Terms of Use for
Real Estate Broker & Web Agency
Last updated on: 09/18/2023
PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THE SITE
The following terms and conditions govern and apply to your use of or reliance on the site maintained by SyncBroker (the “Site”).
By accessing or browsing the Site, you represent that you have read, understood and are bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use. Please note that we may change the Terms and Conditions of Use at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed your acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions.
1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All intellectual property on the Site, other than User Generated Content as defined below, is owned by us or our licensors and includes any copyrighted, trademarked or patented material. All trademarks are owned, registered and/or licensed by us. All content on the Site, excluding User Generated Content as defined below, including, but not limited to, text, software, code, design, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, applications, interactive features and other content, is a collective work under Canadian and other copyright laws and is the property of SyncBroker. Materials on this Site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed or modified, in whole or in part, whether in text, graphics, audio, video or executable form, without our written permission.
All rights reserved.
2. USE OF COMPANY CONTENT
We may provide you with certain information as a result of your use of the Site, including, without limitation, documents, data or information developed by us, or any other material that may assist you in using the Site or the Services (the “Company Content”). The Company Content may not be used for any purpose other than the use of the Site and the Services offered on the Site. Nothing herein shall be construed as granting you any license or intellectual property rights.
3. USER GENERATED CONTENT
“User Generated Content” includes any communications, materials, information, data, opinions, photos, profiles, messages, notes, hyperlinks, text information, designs, graphics, sounds or other content that you and/or other users of the Site post or make available on or through the Site, excluding content that is our property.
4. USER ACCOUNT AND ACCOUNT USE
If your use of the Site requires an account that identifies you as a user of the Site (a “User Account”):
You are solely responsible for your User Account, maintaining the confidentiality and security of your User Account and all passwords associated with your User Account, and for the activity of any person who accesses your account with or without your permission;
You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your User Account, of services provided through your User Account, of a password associated with your User Account, or of any other breach of security of your User Account or of services provided through your User Account, and you agree to assist us, as requested, to stop or remedy any breach of security related to your Account;
You agree to provide true, accurate and current user information, such as: we may request it from time to time, and you agree to notify us of any changes to your user information as required so that the information we hold is true, accurate and current.
You agree that your commercial listings will be published on the OPCO.ca web platform, exclusive to commercial real estate (sales and rentals).
We disclaim all liability for errors concerning the entry of data related to your account and for transfer times in the event of an error at Centris.
5. PAYMENT
All billing and payments are made through the Stripe
No refunds will be given. It is the user’s responsibility to cancel their subscription to avoid automatic billing.
If you exceed the number of listings allowed in your plan, you will automatically be upgraded to the next plan. If you are already on the largest existing plan, additional listings will be charged $0.95 per month.
Plan prices are subject to change without notice.
When you make a purchase, you agree to provide a valid payment instrument. Pay attention to the details of the transaction as the total price may exclude taxes, fees, and shipping costs for which you are responsible.
When you provide us with a payment instrument, you represent that you have permission to use that payment instrument. When you make a payment, you authorize us and the payment service we use to charge the full amount to the payment instrument you designated for the transaction. You also authorize us to collect and store that payment instrument and any other information related to the transaction.
If you pay by debit or credit card, we may obtain a pre-authorization from the card issuer for up to the full amount of the transaction. If you choose to cancel a transaction before it is completed, the funds used for the pre-authorization may not be immediately available in your account.
We reserve the right to cancel any transaction if we believe that the transaction violates these Terms of Use or if we believe that doing so will prevent financial loss.
In order to prevent financial loss, we may contact the issuer of your payment instrument, law enforcement authorities or any affected third parties (including other users) and may share details of any payments you are associated with if we believe that doing so will prevent financial loss or a violation of the law.
If you wish to cancel your license and/or stop your subscription, you must notify us by writing to info@syncbroker.com 30 days prior to your monthly renewal so that we may be able to to stop automatic withdrawals.
6. ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE SITE
You agree not to use the Site for any unlawful purpose or any other purpose prohibited under this clause. You agree not to use the Site in any way that could harm the Site, the Services or the business of SyncBroker.
You also agree not to use the Site for the following purposes:
- Harass, abuse or threaten others or otherwise violate the rights of any person;
- Violate SyncBroker’s or any third party’s intellectual property;
- Upload or transmit computer viruses or any other software that may damage the property of SyncBroker or others;
- Commit fraud;
- Create or participate in any illegal gambling, lottery or pyramid scheme;
- Publish or distribute obscene or defamatory material;
- Publish or distribute any material that incites violence, hatred, or discrimination against any group; and/or
- Unlawfully collect information about others.
7. PRIVACY
By using our Site, you may provide us with certain information. By using the Site, you authorize us to use your information in Canada and in any country in which we may operate.
When you register for a user account, you provide us with a valid email address and you may also provide us with certain additional information, such as your name and/or billing information. Depending on your use of our Site, we may also receive information from external applications that you use to access our Site or we may receive information about you through various web technologies such as cookies, history, invisible pixels (also called “clear GIFs”), tags and others.
We use the information collected from you to ensure that you have a good experience on the Site. We may also track some of the passive information received to improve our marketing and analytics, and to do this we may work with third-party vendors.
If you wish to block our access to any passive information we receive through the use of various technologies, you can choose to disable cookies in your web browser. Please note that we will still receive information about you that you provide to us, such as your email address.
If you choose to terminate your account, we will store and retain your information for the following period of time: 7 years. After this time, all information about you will be deleted.
8. REVERSE ENGINEERING AND SECURITY
You may not do any of the following:
- Reverse engineer or disassemble any code or software on or from this Site;
- Violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site through unauthorized access, circumvention of encryption or other security tools, data mining or interference with any host, user or network.
9. LOSS OF DATA
We are not responsible for the security of your user account or the content of your account. Use of the Site is at your own risk.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
You are strictly prohibited from using the Site or any services offered on the Site for any illegal spam-related activity, including collecting the addresses and personal information of others or sending mass commercial emails.
11. SPAM POLICY
You are strictly prohibited from using the Site or any service offered on the Site for any illegal spam-related activity, including harvesting others’ addresses or personal information or sending mass commercial emails.
12. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND CONTENT
We may post links to third-party sites or services. We are not responsible for any damages or losses related to the use of third-party services linked from our Site.
13. SEVERABILITY
We may need to interrupt your access to the Site in order to perform unscheduled maintenance or emergency work. You agree that your access to the Site may be affected by unplanned or unanticipated downtime for any reason and that we will not be liable for any damages or losses arising from such downtime.
14. TERMINATION OF USER ACCOUNT
We may suspend, limit or terminate your user account and your use of the Site in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice and for any reason, including the operation or efficiency of the Site or equipment or network belonging to us or a third party being impaired by your use or misuse of the Site or if you have been or are currently in violation of the terms hereof. We will have no liability to any third party, including any third party provider for any suspension, limitation or termination of your access to the Site.
15. NO WARRANTIES
While we have used reasonable efforts to ensure that the content of this site is accurate, we do not guarantee that the content is error-free, up-to-date or complete. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any damages that may arise from any errors on the site.
We assume no liability for any damages arising from the misuse of the content of the site. Nor can we guarantee that the site will be available without interruption, without errors or omissions, or that defects will be corrected. Nor can we guarantee that the site and the servers that make it available are free of viruses or harmful components. The site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available” without any representation, warranty or condition of any kind, either express or implied.
If you decide to subscribe to any services or features of the Site that require a subscription, you agree to provide accurate and current information about yourself as prompted by the relevant registration or subscription process, and to ensure its accuracy by updating it as soon as possible. You agree to maintain the confidentiality of any passwords or other account identifiers chosen by you or assigned to you at the time of registration or subscription with SyncBroker or its partners and to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under such passwords or accounts. In addition, you agree to notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or member account. We shall not be liable in any way, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage of any kind arising from or related to your failure to comply with this provision.
You acknowledge that we may, in our sole and absolute discretion, and without notice, suspend, cancel or terminate your account, your use of or access to the Site or any of its services, and remove and discard any information or content relating to the Site or any of its services (and terminate your use of them), for any reason, including if we believe that you have violated these Terms. Furthermore, you acknowledge that we shall not be liable to you or anyone else as a result of any such suspension, cancellation or termination. If you are dissatisfied with SyncBroker or any of its services, or with any of these terms, rules, policies, guidelines or our practices relating to the operation of SyncBroker or any of its services, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the site or service in question.
16. PRIVACY
In addition to these Terms and Conditions, the Site has a Privacy Policy that describes how personal information is handled when you visit the Site, as well as how cookies are used.
For more information, please review our Privacy Policy, available on our Site.
By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have also read the Privacy Policy referenced above.
17. QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For any questions or further information, please contact us at: info@syncbroker.com