TERMS OF USE

PLEASE READ ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH HRDownloads Inc. ("HRDownloads") CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING "I Agree", OR BY USING THE HRDownloads WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THEM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, IT CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT MAY LIMIT YOUR RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE SECTIONS ENTITLED LIMITATIONS AND SALES DETAILS.

Services: HRDownloads provides various products and services ("Services"), some of which require the user to obtain a membership.

All HRDownloads member services are sold on a one-year subscription basis. Prior to the end of the one year subscription period, HRDownloads will contact the subscriber to inquire if it would like to renew their membership. HRDownloads does not auto-renew any of its Services.

Intellectual Property: Copyright © 2013 HRDownloads Inc. All rights reserved. The contents of this site, the Services and any other material provided by HRDownloads are owned by and copyrighted by HRDownloads and its suppliers and may contain trademarks of HRDownloads or others. You may print, copy or save documents for your own use only, and you may not repurpose or resell in any way.

Unauthorized use beyond that contained in the previous paragraph may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Logon ID's and Passwords: Your access to portions of the site and certain Services requires logon ID's and passwords. Upon being accepted as a member, HRDownloads will provide you with a unique ID and password which allows access. It is your responsibility to protect that information, including without limitation, to use effective passwords that are not easily guessed or discoverable, and keep logon ID's and passwords confidential. You are responsible for any activity that occurs under your logon ID. You will report to HRDownloads immediately if you discover any compromise of your passwords or suspected unauthorized use of the site using your identity.

Limitations: While HRDownloads uses reasonable efforts to maintain this site and it's Services in an up-to-date fashion, it does not warrant the completeness, timeliness or accuracy of any information contained on this site or any of its Services, and may make changes thereto at any time in its sole discretion without notice. All information and Services provided by HRDownloads is provided to users "as is", "with all faults," "as available" and at your sole risk. You are responsible for how you use the Services, and without limitation, you are responsible for how you use, alter and implement any documents provided as part of the Services and to ensure they are appropriate for your use. This site is intended to supply general information only, and not specific human resources or other advice. Specific advice may be obtained by contacting HRDownloads.

All promises made by HRDownloads are contained in this agreement. No promises implied by law (whether described as warranties, conditions, representations, or otherwise, and whether relating to merchantability, fitness, non-infringement, or otherwise) apply.

You cannot collect any damages from HRDownloads for any reason (whether under legal theories of contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, operation of law or otherwise) that are not direct damages or that exceed the amount paid by you to HRDownloads hereunder for any goods or services that the claim arises from.

HRDownloads relies on these limitations when entering this agreement and setting its fees. They are a fundamental and essential part of our arrangement, and apply even if this agreement has failed in its fundamental or essential purpose or been fundamentally breached.

Governing Law: This site is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, excluding any conflicts of law provisions and excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Any legal action against HRDownloads shall take place in the courts of the Province of Ontario. The parties attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario.

Links: You may link to this site, however you may not place full or partial pages within frames on your site.

Any third party sites that are linked to this site are not under HRDownloads' control. HRDownloads is not responsible for anything on the linked sites, including without limitation any content, links to other sites, any changes to those sites, or any policies those sites may have. HRDownloads provides links as a convenience only and such links do not imply any endorsement by HRDownloads of those sites.

Privacy: Please see our Privacy Policy. The "contact us" email feature on the site is like any email, and is not a secure facility. We discourage you from using it to send sensitive or private information.

Confidential Information: Confidential Information is all information about you provided to HRDownloads by you that is not generally known to the public, whether of a technical, business or other nature (including, without limitation, business plans, finances, identity and number of your employees or contractors and their backgrounds or knowledge), and that has been identified as being proprietary and/or confidential or that by the nature of the circumstances surrounding the disclosure or receipt ought to be treated as proprietary and/or confidential.

Confidential Information shall not include (except for any personally identifiable information about an individual that relevant privacy legislation or policies do not allow to be disclosed): (a) any Confidential Information that is in the public domain at the time of its disclosure or which thereafter enters the public domain through no action of HRDownloads, direct or indirect, intentional or unintentional; (b) any Confidential Information which HRDownloads can demonstrate was in its possession or known to it prior to its receipt, directly or indirectly, from you; (c) any Confidential Information that is disclosed to HRDownloads by another party not in violation of the rights of the other party or any other person or entity; (d) any Confidential Information which is either compelled by law or by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction to be disclosed; and (e) any Confidential Information that HRDownloads has anonymized and aggregated for statistical purposes.

HRDownloads shall (i) not use Confidential Information for any purpose other than providing its Services to you; (ii) not disclose Confidential Information to anyone without your prior written authorization; (iii) handle, preserve and protect Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care that it affords its own Confidential Information; (iv) disclose Confidential Information only to its employees or subcontractors who require such information in order to perform the Services, and are under confidentiality obligations.

Phone SupportTo gain access to our services or to obtain customer support, you understand that you may be required to speak with a company representative by phone and that all calls between HRDownloads staff members and our valued clients, with the exception of calls between an HR Advisor and a client, are recorded for quality assurance purposes.

Consultants: Consultants who wish to use HRDownloads products with their client base are bound by the following terms:

  1. Resale – At no time whatsoever shall any Consulting Agent resell or distribute any HRDownloads products or services without prior written permission from HRDownloads.
  2. Distribution of Products – The Consulting Agent may download and alter HRDownloads documents for use in their business, and the altered documents may be distributed on a single use basis to their clients. Alterations to documents must include the removal of the HRDownloads header and footer, and the Consulting Agent shall accept any and all liability for the contents of the altered document as a result of any potential claims made thereafter. Mass distribution of HRDownloads products and services is strictly prohibited without written permission from HRDownloads.
  3. Confidentiality and Access – At no time whatsoever shall any Consulting Agent disseminate any confidential information regarding their access to HRDownloads (including but not limited to: Passwords, and/or Usernames) or otherwise grant access to any third party or client that is not an active subscriber to HRDownloads.

Sale Details: HRDownloads tries to provide accurate information on this site, but errors may occur. HRDownloads reserves the right to change the goods and services available and their prices without any notice or liability. HRDownloads cannot guarantee goods or services advertised on the site will be available when ordered or thereafter. HRDownloads reserves the right at any time to reject, correct, cancel or terminate any order for any reason whatsoever. If you order goods or services for which the price was incorrectly displayed, HRDownloads will provide you with an opportunity to place an order at the correct price. If you order goods or services that are not available, HRDownloads will notify you by email. HRDownloads reserves the right to limit quantities sold. Nothing on the site is an offer to sell. Your properly completed and delivered order form is your offer to purchase the goods or services in your order. Your order is deemed accepted only if and when HRDownloads sends an order acceptance to your email address.

Changing these terms: HRDownloads may change these terms by posting notice on its site. These terms were last revised on September 19, 2012.

Nothing on this site is intended to be an offering for sale of HRDownloads securities to the public.

HRDownloads may be contacted at:
195 Dufferin Ave, Suite 500
London Ontario
N6A 1K7
Phone: 1-877-438-9763
Email: info@hrdownloads.com

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