TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to Local Tree Removal,

These Terms & Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms” or “Terms of Use” or “Terms of Service”)shall govern the relationship between our company and you. This website is owned and operated by: Company Name: Local Tree Removal Corp. Registration Number: 1000469130 Registered Office: 821 Brookdale Crescent, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9H 6A5(here simply referred to as “Company” or “Local Tree Removal” or “us” or “our” or “we”). You are here simply referred to as “you” or “your” or “user” or “users” or “customers”. These Terms shall govern your use of https://localtreeremoval.ca/ (hereinafter referred to as the “website” or “Site” or “Platform”).Welcome to Local Tree Removal, your go-to source for reliable and efficient tree removal services in Ontario(Canada). Please note that the tree removal services offered through our website are provided by third-party companies who specialize in these services (hereinafter referred to as our “Partners”). At Local Tree Removal, our role is limited to generating leads and collecting information from our customers to pass along to our Partners. Our goal is to simplify the process for our clients and connect them with the rightservice provider for their needs.(hereinafter referred to as the “Service”)Please read these Terms carefully, as these, along with our Disclaimer, Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy statement forms the entire agreement between you and Local Tree Removal. If you do not accept these Terms in its entirety, then you may not use the Site or provide personal information to us.Additionally, your use of our services shall be governed by our Disclaimer, and how we collect, use, store, share and transmit your data is governed by our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy statement. These Terms & Conditions shall be read in conjunction with our Disclaimer, Cookie Policy, and Privacy Policy statement.

1. Acceptance of the Terms & Conditions

By registering on or accessing or using the services on our website in any way or by clicking on a button or taking similar action to signify your affirmative acceptance of these Terms, you hereby represent that:

1. You have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and any future updates and additions to these Terms, as published from time to time at the website.
2. You are of sound mind, residing in Ontario (Canada), are at least 18 years in age, and otherwise competent to form a binding contract with us. In case you are not 18 years in age, then you must have the permission of your lawful guardian to access and provide your personal information on the website.
3. You agree to use all our services strictly in accordance with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
4.  We must not have previously disabled your account for violation of law or any of our policies.
5.  You have read, understood, and consented to our Disclaimer, Cookie Policy, as well as our Privacy Policy statement.

2. Use of the Site and Services

1. Allowed uses:

• Directions of Use: You must follow all guidelines or policies or directions of use as associated with each of the services on the Site.
• Information: Whenever prompted, you must provide us with the correct, accurate, and updated information. These will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy statement posted on our website. We will sell your personal information to our Partners who will provide you with the quote and the tree removal services directly.
• Material: For the purposes of these Terms, “material” shall mean any text, video, graphics, content, software, platform, sound material, published on the website, whether a copyright of Local Tree Removal, its licensors or any third party. (Unless stated otherwise) You are not allowed to download or print the material, or extracts from it, in a systematic or regular manner or otherwise to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the material appearing on the website. Unless statedotherwise, you must not reproduce any part of the website or the material or transmit it to or store it in any other websiteor disseminate any part of the material in any other form, unless we have indicated that you may do so.

2. Restricted uses:

• You cannot impersonate others or provide inaccurate information.
• You cannot use our Site or purchase our services for the purpose of resale.
• You cannot breach or circumvent or attempt to break or circumvent our authentication and security processes and measures of our systems or networks.
• You cannot reverse engineer or try to reverse engineer any of the proprietary/ intellectual property aspects of, including but not limited to the services, software, our platforms, networks, systems, etc., wholly or in part.
• You must not misuse or interfere with the Services or website or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use the Services only as permitted by law and as per the directions provided by us.
• You must not:
  • republish material from this website;
  • sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
  • show any material from the website in public without our consent;
  • edit or otherwise modify any material on the website (other than editing your own information as per the method provided);
  • reproduce, duplicate, copy, or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose; or
  • redistribute material from the website, except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution with our written consent and according to our terms;
  • infringe or violate our Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property Rights of our licensors or any third party;
  • We reserve the right to restrict your access to any areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion.
• You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection withany unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
• You cannot access, use, or tamper with the non-public areas of any of our software, platforms, networks or our systems.
• You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computersoftware.
• You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website, without our express written consent.

3. Ownership Rights

This website, domain (https://localtreeremoval.ca/), its logos, its content, designs, trademarks, trade dress, trade name, all of our services, shall remain the sole property of Local Tree Removal or its licensors(as the case may be). Your use of or access to this website shall not in any way transfer or assign to you any ownership or other proprietary rights in or to this website or any of our intellectual property rights. This website, services, and the content, including but not limited to the trademark, logo, copyright,design, layout, typography, underlying HTML, java scripts, text, audio clips, video clips and graphics, and in the expression of the information contained herein, whether as a compilation or otherwise is protected by relevant intellectual property laws, rules, and regulations. Trademarks, trade names and designs appearing on this website are the exclusive property of, or are licensed to the Local Tree Removal and are protected. No use of a trademark, trade dress, trade name or design appearing on this website or our services may be made without the prior written permission of the Local Tree Removal.

4. Privacy

In order to see what personal and non-personal information we collect and how we use or store or share or sell the same, please refer to the detailed Privacy Policy statement available on our website.

5. Links to Third-party Sites

The website might contain links to third-party websites or services. For example, the tree removal services offered through our website are provided by third-party companies who specialize in these services (hereinafter referred to as our “Partners”). Our role is limited to generating leads and collecting information from our customers to pass along to these Partners. Such third-party links and Partners or their services are not under the control of Local Tree Removal, and Local Tree Removal is not responsible for any third-party links, Partners, their services, or data processing activities. Local Tree Removal provides access to these third-party links and Partners only as a convenience to you, and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to third-party links or Partners or their services. You shall use all third-party links and services at your own risk, and should apply a suitable level of caution and discretion in doing so. Whenever you click on such links, you may be taken to such a third-party website, and you get out of the jurisdiction of our website. Similarly, when you provide us with your personal information or request for the quote, we pass this information to our Partners who can get into contact with you directly. Therefore, in all such cases, you shall be governed by the legal policies of such third-party websites or Partners, and we suggest that you demand a copy of their legal policies and read them before using their services. In case of any damage due to such action of third-party links or Partners or inaccuracy of content or wrong information or data breach, Local Tree Removal shall not be responsible.

6. Payments

Please note that the tree removal services offered through our website are provided by third-party companies who specialize in these services (hereinafter referred to as our “Partners”). At Local Tree Removal, our role is limited to generating leads and collecting information from our customers to pass along to our Partners. Our goal is to simplify the process for our clients and connect them with the right service provider for their needs. Therefore, we do not request for, or collect payments on our website. All transactions of payments for the Partner services are directly between you and such Partner, as the case may be, and we are not involved in such process.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall our Company (or our licensors or affiliates) be liable to you or any third party for any deficiency in service, fraud, cheating, financial loss, lost data, breach of privacy, costs of procurement of substitute services, or any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages arising from or relating to these terms or your provision of personal information to us or your use of the services of the Partners, even if Local Tree Removal has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Access to, and use of, the Site and Partner services is at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damages resulting therefrom.

8. Legal Action

If you are found to be degrading, tarnishing, maligning the image, goodwill, or reputation of Local Tree Removal by spreading hate, insulting, false, fake reviews or engaging in mala fide actions against the above, strong legal actions will be taken immediately.

9. Indemnity

You acknowledge to defend, indemnify, and hold Local Tree Removal, its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, Partners, and any other licensors (hereinafter referred to as “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and against any claim, disputes, fine, liability, demand, or expense, including reasonable legal counsel’s fee, made by a third party, relating to, or arising from:

1.  Your violation of ours or any third-party right;
2. Your wrongful or improper use of our services, or Site.
3.  Your violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations;
4.  Your violation of these Terms or any other policy of ours as associated with our services;
5.  The indemnifications set forth above will survive the termination or expiration of these Terms and/or your use of our services.

10. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

1. Governing Law: The Terms and any dispute arising from the same will be governed by applicable laws of the Province of Ontario (Canada).
2.  Exclusive Jurisdiction: All disputes must first be attempted to be resolved amicably, failing which, such controversy, conflict or dispute shall be finally settled by bringing it exclusively before the appropriate courts or tribunals located in Peterborough, Canada.

11. Copyright Notice

All claims alleging copyright infringement for material or content that you believe to be residing on our website (https://localtreeremoval.ca/) should be promptly sent in the form of written notice to our designated agent.1.Designated Agent Copyright Notices:Email: cotact@localtreeremoval.ca

2.Filing a Copyright Notice:

Valid notification must be a written communication that includes all of the following elements:

• Signature of copyright owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
• Identification of copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
•  Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party (address, phone number and, if available, email address);
•  A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly being infringed.

There are substantial penalties for false claims.

3.False Claim: You could be liable for the punishment for perjury or such other legal recourse if you make false claim alleging copyright infringement.

12. Notices

When you use the website or send emails to Local Tree Removal, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive physically or electronically any communications related to your use of this website. Local Tree Removal will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on this website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that are provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. We may give notice by means of a general notice via electronic mail to your email address as available with us. If you want to give a notice to us, you can do so by dropping an electronic mail to cotact@localtreeremoval.ca.

13. Miscellaneous

1.  Independent Legal Advice: It is your obligation to obtain independent legal advice at your own expense to ensure you understand the provisions of these Terms.
2. Headings: The section headings are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of these Terms.
3. Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.
4. Waiver: Our failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of these Terms & Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver by us of any provision or any right that we have to enforce these Terms and nor shall any course of conduct between Company and you or any other party be deemed to modify any provision of these Terms.
5. Survival: Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Terms & Conditions, or any general legal principles to the contrary, any provision of these Terms & Conditions that imposes or contemplates continuing obligations on either party shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms & Conditions, for any reason whatsoever.
6. No Third-Party Beneficiaries: Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms & Conditions, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms & Conditions.
7. No Assignment: You may not assign these Terms & Conditions (or any rights, benefits, or obligations hereunder) by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of Local Tree Removal, which may be withheld at Local Tree Removal’s sole discretion. Any attempted assignment that does not comply with these Terms & Conditions shall be null and void.
8. Entire Agreement: The Terms, Disclaimer, Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy, together with any additional terms and conditions incorporated herein or referred to herein constitute the entire Agreement between Local Tree Removal and you, relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior understanding or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on our website.
9. Force Majeure: Local Tree Removal and its third party service providers will be excused from performance for any period during which, and to the extent that, such party or any subcontractor is prevented from performing any obligation or service, in whole or in part, as a result of causes beyond its reasonable control, and without its fault or negligence, including without limitation, acts of God, communication line failures, technical issues, bugs, errors, power failures and/or similar inabilities.
10. Updates to these Terms: We may add to or change or update these Terms at any time, from time to time, entirely at our own discretion, with or without any prior written notice. You are responsible for checking these Terms periodically. Your use of the Site or our Services after any amendments to the Terms shall constitute your acceptance to such amendments.

14. Grievance Officer/Designated Representative

In the event you have any grievance regarding anything related to these Terms or Disclaimer or Cookie Policy or Privacy Policy, or with any content or service of Local Tree Removal, in that case you may freely write your concerns to the Grievance Officer/Designated Officer at:

• Email: cotact@localtreeremoval.ca

15. Feedback and Information

We welcome your questions or comments regarding the Terms. You can write to us via Email: cotact@localtreeremoval.ca.Last updated on March 12, 2023.