Website Terms of Use

Legal Notice

Copyright

All content, including text and images, appearing on the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada website (this “Website”) is the property of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, or is used by it under license or with the permission of the copyright owner, and is protected by international copyright laws. Such content does not constitute material in the public domain under such copyright laws and is subject to the restrictions on use set out in this legal notice. 

No part of this Website may be copied, reproduced, posted, transmitted, published, stored, re-distributed or otherwise exploited for any other purpose in any form or by any means without the express advance written permission of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Unauthorized use or distribution of any part of this Website is strictly prohibited. For information on obtaining permission to use or distribute the contents of this Website please contact: info@asiapacific.ca or fax 604-681-1370

Despite the foregoing limitations, visitors to this Website are permitted “fair dealing” of this Website’s content without express permission. “Fair dealing” includes the making of one copy of copyrighted materials for research and educational or private study purposes.

Where any content of this Website is copied, reproduced, posted, transmitted, published, stored, re-distributed or otherwise exploited in accordance with this legal notice, all documents and communications containing such content, including other websites, must acknowledge the source of the content by providing a source citation stating “Source: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Website” followed by the full URL of the source pages and the date of extraction from this Website.

Disclaimer

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada makes no express or implied warranty about the accuracy, usefulness, merchantability or fitness for any purpose of any content appearing on this Website, whether owned by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada or any other person or entity. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada does not guarantee the accuracy of any information available on this Website and assumes no responsibility for the use of such information. In no event will the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada be liable to any person or entity for any costs or damages of any kind whatsoever, whether based on contract, negligence or tort, or any punitive, exemplary, incidental, consequential or special damages or any loss of profits, business use or data, resulting from any use of any content available on this Website.

The presentation of any views or opinions expressed by any experts or specialists on this Website does not constitute or imply any endorsement of such views and opinions by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and such views and opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Links

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada provides links to other websites (a “Linked Website”) which may be of interest to users of this Website (each a “User”) solely for the convenience of such Users. These links will allow a User to leave the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Website. The Linked Websites are not under the control of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada does not endorse nor assume any responsibility for any content contained on any Linked Website, nor any responsibility for any changes or updates thereto, or any content contained on links contained in a Linked Website. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is not responsible for Webcasting or any other form of sound or video broadcasts received by any User from any Linked Website. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is not able to inspect or confirm the correctness or accuracy of any content contained on any Linked Websites and makes no express or implied warranty about the accuracy, usefulness, merchantability or fitness for any purpose of any content contained on any Linked Websites.

Privacy Policy

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (“the Foundation”) is an independent, not-for-profit think-tank on Canada’s relations with Asia established by an Act of the Parliament of Canada. The Foundation functions as a knowledge broker, bringing together people and knowledge to provide the most current and comprehensive research, analysis and information on Canada’s transpacific relations; it is defined as a government institution under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

Commitment

The Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information of its staff, board members, fellows, contractors and partners. The Foundation values the trust of those we deal with, and of the public, and recognizes that maintaining this trust requires that we be accountable and transparent in how we treat the information that is shared with us.

Through its various programs and activities, the Foundation frequently gathers and uses personal information. Any information collected by the Foundation is subject to the Privacy Act. The purpose of the Privacy Act is to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to personal information held by a government institution and to provide individuals with a right of access to such information.