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Terms & Conditions

Terms of use

The following terms and conditions apply to your use of and access to the GuardianSafetyNet.ca site (“Site”), maintained and operated by Guardian Safety Net (“GSN”).  The purpose of the Site is to provide details to the Canadian public safety community about the Public Safety Broadband Network (“PSBN”) products and services provided by GSN (“Purpose”).  The terms “we” or “us” or “our” refer to GSN and the terms “you” and “your” refer to you, an individual who is accessing or using the Site.

 

By visiting or using the Site, you agree to the following terms of use. If you are a GSN customer, you are also bound by the GSN Terms and Conditions and any other terms that apply to your plan or service. If any provision of the following terms of use conflicts with any term in the Terms & Conditions, the Terms & Conditions apply.  

SITE USE

Generally speaking, T&C often address these types of issues: Who is allowed to use the website; the possible payment methods; a declaration that the website owner may change his or her offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives his or her customers; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much, much more. 

 

To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.

Security

Some parts of the Site may require a user name, account name or password. If you use these features, you agree to keep this information confidential and secure. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your user name, account, or password, and to notify GSN immediately if the confidentiality of your user name, account or password is compromised. We will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your account or password. To protect the security of the Site and your account, we may terminate or suspend your account, change your user name or password, request additional information before we authorize transactions on your account, or take other reasonable actions.

Prohibited uses

You agree not to:

  • use the Site or its contents for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms of use;

  • resell any aspect of the Site or services available on it;

  • bypass or circumvent measures we may use to prevent, interfere, or limit access to the Site or any GSN network;

  • use the Site to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;

  • use the Site to intercept, collect or store personal information about other users;

  • spam other users or take other actions that may affect the operation or enjoyment of the Site by other users;

  • access, monitor or copy any content or information on the Site using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process;

  • decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software or content used in any part of the Site or any GSN network;

  • send a virus or use any malicious programs or techniques in connection with the Site;

  • overload or crash the Site or any GSN server or network; or

  • engage in excessively high volume data transfers or bandwidth use, including without limitation by hosting a web server, internet relay chat server or any other server via any use of the Site; or

  • infringe the copyrights or intellectual property rights of others.

Submissions

The Site may have features that let you submit content or communicate with GSN, other users, and the general public, such as email, posting comments, reviews or ratings, participating in chats or forums, and uploading files. Any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, images, photographs, pictures, information and other materials you submit via the Site are referred to here as “Submissions.” You agree to only post, upload submit, or request, Submissions that are appropriate and related to the purpose of the Site. You represent that you own or control all of the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses to your Submission as described in these terms of use. By posting Submissions that contain images, photographs, pictures or that may otherwise be graphical in whole or in part (“Images”), you represent that each person depicted in any Image, if any, has provided consent to the distribution, public display and reproduction of any Image. You are fully responsible for any damage or harm resulting from your Submissions, and we assume no liability for Submissions posted or submitted by you or other users. You must not post, upload, submit or request:

  • any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material or content that is otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion;

  • any commercial material or content (including, for example, funding solicitations, advertising, or marketing any good or services);

  • any information you are prohibited from transmitting by contract or confidential relationship;

  • any material that exploits or harms minors (any person under the age of 18), intentionally or unintentionally, including by exposing minors to content that is inappropriate, providing minors’ personally identifiable information, or seeking to obtain personally identifiable information from minors;

  • any material that could harm GSN’s business, reputation, employees, subscribers, facilities, or any person;

  • any material that infringes, misuses or violates any copyright, trademark, patent right, trade secret or other proprietary right of anyone, including rights of publicity and privacy;

  • content for which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any third party;

  • content that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information, or phone numbers;

  • content that contains computer viruses, worms, or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.

Rights in submissions

For any Submission you post, upload, submit or request via the Site, you grant GSN a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to (i) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit, create derivative works from, distribute, disclose and publicly display and perform your Submission for commercial purposes throughout the world in any media now known or hereafter developed; and (ii) publish the name that you submit in connection with your Submission, in GSN’s sole discretion. You agree that you have no recourse against GSN for anyone’s infringement, misuse or violation of any right you may have in your Submissions, and you irrevocably waive any “moral rights” in your Submissions. You also irrevocably agree that GSN can pursue claims against anyone who violates GSN’s rights in the Submissions. You also acknowledge that we assume no responsibility for the deletion of, or failure to store or otherwise provide access to Submissions submitted by you or others. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission as provided in these terms of use. By submitting your email address in connection with your Submission, you agree that GSN and its third party service providers may use your email address to contact you about the status of your review and other administrative purposes. If you are under the age of 18, we will honor your request to remove any Submission you previously posted, uploaded, or submitted on the Site. To request Submission removal, please contact info@guardian-safetynet.ca.

Third Party Sites and Content

Parties other than GSN may display and make available content, data, services and products through the Site. You acknowledge that GSN is not a publisher of, does not control or endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any such third party content. Managers and hosts of interactive forums on the Site (e.g., blogs) are not authorized GSN spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of GSN. The Site may contain links to websites operated by parties other than GSN. You acknowledge that we do not control those websites and we are not responsible for their content, their privacy practices, or any other policies provided on those websites.

Privacy policy

For information about how we collect, use and share information related to your use of the Site or our services, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Intellectual property rights

Except for Submissions, the Site and its content, software, and services (together, “Materials”) are the property of GSN and its suppliers and is protected by copyright, trademark, service mark, and other proprietary or intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”). We reserve all of our rights in the Materials. If any service on the Site includes the provision of a specific IP address, URL or other designation for your use, you acknowledge and agree that you will not receive any proprietary or ownership rights in such designation, and that we may change your IP address, URL or other designation at any time.

Trademarks and service marks

The trademarks, service marks, logos, designs, icons, graphics, product and service names, company names and other source identifiers displayed or presented on the Site are registered or unregistered trademarks of GSN, its suppliers or other third parties, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of GSN or their relevant owners. Nothing contained in this site may be construed as a grant of a license or right of use of any trademark displayed in this site without the prior express written permission of GSN or its relevant owner, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. A reference to any products, services, processes, or other information does not constitute or imply any endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, approval or recommendation by GSN.  

promotional codes

From time to time, you may receive a promotional code provided by or on behalf of GSN redeemable for certain promotions or offers ("Codes"). Such Codes have no cash value, are non-transferable and may have an expiration date, as well as other limitations and restrictions identified by a promotion. Codes may be found on or in product packaging, through Internet and other digital promotions, on brochures, notices (electronic, online, TV, radio), or other materials. A Code may only be entered once unless otherwise expressly permitted by GSN. We are under no obligation to release, continue to release, honor, or maintain any Codes or maintain any services or features provided through Code redemption. GSN reserves the right to limit, modify, or discontinue services and features accessed by Codes for any reason even after such service/feature has been redeemed, at our discretion and without prior notice to you.

pricing and information

GSN does not warrant that the content on the Site is accurate, complete, or current. Despite our efforts, items on the Site may be mispriced and product and service descriptions may be inaccurate. GSN reserves the right to correct any inaccuracies or omissions on the Site, to revoke any offer, to cancel your order, and to take any other actions it deems reasonable or necessary to rectify the error, regardless of whether charges have been applied to your account or credit card.

warranty disclaimers

This site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties or covenants of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, as to the operation of the site, any materials included on, downloadable from or otherwise accessible via the site, or any services or products available for purchase via the site, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, completeness, reliability, and non-infringement. Further, gsn does not represent or warrant that access to the site will be uninterrupted, free from unauthorized access, including third-party hackers or denial of service attacks. Gsn does not authorize anyone to make a warranty of any kind on our behalf and you may not rely on any such statement of warranty. The only warranty applicable to the products available for purchase on the site or used in connection with the services is a warranty provided by the product manufacturer(s), which is either included with the product itself or can be obtained from the manufacturer(s).

Limitations of liability

In no event shall gsn be liable for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, regardless of the type of claim or legal theory asserted, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) the use of or inability to use the site or any materials, or (ii) any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in the site or any materials, even if gsn or our authorized representatives have been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall the aggregate liability of gsn (whether in contract, warranty, tort, strict liability, or other theory), arising out of or relating to the site or any site-related materials or services, exceed cad$10.00.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GSN, and our officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, losses, expenses, damages, penalties or other costs, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, brought by third parties as a result of: (i) your violation of these terms of use; (ii) your use of the Site; (iii) any Submissions you supply; or (iv) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Contact

You may contact us using the methods described on the Contact Us page at: https://www.guardian-safetynet.ca/contact

Governing law

These terms of use are governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable federal law and the laws of the Province of Alberta as they are applied to agreements entered in the Province of Alberta. 

Electronic communications

You agree that this electronic document and any other electronic agreement, notice, or other communication that we provide to you meets any legal requirement that such communication be in writing.

Miscellaneous

We may change these terms of use without advance notice. Please visit this page periodically to see the most current terms of use that govern your use. If any part of these terms of use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason under relevant law, then that part will be deemed replaced with a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remaining terms of use will continue in full force and effect. GSN’s failure to enforce strict performance of any part of these terms of use does not waive any of our rights. GSN may assign its rights and duties under these terms of use to any party at any time.

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