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Important Notices
Copyright/Permission to Reproduce
Materials on this Web site were produced and/or compiled by the Department
of Justice for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to
information about the programs and services offered by the Government of
Canada.
The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright
Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations, and international
agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in
specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.
- Non-commercial Reproduction
Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily
available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced,
in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission
from the Department of Justice. We ask only that:
- users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials
reproduced;
- the Department of Justice be identified as the source department; and,
- the reproduction not be represented as an official version of the materials
reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with or with the endorsement
of the Department of Justice.
- Commercial Reproduction
Reproduction of multiple copies of materials on this site, in whole
or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited
except with written permission from the Government of Canada's copyright
administrator, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
Through the permission-granting process, PWGSC helps to ensure that
individuals / organizations wishing to reproduce Government of Canada
materials for commercial purposes have access to the most accurate,
up-to-date versions. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on
this site for commercial purposes, please go to PWGSC's "Applying
for Copyright Clearance on Government of Canada Works" page.
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Publishing and Depository Services
350 Albert Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0S5 or
copyright.droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca
- Reproduction
of Federal Law Order
Anyone may, without charge or request for permission, reproduce enactments
and consolidations of enactments of the Government of Canada, and decisions
and reasons for decisions of federally constituted courts and administrative
tribunals, provided due diligence is exercised in ensuring the accuracy of
the materials reproduced and the reproduction is not represented as an official
version.
- Legal Materials
The legal material on this site may be reproduced,
in whole or in part and by any means, without further permission from the
Department of Justice.
No such reproduction shall indicate that the Department of Justice is in any
way responsible for the accuracy or reliability of the reproduction; nor shall
any such reproduction indicate that it was made with the endorsement of, or
in affiliation with, the Department of Justice.
For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, users should consult:
The above-mentioned publications are available in most public libraries.
- Third-party Materials
Some of the materials and graphical elements found on Government of Canada
Web sites are subject to copyrights held by other organizations. This is particularly
true of sites that are jointly operated by a Government of Canada institution
and an external organization as part of a collaborative arrangement. In such
cases, some restrictions on the reproduction of materials or graphical elements
may apply and it may be necessary to seek permission from the rights holder
prior to reproducing the material.
To obtain information concerning copyright ownership and restrictions
on reproduction on this site, please contact:
Department of Justice Canada
Communications Branch
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H8
Tel: (613) 957-4222
TDD/TTY: (613) 992-4556
E-mail: webadmin@justice.gc.ca
Privacy
The Government of Canada and the Department of Justice are committed
to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web sites.
The following summarizes the privacy policy and practices of the Department
of Justice's Web sites.
- The Department of Justice does not automatically gather any personal information
from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. On various sections
of the Department of Justice's Web sites, you can choose to correspond via
e-mail or by completing feedback forms. These allow you to make comments and
suggestions or to ask questions. If you choose to provide personal information
through e-mail or by completing these forms, we will use it only to respond
to your message.
- Information on individual visitors is used by employees
of the Department of Justice who need the information in order to respond
to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We only share the
information you give us with another government department if your inquiry
relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individual
profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal
government.
- All personal information created, held or collected by the Department of
Justice is protected under the federal Privacy
Act. At any point of collection you will be asked for consent to
collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for which
it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.
- The Department of Justice occasionally uses temporary "cookies"
to facilitate your Web use. The cookies we use do not allow us to identify
individuals, and are used, for example, to determine your language preferences.
They exist in your browser's temporary memory and are deleted when you close
your browser. Some applications available through the Internet site will
not work properly if you choose to disable all cookies.
(A "cookie" is a file that may be placed on your hard drive
without your knowledge by a Web site to allow it to monitor your use of the
site.)
- The Department of Justice employs software
programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload
or change information or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and
records the Internet Protocol address of the computer that has contacted our
Web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no
attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting
our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act at the Department of Justice may be directed to the Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator by:
Telephone: (613) 952-8361
Facsimile: (613) 957-2303
Mail: Department of Justice
St. Andrews Tower
275 Sparks Street, 9th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by e-mail at: info@privcom.gc.ca, by telephone at 1-800-282-1376 or visit their Web site at: http://www.privcom.gc.ca.
Official Languages
The Department of Justice respects the Official Languages Act and the
relevant Treasury Board policies, and is committed to
ensuring all information and services on this site is available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that
some information from external sources that are not subject to the Official Languages Act is only provided as a convenience and
is available only in the language in which it was provided.
Universal Software Accessibility
The Department of Justice's Web sites have been modified to facilitate
accessibility and to ensure that all users will benefit from its features.
While these sites are designed to accommodate all types of Internet software
and browsers, including earlier versions and hand-held devices, some viewing
problems can occur when using older software. We are continually striving
to correct such problems. Please contact
us if you are experiencing technical difficulties.
Links to Web sites not under the control of the Department of Justice are provided
solely for the convenience of users. The Department of Justice is not responsible for the
accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Department of Justice does not offer
any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links,
nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Users should be aware that information offered by non-GoC sites that are not subject to the Official
Languages Act and to which the Department of Justice links, may be available only in the language(s) used by
the sites in question.
To determine the suitability of links to and from the Department of Justice's Web sites, please consult the following set of criteria.
Last updated
Last updated refers to the date when the information on the Web page was either revised or when the page was modified for technical reasons. The date the document was originally posted to the site is located in the metadata found the source code.
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