Legal Notices                                                      [Our Privacy Policy follows these Legal Notices]

Terms and Conditions of Use of the Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre Website

Please read the following legal notices carefully. Your use of this web site constitutes your agreement with the terms and conditions set forth below. These terms and conditions may be changed or updated at any time. You are responsible for reviewing them periodically for current information.

Trademark/Copyright

The Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre is the owner of the Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre Website which is protected by copyright laws. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and icons, registered or not, are the property of Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre or third parties which may be indicated. Other materials, including video, sound recordings and images, on this web site are a copyright of or proprietary to Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre or are used with the consent of the owner. The contents of this site are protected by copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws of Canada or in some instances, foreign laws. Unauthorized use may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. You may copy or print materials of Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre from this site limited solely for your noncommercial, personal use unless otherwise indicated. You must retain any and all proprietary or copyright notices. You may not copy, transmit, distribute, modify, publicly perform, reuse, sell, or display any of the contents of this web site for any public or commercial purpose except with the prior written consent of Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre or the owners of the materials. You may not use the contents in any other web site or in a network computer environment.

Links to Third Party Websites

Links from this site to a non-Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre site may be provided for users' convenience only. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre does not control or review these sites nor does the provision of any link imply an endorsement of or association with such non-Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre sites. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre is not responsible for and makes no representation or warranty regarding the contents, completeness or accuracy or security of any materials on such sites. If you decide to access such non-Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre sites, you do so at your own risk.

No Warranties

The information posted on the Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre Website is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, security, accuracy or non-infringement of third party rights. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre may change the information posted on this Website at any time, without notice. Under no circumstances shall Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre be liable for any errors or omissions in the content of this Website, or for any reliance placed on the information obtained through this Website. It is your responsibility to evaluate all aspects of the information and other content available through this Website.

Notices Regarding Software, Documents and Services Available on this Website

The materials and services on this web site are provided "as is" and for information purposes only. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre makes no representations or warranties that the materials are suitable for your needs, are complete, timely, reliable, or are free from errors, inaccuracies or typographical mistakes. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of other's rights. Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre does not warrant that the web site will operate error free or is free from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other destructive or harmful code.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre be liable to you for damages of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, consequential, special, incidental, including without limitation, lost profits or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption, or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever that may result from your use of or inability to use this web site or the materials or services provided on this web site or the products or services received from this web site. Exemptions of implied warranties may not be allowed in all jurisdictions.

Governing Laws/Severability of Provisions

This web site and the agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws. If any provision or provisions of this agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or be impaired thereby. You agree that any dispute between you and Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre arising from your use of this web site shall be brought exclusively in the province or federal courts of competent jurisdiction in Ontario.

Information about our Organization and Web site:

Modern information and communication technologies play a growing role in the activities of an organization like the Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre. We are based in Canada . Our principal activity is the teaching of T'ai Chi and Qigong.

Our privacy policy covers Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre and its Web site: 
      Phoenix T'ai Chi Centre
      206 - 311 Wellington Court
      London ON  N6C 4P3
      Privacy Controller: Peter Sass-Kortsak
      Web Site: www.phoenixtaichi.ca

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access:

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site:

Among other services, our Web site enables registered users only to post messages to be accessed by other registered users.  When you do so, other registered users may view your User ID.  Our Web site includes links to a third party Web service provider, our host, and many other external links to sites that our users might find helpful and informative.  Users are asked to check the Privacy Policy of any Web site they visit.  We cannot accept any responsibility for other sites.

Automatic Collection of Information:

We do not automatically log personal data.  We do not use cookies to store personal data nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.  We do use application cookies which allow us to recognize your User ID and security level as you navigate the Web site.  Some parts of the Web site will not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification:

We only collect the personal data that you may volunteer when you request a User ID: telephone number and email address.  We collect this data for the purpose of maintaining directories of staff and students.  The directories are only available to registered staff and students.  We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we will offer you the means to consent to this new purpose via email or written communication.
 
Children's Privacy:

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. We take specific steps to protect the privacy of children by verifying that User ID requesters are adult staff or students.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice:

We do not disclose your personal data to other organizations.

Confidentiality / Security:

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification and from unlawful destruction or accidental loss.
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.
We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to government institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you:

You can ask us, by sending an email to privacy@phoenixtaichi.ca, whether we are keeping personal data about you.  You can also visit www.phoenixtaichi.ca, log in and view the Contacts list under the Staff Info or Student Info tabs to see the personal data that we may be keeping about you.
Upon request, which you can indicate by sending an email to privacy@phoenixtaichi.ca, we will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, although we may first require proof of your identity.  We will provide the information without any charge.  We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, rectified, amended or completed.  We do not reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance:

Our privacy policy is compliant with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Canada.  In order to demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the above privacy instrument, we are voluntarily committed to a self assessment procedure.

Privacy Support:

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:
The Secretary via email to privacy@phoenixtaichi.ca,  or by using the Contact Us form at www.phoenixtaichi.ca.

Acknowledgement:

We acknowledge the assistance provided by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the development of our privacy policy and statement.  (OECD Privacy Statement Generator at www.oecd.org)