Welcome to our Site, use of the Site is available subject to the restrictions in the following Terms of Service. You agree to the Terms of Service by accessing or using the Site. Please do not access or use the Site if you are unwilling or unable to be bound by the Terms of Service.
Acceptance of TermsThe services provided at www.rantnraves.com (the "Site") , are provided by RantnRaves, and by using the Site you agree to this Terms of Service ("Terms of Service"). Rantnraves may update these Terms of Service from time to time, and your continued use of the Site shall be deemed your acceptance of any such updated Terms of Service.
Description of Services
• Rantnraves ( Rantnraves.com ) located in Calgary, Alberta is a Canadian company designed exclusively for the Canadian marketplace. The Site is available for you to post reviews of local businesses and services as well as search and read other reviews from people like yourself. The Site was developed on the premise that people prefer “word of mouth” referrals of businesses and services and the best way to find a local business is to ask someone you trust. It is designed for your information and your pleasure.
• Rantnraves maintains and accepts listings of business profiles and allows users to rate and write reviews associated with these businesses. Registered Users connect to friends, family and associates as well as other users on the Site in order to share their experience with local businesses and services. Users can provide feedback on a business as long as it reflects their first-hand experience with the business in question. The site is free to the local community. Rantnraves also offers businesses a free basic listing as well as the opportunity to customize their business listings with images and coupons as well as update their information.
Conditions of Use
• In order to rate and write reviews of businesses or services on the Site or access certain features on the Site, you must register and provide identifiable information, (collectively "Registration Information"). including but not limited to, first and last name and email address, You must be 18 years of age in order to register with the Site and submit User Content (defined below). Rantnraves will only use Registration Information in accordance with its Privacy Policy located at www.rantnraves.com/privacy
No Endorsement of Content or Businesses
• You acknowledge and understand that the Site may link to other sites not controlled by us, please read the terms and conditions of all third party sites. Rantnraves makes no representations or endorsements regarding the accuracy, quality, reliability or appropriateness, of any content posted on the Site including, without limitation, User reviews and the availability or quality of any of the services offered by any and all third parties.
• Rantnraves shall have no obligation to review the Site's content or pre-screen any of the service providers herein. However, due to the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, Rantnraves, makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy or timeliness of its information, and cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions in its information or the results obtained from the use of such information.
• Users are solely responsible for determining whether the information provided is suitable for their use, and reliance on the information is at the Users' sole risk. Users should obtain any additional information necessary to make informed decisions. Rantnraves assumes no responsibility or liability for any service, advice or other on the www.rantnraves.com site.
• All User Content (defined below) is the sole responsibility of the User, not Rantnraves. You understand that by using the Site you may be exposed to content that could be inaccurate, unreliable, or otherwise objectionable. The Site may contain hyperlinks to third party web sites outside of the Site. We have no control over and make no representations or endorsements regarding the quality, accuracy, reliability or condition of any third party site nor any content posted on those third party web sites. You understand and agree that under no circumstances will Rantnraves be liable for any loss or damage of any kind as a result of your use of the Site or your reliance upon any content including User Content (defined below) posted on or otherwise made available through the Site.
• User Content
• By posting a rating and review, the user thereby represents that the rating and review is based upon an actual recent experience with the business in question.
• Reviews do not reflect the views of Rantnraves, its owners, employees, officers, directors.
• Rantnraves does not assume responsibility or liability for any review or for any claims, damages, or losses resulting from any use of the Site or the materials contained therein.
• You acknowledge that Rantnraves has the absolute right to refuse to display or to remove anything posted by you on or to the Site, including, without limitation, reviews of businesses listed on the Site, user lists, ratings and user profile information, photos or any other content submitted or posted by you ("User Content"), for whatever reason or for no reason at all.
• You alone are responsible for your content. By posting or submitting User Content to Rantnraves you are warranting that you are the creator, author, and owner of that content, and that you are waiving any rights you may have in that content.
• You agree that you will not post or submit any User Content that contains or features any of the following:
◦ Reviews and Ratings that do not address the actual goods or services of the business or reviews with no qualitative value, contains material that is misleading or false as determined by Rantnraves in its sole discretion.
◦ Writing or soliciting phony reviews.
◦ Abusive language, including profanity, obscenity, vulgarity.
◦ Anything hateful, racial, offensive, contains bigotry, or is discriminatory.
◦ Content that contains personal attacks or and/or sexual harassment.
◦ Personal information or messages including email addresses, URLs, phone numbers and postal addresses.
◦ Messages that are commercial or advertising in nature.
◦ Photos or language that is beneath the standards of good taste or the standards of this website in the sole discretion of Rantnraves.
◦ Content determined by Rantnraves to be illegal, or to violate any Federal, Provincial, or local law or regulation or the rights of any other person or entity.
◦ Use of ALL CAPS.
◦ Use of any devise or software that attempts to circumvent, disable, damage,harm or interfere with the Site, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, intercept or appropriate any data or personal information.
◦ Accessing the Site for the purpose of developing or populating a database of business reviews.
Ownership of User Content.
• All User Content (Reviews & Ratings) is owned solely by Rantnraves and by submitting any User Content you relinquish any right or claim of right to such Content.
• Rantnraves is under no obligation to give credit or pay any consideration to you for any User Content you post on the Site.
Representations and Warranties.
• By using the Site you agree that any User Content posted by you does not contain material or links to material that infringes upon a third party's intellectual property or proprietary rights.
• You further represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to provide and have posted on the Site the User Content, and to transfer such ownership of such User Content to Rantnraves, and that Rantnraves has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or User Content.
• You further agree to accept full liability and responsibility for all User Content submitted by you or on your behalf for posting on the Site.
Relationship
• These Terms of Service are solely between you and Rantnraves and is not intended to be for the benefit of any third party. Should a dispute occur between Users on the Site and/or third parties, Rantnraves is under no obligation whatsoever to become involved . You agree to release Rantnraves, its owners, employees, agents, from all claims, damages of any kind.
• In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users or third parties, you hereby release Rantnraves, owners, employees, partners, rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of any kind or nature, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or services.
Security
• We utilize secure servers to protect your Registration Information. Users are responsible for all activities which occur under their Registration Information.
System Outages
• Regular scheduled system maintenance, upgrades will require downtime. Unplanned system outages also may occur. We shall have no liability whatsoever for the resulting unavailability of the Site or for any loss of data or transactions caused by planned or unplanned system outages.
Disclaimers
• Rantnraves provides this web site "as is" and without any warranty or condition, express, implied or statutory. Rantnraves is not responsible for the products, services, actions, or failure to act of any third party in connection with or referenced on the Site.
• You assume total responsibility and risk for use of the Site, and hyperlinked web sites.
• We make no warranty or guarantee that the Site services will be uninterrupted, secure, timely, or error free, nor do we make any warranty as to the end results that may be obtained from the use of the Site or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Site or that any defects will be corrected. No advice or information, whether written or oral, obtained by a user from Rantnraves shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. This disclaimer is made to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• In addition, Rantnraves disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions, and conduct of any third party users, Rantnraves users, advertisers, and/or sponsors on the Site, in connection with the Site or otherwise related to your use of the Site. Rantnraves is not responsible for the products, services, actions, or failure to act of any third party in connection with or referenced on the Site.
Limitations of Liability
• In no event whatsoever shall Rantnraves, its owners, partners, affiliates be liable for any damages, direct or indirect or for any loss of profits or revenue, including but not limited to loss of sales, profit, revenue or downtime and in no event shall Rantnraves' total cumulative liability under this agreement exceed CDN$50..
• Rantnraves neither assumes, nor does it authorize any person or entity to assume on its behalf, any other liability in connection with the provision of the Site.
Indemnification
• You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Rantnraves, from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, costs, liabilities, losses and damages of any kind resulting from your use of the Site or any User Content you provide, any violations by you of any applicable laws or regulations, and any breaches by you of these Terms of Service.
