Terms of Service

IMPORTANT: BY ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SERVICES (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND AGREE TO ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

PWD ARMY is a web service built on an interactive community platform built & moderated by Cando in Canada. 

It is a social media service that allows its users to connect & network.

This Service is intended solely for persons who identify as Disabled or a Disabled Ally eighteen (18) years of age or older & ALL Any registration, use, or access to the service by anyone under 18 without the direct supervision of an eligible registered user is strictly prohibited. PWD ARMY reserves the right to limit or restrict access by any person, in our sole discretion.

Rights of Content

The users themselves retain the right to all text, pictures and other content that they create in the service. The users allow others to utilize the content in accordance with the nature of the service, furthermore allow the service provider to file information and data and make changes that are necessary for the service, however other rights are not transferred from the users, unless specifically otherwise agreed. The responsibility of the content lies with the user, who has produced it to the service. The service provider has the right to remove any material when it deems it necessary. All domains, graphics, images, photography, copy, text, video, and audio, including buttons, headers, links, footers and site themes created by service provider. Any and all data aforementioned is copyrighted and may not be used without the express written permission of service provider. By accessing the site and uploading content the creator agrees to grant worldwide non-exclusive right to re-publish said content for the purposes of promoting or providing benefit to the PWD Army community.

Disclaimer

No guarantees of the functioning of the PWD ARMY service are given. The users are themselves responsible for their actions in the service and they should estimate the reliability of other users before dealing with them. The service provider can under no circumstances be liable for damage that is caused to the user. The user may not store any information or data in the service, and expect it to remain there. Please back up any posts content incase of  roll back updates.

The Removal of a User

PWD ARMY is committed to growing our inclusive and accessible product and service and routinely work with users who keep our community safer by reporting all listings that are suspicious and/or violate our community rules (see below). Any concerns please email info@pwdarmy.com

1. Our community prohibit users from using any service or listing of Art, Services or products that prohibits, discriminate, or incite hate, terrorism, violence or crimes against individuals and/or characteristics of protected classes as race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family/marital status, disability or medical or genetic condition and/or person/group by association of protected class.

2. Respect all users and do not send spam, send offensive, or threatening messages, or engage in any other form of bullying, mobbing and/or harassment.

3. Users should refrain from policing, and instead report content you feel should be removed to moderator or info@pwdarmy.com

4. Respect other’s right to identify, and self-determination including but not limited to identity/person first, pronouns, sex, gender, and/or neurodifferences).

5. All Puzzle representation of Autism & symbols on the Anti-Defamation online “Hate on Display” database, which already includes burning crosses, Ku Klux Klan robes, the swastika, and many other of the most notorious and overt symbols of racism and anti-semitism, will be removed. Please note all symbols are not recognized, and you may find others triggering.  Please send an email to info@pwdarmy.com. and inform us if you have concerns. Our team will follow up, review, remove as appropriate and report if necessary cases to “Hate on Display”.

6. Only create listings for content you own, is original and/or consent to post.

7. We encourage all users to remain active and share media posts, each-others listings. Inactive Members may result in account being closed.

8. Comply with any and all local laws, regulations, safety measures, and/or agreement(s).

9. We do allow contact information and external links (URLs) on listings, mutual-aid, patron and/or in images that are added to listings and profiles. This includes emails, websites, and phone numbers. Please use them at your own discretion and risk.

10. For the safety and security of our community, we do not allow contact information to be solicited.  Sending messages containing your personal information, soliciting sales & mutual aid through private messaging, requesting or providing contact/personal/banking information is against our policies and can result in being removed from our community.

PWD ARMY may terminate rights of use of the service without any specific reason and without being liable for compensation.

Prohibited Content & Listings  

Adult Products & Services, including but not limited to prostitution and related services and pornography, inclusive of any material unsuitable for children under 18

Alcohol buying or selling

Animals buying or selling

Any harmful, harassing, intimidating or defamatory materials, products or items.

Any illegal, counterfeit or contraband items of any sort, including replica items, and pirated materials.

Any items, materials or products which are copyrighted, trademarked or patented by another party.

Any item or service that violates applicable local, state, federal, or international law in regard to manufacturing, distributing, advertising, or transporting said item..

Any item that violates Terms of Service or Terms of Use

Promoting any item that, which in whole or in part, is subject to a recall.

Any items or products that carry or transmit hidden code or signals with the intention of causing harm or tracking personal or transactional information of any sort.

Any stolen goods

Body Parts and Fluids

Dangerous Chemicals

Digital Media and Electronic Devices that encourages interfering or facilitates unauthorized digital access or streaming

Discriminatory

Documents, Currency, and Financial Instruments

Fundraising campaigns without direct written authorization from PWD ARMY Administration but May post personal Self-advocate and content creator patrons,wish lists, link trees and mutual-aid at users discreation. 

Gambling

Gift Card Resale

Hazardous materials, products, or items.

Human Exploitation of any kind

Ingestible Supplements

Ivory or animal products from endangered species

Mass produced electronics

(Mature items intended for adults due to language or imagery that falls outside of the traditional acceptable standards for broadcast television that are not properly identified as mature in the listing process)

Medical and Healthcare Devices &services ( EXAMPLE diabetic meters to CPAP machines or services that claim cure  or conversion )

Misrepresented items or products.

Motor vehicles, or parts for motor vehicles or recreational vehicles

Personal data or information.

Puzzle Piece Representation

Protected antiquities

Prescription Products, Drugs, and Drug Paraphernalia

Pyramid jobs or schemes

Real estate

Third-Party Infringement

Ticket Resale

Tobacco and Cannabis Products

Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives and Firearms

Applicable Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction that is applicable in this service and these terms of use is that of Canada, and by binding law. You agree that the claim regarding our service must be resolved exclusively in the province of Ontario, Canada for the purpose of litigating any such claim, and that the laws of the province of Ontario, will govern these terms and any claim, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

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Privacy Policy

Name of the register

User register of the PWD ARMY service
PWD ARMY, CANDO Network, Canada
www.pwdarmy.com

Mitchell Tremblay, Acting Privacy Officer
privacy.officer@pwdarmy.com

Use of personal details (purpose of register)

Personal details are collected to make communication and use of service possible. Details can be used for communication between service providers and users and also for direct communication between users. Some personal details are visible on the profile page of the user, but those details are voluntary (except name).
The handling of personal details is not outsourced, but the registered data is stored on a server that is rented from a third-party company.

Information content of the register

The following information may be stored in the register:
Personal details: Name, email address, phone number, street address
Account details: username, password (stored in encrypted format)
The description text that the user may write about him/herself
The offers and requests the user has posted to the service
The given and received feedback and badges
Statistical data about service usage, e.g. number of times the user has logged in

Regular sources of information

Personal details are given by the user on registration to the service or when using it later.

Regular handovers of the information

Information considering users of a single PWD ARMY community may be handed over to the client who has founded that community or to the community administrators appointed by that client.

Transfers of information outside the EU and the European Economic Area

Information may be stored on a server that may be located inside or outside of the EU and the European Economic Area

Register protection principles

The information is stored on computers. The access to the information is restricted with passwords and physical access to the computers is restricted by the server hosting company.

Aggregated Statistics

We may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to our websites.  We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. We will not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

PWD ARMY discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally identifying information only to those of its administrators, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on PWD ARMY to provide services available, and (ii) have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those administrators, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using PWD ARMY websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. PWD ARMY will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information or share it with anyone other than to its administrators, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above. PWD ARMY discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests, or when PWD ARMY believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary. 
PWD ARMY may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback and news.  We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.  We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. PWD ARMY uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of services, and website access preferences. Users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our service, this may cause some functions properly.

Business Transfers

If PWD ARMY or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event we retire or enter bankruptcy,  it is standard user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur. 

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our services may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by PWD ARMY and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Privacy Policy is updated from time to time, and at PWD ARMY’s sole discretion. PWD ARMY encourages users to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy and will post a site notice 72 hours prior to changes taking effect.  Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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