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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

This information is provided as a public service by the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society, 802 - 207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7.

By viewing this web site, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

Neither the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society nor any of its members, including but not limited to its staff, volunteers, and Board Members, makes any warranties about the information contained herein, nor assumes any liability for use of this website. This website and all of the information it contains are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, whether expressed or implied. All implied warranties, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, are hereby expressly disclaimed.

The information provided on this website does not constitute legal, financial, or medical advice. While efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information on these pages, no guarantees are provided and you should not rely on it for any financial, legal, or medical purpose. For financial, legal, or medical advice, please contact a certified public accountant, attorney licensed in your area, or a licensed medical practitioner. Information regarding referrals to other sources of assistance does not constitute an endorsement of the individuals or entities listed.

The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this website or any part thereof with or without notice.

Under no circumstances will the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society be liable to any person or business entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages based on any use of this website or any other website to which this site is linked, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, or loss of programs or information, even if the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society has been specifically advised of the possibility of such damages.

BCIFV Privacy Policy

Internet Privacy

The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society has created this internet privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to internet privacy. The following discloses our policies concerning the gathering and sharing of information through this website.

In brief, we:

• monitor general trends in the use of our website but do not ever track individual visitors
• do not collect information concerning individual visitors unless that information is voluntarily disclosed, for example by filling out our online membership form or order form
• do not share the information voluntarily disclosed to us with any other organization
• will only contact individuals who sign up for specific services purposes related to the work of the organization
• will remove users who have signed up for a specific service who request to have their names removed from the relevant mailing list, at any time.

For further information, please see below.

Normal Website Usage

You can visit all portions of the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information. The only information we collect from a normal website visit is the name of your Internet Service Provider (ISP), the browser and type of machine you are using, the website that referred you to us, the pages you request and the date and time of those requests.

This information is collected on an aggregate basis only. For example, we track which pages are most popular among visitors as a whole, but we do not track information on which pages an individual visitor might look at during a visit to our site. We do not collect any other information -- such as the name, mailing address, email address, or phone number of the visitor -- without the visitor's knowledge and permission.

All information that we collect is used for internal review only and not shared with third parties. We use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of the site to our visitors.

Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

There are instances where BC Institute Against Family Violence Society requests personally identifiable information, such as name, mailing address, email address, and possibly additional information, to provide you with specific services or correspondence.

Personally identifiable information that you provide in this way will not be given to any other organization. The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society does not sell, rent or exchange email addresses, or otherwise disclose any financial information to any other third parties.

Outside Links

This site contains hypertext links to other sites. The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society makes every effort to insure the secure collection and transmission of sensitive user information using industry accepted data collection and encryption methodologies. However, your confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by the BC Institute Against Family Violence Society, nor its Internet Service Provider, Infinet Communications. The BC Institute Against Family Violence Society shall not be responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality in respect to your use of this site or any information you transmitted to this site.

For further information, read the BCIFV Privacy Policy