Terms of Use

Your access and use of the www.myboardnotes.com, www.myboardnotes.ca, and/or www.boardnotes.ca webpages, forums, blogs and related content (collectively, the “Website”) constitutes your express and unconditional acceptance of all the terms and conditions contained herein (the "Terms of Use").

Board Notes Online Learning Platform ("Board Notes") owns or operates the Website. These Terms of Use govern your use and access to the Website. By accessing or using the Website you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Use, and your continued access and use of the Website constitutes your continuing acceptance and agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, do not access or otherwise use the Website. By accessing and using the Website you represent and warrant to Board Notes that you have full legal authority to accept and be bound by the Terms of Use on your own behalf and on behalf of any person that you represent.

Also note the Terms of Use may change from time to time and it is your responsibility to check for such updates on the Website. If any change to the Terms of Use is unacceptable to you, your sole recourse is to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website. Your continued use of the Website shall constitute your acceptance of the Terms of Use as amended. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, Board Notes grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Website.

Board Notes does not warrant or make any representations as to the security of the Website nor does it warrant the functions or materials accessible from or contained in the Website will work uninterrupted or error free, the defects will be corrected, or that the Website is free from viruses or other harmful elements.

Disclaimer of Warranty

The Website and all information and other materials made available on or through the Website are provided ‘as-is’ without representations, warranties, conditions and indemnities of any kind, either express or implied. Board Notes disclaims all representations, warranties and conditions, expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, including, without limitation, implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, uninterrupted or error-free operation, title, non-infringement or other violation of rights, or those arising out of a course of dealing or usage of trade. Board Notes DOES NOT provide any representations, warranties, conditions or indemnities regarding the use, validity, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, availability or reliability of, or any results of the use of, or otherwise respecting, the Website or any information or other materials made available on or through the Website or any websites linked to or from the Website. Board Notes DOES NOT ASSUME any obligation to update the Website or advise of any further developments with respect to the Website. Information that is provided on the Website or on other websites to which the Website provides links may contain errors and may be subject to change without notice.

BOARD NOTES DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OR FEATURE OF THE WEBSITE IS ERROR-FREE. BOARD NOTES CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY INFORMATION OR DATA IS ACCURATE. BOARD NOTES IS NOT REGULATED, APPROVED, OR ENDORSED BY THE SASKATCHEWAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, OR AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST BOARD NOTES FOR DISSATISFACTION OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Board Notes be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, aggravated, economic or consequential damages, including, without limitation, loss of use, data, profit, opportunity or savings, arising out of or in any way related to the use, or the inability to use or access the Website or any information or other materials available on or through the Website whether based in contact, tort, negligence or otherwise, even if Board Notes or an authorized representative of Board Notes has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If your use of the Website or any information or other materials available on or through the Website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment or data, you assume any costs thereof.

User Account

In order to access certain areas of this Website you must register for a personal account (“User Account”) by providing an email address, password and other personal information. Certain Website functions may have additional eligibility requirements as specified on the Website. You represent that all information provided by you is accurate, current and complete and you agree that you will maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your use of the Website.

Personal details provided via the Website are subject to the Website privacy policy available at www.myboardnotes.com, as amended from time to time (the “Privacy Policy”) and such Privacy Policy is incorporated into and forms part of the Terms of Use. By providing your personal details you are consenting to use of that personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account with any third party for any reason. You also agree to that you will create, use, and access only one User Account, and that you will not access the Website using multiple User Accounts.

Age Restriction

Registration and participation on the Website is restricted to those individuals over 18 years of age, emancipated minors, or those who possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties herein. By registering or participating in services or functions on the Website, you hereby represent that you are over 18 years of age, an emancipated minor or in possession of consent by a legal parent or guardian and have the authority to enter into the Terms of Use.

Website Access, Content and Forums

You are granted a limited, revocable and non-exclusive license to use the Website. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use the Website in accordance with the Terms of Use. Board Notes may, in its sole discretion, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time. Board Notes may also impose limits on certain Website features and services, or restrict your access to parts of the Website without notice or liability to you.

All content, information and advice contained on the Website (collectively, the "Information") is provided on an “as-is” basis and Board Notes hereby expressly disclaims all liability and you hereby waive, as against Board Notes, for any action you may take as a result of relying on such content, information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of you taking this action. You understand that the Information may be created by Board Notes or a third party. The Information may be protected by intellectual property rights owned by Board Notes or the third party which provides such Information to the Website. None of the Information may be otherwise reproduced, modified, republished, sold or distributed, in whole or in part, in any manner or form without the prior written consent of Board Notes or the third party which has provided such Information.

Should any part of the Website offer you the opportunity to join in, read from or comment on a forum, blog post or article, please be aware that any communications posted on the Website represent the views of the individual who posted such communication and are not to be taken as the views of Board Notes. Board Notes accepts no responsibility or liability for anything posted on the Website by any user of the Website. You may not use the Website to post, upload or otherwise transmit information or pictures that are defamatory, a breach of privacy or otherwise unlawful. You agree that you are solely responsible for any Information or communication you create, transmit, post or display via the Website in accordance with the Terms of Use. Board Notes reserves the right to monitor any information transmitted or received through the Website. Board Notes, at its sole discretion and without prior notice, may at any time review, remove or otherwise block any materials posted on the Website.

Subject to any exceptions contained in the Terms of Use you may not:

  • Copy, distribute, publish, broadcast, reproduce, alter or tamper with in any way, or otherwise use any material contained on the Website;
  • Remove any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property notices contained on any material copied or printed from the Website; or
  • Link to the Website,

without Board Notes’ prior written consent.

Rules of Conduct

By using the Website, you agree that you will not upload, post, or otherwise transmit any content (including text, links, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information) that:

  • Is not consistent with the permissible uses outlined by the Terms of Use, including, but not limited to, content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, vulgar, profane, sexually explicit, obscene, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise objectionable;
  • Constitutes advertising or promotion, junk mail, "spamming," chain letters, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation. Links that connect to commercial websites will not be considered unauthorized solicitations unless the link or the website content appears to be intended as a means of solicitation as determined by Board Notes in its sole discretion;
  • Contains software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or any other computer code or files that are designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software or hardware;
  • Intentionally interferes with the operation of the Website including, without limitation, mail or "post" bombing, news bombing, other flooding techniques, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks, or attempts to avoid messaging blocking;
  • Impersonates any person or entity, including a Board Notes employee or forges any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header or any part of a message header. This prohibition does not include the use of aliases or anonymous re-mailers;
  • Attacks or insults another Website user; or
  • Suggests or encourages illegal activity.

Links

You are not permitted to post hypertext links on the Website to content hosted and maintained by you or third parties.

You should use your own judgment before you use any link or access any linked site from the Website. Linked sites accessible from the Website may not be moderated or controlled by Board Notes. Your access to any linked site is at your own risk. When leaving the Website using any link, you should be aware that the Terms of Use identified herein no longer govern, and, therefore, you should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of that linked site. If you access a linked site and find that materials to be in violation of the Terms of Use, you may report the link to us.

Board Notes makes no claims or representations regarding, or accepts any responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of linked sites accessible from the Website.

Intellectual Property

The Website contains materials which are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. All copyright and other intellectual property rights in these materials are either owned by Board Notes or the third party which created such materials.

All comments, suggestions, graphics, videos, images, ideas and other information or materials you submit to Board Notes through, or post or display on, the Website will become and remain the exclusive property of Board Notes, including any future rights associated with such submissions, postings and displays. You hereby disclaim any proprietary rights to such submissions, postings and displays and waive all moral rights therein, in favour of Board Notes. In such jurisdictions where applicable law does not allow you to assign or transfer intellectual property rights in such submissions, postings and displays, you will retain copyright and any other rights you may already have in such information and materials, and in such event you give Board Notes a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, broadcast or otherwise use or distribute such information and materials. Subject to Board Notes’ Privacy Policy, Board Notes is under no obligation to keep your information confidential.

Enforcement

Board Notes reserves the right to investigate any violation of the Terms of Use and to take appropriate remedial action. Board Notes has absolute discretion to enforce the Terms of Use, including, but not limited to warning users of violations, disabling or suspending Website access, deleting, screening or editing any content, or prohibiting any behavior that does not comply with these Terms of Use or which is harmful, objectionable, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate for the Website.

Deliberate attempts by you or someone on your behalf to evade or circumvent your suspension or termination of your rights to use the Website violates these Terms of Use, constitutes an unlawful intrusion to the equipment and systems of Board Notes, and may result in legal action.

Governing Law

The laws of the Province of Saskatchewan and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern as to the interpretation, validity and effect of these Terms of Use notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions or your domicile, residence, or physical location. You hereby consent and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Saskatchewan in any action or proceeding instituted under or related to these Terms of Use.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us:

Board Notes Online Learning Platform

Email: [email protected]