Newcomers Canada Network

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Terms of Use

The Newcomers Canada Network talent network allows you to connect with Newcomers Canada, the company or organization (named the “organization” in the rest of this document) who is operating this network. By becoming a member of this network, you are expressing interest in knowing more about Newcomers Canada, its culture as well as potential job openings that this organization may have. However, becoming a member of this community doesn't mean that the organization is obligated to offer you a position at any point in time.

This service enables you to introduce yourself to the organization, present your professional profile and update that profile as often as you wish and to interact with the organization, if and when relevant, based on the decision of that organization.

The use of this network follows the guidelines described below:

General Terms and Conditions for members using this service

1. This network is a service designed to facilitate your introduction to and connection to the organization using that service.

2. The profile page that you create as a member of this social network is specific to this private network. This is a free membership. In order to become a member, the user must register on the platform and chose a password.

3. By becoming a member of this network, users warrant that:

  1. They are of legal age and may be requested to submit proof thereof.
  2. They are who they claim to be. Given that it is impossible for this network to determine with certainty whether a user registered on the network is in fact the person they claims to be, the organization shall assume no liability for the actual identity of a user.
  3. The data they provide is accurate. The users of this service are requested to:
    • Avoid misleading statements about themselves and use their real name.
    • Only use pictures, images or videos of themselves and not representing another individual, an animal, an object or any other topic, should they use pictures and videos to complete their profile.
    • Only use pictures, images or videos of themselves for which they own the copyright or have a right to use.
    • Create only one profile.

4. All the users this service shall comply with all applicable legislation and respect all third-party rights at all times. Users shall not

  1. Use any insulting or defamatory contents.
  2. Use profane or offensive comments or pictures, including direct or indirect personal attacks.
  3. Use any pornographic, sexual, abusive, immoral or violence-glorifying contents that violate any applicable legislation.
  4. Spam any other user under any form.
  5. Use any contents protected by law (including and not limited copyright, trademark, patent, utility patent, or design patent laws) without authorization.
  6. Advertise, promote, offer or distribute any products or services directly or indirectly competing with the products and services of the organization supporting this private network.
  7. Use any materials supporting any cause of fundraising activities.

This network is moderated by the organization operating this network. That organization reserves the right to remove any disruptive, profane or offensive comments or pictures of any type, remove fake profiles and ensure and remove all items, materials, comment that conflicts with the laws and practices of the countries where it operates.

Organization operating this network

The organization operating this network uses a platform produced by TalentCircles. TalentCircles as the underlying platform complies with the U.S. – E.U. Safe Harbor framework and U.S. - Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries and Switzerland. http://www.talentcircles.com/tcc_privacy.php

As an organization operating this network, your privacy matters to Newcomers Canada. We shall collect, process and use your Personal Data in accordance with the laws on data protection of the United States of America and shall use your Personal Data solely to provide you the Newcomers Canada, Services for which you have registered. Newcomers Canada, will not provide your Personal Data to any third party without your consent.

1. Definitions

The following terms used in these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection shall have the following meanings:

  • "Newcomers Canada Network " means the registration-based network operated by Newcomers Canada,.
  • "Personal Data" means all data and/or information about your profession or any information you will deem appropriate to offer in your profile page.
  • "Profile" means the Data you have made available to Newcomers Canada,.

2. The Personal Data you provide

2.1 At registration time

In order for the Newcomers Canada Network talent network to operate, you need to register into the network and provide the mandatory following data:

  • Your last name
  • Your first name
  • Your city of residence
  • Your email

You can join the network in two ways.

  1. By entering basic information about yourself, or
  2. By using the social login that you use for your public networks.

2.1.1 Simply joining

If you do not want to log in using your public social networks log-ins, you can simply join by providing mandatory basic information:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • City
  • Email

2.1.2 Using the social login that you use for your public networks

You can select to use LinkedIn or Facebook. When you do so the Newcomers Canada Network talent network will associate the public data you posted on one of these three networks to your profile on the Newcomers Canada Network talent network. You have the ability to modify this data at all times (see 3.1)

2.1.3 Your username and password

Your password and/or your username are never visible to the Newcomers Canada Personnel at any time.

2.2 Voluntary Data in your Profile

All the data that you volunteer to your profile are accessible to the Newcomers Canada Personnel and to other members of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network should Newcomers Canada decide to let members see one another. In all cases, your profile is not visible to non-Newcomers Canada personnel or non-members to the Newcomers Canada Network talent network and is not traceable by search engines on the Internet.

You have full control over all the data you provide. The information you provide may include:

  • Professional information
  • Documents you deem relevant (CV or other documents showcasing your accomplishments.)
  • Your picture
  • A video presentation of yourself

You can access, update or remove your information at all times.

3. User managed Settings

You do not only decide on the data you want to share. You can also manage who will have access to your data and how you want to be contacted.

3.1. Personal privacy settings

As you volunteer data, you can also decide who will be able to have access to your contact information, your professional information and who may connect with you.

3.2. Email preferences

The purpose of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network is to enable you to receive information from Newcomers Canada either directly or indirectly (because you decided to join circles —groups — of interest, or inform you of job opportunities. However, you have the ability to control if and when you want to receive emails and notifications.

In all cases you are free to respond or not respond to any invitation you may receive from within the network.

4. Circles, Meetings and Events

The Newcomers Canada Network talent network offers circles (sometimes called groups in other networks). Each circle has one (1) or more moderator(s). The moderator decides for each group whether the group is public or not, and if the information provided in these groups should be visible to both members and non-members of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network.

The Newcomers Canada Network talent network may invite to participate to in person or virtual activities. The host of these activities decides if and which information about the event is visible to the members, a subset of members and non-members of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network.

5. Opting-out of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network

Should you decide to opt out of the Newcomers Canada Network talent network, you may do this at your convenience by deactivating your account.

Disclaimer from TalentCircles

TalentCircles provides a venue for employers/recruiters to post jobs and search for candidates, and for members to post resumes and search for jobs. TalentCircles is not involved in the actual transaction between employers/recruiters and members. As a result, TalentCircles has no control over User Content, or the quality, safety, or legality of jobs or resumes posted and makes no representations about any jobs, resumes or User Content. TalentCircles shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason, made by any entity in connection with jobs posted on or through the Site. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy, form and substance of any of your User Content. You further acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for evaluating any Materials (including but not limited to job postings) and that TalentCircles shall not be responsible for your career decisions.

TALENTCIRCLES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING, OR DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIALS TO OR FROM THE SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL TALENTCIRCLES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, EVEN IF TALENTCIRCLES KNOWS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.