Terms of Use

Welcome to Snowstorms.ca. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Snowstorms.ca website, including its content, features, tools, and services.

By accessing or using Snowstorms.ca, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.

1. About Snowstorms.ca

Snowstorms.ca is an independent weather information and educational website providing weather-related content, forecasts, alerts, historical information, educational resources, and other tools and features.

Snowstorms.ca is not a government agency and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada or any other government authority unless expressly stated otherwise.

2. Use of the Website

You may use Snowstorms.ca for lawful personal, informational, and educational purposes in accordance with these Terms.

You agree not to:

  • Use the website for any unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful purpose.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its servers, systems, accounts, or data.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the operation, security, or availability of the website.
  • Introduce viruses, malicious code, automated attacks, or other harmful technology.
  • Use automated systems, bots, scrapers, crawlers, or similar technologies to access, extract, reproduce, or collect substantial portions of the website except as permitted by applicable law or with our prior written permission.
  • Circumvent measures designed to restrict or control access to the website or its content.
  • Misrepresent your affiliation with Snowstorms.ca or imply that Snowstorms.ca endorses you, your organization, or your services without authorization.
  • Use the website or its content in a manner that infringes the rights of Snowstorms.ca or any third party.

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to the website where we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.

3. Weather Information

Snowstorms.ca provides weather information for general informational and educational purposes.

Weather forecasts and conditions can change rapidly, and information displayed on the website may be provided by third-party data providers, government sources, APIs, automated systems, or other external services.

Snowstorms.ca does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, availability, or timeliness of weather information.

Users should consult official government and emergency management sources when making decisions involving personal safety, severe weather, travel, property, or emergency situations.

Additional information regarding the limitations of weather information provided through Snowstorms.ca is available in our Disclaimer.

4. Weather Alerts

Snowstorms.ca does not issue official weather warnings, watches, advisories, or emergency alerts.

Official alerts displayed or discussed on Snowstorms.ca may originate from government authorities or other authorized sources and may be displayed, summarized, categorized, or explained for informational purposes.

Users should consult Environment and Climate Change Canada and relevant provincial, municipal, emergency management, and public safety authorities for official alerts and instructions.

5. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, original content created and published by Snowstorms.ca, including written content, page designs, graphics, branding, databases, compilations, and other original materials, is owned by or licensed to Snowstorms.ca and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may access and use this content for personal and non-commercial informational purposes.

You may link to publicly available pages on Snowstorms.ca and may quote limited portions of our original written content where permitted by law and where appropriate attribution is provided.

You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, license, modify, systematically extract, or commercially exploit substantial portions of Snowstorms.ca content without prior written permission.

6. Third-Party Content and Data

Snowstorms.ca may display or incorporate information obtained from third-party sources, including weather data providers, government agencies, APIs, mapping providers, research organizations, news organizations, and other external sources.

Ownership of third-party content and data remains with the applicable rights holders.

The availability of third-party information on Snowstorms.ca does not transfer ownership of that information to Snowstorms.ca and does not necessarily imply an endorsement or partnership between Snowstorms.ca and the third-party provider.

Your use of certain third-party data or services may also be subject to the applicable provider’s terms and conditions.

7. External Links

Snowstorms.ca may contain links to websites, services, or resources operated by third parties.

These links may be provided for reference, attribution, convenience, or additional information. Snowstorms.ca does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, accuracy, or privacy practices.

The inclusion of a link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the third-party website, organization, product, or service.

8. Automated Tools, Estimates and Predictions

Snowstorms.ca may provide automated features, calculations, rankings, estimates, probabilities, or predictive tools based on weather data, historical information, algorithms, or other inputs.

These outputs are estimates and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not guarantee that a particular weather event, closure, disruption, or other outcome will occur.

Where an official decision is made by a school board, municipality, government authority, transportation provider, employer, or other organization, users should consult that organization directly for confirmation.

9. User Submissions

Snowstorms.ca may offer features that allow users to submit information, corrections, feedback, photographs, reports, comments, or other materials.

If you submit content to Snowstorms.ca, you represent that you have the right to provide that content and that doing so does not violate the rights of another person or organization.

You remain responsible for content you submit.

Where necessary to operate, display, promote, or improve Snowstorms.ca, you grant Snowstorms.ca a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, display, and distribute content you voluntarily submit, subject to applicable law and any additional terms presented when the content is submitted.

We reserve the right to review, decline, remove, or modify user-submitted content where appropriate.

10. Advertising and Affiliate Relationships

Snowstorms.ca may display advertising, sponsored content, affiliate links, or other commercial material.

The presence of advertising does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of an advertiser, product, or service.

Where required, sponsored or affiliate relationships will be identified in accordance with applicable requirements and our Advertising Policy.

11. Website Availability

We aim to maintain a reliable and accessible website but do not guarantee that Snowstorms.ca or any particular feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

We may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any portion of the website at any time, including features, tools, content, data sources, and services.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

Snowstorms.ca and its content, information, tools, and services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

We make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, or timeliness of information available through the website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes any warranty, right, or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Snowstorms.ca and its owners, operators, contributors, and affiliates will not be liable for losses or damages arising from or relating to your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon the website, its content, weather information, tools, third-party data, or external links.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.

For additional information regarding the limitations of information provided through Snowstorms.ca, please review our Disclaimer.

14. Privacy

Your use of Snowstorms.ca is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and otherwise handled when you use the website.

Where applicable, our Cookie Policy provides additional information about cookies and similar technologies used on Snowstorms.ca.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically to reflect changes to Snowstorms.ca, its features, services, business practices, or applicable requirements.

Any revised Terms will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Your continued use of Snowstorms.ca after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us through our Contact page.

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