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Canadian Defence Foundation provides this website (the “Site”) for your information. Your access to and continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of and compliance with the following provisions. If you have not already done so, please take some time to familiarize yourself with these provisions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you should immediately discontinue any use of the Site.

You may display, download or print the information displayed on the Site (the “Information”) for your own internal purposes provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on such Information. You may not, however, use, reuse, repost, distribute, modify, transmit any Information for commercial purposes by you or others or for public use, including any text, images, audio, and video without the written permission of Canadian Defence Foundation and/or its owner.

The Information is believed to be reliable when posted. However, Canadian Defence Foundation does not guarantee the timeliness of the Information provided. The Information may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and the Information may be changed or updated without notice.

Canadian Defence Foundation makes no representations whatsoever about any other website that may be accessed through, or as a result of, the Information. Such other websites are independent of Canadian Defence Foundation, such that Canadian Defence Foundation has no control over their content. In addition, a link to another website does not mean that Canadian Defence Foundation endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such website.

It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever information, including the Information you may access or download is free of viruses, worms, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

The Site is intended to be for educational and information purposes only. The Site is not intended to provide legal, accounting, financial, tax or other professional advice and should not be relied on in that respect.

The Site and the Information may include statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Canadian Defence Foundation cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond Canadian Defence Foundation’s control.

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Do we disclose any of your information to outside parties?

Canadian Defence Foundation does not collect personal information about individual users except when such personal information is provided to Canadian Defence Foundation on a voluntary basis. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer any of your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in preparing our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep the information confidential, and will never contact you without your prior consent or notification from Canadian Defence Foundation. Personal information about individual users will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user, except that Canadian Defence Foundation reserves the right to disclose such personal information: (a) to its affiliates, subsidiaries and third party agents for purposes related to providing services associated with the Site; or (b) if such disclosure is made pursuant to a requirement or request of a government agency, subpoena or other legal proceeding or otherwise required by law. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. If you choose not to provide personal information, please note that certain services associated with the Site may not be available to you as they cannot be supplied without the personal information. If you contact us via our Contact page, the only information we obtain is that given to us by you. This information is solely used to contact you, by your request.

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Mostly no. Canadian Defence Foundation respects your privacy and your computer when browsing our site. We will never ask you to accept a cookie or any other type of file from our website. If you feel your computer has received an inappropriate cookie from Canadian Defence Foundation's website, please contact us. If you are a subscriber of Canadian Defence Foundation On-Demand Services and use Canadian Defence Foundation Databank, a cookie may be submitted to authorize your credentials. Javascripts are only used to detect the best possible display presentation for your computer/device. Users should be aware that Canadian Defence Foundation can not control or prevent the use of cookies or any information obtained through such cookies by third parties (such as PayPal when subscribing to Canadian Defence Foundation On-Demand Services). If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers permit the user to disable the cookie feature. However, users are advised that cookies may be required for the use of certain features on the Site (as mentioned for subscribing to services or using the Databank).

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Canadian Defence Foundation includes links to information from outside sites. These sites have seperate and indepedent privacy policies and suggest you should read them. As such, we have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, Canadian Defence Foundation seeks to protect its own integrity and welcome any feedback about these sites via our Contact page.

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Protection of Canadian Defence Foundation's intellectual and proprietary information

Canadian Defence Foundation fully intends to protect its rights if it feels any of the information on this website, or custom work it has produced, has been inappropriate or illegally used. Any information produced and published on this website or the Canadian Defence Foundation Databank remains copyrighted and may not be used in any way or form without explicit written consent. All other tradename or marked brands and logos found on any part of the Site are the property of their respective owners. Please note that the Site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information that must be observed.

Canadian Defence Foundation may at any time revise this Legal Disclosure page by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the updated and revised Legal Disclosure.

* This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 13, 2014