Terms of Use

The Terms of Use applies to the primary website, saskarchives.com, and the sub-sites of search.saskarchives.com and saskarchives.com/enquiry. These will be referred to collectively as "saskarchives.com" throughout this page.

It does not apply to:

other sub-sites that are connected to saskarchives.com or
other websites that we link to.

By using saskarchives.com, you are agreeing to these terms and any policies made available to you from time to time. Please read them carefully.

Who we are

saskarchives.com is administered by the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan will be referred to as 'we' in these Terms of Use.

Using saskarchives.com

You agree to use saskarchives.com only for lawful purposes and in a way that doesn't infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by other users.

We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to saskarchives.com at any time. As such, you should review these terms for updates regularly. If you do not agree to the new/modified terms, you should discontinue using saskarchives.com.

You can use saskarchives.com to access certain services offered by the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan which may have additional terms and conditions governing their use. Ensure you have read and understood these terms and conditions before you use each service.

Don't misuse saskarchives.com, interfere with our services or try to access them using a method other than in the manner, and with the interface, we provide. You may use saskarchives.com only as permitted by law and we may suspend or stop providing access to you if you do not comply with our terms.

Modifying and Terminating our Services

We are constantly changing and improving saskarchives.com. We may add or remove functionalities or features and may suspend or stop offering an online service at any time.

Linking to saskarchives.com

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to saskarchives.com.

You may not charge your website's users to click on a link to any page on saskarchives.com.

You must contact us for permission if you want to say your website is associated with or endorsed by the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.

Linking from saskarchives.com

We only control the content on saskarchives.com.

We do not have any control over the content on other websites we link to.

We are not responsible for:

the protection of any information you give to these websites; or
any loss or damage that may come from your use of these websites, or any other websites they link to.

You should read all terms and conditions, privacy policies and end user licence agreements that relate to the websites before you use them. You agree to release the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan from any claims arising from use of these websites.

Using saskarchives.com content

Content on saskarchives.com is subject to copyright.

Liability and Disclaimer

While we make every effort to keep saskarchives.com up-to-date and fully functioning, we don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:

secure;
accurate;
complete; or
free from bugs or viruses.

We do not make any promises or warranties regarding the services available on saskarchives.com, and its content is provided on an "as is" basis without any commitments including, without limitation, commitments regarding reliability, availability or suitability.

You agree the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever that may arise from using saskarchives.com.

Requests to remove content

Contact us to ask for content to be removed from saskarchives.com. You'll need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We remove content at our discretion.

Information about you and your visits to saskarchives.com

We collect information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using saskarchives.com, you agree to our collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.

Security

You are responsible for the security of your personal computer and other internet connected devices (e.g. your cell phone or tablet). We suggest you take additional measures to protect your devices from viruses and other security threats which include, without limitation:

Ensuring you are using the most secure and up-to-date web browser available.
Familiarizing yourself with your web browser's various functions and enabling/disabling such functions as needed in order to maximize security.
Ensuring you completely close your web browser once you have finished using saskarchives.com.
Web browsers often use a cache to temporarily save web pages in your computer's memory. Although the cache is designed to improve performance, subsequent users of your computer may be able to view webpages previously visited by you by accessing the information in the cache. You should frequently clear your cache.
Ensuring you have up-to-date virus protection software on all systems and that you run virus scans regularly.
Ensuring all connections to the Internet under your control are protected by a firewall to help prevent unauthorized access to your systems.

To protect your saskarchives.com account, keep your password confidential and do not use the same password for third-party applications.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

When using saskarchives.com, you must not introduce viruses or any other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.

You must not try to gain unauthorized access to saskarchives.com, the server on which it's stored or any server, device, computer or database within the network environment of saskarchives.com.

You must not attack saskarchives.com in any way including, without limitation, denial-of-service attacks.

Unauthorized attacks or attempts to gain access to saskarchives.com will be reported to relevant law enforcement authorities and we will share information about you with such authorities.

Governing law

These terms and conditions and the use of saskarchives.com are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Saskatchewan.

General

There may be legal notices elsewhere on saskarchives.com that relate to how you use the site.

We may decide not to exercise certain rights available to us under these terms and conditions and can always decide to exercise or enforce our rights later. Any waiver does not imply we will automatically waive the right on any other occasion.

If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.