Legal & Privacy Policy

Copyright/Permission to Reproduce
Materials on this Web site were produced and/or compiled by Food Safety Information Society for the purpose of providing Canadians with access to food safety information.

The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act , by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.

Non-commercial Reproduction
Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from Food Safety Information Society. We ask only that:

• User exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced;
• The Food Safety Information Society be identified as the source;
  
• The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made, in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Food Safety Information Society and it's partners.

Commercial Reproduction
Reproduction of multiple copies of materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited.

Third-party Materials
Some of the materials and graphical elements found on the Food Safety Information Society Web site are subject to copyrights held by other organizations. This is particularly true of sites that are jointly operated by a Government of Canada institution and an external organization as part of a collaborative arrangement. In such cases, some restrictions on the reproduction of materials or graphical elements may apply and it may be necessary to seek permission from the rights holder prior to reproducing the material.

Privacy Notice
Food Safety Information Society is committed to providing visitors with web sites that respect their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on the Food Safety Information Society.

• The Food Safety Information Society does not gather any specific personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. We would only obtain this type of information if you supply it by sending us an e-mail or filled out an online information request form.
• All personal information created, held or collected by this department is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be asked for consent to collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.
• Food Safety Information Society employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer that has contacted our Web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
• The Food Safety Information Society does not use "cookies" to track how our visitors use this site or to determine sites previously visited. In the event that we did, the system will notify you before any cookies are used so that you may refuse them. (A "cookie" is a file that may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a Web site to allow it to monitor your use of the site.)
• Information on individual visitors is used by the Food Safety Information Society and its partners who need to know the information in order to respond to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We only share the information you give us with another government department or partners, if your inquiry relates to them. We do not use the information to create individual profiles.