DISCLAIMER /
TERMS OF USE
Please read these
terms carefully before using this website. Using this
website indicates that you accept these terms. If you do
not accept these terms, do not use this website. We
reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify,
add, or remove portions of these terms at any time, for
any reason, and without notice.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
This privacy
statement is to inform you how the Grand lodge of
Ontario, Independent Order of Odd Fellows gathers and
uses your personal and non-personal information when you
visit our website. The Grand Lodge reserves the right to
change this privacy statement at any time by notifying
visitors to this website of the existence of a new
privacy statement. The Grand Lodge is committed to
maintaining and protecting your privacy as a visitor.
You acknowledge and agree that the internet is not a
secure medium, and neither the privacy of your
communications, nor visits to this website, can be
ensured. The nature of internet communications means
that your communications may be susceptible to data
corruption, interception and delays. We do not collect
personal information about you unless you specifically
and knowingly provide such information to us. This would
generally happen in the case where you have subscribed
to our Tabloid (Grand Lodge newsletter) or any other
subscriptions or feedback made on our website. In these
cases, your personal information may include your name,
address, phone number, age, and e-mail address.
Non-personal information about your visiting habits may
also be automatically collected through the use of
"cookies." Cookies are computer files that are placed on
your hard drive to remember any preferences that you may
have when surfing the internet. They can also tell us
how often particular pages are visited.
LIMITED
RIGHTS
The Grand Lodge
grants you permission to display, download, and
reproduce information posted on our website
(information), subject to your agreement to abide by the
following conditions: the seal of the Grand Lodge of
Ontario may not be downloaded for any purposes. You may
display, download, and reproduce any other information
or graphics solely for non-commercial purposes within
our organization, and you must retain and reproduce each
copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice
contained in any of the information you display,
download, or reproduce. With the exception of the
foregoing limited authorization, you are not granted any
license to or right in connection with this website.
This website may contain or reference trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, technologies, products,
processes or other proprietary rights of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and/or other parties. You are not
granted any license to or right in any such trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, technologies, products,
processes and other proprietary rights. The seal of the
Grand Lodge of Ontario may not be downloaded for any
purposes.
GENERAL
Information on this
website may contain inaccuracies or typographical
errors. Information may be changed or updated from time
to time without notice. The Grand Lodge may also make
improvements and/or changes in the products, services
and/or programs described in this information at any
time without notice. Companies or businesses listed may
be listed as a general public service and can be removed
from the www.ioof.net website without notice. The Grand
Lodge of Ontario will in no event be liable to any party
for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential
damages due to such removals, including but not limited
to any lost profits, business interruption or loss of
programs or other data, even if the Grand Lodge is
expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.
LINKS TO
THIRD PARTY SITES
This website may be
linked to other websites, which are not under the
control of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of Ontario,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows is providing these
links to you only as a convenience. The Grand Lodge
makes no endorsements, warranties or representations of
any kind whatsoever regarding those sites, including the
products, software, materials, services, content or
accuracy or appropriateness of content on such linked
website. A visitor's decision to access any such other
websites shall be entirely at the visitor's own risk and
discretion.
INTENDED
AUDIENCE AND LOCAL LAWS
This website and the
services described on this website are intended only for
adult individuals. We encourage and support the efforts
of parents and legal guardians of children under the age
of 16 to monitor their children's internet usage and to
caution them against providing personal information to
any website over the web without permission.
The www.ioof.net website (excluding any linked website)
is controlled by the Grand Lodge of Ontario, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows from its offices within the
province of Ontario, Canada. This website can be
accessed from all provinces and territories of Canada,
as well as from other countries around the world. As
each of these places has laws that may differ from those
of the province of Ontario, Canada. By accessing this
website, the visitor agrees that all matters relating to
access to, or use of, this website or any other linked
website, shall be governed by the applicable laws of the
province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, without
regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The
visitor also agrees, and by using this website hereby
submits, to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and
venue of the courts of the province of Ontario and
acknowledges that the visitor does so voluntarily and is
responsible for complying with local laws. A visitor's
use of this website is void where prohibited by laws in
jurisdictions to which the visitor is otherwise subject,
and the visitor agrees that it shall not visit or use
this site in any such circumstances. You agree and
acknowledge that your use of this website, and all
transactions occurring in connection with this website,
shall be deemed to have occurred and taken place solely
in the province of Ontario, Canada. English shall be the
language of this website, and all transactions occurring
in connection with this website, and the parties waive
any right to use and rely upon any other language, or
translations. Il est de la volonté express des parties
que le présent site et tous les affairs qui s'y
rapportent soient rédigés en langue anglaise, exception
faite des documents pour lesquels la loi exige l'usage
exclusif du français.
SUBMISSIONS
Any information or
material sent to the Grand Lodge of Ontario, for our
website, will be deemed not to be confidential. By
sending the Grand Lodge of Ontario any material or
information, you grant the Grand Lodge an unrestricted,
irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform,
modify, transmit and distribute those materials or
information, and you also agree that the Grand Lodge is
free to use any related ideas, concepts, know-how or
techniques for any purpose.
DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES
The information
provided on this website and related communications are
provided on an "as is, where is" basis for informational
purposes only. In addition, all warranties are hereby
disclaimed, including but not limited to the implied
warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, and non-infringement, except to the extent that
such disclaimers are held to be legally invalid.
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
You understand and
expressly agree that use of the www.ioof.net website is
at your sole risk and discretion. in no event will the
Grand Lodge of Ontario, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, be liable to any party for any direct,
indirect, special or other consequential damages for any
use of this website, including but not limited to any
lost profits, business interruption or loss of programs
or other data, even if the Grand Lodge of Ontario,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is expressly advised
of the possibility of such damages.
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