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The Canada Counsellor website is brought to you by the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC).

Your access to and use of the site is conditional with your compliance to the terms and conditions given below and all applicable legislation. We reserve the right to modify and update access to the site as well as the terms and conditions at any time and you agree to be bound by any such variations. You must therefore refer to these pages regularly to check the terms and conditions.

Applicable law

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and interpreted with English law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Intellectual property rights

All rights of ownership in the site, illustrations pictures, sound, script, animation and other material appearing belong to the CTC. All rights are strictly reserved. You shall not copy, amend, reproduce in any form whatsoever the information and material on the site or otherwise interfere with the site or do any act that is inconsistent with our rights.

Personal data protection

The information held on the database allowing access into the dedicated Counsellor area, which was initial provided by you, is confidential and kept only by the CTC and the partners as part of the Canada Counsellor Programme. Information obtained through the completion of request forms on the balance of the website will also be confidential and kept only by the CTC.

Use of "Cookies"

The CTC may occasionally use "cookies" to track how our visitors use this site or to determine sites previously visited. A "cookie" is a file that may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a web site to allow it to monitor your use of the site. The cookies we use do not allow us to identify individuals. They are compiled into statistical information on traffic patterns and are used to assess site efficiency. The system will notify you before any cookies are used so that you may refuse them, and the refusal of cookies will not affect the site performance or restrict your ability to access information from this site.

Interactive Services

This website contains one or more of the following interactive services: bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities. You agree to use such services only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular service, area, group, forum, community or other message or communication facility. In addition to any other terms or conditions of use of any bulletin board services, chat areas, new groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities, you agree that when using one, you will not:

  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, derogatory, defamatory, infringing, improper, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
  • Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws or by rights of privacy of publicity unless you own or control such rights or have received all necessary consents.
  • Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
  • Advertise any goods or services for any commercial purpose.
  • Offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose.
  • Conduct or forward chain letters or pyramid schemes.
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices, proprietary designations, labels of origin, source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any of the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities.

The CTC has no obligation to monitor the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities. However, the CTC reserves the right at all times to disclose any information deemed by the CTC necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.

You acknowledge that communication to or with bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities are not private communications, therefore others may read your communications without your knowledge. You should always use caution when providing any personal information about yourself. The CTC does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities and, specifically disclaims any liability with regard to same and any actions resulting from you participation. To the extent that there are moderators, forum managers or hosts, none are authorized CTC spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of the CTC.

The CTC reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny any user access to this website, any interactive service herein, or any portion of this website without notice, and the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Website is offered.

Hypertext links

The CTC is in no way responsible for the content of sites to which there is a hypertext link from this site.

Limit of liability

We take care to ensure that the information contained in this web site is accurate and up to date. However, we make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, reliability or suitability for any purpose of the information and related graphics and files published in this site, which may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors.

You visit the site at your own risk. Under no circumstances will the CTC or any members of its network be held liable for damages, whether direct or indirect, including but not limited to loss, loss of data or programs, or financial loss resulting from access to or use of this site or any of the sites linked to it (except personal injury or death caused by our negligence).

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