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Pythian Website Terms of Use

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Acceptance of the Website Terms of Use of Use

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start using www.pythian.com and any content, functionality and services offered through it (the “Website”), which is made available by Pythian Services Inc. and its affiliates (collectively referred to in these Terms of Use as “Pythian”, “we” or “our”). By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at www.pythian.com/privacy/, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website. 

By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are the legal age of majority under applicable law to form a binding contract with Pythian and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

Modifications to the Terms of Use and to the Website 

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time. You agree to periodically review the Terms of Use in order to be aware of any such modifications and your continued use will be your acceptance of these. 

The information and material on this Website, and the Website, may be changed, withdrawn, or terminated at any time in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of the Website is restricted to users or unavailable at any time or for any period.

Your Use of the Website and Security

The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use your personal information and protect it in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree with the terms of our Privacy Policy, do not share your personal information with Pythian through the Website.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Users are responsible for obtaining their own access to the Website. Users are required to ensure that all persons who access the Website through a user’s internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them. Some content or areas of the Website are only available to customers of Pythian who have received account credentials from Pythian. If you have received account credentials from Pythian, you will be able to access these areas by using your Client Login information. Any username, password, or any other piece of information provided to you as part of our security procedures, must be treated as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You must exercise caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. You understand and agree that should you be provided an account, your account is personal to you and you agree not to provide any other person with access to Pythian systems or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you logout from your account at the end of each session. You are responsible for any password misuse or any unauthorized access. 

It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. 

Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership 

You understand and agree that the Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality, including, but not limited to, all information, software, code, text, displays, graphics, photographs, video, audio, design, presentation, selection, and arrangement, are owned by Pythian, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected in all forms by intellectual property laws including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and any other proprietary rights. 

Pythian name, Love Your Data, the Pythian logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, images, and slogans are trademarks of Pythian or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Pythian. Other names, logos, product and service names, designs, images, and slogans mentioned, or which appear on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners. Use of any such property, except as expressly authorized, constitutes an infringement or violation of the rights of the property owner and may be a violation of federal or other laws and could subject the infringer to legal action.

You may only use the Website for your personal and non-commercial use. If you request authorization to download content from our Website, you may only use it for the purpose for which it is offered, and you shall not directly or indirectly reproduce, compile for an internal database, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, or transmit any of the material on our Website, in any form or medium whatsoever. 

You are not permitted to modify copies of any materials from this Website nor delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Website. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. You have no right, title, or interest in or to the Website or to any content on the Website, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Pythian. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may infringe or violate copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property or other proprietary laws.

Site Monitoring and Enforcement, Suspension, and Termination

Company has the right, without provision of notice to:

  • Remove or refuse to post on the Website any Submissions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
  • Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including, without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

We have no obligation, nor any responsibility to any party to monitor the Website or its use. 

No Reliance

The content on our Website is provided for general information purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain more specific or professional advice before taking, or refraining from, any action or inaction on the basis of the content on our Website.

This Website may include content provided by third parties, including blogs by personnel of Pythian. All statements and/or opinions expressed in any such content, other than the content provided by Pythian, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. Such materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Pythian. Neither Pythian nor its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, or successors have any responsibility or liability whatsoever to you, or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any third-party materials.

Third-Party Websites 

For your convenience, this Website may provide links or pointers to third-party sites. We make no representations about any other websites that may be accessed from this Website. If you choose to access any such sites, you do so at your own risk. We have no control over the contents of any such third-party sites and accept no responsibility for such sites or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You are subject to any Terms of Use of such third-party sites. 

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Website other than the homepage. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with these Terms of Use. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to immediately stop. 

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand and agree that your use of the Website, its content, and any services or items found or attained through the Website is at your own risk. The Website, its content, and any services or items found or attained through the website are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Neither Pythian nor its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, or successors make any warranty, representation, or endorsement with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, suitability, accuracy, currency, or availability of the Website or its contents, including, without limitation, any representation or warranty that the Website, its content, or any services or items found or attained through the Website will be accurate, reliable, error-free, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that our website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files or data available for downloading from the internet or the website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are solely and entirely responsible for your use of the Website and your computer, internet, and data security. To the fullest extent provided by law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by denial-of-service attack, distributed denial-of-service attack, overloading, flooding, mailbombing, or crashing, viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the website or any services or items found or attained through the website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Limitation on liability

Except where such exclusions are prohibited by law, under no circumstance will Pythian nor its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, or successors be liable for negligence, gross negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fundamental breach, damages of any kind, under any legal theory, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including, but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, breach of privacy, or otherwise, even if the party was allegedly advised or had reason to know, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, or reliance on, the Website, any linked websites or such other third-party websites, nor any Website content, materials, posting, or information thereon even if the party was allegedly advised or had reason to know.

General Provisions

The Website and these Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and you agree that any dispute relating to your use of the Website will be finally resolved in the courts of competent jurisdiction located in Ottawa, Ontario.

If any term or provision of these Terms of Use is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of these Terms of Use or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Pythian regarding the Website and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such subject matter. 

Reporting and Contact

This Website is operated by Pythian Services Inc. located at 319 McRae Avenue, Suite 700, Ottawa, ON K1Z 0B9,Privacy related questions or requests are received at privacy@pythian.com. All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to info@pythian.com.