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Government of Canada Privacy Notice The Government of Canada and the Competition Bureau are committed to providing visitors with Web sites that respect their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on Competition Bureau’s Web sites.
Information and Privacy Rights Administration If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by email at: info@privcom.gc.ca, by telephone at 1-800-282-1376 or visit their Web site at: http://www.privcom.gc.ca
Official Languages Notice The Competition Bureau respects the Official Languages Act and the relevant Treasury Board policies, and is committed to ensuring all information and services on this site are available in both English and French (or in one language only if a unilingual office). However, users should be aware that some information from external sources are not subject to the Official Languages Act. This information is provided as a convenience and is available only in the language in which it was provided.
Hyperlinking Notice Links to Web sites not under the control of the Government of Canada (GoC) are provided solely for the convenience of users. The GoC is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The GoC does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their contents. Users should be aware that information offered by non-GoC sites that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and to which the Competition Bureau links, may be available only in the language(s) used by the sites in question.
Copyright / Permission to Reproduce Materials on this Web site were produced and/or compiled by the Competition Bureau for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the programs and services offered by the Government of Canada. The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.
Non-commercial Reproduction Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from the Competition Bureau. We ask only that:
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