Terms of Use
Welcome to the bridgesandconnections.com website (the “bridgesandconnections.com site”). Your access to and continued use of the bridgesandconnections.com site constitutes your acceptance of, and compliance with, the following provisions. If you have not already done so, please read these terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should immediately leave the bridgesandconnections.com site. Also, note that these Terms of Use may change from time to time, and it is your responsibility to periodically visit this page to review the then-current Terms of Use. The last revision date for these Terms of Use is set forth below.
bridgesandconnections.com Web site is owned by Durham Association for Resources and Support. By submitting your information, your request for service implies consent for bridgesandconnections.com to collect, use and disclose your personal information for purposes related to responding to your needs.
We do not share your personal information with anyone outside of
bridgesandconnections.com staff, and the single point of access without your consent, unless necessary for legal reasons.
Consent may be implied or express. Consent may be provided orally, electronically or in writing. With your consent, we may share information with third parties including
- other individuals you identify as contacts, such as family members
- We may disclose information without your consent:
- for legally necessary disclosures ordered by a subpoena or required to notify authorities in situations of suspected abuse, neglect, or imminent harm.
By submitting your request for matching, you have acknowledged that you have read and agree to the website privacy policy.
Limited Right to Use
The bridgesandconnections.com site is owned and operated by Durham Association for Family Resources and Support. bridgesandconnections.com is built on a portal system that creates one central database.
All materials on the bridgesandconnections.com site, including, without limitation, all text, HTML code, multimedia clips, images, graphics, icons, code, software and the selection and arrangement of the contents of the bridgesandconnections.com site (the “Materials”) are the property of bridgesandconnections.com or are licensed or used with permission by bridgesandconnections.com and are protected by the copyright laws of Canada and other applicable Canadian and international copyright and intellectual property laws, unless otherwise noted. You may only use the materials on the bridgesandconnections.com site as permitted in these Terms of Use.
You may use, view, print and/or download one copy of short extracts of the materials on any single computer solely for your personal, informational, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials. You shall be fully responsible for any consequences resulting from such use. Any other use of the Materials is prohibited. You may not copy, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, report, reproduce, disseminate, upload or post the Materials, in whole or in part, by any means, without prior written permission of bridgesandconnections.com. The use of any Materials on the bridgesandconnections.com site for networked computer environment or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited and such unauthorized use may violate copyright, trademark, privacy, communications and other similar laws.
Communications
Unless otherwise explicitly stated herein, any communication or material that you transmit to the bridgesandconnections.com site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, software, questions, comments, suggestions or the like, is and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. All non-personal information submitted to bridgesandconnections.com including, without limitation, comments, information, feedback and ideas regarding Durham Association for Family Resources and Support (bridgesandconnections,com site) products or services (“Non-Personal Information”) shall be deemed at the time of the communication to be, and shall remain, the property of Durham Association for Family Resources and Support (bridgesandconnections.com). Bridgesandconnections.com shall be entitled to full unrestricted rights of ownership in relation to the Non-Personal Information including, without limitation, the right to use or disclose such Non-Personal Information in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, and for any purpose, commercial or otherwise as it sees fit in Durham Association for Family Resources and Support (bridgesandconnections.com) sole discretion without compensation to you.
Absent the use of encryption, the Internet is not a secure medium and privacy cannot be ensured. Internet e-mail is vulnerable to interception and forging. bridgesandconnections.com will not be responsible for any damages you or a third party may suffer as a result of the transmission of information that you make to bridgesandconnections.com through the Internet, or that you expressly or implicitly authorize (bridgesandconnections.com) to make, or for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted information.
You are solely responsible for the content of your communications and their legality under all laws and regulations. You agree that any information submitted for inclusion on the bridgesandconnections.com site does not infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third parties, and you grant bridgesandconnections.com a right to provide access to such information from the bridgesandconnections.com site.
Password and Security
Your email address is your login for bridgesandconnections.com upon completing the registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your email and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your email and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify bridgesandconnections.com of any unauthorized use of your email and password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you log out of your account at the end of each session. bridgesandconnections.com cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with maintaining the security of your email and password. bridgesandconnections.com grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use the Services, which include access to your profile and Associate profile matches. You agree not to provide any other individual access to bridgesandconnections.com via your login information. bridgesandconnections.com reserves the right to terminate your access at any time without notice.
Termination of Account
You agree that bridgesandconnections.com, in its sole discretion, may at any time terminate your account (or any part thereof) or use of the Services, and remove and discard any information related to your account within the Web site, for any reason.
bridgesandconnections.com may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service. The limitations and disclaimers of warranties, and the indemnity obligations, and the provisions of governing law, jurisdiction and venue, shall survive any such termination.
Trademarks
Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the bridgesandconnections.com site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of bridgesandconnections.com or third parties. The trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on the bridgesandconnections.com site are either Trademarks of bridgesandconnections.com or of third parties. Nothing contained on the bridgesandconnections.com site should be construed as granting, by implication, waiver, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use the Trademarks of bridgesandconnections.com or the applicable third-party owner, without prior written permission.
Disclaimer
bridgesandconnections.com assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, correctness, completeness, content or timeliness of the materials provided on the bridgesandconnections.com site. bridgesandconnections.com assumes no obligation to update the materials or ensure that the materials contain current information. Materials contained on the bridgesandconnections.com site may contain typographical errors and may be changed without notice.
bridgesandonnections.com disclaims any liability for unauthorized use or reproduction of the materials or any portion thereof. All materials on the bridgesandconnections.com site and access to bridgesandconnections.com site are provided to you “as is” and any warranty, condition or other term of any kind including but not limited to, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or title, whether express or implied, or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade practice is hereby excluded. You should not assume that the bridgesandconnections.com site will be error-free or that the bridgesandconnections.com site will operate without interruption.
Limitation of Liability
Your use and browsing of the bridgesandconnections.com is entirely at your own risk. In no event shall bridgesandconnections.com or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the bridgesandconnections.com site be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential or other damages, whatsoever and howsoever caused, including, without limitation, any loss of use, lost data, lost profits or revenues, business interruption, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data, personal injury, or any other pecuniary loss, arising out of or in connection with your access or use of the bridgesandconnections.com site or in reliance upon the information or materials available on the bridgesandconnections.com site, whether the action is in warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, even if bridgesandconnections.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Viruses
While efforts are made to ensure that all information provided on the bridgesandconnections.com site does not contain computer viruses, bridgesandconnections.com assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damage to or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property, or for any corruption or loss of data on account of your access to, use of, or browsing on the bridgesandconnections.com site, or your downloading of any materials from the bridgesandconnections.com site. You should take reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses and should ensure that you have a complete and current backup of the applicable items of information contained on your computer system.
Modifications
bridgesandconnections.com may at any time change these Terms of Use by updating this posting without any notice to you. Your use of this bridgesandconnections.com site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms of Use as changed.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless bridgesandconnections.com and its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates from and against any claim, liability, damages, losses or expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs) arising from or relating to your access and/or use of this bridgesandconnections.com site.
Governing Law and Miscellaneous
All matters relating to your access and/or use of this bridgesandconnections.com site shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in any action or proceeding arising from or in any way related to your access and/or use of this bridgesandconnections.com site. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Effective Date of these Terms of Use: [April 2025]
