Terms of Use

Welcome to www.sharetocare.ca (Sharetocare). These Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and all policies posted on our site set out the terms on which we offer you access to and use of our site, services, applications and tools (collectively “Services"). You can find an overview of our policies here. All policies, the Mobile Devices Terms, and the Privacy Policy are incorporated into these Terms of Use. You agree to comply with all the above when accessing or using our Services.

Your Account. In order to access and use some or a portion of the Services, you may be required to register with us and set up an account with your email address and a password (your “Account”). The email address you provide will be your email address, and you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your Account. Therefore, you should protect your password and make your password difficult for others to guess. You will not transfer your Account to another party without our consent.

You may connect to the Services with a third-party service and you give us permission to access, store, and use your information from that service as permitted by that service and as may be described in our Privacy Policy. If you believe your Account may have been compromised or misused, contact Sharetocare immediately.

Using the Services. You will post in the appropriate category or area and will not do any of the following bad things:

• violate any laws or our Posting Policies;
• be false or misleading;
• infringe any third-party right;
• distribute or contain spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
• distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm Sharetocare or the interests or property of Sharetocare users;
• impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or interfere with the proper working of the Sharetocare;
• copy, modify, or distribute any other person’s content;
• use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access Sharetocare and collect content for any purpose without our express written permission;
• harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent;
• bypass measures used to prevent or restrict access to Sharetocare.

Abusing Sharetocare Services. Please use the flagging system to tell us about any problems or offensive content so that together we can keep the Services site working properly. We may limit or terminate our Services, remove hosted content and take technical and legal steps to keep users off Sharetocare if we think that they are creating problems or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. However, whether we decide to take any of these steps, remove hosted content or keep a user off Sharetocare or not, we do not accept any liability for monitoring Sharetocare or for unauthorized or unlawful content on Sharetocare or use of Sharetocare by users.

Fees and Services. Using the Services is generally free. We may charge fees for certain Services. If the service you use charges a fee, you will be able to review and accept that charge. Our fees are quoted in Canadian Dollars, and we may change them from time to time. We will notify you of changes to our fee policy by posting such changes on the site. We may choose to temporarily change our fees for promotional events or new services; these changes are effective when we announce the promotional event or new service. Our fees are non-refundable, and you are responsible for paying them when they’re due. If you don’t, we may limit your ability to use the Services. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees owed using other collection mechanisms (for accounts over 180 days past due, you permit us to instruct PayPal to deduct the amount owed from your PayPal account balance).

Content. The Services contains stuff from us, you, and other users (as well as from our third party service providers). You agree not to copy, modify, resell or distribute the Services, our copyrights or trademarks. When you give us content, you are granting us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights to that content. If you believe that your rights have been violated, please notify Sharetocare and we will investigate the matter. We reserve the right to remove content where we have grounds for suspecting the violation of these terms or the rights of any other party.

Reporting Intellectual Property Infringements (Verified Rights Owners – VeRO). Do not post content that infringes the rights of third parties. This includes, but is not limited to, content that infringes on intellectual property rights such as copyright and trademark. Do not post content that contains any reference to or likeness of any identifiable third parties, unless consent has been obtained from each such individual as may be required. We reserve the right to remove content where we have grounds for suspecting the violation of these terms, our policies or of any party’s rights. The following steps are for reporting a listing to Sharetocare that you believe to be infringing on your intellectual property rights. Only the intellectual property rights owner can report of potentially infringing items or listings.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability. You agree not to hold us responsible for things other users post or do. As most of the stuff on the Services comes from other users, we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness of any postings or user communications or the quality, safety, or legality of what is offered. We also cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to our Services. Notification functionality in our Services may not occur in real time. Such functionality is subject to delays beyond our control, including without limitation, delays or latency due to your physical location or your wireless data service provider’s network. Accordingly, to the extent legally permitted we expressly disclaim all warranties, representations and conditions, express or implied, including those of quality, merchantability, merchantable quality, durability, fitness for a particular purpose and those arising by statute. We are not liable for any loss, whether of money, goodwill, or reputation, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of your use of Sharetocare, even if you advise us or we could reasonably foresee the possibility of any such damage occurring. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages, so such disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you.

Indemnification. You will indemnify and hold harmless Sharetocare and its affiliates and our and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees (each an “Indemnified Party”), from any claim made by any third party, together with any amounts payable to the third party whether in settlement or as may otherwise be awarded, and reasonable legal costs incurred by any of the Indemnified Parties, arising from or relating to your use of the Services, any alleged violation by you of the applicable terms, and any alleged violation by you of any applicable law or regulation. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, but doing so will not excuse your indemnity obligations.

Posting Policies

The following activities are prohibited from Sharetocare:

• Posting an item for sale that is not located in Canada.
• Posting an item that is illegal to own, buy or sell in your area of residence.
• Posting duplicate ads in multiple categories.
• Posting ads using multiple different email addresses.
• Posting an ad that serves no other purpose other than to send traffic to a web site.
• Posting an ad containing a list of keywords not directly related to the item.
• Posting an ad in languages other than English and French.
• Posting an ad that contains adult, mature or erotic content. Personals are not allowed.
• Posting an ad that defames anyone or contains “hate speech".
• Posting opinions, notices, and discussion topics which should instead be posted on social media sites.
• Posting an ad in an incorrect or misleading category or with misleading information.

Please note:

• Users must be at least 16 years old to post ads on their own. Ads for our younger users must be posted by an adult for security reasons.

• Any ads that do not comply with Sharetocare policies may be removed from the site. Additionally, users who violate such policies may be blocked from using Sharetocare in the future.

• We may, at any time, remove an ad if we believe it interferes with the well-being of the community or the spirit of Sharetocare. 

Our general rule is that you may not list items or services that are illegal to own, buy or sell in your province of residence, or that are not bought or sold in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. You are responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws relating to the item you list.

Last Modified: January 1st, 2021