Terms & Conditions

By using Renardinternational.com (herein referred to as this website), you agree to the terms of use stated below. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this website.

Contents:

• The Use of Materials related to the website covered by this document
• The acceptable usage guideline pertaining to your activities on this website
• Your options regarding the management of your user account
• Renard International’s Corporate Liability policies as they pertain to this website
• Website Usage Disclaimer
• Other Terms and Conditions of Use

Use of Materials:

This site is owned and operated by Renard International (referred to as “Renard International,” “we,” “us”, or “our” herein). No material from the site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posed, transmitted or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Renard International copyright and other proprietary rights. The use of any such material on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited, except as otherwise indicated on this site, for the trademarks, service marks and trade names of other companies that are displayed on this site. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are property of Renard International.

In the event that you download any software from the site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software and data accompanying the software (collectively, the “Software”) are non-exclusively licensed to you by Renard International. Renard International does not transfer title to the Software to you. Renard International retains full and complete title to the Software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by the Company’s copyright.

Acceptable Site Use:

Users may not use the website in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material in violation of any applicable law or regulation; in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Web Site Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the website, including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the website, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing” or “crashing”; sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Your Account:

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. Renard International reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, at its sole discretion.

Corporate Liability:

In the event that you have a dispute with one or more registered or unregistered users of this website, you release Renard International from any claims, demands and damages (contractual and extra-contractual, actual and consequential, direct and indirect, punitive) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

Renard International is under no legal obligation to, and subsequently does not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through the website. Any material posted to this website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the website or the Material. The use of the website and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the website and may be made at any time.

Disclaimer:

RENARD INTERNATIONAL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, THIS SITE, OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THIS SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTEE OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. RENARD INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. RENARD INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT RENARD INTERNATIONAL) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Claims Regarding Content

Notice of Infringing Material:

To report a claim for copyright infringement under the U.S. Copyright Act, please provide our Designated Agent with written notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)  containing the following details:

(a)identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are claimed to be infringed, a representative list of such works;

(b)identification of the claimed infringing material and the location of such material;

(c)your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and, if available, your email address

(d)a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

(e)a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and

(f)your physical or electronic signature.

Our Designated Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is Stephen J. Renard, Renard International Hospitality Search Consultants, 121 Richmond St. West, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2K1, email: steve@renardinternational.com, fax: 416-364-4924

Counter Notification:

If material that you have posted has been removed or access to such material has been disabled, you may send our Designated Agent written counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) containing the following details:

(a)identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;

(b)a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;

(c)your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number and email address;

(d)a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the Company may be found, and that you accept service of process from the person who provided the notification of infringement; and

(e)your physical or electronic signature.

Upon receipt of a counter-notification by our Designated Agent, we may send a copy to the complaining party informing them that we may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in ten (10) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the party who originally provided the material, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it may be restored, in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days after receipt of the counter-notification, at our sole discretion.

Other Terms of Use:

All claims, disputes or disagreements which may arise out of the interpretation, performance or in any way relating to your use of this site and any and all other Renard International site(s), shall be submitted exclusively to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Ontario. The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of Canada. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the website from outside of Canada, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page. Renard International may use anything you transmit or post for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms and Conditions of use, please contact us at consultants@renardinternational.com.