TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This website is operated by Gallery May. Before enjoying this website, PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE the www.gallery-may.com WEBSITE ((herein known as "the Website") and the services or goods provided through the Website. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, you may not access or use the Website or the services. 

These Terms and Conditions is regarding the access and use of this Website, including all content, information, services and goods and available on or through the Website. The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy: “Customer”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Gallery May’s terms and conditions, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and "Us", refers to Gallery May.  “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both you and ourselves, or either you or ourselves. The headings used herein are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms and Conditions.

1. General Use

With every visit to the Website, you signify your acceptance and to be bound by these Terms and Conditions as it reads at the time of the visit, and by visiting the Website you represent and warrant that you, the user have the legal authority to agree to and accept these Terms and Conditions.

You agree to use the Website only if you have reached the age of majority in the province or territory where you live and can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. It is your sole responsibility to determine whether your use of the Website is lawful, and you must comply with all applicable laws. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time. You understand that your content may be transferred or may be involved changes to conform networks or devices’ technical requirements, or transmission over networks

2. Prohibited use

You cannot use the Website or its content (i) to violate any applicable local, provincial, national, international or foreign laws, regulations, rules; (ii) to affect the operation or the services of Gallery May, or any related websites; (iii) to interfere with other customers’ use of the Website; (iv) for any unlawful or immoral purpose.

3. Intellectual Property 

The Website is owned and operated by Gallery May. On the Website, any text, images, data, photographs, audio, video, software, systems, trademarks, service marks, trade names and other information contained in the Website (collectively, the "Content") are property of Gallery May or its third-party licensors unless indicated otherwise. There may be further restrictions on some Content, which intellectual property rights are held by third-parties. 

Your use of the Content is restricted by the Canadian Copyright Act. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, publish, post, transmit, distribute, display, perform, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Content. Digital manipulation or other modification of the Content is prohibited. 

Any commercial use or publication of the Content is expressly prohibited without the written authorization of Gallery May or the copyright owner. For permission to use, please contact by email at www.gallery-may.com.

Some of the Contents’ copyrights are hold by other third-parties, so further permission for reproduction may need to be obtained accordingly. Gallery May holds no responsibility for the procurement of any third-party permission. Also, Gallery May considered the using way and grants permission to use the Content at its sole discretion based on case-by-case.

4. Changes of Terms and Conditions

Gallery May is permitted to revise these provisions of the Terms and Conditions at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review these provisions on a regular basis. Continued use of the Website after any such changes shall constitute your consent to be bound by such changes, with continued provision of the use of the Website constituting consideration from Gallery May to you for so being bound. You agree that you are responsible to monitor changes to this website.

5. Termination 

Gallery May reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice, at any time and from time to time.

Gallery May reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, limit or suspend any user's access to this website or related services at any time without notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever.

6. Disclaimer

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. 

This Website, including the content and the service provided hereof, is being provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Gallery May disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Also, nothing contained on this Website shall be interpreted as advising you or providing consult to you. 

Gallery May does not warrant or guarantee the information on this website is accurate, complete or current. Gallery May also has no obligation to update any information. Gallery May does not warrant or guarantee that your use of the services will be timely, accurate, reliable, secure, error-free or uninterrupted. Gallery May further does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding (i) the content of the website or any hyperlinked website, or the servers upon which they reside is free of viruses or other harmful components; (ii) the goods or services provided through this website; (iii) the products, services, business practices, content or appropriateness of content on any linked websites

7. Limitation of liability

In no event shall Gallery May, nor any of its officers, directors and employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, suppliers, contractors, interns, or service providers shall be held liable for anything or any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, or any information contained on it, or any of the services, or any products procured using the services, or any hyperlinked websites, whether such liability is under contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including but without limitation, compensatory, direct, indirect, exemplary, punitive and consequential damages, loss of user photos, programs or data, income or profit, loss or damage to property and claims of third parties. 

8. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Gallery May and its affiliates, subsidiaries, joint ventures, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, members, licensors, service providers, contractors, suppliers, interns from any liabilities, losses, costs, demands, claims, fines, penalties, causes of action, damages and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, or connected with your use of this Website, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

9. Link to Third-Party

Gallery May may provide you convenience links to third party websites. Such linked websites are independent from Gallery May. And these links do not mean that endorses or recommends the information contained in linked websites, or guarantees its accuracy, timeliness or fitness for a particular purpose. Gallery May takes no responsibility or liability for any third party websites, or the content, practices, services products of third party, or transaction related to third parties’ websites. Also these links do not imply that Gallery May sponsor, or are affiliated or associated with, or have been legally authorized to use any trade-mark, trade name, service mark, design, logo, symbol or other copyrighted materials displayed on or accessible through such websites. Please read the entire terms and uses and privacy policy of any website when you visit it by following a link provided by our website.

10. Miscellanaous

(1) Survival

The provisions of Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability and Indemnity herein will indefinitely survive after the termination of these Terms and Conditions.

(2) Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect.

(3) Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between Gallery May and you in relation to your use of this Website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings. The failure of Gallery May to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

(4) Governing law & jurisdiction

The laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern the use of the Website, the Terms and Conditions and relevant interpretation. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario, located in Toronto for any action or proceeding related to this Website or the Terms and Conditions. 

11. Contact information

If you have any questions or comments about this Terms of Conditions, please contact Gallery May at contact@gallery-may.com

PRIVACY POLICY

Gallery May is committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly and only to the extent necessary for the Services we provide. Gallery May complies with Canadian Federal and Provincial privacy laws and regulations, and also tries to be open and transparent as to how manage personal information. This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices for Gallery May.

1. What personal information we collect & why and how we collect personal information

In order to provide you better service, we collect the information on or through this Website. We are the sole owners of the information.

The type of personal information we collect about you depends on the relationship we have with you. Usually we may collect and use the personal information in the following ways: (i) when you visit the Website, we automatically receive information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, etc., We collect this personal information by using cookies and other similar technologies, in order to help us improve the user experience, and get a better administration for our Website, and ; (ii) you voluntarily give us your information via email or other direct contact from you when you require something, for example, when you subscribe to receive news about upcoming shows and events, when you ask us to send you information, when you express an intention of purchasing or selling an artwork, we may collect personal information directly from you. We will not share your information with any third party outside of Gallery May, except it is necessary to fulfill your require. Also, we will use the information you provided to respond you for the reason you contacted us.

This personal information is required for providing services or items to you or receiving services or items from you. If personal information required is not provided by you, it may delay or prevent us from providing services or items or obtaining services or items.

2. Consent 

Please read our Privacy Policy carefully. With your access to this Website we imply your consent to all provisions stated in this Privacy Policy. If, at any time, we wish to collect, use and/or disclose your personal information for any other purpose, we will notify you and seek your consent. If you intend to withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, please feel free to contact us at contact@gallery-may.com.

3. How do we use personal information

We will not sell or rent your information to anyone. Your personal information will only be accessed by employees or representatives of the Gallery May who need to use the information for the purposes for which it was provided. 

We only use your personal information for proper reason, such as taking steps at your request, or performing our contract with you, or complying with our legal obligations, or for our or a third party’s legitimate interests, or under your consent and so on. 

Sometimes we will share your personal information to third parties, because it is necessary to enable us to provide the services you request. We will only provide the personal information within extent necessary to allow them to perform the services, and we will require the third parties to treat the personal information in accordance with the laws.

4. Protection of Information

We take reasonable precautions, including physical, electronic, and managerial procedures, to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. Gallery May also applies security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, such as retaining information in secure facilities and making personal information accessible only to authorized employees on a need-to-know basis. Personal information is stored on our database servers (in whatever country they may be located), or hosted by third parties who have entered into agreements with us that require them to observe our Privacy Policy.

5. Cookies

Most of the modern day interactive websites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of this Website to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. You can disable cookies by turning them off in your browser, such as blocking all cookies, erasing cookies and so on. Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more details about these functions. However, some areas of the Website may not function properly if you disable cookies. 

6. Disclosure

Please note, that in some limited circumstances we are permitted or bound by law or regulations to collect, use and/or disclose your personal information without your consent and notice.

7. Electronic communications & Promotional communities

If you advise us that you wish to subscribe to our e-newsletters through the Website, your information will be used to provide you with the e-newsletters, including future events, exhibitions, promotion or new services and so on. If you want to cancel the subscription, please notice us via email at contact@gallery-may.com

As a means of marketing or advertising, Gallery May also uses social media serves, such as Instagram, We-chat and so on. These social media accounts are not hosted on Gallery May’s servers. So if you contact or interact with us via social media services, please review the terms of uses and privacy policies of their service providers.

8. Third- party’s Services or the link to the Third-party’s website

We may offer links to other websites on our websites, whose operators may also collect personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information.

9. Changes of the Policy 

We reserve the right to modify the Privacy Policy from time to time. If we alter our Privacy Policy, the changes will take effect immediately upon being posted on the Website. So please often review it, and you can always know about the information we collect about you, how we use it and the circumstances under which we may disclose it.

10. Contact information

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to correct, amend or delete your personal information we have, or make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at contact@gallery-may.com