TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
LAST UPDATED: MAY 10, 2025
1. OVERVIEW
These Terms of Use form a legally binding contract between TORONTO EFOIL
ACADEMY INC. ("we" or "us") and the people and companies (“Users” or “you”)
that access and use our website located at www.torontoefoilacademy.ca or any
related website or mobile platform controlled by us (collectively, the "Website").
These Terms of Use apply to all services provided through our Website and any
other software application we operate, and all content, services, and products
available at or through the Website.
It is very important that you read and fully understand these Terms of Use
before using the Website. By agreeing to these Terms of Use and using the
Website, you are entering into a legally binding contract which will impact your
rights.
By accessing any part of the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of
Use. You are also confirming that you have read and fully understood these
Terms of Use. If you do not agree to or understand all of these Terms of Use,
then you may not access the Website or use any services available on the
Website.
These Terms of Use should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy and
any other rules, guidelines, or policies posted on the Website.
2. SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE
Without restriction, we generally offer the following services through the
Website:
eFoiling lessons, packages, and supervised rides.
The services we offer are subject to change over time. By using the Website, you
are confirming that you have determined that the services are appropriate for
your needs. We do not guarantee that these services meet your needs or that
they are suitable for your specific purposes.
3. OWNERSHIP OF YOUR FILES
When you choose to upload documents or data (including any images or text),
TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. does not review or pre-screen the contents of
electronic data uploaded or posted to the Website (“Content”) and TORONTO
EFOIL ACADEMY INC. claims no intellectual property rights with respect to the
Content.
However, by posting, uploading, inputting or submitting any Content
whatsoever to the Website, you are granting TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC.
an irrevocable, royalty free licence while the Content remains uploaded to the
Website, to use the Content for any purpose related to the use and promotion of
its business and the Website, including the right to copy, distribute, edit, and
publicly display such content with or without attribution.
4. PAYMENT PROCEDURES
Payments for services or products available on the Website will be charged to
you in accordance with the policies, procedures, and timelines posted on the
relevant sections of the Website.
For purposes of processing payments, we use the following service provider:
STRIPE
Before using the Website, you must first review and approve the terms and
conditions governing the use of these third-party payment processors, which are
available at the following website(s): https://www.stripe.com
5. REFUND, EXCHANGE AND SHIPPING POLICIES
Our current policies on refunds, exchanges and responsibility for lost, broken or
stolen products are posted on the Website.
6. YOUR ACCOUNT
In order to fully use the Website, you will be required to create an account.
Information submitted by you in order to create an account will be subject to
our Privacy Policy, which is available for review on the Website, and which you
are required to approve before creating an account. The Privacy Policy also
dictates how to terminate your account and how you can have your personal
identifying information deleted from our servers.
The terms governing the features and capabilities of your account and the
related fees can be found on the Website.
7. TERMINATION
You may cancel and terminate your Account at any time in accordance with the
terms and policies posted on the Website.
If at the date of termination of your Account, there are any outstanding
payments owing by you to us, you will receive one final invoice via email. Once
that invoice has been paid in full, you will not be charged again.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Except in a case where we are in violation of these Terms of Use, we will not be
held liable for, and you hereby fully waive the right to claim for, any loss, injury,
claim, liability or damages of any kind resulting in any way from use of the
Website.
Your use of the Website is at your sole risk. The Website is provided on an “as
is” and “as available” basis without any warranty or condition, express, implied
or statutory. We do not warrant that your use of the Website will be
uninterrupted, secure or error-free.
In no event will we have any liability to you or any third party for any lost
profits or revenues or for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or
punitive damages however caused, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, and
whether or not you or the third party have been advised of the possibility of
such damages. In the event the foregoing paragraph, or any part thereof, is void
under applicable law, this paragraph, or such part thereof, shall be inapplicable.
9. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC.,
including our officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents, from and
against any and all claims and expenses, including legal fees and
disbursements, which are made against us and arise out of your use of the
Website, including but not limited to your violation of any term of these Terms
of Use or any other policy posted on the Website.
10. SECURITY BREACHES
In order to protect your security, it is your sole responsibility to ensure that all
usernames and passwords used to access the Website are kept secure and
confidential.
You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account,
including the unauthorized use of your password, or any other breach of
security.
We will investigate any breach of security on the Website that we determine in
our sole discretion to be serious in nature, but we will not be held responsible
or liable in any manner for breaches of security or any unauthorized access to
your account however arising.
11. WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
We hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or
statutory, including but not limited to implied warranties as to merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose as they relate to the Website.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
You represent and warrant that:
i. You have the authority to bind yourself to these Terms of Use;
ii. Your use of the Website will be solely for purposes that are permitted by
these Terms of Use;
iii. Your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the
confidentiality or intellectual property rights of any User or third party; and
iv. Your use of the Website will comply with all local, provincial and federal
laws, rules and regulations, and with all policies posted on the Website.
You must only use the Website for your own lawful purposes, in accordance with
these Terms of Use and any notice, policy or condition posted on the Website.
You may use the Website on behalf of others or in order to provide services to
others but if you do so you must ensure that you are authorized to do so and
that all persons for whom or to whom services are provided comply with and
accept all these Terms of Use.
13. AGE RESTRICTIONS
Users Must be Over the Age of 18. You represent and confirm that you are
over the age of 18. We do not target, market, or promote the Website to those
under 18. We do not permit any User under the age of 18 to use the Website.
14. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These Terms of Use and any access to or use of the Website shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws in force in the Province of
Ontario.
If any claim, dispute or controversy occurs between TORONTO EFOIL
ACADEMY INC. and a User relating to the interpretation or implementation of
any of the provisions of these Terms of Use, such dispute shall be resolved by
private, confidential and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall be
conducted by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be appointed by
agreement of the parties or, in the absence of an agreement, such arbitrator
shall be appointed by a judge upon the application of either the User or
TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. Arbitration shall be held in the Province of
Ontario, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. The arbitration procedure to be
followed shall be agreed by the parties or, in absence of an agreement,
determined by the arbitrator. The arbitration shall proceed in accordance with
the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1991, SO 1991, c 17. Subject to any right of
appeal, the decision arrived at by the arbitrator shall be final and binding.
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction.
15. WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION
By using the Website, you agree to resolve any claim or dispute arising between
you and us on an individual basis, rather than addressing such claim or dispute
as part of a group or class. You hereby waive any right you may have to
commence or participate in any class action lawsuit commenced against
TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. or its affiliates related to any claim, dispute
or controversy arising from your use of the Website. Where applicable, you
hereby agree to opt out of any class proceeding against TORONTO EFOIL
ACADEMY INC. otherwise commenced.
The above waiver shall not apply to claims or disputes arising under consumer
protection legislation or any other claim or dispute where a waiver of class
action lawsuits is unenforceable at law.
16. GENERAL TERMS
a. AMENDING THESE TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use may be updated and amended from time to time. We
reserve the right to change these Terms of Use at any time, and any
amended Terms of Use are effective upon posting to the Website. We will
make efforts to communicate any changes to these Terms of Use we deem
material, in our sole discretion, via email or notifications on the Website.
Your continued use of the Website will be deemed to be immediate and
unconditional acceptance of any amended Terms of Use, whether or not we
deemed the amendments to be material.
b. ASSIGNMENT
We may assign or delegate these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, to any
person or entity at any time with or without your consent and without prior
notice to you.
Users may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under these
Terms of Use, without our prior written consent, and any unauthorized
assignment and delegation is void.
c. NO WAIVER
No waiver of a provision, right or remedy of this Agreement shall operate as
a waiver of any other provision, right or remedy or the same provision, right
or remedy on a future occasion.
d. NO AGENCY
The parties to these Terms of Use are independent contractors and are not
partners or agents. TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. has no fiduciary
obligations or professional obligations whatsoever to you arising from these
Terms of Use or your use of the Website.
e. SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be void
or invalid by a court of law, the remaining provisions, or parts thereof, shall
be and remain in full force and effect.
f. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms of Use, in conjunction with all policies and guidelines available
on the Website (including but not limited to any Privacy Policy),
incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you
and TORONTO EFOIL ACADEMY INC. and supersede all prior
communications, agreements and understandings, written or oral, with
respect to the subject matter of these Terms of Use.
17. QUESTIONS ON THESE TERMS OF USE
We welcome you to contact us with any questions on these Terms of Use. You
can send your questions regarding these Terms of Use to the following email
address:
help@torontoefoilacademy.ca
18. ADDITIONAL TERMS
The following additional terms and conditions apply to the use of the Website:
Services are available by appointment only and at the instructor's availability.
Weather-related cancellations are at the sole discretion of the instructor.
If the instructor deems the conditions unsafe for a lesson, the customer can choose
to be refunded or rescheduled.
SimplyBook.me is used as the scheduling service. You agree to be bound by their terms & conditions as well.
19. CONFIRMATION OF AGREEMENT TO TERMS OF USE
BY PROCEEDING TO USE THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF
USE AND ANY POLICIES AND NOTICES POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.