Terms of use

INTRODUCTION

By accessing or using SlowDating.ca services, you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms” or “Agreement”), including our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Community Guidelines. and Safety Tips, so it is important that you read this Agreement and these policies and procedures carefully before you create an account. 

We may update these Terms from time to time, so check this page regularly for updates.

Welcome to SlowDating.ca, which is a not-for-profit and community-driven initiative of Ottawa International Book Expo. As used in this Agreement, the terms “Slow Dating” “us,” “we,” the “Company”, and “our” shall refer to Slow Dating.ca, as appropriate. Together you and Slow Dating may be referred to as the “Parties” or separately as “Party.”

By accessing or using our Services on slowdating.ca (the “Website”), the Slow Dating mobile application (the “App”), or any other platforms or services SlowDating may offer (collectively, the “Service” or our “Services”), you agree to, and are bound by this Agreement. This Agreement applies to anyone who accesses or uses our Services, regardless of registration or subscription status.

Your access and use of our Services is also subject to the Privacy PolicyCookie PolicyCommunity GuidelinesSafety Tips and any terms disclosed and agreed to by you when you purchase additional features, products, or services from SlowDating (“Additional Terms Upon Purchase”), which are incorporated into this Agreement by reference. If you do not wish to be bound by this Agreement, do not access or use our Services.

We reserve the right to modify, amend, or change the Terms at any time. Notice of any material change will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. In certain circumstances, we may notify you of a change to the Terms via email or other means; however, you are responsible for regularly checking this page for any changes. Your continued access or use of our Services constitutes your ongoing consent to any changes, and as a result, you will be legally bound by the updated Terms. If you do not accept a change to the Terms, you must stop accessing or using our Services immediately.

2. ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY; YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Before you create an account on Slow Dating, make sure you are eligible to use our Services. This Section also details what you can and can’t do when using the Services, as well as the rights you grant SlowDating.ca.

You are not authorized to create an account or use the Services unless all of the following are true, and by using our Services, you represent and warrant that:

  1. You are at least 18 years old;
  2. You are legally qualified to enter a binding contract with SlowDating.ca;
  3. You are not prohibited by law from using our services;
  4. You have not committed, been convicted of, or pled no contest to a felony or indictable offense (or crime of similar severity), a sex crime, or any crime involving violence; or a threat of violence, unless you have received clemency for a non-violent crime and we have determined that you are not likely to pose a threat to other users of our Services;
  5. You are not required to register as a sex offender with any provincial, federal or local sex offender registry;
  6. You do not have more than one account on our Services; and 
  7. You have not previously been removed from our Services or our affiliates’ services by us or our affiliates, unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.

If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, all authorization to access our Services or systems is automatically revoked, and you must immediately delete your account.

You agree to:

  • Comply with these Terms, and check this page from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes;
  • Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, and regulatory requirements;
  • Treat other users in a courteous and respectful manner, both on and off our Services;
  • Be respectful when communicating with any of our customer care representatives or other employees;
  • Review the Safety Tips;
  • Review and comply with the Community Guidelines, as updated from time to time; and
  • Maintain a strong password and take reasonable measures to protect the security of your login information.

You agree that you will not:

  • Misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity;
  • Use the Services in a way that damages the Services or prevents their use by other users;
  • Use our Services in a way to interfere with, disrupt or negatively affect the platform, the servers, or our Services’ networks;
  • Use our Services for any harmful, illegal, or nefarious purpose, including, but not limited to, using any Virtual Items for purposes of money laundering or other financial crimes;
  • Harass, bully, stalk, intimidate, assault, defame, harm or otherwise mistreat any person;
  • Post or share Prohibited Content (see below);
  • Solicit passwords for any purpose, or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users or disseminate another person’s personal information without his or her permission;
  • Solicit money or other items of value from another user, whether as a gift, loan, or form of compensation;
  • Use another user’s account;
  • Use our Services in relation to fraud, a pyramid scheme, or other similar practice; or
  • Violate the terms of the license granted to you by Slow Dating (see Section 6 below).
  • Disclose private or proprietary information that you do not have the right to disclose;
  • Copy, modify, transmit, distribute, or create any derivative works from, any Member Content or Our Content, or any copyrighted material, images, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other intellectual property, content or proprietary information accessible through our Services without Slow Dating’s prior written consent;
  • Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by Slow Dating;
  • Use any robot, crawler, site search/retrieval application, proxy or other manual or automatic device, method or process to access, retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of our Services or its contents;
  • Upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise the security of our Services;
  • Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any information transmitted to or through our Services;
  • “Frame” or “mirror” any part of our Services without Slow Dating’s prior written authorization;
  • Use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to Slow Dating or the platform (or any trademark, trade name, service mark, logo or slogan of Slow Dating) to direct any person to any other website for any purpose;
  • Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of our Services, or cause others to do so;
  • Use or develop any third-party applications that interact with our Services or Member Content or information without our written consent;
  • Use, access, or publish the Slow Dating application programming interface without our written consent;
  • Probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network;
  • Encourage, promote, or agree to engage in any activity that violates these Terms; or
  • Create a new account after we suspend or terminate your account, unless you receive our express permission.

The license granted to you under these Terms and any authorization to access the Services is automatically revoked in the event that you do any of the above.

Prohibited Content—Slow Dating prohibits uploading or sharing content that:

  • Is likely to be deemed offensive or to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
  • Is obscene, pornographic, violent or otherwise may offend human dignity, or contains nudity;
  • Is abusive, insulting or threatening, discriminatory or that promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred or bigotry;
  • Encourages or facilitates any illegal activity including, without limitation, terrorism, inciting racial hatred or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offense;
  • Is defamatory, libelous, or untrue;
  • Relates to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, promotions, and advertising, solicitation for services, “sugar daddy” or “sugar baby” relationships, links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers);
  • Involves the transmission of “junk” mail or “spam”;
  • Contains any spyware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage or limit the functionality of or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment, Trojan horse or any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept or expropriate any data or personal information whether from Slow Dating or otherwise;
  • Infringes upon any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);
  • Was not written by you or was automatically generated, unless expressly authorized by Slow Dating;
  • Includes the image or likeness of another person without that person’s consent (or in the case of a minor, the minor’s parent or guardian), or is an image or likeness of a minor unaccompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;
  • Is inconsistent with the intended use of the Services; or
  • May harm the reputation of Slow Dating or its affiliates.

The uploading or sharing of content that violates these terms (“Prohibited Content”) may result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.

3. CONTENT

It is important that you understand your rights and responsibilities with regard to the content on our Services, including any content you provide or post. You are expressly prohibited from posting inappropriate content.

While using our Services, you will have access to: (i) content that you upload or provide while using our Services (“Your Content”); (ii) content that other users upload or provide while using our Services (“Member Content”); and (iii) content that Slow Dating provides on and through our Services (“Our Content”). In this agreement, “content” includes, without limitation, all text, images, video, audio, or other material on our Services, including information on users’ profiles and in direct messages between users.

3a. YOUR CONTENT

You are responsible for Your Content. Don’t share anything that you wouldn’t want others to see, that would violate this Agreement, or that may expose you or us to legal liability.

You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.

You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us or any other user is accurate, including any information submitted through Facebook or other third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.

The content included on your individual profile should be relevant to the intended use of our Services. You may not display any personal contact or banking information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card or other banking details). If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.

Your individual profile will be visible to other people around the world, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post. You acknowledge and agree that Your Content may be viewed by other users, and, notwithstanding these Terms, other users may share Your Content with third parties. By uploading Your Content, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so and automatically grant us a license to use Your Content as provided under Section 7 below.

You understand and agree that we may monitor or review Your Content, and we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, or block or prevent access to any of Your Content at any time at our sole discretion. Furthermore, you understand, and agree that we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.

3b. MEMBER CONTENT

While you will have access to Member Content, it is not yours and you may not copy or use Member Content for any purpose except as contemplated by these Terms.

Other users will also share content on our Services. Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed at the direction of that user.

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by Slow Dating, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services’ purpose of allowing us to communicate with and meet one another. You may not copy the Member Content or use Member Content for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your account if you misuse Member Content.

3c. OUR CONTENT

Slow Dating owns all other content on our Services.

Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, images, and other intellectual property appearing on our Services is owned, controlled or licensed by us and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All rights, title, and interest in and to Our Content remains with us at all times.

We grant you a limited license to access and use Our Content as provided under Section 6 below, and we reserve all other rights.

4. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AND MISCONDUCT; REPORTING

Slow Dating does not tolerate inappropriate content or behaviour on our Services.

We are committed to maintaining a positive and respectful Slow Dating social network, and we do not tolerate any inappropriate content or misconduct, whether on or off of the Services (including, but not limited to, on services operated by our affiliates). We encourage you to report any inappropriate Member Content or misconduct by other users. You can report a user directly to business@bellnet.ca

As set forth in our Privacy Policy, we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services  You understand and agree that we may not share information with you regarding your account if doing so would potentially impair the safety or privacy of our other users.

5. PRIVACY

Privacy is important to us. We have a separate policy about it that you should read.

For information about how Slow Dating and its affiliates collect, use, and share your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy. By using our Services, you agree that we may use your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6. RIGHTS YOU ARE GRANTED BY SLOW DATING

Slow Dating grants you the right to use and enjoy our Services, subject to these Terms.

For as long as you comply with these Terms, Slow Dating grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services for purposes as intended by Slow Dating and permitted by these Terms and applicable laws. This license and any authorization to access the Service are automatically revoked in the event that you fail to comply with these Terms.

7. RIGHTS YOU GRANT SLOW DATING

You own all of the content you provide to Slow Dating, but you also grant us the right to use Your Content as provided in this Agreement.

By creating an account, you grant to Slow Dating a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, translate, modify, reformat, incorporate into other works, advertise, distribute and otherwise make available to the general public Your Content, including any information you authorize us to access from Facebook or other third-party sources (if applicable), in whole or in part, and in any way and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future. Slow Dating’s license to Your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that Slow Dating’s license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of our Services. For example, Slow Dating would have an exclusive license to screenshots of our Services that include Your Content.

You agree that Slow Dating may access, preserve, and disclose your account information, including Your Content, if required to do so by law or upon a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce these Terms; (iii) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of the Company or any other person.

8. PURCHASES AND AUTOMATICALLY RENEWING SUBSCRIPTIONS

You will have the opportunity to purchase products and services from Slow Dating. If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew—and you will be charged—until you cancel.

8a. REFUNDS

Generally, all purchases are nonrefundable. 

Your Right to Cancel—You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed. 

9. ACCOUNT TERMINATION

If you no longer wish to use our Services, or if we terminate your account for any reason, here’s what you need to know.

Slow Dating reserves the right to investigate and, if appropriate, suspend or terminate your account without a refund if Slow Dating believes that you have violated these Terms, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that Slow Dating regards as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off our Services. We reserve the right to make use of any personal, technological, legal, or other means available to enforce the Terms, at any time without liability and without the obligation to give you prior notice, including, but not limited to, preventing you from accessing the Services.

If your account is terminated by you or by Slow Dating for any reason, these Terms continue and remain enforceable between you and Slow Dating, and you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases made. Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

10. NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS

Slow Dating does not conduct criminal background or identity verification checks on its users. Use your best judgment when interacting with others and review our Safety Tips.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SLOWDATING.CA DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. SLOW DATING MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT, IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF USERS. 

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAFETY TIPS AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALWAYS USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY OKCUPID, MAY RESULT FROM USERS ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, INCLUDING FRAUD, ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR OTHER SUCH IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR.

Though Slow Dating strives to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off the Service. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person.

11. DISCLAIMER

Slow Dating Services are provided “as is” and we do not make, and cannot make, any representations about the content or features of our Services.

SLOW DATING PROVIDES OUR SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. OKCUPID DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN OUR SERVICES WILL BE DISCOVERED OR CORRECTED, OR (C) THAT ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN ON OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR PURPOSES. FURTHERMORE, SLOW DATING MAKES NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE USERS AT ANY TIME; USERS’ ABILITY OR DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OR MEET YOU, OR THE ULTIMATE COMPATIBILITY WITH OR CONDUCT BY USERS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICES.

NEITHER SLOW DATING NOT  ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, OR RECEIVES THROUGH OUR SERVICES NOR DOES SLOW DATING ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF ANY USERS WITH WHOM YOU MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THROUGH OKCUPID. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. OKCUPID IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, HACKING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE, OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER DISRUPTION OR MALFUNCTION.

12. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

We take copyright infringement very seriously. We ask you to help us to ensure we address it promptly and effectively.

OkCupid will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

13. ADS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Like many subscription-based services, there are ads on our websites.

Our Services may contain advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other websites or resources. Slow Dating may also provide non-commercial links or references to third parties within its content. Slow Dating is not responsible for the availability (or lack of availability) of any external websites or resources or their content. Furthermore, Slow Dating is not responsible for, and does not endorse, any products or services that may be offered by third-party websites or resources. If you choose to interact with the third parties made available through our Services, such party’s terms will govern their relationship with you. Slow Dating is not responsible or liable for such third parties’ terms or actions.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

SlowDating.ca liability is limited to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SLOW DATING, ITS AFFILIATES, ASSOCIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, FIXED, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, (II) THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY USERS OR THIRD PARTIES ON OR THROUGH ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES’ SERVICES OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES; OR (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT, EVEN IF SLOW DATING HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SLOW DATING’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO SLOW DATING FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST FILE A LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST SLOW DATING, WHETHER STATUTORY, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN ANY TRIBUNAL. THE DAMAGES LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE APPLIES (i) REGARDLESS OF THE GROUND UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS BASED (WHETHER DEFAULT, CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE), (ii) IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TYPE OF BREACH OF RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, OR OBLIGATIONS, AND (iii) WITH RESPECT TO ALL EVENTS, THE SERVICE, AND THIS AGREEMENT.

THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 14 SHALL APPLY EVEN IF YOUR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FAIL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION

In the unlikely event that we have a legal dispute, the Parties agree to proceed with a mutually amicable dispute resolution process.