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Terms of Use

Website Terms of Use

Special Olympics Canada website, Homepage | Special Olympics Canada, as well as other associated and linked websites, are written and maintained by Special Olympics Canada. General viewing and use of these websites are subject to acceptance of the following terms of use.

  • We provide the websites to support our mandate and work. We aim to provide information to the public that is accessible, current at the time of posting, and reliable.
  • We reserve the right on our sole discretion to add, remove, modify or otherwise change these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of our websites following the any changes mean that you accept the changes. If any change to the Terms is unacceptable to you, you should cease using our websites.
  • We reserve the right, to add, remove, or modify any content on our website. We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to correct errors or omissions to our websites but have no duty to do so. The Terms shall apply to any such changed version of our websites.

Ownership and Permitted Use

Special Olympics Canada owns all copyright in the content provided on our websites, including postings, messages, text, graphics, images, and other material, unless otherwise specifically noted. Your use of our websites does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the websites or their content. Users of the websites are granted a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use (display or print) content for lawful, personal non-commercial use only, provided the content is not modified and all copyright and other proprietary notices are retained.

Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the Site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of Special Olympics Canada or other entities. No rights are granted to users of our websites in or to such trademarks, service marks or trade names.

“Use” of our websites includes visiting, accessing, or downloading text, data, images, PDFs, videos, learning modules, newsletters, articles, illustrations, animations, games, views, opinions or other materials, including materials submitted by you or other users. “Use” also includes accessing our online giving, event, registration, survey, letter, and sign up portals.

User Conduct

You acknowledge that all information, text, images, audio, video, designs, names, logos, trademarks, data, code or other information, material or content submitted by any user including yourself, whether publicly or privately posted, emailed, transmitted, uploaded or otherwise submitted to us via our websites or social media channels is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated.

Please be aware that what is posted online can remain online for many years to come.

You acknowledge and agree that you are entirely responsible for all of your submitted content that you post, email, transmit, upload or otherwise submit via our websites and social media. We do not control the submitted content posted via our websites and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such submitted content. Special Olympics Canada has the right to remove any submitted content in our sole discretion.

We do not respond to harassing, discriminatory, or offensive messages and report them to relevant authorities.

Links

Our websites contain links to other websites not under the ownership or operation of Special Olympics Canada. We do not control, recommend, or endorse those websites and are not responsible for them or their content, products, services, policies, or practices. If you use any of these websites, you do so at your own risk.

Agreement

By accepting these Terms of Use, you agree to assume liability for your actions on our websites. You will abide by all policies for these websites, as well as all applicable laws, including provincial and federal laws of Canada.

If you choose not to accept these Terms of Use, you may close this window now and leave our websites.