Yahoo Terms of Service
1. ACCEPTANCE OF
TERMS
Welcome to
Yahoo
!.
Yahoo
!
Canada
Co. (“
Yahoo
!”) provides its service to you, subject to the following
Term
s of Service
(“
TOS
”), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the
TOS at any time at: http://ca.docs.
yahoo
.com/info/tos.html. In addition, when using particular
Yahoo
! services, you may be
subject to guidelines or rules or additional
term
s (which may be posted from time to time) applicable to such services and
which are incorporated by reference into the TOS. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into
the TOS.
Yahoo
! may also offer other services that are governed by different
Term
s of Service. For example, but without
limitation, if you are a homesteader on
Yahoo
! GeoCities, please note that
Yahoo
! provides a different
Term
s of Service for
GeoCities.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Yahoo
! currently provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including, various communications tools,
forums, shopping services, search services, personalized content and branded programming through its network of
properties which may be accessed through various mediums or devices now known or hereafter developed (the “
Service
”).
You understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary
for
Yahoo
! to provide the Service. You understand and agree that the Service may include certain communications from
Yahoo
!, such as service announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of the Yahoo! Membership,
and that you cannot opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance
the current Service, including the release of new
Yahoo
! properties, are subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that
the Service is provided “AS-IS” and that
Yahoo
! assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure
to store any user communications or personalization settings.
You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may involve third party fees (such as Internet
service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including fees associated with the display or
delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the
Service.
Please be aware that
Yahoo
! has created certain areas on the Service that contain adult or mature content. You must have
attained the age of majority in the province or territory in which you live to access such areas on the Service.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not
a person barred from receiving services under the laws of
Canada
or other applicable jurisdictions. You also agree to: (a)
provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form
(such information being the “
Registration Data
”) and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it
true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or
Yahoo
! has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Yahoo!
has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion
thereof).
Yahoo
! is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents who wish
to allow their children access to the Service should assist them in setting up any relevant accounts and supervise their
access to the Service. By allowing your child access to the Service, they will be able to access all of the Services including,
email, message boards, groups, instant messages and chat (among others). Please remember that the Service is designed
to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the
Services and/or Content (as deined in Section 6 below) are appropriate for your child.
4. YAHOO PRIVACY POLICY
Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full
privacy policy at http://privacy.
yahoo
.com/privacy/ca/. You understand that through your use of the Service you consent to
the collection, use and disclosure of this information, only as permitted by the Privacy Policy, including the transfer of this
information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing, and use by
Yahoo
! and its afiliates in order
to provide the Service to you.
The
Yahoo
! I.D. associated with your account is the property of
Yahoo
! or its afiliates, and is not your personal information.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
During registration for a
Yahoo
! I.D., you will select a password and
Yahoo
! I.D. Upon successful registration for the
Service, you will receive an account designation. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for maintaining
the conidentiality of your account including your password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your
account, including your password. You agree to (a) immediately notify
Yahoo
! of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security, and (b) exit from your account at the end of each session.
Yahoo
! will not be liable
for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all materials, including without limitation, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, and email messages or other kinds of messages (“
Content
”), whether publicly posted or privately
transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not
Yahoo
!, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available via
the Service.
Yahoo
! does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is
offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will
Yahoo
! be liable in any way for any Content, including, but
not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the
use of or reliance upon any Content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Service.
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