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Web Site Terms of Use
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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY
These Terms of Use describe rules for
visitors to this Medtronic of Canada web
site. This web site is owned and operated by
Medtronic of Canada. Our parent company
Medtronic, Inc. and its other subsidiaries
and affiliates also operate other web sites.
The term Medtronic or “us” refers to all of
them as well as Medtronic of Canada. These
Terms of Use do not apply to other web sites
owned or operated by Medtronic. You should
review the terms of use posted on these
Medtronic web sites when you visit them.
These Terms of Use were last updated on May
31, 2007. We may change these Terms of Use
at any time. Please review the Terms of Use
each time you visit the web site. By using
this web site, it means you accept the most
recent version of the Terms of Use.
CALL 911 FOR AN EMERGENCY.
THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL
ADVICE. IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY, CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR 911
IMMEDIATELY.
Much of the information on this web site
relates to products and services offered by
Medtronic of Canada. The materials on this
web site are for your general educational
information only. Information you read on
this web site cannot replace the
relationship that you have with your health
care professional. Medtronic of Canada does
not practice medicine or provide medical
services or advice and the information on
this web site should not be considered
medical advice. You should always talk to
your health care professional for diagnosis,
care and answers to your personal questions.
Always seek the advice of your physician or
another qualified health care provider prior
to starting any new treatment regarding a
medical condition and before making any
significant lifestyle or dietary changes.
Health information changes quickly.
Therefore, it is always best to confirm
information with your health care
professional.
This web site contains information about
products licensed in Canada, and is intended
for a Canadian audience. If you live outside
Canada, you may see information on this web
site about products that are not available
or authorized in your country.
The materials on this web site, including all
portions of the web site, content, site
design, text, graphics, and the selection
and arrangement belong to or are licensed to us. The materials are protected by copyright
laws. There are some important rules about
copying these materials. You may e-mail,
download, or print copies of the materials
on this web site, but only for your
personal, noncommercial use, and you may not
modify them. When you e-mail, download, or
print a copy of the materials on this web
site, you must also include all copyright
and other notices that are in the materials,
including the copyright notice on the bottom
of the page. In addition, some content on
this site may be subject to copyright by
journals and publishers. Use of the
copyrighted material is subject to the terms
and conditions of use established by the
journal or publisher. The views and opinions
of authors expressed on Medtronic of
Canada’s web site do not necessarily state
or reflect those of Medtronic of Canada.
The names of products and services on this
web site are owned by Medtronic, and these
names are protected by trademark laws. An ®
following a name on our web site indicates
that the trademark has been registered. A ™
following a name on our web site indicates
that it is an unregistered trademark. All
trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
There may be special rules for the use of
materials provided on certain parts of this
web site. These special rules will be posted
near the materials.
If you use the materials or trademarks on
this web site in a way that is not clearly
allowed by these Terms of Use, you are
violating your agreement with us and may be
violating copyright, trademark, and other
laws. In that case, we automatically revoke
your permission to use this web site. Title
to the materials remains with us or with the
authors of the materials contained on this
web site. All rights not expressly granted
are reserved.
You are hereby granted a non-exclusive,
limited, and revocable license to link to
this web site. Medtronic reserves the right
to revoke this license generally, or your
right to use specific links, at any time. If
Medtronic revokes this license, you agree to
remove and disable any and all of your links
to this web site immediately. No other
license or right, express or implied, is
granted to any person under any patent,
trademark, trade dress or other proprietary
right.
You agree not to present the link to this web
site in such a way that it is associated
with advertising or appears to be an
endorsement of any organization, product, or
service. You agree that the link will not
appear on a web site that a reasonable
person may consider obscene, defamatory,
harassing, grossly offensive, or malicious.
Under no circumstances may you "frame" this
web site or any of its content or copy
portions of this web site to a server. You
agree not to display or use the Medtronic
logo or trademark in any manner without
Medtronic’s prior written permission.
This web site may contain links to web sites
not operated by Medtronic of Canada. We
provide these links for your convenience,
but we do not review, control, monitor,
endorse, warrant or guarantee the materials
on any other web sites or the products,
services or information described or offered
by them. These web sites may contain
information about uses of Medtronic products
that have not been approved for use in
Canada. We do not control or endorse this
type of information. Medtronic of Canada is
not responsible for the availability,
content or performance of those web sites or
for your business dealings with them. Your
use of other web sites is subject to the
terms of use of those web sites, including
the privacy policies of those web sites.
Users cannot assume that the external sites
will abide by the same Statement of Privacy
Principles to which Medtronic of Canada
adheres. It is the responsibility of the
user to examine the copyright and licensing
restrictions of linked pages and to secure
all necessary permissions.
When visiting our web site, your web browser
may produce pop-up advertisements. These
advertisements were most likely produced by
other web sites you visited or by third
party software installed on your computer.
Medtronic of Canada does not endorse or
recommend products or services for which you
may view a pop-up advertisement on your
computer screen while visiting our site.
While we are pleased to receive feedback,
comments and ideas from visitors to this web
site, we want you to understand that any
information that you submit through this web
site will be considered non-personal,
non-confidential, and non-proprietary (other
than personal information, as that term is
defined in our
Statement of Privacy Principles). If you transmit any ideas, information, concepts, know-how or
techniques or materials to us through this
web site, including recipes, you acknowledge
that any content, information, opinions,
recipes and other materials you may provide
become the property of Medtronic of Canada,
including all copyright, without
reservation, and you waive in favor of
Medtronic of Canada any and all moral rights
in such material. You acknowledge and agree
that all or any portion of such material
submitted by you may be used, edited,
reproduced, displayed, performed, modified,
transmitted, published, translated,
sublicensed, copied and distributed and/or
incorporated into other works in any form,
media, or technology for the full term of
any copyright that may exist in such
materials, without compensation of any kind
to you. Medtronic of Canada is free to use
them for any purpose.
By submitting material to Medtronic of Canada
through this web site, you also
automatically warrant that you have the full
right and authority to submit such material,
and that none of it is subject to any
copyright or other proprietary right of a
third party.
The owners and operators of the web site
reserve the right to not publish, or to
remove any material that they deem in their
sole discretion, to be inappropriate for the
web site, for any reason whatsoever.
The nutrition information provided for each
recipe is determined by a database analysis
using Canada’s Food Guide. Nutrition
information is based on the ingredients and
cooking techniques as listed in the recipe
and does not include optional ingredients,
garnishes and cooking techniques.
Nutritional values represented are composite
averages and may vary according to
freshness, variety or differences in
preparation. Altering cooking methods or
substituting any ingredients may change the
posted nutrition information significantly.
The recipes, ingredients, nutritional value
and/or statements in any of the recipes are
not intended as medical advice, they are for
informational, educational, and/or
entertainment purposes only. Medtronic of
Canada is not responsible for the outcome of
any recipe you try from this, or any web
site in our network. You may not always
achieve the results desired due to
variations in ingredients, cooking
temperatures, errors, omissions, or
individual cooking abilities. Please always
use your best judgment when cooking with raw
ingredients such as eggs, chicken or fish.
If you choose to submit a recipe or any
other material, you acknowledge and agree
that you will include your name, location
and email address with any recipe
submission, and that we may publish your
name and location next to a recipe you
contributed.
LOGIN NAMES AND PASSWORDS.
Certain areas and features of the web site
are accessible only to users who have been
issued a login name and password ("Codes")
by us. For the purposes of accessing the web
site, the Codes remain the property of
Medtronic of Canada and may be cancelled or
suspended at any time by us in our sole
discretion without any notice or liability
to you or any other person. We are not under
any obligation to verify the actual identity
or authority of any person using Codes to
access and use the web site. We may act upon
any communication that is given with the use
of Codes. We may in our discretion at any
time require proof of the identity of any
person seeking to access and use the web
site, and may deny access to and use of the
web site or parts of it or refuse to accept
or act upon any communication if we are not
satisfied with such proof.
If you have been issued Codes: (a) you are
fully responsible and liable for the
security of the Codes and any and all use
and misuse of the Codes; (b) you will keep
the Codes secure and confidential at all
times and not disclose the Codes to any
other person or permit any other person to
use the Codes; (c) you will ensure that all
uses of the Codes comply with these Terms of
Use; (d) once you have logged-on to the web
site using the Codes, you will not leave the
computer terminal used to access the web
site unless and until you have terminated
the session and logged-off the web site; and
(e) you will immediately notify us if you
know or suspect that any Codes have been
lost or stolen or become known to or used by
any other person.
NO WARRANTIES.
ALL CONTENT ON THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED TO
YOU ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
MEDTRONIC OF CANADA HEREBY DISCLAIMS TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITED BY LAW ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR
OTHERWISE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. MEDTRONIC OF
CANADA MAKES NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION NOR
ASSUMES ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY AS
TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS,
CURRENCY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT
AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.
MEDTRONIC OF CANADA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THIS WEB SITE WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS
NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU MAY
OBTAIN FROM THIS WEB SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES
AND ANY OTHER POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE
COMPUTER CODE.
Medtronic of Canada reserves the right to
make additions, deletions, or modifications
to the Information on the Web site at any
time without prior notice.
PRICE AND
AVAILABILITY INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PRICES QUOTED ARE
IN CANADIAN DOLLARS. MEDTRONIC OF CANADA
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES.
WHILE WE TAKE GREAT CARE TO ENSURE OUR
PRODUCT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE, MISTAKES
MAY OCCUR. WHEN A MISTAKE IS NOTICED WE WILL
CORRECT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WILL
NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE AFFECTED. WHERE
NECESSARY, AN ORDER MAY BE CANCELLED PRIOR
TO SHIPPING A PRODUCT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
YOU AGREE THAT MEDTRONIC OF CANADA SHALL
NEVER BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE RESULTING FROM, CONNECTED WITH, OR
RELATING TO YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THIS WEB SITE, THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEB
SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEB SITE OR THIS AGREEMENT. THIS PROTECTION
COVERS CLAIMS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY. THIS PROTECTION COVERS MEDTRONIC OF
CANADA, ANY PERSON OR COMPANY ASSOCIATED
WITH MEDTRONIC OF CANADA, THEIR RESPECTIVE
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND
SUPPLIERS MENTIONED ON THIS WEB SITE. THIS
PROTECTION COVERS ALL LOSSES INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, DIRECT OR
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY AND PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH,
LOST PROFITS OR INCOME, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA
OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR CLAIMS OF THIRD
PARTIES, EVEN IF MEDTRONIC HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGE.
THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS AND THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN
LIABILITIES IS PROHIBITED IN SOME
JURISDICTIONS. THESE STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS
MAY APPLY TO YOU.
In addition to the rules in these Terms of
Use and the Statement of Privacy Principles,
you may be subject to additional terms that
may apply when you access particular
services or materials on certain areas in
this web site, such as when you purchase
enhanced services, or by following a link
from this web site. Please read our
Statement of Privacy Principles to learn how
we protect and use information that we
gather through this web site.
Your obligations under this section and the
sections called "Your Feedback", "No
Warranties" and "Limitation of Liability"
will survive termination of these Terms of
Use.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is
found to be invalid by any court having
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of
such provision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining provisions of these Terms
of Use, which shall remain in full force and
effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of
Use shall be deemed a further or continuing
waiver of such term or condition or any
other term or condition.
If you violate these Terms of Use or the
Statement of Privacy Principles in a way
that causes harm to others, you agree to
hold Medtronic harmless against any
liability for that harm.
The web site (excluding linked web sites) is
controlled by Medtronic of Canada from its
offices within the Province of Ontario,
Canada. By using this web site, you agree
that the only proper jurisdiction and venue
for any dispute with Medtronic of Canada, or
in any way relating to your use of this web
site, is in the courts of the province of
Ontario, Canada and acknowledge that you do
so voluntarily and are responsible for
complying with local laws. You further agree
and consent to the exercise of personal
jurisdiction in the courts of the province
of Ontario in connection with any dispute
involving Medtronic of Canada or its
affiliates, employees, officers, directors,
agents or suppliers.
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws
of the province of Ontario, without respect
to its conflict of laws principles, and the
federal laws of Canada.
Medtronic of Canada may deliver notice to you
by electronic mail, a general notice on this
web site, or by written communication
delivered by registered mail to your address
on record with Medtronic of Canada. You may
deliver notice to Medtronic of Canada by
using the Contact Us feature, or at:
Medtronic of Canada Ltd.
6733 Kitimat Road
Mississauga Ontario
L5N 1W3
Canada
Or, visit our
Contact Us
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