The following Terms of Use are entered into by and between You and Guide To Ontario (“Company”, “we”, or “us”).

The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (“Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of guidetoontario.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through guidetoontario.com (the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Copyright & Content

All content on the Website is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws, and are the property of Guide To Ontario unless otherwise noted.

This website and its contents are protected by the copyright laws of Canada and international treaties to which Canada is a signatory. Except as otherwise provided for under copyright law, this website and its content may not be copied, published, distributed, downloaded or otherwise stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or converted, in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

Disclaimer

The information on this Website is provided as general information and is not professional advice.

The full text of the disclaimer for the Website is here – https://guidetoontario.com/legal-disclaimer/

Privacy

We respect your privacy and follow the principles of PIPEDA in the collection of Personal Information from you on our Website.  Please see our full text of our Privacy Policy here – https://guidetoontario.com/privacy-policy/

Email And Other Electronic Communications

Visiting the Website or sending emails to the Company constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Website, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

We would be pleased to communicate with you by e-mail, and there are various places on this Website that provide you the ability to send an electronic communication to the Company. Any such email or other electronic communication, however, does not create a business relationship or any contractual relationship.  As set forth more fully in our Privacy Policy, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any communications remain confidential, but we cannot guarantee the security of such communications and cannot guarantee that we would not be required to disclose such communications as a result of a court order.

User Communication

The Website may contain chat areas, news groups, forums, communities or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group. 

You agree that when using features of the Website that allow for communication by you, that you will not defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others. 

You agree not to publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information, or upload files unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

You agree not to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, or harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent or violate any applicable laws or regulations.

The Company has no obligation to monitor the user communications but reserves the right to review materials posted to the Website and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. The Company reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the user communication services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable laws.

Changes To the Terms Of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Jurisdiction

This agreement between you, the user, and Guide To Ontario shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Ontario in any proceeding related to this agreement.

Contact Information

We welcome your questions about the Terms of Use.  You can contact us here:

Email: [email protected]

Updated as of November 4, 2024