Important Notices

Reproduction and Copyright

The NRC's Industrial Materials Institute has produced or compiled the documents published on this web site in order to provide Canadians direct access to information on federal government programs and services.

The documents contained in this site are protected by the Copyright Act and Canadian Policies and Regulations, as well as by international agreements. These provisions enable the identification of the information source, and in some cases, prohibit reproduction of the documents unless prior written authorization has been granted.

Reproduction for Non-commercial Purposes

Information is made available on this site for easy availability and personal or public use for non-commercial purposes. It may be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, without cost or other required permission from the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute. All we ask is that:

• The user exercise reasonable care to ensure that reproduced documents are accurate;
• That the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute is identified as the source;
• And that the reproduction not be presented as an official version of the documents copied, nor as a copy reproduced in collaboration with the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute nor with its consent.

Reproduction for Commercial Purposes

It is forbidden to reproduce multiple copies of the material contained on this site, in whole or in part, for commercial distribution, unless written permission has been received from the copyright manager of the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute. In granting reproduction authorization, the Institute strives to ensure that those individuals or organizations who wish to copy Canadian government documents for commercial purposes have access to the most recent and accurate versions. To obtain permission to reproduce material published on this site for commercial purposes, please contact:

Richard Flynn Communications Officer Tel.: (450) 641-5143 Fax: (450) 641-5102 E-mail: Richard.Flynn@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Third Party Documents

Some documents and graphic elements contained on the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute web site are governed by the copyright laws of other organizations, in particular in the case of sites operated jointly by a federal government organization and an outside organization, within the framework of a cooperative agreement. In this case, certain copyright restrictions for documents or graphic elements may apply, and it may be necessary to obtain permission from the copyright holder before being allowed to copy the document.

Some third party documents are provided in pdf format only. To view these documents Adobe Acrobat Reader software is required.

To obtain information on copyright and reproduction restrictions for this site, please contact:

Richard Flynn Communications Officer Tel.: (450) 641-5143 Fax: (450) 641-5102 E-mail: Richard.Flynn@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Government of Canada Privacy Act

The NRC's Industrial Materials Institute endeavours to protect the personal information of visitors to their web sites. This page explains the practices and policies with regard to the protection of personal information that is provided on the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute web sites.

• The NRC's Industrial Materials Institute does not automatically collect personal information from you, such as your name, telephone number or your home or e-mail address. It will only collect this information if you voluntarily offer it, normally by e-mail or by registering with a secure section of the site.
• All personal information that you disclose is protected under the terms of the Privacy Act. Consequently, with the collection of personal information, you will be advised if your personal data is collected, and of the reasons thereof, and you will also be informed of your right to consult this information.
• Visitor data is not disclosed to anyone except staff at the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute who require it to answer a request, for example. The information you provide will be transferred to another department ONLY IF your request concerns this department. Your personal information is not used to build individual profiles, nor is it disclosed to anyone outside the federal government.
• The NRC's Industrial Materials Institute uses sessional electronic cookies that do not gather any personal information on the user. These cookies are only used to store the Institute's information during a session (or a visit to our web site). They only register on a user's computer during a visit to a site, and are destroyed when the session is terminated. Below you will find the information that the Institute collects using sessional electronic cookies:

Using this data, the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute's web site administrators can adapt their sites to better suit user needs.

If you have any questions or comments about this policy or about the enforcement of the Privacy Act at the NRC's Industrial Materials Institute, please contact the information privacy and access coordinator by e-mail at: IMI-Info@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca. If you believe that your personal information has not been properly protected, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by telephone at: 1 800 267-0441, or by Internet at the following address: www.privcom.gc.ca