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Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a contract between you and Aptus Communications Inc. (“Aptus”). They govern your use of Aptus’s site MarkHing.com, services, mobile apps, products, and content (“Services”).

By using MarkHing.com, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree to any of the Terms, you can’t use MarkHing.com.

We can change these Terms at any time. If a change is material, we’ll let you know before they take effect. By using MarkHing.com on or after that effective date, you agree to the new Terms. If you don’t agree to them, you should not use MarkHing.com after they take effect, otherwise your use of the site and content will be subject to the new Terms.

SECTION 1 – CONTENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

By posting content to MarkHing.com, you give us a nonexclusive license to publish it, including anything reasonably related to publishing it (like storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing it). In consideration for Aptus granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Aptus may enable advertising on the Services, including in connection with the display of your content or other information. We may also use your content to promote MarkHing.com, including its products and content. We will never sell your content to third parties without your explicit permission.

You’re responsible for the content you post. This means you assume all risks related to it, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy, or claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.

We can remove any content you post for any reason.

You can delete any of your posts, or your account, anytime. Processing the deletion may take a little time, but we’ll do it as quickly as possible. We may keep backup copies of your deleted post or account on our servers for up to 14 days after you delete it.

SECTION 2 – OUR CONTENT AND SERVICES

You may not do, or try to do, the following: (1) access or tamper with non-public areas of the Services, our computer systems, or the systems of our technical providers; (2) access or search the Services by any means other than the currently available, published interfaces (e.g., APIs) that we provide; (3) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information; or (4) interfere with, or disrupt, the access of any user, host, or network, including sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of content or accounts in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services.

Crawling or scraping the Services is prohibited.

We may change, terminate, or restrict access to any aspect of the services, at any time, without notice.

SECTION 3 – AGE OF CONSENT

By using MarkHing.com, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

SECTION 4 – SECURITY

If you find a security vulnerability on MarkHing.com, please tell us at support@MarkHing.com.

SECTION 5 – INCORPORATED RULES AND POLICIES

By using the Services, you agree to let Aptus collect and use information as detailed in our Privacy Policy. If you’re outside Canada, you consent to letting Aptus transfer, store, and process your information (including your personal information and content) in and out of Canada.

SECTION 6 – MISCELLANEOUS

Disclaimer of warranty. Aptus provides the Services to you as is. You use them at your own risk and discretion. That means they don’t come with any warranty. None expressed, none implied. No implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, security, title or non-infringement.

Limitation of Liability. Aptus won’t be liable to you for any damages that arise from your using the Services. This includes if the Services are hacked or unavailable. This includes all types of damages (indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary). And it includes all kinds of legal claims, such as breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, or any other loss.

No waiver. If Aptus doesn’t exercise a particular right under these Terms, that doesn’t waive it.

Severability. If any provision of these terms is found invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree that the court should try to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision and that other provisions of the Terms will remain in full effect.

Choice of law and jurisdiction. These Terms are governed by British Columbia, Canada law, without reference to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree that any suit arising from the Services must take place in a court located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Entire agreement. These Terms (including any document incorporated by reference into them) are the whole agreement between Aptus and you concerning the Services.

Questions? Let us know at support@MarkHing.com.

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