Terms of Service
EFFECTIVE REVISION DATE: 2022.09.30
1. TERMS OF USE
These Website Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) were last amended on 2022.09.30.
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS UNDER WHICH YOU MAY ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE LOCATED AT WWW.IMPACTDASHBOARD.ORG. BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF THE WEBSITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE TO REGISTER FOR AND USE THIS WEBSITE.
2. THE IMPACT DASHBOARD
The Centre for Social Innovation (“we”, “our”, “us”) is providing the Impact Dashboard online community collaboration system at http://www.impactdashboard.org (such website and associated services is collectively, the “Website”) to you (“you”, “your”) and specific individuals and organizations to work together to boost social innovation initiatives, capacity and impact focused on people and planet first outcomes. This is accomplished through discussions and the sharing of ideas and information (all, collectively “Information”) through the Website.
3. SYSTEM ACCESS
The Website will only be accessible to approved contributors who use their email username and unique password they create. Access is limited to individuals and organizations registered with us. If you are interested in accessing the Website please use the “Contact us” information on our website at impactdashboard.org to make an inquiry. We will respond back with applicant criteria and cost.
You agree to only access the Website using phones, tablets, computers and screen readers that have current operating systems and industry standard anti-virus/malware software.
We reserve the right to deactivate access for any user who is no longer registered and any fraudulent use (including misrepresentation).
4. LICENSE
You are hereby granted a non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and access the Website pursuant to the terms set out in this Agreement.
While use of the Website is currently without charge, we reserve the right in the future to charge a fee for use of some or all of the features and services offered by the Website.
5. ACCESS
In order to access and use the Website you agree to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any other access or use shall constitute a trespass on our computer systems, shall constitute an infringement of our intellectual property and an unlawful use of our assets.
Certain portions of the Website may require you to have a user id. This may require you to provide some personal information to us. You agree to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested and (b) promptly update this information as required to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
We have the right, in our sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your current and future access and use of the Website in the event we reasonably believe that you are conducting yourself or providing Information in a manner which is in breach of this Agreement.
We reserve the right to monitor your use of the Website to ensure that the terms set out in this Agreement are being complied with.
6. YOUR CONDUCT
We are very concerned about the privacy and safety of all users, especially children.
You shall not submit any Information or provide a link to any Information, whether to the Website or any other participant of the Website:
● which is false or misleading;
● which is defamatory, libelous, harassing, threatening of or to any person or organization;
● which is obscene or contains pornography of any kind;
● which infringes or potentially infringes any third party intellectual property or proprietary right including without limitation, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or privacy;
● which is harmful or potentially harmful including, without limitation, that which places any person's health or safety at risk, places the integrity or security of any computer system at risk or distribute any virus, Trojan horse, worm, time bomb or other harmful or invasive computer program;
● which in any way violates any federal, state or provincial law, statute, ordinance or regulation in any jurisdiction including without limitation those relating to export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, discrimination or false advertising; or
● which creates liability or damage or potentially creates liability or damage to us or our computer systems or our service providers.
You shall not:
● send unsolicited e-mails or other communications to other participants, except as may be permitted by the services provided by the Website; or
● use the Website to commit any dishonest act, act of fraud or any act which infringes any third party rights.
You agree not to use any spider, robot or other automatic means to search or monitor the content of the Website. You agree that you shall not use any automatic means, including software, to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the Website or any related service or their use by any other user. You agree not to cause any unreasonable burden or load on the Website or its computer systems.
7. YOUR DATA
We may use, share, publish and sell, in any manner whatsoever, all data and other Information that you input into the Website, including KPIs, and the underlying models you may use and the results from your use of the Website, including impacts and effectiveness of your Theory of Change, provided we will anonymize all such data or aggregate it with other users' data so that it cannot be attributed back to you.
We may also share your data and other Information with our service providers and affiliated companies.
8. OTHER USERS
As with any activity on the Internet, there is a risk that any individual may be misrepresenting who they actually are. Their motivation for this misrepresentation may include for the purposes of fraud, deceit, identity theft and other criminal activity. As such, we strongly encourage you to be vigilant in all interactions with participants of the Website.
We do not employ any verification in order to verify that an individual is who they claim to be.
BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF THE WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO ASSUME ALL RISKS OF LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY OTHER PARTICIPANT OF THE WEBSITE.
9. YOUR SUBMISSIONS
We will make available to you the ability to submit Information and/or provide links to the Website and other participants. You agree that all of your submissions will be in compliance with this Agreement. All submissions may be subject to review by us prior to the Information or link being posted to the Website or made available to other participants. We may refuse to post any Information or link and may remove the same for any reason, in our sole discretion.
Irrespective, you are and will remain responsible for all Information and links that you post to the Website.
Notwithstanding our review, if any, you agree to indemnify us and all other participants for any loss or damage we or any participant may suffer as a result of the posting of any Information or link that you submit.
10. THIRD PARTY SUBMISSIONS
Some portions of the Website allow users to post and/or provide Information as well as links to other resources on the Internet. Some of this may be reviewed by us prior to its posting.
However, even if we review the Information it does not mean we agree with or endorses the same or that we believe the same to be true. Further, you should assume that we have not, in fact, reviewed, verified or investigated any Information that has been submitted to the Website or made available to you or any website to which a link may resolve. Further, you should assume that we will not, in fact, review or monitor in the future any such Information or websites.
Further, you are strongly encouraged to use caution in any reliance on any Information or link that has been posted to the Website or made available to you. Further, you are strongly encouraged to use a secondary means to verify the veracity of any Information or link posted to the Website or made available to you.
You agree to assume all risks in regards to the condition, suitability, safety, accuracy, quality, integrity and legality of any Information or link submitted and any consequence arising in connection with your reliance or use of same.
Under no circumstances will we be liable in any manner for any of the foregoing.
11. LINKS TO INTERNET RESOURCES
Links to other Internet resources which are provided at the Website are provided as a courtesy and you may only use them at your sole risk. The content, accuracy, opinions expressed, other Information and any products or services obtained from or through any links are not investigated, verified, monitored or endorsed by us. We shall not be responsible for any content or the use of any products or services obtained from or through those links.
No partnership or other relationship should be implied merely from the fact that a link to a third-party website is provided on the Website.
12. WEBSITE USE
You are solely responsible for the Information you contribute to the Website including group-related messages, pictures, videos, files, event announcements, ideas, and other messages. You agree to contribute, store and allow other contributors to freely use, at no cost, the Information you mshare.
Examples of the benefits of contributors sharing Information include:
● Provide insights and services to one another to assist in furthering our strategies, tactics, outcomes and impact.
● Serving as starting point for “Idea Jams” in creating new social innovation programs, initiatives and solutions.
● Allowing one another to improve existing social programs, initiatives and solutions.
● Providing news updates on contributor programs, initiatives and events.
All Website contributors grant one another a non-exclusive, unlimited duration, non-geographic, royalty-free, transferable right to use, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, publish, print, modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works from the Information shared on the Website or publicly, in a manner in, and for, the purposes outlined above; you represent and warrant that (i) you own and control all of the rights to the Information you contribute or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute the Information, to or through the Website; and (ii) the use and posting or other transmission of the Information does not violate this Agreement and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. Fraudulent Information will be removed from the Websites without notice.
You pledge to keep your Information as accurate and up-to-date as possible for the benefit of other contributors and the outcomes you are looking to achieve. You understand that contributed Information is “as-is” with no warranty.
The Website allows you to connect and interact with all other contributors and discuss one another’s Information contributions.
When your participation ends, your account on the Website will be deactivated, your contributed Information will be maintained and the use rights to your Information you granted to us and the current and future contributors remains in effect. These same rights are maintained in the same fashion if your user account is deactivated after one year of non-use or you decide to deactivate your account.
13. IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON USE
One of the fundamental premises behind us, which is captured in the capability of the Website, is that users can communicate concerns and make suggestions to various individuals and organizations about social innovation initiatives, capacity and impact focused on people and planet first outcomes.
It is this free flow of Information that makes it possible for us and the Website to reach its potential as an agent for change.
You hereby agree and understand that any suggestion or comment that you make by or through the Website may be published on the Website and will be fully open to the public for viewing.
By making any suggestion or comment by or through the Website, you further agree to grant, and you will be thereby granting, to us, a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive and irrevocable license to use that suggestion or comment in any manner that we may wish, including to improve our products and services and our organization and our processes. You hereby agree and acknowledge that you will not receive any compensation in connection with the same.
Further, you hereby agree and acknowledge that by posting your suggestion or comment you may be giving up certain proprietary rights, including the right to apply for a patent and the right to receive any economic benefit from your suggestion or comment. If you are not prepared to grant the foregoing license and to give up these rights or if you do not understand the consequences of posting a suggestion or comment then do not post the suggestion or comment. Further, if you are in doubt, we encourage you to speak to a lawyer.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We have certain protectable proprietary rights in our Website, including copyrights and trademarks. You may not modify, copy, publish, republish, transmit, sell, create derivative works, display, frame or in any way exploit any content contained on the Website other than as explicitly permitted as set out on the Website.
15. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
THE WEBSITE AND ANY RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND IS USED BY YOU AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IN RESPECT OF SAME, WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS WHATSOEVER, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE SAME INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR CONDITIONS OF CORRECTNESS, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE INCLUDING THOSE IMPLIED BY STATUTE. THE WEBSITE AND ANY RELATED SERVICES MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS, VIRUSES OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY SUCH BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR VIRUSES OR OTHER LIMITATIONS.
16. LIMITED LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE OR MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INTERACTION WITH ANY OTHER PARTICIPANT. ANY PARTICIPATION BY YOU IN ANY OF THE FOREGOING ACTIVITIES SHALL BE COMPLETELY AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND WE SHALL NOT INCUR ANY LIABILITY AS A RESULT OF THE SAME EVEN IF CAUSED BY OUR NEGLIGENCE OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION BY US AND WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE TOLD OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SAME. IN ALL OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, HOWEVER ARISING, SHALL BE LIMITED TO $10.00 (CLDN) OR THE FEES THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID TO US, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
17. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold us, our employees, officers, directors, agents and partners harmless from any and all claims and demands, including reasonable attorney fees, made by anyone due to or arising from your use of the Website, any related service or any results generated from any of the foregoing or your violation of this Agreement.
18. APPLICABLE LAWS
This Agreement, your use and your contributions will be governed and resolved by the laws of the province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
19. SEVERANCE
If any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
20. TERMINATION
Notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the sections on your data, website use, improvements based on use, intellectual property, warranty disclaimer, limited liability and indemnity shall survive such termination or expiration.
21. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The terms and conditions set out in this Agreement constitute the entire terms and conditions with respect to the use of the Website and any related services and the relationship between the parties for the purposes of the same. None of our representatives are authorized to amend the terms of this Agreement other than as specifically provided for herein.
22. DISPUTES
You agree that any legal action or proceeding between you and us which in any way concerns this Agreement or the use of the Website shall be brought exclusively in the courts of Ontario. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may apply to any court of competent jurisdictions to obtain injunctive relief. We are headquartered in Ontario, Canada.
23. NO AGENCY
The parties are independent entities and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended nor created by this Agreement and neither party shall state or imply anything to the contrary.
24. NO WAIVER
Our failure to insist upon or enforce strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right of the same or different type in the future.
25. HEADINGS
Headings are for reference purposes only and shall not be used in the interpretation of this Agreement.
26. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting a new agreement in place of this one. We will post notice that the Agreement has been amended on our main website located at www.impactdashboard.org for a period of 30 days. The amended agreement shall automatically be effective when posted.
Your continued use of the Website following the posting of the amended agreement and the posting of such notice shall mean that you accept the terms of this Agreement as amended. If you do not agree with any of the terms of the amended Agreement, then you must terminate all use of the Website. This Agreement may not otherwise be amended.
The first paragraph of this Agreement indicates when the Agreement was last amended. Please check back regularly to review for changes.
27. CHOICE OF LANGUAGE
The Parties confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement, as well as all other documents relating hereto, including all notices, be drawn up in the English language only. Les Parties aux présentes confirment leur volonté que cette convention, de même que tous les documents, y compris tout avis, qui s’y rattachent, soient rédigés en langue anglaise.
28. INFORMATION REQUESTS, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Information requests, questions and comments from individuals and organization can be directed to:
address: Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M5T 2C2
phone: +1.416.979.3939 ext. 1
email: privacy@thecommonplatform.org