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This site is operated by the Sagacity Alternative Lifestyle Society (Sagacity), incorporated in Victoria, BC. Sagacity is entirely responsible for the content of the site. Any complaints, comments, or commendations should be directed to Ladyfish@sagacitygroup.net, Executive Director of Sagacity.

Terms and Conditions of Use

By using (viewing and/or communicating with) our web site you agree to all Terms and Conditions of use governing this web site. Acceptance of the terms of this Policy is a portion of the consideration required for your right to visit the website. If you do not accept these terms, you have no right to visit this site and you are fraudulently using this site.

Copyright

The contents of the Sagacity website (http://sagacitygroup.net/) are protected by the copyright laws of Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this online publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Sagacity. To obtain reproduction consent, send an e-mail to Ladyfish.

The graphics, forms, source, and structure contained within this site are © Sagacity, all rights reserved.

The views and opinions of authors expressed on Sagacity's Web site do not necessarily state or reflect those of Sagacity, and they may not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

You acknowledge that this web site contains information, software, photographs, audio and video clips, graphics, links and other material that are protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of Sagacity or third parties, including but not limited to product names, logos, designs, titles, and words or phrases that may be registered in certain jurisdictions (collectively, the "Content").

The viewer agrees not to submit content that is infringing or that contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with or otherwise adversely affect the operation of another's computer or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.

Images of people or places displayed on the site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Sagacity. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, or communications regulations and statutes.

Event Listings

No part of any Sagacity event listing may be released, reproduced, copied, or included on or in any electronic forum, list, or website in part or entirety without our permission.

Event listings are provided as a matter of convenience to the public. The information is not guaranteed to be accurate, or does Sagacity take responsibility for it. The information comes from other sources and therefore may be wholly unreliable, and Sagacity does not guarantee its suitability for any purpose. Although care has been taken in preparing the information contained in event listings, Sagacity does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any event listing. Anyone using event listing information does so at their own risk and shall be deemed to indemnify Sagacity from any and all injury or damage arising from such use.

E-mail List

The Sagacity e-mail listserv, (hereafter referred to as the List) is provided for amusement and information purposes only.

You acknowledge that e-mail is inherently vulnerable to the interception of user data, including email addresses, names, and content posted. Neither Sagacity nor the owner of the List assume any liability for any loss or damage that may result from you using the List.

Endorsements

Sagacity does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes, or services mentioned in the List or on the web site. Except as specifically stated, Sagacity expressly disclaims any affiliation with or sponsorship of events. Except as specifically stated, Sagacity expressly disclaims any affiliation with any website that is referenced by a link, or sponsorship of or by them.

Public Forums

Visitors, subscribers, members, or customers who use any site-provided bulletin boards or other public forums, such as chat rooms, do so at their own risk. You should not assume that the site monitors these services or protects you in any manner from information you post publicly or share with anyone else via these services. Any information you post in these forums is the property of Sagacity to use as it sees fit.

Membership and Members Area

The members area of Sagacity is only available if you have registered and received a username and password. To register we will require some real contact information that we can use to identify you. This information will be kept private and secure, and will only be used in case of abuse. You can self-register on any web page by going to the Join Form, or by sending an e-mail to Ladyfish@sagacitygroup.net.

Members are responsible for keeping their passwords secure, and for all information posted in their personal area. If Sagacity determines you are abusing your personal area, your username will be disabled and your IP address will be banned from using the site.

Personal Information

This notice explains our online information collections policies and your choices about the way your information is collected and used.

This website routinely collects information about its visitors, subscribers, members, and customers. This information is obtained in various ways, such as upon membership registration, and when tickets are purchased. Registration means that the Visitor, Subscriber, Member or Customer takes active, positive steps to communicate information to this website; it can include your participation in visitor surveys; it can include requesting information from the website via email, mail, or courier; it may be from joining an affiliate program or other membership organization, paid or unpaid; it may be from ordering a product or service.

Any communication or material you transmit to the site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary, and may be used by Sagacity for any purpose.

Anything you transmit or post may be used by Sagacity for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, publication, or posting. Furthermore, Sagacity is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained by any communication you send to the site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing or marketing products using such information.

Information Use

Sagacity has the policy to not share, sell, or in any other way provide e-mail address, names, phone numbers, or any other information obtained from this site. Occasionally complete credit card information may be provided to the website via fax or a fill-in form rather than regular secure merchant service processing. This information is kept at the highest level of security and is never divulged to anyone except the merchant service provider or for the purpose of communication with the customer.

Wise Advice About Information

The use of information as described may or may not be how information that is collected is customarily used by this or any site. Information may include your name, address, phone number, email address and buying habits, as well as other information such as electronic details about your computer operating system and browser. This information may be used for general commercial solicitation by this website. Whereas actual use of any information collected may be quite conservative, you should assume that it is not. You should consider that information collected by any website may be shared with other persons or entities for commercial purposes. While sharing information is not Sagacity policy, make your decision whether or not to view or interact with this website based on your best judgment.

Warning

Some sections of the Sagacity web site contain information and content that is provided for amusement or information purposes only, and is not to be acted upon in any way, shape or form.

The names of various manufacturers, their instruments, and their products referred to herein may be protected by trademark or other law, and are used herein solely for purpose of reference.

Link Policy

Sagacity follows a strict set of event and link listing guidelines. Event and meeting listings and links to web sites that are related to the BDSM lifestyle may be submitted for consideration by contacting Ladyfish@sagacitygroup.net. Links are provided as a matter of convenience to the public. Sagacity does not guarantee the accuracy of any information available through the links you will find at this web site. Nothing contained at this web site should be construed to constitute a recommendation or endorsement of any product, service or site. Linked pages and the opinions or information contained within are the creation of outside parties and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sagacity.

Sagacity can't create a link (to external events, organizations, websites, Yahoo, Topica, MSN, IRC groups) if our webmaster doesn't know about it. If we don't have a link to you (your group, list, channel, website), please email Ladyfish@sagacitygroup.net and let her know the URL. On the rare occasion that a link is refused, we have a pretty good reason for it.

Applicable Law

Visitor agrees that the applicable law shall, in all cases, be that of the province of the Website owner(s).

Your use of the Sagacity web site constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. If at any time these terms and conditions are no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease use of the web site.

Sagacity may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound. 2006/01/21