Terms of Use

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

• (a) the Registrant has received, read and understood the form published by the British Columbia Real Estate Association entitled “Privacy Notice and Consent”;
• (b) the Registrant acknowledges entering into a lawful REALTOR®/ consumer or REALTOR®/client relationship with the Member;
• (c) all data obtained from the MLS® VOW is intended for and may only be used for the Registrant’s personal, non-commercial use;
• (d) 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;
• (e) the Registrant will not himself, and will not permit or assist others to, directly or indirectly:
• (i) copy, redistribute or retransmit any of the MLS® VOW Data or information provided;
• (ii) display, post, disseminate, distribute, publish, broadcast, transfer, sell or sublicense any of the MLS® VOW Data to another person.
• (iii) 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;
• (f) 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
• (g) 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.
This Terms of Use agreement does not impose a financial obligation on a Registrant or create an agency agreement with the Registrant. Any financial obligation or agency agreement entered into by a Registrant through an MLS® VOW is set forth separately from the Terms of Use, and is prominently labelled and not accepted solely by mouse click.