Web Site Terms of Use

Thank you for visiting the website for the University Neighbourhoods website myuna.perfectmind.com (“Site”).

This Site is owned and operated by the University Neighbourhoods Association  (the “UNA”).  All access to and use of this Site is subject to these terms and conditions (“Terms”).  Please review them carefully as they affect your legal rights and liabilities.

When you access and use this Site, you are acknowledging that you have read, understand and agree to these terms.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE.

In these Terms, “we” or “us” or “our” refers to UNA .

1. Using this Site

All use of this Site is subject to these Terms.  You agree not to use our Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. By using the Site, you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in these Terms. We may change the Terms from time to time without notice, and such amendments will be effective once posted on or accessible from the Site.

These Terms of Use govern your use of the Site, and do not modify or amend any other agreement(s) in place between you and the UNA.

2. About this Site

The UNA is a community based organization that manages local infrastructure, regulates matters of concern and offers programs and activities within residential neighbourhoods located at the University of British Columbia (the “Neighbourhoods”).

Members of the public and residents of the Neighbourhoods who utilize the services and facilities provided by the UNA may access and use this Site to learn more about the UNA, its governance and its community-based recreational programs, events and servicers, and to submit inquiries or complaints or provide comments or feedback.

Users authorized by the UNA to have access to the Site’s portal and member’s only areas (“Authorized Users”) can use this Site to subscribe to service, register for program and activities and communicate with the UNA (“Portal”).  Authorized Users will be asked to establish a user account, including information comprising a User Profile and a unique login and password (“Account”). 

3. Acceptance of Risk

You are responsible for all activities undertaken by you when using the Site.  Your use of the Site is at your own risk.  While efforts are made to verify the information provided on this Site, the UNA  does not guarantee the quality, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information on this Site.  Some information on this Site has been provided by third parties and this information has not necessarily been verified by the UNA .

4. Code of Conduct

Our goal is to provide a safe, welcoming and respectful environment for our community members, staff and volunteers. When using the Site to interact with UNA staff or others users, all members and authorized users are expected to:

·      treat each with respect, courtesy, fairness and dignity;

·      interact with each other respectfully and without regard for diversity or ability;

·      Use the Site in a safe and appropriate way.

All users, including Authorized Users, must refrain from any use of the Site or their Account by any person to:

·      impersonate any person or entity, whether actual or fictitious;

·      upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content to which the Authorized User does not have the legal right to use, post, publish or disseminate or in violation of any law, including any statutory, common law, contractual right or fiduciary or other duty; 

·      upload,  post, transmit or publish any content or information in breach of any law, fraudulently or where the content is threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, hateful, vulgar or otherwise objectionable or infringes our o any third party’s intellectual property or other rights.

The UNA reserves the right to inspect, delete or remove any content that is posted, disseminated, or published using the Site, including content that is in violation of these Terms of Use. 

5. Authorized Users

Authorized Users are responsible to provide the UNA with current, complete and accurate information when registering and maintaining their Accounts.  It is the responsibility of each Authorized User to keep their Account information and user profile information up to date. 

Authorized Users must maintain in confidence their login id, password, security questions and other information necessary to access and use their Account (“Account Information”) and must refrain from permitting or take reasonable steps to prevent any other person from accessing or using their Account (e.g. logging off of the Site or Portal when not in use). 

Authorized Users are responsible for all activity and transactions authorized or undertaken using their Account (including through the use of the Authorized User’s login id, user name, passwords and security questions) including use that is: (a) undertaken by the Authorized User; (b)  undertaken by another person with whom the Authorized User has shared their Account Information; or (c) undertaken by a third party where such use is caused, directly or directly, by the Authorized User’s own carelessness, negligence or failure to keep their Account information in confidence.

Authorized Users must refrain from making any attempt to use the Site or the Portal to obtain unauthorized access to any parts or features of the Site to which they have not been granted access by the UNA, or to any protected materials or information posted or available through the Site using any means not intentionally made available by the UNA.

The UNA may immediately and without notice temporarily or permanently suspend, limit, terminate or restrict the privileges of any Authorized User to access and use the Portal or their Account where the Authorized User acts in violation of these Terms of Use.  The UNA shall not be liable to you or any third party for such termination or limitations on your Account.

6. Communications with Users

The UNA may use information that you provide using the Site or Portal to communicate with you, such as by responding to questions, inquiries or complaints or by communicating with you about services, events or programs for which you have registered using the Site.  We may use the contact information that you provide to us for these purposes, and this may involve sending your email or other electronic messages that contain or refer to your personal information.  By using the Site and Portal to communicate with us, to open an Account or to register or enroll in our products or services, you are consenting to our use of your contact information to communicate with you, including through email, text or electronic transmission. 

7.  UNA Membership

We may use the Site to communicate with members of the UNA (“Members”) about Association business, including elections and business transacted at the public meetings of the UNA’s board of directors on the following terms. 

·      Under the UNA’s Constitution and Bylaws membership in the UNA is available to persons 19 years of age and older who are resident in the Neighbourhoods (ie., Hampton Place, Hawthorn Place, Chancellor Place East Campus or Westbrook Place).

·      Membership in the UNA is governed by the Constitution, Bylaws and policies of the UNA.  Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to alter the terms of membership as set out in these documents.

·      Members are entitled to access certain membership benefits, services and information by accessing and using the Site.  Members who do not wish to register for an Account to access membership benefits may contact the UNA for more information about how to access UNA information and services.

·      Members who register for an Account will be registered for the UBC Alert system which generates text, email or other electronic notifications in the event of an emergency situation affecting residents of the Neighbourhoods.  Members who open an Account, are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, including contact information, for these purposes.

·      Opening an Account using the Site also entitles members to receive a UNA Card.  The Card may be picked up at authorized UNA locations.  You may be required to present proof of residence in the Neighbourhoods when claiming your UNA Card.

8. Security

We have implemented reasonable technology and security features, as well as internal guidelines, to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from unauthorised access or improper use. While we make reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is secure on our system, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or that you access using the Site, and you do so at your own risk and your use of our Site demonstrates your assumption of this risk.

9. Privacy

We respect your personal privacy. Our privacy policy forms part of these Terms of Use, and by accessing and using the Site you acknowledge and accept the terms of our Privacy Policy.  To view our privacy policy, please click [here].

Personal information collected using the Site is collected under the authority of the British Columbia Personal Information Protection Act,  and regulations thereto.

10. Proprietary Rights

This Site, its organization and design, and all information, images, artwork, text, video, audio, pictures and other material on the Site (the “Content”) are protected by copyright and other proprietary rights, all of which we own or have the right to use.  You may download information from the Site for your personal, non-commercial viewing, but you may not otherwise copy, republish, post, transmit, display, frame in another web page, perform, distribute, modify or create derivative works from the Content without our prior written consent and approval.  You do not acquire ownership rights to any Content by accessing or using the Site, and our posting of Content on the Site is not a waiver of any right in or to that Content.

11. No Advice

You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the Site. The information on the Site is provided for educational or information purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, whether medical, legal, or otherwise.

12. Linking

Any Sites that are linked to from our Site are not under our control, and you access them at your own risk. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for these linked Sites or their contents. We provide all such links for your convenience only; they are not an endorsement or referral by us.

13. Disclaimer

The information and content contained on the Site are prepared by UNA  and are believed to be accurate, but are provided for informational purposes only. UNA  does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of any Content in terms of completeness, correctness, accuracy, reliability, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. In no event shall UNA  be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available on this Site.

14. Other Agreements

If there is any conflict between these Terms and any other agreement between you or your business and UNA , the latter agreements will prevail.

15. Choice of Law Jurisdiction

Except where prohibited by law, these Terms, your access to and use of the Site and the Content, and any claims made against UNA  arising out of such access or use or otherwise, will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with British Columbia laws, without reference to British Columbia’s conflict of law rules.

Except where prohibited by law, you agree that exclusive jurisdiction and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Site will be in the British Columbia courts sitting in Vancouver, British Columbia.

16. Contact Information

For any further information, please contact us at: support@myuna.ca