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Copyright and Privacy Policy
The National Gallery of Canada and its affiliate the Canadian
Museum of Contemporary Photography, (hereafter the "NGC")
is dedicated to developing, maintaining and making accessible
to the public its collection of works of art and to furthering
knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of art. As one means
of achieving this mission, the NGC maintains this web site
(the "Site") for your personal entertainment,
information, education and communication.
Before you go on to enjoy this Site...Please take a moment
to read the following important Terms and Conditions which
govern your access to and use of this Site:
Terms and Conditions
Copyright
The images, text, audio and video clips, documentation,
illustrations, designs, icons, software and all other content
on this Site are protected by Canadian and international
copyright laws. The content on the Site may be covered by
other restrictions as well, including copyright and other
proprietary rights held by third parties. The NGC retains
all rights, including copyright, in data, images, text and
any other information contained in and on the Site. The
NGC expressly forbids the copying of any protected content
on the Site, except for purposes of fair dealing, as defined
by Canadian
copyright law, and as described below.
- Uses requiring no further Permission
The Materials on this Site are provided for browsing,
viewing, downloading, listening where such activities
are limited to, non-commercial, educational and personal
use only. By downloading, printing or otherwise using
text, images, files from NGC web sites, users agree that
they will limit their use of such files to fair dealing,
and will not violate NGC's or any other party's proprietary
rights. Content used in this way must retain any associated
copyright or other proprietary notices, and shall acknowledge
its source. The source citation should include this Site's
URL: http://national.gallery.ca.
or http://cybermuse.gallery.ca.
Digital manipulation or other modification of any of the
content on NGC web sites is expressly forbidden. All other
uses other than provided for in this Notice are expressly
prohibited without the express written consent of the
NGC and, if applicable, any additional third party copyright
holders.
- Uses where Permission is Required
Unauthorized commercial publication, exploitation,
including but not limited to print or electronic distribution
of NGC's web sites and the content on its web sites is
expressly prohibited without written authorization from
NGC, and, where applicable, third party rights holders.
For permission to use images from the NGC's collection,
text and other Content from NGC's web sites, please e-mail
the Copyright
Division of the NGC, or complete the Reproduction
Request Form if you know which NGC images you would
like to reproduce. In addition, there may be rights held
by third parties, that includes photographic copyrights.
The NGC shall not be responsible for the procurement of
any third party proprietary rights and the user shall
be obligated to clear such rights prior to the use of
the content. NGC shall grant permission to use its Content
on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the
NGC Copyright Division. In most cases a fee will be charged,
depending on the type and nature of the proposed use.
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Links to the Site
The NGC encourages other web sites to link to the home
page of this Site, as a normal link. Content from this Site
may not be used within a frame, or by means of an in-line
link. Users that wish to create specific links to web pages
within the Site must request permission in advance by contacting
the Webmaster
of the NGC and to provide details on the proposed usage.
Upon the review, the Webmaster will determine whether to
approve proposed in-line link and if so, provide more detailed
and specific guidelines for the use and citation of the
content to which the in-line link will be created.
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Links to External Sites
Links to third party outside sites by the NGC are provided
to visitors as a convenience and their inclusion in no way
implies that the NGC endorses or accepts any responsibility
for the content or use of these sites. As the organizations
and individuals that maintain these sites may not be subject
to the Official Languages Act, information found on these
sites may be presented only in the language in which they
were written.
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Trademarks
Many of the trademarks, service marks, and logos, (collectively
the "Trademarks") displayed on this Site, including
the logo of the National Gallery of Canada, are registered
and/or unregistered marks of the NGC. The Trademarks of
third parties may also be displayed on this Site. Nothing
contained in this Site should be construed as granting any
license or right to use any Trademarks on this Site without
the express written permission of the NGC or any third party
that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Any unauthorized
use of the Trademarks is strictly prohibited.
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Content Posted to or Transmitted
from the Site
All comments or suggestions and any content posted to
or transmitted by a user to any NGC web site are not confidential
and becomes the property of the NGC. The NGC may reproduce,
disclose, transmit, publish, broadcast, tele-communicate
to the public by telecommunication and post any such content
at its sole discretion. The NGC may also use any idea, concept,
know-how or technique a user posts for any purpose, including
developing, manufacturing marketing products or other material.
You cannot post to or transmit from the Site any content
which is threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive,
or otherwise illegal, or objectionable that could constitute
or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any
party, or that could give rise to liability or violates
any law. The NGC neither takes responsibility nor assumes
liability for any such content on its web sites.
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Privacy Statement
The NGC complies with Canada's Privacy Act. Any personal
information gathered by the NGC about visitors to the Site
is not provided to third parties. If you log in "My
CyberMuse", you will not receive e-mail you have not
requested and you may update or remove your name from the
list at any time by contacting us at cybermuse@gallery.ca
Questions or comments regarding this policy may be sent
to info@gallery.ca.
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Monitoring Usage and Use of
Personal Information
The NGC gathers information concerning the use of the
Site through "traffic data" captured in standard
web logs and through feedback. From time to time "cookies"
are used on the Site to assist the NGC to understand how
the Site is used. Cookies are a special, random ID consisting
of small text files stored on the hard drive of the user's
computer, and are necessary for some applications of the
Site to function. In some cases the cookies expire once
the browser is closed.
The NGC will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information
to others. The NGC may compile and provide aggregate statistics
about on-line visitors, customers, sales, traffic pattern
and related site information to third parties, but these
statistics will not include any personally identifying information.
When you purchase a product through the NGC on-line boutique,
the NGC may release account information when such release
is reasonably necessary to comply with the law; enforce
the terms of any NGC user agreements or protect the rights,
property and safety of the NGC, users of its web sites or
third parties.
When you order a product through the NGC on-line store
using its fax-back order form, the NGC requires your name,
billing and shipping addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail
addresses and credit card information to process the order.
Credit card information will only be used on an as-needed
basis to process your order.
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Use of Site by Children
The NGC does not solicit personal information from children.
Visitors who are under the age of majority and in particular,
visitors who are under the age of twelve are required to
obtain parental or guardian consent before submitting any
personal information to NGC web sites.
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Revisions to Notices
This notice may be revised from time to time by the NGC
in response to changes in the law, policy or for other reasons.
Please visit this page from time to time to inform yourself
of any changes.
© 2002 The National Gallery of Canada. All Rights
Reserved.
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