Privacy Policy
Any person accessing the NHC Institute website is deemed to accept the following conditions of access. These conditions are to be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Canada and the Province of Quebec.
Copyright
All NHC Institute website pages and the content appearing on those pages are the property of NHC Institute unless otherwise attributed. Failing an indication to the contrary, all documents on NHC Institute websites have been produced or compiled by NHC Institute and are protected by Copyright.
All documentation on NHC Institute websites are protected under the Canadian Copyright Act, by the statues, regulations and policies of Canada and Quebec, by international agreements and treaties and by the policies and by-laws of NHC Institute.
No document appearing on this website or any other website owned, operated or controlled by NHC Institute may be copied, sold, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, transmitted or distributed by any means with the exception of downloading or printing the contents of the site for personal, non-commercial use. This use must bear in mind that NHC Institute reserves its copyright and its rights to exclusivity over the material.
NHC Institute does not authorize any material on its website or websites owned, operated or controlled by it to be reproduced on other websites. Any such reproduction requires written authorization from a duly authorized representative of NHC Institute. NHC Institute also prohibits the direct display of any material from NHC Institute websites in a frame on another website, or the use of any other method that does not indicate that the material reproduced is the property of NHC Institute.
The user of NHC Institute websites acquires no rights or licenses in the NHC Institute website other than those expressly indicated in the present terms.
Logos and Trademarks
The NHC Institute name, its logos, emblems and other symbols used by the institute and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations and departments are the sole property of NHC Institute and are protected by the Canadian Trademarks act.
No person may use, display, promote, publish, broadcast or reproduce the NHC Institute name, its logos, emblems and other symbols used by the institute and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations and departments in any form, including electronically, mechanically or on paper without the express written authorization by an authorized representative of NHC Institute.
This website may contain images that are the trademark property of third parties. Nothing on this website should be interpreted to explicitly or implicitly authorize the display, promotion, publication, broadcast or reproduction of these marks in any form.
Privacy
NHC Institute commits itself to respect the privacy of any user or visitor to their websites. Any data or information that may be communicated to NHC Institute by means of any of its websites are protected by the Quebec provincial Act Respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information (R.S.Q., chapter A-2.1), which requires NHC Institute to maintain the confidentiality of all information and data they may collect be they written, graphic, audio, visual digital, electronic or any other type of information.
Any information or data that may be collected by NHC Institute via their websites which may enable the identification of the user is kept and protected as strictly confidential information. This type of information is usually only obtained if provided by the user via e-mail, or other communication with the institute via the website. While no attempts are made to link individual users to information captured by the NHC Institute website, the following data may be automatically collected: the IP address from which the site is accessed; the type of browser used to access the website, the date and time the site was accessed; the pages viewed and if applicable, the site that linked the user to the NHC Institute website. This information would be used to improve the service offered by NHC Institute websites. Any such information collected by NHC Institute via its websites will not be transferred to any third parties in accordance with all applicable laws.
NHC Institute may use cookies to facilitate navigation on its websites. Cookies are special computer files automatically stored on the user's computer. From time to time, NHC Institute may use cookies to monitor the areas of its websites accessed by users. Any user concerned about cookies may refer to the “help” information in their browser software for more information about cookies, how to disable them and how to delete them.
NHC Institute websites may contain links to other web sites. NHC Institute is not responsible for the content nor the privacy guidelines of these other sites. Users are encouraged to verify the privacy policies of sites linked to by NHC Institute and to use their own good judgment regarding accuracy, and reliability of the information they contain.
This document is a draft and will be updated in September 2008.