Site Concerns

The Oxtongue Lake Association (“OLA”) and the Oxtongue Lake Business Association (“OLBA”) strive to provide excellent customer support and this web site has been designed to provide you with a pleasant and convenient user experience. If you should experience any difficulties with our web site, please contact us at ola@oxtonguelake.com and we will look into the problem promptly.  Please contact us if you notice any abuse of the terms or feel uncomfortable under any scenario.  If you would like to contact the executive directly you can find a list of the current executive on the Oxtongue Lake Association page.

Abuse

If you have reason to suspect that one of our users is abusing the system, performing negative actions such as spam, viruses or other nasty deeds that effect others in a negative manner please contact us with your complaint and it will be duly investigated.

Privacy

If you feel that your privacy has been violated or have any privacy related concerns please contact us and your concerns will be addressed.

Terms & Conditions

Please note that while our terms and conditions may change from time to time, you will always find the most recent version here.

By visiting our Oxtongue Lake website (the “Site”) or signing up as a Member or Booster,  you engage in our “Services” and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms”), including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Terms apply to all users of the Site, including, without limitation, users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content. A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your Services.

Acceptable Use

You acknowledge and agree that the Site contains content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws, whether or not applied for. Except as expressly authorized by the OLA and OLBA, you agree not to modify, copy, distribute or create derivative works based on the content of this Site, including any Services in whole or in part.   For permission to use or reproduce our content or photographs please contact us and, in most cases, we will be more than happy to assist you.

We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms.

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in these Terms, you are prohibited from using the Site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Services, the Site or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Services, the Site or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Services, the Site or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

User Content

If you send certain specific submissions (articles, posts, events, business listings) (collectively referred to as “Submissions”)  you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any Submissions that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Submissions in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any Submissions; or (3) to respond to any Submissions.

The Services may enable you to upload, post and transmit photos and videos to the Site or other portions of the Services (including to user photo galleries) and also provide you with access to discussion forums, blogs and other interactive areas in which you or other users may post or transmit photos, videos, text and music. (“User Content”). 

Photos, video, messages, information or other content or materials (collectively, including Media but excluding Submissions, the “User Content”).

You retain all intellectual property rights in and to any User Content you post, upload or otherwise make available through the Services, including the copyright in and to your Media. The OLA and OLBA does not claim any ownership, right, title or interest in and to your User Content.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, by uploading and/or posting any User Content to the Site or otherwise by using the Services, you grant the OLA and OLBA a perpetual, nonexclusive and royalty-free right to use the User Content (and the user name that is submitted in connection with such User Content) as is reasonably necessary in order to enable the OLA and OLBA to provide the Services, including to display the User Content on the Services.

You agree that your Submissions and User Content will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your Submissions and User Content will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Services, the Site or any related  or other website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any Submissions and User Content you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Submissions and User Content posted by you or any third party.

Privacy Policy

The OLA and OLBA respects your privacy. The OLA and OLBA are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of their users and visitors. Our Site automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the Site and its various areas. Data collected is for internal use only, to provide us with data such as which pages are visited the most frequently and how many visitors per day we have on our Site.  We do not use or disclose your personal information, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any outside companies. The OLA and OLBA may be required to share such information in response to legal process, such as a court order or subpoena, or in special cases in order to assist in the detection or prevention of crime.

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Kids on oxtonguelake.com

The OLA and OLBA recommend that parents review important safety tips before your child explores the Internet, and if so desired, use Parental Controls. You can obtain additional information about safe surfing through Canada Safety Council. The OLA and OLBA do not control or have any affiliation with the content and sites available on the World Wide Web. Accessing content available on the Internet is at the sole discretion of the user and the OLA and OLBA accept no liability whatsoever.

Accuracy and Historical Information

We are not responsible if information made available on this Site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this Site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this Site is at your own risk.

This Site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this Site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our Site.

Right to Refuse

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the Membership or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis.

Third Party Information

Certain content, products and services available via our Services may include materials from third parties.

Third party links on this Site may direct you to third party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties.  Once you leave the Site or are redirected to a third party website or application, you are no longer governed and protected by our Privacy Policy or our Terms.

We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third party websites. Please review carefully the third party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third party.

We use a third party service provider, PayPal which has its own privacy policies and terms and conditions, in respect to the information you are required to give for your purchase-related transactions.  For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies and terms of condition so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that the OLA and OLBA, its directors and affiliates will not be liable for any damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of revenues, profits, data, goodwill, use, or other intangible losses, even in the event that the OLA and OLBA have been advised of the possibility of such damages, resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Site, the Services or the Content; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the Services or the Site; (iii) invalid destinations, transmission errors, or unauthorized access to, alteration or loss of your transmissions or data or registration data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the Services or the Site; (v) your failure to receive any third party services or products requested through the Services or the Site; or, (vi) any other matter relating to the Services or the Site.
In no event will the OLA or OLBA be liable for any damages under any circumstances arising out of or in connection to the content or Services on the Site.