Disclaimer

All information provided to the InformAlberta website (the ‘Site’) is designed for the purposes of accessing information about community, health, social, mental health, and government services and the organizations which operate them in the Province of Alberta. This information and/or any other viewed from its hyperlinks, should not be used to replace the advice of a professional or relied upon for diagnosis and/or treatment.

The content of the InformAlberta website is maintained on a regular basis by the InformAlberta Partners (the ‘Partners’). Each Partner follows the processes for updating information as set out in the Updating Policy.

Terms of Use:

(a) Reserved Rights and Grant of Limited License

The Partners own the intellectual property rights, including copyright, in and to this Site, or have acquired the necessary licenses to be used with the information.
Users of the Site are granted a limited license to display or print short extracts of the information for their personal, non-commercial use. The information must be displayed in its original form and not modified. The user shall be fully responsible for any consequences resulting from such use. Written consent of the Partners is required prior to any other use of the information including but not limited to, reproduction, republishing, dissemination. Use of the information without prior written consent is strictly prohibited.
The Partners disclaim any liability for unauthorized use or reproduction of any portion of this Site.

(b) No Solicitation

No part of the Site should be taken to constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or services.

(c) No Endorsement

InformAlberta contains links to other websites. These links are provided as references to help the user identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest. Parties other than the Partners have independently developed these websites. The Partners do not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information contained in these websites. In providing hyperlinks to other websites, the Partners are not acting as publishes or disseminators of this material and do not seek to control the content or maintain any type of editorial control over these websites.
A hyperlink from InformAlberta to another website should not be construed to mean that the Partners are associated with or are legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the hyperlink or the description of the hyperlink on these websites. The mention of another party or its product or services on the Site should not be construed as an endorsement of that party or its product or service.

(d) No Advice or Warranties

The information in the Site is provided for the purpose of accessing service and organization information only. This information and/or any other viewed from its hyperlinks, should not be used to replace the advice of a professional or relied upon for diagnosis and/or treatment.

While every effort has been made to ensure that the information in the Site is accurate and up-to-date some errors may exist. The Partners make every effort to adhere to the Updating Policy but cannot make complete guarantees about the quality, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information.
The Partners are not responsible for any content or information that the user may find undesirable or objectionable.
The Partners will take appropriate legal action to enforce their rights.

(e) No Liability

The Partners are not responsible for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage or any other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or in reliance on the information available on the Site or its hyperlinks, including the loss of use, lost date, lost business profits, business interruption, personal injury, or any other personal or pecuniary loss, whether the action is in contract, tort (including negligence) or other tortious action.

(f ) Trademarks

Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the Site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of the Partners or other entities. The display of any such marks or names on the Site does not imply that the Partners or other entities have granted a license or authorization of any kind.

(g) Confidentiality Warning

Users should be warned that the Internet is not a secure medium for acquiring or sending information. Privacy cannot be ensured. Internet e-mail is vulnerable to interception and forging. The Partners will not be responsible for any damages suffered by the user or any third party that may suffer as a result of the transmission of confidential information made to the Partners through the Internet, or that the user expressly or implicitly authorizes the Partners to make, or for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted information.

(h) Computer Viruses

While the Partners make every effort to ensure that all information provided in the Site does not contain computer viruses, users should take reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses and ensure that they have complete and current backups where appropriate on their systems. Users should pay specific attention to newer viruses that have been written to automatically execute when an infected word processing document is loaded into certain word processing programs.

(i) Choice of Law

The laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern as to the interpretations, validity, and effect of this agreement notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions or domicile, residence or physical location of the user. The user hereby consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta in any action or proceeding, instituted under or related to this agreement.

j) Submissions

All information submitted to the Partners via the Site shall be deemed and remain the property of the Partners and shall be free to use, for any purpose, idea, concept, know-how or other techniques contained in information provided to the Partners. The Partners shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any such information submitted to it unless specifically agreed to by the Partners or required by law.

k) FOIPP

The material in the Site is intended only for the purpose of accessing general information about services and organizations and related information through hyperlinks. Its contents are protected by privilege, and all rights to privilege are expressly claimed and not waived. Further information which is confidential or personal will be subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) Act and other relevant legislation.

l) AIRS (Alliance of Information and Referral Systems) copyright information.

The structure of the service and organization index and definitions of terms contained with the Site were originally obtained from the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) of Los Angeles County, CA. No part of this listing of human services terms and definitions may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, Inc., 3035 Tyler Ave., El Monte, CA 91731 and the InformAlberta Partners.