Terms and Conditions of Use

These are the official webpages of eMentalHealth.ca. If you do not agree to be bound by the following terms of use, you must immediately discontinue any use of this Site, and can click here to be redirected.

Introduction

Thank you for visiting eMentalHealth. By using the eMentalHealth website (the “Website”), you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the additional policies which are displayed here.

About eMentalHealth

eMentalHealth is a comprehensive mental health website serving various geographic locations throughout Canada. We provide online anonymous, confidential, information, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our goal is to improve the mental health of individuals and communities by making it easy for them to connect to mental health information and resources.

By focusing only on mental health, we provide specialized information that complements the information provided by other, more general resources.

Access

Access to eMentalHealth and its resources is free to all.

Privacy

The eMentalHealth Privacy Policy [note: hyperlink to the Privacy Policy] is a part of these Terms and Conditions and is hereby incorporated into this document by reference.

Third Party Websites and Links

eMentalHealth provides links to mental health services located in various communities with the goal of helping families find the resources they need to resolve mental health issues. Our provision of links on the Website does not constitute endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the information or services found on any of these third party websites. eMentalHealth makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or quality of the information found on third party websites. Should you choose to rely on any information located on these third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

Changes to Terms and Conditions

eMentalHealth may from time to time make additions or alterations to these Terms and Conditions These changes will be displayed here, and will be effective once posted. We ask that you check these Terms and Conditions regularly.

Liability of eMentalHealth

EMENTALHEALTH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR OTHERWISE. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL EMENTALHEALTH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENTS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

eMentalHealth makes no guarantee that the Website will be free of viruses, spyware, or other destructive material, and is not liable for any damage to any hardware or software device, or for any inconvenience or difficulty, caused by use of this website.

Your sole remedy against eMentalHealth for dissatisfaction with the Website or any content thereon is to stop using the Website.

General

These Terms and Conditions represent a complete agreement between you and eMentalHealth in respect of your use of this website and its content.

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be unenforceable for any reason, that provision shall be redrafted and this will not affect any other terms and conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Ontario. Any action arising from the use of the Website shall be brought in the jurisdiction of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Special Thanks to the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)

This document prepared for eMentalHealth.ca by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Internet Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa.

We are pleased to abide by the HON (Health On the Net Foundation) Code of Conduct, whose principles are summarized here:

1. Authoritative: The authors of this site are affiliated with the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, a government-funded, non-commercial entity.

2. Complementarity: Information on this website should support, and not replace, the doctor-patient relationship.

3. Privacy: Privacy and confidentiality of personal data is respected, as per our Privacy Policy.

4. Attribution: Where appropriate, information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, have specific HTML links to that data. The date when a clinical page was last modified will be clearly displayed (e.g. at the bottom of the page).

5. Justifiability: We do not make specific claims relating to benefits or performance.

6. Transparency: The designers of this Website seek to provide information in the clearest possible manner and we provide contact information for visitors that seek further information about our website. Visitors are able to contact us via our Contact Form.

7. Financial disclosure: Our funding sources are listed here.

8. Advertising policy: We do not have advertising on our Website.

Last revised Feb 22. 2009