Important Notices

• Copyright / Permission to Reproduce
• Non-commercial Reproduction
• Commercial Reproduction
• Third-party Materials
• Reproduction of Government Symbols
• Privacy Notice
• Official Languages Notice
• Accessibility Notice
• Hyperlinking Notice

Copyright / Permission to Reproduce

Materials on this Web site were produced and/or compiled by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner and Search and Rescue Manitoba for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the SARscene Conference. The material on this Web 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 Web 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 by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat. We ask only that:

• Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced;
• The National Search and Rescue Secretariat be identified as the source department; and
• 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 National Search and Rescue Secretariat.

Unless otherwise specified, this authorization is also applicable to all published information regardless of its format.

Commercial Reproduction

Reproduction of multiple copies of materials on this Web site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited except with written permission from the Government of Canada's copyright administrator, Public Works and Government Services Canada. Through the permission-granting process, Public Works and Government Services Canada helps to ensure that individuals/organizations wishing to reproduce Government of Canada materials for commercial purposes have access to the most accurate, up-to-date versions. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on this Web site for commercial purposes, please go to Public Works and Government Services Canada's, Applying for Copyright Clearance on Government of Canada Works page. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on this Web site for commercial purposes please contact:

Public Works and Government Services Canada
Publishing and Depository Services
350 Albert Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0S5
or
Copyright.Droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca

Third-party Materials

Some of the materials and graphical elements found on Government of Canada Web sites are subject to copyrights held by other organizations. This is particularly true of the SARscene Conference Web site that is jointly operated by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner and Search and Rescue Manitoba 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.

To obtain information concerning copyright ownership and restrictions on reproduction on this site, please contact us by:

Email: inquiry@nss.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 992-8215
Facsimile: (613) 996-3746

Reproduction of Government Symbols

The official symbols of the Government of Canada, including the "Canada" wordmark, the Arms of Canada, and the flag symbol may not be reproduced, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes, without written authorization. Request for authorization from the Treasury Board Secretariat may be addressed to:

information@fip-pcim.gc.ca
Federal Identity Program
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
300 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R5

Telephone: 613-957-2533
Facsimile: 613-946-5187

Privacy Notice

The Government of Canada and the National Search and Rescue Secretariat are committed to providing visitors with Web sites that respect their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on the National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site does not automatically 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 it to us.

All personal information created, held or collected by theNational Search and Rescue Secretariat is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat employs software programs to monitor network traffic, and to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. These programs are also used to gather anonymous information such as statistics to improve the functionality of our Web sites. These software programs receive and record 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 Web site unless an attempt to damage the Web site has been detected. The programs are never used to gather specific personal information such as your name, your phone number or your e-mail address.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat occasionally uses "cookies" as one method of gathering the anonymous information used to improve the functionality of our Web sites. A "cookie" is a small file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web site. On those Web sites which do use cookies, the Important Notices (located at the bottom of the page) indicate specifically how they are used, and their use respects the provisions of the Privacy Act. As with other types of information-gathering, cookies are never used to gather specific personal information such as your name, your phone number or your e-mail address. We never attempt to link the information gathered through the use of cookies to the identity of the visitor.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat employs a fully automated Anti-Spam Filter to protect its employees and networks from spam. Incoming email messages that are flagged by the software as spam are deleted automatically by the technology without notification. The program is set to block email that is considered obvious spam because of its content (for example, pornographic, racist, get-rich-quick schemes, junk commercial solicitations) as determined by general industry best practice.

Information on individual visitors, gathered under the conditions described above, is used by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat employees 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 if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individual profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal government.

Questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in the National Search and Rescue Secretariat may be directed to:

E-mail: inquiry@nss.gc.ca 
Telephone: 1-800-727-9414
Facsimile: (613) 996-3746

Mail: National Search and Rescue Secretariat
275 Slater Street, Suite 400
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by e-mail at: info@privcom.gc.ca, by telephone at 1-800-282-1376 or visit their Web site at: http://www.privcom.gc.ca.

Official Languages

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring all information and services on this Web site is available in both English and French (or in one language only if a unilingual office). However, users should be aware that some information from external sources that are not subject to the Official Languages Act is only provided as a convenience and is available only in the language in which it was provided.

Accessibility Notice

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat is committed to equitable access to information, regardless of the technologies used. We are continually striving to make our site accessible to all, including persons with disabilities and to those who use assistive devices.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site is developed according to the Common Look and Feel Standards for the internet, including the Accessibility Standards which require compliance with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Guidelines Version 1.0 - Priority 1 and 2 Checkpoints.

Hyperlinking Notice

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site contains links to third party Web sites. The National Search and Rescue Secretariat provides these links only as a service and convenience to our visitors. We take no responsibility for the content at third party Web sites and a link to them in no way implies an endorsement or recommendation of the products, services or information found there.

A third party Web site may have a privacy policy different from that of the National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site and may provide less security than the National Search and Rescue Secretariat Web site. The National Search and Rescue Secretariat disclaims all liability with regard to your access to linked Web sites. When you link to Web sites external to the National Search and Rescue Secretariat departmental or SARscene Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat makes every effort to ensure that our links to third party Web sites lead to content that is accessible and available in both official languages. However, that is not always feasible or possible.