Term of Use
Hanif Accounting & Advisory, CPA • Effective date: [INSERT DATE] • Last updated: [INSERT DATE]
Important.These Terms of Use govern use of the Firm’s website only. They are not anengagement letter and do not create a client relationship or any obligation to provide professional services. The terms of any professional engagement are set out in a separate written engagement letter. This template is not legal advice;bracketed text must be completed and the document reviewed by a qualified Ontario lawyer before publication.
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the website at hanifadvisory.ca and any related pages or content (collectively,the “Website”), operated by Hanif Accounting & Advisory, CPA (“we”, “us”,“our”, or the “Firm”). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be boundby these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.
1. No professional advice; no client relationship
The content on the Website is provided for general informationonly. It does not constitute professional accounting, tax, financial, legal orother advice, and it should not be relied upon as a substitute for advicetailored to your specific circumstances. Accounting and tax rules change frequently and apply differently depending on your situation. You should notact, or refrain from acting, on the basis of any content on the Website without first obtaining professional advice relevant to your particular facts.
Using the Website, submitting a contact form, or otherwise communicating with us through the Website does not create a client, fiduciary or other professional relationship between you and the Firm. A professional relationship arises only when we and a client both sign a written engagement letter describing the services to be provided.
2. Nature of our services
The Firm provides bookkeeping, tax, controllership and CFO services. The Firm does not provide assurance services and does not perform audits or reviews. Nothing on the Website should be read as an offer or undertaking to provide assurance, audit or review services, or to express any opinion or other form of assurance on financial information.
3. Permitted use of the Website
You may access and use the Website for lawful, personal and business-information purposes in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:
- use the Website in any way that breaches any applicable law or regulation, or that is fraudulent or harmful;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which it is stored, or any connected server, computer ordatabase;
- introduce viruses, malware, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
- copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, or commercially exploit any content from the Website except as expressly permitted in these Terms; or
- use any automated system or software to extract data from the Website (“scraping”) without our prior written consent.
4. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, the Firm (or its licensors) owns the intellectual property rights in the Website and in all material published onit, including text, graphics, logos, and design. These works are protected by copyright and other laws. You may view, download and print extracts of the content for your own information and reference, provided you do not modify the content and you retain all proprietary notices. You must not use any part of the content for commercial purposes without our prior written consent, and you must not use our name, logo or trade marks without permission.
5. Links to third-party websites
The Website may contain links to websites or resources operated by third parties. These links are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over, and accept no responsibility for, the content, products, services or privacy practices of any third-party website. The inclusion of a link does not imply our endorsement of the linked website.
6. Disclaimer and limitation of liability
The Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “asavailable” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the Website or its content, including as to accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Firm, its partners, employees and contractors will not be liable for any loss or damage — whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or otherwise — arising out of or in connection with your access to, use of, or inability to use the Website or reliance on any content on it. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that can not be excluded or limited under applicable law.
7. Privacy
Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms by reference. By using the Website you acknowledge that you have read our Privacy Policy.
8. Changes to the Website and to these Terms
We may update, change, suspend or discontinue any part of the Website at any time without notice. We may also revise these Terms from time to time. The version posted on the Website is the version that applies to your use of it, and the “Last updated” date indicates when it was last revised. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.
9. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or inconnection with them or your use of the Website, are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario.You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario inrespect of any such dispute or claim.
10. Contact us
Hanif Accounting & Advisory, CPA
5 – 2000 Thurston Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4K7, Canada
Email: hasan@hanifadvisory.ca