Website terms of use
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the other participating real estate boards, or their respective members, (collectively "REBGV") provide this website and its services to you subject to the following terms and conditions, which may be changed by REBGV from time to time without notice to you.
In this document, the words "us", "we", and "our" refer to REBGV.
Disclaimer
This website and all property information, images, artwork, text, video, audio, pictures and other materials contained on this website, and the website design, content and arrangement (collectively, the "Information") is provided "AS IS". REBGV makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this website, its services, or the Information. REBGV IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, ITS SERVICES OR THE Information, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES YOU MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BEING TRANSMITTED BETWEEN YOU AND REBGV.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST, INCOMPLETE, ILLEGIBLE, MISDIRECTED OR STOLEN MESSAGES OR MAIL, UNAVAILABLE CONNECTIONS, FAILED, INCOMPLETE, GARBLED OR DELAYED TRANSMISSIONS, ONLINE FAILURES, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR OTHER TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR DISTURBANCES.
TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, REBGV DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Exclusion of liability
REBGV WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR OTHERWISE, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR REBGV'S SERVICES, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE OR REBGV IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS ON WHICH A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES IS MADE.
Information
While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the Information is accurate and reliable when it was posted on this site, THE INFORMATION MAY NOT BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT. You use the Information at your own risk and you should not rely on the Information in situations where that reliance might result in any loss or damage to persons or property.
Copyright
The Information is protected by copyright laws. All Information available on this site is intended for private, non-commercial use by individuals. Any commercial use of the Information, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the owner(s) of the copyright, is specifically prohibited. The Information may not be modified or altered in any respect, merged with other data or published in any form, in whole or in part. Individual users may, subject to these terms and conditions, print or save individual pages for private, non-commercial use, however, an individual user may not otherwise copy, reproduce, republish, post, transmit, display, perform, distribute, modify or create derivative works from the Information without REBGV's prior written approval. By downloading the Information, you confirm agreement with, and acceptance of, the foregoing conditions of use.
Trade-marks
Realtylink.org, REBGV and all other trade-marks and trade names of REBGV appearing on this website are owned by REBGV and may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not REBGV's; in any manner that is likely to cause confusion; or in any manner that may disparage or discredit REBGV. Nothing contained on this site gives any person the right or license to use any trade-mark displayed on this site, without the expressed written permission of the trade-mark owner.
Communication using the website
This website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums and other communications facilities designed to allow you to communicate with others. You may not use these features or this website to communicate anything defamatory, threatening, hateful, harassing, abusive, unlawful, vulgar, obscene, harmful or potentially harmful, or invasive of anyone's privacy. REBGV does not generally monitor and filter the content posted within these communications facilities; however, REBGV may review and delete any materials without cause, notice or explanation.
Linking
The sites that are linked from this website are not under our control, and REBGV does not assume any responsibility or liability for any communications or materials available at those linked sites. All links are provided for your convenience only; they do not represent an endorsement or referral by REBGV and you access linked sites at your own risk. If you wish to provide a link to our website from your website, you may only link to our home page at www.realtylink.org. You may not use any of REBGV's icons on your website without the express written consent of REBGV, and you may not use the link to suggest that REBGV sponsors, endorses, approves of or is affiliated with your website.
Jurisdiction
The laws in force in the province of British Columbia, Canada, will govern these disclaimers, terms, conditions and any claims you make against REBGV. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these disclaimers, terms and conditions will be filed only in the courts located in the province of British Columbia, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating such action.
General
REBGV may amend these Website Terms of Use at any time. Accordingly, you should periodically re-visit these terms to review the then-current Website Terms of Use governing your use of this website. Certain portions of these Website Terms of Use may be superseded by terms of other contracts between you and REBGV. If any part of these Website Terms of Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that part is severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining disclaimers, terms and conditions. REBGV reserves the right at any time to begin charging for access to this website and its services.
Privacy
This statement discloses the privacy practices and policies for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's website. If you have any questions about these practices and policies, please contact us at reachus@realtylink.org. If you are a user of MLS® (either a buyer or seller), your personal information is subject to the privacy policies of the Board where your transaction occurred. The consumer privacy policy for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver is available here.
Information Collection, Use and Disclosure
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver respects your personal privacy. You may use our site without providing any personal information about yourself to us. If we ask you to provide us with any personal information, we will tell you the purposes for which we intend to use that information. Except as required by law, we will not collect, use, or disclose that information for any other purposes without your consent.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data which are stored on your computer to allow your web browser to remember something about our website. Cookies are useful because they allow us to personalize our site for you. Cookies may also enable us to track and target your interests to enhance your experience on our site.
Links
This website contains links to other sites and advertisements. This privacy statement only applies to information collected by our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of these third parties.
Retention of Information
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected the information. Once the information is no longer required to fulfil these purposes, it will either be destroyed, erased or made anonymous.
Accuracy of Information
We strive to ensure that any personal information we retain and use is as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which we will use it. We do not routinely update personal information unless necessary for these purposes. Nonetheless, if our records regarding your personal information are inaccurate or incomplete, we will amend that information at your request.
Access to Information
At your request, we will provide to you a statement explaining the extent to which we hold personal information about you, and we will explain how that information has been used or disclosed by us.
Security
We will use appropriate security safeguards to protect your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access.
Opting Out
If you wish to have any of your personal information removed from our databases, or if you no longer want us to send any further communications to you, please send an e-mail to reachus@realtylink.org.