Policies

Privacy Statement
Refund Policy
Terms of Use

Privacy Statement

The Smart About Salt Council (SASC), a not-for-profit corporation, is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. Given that we may obtain information on you through our website (www.smartaboutsalt.com), we feel it is important that you understand the manner in which we gather and use this information.

Use of Information

Any information you provided to us is used to process your request and to respond to you. We also use all the information you provide us to make your visit on our website more pleasant. We may also use this information in the future to add personalized items to our site or to ensure that our content caters to the interests of our users. In addition, we can use your personal information to send you information letters or promotional offers with a view to providing you with the best possible service if you have consented to this. We do not share your personal information with third parties unless it is required by law.

Non-Personal Information

We may use a feature in your browser, known as cookies, to recognize your computer. A cookie is a small data file that is copied onto your hard drive when you visit a website. These files help you browse the site.

We do not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer. The information gathered may be used for statistical purposes, especially to determine the number of hits on the site and to pinpoint the most frequently visited pages.

You can configure your computer to manage cookies. If your browser is configured to alert you before accepting cookies, you will receive a warning message for each cookie and if it is configured to not accept them, none will be placed on your computer.

Collection of Information from Children

We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of sixteen. However, if children under the age of sixteen provide us with personal information, a parent or legal guardian may request that we delete this information from our files by sending us an e-mail. We will use all reasonable efforts to delete children’s information from our files upon receipt of such notice.

Security and Access

We take all appropriate security measures to ensure that the information you provide is kept confidential.

You can consult, modify or ask us to delete all the personal information you have provided us at any time. To do so, simply send us an e-mail at contact@smartaboutsalt.com, or write to us at:

Smart About Salt Council (SASC), 7856 Fifth Ln S, RR4, Milton, ON, L9T 2X8, Canada

Refund Policy

Note: All transactions are processed in Canadian dollars.

Fees are collected for training, certifications and sponsorships.

Fees are due upon application.

Training

Training fees are typically non-refundable however, SASC may consider a refund if the training course is cancelled at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the day of training. In the event of cancellation by the registrant the full fee, less fifty dollar ($50) administration fee, will be refunded by cheque mailed to the registrant. If cancellation occurs less than seven (7) days prior to the day of training the full fee is forfeited by the registrant.

Certification

The certification fee is non-refundable.

Sponsorships

The sponsorship fee is non-refundable.

Terms of Use

The Smart About Salt Council, a not-for-profit corporation, welcomes you to our web site. You should carefully read the following terms of use ("Terms of Use") before using our web site. By using our web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. This is a legally binding agreement and begins the moment you access our web site. While surfing on this web site, you recognise and accept all the Terms of Use set forth herein. Only we, at our sole discretion and without any notice, can modify these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the Terms of Use, do not use this web site. Further, you are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use.

General remark

We offer no guaranty to the longevity of this web site and reserve the right to terminate it at any moment, at our sole discretion and that without notice. We assume no responsibility for any prejudice or drawback resulting from the termination of this web site.

Use of the site

You may display the web site and, subject to any expressly stated restriction or limitation relating to specific content, electronically copy, download and print hard copy portions of the content from the different areas of the web site exclusively for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not use portions of the content from the website to give the impression that you are certified by The Smart About Salt Council if this is not the case.

Harassment in any manner or form on this web site or any of our web sites, including e-mail chat rooms, blogs or any other social media forum or obscene or abusive language is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including our employees, hosts, or representatives or other members or visitors of this web site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the site any content which is libellous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable, or which may constitute or encourage a criminal offence, violate the rights of any party including, without limitation, their intellectual property rights, or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the web site or use the web site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organisation.

Trade-Marks And Copyrights

The entire content included in this web site, including but not limited to texts, designs, graphics, interfaces, or code and the selection and arrangement thereof (the "Content"), is protected by copyright and the reproduction, copying, publication, retransmission, communication translation or use of the Content for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without our prior written consent.

All trade-marks, registered or not, service marks and trade names (collectively the "Marks") are our property, or other respective owners that have granted us the right and licence to use such Marks. The following are our trade-marks: Smart About Salt®. Should you submit any notes, messages / billboard postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts or any other material, you are thereby assigning all your rights in it to us, and waive all moral rights therein, and that on a perpetual irrevocable and worldwide basis. Consequently, you agree that we have the right to publish the material for any type of use including promotional and advertising purposes.

Linking

We want to provide increased value to you, our visitors. Therefore, we might offer you links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by a third party. As these are third parties, and therefore not affiliated with us, we have no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices independent of our own. Consequently, we cannot be held liable and we offer no guaranty whatsoever as to the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of the information contained on such web sites.

The links which we might place on our web site do not imply that we sponsor, endorse or are affiliated or associated with, or had been legally authorised to use any trade-mark, trade name, service mark, design, logo, symbol or other copyrighted materials displayed on or accessible through such sites.

However, we would be happy to receive any feedback that you may have concerning these external links that we have placed on our web site.

Confidentiality

We respect your privacy rights and ask that you consult our privacy statement for full details on how we treat your personal information.

Disclaimer / Limitation Of Liability

Although we strive to update and keep accurate as much as possible the information contained in this web site, errors or omissions can occur. We make no warranty or representation, therefore, about the accuracy or completeness of the Content of this web site, or the content of any web site or external site.

This web site and the Content, information, services, and products listed in this site, including without limitation, text, graphics, and links, are provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, freedom from computer virus, and warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. We do not represent or warrant that the functions contained in this web site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that this web site or that the server which makes the web site available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the materials in this web site in terms of their completeness, correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. You should not act or rely of any on the content without seeking advice of a qualified professional.

In no event shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever, even if we have been previously advised of the possibility of such damages, whether in an action under contract, negligence, civil liability, or any other theory arising out of or in connection with the use, inability to use, or performance of the information, services, products, and materials available from this site. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of the central purpose of any limited remedy.

You use this web site at your own risk and consent not to pretend otherwise.

Applicable Laws

This Terms of Use is governed in accordance with the laws in force in the province of Ontario and the federal laws applicable therein. Should any provision of the present Terms of Use be found invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the incompatible provision will simply be dissociated from the rest of this Terms of Use, and the remainder remains in force.

If you suffer any prejudice whatsoever or disagree in any way with the conditions of this Terms of Use, your only recourse is to leave the web site.

These Terms of Use and any and all other legal notices posted on the web site constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the use of this web site and its content.