Scope of These Terms

These terms of use apply to your use of our VFMII.com Web site.

VFM (www.VFMII.com) is owned and operated by VFM Interactive Inc. VFMII.com is our Web Site for corporate information, product & service marketing and client account access. VFM is also the name we use to refer to our entire company, even though our formal corporate name is VFM Interactive Inc. When we refer to ourselves as "we" or "VFM", we mean our company, including any subsidiary we control (for example, a subsidiary we own). We may share information among our subsidiaries that we own or control, but it is always protected under the terms of this privacy policy.

Our Information

We include a lot of information on VFMII.com, including articles, references, tools, product and service information and rich media production samples. We follow a standard set of editorial procedures for information that we put on VFMII.com. However, we don't offer you any warranty or guarantee related to our Web sites. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It's your job to evaluate the information and results from tools we provide.

Some information on our Web site comes from partners, clients or from other users. We're not responsible for that information. Whether the information comes from us or from you, we're not liable for any damages resulting from your use of the information on our Web site.

Although we are selective about the organizations we link to, we don't assume any responsibility for any Web sites that are linked to our site or that you browse to after following a link from our site.

While we welcome your feedback on VFMII.com, we must make the final decisions about the content that is posted on the site to make sure it meets the needs of all our readers. You can use the feedback link on our home page to send us comments and criticisms, but if you are dissatisfied with our response or with the contents of VFMII.com, your only remedy is to stop using the Web site.

Ownership of VFMII.com

Copyright

We, our clients or our partners own the information on VFMII.com. In fact, the entire contents and design of VFMII.com are protected under Canadian, U.S. and international copyright laws. You may look at our Web site online, download individual articles to your personal or handheld computer for later reading, and even print a reasonable number of copies of pages for yourself, your family, or friends. You must not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all our other rights. Among other things, this means you must not sell our information, rewrite or modify it, redistribute it, put it on your own Web site, or use it for any commercial purpose without our prior written permission.

Trademarks

We also own the names we use for our products and services on VFMII.com, and these names are protected by trademark laws in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. An ® following a name on our site indicates that the trademark has been registered in Canada and/or the United States. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. If your activities are noncommercial, you may make use of our trademarks by linking to us or discussing us with others, as long as you make it clear that we are the owner of the trademark. Any other uses of our trademarks require our prior written approval.

You may not use VFM Interactive's trademarks in any of the following ways:

• In a non-VFM product name or publication title.
• Within or as part of your own trademarks.
• To identify non-VFM products or services.
• In a manner which will likely cause confusion.
• In a manner that implies that VFM sponsors, endorses or is otherwise connected with your own activities, products, or services.
• In a manner that disparages VFM.

Linking to Us

Usually, we don't mind if you have a simple link from your Web site to ours. However, you must first ask our permission if you intend to frame our site or incorporate pieces of it into a different site or product in a way that is not clear to our users. You aren't allowed to link to us if you engage in illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on our reputation.

Laws that govern this agreement

VFM controls the VFM Web site from its offices within the province of Ontario in Canada. The Web sites can be accessed from any of the provinces of Canada and from other countries worldwide. Since the laws of each province or country able to access the Web sites may differ, by accessing the Web sites both you and VFM agree that the statutes and laws of the province of Ontario, without regard to choice of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of our Web sites.

VFM makes no representation that materials on these Web sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Acceptance Procedure

By accessing materials on our Web site or registering you agree with all the terms and conditions of this agreement.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time, and your continuing use of our Web sites constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions. We will post any such changes in a timely manner, and draw your attention to any significant changes.

Privacy Policy

The purpose of our privacy policy is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss your options for controlling your information. You can review our privacy policy for VFM.

Consequences

If you don't comply with these terms, we have the right to suspend or eliminate your account, and remove any information you have placed on our site. We may also take any legal action we think is appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold VFM harmless against any liability for that harm. If there is any dispute between us concerning this agreement or your use of our Web site, we both agree to submit the dispute to non-binding mediation, followed by binding arbitration. Both the mediation and the arbitration will be governed under the rules of the International Commercial Arbitration Act, Ontario, and the venue for the arbitration will be Ontario.

Questions or Concerns about Our Terms of Use

For questions or concerns about these terms of use, please contact us.

Revision date: These terms of use were last updated on 6/26/2006.