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The Prospectors And Developers Association Of Canada
Web Site Terms And Conditions Of Use
Last Update: February 27, 2009
General
- Please read these terms and conditions carefully. The terms and conditions set out herein govern User’s (as defined below) use of and access to the Prospectors and Developers Association Of Canada (“PDAC”) online site (the “WEB SITE”), information database and management system services administered by the PDAC provided through the Web Site (the “SERVICES”) and the messages, information, data, text, graphics, images, photographs, illustrations, software or other content available through the Web Site (collectively the “CONTENT”). This Web Site is provided by PDAC solely for the limited purposes identified in the terms and conditions and its use is conditional on User’s acceptance thereof (collectively the “TERMS AND CONDITIONS”).
- The PDAC is a national
association established to represent
the interests of the mineral
exploration and development
industry, and the body responsible
for organizing and administering the
E3 Plus initiative.
- The Web Site, Services
and Content are for your benefit
as a subscriber (hereinafter a
"USER") and contain information
of interest to the mineral
exploration industry in respect
of environmental stewardship,
social responsibility and health
& safety.
- By visiting,
accessing or using this Web Site,
including, as applicable and without
limitation, to use or access any of the
Content or Services, User agrees on its
own behalf, and on behalf of any entity
on whose behalf the User may act, to
accept and abide by the Terms and
Conditions for each use of and each
visit to this Web Site. If User does
not agree to abide by these Terms and
Conditions, the User shall not use this
Web Site.
- Please note that the Web
site, Services and Content
as well as the Terms and
Conditions may be revised
from time to time. User
hereby agrees to be bound,
as part of this Agreement
and by User's continued use
of this Web site, to the
most current revision of the
Terms and Conditions, as
indicated by the revision
date posted on the Web site.
Changes to the Web Site
- The PDAC has the right, in its sole
discretion, to add to, remove, modify or
otherwise change any part of the Terms and
Conditions, in whole or in part, at any
time. Changes will be effective when notice
of such change is posted at this Web Site.
It is User’s responsibility to check the
Terms and Conditions regularly to determine
whether any changes have been made; please
check the Terms and Conditions frequently
for updates by checking the date of the
“Last Update” at the top of this document.
If any term, condition or any change to the
Terms and Conditions is not acceptable to
User, User must discontinue its use of the
Web Site immediately. User’s continued use
of the Web Site after any such changes are
posted will constitute acceptance of those
changes. The Terms and Conditions apply
exclusively to User’s use of the Web Site
and do not alter the terms or conditions of
any other agreement User may have with the
PDAC.
- The PDAC may, at any time without
notice or liability, and for any reason
whatsoever, terminate, change, suspend
or discontinue any aspect of the Web
Site, including (i) changing the
availability of, restricting access to,
or imposing limits on any or all
features or Services on, or links to,
the Web Site (ii) adding, removing or
changing any fees or charges for use of
the Web Site or any feature of the Web
Site; (iii) removing, adding, modifying
or otherwise changing any Content or
Services on the Web Site. The PDAC
reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to correct any errors or
omissions in any portion of the Web Site
at any time without notice, but confirms
that it has no duty to do so. The PDAC
and its service providers will also have
the right to terminate User’s use of the
Web Site as set out below under the
heading “Termination of Use”.
- User agrees to have the Terms and
Conditions and any related information
made available to him/her, and to
otherwise have communications between
User and the PDAC occur, electronically.
Permitted Use
- User is granted a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-sub-licensable,
revocable, limited license to download,
display on his/her computer, print, use and
modify the Content only for informational
purposes and for the purposes identified in
the description and/or specific terms and
conditions of use, if any, of each of the
Services made available through the Web Site
and solely for User’s own personal or
internal company use. Except as provided
herein, no other use is permitted.
- User
shall not modify the Content from the form
as presented on the Web Site without
acknowledging the source of the Content so
modified (the “USER MODIFICATIONS”). Any
User Modifications shall be made solely to
the extent necessary to adapt the Content to
User’s own personal or internal company
use. Any User Modification shall not
modify, edit or delete any copyright,
trademark, trade name, service mark, or any
other proprietary notice or legend appearing
on any of the Content.
- All rights not expressly granted by
the Terms and Conditions are reserved to
the PDAC.
Restricted Uses
- User may not:
- include any Content in or with any
product that User creates or distributes
without acknowledging the source of the
Content so included;
- copy any
Content onto User’s own or any other web
site without acknowledging the source of
the Content so copied;
- use the Web Site or the Services in
any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, impair, interfere with the
security of, negatively affect the
functioning of, or otherwise abuse, the
Web Site or any Services, system
resources, accounts, servers, networks,
affiliated or linked sites, connected to
or accessible through the Web Site
(including without limitation uploading,
posting or otherwise transmitting on the
Web Site computer viruses, Trojan
horses, worms or other files or computer
programs which are potentially harmful,
disruptive or destructive or that may
impose an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on the Web
Site’s infrastructure; or using any
robot, spider or other automatic program
or device, or manual process to monitor,
copy, summarize, or otherwise extract
information from the Web Site or the
Content in whole or in part);
- use the Web Site, the Content, User
Modifications or the Services in any
manner that infringes upon the legal
rights of any other person (including
privacy and personality rights,
copyright, moral rights, and other
intellectual property rights), that is
unlawful, that violates any right of the
PDAC, its partners, licensors, content
providers, service providers or
contractors, that is prohibited in the
Terms and Conditions (including by
accessing the Web Site or the Services
from any location where such access may
be illegal or prohibited), that is
unethical, indecent, offensive,
defamatory, derogatory, fraudulent,
deceptive, harmful, abusive,
threatening, vulgar, profane,
pornographic, obscene, sexually
explicit, sexist, racist, hateful,
offensive, harassing, invasive of the
privacy rights of others (this includes
the posting of any materials that
depict, encourage, indicate, advocate or
tend to incite any such conduct), that
is otherwise objectionable or which does
not respect the legal rights and
interests of others;
- use the Web Site, the Content, User
Modifications or the Services in any
data matching or data mining, including
without limitation the collection or use
of information about other users of the
Services (including their email
addresses) without their consent;
- post any materials to the Web Site
or the Services which would violate any
of the restrictions set out in the Terms
and Conditions;
- use the Web Site for commercial
purposes or activities, including,
without limitation: (A) selling or
offering to sell any goods or services;
(B) soliciting for advertisers or
sponsors; (C) conducting contests,
gaming or gambling or offering prizes,
awards or any other incentives to any
person; (D) displaying advertising or
sponsorship banners, including those
generated by banner or link exchange
services; (E) soliciting for donations;
or (F) use of unauthorized or
unsolicited junk mail, spam, chain
letters, pyramid schemes or any other
form of solicitation; or
- use the Web Site or Services in any
manner that may: (A) harm, threaten,
harass, abuse or intimidate any other
person in any way or involve materials
that depict, promote, encourage,
indicate, advocate or tend to incite the
commission of a crime or other unlawful
activities, violence, hatred, cruelty or
discrimination against any individuals
or groups, for any reason, or any act of
cruelty to animals; (B) dilute or
depreciate the name and reputation of
the PDAC, its Marks (as defined below),
its partners, licensors, content
providers, service providers or
contractors; (C) interfere with any
other persons’ use and enjoyment of the
Web Site, the Services or of the
Internet generally; (D) result in the
circumvention or breach of any user
authentication, password, security or
control measures regarding the Web Site
or the Services or any other Internet
resource or computer system; (E) conceal
or misrepresent the author or origin of
any messages or communication, or that
impersonate any person, or that falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent an
affiliation with any other person,
including without limitation any PDAC
Representative (as defined below); or
(F) disclose images of any person or
private information about any person
(such as names, telephone numbers, email
addresses, postal addresses, social
insurance or security number) without
that person’s permission.
- Except as provided herein, none of the
Content may be copied, resold, reproduced,
distributed, republished, downloaded,
displayed, posted or transmitted in any form
or by any means, including electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, without the prior written
permission of the PDAC or the intellectual
property right owner. If User has questions
about the Terms and Conditions, please send
a request for clarification to the E3 Plus
Project Manager using the provided
Contact
Us form.
- User
may not, without the written permission of
the PDAC, "mirror" any Content on any other
server.
Proprietary Information
- User acknowledges that contributors are
an essential source of content for the Web
Site. Accordingly, User agrees that all
Content is protected by copyright (either
registered or arising at common law or under
the applicable civil law) and owned or
controlled by the PDAC or contributors.
User shall acknowledge the source of any
Content used by him/her in accordance with
the Terms and Conditions.
- Copyright and permission details are
available on demand or as indicated on
the Web site. Any unauthorized copying,
redistribution, reproduction or
modification of this Web Site or the
Content by any person may be a violation
of trade-mark and/or copyright laws and
could subject such person to legal
action. User agrees to comply with all
copyright laws worldwide in his/her use
of the Web Site, the Content and the
Services and to prevent any unauthorized
copying of the Content.
- Certain names, words, titles,
phrases, logos, icons, graphics or
designs in the Web Site, including
without limitation “PDAC”, “E3”, “E3
PLUS”: and “ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE IN
EXPLORATION”, “EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY”, EXCELLENCE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP” and
“EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH AND SAFETY”
constitute trade-marks, trade-names,
trade dress and/or associated products
and services of the PDAC, its partners,
any licensor, content provider, service
provider or contractor of the PDAC or
any other third party (collectively the
“MARKS”) and are protected in Canada,
the United States and internationally
and their display on the Web Site does
not convey or create any licence or
other rights in the Marks. Any use of
any of the Marks, in whole or in part,
that are accessible via the Web Site
without prior written authorization of
the PDAC or such third party is strictly
prohibited.
- The PDAC respects the intellectual
property rights of others. If you
believe that your work has been copied
and appears on this site in a way that
constitutes infringement of your
intellectual property rights, please
notify us by using the provided
Contact Us form.
The PDAC reserves the right to remove
content that infringes upon the
intellectual property rights of others
and to terminate use of the Web Site as
set out below under the heading
“Termination of Use”.
Disclaimers
- The Web Site, Services and the Content
are provided "AS IS" and as available basis;
and that any access to, use of, modification
to or reliance on the Web Site, Services and
the Content shall be at Users sole risk.
Although the Web Site, Services and Content
is obtained or compiled from sources the
PDAC believes to be reliable, the PDAC and
its partners, licensors, agents, content
providers, service providers, employees,
officers, directors or representatives
(“PDAC REPRESENTATIVES”), cannot and do not
guarantee and do not make any, and expressly
disclaim, all representations, warranties,
covenants and conditions, express or
implied, by operation of law or otherwise,
including without limitation: (i) any
implied warranties and conditions of
merchantability, merchantable quality, or
fitness for any particular purpose, or
non-infringement, or any implied
representations or warranties arising out of
course of performance, course of dealing or
usage of trade; (ii) that the Web Site,
Services or Content will meet User’s
requirements or will be compatible with
User’s computer or related equipment,
photograph equipment or software; (iii) that
the Web Site, Services or Content is
accurate, valid, reliable, authentic,
current, or complete; or (iv) that the Web
Site will continue to operate, operate
without interruptions or be error-free.
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In addition, the PDAC Representatives make
no representation or warranty that the Web
Site, Services or Content is appropriate or
available for use at any location.
Accessing the Web Site, Services or Content
from locations where its contents are
illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to
access the Web Site, Services or Content
from locations other than Canada do so on
their own initiative and are responsible for
compliance with local laws.
- User understands and agrees that the
PDAC Representatives cannot and do not
guarantee or warrant that files
available for downloading from the Web
Site will be free from infection or
viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other
code that manifest contaminating or
destructive properties. User is
responsible for implementing sufficient
procedures and checkpoints to satisfy
User's particular requirements for
accuracy of data input and output, and
for maintaining a means external to the
Web Site for the reconstruction of any
lost data. The PDAC Representatives do
not assume any responsibility or risk
for User's use of the Internet.
- User’s use of the Web Site, Services
or Content including any content,
materials, data or information posted,
submitted, downloaded or otherwise
obtained through the Web Site, is at
User’s own risk. User is solely liable
and responsible for any and all claims
and demands made by any other person
arising out of, in connection with, or
relating to User’s use of the Web Site,
Services, User Modifications or Content,
User’s breach of the Terms and
Conditions, User’s violation or
infringement of the rights of others, or
User’s violation of any applicable civil
or criminal law. The PDAC
Representatives disclaim any and all
responsibility and liability regarding
all such matters.
- User agrees that he/she is solely
responsible for actions and
communications undertaken or transmitted
in the course of his/her usage of the
Web Site, the Services, the User
Modifications and the Content, and that
User will comply with all laws that
apply or may apply to his/her use of or
activities on the Web Site and the
Services or in respect of the Content or
the User Modifications. The PDAC may
investigate occurrences which may
involve violations of such laws, and may
involve, and co-operate with, law
enforcement authorities in prosecuting
users who are involved in such
violations. The PDAC reserves the right
at all times to disclose any information
(including User’s personal information)
regarding his/her usage of the Web Site,
the Content or the Services (including
any perceived violations of applicable
law) as necessary to satisfy any request
authorized by applicable law.
- Through User’s use of the Web Site,
Services or Content, User may have the
opportunity to engage in commercial
transactions with third parties. All
such transactions are at User’s own
risk. The PDAC Representatives are not
parties to any such transactions and
disclaim any and all liability regarding
all such transactions.
No Advice
- Information provided on this Web site is
intended to provide the User with general
information, guidelines, and suggestions.
It is not intended, and should not be
construed, to constitute advice, legal or
otherwise, and should not be relied upon in
any such regard.
- User understands and acknowledges that
many factors unknown to the PDAC may affect
the applicability of any statement, comment
or information that is made available
through the Web Site, the Services or the
Content to any User's particular
circumstances.
- Users should consult an appropriate
professional adviser as to the applicability
of any particular technique, practice or
information referred to on the Web Site, the
Services or in the Content to the User's
particular circumstances.
Linked Web Sites and Framing
- Certain links on the Web Site may take
User to other web sites. The PDAC provides
these links only as a convenience. The PDAC
is not responsible for the content of any
such linked pages. The PDAC makes no
representation or warranty regarding, and
does not endorse, any linked web sites, the
information appearing thereon or any of the
products or services described. Should User
leave the Web Site via a link contained
herein, and view content that is not
provided by the PDAC, User does so at User’s
own risk and it is User’s responsibility to
take all protective measures to guard
against viruses and other destructive
elements. Links to other web sites or
references to products, services or
publications other than those of the PDAC
are for convenience only, and should not be
construed as an endorsement or approval of
such web sites, products, publications or
services by the PDAC.
- User is granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the Web Site.
User agrees that if User links his/her website to the Web Site, User or User’s web
site shall not (a) create frames around any part of the Web Site or use other techniques
that alter the visual presentation of this Web Site; (b) imply that the PDAC is
endorsing User or any other person, or User’s or such other person’s products or
services; (c) without the prior written consent of the PDAC, imply an affiliation
between User or any other person, or User’s or such other persons, products or services
and the PDAC; (d) misrepresent the relationship of User or any other person with
the PDAC or present false, misleading, derogatory, defamatory or otherwise damaging
information or impressions about the PDAC or any of its products or services; or
(e) contain materials that may be interpreted as distasteful, harmful, offensive,
or inaccurate.
Limitation on Liability
- User agrees that the PDAC or the PDAC Representatives shall not have any responsibility
or liability in connection with the Web Site, the Content, the Services or the User
Modifications to User or any other person or entity for any loss or damage whatsoever,
incidental, indirect, punitive, exemplary, consequential or special damages (including,
without limitation, damages for pain and suffering, emotional distress or similar
damages, harm to business or reputation, loss of information or programs or data,
loss of profit, loss of revenue or income, loss of salary or other compensation
from employment), arising from or in connection with the use of or access to, or
any inconvenience, delay or loss of use of or access to, the Web Site, the Services,
the Content, the User Modifications, any content of any linked site, or failure
of such sites, (including without limitation any damages suffered as a result of
omissions or inaccuracies in such sites or content, or the transmission of confidential
or sensitive information to or from such sites) even if the PDAC or any PDAC Representatives
have been advised of the possibility of such damages or loss or if such damage or
loss was foreseeable.
Indemnity
- User will indemnify and hold PDAC or the PDAC Representatives (the "INDEMNIFIED
PARTIES") harmless from any breach of the Terms and Conditions by User, including
any use of the Content or User Modifications other than as expressly authorized
in the Terms and Conditions. User agrees that the Indemnified Parties will have
no liability in connection with any such breach or unauthorized use or modification,
and agrees to indemnify any and all resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards,
costs, expenses, and lawyers' fees of the Indemnified Parties in connection therewith.
User will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against
any claims brought by third parties arising out of User's use of the information
accessed from the Web Site.
Account Number and Password
- User is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of User’s account number
and/or password. User is responsible for all uses of User’s account, whether or
not actually or expressly authorized by User.
Communications and Submissions (solicited and unsolicited)
- All information that User provides through the Web Site or in connection with any
Service, must be true, accurate, current and complete, and where applicable, must
be updated by User promptly upon the occurrence of any change in such information.
- The PDAC and its service providers will rely on the information User provides. User
will be responsible for any and all loss, damage, or additional costs that User,
the PDAC or its service providers or others may incur as a result of User’s submission
of any false, incorrect or incomplete information or User’s failure to update his/her
registration or other information that he/she submits via the Web Site.
- Subject to any applicable law and the requirements of the PDAC Privacy Policy, any
communications sent by or to User via this Web Site or the PDAC, whether solicited
by the PDAC or otherwise, are on a non-confidential basis (other than personal information
which is covered under the PDAC Privacy Policy), and the PDAC shall be free to use
and disclose the content of any such communication, including without limitation
any ideas, inventions, concepts or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including
without limitation developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods and services.
User agrees to not assert any ownership right of any kind in such communications
(including without limitation copyright, trade-mark, patent, unfair competition,
moral rights, or implied contract) and User hereby waives such moral rights in favour
of the PDAC as well as the right to receive any financial or other consideration
in connection with such communication.
- If User sends any unsolicited idea, suggestion or other material (“SUBMISSIONS”)
to the PDAC or the Web Site, User automatically grant to the PDAC and its successors
and assigns a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive,
world-wide, right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate,
create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display and otherwise exploit
the Submissions or any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques associated with the
Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, using any form,
media or technology now known or later developed, without providing compensation
to User or anyone else, without any liability whatsoever, and free from any obligation
of confidence or other duties on the part of the PDAC or its successors or assigns,
and User agrees, represent and warrant that User shall waive all moral rights (including
the right to be associated with the Submission) in the Submissions upon their submission
to the PDAC or this Web Site.
- Where any part of the Web Site involves user posted materials, including without
limitation a discussion forum, chat room or message board, the PDAC is not obliged
to monitor, screen, police or edit the use of the Web Site or the Services, including
postings of materials to this Web Site, although the PDAC reserves the right to
do so in its sole discretion. The PDAC will take whatever response it considers
appropriate, in its sole discretion, if the PDAC becomes aware of any inappropriate
uses of the Web Site or Services, including without limitation uses that constitute
copyright infringement.
Privacy
- The PDAC respects Users’ right to privacy. The PDAC may disclose to third parties
in aggregated form information obtained from User during the initial signup process
and during subsequent data collection activities, but PDAC will not disclose during
the normal course of our business information that would serve to uniquely identify
an individual member.
- All information that the PDAC may collect via this Web Site or the Services about
User during User’s visit to the Web Site, is subject to the PDAC's Privacy Policy,
which is incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions and can be viewed
on the privacy policy page.
Jurisdiction
- The Web Site is hosted on servers residing in Ontario, Canada, and this Web site
is controlled by the PDAC from the Province of Ontario, Canada. By accessing
this Web site, User agrees that this agreement is formed in the Province of Ontario,
Canada, and that all matters relating hereto shall be governed by the laws of the
Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, without regard to the conflicts of laws
principals thereof.
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Any dispute between the PDAC and User or any other person arising from, in connection
with or relating to the Web Site, the Content or the Services, the Terms and Conditions,
any transaction through the Web Site or any related matter must be resolved before
the Courts of the Province of Ontario, Canada sitting in the City of Toronto, and
User hereby irrevocably submit and attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of those
Courts in respect of any such dispute.
Termination of Use
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If User breaches any provision of the Terms and Conditions, then User may no longer
use this Web Site or the applicable Contents or Services that are made available
through this Web Site. The PDAC, in its discretion, shall determine whether
the Terms and Conditions have been violated.
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The PDAC or its service providers may at any time and for any reason, with or without
cause, and in their sole discretion, immediately: (i) suspend or terminate
(in whole or in part) User’s authorization to use this Web Site and/or the Services;
(ii) suspend, terminate, remove or permanently delete and destroy any user ID, password,
URL, IP address or domain name, or any material that User or others may have posted
or submitted to this Web Site and/or the Services; (iii) restrict access to the
materials posted or submitted to this Web Site and/or the Services; and (iv) bar
User from any future use of this Web Site and/or the Services; all without any prior
notice or any liability to User or any other person.
Notices
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Notices or communications to the PDAC in connection with the Terms and Conditions
must be in writing and must be sent to the PDAC by courier or regular pre-paid post
to the PDAC’s address below.
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Notices to User from the PDAC may be sent by either email to the email address supplied
by User to the PDAC or by courier or regular pre-paid post to the postal address
supplied by User to The PDAC. Notices will be deemed to be received upon the
earlier of: (a) two business days after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight
courier; (b) ten business days after deposit in the U.S. or Canadian postal mail,
provided that if there is a slow-down or other labour dispute which affects the
delivery of a notice by mail then it will be deemed to be received by the receiving
party at the actual time of delivery; or (c) in the case of e-mail notices to User,
on the next business day after the e-mail was sent.
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If User has any questions regarding these Terms
and Conditions, please contact us at:
Prospectors and Developers Association Of Canada
Attention: Bernarda Elizalde
Phone: 416 362 1969 ext 289
Fax: 416 362 0101
Email: belizalde@pdac.ca
Other
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If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms
and Conditions or portion thereof to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable,
then that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to
effect the intent of the Terms and Conditions, and the remainder of the Terms and
Conditions shall continue in full force and effect. The PDAC’s failure to insist
upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of the Terms and Conditions
or any right shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provision or right.
User and the PDAC are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint
venture, employment or franchise relationship is intended or created by the Terms
and Conditions or use of the Web Site, any Service or Content by User.
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The Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the PDAC and User
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all communications, representations
or agreements, either oral or written, between the PDAC or its partners and User
with respect to this subject matter.
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The provisions of the Terms and Conditions will enure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the PDAC and its service providers and their respective successors and assigns,
and User and User’s Name
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