Terms and Conditions for Website Use

Terms and Conditions

By accessing this website and any related microsites (collectively hereinafter the “Website”), you acknowledge and accept these terms and conditions of use, which include the DFO Privacy Policy (collectively hereinafter the “Terms”). It is important that you read these Terms and download or print them for your records. By accessing this Website, you agree to be bound by all of the Terms, irrespective of the fact that you read or not the Terms.

Use of This Website

You may browse this Website for its intended purpose, for personal entertainment and information purposes but you are not permitted to copy, distribute, modify, communicate, transmit, revise or otherwise use the materials contained in this Website in any way. Any use of these materials, including trademarks, on any other website or networked computer environment, or on any other form of media, electronic or not, for any purposes whatsoever, is strictly prohibited. The materials including trademarks, on this Website are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights and any unauthorized use of these materials may violate copyright, trade mark and other applicable laws. The use of any materials, including any trademarks, other than as expressly permitted for by these Terms is strictly prohibited.

Links to Other Internet Sites are Not Endorsement

This Website may contain links to other Internet Sites which are provided to you for your convenience. Please note that the provision of any links to other Internet Sites does not constitute an endorsement by Dairy Farmers of Ontario of such linked Internet Sites. All such other Internet Sites are wholly independent from this Website and from Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Dairy Farmers of Ontario has no control or power over such other Internet Sites including their content. If you visit any of the linked Internet Sites, we urge you to review their respective terms and conditions of use as well as their policies on privacy and security, Dairy Farmers of Ontario denying any form of liability with respect thereto.

Prohibited or Unlawful Use

You warrant to Dairy Farmers of Ontario and covenant that you will not use this Website for any purpose that is either unlawful or prohibited by the Terms and Conditions. You agree not to use this Website in any manner which could cause it to be disabled, damaged, overloaded, or impaired or interfere with any other person’s use and enjoyment of this Website. You may not misrepresent your identity or location as a user and you may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through this Website.

Proprietary Rights

Dairy Farmers of Ontario logos and trademarks, as well as certain other names, words, logos, slogans, images, marks, trade names, and trademarks used on this Website, are the properties of their respective owners. You may not use, reproduce, copy or manipulate any such logos, trademarks, slogans, images, marks, or trade names in any manner whatsoever, even for user generated content, without the prior written consent of the applicable owner. All content of this Website, including all information, design, images, sound, photographs, video, illustrations, links to other Internet Sites, icons, graphics, headers, text, data and software (collectively hereinafter “Content”) and the presentation, arrangement, coordination, enhancement and selection of such Content are subject to intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights or licenses held by Dairy Farmers of Ontario or a Dairy Farmers of Ontario affiliate or by third parties who have licensed their rights to Dairy Farmers of Ontario. All such rights are expressly reserved.

User Submissions

Except as otherwise provided in our Privacy Policy any material, information or other communications you transmit or post to this Website (hereinafter “Communications”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. Dairy Farmers of Ontario and its affiliates or others may copy, display, post, transmit, disclose, communicate or otherwise use the Communications. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Website any unlawful, threatening, libellous, profane, defamatory, obscene or pornographic material, or any material that would infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of another party if used without the party’s permission, or any software that contains a virus, defect or other harmful or disruptive component. By transmitting any Communications to this Website, including Communications posted to chat rooms, bulletin boards or other user forums, as the case may be, you warrant that such Communications are original to you or that you have all proper authorizations to publicly communicate them and you waive all moral rights or other similar rights in those Communications. By using any linked Facebook applications or any applications created by us or for our benefit with any other social media platform and by granting us access and/or permission to use information and material available through such platform for the purposes of our application, you warrant that such information and material comply with the present Terms and Conditions. Dairy Farmers of Ontario reserves the right, at its entire discretion, to broadcast or not the material submitted on the Website or application or to withdraw it, in whole or in part, after it has been broadcast. No notice or explanation will be given to the user as to why it was decided to broadcast or not the material submitted. “Errors, Inaccuracies or Omissions” Dairy Farmers of Ontario makes every effort to ensure that the Content on this Website is complete and current. However, Dairy Farmers of Ontario does not guarantee that the information contained on this Website will not contain errors, inaccuracies or omissions. Such errors, inaccuracies or omissions may relate to price or to product description or availability. Dairy Farmers of Ontario reserves the right to correct any error, inaccuracy or omission or to change or update the Content without prior notice to you.

Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability

This Website, the Content and services provided at this Website are provided “as is” without any warranties of any kind, statutory or otherwise, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement of intellectual property. Dairy Farmers of Ontario, its officers, directors, employees, agents, third party content providers, sponsors, licensors, and the like, do not warrant the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the Content, including, without limitation, information regarding services, products or prices described. If applicable law does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, the above exclusion may not apply to you. In no event will Dairy Farmers of Ontario, its officers, directors, employees, agents, third party content providers, sponsors, licensors, and the like be liable for any damages whatsoever, including direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential, punitive or otherwise (including, without limitation, liability for loss of use, data, revenue or profits or business interruption), arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this Website, any website linked to this Website, or the materials of information contained at any such sites, including without limitations those resulting from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access of Dairy Farmers of Ontario records, programs or services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or other legal theory, whether for negligence or gross negligence, whether or not reasonably foreseeable and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusion may not apply to you. Liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Dairy Farmers of Ontario, its officers, directors, employees, agents, third party content providers, sponsors and licensors for all claims, loss or damage of any kind resulting from or arising out of (1) your breach of these Terms and (2) your use of this Website or any related website or application, including any claim of infringement of any intellectual property rights of any third party.

Governing Law

The Terms and Conditions as well as the use of this Website, including any order or purchase made through this Website shall be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without given effect to its conflict of laws provisions.