Terms of Use

Please read the following Terms of Use before using the Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) website. By using ODPH’s website, you signify your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. This website is not intended to provide individual nutrition or dietary advice. Any questions regarding your health or circumstances should be directed to your own professional advisor(s). 

Copyright 

ODPH maintains the copyright for all original material at this site. You may download or make copies of our website materials for your own personal, non-commercial and educational use, provided credit to ODPH is maintained. Please do not modify any of the information, our logo or designs; or distribute, republish or post our materials to build another website or for your own commercial, educational or promotional purposes. 

Disclaimer 

Every effort has been made to provide the most accurate and up-to-date content available. ODPH is committed to maintaining the content of this site; however, errors may occur, and information at this site may, at times, be dated. ODPH cannot be held liable, either directly or indirectly, for consequential damages arising from the use of information or services provided at this site. ODPH makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, as to the reliability or accuracy of this service. Further, the information presented on this website is subjected to change without notice. 

External Links 

This site may contain links to other third-party websites. ODPH can make no representation concerning the content of any external site to you.  Furthermore, no information on such site has been endorsed or approved by ODPH. ODPH is providing these links only as a convenience to you. 

Privacy 

ODPH is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information when you are using the ODPH website.  

Using “Cookies” 

Like many other websites, the ODPH website uses an Internet tool called a ” cookie”. Cookies are small bits of data that we send to your computer to track visitor activity on our site. This information is used to help us improve user experience by developing content that responds to the interests of our site visitors. We do not use cookie data for marketing purposes.  

Tracking IP Addresses 

An IP address (Internet Protocol Address) is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are using the Internet. Web servers – the computers that “serve up” Web pages – identify your computer by its IP address. We collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information on the use of our site. When you request pages from our site, our servers log your IP address. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when it is deemed necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use and License Agreement or to protect our service, site, customers, or others’ privacy from those that might abuse such. 

Web Analytics 

To serve you better, we use web analytics services to help analyze the use of our website. This tool uses cookies to collect and generate information about visitors to our site (including your IP address) that is transmitted to servers anonymously for processing. We study patterns of website activity so we can improve the experience of visitors to our site. 

Security 

We have taken steps to make sure all information received from our online visitors is as secure as possible against unauthorized access and use. 

Summary 

Please be assured that we take your privacy seriously and make every reasonable effort to protect it. If you have questions or comments about our privacy policy, please let us know by using the Contact page. ODPH reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Any changes to the privacy policy will be posted on this website.