Terms and Conditions of Use for osciaportal.org
By accessing or using any of the features of the osciaportal.org system (the “system”), including creating a user account, enrolling a farm business, and/or applying to a cost-share program, you agree to abide by the following Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use, you should immediately discontinue use of the system.
Information collected to create and manage your user account will be used to enable you on behalf of business(es) you are authorized to represent, to securely connect to OSCIA-delivered programs, and for our site administrators to properly administer your user account. If you have any questions regarding the Terms and Conditions, please send an email to support@ontariosoilcrop.org.
Copyright
All material on the osciaportal.org system is protected by Crown copyright (unless otherwise indicated), which is held by the Queen`s Printer for Ontario. Permission to use and reproduce content owned by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario is set out at http://www.ontario.ca/government/copyright-information-c-queens-printer-ontario. Note that permission to reproduce material owned by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario does not extend to any content on this system that is identified as the subject of copyright of a third party. Authorization to reproduce such third-party content must be obtained from the copyright holder of that material.
Acceptable Use
In agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you agree not to:
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Falsely claim to represent a person, organization, or entity;
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Submit information over which you do not have the necessary rights to grant the right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, or transmit the content;
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Interfere with or disrupt the osciaportal.org system, network or servers connected to the system or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks or servers;
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Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the logins and passwords of others, or to the computer systems and networks connected to the osciaportal.org system; or
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Post, upload or otherwise transmit:
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unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, ‘junk mail’, ‘spam’, ‘chain letters’, ‘pyramid schemes’, or any other form of solicitation, whether it be commercial or otherwise;
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information that violates or infringes on the rights of any other party, including, without limitation, rights of privacy and intellectual property rights;
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information that is abusive, hateful, harassing, defamatory, slanderous, knowingly false or otherwise objectionable or in violation of any law, rule or regulation;
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anything that contains any software or computer files that contain a virus, worm or other disruptive, harmful or deleterious component.
You understand and accept that you are, at all times, responsible for your user account, password and security questions and answers. Please keep these secure. If you suspect that others have obtained them, you are responsible for either changing your password or contacting us to revoke access privileges. If you choose the latter, you will have to create a new user account to continue to access the osciaportal.org system.
Termination
If you violate or breach any of the Terms and Conditions of Use, your permission to use the osciaportal.org system may be revoked, in addition to other remedies available at law. You understand and accept that the osciaportal.org system or your access to the osciaportal.org system may be terminated or suspended at any time without notice.
Limitation of Liability
Your use of the osciaportal.org system and its content is at your own risk. The system is not warranted to be uninterrupted or error free, to be entirely free of viruses or other harmful code, or that defects will be corrected. Content on the system is not warranted as to correctness, accuracy or timeliness.
The operators of the system and their employers, agents and independent contractors shall not be responsible or liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or in any way arising out of or in connection with the osciaportal.org system, including its content.
No Guarantee of Eligibility for OSCIA-Delivered Programs
You understand and accept that use of the osciaportal.org system does not guarantee eligibility for participation in OSCIA-delivered programs, and that information you provide through the osciaportal.org system will be reviewed for accuracy, validity and eligibility. Please refer to details regarding eligibility that are associated with the offering(s) to which you are applying.
Change to Terms and Conditions
The osciaportal.org system reserves the right to supplement, remove or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time and from time to time. Please check regularly for any changes to these Terms and Conditions. If you continue to use the OSCIAPortal.org system following any change to these Terms and Conditions, you will be deemed to have accepted the change.
General
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and are deemed to be entered into by the user in the Province of Ontario.
Last Updated:
16 June 2022