Disclaimer
The Department of Health and Social Services (the
“Department”) provides information on this site as a public service
and for general information purposes.
This information is made available “as is” and without
warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
The Department may change or update the information at this site
at any time and the Department does not represent or warrant that the
information on this site is up-to-date.
You may use the information on the strict understanding that
neither the Department nor its ministers, officers, employees, or agents
shall be liable for losses or damages of any kind that may arise as a
result of or in connection with any of the following:
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the
use or reliance on any information provided at this site or at any
other site that can be accessed from it, or
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inability
to access, or lack of availability of, this site, or any information
provided at this site.
While
every effort is made to ensure that all information provided at this
site does not contain computer viruses, the Department cannot and does
not guarantee or warrant that information provided at this site will be
free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that
contain contaminating or destructive properties.
Please take reasonable and appropriate precautions to protect
your system and your information.
The
Department does not endorse the content or views of web pages externally
linked to this site and does not make any representations about or
assume any liability for any of the information at these external sites.
Any
dispute or action arising with respect to this site or its contents
shall be governed by the laws in force in the Northwest Territories,
Canada. By using this site,
you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to bring any action
exclusively in, the courts in the Northwest Territories.
By
using this site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions we
have set out, and by all applicable laws.
If you do not agree with any of these terms or conditions, do not
use this site.
Copyright and Trademarks
This material, including copyright and marks under
the Trade Marks Act (Canada), is owned by the Government of the
Northwest Territories and protected by intellectual property law.
Material may not be used or reproduced for
commercial purposes without the prior written consent arranged by the
Department’s Communications Unit.
If it is reproduced or redistributed for non-commercial purposes,
The Government of the Northwest Territories copyright is to be
acknowledged.
Certain words, phrases, names, designs, images,
graphics or logos used on the site may constitute trademarks, service
marks or trade names of the Government of the Northwest Territories or
other entities. The display
of any such marks or names on the site does not imply that a license has
been granted by the Department or the Government of the Northwest
Territories.
Privacy Statement
The Department is committed to respecting the
privacy of people who visit its website.
Therefore, the Department does not automatically gather personal
information like name, phone number or email address.
All personal information created, held or
collected by the Department is protected
by the Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be asked
for consent to collect your information or be advised of the authority
for such collection. You
will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how
to exercise your right of access to that information.
The Department uses software programs to monitor
network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or
manipulate information, or otherwise cause damage. This software automatically collects the following
information:
- Internet Protocol Address (a unique number that
identifies to a specific machine that is attached to the Internet);
- date and time of the visit;
- pages
and files visited/downloaded; and
- type
of operating system and browser used to access the site.
The Department makes no attempt to link these
addresses with the identity of the individuals visiting its website,
unless an attempt to damage the website has been detected.
The collected information may be used to improve web content and
security.
The Department does not use “cookies”. A cookie is a piece
(or pieces) of information that is stored as text strings (i.e.
ID=15361959) on your computer by a website. Websites tend to use
cookies to help identify users in order to prepare customized web pages
for them. Usually, cookies are stored on your computer without
your knowledge.
The Department’s website may include links to websites operated by
other government agencies, non-profit organizations and private
businesses. This privacy statement does not apply to these
websites. However, you maybe subject to the privacy policy of that
site, if it does have one. The Department is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of external websites.
Visitor information is not disclosed to anyone except Department
personnel who need the information to carry out responsibilities of
their job. Any further disclosure of the personal information
given to the Department by email will be subject to the Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
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