To ensure the smooth operation of ContentLab, a Developer Media company, and to ensure that your rights and the rightsof ContentLab are protected, we have created a series of legal agreements including these Terms of Service (the “TOS”).
The content on this Site is provided by ContentLab and its licensors and content providers. The “Site” refers collectively to https://contentlab.io or any website that replaces, supplements, or supersedes the Site as the website of ContentLab.
TERMS OF SERVICE: The basic agreement is the TOS which you are now reading. The TOS set out the legal terms by which ContentLab makes the Site and services available. When you visit the Site or use any ContentLab Service (defined below) you agree to comply with the TOS, as revised and updated from time-to-time.
FOR CONTRIBUTORS OF DOCUMENTS: If you contribute documents, articles or reviews in any form or media (“Documents”), you (“Contributor”) give us the necessary rights to edit and post and maintain your Document (and the edited version), and to prevent unauthorized uses by end users of Documents that we edit. Users are given rights to read your Document, but no rights to republish or otherwise distribute your Document. ContentLab will retain your copyright notices, and can publish your name and site ID with your posting. If we edit your Document, we will own the edited version, and you will own your original version. We cannot publish our edited version other than on the Site, without your consent. If you desire end users to be able to contact you, you should advise ContentLab so your contact information can be published. If your Document has been previously published, that publisher may have rights, and if so, you must obtain all required consents before posting the Document on ContentLab. If your Document contains images, audio, or video, we require that you have obtained consents from all persons depicted, seen, or heard, the owners of any places depicted, and any other rights holders.If you are submitting a Document in response to an RFP from a third party through ContentLab, all ownership rights and any other rights and responsibilities are governed by the agreement between you and the party requesting the RFP. ContentLab shall not retain any rights in such Documents, or have any responsibility for the contents of such Documents.
FOR USERS OF DOCUMENTS: We require that you respect our Contributors. In general, all rights, except the right to read/view/listen to posted Documents for your personal non-commercial use are reserved to the Contributors, or to us. If you are submitting an RFP for a Document from a Contributor, your use of the Document is governed by any agreement entered into with the Contributor. ContentLab shall not retain any rights in such Documents, or have any responsibility for the contents of such Documents.
CONTENT PROVIDER PORTAL: By registering with ContentLab, you may be able to access a secure portal (the “Content Provider Portal”) that provides you with access to Documents and other materials and forums, allows Contributors to submit Documents and other materials, and facilitates communication, such as requesting and responding to RFPs for Documents. As a Contributor, you can provide your contact information to allow registrants to contact you directly. ContentLab has no responsibility for any contacts between registrants and Contributors facilitated through the Content Provider Portal, and any Contributors providing their contact information are doing so at their own risk.
ADVERTISING SERVICES: In addition to these TOS, you also must read and agree to a separate Advertising Agreement if you are engaging ContentLab for digital advertising services, including without limitation posting advertisements, creating content, , lead generation, managing on-line contests, providing industry information and data, and utilizing ContentLab’s network of affiliated and third party websites (“Publisher Websites”) to display advertisements (either as a “Publisher” or advertiser).
PRIVACY POLICY: You also agree to our Privacy Policy, which covers how we collect, share, use and store your personal information. The Privacy Policy can be found here.
ContentLab provides its Services (as defined below) to you, subject to the these TOS, which may be updated by us from time to time without providing advance notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time at: https://contentlab.io/terms-of-service/.
In addition, when using particular ContentLab Services, you may be subject to guidelines, rules or additional terms (which may be posted from time to time) applicable to such Services which, unless otherwise stated, incorporate the TOS and are incorporated by reference into the TOS, including without limitation, the Advertising Agreement. ContentLab may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service.
What is ContentLab?
ContentLab provides the following Services:
These are collectively referred to as the “Services”. Documents, Ads, Comments, Submissions and any other material posted to the Site are collectively referred to as “Content”. All Services offered by ContentLab, including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new web properties or services, are subject to the TOS.
In order to enable ContentLab to host and operate the Site, we need to impose legal terms on you that establish our basic rights and responsibilities between us, and restrict your ability to take actions against us that could increase our costs of operating the site, or impose onerous obligations on us.
Your use of the Services is subject to your continued compliance with any applicable laws, these TOS and any other agreements, guidelines or rules that ContentLab may post with respect to its Services. We can terminate your access to the Site without warning if you fail to do so.
Our general rule is that unless expressly stated otherwise, all rights in any Documents, Ads, Publisher Content, and Publisher Websites are reserved by the Contributor, rights holder and/or ContentLab, and our Services are solely for your personal and non-commercial use. Unless expressly authorized, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, sublicense, assign, create derivative works from, transfer, lease, rent or sell any Content obtained from our Site.
You do not need to register on the Site to gain access to publicly available Documents and other content, but you are required to register with ContentLab if you want to access the Content Provider Portal.
If you want to use any of our Services that require you to register with ContentLab, you agree to complete our registration process and to provide us with current, complete and accurate personal and demographic information as prompted by the applicable registration form and to promptly update such information as necessary to ensure it is kept complete and accurate. Registration information becomes the non-exclusive property of ContentLab and may be used by ContentLab for market research, marketing, improvements to our Services, and for such purposes as may be set out in our privacy policy.
Upon registering, ContentLab will provide you with a password and a Site ID. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and Site ID. You are responsible for any activities that occur under your password or Site ID. You agree to notify ContentLab immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or Site ID or any other breach of security. You agree to log out of this Site after every session so as to protect your password and Site ID from breaches of security and to enhance the access to ContentLab for those still accessing this Site. ContentLab will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of or in connection with someone else using your password or Site ID, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by ContentLab or another party due to someone else using your Site ID or password if you have been negligent or have willfully aided, abetted, assisted, or acquiesced in that misuse. You may not use anyone else’s password or Site ID at any time, without the permission of the bona fide holder.
Our Privacy Policy tells you how we collect, share, use and store your personal information. In using the Services, you agree to comply with this Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into the TOS by reference. Please click on the link to read the Privacy Policy.
You must be 13 years or older to use the Site or any Service and must be 18 years or older to register with ContentLab.
In cases where you have authorized a minor (someone under 18 years of age) to use the Site or Services, you acknowledge and agree that you are fully responsible for: (i) the online conduct of such minor; (ii) controlling the minor’s access to and use of the Site or Services; and (iii) the consequences of any misuse by the minor. You acknowledge and understand that some Site areas may contain material that is inappropriate for minors.
Your rights to use Documents
ContentLab and its Contributors grant limited permission to use Documents. All rights not expressly granted, are reserved. Subject to the terms of a specific agreement entered into between you and ContentLab, the following conditions apply to the use of Documents:
RFPs for Documents
You can submit an RFP to Contributors for a Document through the Content Provider Portal. If you are requesting or responding to an RFP, each party’s rights and responsibilities are governed by any agreement entered into between those parties. ContentLab shall not retain any rights in such Documents, or have any responsibility for the contents of such Documents or the relationship between the parties requesting and responding to an RFP.
You do not have the right to copy or use the design or layout of the Site. Elements of the Site are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from the Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by ContentLab.
ContentLab reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as ContentLab deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, court order or governmental request.
All Content, Publisher Content, and any other content provided by Contributors or third parties are the sole responsibility of the party providing or posting such material. We do not guarantee a person’s identity. Do not assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated. Content may include material that some persons will find offensive, indecent or objectionable. Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information in using any Services, including without limitation, if you are Contributor that publishes your contact information in the Content Provider Portal.
Nothing submitted to ContentLab or posted on the Site shall be deemed to be confidential. Do not reveal any personal information, including without limitation, health, financial and personally identifiable information, if you do not wish this information to be published. You must not reveal the personal information of third parties without their express written consent.
ContentLab does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Content, Publisher Content, Publisher Websites, Comments or other material submitted to the Site, and is not and cannot be responsible for content, messages or information, or the accuracy, integrity, or quality thereof. ContentLab will not be responsible for any reliance or decisions made based on such content, messages or information. Site managers, administrators, and hosts may not be authorized spokespersons of ContentLab, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of ContentLab.
The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others. You agree to use the Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are appropriate and, when applicable, related to the particular Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Services, you will not:
To enable ContentLab to act without repercussion to protect against people we believe are abusing or violating the TOS or the spirit of ContentLab or the Site, ContentLab reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the TOS, any specific requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of ContentLab, or any other agreement between you and ContentLab. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any server of ContentLab’s site, or the network(s) connected to server running ContentLab, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of any Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any server of ContentLab or to any of the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not access ContentLab after your account or access has been terminated by ContentLab. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services.
ContentLab has no obligation to monitor its Services or to review or moderate any messages, comments or material submitted or posted to the Site, including without limitation, in the Content Provider Portal and any ratings and reviews of Contributors (“Comments”). However, ContentLab reserves the right and sole discretion to review, delete or modify Comments, to publish, remove or block access to any Comments that are available through ContentLab, for any reason whatsoever, at any time.
In addition to the foregoing restrictions on the use of the Services, those reading and posting Comments on the Site agree that any Comments posted on the Site are provided solely by the posting individual, and ContentLab is in no way responsible for the content of any Comments or for the use or non-use of Comments.
ContentLab reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:
ContentLab reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of our guests, members or the public and to maintain the integrity of the ContentLab community.
Contributor Ratings and Reviews
Contributors acknowledge that they may receive positive or negative Comments, such as ratings and reviews that appear in the Content Provider Portal about your work, and that there is a chance those Comments may harm your professional reputation and that such Comments may not be removed by ContentLab if we determine in our sole discretion that they do not constitute a violation of the TOS. Contributors agree to waive any claim that they may have against ContentLab relating to any Comment about Documents or other material that Contributors have submitted to the Site.
DISCLAIMER: CONTENTLAB AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS AND CONTRIBUTORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF ANY SERVICE OR CONTENT. ALL SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. CONTENTLAB AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY, RESULTS OF USE, RELIABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, INTERFERENCE WITH QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS AND ANY ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. FURTHER, CONTENTLAB DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT YOUR USE OF ANY SERVICE OR CONTENT WILL MEET ANY OR ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT SUCH USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE, VIRUS-FREE OR SECURE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: IN NO EVENT SHALL CONTENTLAB AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOVER UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, NON-USE OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY SERVICE OR CONTENT. ContentLab’s maximum liability under or related to this agreement shall in no event exceed the aggregate AMOUNT of all payments made to ContentLab PURSUANT TO this OR ANY OTHER Agreement entered into BETWEEN YOU AND CONTENTLAB.
INDEMNIFICATION: You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless ContentLab, its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and assigns, from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, actions, judgments, costs, expenses and fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with (i) your use, misuse, reliance upon, or inability to use any Services or Content; (ii) ContentLab’s, use, misuse, or non-use of any Content that you have submitted; (iii) any bugs, viruses or other malicious code, errors in, interruption, suspension, or termination of any Services caused by any Content that you have submitted; or (iv) your breach of this Agreement and/or any other applicable rule, guideline or term governing your use of the Site, Services or Content.
If you have signed up for a Service that requires payment (a “Pay Service”), you have the option of paying by credit card or other authorized method as long as your subscription to the Pay Service remains active. ContentLab reserves the right to modify the pricing for any Pay Service without providing advance notice to you or requiring your consent. You may terminate your subscription to a Pay Service by providing written notice to ContentLab thirty (30) days in advance of termination. Any fees paid for Pay Services are non-refundable and there are no refunds or credits for partial months of service. All fees are exclusive of taxes, levies or duties imposed. Additional terms and conditions governing the payment of fees for any Pay Service shall be provided in the invoice provided by ContentLab to you when you subscribe to the Pay Service.
In the event that any action or other proceeding is sought to be brought against ContentLab for any purpose, you agree, notwithstanding any legislative Statute of Limitations to the contrary, that such proceeding must be brought within one year of the action or event giving rise to the cause of action, or such proceedings shall be forever barred as against ContentLab and any persons who in law or at equity could claim contribution or indemnity against ContentLab.
ContentLab does not endorse the owners of, or the content, products or services on any third-party websites, including without limitation, Publisher Websites. Linked sites and Publisher Websites are not under the control of ContentLab and ContentLab is not responsible for the contents of such sites, indexes or directories, sites framed within this Site, or third-party advertisements, or any changes or updates to such sites. ContentLab is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any linked site or Publisher Website, and ContentLab does not make any representations regarding their content, accuracy or non-infringement. ContentLab does not endorse any product or service advertised on this Site. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms of use for such sites. You should be aware that both the terms of use and the privacy policies of linked sites or Publisher Websites may differ from those of ContentLab. Please also refer to the Advertising Agreement if you are engaging ContentLab to provide advertising-related services.
We will disclose what the law says we are required to disclose. Nothing more.
ContentLab reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as ContentLab deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, court order or governmental request.
Infringement claims procedures
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type that infringe or violate any rights of any party. It is the policy of ContentLab not to permit materials known by ContentLab to be infringing to remain on the Site. You should notify ContentLab promptly if you believe any materials on the Site, including advertisements, or materials available on or through links, frames, indexes, and directories linked to the Site, infringe a third party copyright. Upon ContentLab receiving a proper notice of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and applicable laws of other jurisdictions (collectively the “DMCA”), ContentLab will respond expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material claimed to be infringing and will follow the procedures specified in the DMCA with respect to the rights of the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content at issue.
Please contact the ContentLab representative listed at the bottom of this section for copyright infringement notices only. If you have a question about your account on ContentLab, a general question, or any other Customer Service inquiry, please send us an email, or call us at +1 416-849-8900 x 100, Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM, Eastern Time.
To provide notice of claimed copyright infringement only:
ContentLab
c/o Developer Media
503-250 Ferrand Drive
Toronto, Ontario, M3C 3G8, Canada
Attn: DMCA Notification
ContentLab, its successors and assigns, shall have the unrestricted right to assign or transfer this Agreement, all other agreements between the parties, and all ContentLab’s benefits in their absolute discretion at any time. You may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligation hereunder without prior written consent from ContentLab.
This Agreement and all other agreements between the parties, their interpretation and enforcement are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions therein. You agree that any dispute or claim arising from or relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be governed by the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the provincial and federal courts located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to the exclusion of the courts in any other jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and applicable local laws incorporating or embodying its terms or intent does not apply to this Agreement or any other agreements between the parties.
You and ContentLab are independent contractors. Nothing in this Agreement or any schedules or documents incorporated by reference herein or into which this Agreement is incorporated by reference into, create a partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship between you and ContentLab or give you any rights or authority to bind ContentLab to any contractual or other obligations.
ContentLab does not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including new ideas and suggestions as to improvements to the Site, marketing, advertising, promotions, new product and service offerings, product and service names and marks (“Submissions”). Please do not send any original creative artwork, samples, demos, or other works for any such purposes. We wish to avoid confusion or misunderstanding or dispute when ContentLab’s products, services or strategies might seem similar to Submissions. Consequently, we advise you that any Submission made to ContentLab will not be treated as your proprietary information, and will be received by ContentLab without any obligations of confidence whatsoever. You grant ContentLab, its affiliated companies and necessary sub-licensees, permission to use and a grant of a worldwide, irrevocable, fully assignable and transferable right and license in perpetuity at no cost to use and apply your Submission for any purpose(s) ContentLab considers fit in its sole discretion. ContentLab is under no obligation to use your Submission or pay you anything for your Submission. You confirm that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission, including without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit your Submission, or for ContentLab to use your Submission.
If you identify problems with the usability, operability, or interoperability of ContentLab or any Services, you may deliver or suggest amendments or “bug fixes” for ContentLab’s consideration. ContentLab shall have the absolute right to incorporate all such amendments or “bug fixes” accepted by ContentLab into products and Services provided by ContentLab for all purposes, without any payment or other compensation to you. All right, title and interest to any submitted amendments or “bug fixes”, whether accepted or not, shall transfer to ContentLab at no cost for ContentLab to use in perpetuity without any restrictions.
If you wish to present a business proposition between yourself and ContentLab on a confidential basis, you should first enter into negotiations with ContentLab to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and only after such non-disclosure agreement is signed will any disclosure be deemed confidential, and only to the extent and for the purposes contained in that agreement.
If any provision of the TOS is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the TOS, which shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of ContentLab to enforce any part of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of its right to later enforce that part or any part of this Agreement. In the event that the TOS is translated into other languages and there is a discrepancy between any two language versions, the English version shall control to the extent that such discrepancy is the result of an error in translation. The headings used in the TOS are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. Your obligations to ContentLab contained in the TOS and in all applicable agreements between yourself and ContentLab shall survive termination.
Copyright © 2018-2019 ContentLab, a Developer Media company, 503-250 Ferrand Drive Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Specific material may also be the copyright of the respective authors/owners.
ContentLab™, Developer Media™, CodeProject™, CodeProject.com™, GitMachine™, are trademarks or service marks of Developer Media. All other trademarks published on the Site are trademarks of the respective owners.
By using any of the Services or Content on this Site or accessing the Site, you acknowledge and understand that you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service, which will be strictly enforced.