Website Data Terms of Use (Free Access)

1) Using Information under this license

By accessing, downloading, or using any information made available on this website (“Information”), you agree to the terms below.

The Saskatchewan Research Council (“SRC”) grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, revocable, non-exclusive license to use the Information for non-commercial purposes only, subject to these Terms of Use. SRC may revoke this license and/or restrict access to the Information at any time, with or without notice.

2) You are free to

You may modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute, or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode, or format for any lawful, non-commercial purpose.

3) Attribution requirement

If you use the Information, you must acknowledge the source by including any attribution statement specified by SRC and, where possible, provide a link to these Terms of Use. If SRC does not provide a specific attribution statement, you must use the following attribution statement: “Contains information licensed from The Saskatchewan Research Council.

4) No endorsement

You may not use the Information in a way that suggests SRC endorses you, your organization, your product, or your use of the Information. You may not use SRC’s name, logos, trademarks, or other official symbols without SRC’s prior written consent.

5) Exemptions (what this license does not grant rights to)

This license does not grant you any right to use:

  • Personal Information;
  • third-party rights SRC is not authorized to license;
  • SRC’s names, logos, trademarks or other official symbols; or
  • information subject to other intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, and official marks.

6) No warranty / limitation of liability

The Information is provided “as is” and SRC makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to accuracy,

completeness, reliability, currency, or fitness for a particular purpose, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

SRC is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury, or damage arising from the use of (or inability to use) the Information, even if advised of the possibility of such loss, injury, or damage.

7) No obligation to update; availability

SRC may update, revise, correct, remove, suspend, or discontinue access to any Information at any time, without notice.

SRC is not obligated to provide support, maintenance, updates, or corrections for the Information.

8) Termination

If you fail to comply with these Terms of Use, the rights granted to you under this license will end automatically.

9) Governing law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Province of Saskatchewan and the applicable laws of Canada. Legal proceedings related to these Terms of Use may only be brought in the courts of Saskatchewan or the Federal Court of Canada.

10) Definitions

In these Terms of Use:

  • “Personal Information” means personal information as defined under applicable privacy legislation, including The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Saskatchewan), as amended from time to time.
  • “You” means the natural or legal person, or body of persons corporate or incorporated, acquiring rights under these Terms of Use.

11) Versioning

SRC may change these Terms of Use at any time by posting an updated version on this website. The updated Terms of Use will apply to any access to, download of, or use of the Information after the date the updated Terms of Use are posted.