Privacy Statement / Terms of Use
Legal Statement - Terms of Use
I. Terms of Web Site Use
By using this web site, you signify your agreement to be bound by these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use this web site. We reserve the right, at our discretion to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time, for any reason, and without notice.
II. Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement is to inform you how Arthur B. Ridley Funeral Home Limited, also known as Ridley Funeral Home Ltd., and Arthur B. Ridley Funeral Home Ltd., gathers and uses your personal and non-personal information when you visit our web site. Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. reserves the right to change this Privacy Statement at any time by notifying visitors to this web site of the existence of a new Privacy Statement.
Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. is committed to maintaining and protecting your privacy as a visitor.
Privacy and Accuracy
You acknowledge and agree that the internet is not a secure medium, and neither the privacy of your communications, nor visits to this web site, can be ensured. The nature of internet communications means that your communications may be susceptible to data corruption, interception and delays.
Collection of Information
We do not collect personal information about you unless you specifically and knowingly provide such information to us. This would generally happen in the case where you have provided your name in our request for information form or disclosed personally identifiable information in our condolence form on our web site. In these cases, your personal information may include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address or other information that you may supply.
Non-personal information about your visiting habits may also be automatically collected through the use of "cookies." Cookies are computer files that are placed in your hard drive to remember any preferences that you may have when surfing the web. They can also tell us how often particular pages are visited.
Use of Information
You agree and consent that your personal and non-personal information also may be used to generate statistics and aggregate reports for internal use by Ridley Funeral Home Ltd.
If you have submitted a "Message of Condolence" through our website, you are agreeing to allow all your submitted information to be provided to the party or parties you designate at your own risk. Ridley Funeral Home will NOT be held responsible for the content of any such submissions. Ridley Funeral Home reserves the right to withhold at its sole discretion any such submitted information from the designated party or parties if the content of any such submitted information is deemed inappropriate or offensive in any manner by Ridley Funeral Home. Ridley Funeral Home reserves the right to edit any of the aforementioned submissions at its sole discretion.
Ridley Funeral Home will not be held responsible for lost submissions or for any technical problems which may prevent you from submitting a message of condolence to us.
We will also not be held responsible for any misdirected emails, form submissions or technical problems that may arise with our website. You also acknowledge that technical issues may, at any time, interfere with the functionality of any area of our website and we will not be held responsible for any such technical issues.
Other than as indicated above, we do not sell, rent, share or otherwise make available your personal information to any outside parties.
Further, we are committed to keeping all personal information you provide us confidential except as noted above. In the event where you have provided us information with regards to making funeral arrangements either for yourself and/or for other(s), we have a legal and professional obligation to keep all such personal information confidential. Personal information may include some or all of the following: name, address, telephone number, age, date and place of birth and death, genealogical information, ethnicity, religious data, social insurance number, health data, etc. This information is used to comply with regulatory and legislative requirements in order to complete death registration under the Vital Statistics Act, 1990; provide required information to cemeteries, crematoriums, newspapers for death notifications, part time employees, clergy, florists, coroners, etc.; and confirm identity and entitlement to make funeral arrangements. Many of the individuals aforementioned, in the course of their duties, may have limited and restricted access to your personal information so as to provide their services and/or merchandise to you. We at Ridley Funeral Home understand that your privacy is important to you and have instructed our staff with regards to proper procedures in order to protect your privacy and take very seriously the trust you have placed in us. We also adhere to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. You can learn more about this legislation by clicking here.
Our website contains death notices which appear with the permission of the surviving family member(s). We are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or content of any aforementioned death notices. We will not be held responsible for any damages resulting from the removal, alteration, appearance or non-appearance of notices on our website.
We will not knowingly keep any personal information collected of visitors to our web sites who we know are under the age of 13, unless we obtain parental or legal guardian consent.
We encourage and support the efforts of parents and legal guardians of children under the age of 13 to monitor their children's internet usage and to caution them against providing personal information to any web site over the web without permission.
Your privacy is important to us as a visitor to the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. website. It is our wish to provide you with a secure and highly satisfactory experience each time you visit our web site.
III. Contractual Arrangements
Trademarks and Copyrights
Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. owns and operates the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. web site. Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. and all other names, titles, logos, and designs identifying the products and brands of Ridley Funeral Home Ltd., including any derivative and related names, titles, logos and designs, are trademarks and the sole property of Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. All other names, titles, logos and designs appearing on this web site are the property of their respective owners.
This web site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, photographs, graphics, images, and illustrations, (collectively, the "Content") and the entire contents of this web site are protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation under the Canadian copyright laws, international conventions and other copyright laws.
Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, retransmission, framing, misuse, misappropriation, unauthorized use, transfer, sale, distribution, performance, display, creation of a derivative work or any other exploitation of the Content or this web site, whether in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited unless the prior and express written consent of Ridley Funeral Home Limited is obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any visitor to this web site may download the Content for personal use only provided that all copyright and other notices in the Content are maintained and the visitor agrees and acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership or other use rights by downloading the Content.
Linked Web Sites
As a service to visitors to the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. website, we include links to other web sites over which we have no control. Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. makes no endorsements, warranties or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding those sites, including the products, software, materials, services, content or accuracy or appropriateness of content on such linked web sites. A visitor's decision to access any such other web sites shall be entirely at the visitor's own risk and discretion.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
You understand and expressly agree that use of the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd. Website is at your sole risk and discretion. You agree to hold Ridley Funeral Home Ltd absolutely harmless from, and you covenant not to take any action against Ridley Funeral Home Ltd for any claims in any connection with this web site.
Neither Ridley Funeral Home Ltd, nor any of its respective employees, agents, third party content providers or licensors makes any representations, warranties or covenants, either express or implied, of any kind whatsoever with respect to the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd web site or its contents.
By using or attempting to use the Ridley Funeral Home Ltd website, the visitor to this web site expressly acknowledges and understands that this web site and the information or materials herein are provided on an "as is, where is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties that this web site will be operable, uninterrupted, virus free or error free, warranties of title, warranties as to the dependability, privacy, accuracy, timeliness, authenticity, completeness or reliability of any information, content, service or other merchandise provided through this web site or warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event will Ridley Funeral Home Ltd, its successors and assigns, nor its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives be liable to any party for damages of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of this web site, or any other linked web site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that you agree is fair and reasonable in the circumstances concerning your use of the web site and applies to all harm, liability, injury, loss, cost, expense or damages of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, compensatory, or consequential damages, regardless of how same arise (whether in tort, negligence, statute, contract, common law, equity or otherwise), and whether for or in connection with, without limitation, loss of programs or other data, loss of income, revenues or profits, loss of anticipated sales, loss of opportunities, business interruption, failure to realize expected savings, damage to property, claims of third parties and otherwise.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This web site can be accessed from all provinces and territories of Canada, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of the Province of Ontario, Canada, by accessing this web site, the visitor agrees that all matters relating to access to, or use of, this web site or any other linked web site, shall be governed by the applicable laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The visitor also agrees, and by using this web site hereby submits, to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the Province of Ontario and acknowledges that the visitor does so voluntarily and is responsible for complying with local laws. A visitor's use of this web site is void where prohibited by laws in jurisdictions to which the visitor is otherwise subject, and the visitor agrees that it shall not visit or use this site in any such circumstances. You agree and acknowledge that your use of this web site, and all transactions occurring in connection with this web site, shall be deemed to have occurred and taken place solely in the Province of Ontario, Canada. English shall be the language of this web site, and all transactions occurring in connection with this web site, and the parties waive any right to use and rely upon any other language, or translations. Il est de la volonté express des parties que le présent site et tous les affairs qui s'y rapportent soient rédigés en langue anglaise, exception faite des documents pour lesquels la loi exige l'usage exclusif du français.
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