Terms of Use

Throughout these terms:

 

The Terms of Use must include an express acknowledgement and agreement by the Registrant in favour of the MLS® VOW Participant, the corresponding brokerage and the Board that:

  1. the Registrant has received, read and understood the brochure published by the British Columbia Real Estate Association entitled “Privacy Notice and Consent”;
  2. the Registrant acknowledges entering into a lawful REALTOR®/ consumer or REALTOR®/client relationship with the Member;
  3. all data obtained from the MLS® VOW is intended for and may only be used for the Registrant’s personal, non-commercial use;
  4. the Registrant has a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate of the type being offered through the MLS® VOW;
  5. the Registrant will not himself, and will not permit or assist others to, directly or indirectly:
    1. copy, redistribute or retransmit any of the MLS® VOW Data or information provided;
    2. display, post, disseminate, distribute, publish, broadcast, transfer, sell or sublicense any of the MLS® VOW Data to another person.
    3. engage in Scraping (including “screen scraping” and “database scraping”), “data mining” or any other activity intended to collect, store, re-organize, summarize or manipulate any MLS® VOW Data or any related data;
  6. the Registrant acknowledges the Board’s ownership of, and the validity of the Board’s proprietary rights and copyright in the MLS® VOW Data, and listing information; and
  7. the Registrant expressly authorizes the Board or their duly authorized representatives, to access the MLS® VOW and Registrant’s information provided to the MLS® VOW Participant, for the purposes of verifying compliance with and pursuing enforcement of the Terms of Use and all applicable rules, regulations, bylaws, policies, and laws.