and allows the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est to evaluate the number of visitors who have an interest in the Eastern Townships and who use the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org Web sites.

With regard to your account, you agree to:

• keep your information up-to-date

• keep your password secret

• notify the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est of any unauthorized use immediately

• log out at the end of each session by clicking on the "Quit" link located on each page.

  1. Privacy policy

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est is committed to safeguarding your privacy and the personal information published on the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org Web sites. Please refer to the Privacy policy section.

  1. Posting photos, videos, stories and comments

All content, including photos, videos, stories or comments posted on the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org sites must exclusively focus on a travel experience in the Eastern Townships, must be true, and must be written in French or English.

You are responsible for the content that you publish on the site. You must have all intellectual property rights and necessary consent from persons in your photos or videos prior to posting them on the site.

You may delete any content that you have published on the site at any time by clicking on the recycle bin icon located underneath any content in your account profile. The content will be permanently deleted with no option for recovery. However, deletion of content rebroadcast on the Eastern Townships group of the Viddler video-sharing site (viddler.com/groups/cantons-de-lest) will take place in the three (3) business days following the request to have it deleted.

  1. Filtering

Your username and any content, including photos, videos, stories and comments as well as any changes thereto are filtered by the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est prior to posting on the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org Web sites.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est reserves the right to delete inappropriate content, including pornographic, racist or violent content or any content that has no connection with the site objectives at any time.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est takes all reasonable measures to filter content within three (3) business days.

  1. Filing a report with the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est

If you notice that content published on the site is inappropriate or does not comply with the Terms and Conditions, please file a report with the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est by sending an e-mail to info@atrce.com.

To report copyright infringement or breach of privacy, please contact the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est by sending an e-mail to info@atrce.com.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est reserves the right to delete any content that has been reported.

  1. Site and content hosting

The cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org Web sites and their contents are hosted by the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est and other partners where applicable.

  1. Copyright licence

By publishing content, including photos, videos, stories or comments on the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org Web sites, you hereby grant the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est, free of charge, a non-exclusive and non-transferable worldwide licence authorizing the reproduction and communication to the public by telecommunication of the content for use on the sites as well as on the Eastern Townships group of the Viddler video-sharing site (viddler.com/groups/cantons-de-lest).

The copyright licence terminates with the deletion of the said content or, for content rebroadcast on the Viddler site, in the three (3) business days following the request to delete the content.

Moreover, despite the non-transferable nature of the licence, the content that you publish on the site may require a sub-licence for reproduction and communication to the public by telecommunication to enable the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est to use partners where necessary and allow them to host the content under the responsibility of the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est.

You guarantee the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est that you have all the necessary rights to publish the content on the site and grant this licence to the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est. You also guarantee the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est that all content published does not violate other people's rights or the Terms and Conditions.

  1. Deleting a user account

You can delete your user account at any time by selecting the "Delete my account" option located in your account profile.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est reserves the right to delete user accounts that violate the Terms and Conditions. It may also delete accounts for administrative or security reasons or if the accounts are inactive.

Deleting a user account, whether done by you or the Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est, is final with no possibility of recovery. The deletion leads to the automatic removal of all content published by the account user, and where applicable, of elements associated with the account, including other users' votes and comments.

  1. Final provisions

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est reserves the right to temporarily suspend or terminate the operation of the cantonsdelest.com and easterntownships.org. sites in whole or in part.

These sites are not a service for hosting or storing your personal photos, videos or stories. You must therefore store your original files, including photos and videos, in another archival format as they cannot be retrieved or downloaded from the site.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est is not liable for any damage you may sustain from the use or non-availability of the site.

The Association touristique régionale des Cantons-de-l’Est reserves the right to modify the Terms and Conditions at any time.

The site and site use will be governed in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec. All disputes in connection with the site shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Quebec.

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