Terms of use

By accessing the website accessforward.ca, including any of its sub-sites or pages (altogether the “website”), you are agreeing to these Terms of use. Therefore, we suggest that you review these Terms of use carefully.

If you can’t access these Terms of use or any link provided as part of these Terms of use, or if you have questions concerning these Terms of use please contact us.

1. Who we are
2. Acceptable use of this website
3. Privacy
4. Copyright
5. Trademark
6. Links to other websites and social media platforms
7. Your privacy and third-party sites
8. Links from other websites and social media platforms
9. Disclaimer of warranty / Limitation of liability
10. General

When we say “we”, “us” or “our”, we mean His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario (or more commonly known as the Government of Ontario operating as AccessForward, a free training website to assist organizations who have obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.)

We require you to follow several simple rules when accessing or using this website. You must not:

• use this website in violation of any law, rule or regulation
• interfere with or disrupt this website or any of our computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment used by or for this website
• interfere with the use or enjoyment of this website by others
• introduce code which is disruptive or harmful
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to our computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment, including to: user-restricted areas of this website; logins and passwords of others; or personal information and personal accounts of others

You must not encourage or otherwise induce other persons to do any of the above.

If you provide any personal information to us through this website, we will handle it according to what is set out in our Privacy Policy.

Unless we tell you otherwise, the content on this website is protected by Crown copyright. Crown copyright is held by the King’s Printer for Ontario. Your ability to use and reproduce content owned by the King’s Printer for Ontario is set out on the Copyright information page.

The official marks, trademarks, logos and symbols of the Government of Ontario including all those associated with AccessForward may not be reproduced, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes, without our prior authorization which you must receive in writing from us.

You may see links on this website to other websites and some widely used social media platforms. We have included them because they may be of interest to you. Just to be clear, providing a link to them doesn’t mean that we endorse or recommend them to you.

Also, since these other websites and social media platforms are controlled and maintained by other people, we can’t be sure that the link will still work when you click on it or that the service or content is useful, appropriate, virus-free or reliable. Therefore, you need to decide for yourself whether you want to follow any link or to agree to receive or rely on any service or content that is made available to you.

Important Privacy Information: Any information that you provide to or through a social media platform or other website is not collected or controlled by the Government of Ontario. Social media platforms or other websites are not bound by our Privacy Statement. You should review the privacy policies of any linked website or social media platform before providing any personal or other information. Others may not comply with the same privacy laws, policies and practices that we do! Please be careful.

Unless we tell you otherwise, other websites and social media platforms that link to this website or any Government of Ontario website are not associated with us or endorsed by us.

We cannot make this website as current, informative and interactive as possible without the important legal disclaimers of warranty and liability set out below. Make sure you don’t skip this section! Warranty disclaimer Use of this website and its contents is at your own risk. This website and all of its content are provided “As Is”. This training resource is not legal advice, and you must not rely on any content published on or linked to this website without first making your own enquiries to verify it is accurate, current and complete. We do not make, and expressly disclaim, any representations, warranties, covenants and conditions, express or implied, arising out of operation of law, course of performance, course of dealing, usage of trade or otherwise, including any express or implied warranties and conditions of: merchantability; merchantable quality; fitness for a particular purpose; non- infringement; safety; quality; freedom from defects or that defects will be corrected; uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free use of this website; or accuracy, currency, reliability, completeness or appropriateness relating to the content of this website. This resource has been created to assist in understanding the legislation and/or regulation and does not replace the official version of the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation, Ontario Regulation 191/11 and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). If there is any conflict between this resource, the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation and the AODA, the regulation and the AODA are the final authorities. This resource may be used for non-commercial, not-for-profit purposes only in meeting the requirements of the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation 191/11. Limitation of liability Under no circumstances will His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario operating as AccessForward or the members of the Executive Council and its and their employees, agents and independent contractors have any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary or other damages, and including without limitation to any loss of profit, costs, expenses, harm to business, business interruption, reputation, loss of information or programs or data, loss of savings, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of tangible or intangible property, legal fees or legal costs, wasted management or office time or damages of any kind whatsoever), whether based in contract, tort, negligence or any other legal basis, arising out of or in connection with this website, any linked website or linked social media platform (including without limitation any damages suffered as a result of the use, inability to use, failure of, or any omissions or inaccuracies in, this website, any linked websites or linked social media platforms, or any of the services or content of the foregoing), even if the Government of Ontario has been specifically advised of the possibility of such damage or loss, or if such damage or loss was foreseeable.

The Government of Ontario reserves the right to supplement, remove or modify these Terms of use at any time and from time to time without notice. Please check this website regularly for any changes. If you continue to use this website following a change to these Terms of use, you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.

If any term or condition set out in this Terms of use is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will continue in full force.

These Terms of use are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and deemed to be entered into by you in the Province of Ontario.