Terms of Use

By accessing or using this website (“Site”), you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not access or use the Site. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce (“Canadian Chamber”) may revise these Terms at any time. Your continued access to or use of the Site after such changes indicates your acceptance of the revised Terms. It is your responsibility to review these Terms regularly.

Canadian Residents

The products and services offered on this Site are only available and intended for Canadian residents. If you are not a Canadian resident and you choose to access this Site, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible to comply with applicable local, national and international laws.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The Site and its content are provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. Use of the Site or its content is at your own risk. The Canadian Chamber does not make any representations, warranties or conditions about the quality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency or timeliness of the Site or its content. The Canadian Chamber does note assume any responsibility for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the Site or its content.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Canadian Chamber disclaims all warranties, representations and conditions of any kind with respect to the Site and its content whether express, implied or collateral, including, without limitation, the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement or that the Site or its content are or will be error-free or will operate without interruption. In no event will the Canadian Chamber be liable, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or any other legal theory, for any damages of any kind (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive damages, lost profits, loss of use, loss of data, personal injury, fines, fees, penalties or other liabilities), whether or not the Canadian Chamber is advised of the possibility of such damages, resulting from the use of, or the inability to make use of, the Site or its content.

Third Party Sites

The Site provide links to third party websites for convenience only. The Canadian Chamber does not endorse the information contained in those websites or guarantee their quality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for any purpose. The content in any linked website is not under the Canadian Chamber’s control and if you choose to access any such website, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Viruses

The downloading of content is done at your own risk. The Canadian Chamber cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that the Site or its content are compatible with your computer systems or that the Site or its content will be free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or disabling devices or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing safeguards to protect the security and integrity of your computer system and you are responsible for the entire cost of any service, repairs or connections of and to your computer system that may be necessary as a result of your use of the Site.

Confidentiality

Absent the use of encryption, the Internet is not a secured medium, and privacy cannot be ensured. Internet email is vulnerable to interception and loss. The Canadian Chamber will not be responsible for any damages you or any third party may suffer in connection with an email you or the third party sends to the Canadian Chamber or an email the Canadian Chamber sends to you or the third party at your/their request. The Canadian Chamber is not responsible for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted information. Should you decide to transmit information using internet email, you do so at your own risk. For information on how the Canadian Chamber collects or uses information, please refer to the SME Institute by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Privacy Policy.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

You agree that you will not, without prior written permission from the Canadian Chamber, use the Site and its content for purposes other than your own personal non-commercial use and benefit. You may not frame the Site or its content or any part thereof on any commercial or non-commercial internet website. You acquire absolutely no rights or licenses to the Site or its content other than the limited right to use the Site and its content in accordance with these Terms. You agree that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, any reproduction, retransmission, distribution, sale, republication, modification, translation of or creation of derivative works based on the Site or its content, in whole or in part, and any decompilation, disassembly, reverse engineering or other exploitation of the Site, without prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.

Trademarks and Copyright

Certain names, words, titles, phrases, logos, icons, graphics or designs on the pages of this Site may constitute trade names, registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of the Canadian Chamber and of other persons or entities. However, the display of trademarks on pages of this Site does not imply that any license has been granted to any third party. All rights are reserved.

The contents of this Site are owned by the Canadian Chamber and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws and treaty provision laws.

Official Languages Policy

The Canadian Chamber strives to provide all information contained in the Site in both of Canada’s official languages. In some instances, however, various content may only be available in English or in French. In the French-language Site, the masculine form is used for the sake of brevity.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the applicable laws of Canada and these laws apply to the use of the Site or its content by you, notwithstanding your domicile, residency or physical location. The Site and its content are intended for use only in jurisdictions where it may lawfully be offered for use.