Privacy Policy and Practices
Privacy of personal information is an important principle to the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT). We are committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly and only to the extent necessary for the services we provide. We also try to be open and transparent as to how we handle personal information. For more information on MSOT's general privacy policy, download the MSOT Privacy Information Sheet.
GENERAL LEGAL CONDITIONS
Introduction
The Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists is a voluntary member-supported and member –driven professional organization. MSOT works to advocate on behalf of the profession to the government and others, to support the practice of its occupational therapy members and to educate the public and others regarding the profession. The work of MSOT is coordinated by an Executive and carried out by a multitude of volunteers.
Use of the web site of MSOT is subject to the conditions and restrictions outlined below:
Information
Although all reasonable efforts are made to ensure its accuracy, the information on this web site is not official and may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice. MSOT may also make improvements or changes in the information described in this site at any time without notice.
Copyright and Trademark Intellectual Property Information
This website and its content are protected by copyright laws. This page may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. Service marks, trademarks and logos used on this web site are either licensed to or the property of MSOT. Their use by others is not authorized and no logo, graphic, sound or image from this web site may be copied or re-transmitted unless expressly permitted by MSOT.
Links to Third-party Sites
This web site may contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. The linked sites are not under the control of MSOT, and MSOT is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. MSOT provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by MSOT.
Links from Third-party Sites
MSOT cannot control which web sites link to the MSOT web site. No such link should be construed as an endorsement by MSOT of any such third-party site.
Disclaimers
All information on this web site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement. Anyone downloading files does so at their own risk and assumes the risk of computer viruses or other malicious programs.
In no event will MSOT be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of this web site, or on any other hyper-linked web site, including, without limitation, any loss of programs or other data on your computer or otherwise, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.
Unsolicited Proposals and Information
MSOT does not solicit, request or want to receive proposals, or any confidential or proprietary information from users of our web site. Unless MSOT has first signed a written confidentiality agreement, any unsolicited proposals, information or material sent to MSOT will be deemed not to be confidential and MSOT will have an unrestricted, irrevocable license, without fee, to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that MSOT is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.
Applicable Law
This web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by MSOT from its offices within the Province of Manitoba, Canada. By accessing this web site you agree that the statutes and laws of the Province of Manitoba will apply to all matters relating to use of this web site.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is applicable to the MSOT website. Web users can visit www.msot.mb.ca without telling us who they are or revealing any personal information about themselves.
MSOT does not collect information through its Web site that personally identifies individuals except when individuals provide such specific information voluntarily. In such cases, MSOT may collect, store and use such information in the same manner as it does other correspondence sent to MSOT. Unless it is required to do so by law, any such personal information about individual users will not be transferred by COTM to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user.
MSOT may, from time to time collect traffic information regarding users' sessions, while the users remain anonymous, to permit statistical analyses of users' behaviour (for the purpose of improving the design of the website). Only aggregated data from these analyses, not individual data will be used for this purpose. MSOT will not seek to match IP addresses to identifiable individuals, unless the user is engaged in illegal behaviour.