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Conditions of use

 

Please read these conditions carefully before using this Site.

 

The following conditions govern your use of the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.)(the "Fonds") Web Site. You agree to abide by all Conditions described herein, including those set forth in our Privacy Policy . The Fonds reserves the right, at any time, to modify, change or update the Conditions, and you agree to be bound by these modifications, changes or updates. You agree to review, on a regular basis, the general conditions posted on this Site and to stay up-to-date with these new versions. Your use of our Site after such modification constitutes your agreement to abide by these conditions so modified and be bound by them. If you do not agree with these conditions, please do not use this Site. 

 

PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless otherwise indicated, all content of this Site, including all texts, data, graphics, photos and images, software (including the calculator software) and all trademarks, service marks and brand names used on this Site as well as their selection and arrangement (collectively called the "Content"), are subject to intellectual property rights including copyrights, trademarks and patents held by or granted to the Fonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, no user or reproduction licence is granted to you and all intellectual property rights to this effect are expressly reserved.

 

Company names and logos of the Fonds used on this Site may be trademarks (including registered trademarks) of the Fonds. Such company names and logos of the Fonds may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, in any other manner than in compliance with the following standards: Manual of standards . Other product or company names mentioned on this Site may be trademarks of their respective owners.

We authorize you to download and print copies of texts available on our Site for non-commercial or internal use, but any copy or reproduction of a document available on our Site shall display all copyright notices or other proprietary notices of the content and you may not modify the content in any way.

We authorize you to download and print copies of the officers' photos (in high definition), the photo of the head office as well as photos of events solely for the purpose of illustrating the related press release and for the exclusive use of the written and electronic media.

 

Any other use of the information posted on the Site is strictly prohibited. You may not print or copy any of the HTML codes or any other computer programs which may be viewable on this Site. No right, title or interest in the information or software downloaded is granted by such download or such copy. Except for the foregoing, you may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, execute, post, amend or create any work issued from the Content or the Site, in whole or in part, nor sell or take part in the sale of the Content or the Site, in whole or in part, nor operate in any way whatsoever the Content or the Site, in whole or in part.

 

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Content accessible through this Site may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Fonds makes no representation or provides no warranty as to the accuracy or the completeness of the Content or the information accessible through this Site. The Fonds reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to correct any error or omission in any part of this Site. The Fonds does not guarantee that this Site operates without interruption or without error.

THE CONTENT, SERVICES AND INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR CONSEQUENTIAL OF THE LAW OR TRADE USES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FONDS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR OTHER WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, DAMAGES TO THE COMPANY, LOSS OF PROFITS, SAVINGS OR REVENUES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT OR THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, OR ANY INFORMATION, OR FUNCTIONS OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED OR RELATED SITE, EVEN IF THE Fonds IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OR NOT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

You agree not to :

a) use this Site in a way which may damage, disable, overload or compromise this Site;

b) interfere with the security or otherwise abuse this Site, or any service, system resource, server or network linked to this Site or to affiliated sites or linked or accessible through these sites;

c) disrupt or perturb the use or the enjoyment of others of this Site or affiliated or linked sites;

d) upload, post or otherwise transmit to this Site a virus or other harmful, disruptive or destructive file or computer program;

e) use any robot, spider or other automatic device or manual process to monitor or copy web pages or the Content of this Site;

f) transmit to this Site spam, chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited mass e-mail; and

g) attempt to obtain unauthorized access to this Site or to certain portions of this Site with limited access. Furthermore, you agree that you are solely responsible for any action or communication undertaken or transmitted to or for your account, and you agree to comply with all applicable laws as to your use of or your activities on this Site.

 

LINKS AND THIRD PARTY CONTENT

The Fonds provides no representations or warranties as to linked sites, information contained therein or to third party related sources, nor does it endorse them. This Site may, from time to time, contain documents, data or information provided, posted or offered by third parties. You agree that the Fonds shall in no way be liable to you for such third party documents, data or information.

 

AGREEMENT WITH PRIVACY POLICY

You can find further information on the collection, use, communication and disclosure of your personal information in the Privacy policy . The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into these Conditions.

 

APPLICABLE LAWS

These Conditions are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada. You agree that any dispute arising from or relating in any way to this Site will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Quebec courts.

 

COMPLETENESS

These Conditions constitute the complete agreement between you and the Fonds pertaining to your use of this Site and its Content and replaces any prior written or verbal agreement entered into between you and the Fonds with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Our goal is to treat the personal information you provide us with the utmost respect and in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please read on for details of our practices on handling and securing your personal information.

 

PRIVACY POLICY ON THE WEB

 

WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

You can visit this Site without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. In such event, our Web server may collect the IP address you used to access the Internet. We use this data to measure the number of visits, the average time spent on our Site and the pages viewed. We also collect, at large, statistics on visitors to our Site to monitor the performance of the Site, for systems administration purposes, to make this Site easier and more convenient to use and to report some of this data at an aggregate level to our advisors.

Through the use of cookies, our Site operating system can automatically collect certain information pertaining to your visit to the Site. Cookies are small elements of data which may be sent to your Internet browser and stored on your hard disk, enabling us to recognize you when you access our Site. When you browse the Internet, cookies are used for these purposes. A cookie in itself does not provide us with your e-mail address, nor does it disclose your identity. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie or to disable cookies.

 We only collect your personal information when you provide it on a voluntary basis. This data is collected solely for the purpose of managing your subscription to our mailing list (including amendments to your subscription settings and removal of your name from the mailing list) and to enable us to report related information to our users and to provide us with better knowledge of them. This information is strictly confidential and will not be used for commercial or other surveys.

 

COMMUNICATION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

The personal information you provide us with will not be disclosed to anyone, except the employees of the Fonds or of its advisors who need this information to perform a duty related to the objects mentioned in this policy. We may also use, disclose or communicate your personal information as required by law or by court order.

 

HOW TO ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?   

A copy of the personal information you provide us with and which we store is kept on our servers located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can access the personal information you provided us with and notify us of any update, amendment or request to suppress some or all of the information collected during your visit by sending us an e-mail at comm@fondsftq.com .

 

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTED?

Where it considers it appropriate, the Fonds uses data encryption or authentification tools or both, as well as other methods to protect certain web-based information stored on its server. On the other hand, e-mails you send us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted to us.

 

WHAT IF WE CHANGE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?

The Fonds reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If any material changes are made to this Policy, we shall update this Site to include such changes and shall post a notice on our home page with a link to the updated Privacy Policy. Your use of this Site or the downloading or use of documents from this Site following the posting of such notice shall constitute your acceptance of these new terms and conditions. However, we shall ask for your consent if we wish to use your personal information for purposes other that those already consented to.

 

NETIQUETTE

We accept feedback that is constructive and related to the Fonds de solidarité FTQ’s activities, provided that your use of social platforms respects the following netiquette rules:

1. Although all comments are automatically displayed on social platforms, they are nevertheless supervised by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ who reserves the right to not publish, modify or remove any comment at its sole discretion.

In this context, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ may modify or remove:

  • Any accusation, whether true or false, made against a person or an organisation;
  • Any offensive, disrespectful, defamatory, obscene, injurious, threatening, aggressive, abusive or hurtful comment made against a person or an organisation. Included within this list are racist, hateful, xenophobic, sexist comments and those which denigrate ethnic origin, sexual orientation or religious affiliation;
  • Any solicitation or advertising aimed at promoting or supporting an enterprise, or an organisation;
  • Any incomprehensible or irrelevant comment;
  • Any junkmail or comment sent in bulk, because they hinder the free and open exchange of information;
  • Any comment with special characters (e.g., !!!!###***!) since it can be subject to different interpretations;
  • Any comment that refers to illegal activities or that encourages the practice of such or that violates any law, regulation or governmental order or that promotes false, misleading or illegal information or that promotes illegal conduct or incites violence.

2. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ reserves the right to participate or intervene in any conversation if necessary. Responses provided to the questions of the Internet users by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ are valid on the date of their publication. An Internet user cannot take into consideration a response given for a specific circumstance and apply it to a preceding circumstance or to new facts.

3. Constructive disagreements and debates may be considered as conversations, but no insulting or offensive comment shall be accepted.

4. Adding hyperlinks to other sites is permitted in published content provided that the necessary consents have been obtained. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ shall not bear any liability for any content on such sites and reserves the right to remove any hyperlink.

5. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ reserves the right to amend these regulations at any time without prior notice.

6. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ believes that interaction on its social media platforms must be respectful and polite in addition to complying with its Protection of Personal Information Policy.

7. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ has no obligation to remove comments that you publish on its site even if you have requested such removal. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ reserves the right to archive these comments and they can be indexed by Internet search engines. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ therefore invites you to think carefully about your comments and the consequences of their use.