Terms and Conditions of Use
I. Copyright and Reproduction
Focus Governance’s general policies on granting permission for the use of its website, copying of print graphics or publications, copying of digital graphics, information or publications and the ‘fair use’ of content and Focus Governance materials or information are outlined here.
Except as outlined below, all rights are reserved.
‘Fair use’ of FocusGovernance.com content is defined as
- the excerption of FocusGovernance.com copyrighted material for such purposes as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research in which the use is for non-commercial purposes
- the reproduction of less than 10 per cent of a published data set.
Fair use is freely authorized as long as due reference is given to the specific FocusGovernance.com source or sources.
Reproduction of contents of the FocusGovernance.com website
FocusGovernance.com freely authorizes the downloading and/or printing of the contents of its website for any non-commercial use. You may use or cite the contents of the website only if you give a clear reference to its source. For any commercial use of the content on this website (e.g. repurposing or reprinting information, graphics and content for cash sales), please obtain written permission from FocusGovernance.com. For use of non-FocusGovernance.com material, permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Since the FocusGovernance.com website is frequently updated and modified, you should not copy contents from the FocusGovernance.com website for reproduction on your own website. Instead, you should create links to pages on the FocusGovernance.com website. Creating links to the FocusGovernance.com website is freely permitted, so long as this is done in a manner that is not misleading, e.g. does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with FocusGovernance.com. Please inform FocusGovernance.com when such links are created.
Reproduction of FocusGovernance.com publications
Permission to photocopy FocusGovernance.com print publications by institutions, educators, and other users may be obtained from FocusGovernance.com.
For photocopying and scanning of FocusGovernance.com publications by all others: you may make single copies for your own private use. For all other purposes, such as copies made for any public or commercial purpose, or if copies will be sold at a cash price to readers, permission should be obtained from FocusGovernance.com.
Authors and publishers who intend to reproduce a FocusGovernance.com publication in whole or in part should contact FocusGovernance.com with details of the text for which permission is sought and the publication in which it is to be reproduced (including the price, print run and intended distribution).
II. Terms and conditions of usage of the FocusGovernance.com website
Usage of FocusGovernance.com’s website constitutes agreement with the following terms and conditions.
Personal, non-commercial usage
FocusGovernance.com grants permission to visit its website and to download and copy information, graphics, data, documents, and materials from the FocusGovernance.com website for personal, non-commercial usage only, without any right to resell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works, subject to these terms and conditions of usage and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to particular information within the website. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Commercial usage
FocusGovernance.com offers services and applies fees for commercial usage of its information and material.
On request to FocusGovernance.com, specific data and information packages can be obtained.
Disclaimers
The information on the FocusGovernance.com website is provided ‘as is’ and without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
FocusGovernance.com shall not be liable for any losses or damages incurred or suffered in connection with its website, including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, even if FocusGovernance.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Except where expressly stated, the materials on this website represent views of the authors thereof and are not necessarily those of FocusGovernance.com. FocusGovernance.com does not endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information provided on its website by third parties, or of any information in third-party websites and publications that may be linked to the FocusGovernance.com website or referred to within it.
All postings to forums on the website become the sole property of FocusGovernance.com, which reserves the right to modify or remove them. FocusGovernance.com shall have no obligation to review or screen any postings, but postings to moderated forums may not appear on this website until after the moderator has approved them. Postings to the FocusGovernance.com website, whether approved by a moderator or not, are not endorsed by FocusGovernance.com. Visitors shall use forums on the FocusGovernance.com website solely for lawful and ethical purposes related to the subject of each particular forum.
This website may include content that has been translated from English or to English. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of translations, the version used by FocusGovernance.com is the English version of the document, as English is the working language of FocusGovernance.com.
General
FocusGovernance.com reserves the right in its sole discretion, without notice or obligation to take the needs of any user into consideration, to modify or terminate its website and to deny any user access to its website, information, materials or any portion thereof.
These terms and conditions of usage constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver or amendment of these terms and conditions of usage shall be binding upon FocusGovernance.com unless in writing and signed by its duly authorized representative.
These terms and conditions of usage will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of Canada.