TERMS OF USE
OEBAC (Operating Engineers Benefits Administration Corp) has created this notice to explain how we use information that you may provide while visiting our website and to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy.
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. The type and amount of information received depends on how you use the site.
Security
All user information is restricted in our offices. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that store sensitive information are kept in a secure environment. This website uses industry standard 128bit encryption.
If you send us an e-mail, you should know that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. So, if your communication includes sensitive information like your bank account, charge card, or social insurance number, contact us by mail or by telephone rather than by e-mail.
Website Usage/Information Collection
The OEBAC website uses a cookie for measuring aggregate web statistics, including number of monthly visitors, number of repeat visitors, most popular web pages and other information. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. OEBAC will also use cookies to facilitate your online visit by maintaining data that you provide for online activism activities so that you will not need to resubmit certain information. OEBAC does not use cookies to track what specific pages an individual site visitor views.
The OEBAC website will not post your personal contact information, including e-mail address, street address and phone numbers.
Outside Links
This site contains hypertext links to other sites. OEBAC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Corrections/Updating Personal Information
If your personal information changes (such as your ZIP code), or if you wish to have your information removed from our database, contact us and we will correct, update or remove that personal data provided to us.
Contact Us
If you experience technical problems with the operation of this web site, contact us by e-mailing:
support@iuoelocal793.org
OEBAC IT Department
2245 Speers Road
Oakville, ON L6L 6X8
905-469-9299
You also may contact us by mail or telephone. If you do so, we may use the information you provide in the ways we have described in this privacy policy.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND OEBAC
The OEBAC Web Site is comprised of various Web pages operated by OEBAC.
The OEBAC Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the OEBAC Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
OEBAC, reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the OEBAC Web Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the OEBAC Web Site.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The OEBAC Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of OEBAC and OEBAC is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. OEBAC is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. OEBAC is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by OEBAC of the site or any association with its operators.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the OEBAC Web Site, you warrant to OEBAC that you will not use the OEBAC Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the OEBAC Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the OEBAC Web Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the OEBAC Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the OEBAC Web Sites.
USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
OEBAC Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
OEBAC has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, OEBAC reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion.
OEBAC reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.
OEBAC reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in OEBAC sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. OEBAC does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, OEBAC specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized OEBAC spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of OEBAC.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO OEBAC OR POSTED AT ANY OEBAC WEB SITE
OEBAC does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to OEBAC (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any OEBAC Web Site or its associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting OEBAC, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. OEBAC is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in OEBAC's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OEBAC WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. OEBAC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE OEBAC WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE OEBAC WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.
OEBAC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE OEBAC WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. OEBAC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL OEBAC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE OEBAC WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE OEBAC WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE OEBAC WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE OEBAC WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF OEBAC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE OEBAC WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE OEBAC WEB SITE.
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION
OEBAC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the OEBAC Web Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.