Welcome to foiassist.ca and foiassistapp.ca (collectively, the “Website”). Justin Robert Petrillo operating as FOI Assist (“FOIACO”) provides the Website to you subject to the following terms of use (“Site Terms”). By visiting the Website, you accept the Site Terms. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future FOIACO services, content or other materials, you also will be subject to the FOI Assist End User Agreement or other agreement governing your use of our services (the “Agreement”).
Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to the Website, to understand our practices.
Electronic Communications
When you visit the Website or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Copyright
All content included on the Website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of FOIACO or its content suppliers and protected by Canadian and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on the Website is the exclusive property of FOIACO and protected by Canadian and international copyright laws. All software used on the Website is the property of FOIACO or its software suppliers and protected by Canadian and international copyright laws.
Trademarks
The “FOI Assist” word mark, the “Make Freedom of Information Easy” word mark and the FOI Assist Design are trademarks of FOIACO.
License and Site Access
FOIACO grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the Website and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of FOIACO. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Website or its contents; any derivative use of the Website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Unless otherwise specified by FOIACO in a separate license, your right to use any software, data, documentation or other materials that you access or download through the Website is subject to these Site Terms or, if you have an FOIACO account, the Agreement.
The Website or any portion of the Website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of FOIACO. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of FOIACO without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing FOIACO’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of FOIACO. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by FOIACO. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Website, so long as the link does not portray FOIACO, or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any FOIACO logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
Your Account
If you use the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your FOIACO account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. FOIACO reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in its sole discretion.
REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT
Visitors may post reviews, comments and other content; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. FOIACO reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant FOIACO a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant FOIACO and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
THE WEBSITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY FOIACO ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT. FOIACO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, FOIACO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FOIACO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE; ITS SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM FOIACO ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. FOIACO WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.
Applicable Law and Courts
By visiting the Website, you agree that the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Site Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and FOIACO, and dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Website or to services provided by FOIACO or through the Website shall be adjudicated in the courts of London, Ontario, Canada, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Site Policies, Modification and Severability
Please review our other policies on the Website. These policies also govern your visit to the Website. We reserve the right to make changes to the Website, policies, and these Site Terms at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.
Contact
Questions or comments regarding these terms may be submitted via the Contact page.
Last updated November 26, 2022.
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