Usage Terms
These usage terms describe the relationship between Sportpace (“we”, “us”) and you, the reader, when you use our website or any of our services. By visiting the site, subscribing to our letters or sending us a message, you confirm that you have read these terms and agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
1. About Sportpace
Sportpace is an independent online magazine about self-care and balance. We publish articles based on personal experience and open sources from organisations such as the World Health Organization and Harvard public-health newsletters. We are not doctors and the content on this site is not professional advice.
2. Informational purpose
All articles, letters and other materials on Sportpace are for informational and educational purposes only. They are not intended to be a substitute for advice from a qualified specialist. If you have any concerns about your well-being, please consult an appropriate professional.
3. Acceptable use
When using the site, you agree not to:
- use Sportpace in any way that violates applicable laws or regulations;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site or its underlying systems;
- interfere with other readers' ability to use the site;
- upload viruses, malicious code or any content that could harm the site or its users;
- scrape or republish our content without written permission.
4. Intellectual property
Unless stated otherwise, all content on Sportpace — including articles, photographs, illustrations, audio files and source code — is owned by us or our contributors and protected by copyright. You may quote short excerpts with proper attribution and a link back to the original page. Any larger or commercial use requires our prior written consent.
5. Subscriber content
If you send us a message, a story or any other content, you confirm that you have the right to share it and that it does not violate anyone else's rights. You also grant us a non-exclusive licence to use that content for the purposes of replying to you and improving our magazine.
6. Third-party links
The site may contain links to third-party websites or services. These are provided for convenience only. We do not control or endorse third-party sites, and we are not responsible for their content, privacy practices or availability.
7. Availability of the site
We aim to keep Sportpace available at all times, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access. We may suspend or change parts of the site for maintenance, updates or other operational reasons. Where possible, we will let regular subscribers know in advance.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sportpace and its authors are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential losses arising from the use of, or inability to use, the site. We do our best to make sure the information we publish is accurate, but we make no warranties that it is complete, error-free or up to date.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The most recent version will always be available on this page. For major changes, we will place a note at the top of the home page and notify subscribers by email at least 14 days before the change takes effect.
10. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Any disputes will be handled by the courts of Toronto, Ontario, unless local mandatory law provides otherwise.
11. Severability
If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest will remain in full force and effect. We will replace the unenforceable part with one that comes as close as legally possible to the original intent.
12. Contact
If you have any questions about these terms, please write to:
hello@sportpace.org
Sportpace, 120 Wellington Street West, Suite 740, Toronto, ON M5J 1E4, Canada