Village Member Usage Policies

Effective March 1st, 2023

Terms of Service

Welcome to The LOVIT Way! Thank you for helping promote excellence in Indigenous early childhood education. The LOVIT Way Village ("The LOVIT Way") website is owned and operated by the Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia ("AHSABC"). By signing-up to access the LOVIT Way, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions (our "Terms of Service"), and understand and agree that this is a binding agreement between you and AHSABC.

We reserve the right to update and change these Terms of Service by posting changes to The LOVIT Way website. Your continued use of The LOVIT Way constitutes your acceptance of those updates. Together with our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, these Terms of Service establish the basis of our relationship through The LOVIT Way.

Together, we are making our programs the best they can be. These Terms of Service and Community Guidelines help make that possible.

General

  1. Participation is Voluntary. We do not require or compel you to participate in The LOVIT Way.
  2. Privacy. We take the collection and protection of your personal information very seriously. You acknowledge that your use of The LOVIT Way is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Service.
  3. Right to Terminate Access. AHSABC has the right to terminate your use of The LOVIT Way, with or without notice, if AHSABC determines that your use of or conduct on this website (i) violates these Terms of Service, our Community Guidelines, or any additional terms and conditions, (ii) is harmful or potentially harmful to AHSABC, its programs or communities, another user or any other party, or (iii) violates the law.

Account Rules

  1. Account Information. You will be asked to provide information about yourself to join The LOVIT Way, including your first and last name, the program where you work, and your role. If you choose to provide such information, you agree: (i) to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself (and your affiliated program if you are opening an account on behalf of your program) as prompted, and (ii) to maintain and update this information as best you can.
  2. Password and Username. Access to The LOVIT Way and other materials offered on The LOVIT Way website is password controlled and is accessible to registered members only. You certify that all information provided in the registration process is accurate and correct. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password.
  3. Account Confidentiality.. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member account. Each member account is meant for one person only. New members are screened to ensure that they are representatives and/or community members of established Aboriginal Head Start or other early childhood education programs.
  4. Security Notification. You agree to notify AHSABC immediately if someone accesses your username, password or account without your permission. Contact support@thelovitway.ca
  5. Conduct.. You must not post hate speech, or anything that is otherwise illegal; content that is libelous, defamatory, harassing, malicious or threatening; sexual or obscene content; promote commercial products or services; impersonate others, or share the personal information of third parties without consent.

Proprietary Rights

  1. Personal Information.. Any personal information you provide in order to create and use a member account on The LOVIT Way, or any information shared to Inspire or Sharing Circle, is considered your information and, as such, you have access to and control of that information. You are able to change your name, email address or password at any time. If you wish to make changes to other information please email support@thelovitway.ca
  2. Copyright and Trademark. Building a respectful community and fostering collaboration means requesting permission before copying materials. Materials on The LOVIT Way, including all logos, artwork and images are protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights owned and controlled by AHSABC or by other parties that have licensed or otherwise provided their material to us, and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of AHSABC or the copyright owner. Program PEPs, Narrative Reports, Action Plans, as well as all materials included in Inspire and Sharing Circle, may be downloaded, copied and shared as needed.
  3. Contributed Content. Any content that you share on The LOVIT Way, including to Inspire or Sharing Circle, must be your own or you must indicate the owner, to the best to your ability, of the material on your submission form. You may not contribute content in violation of applicable copyright laws; such content will be removed from The LOVIT Way. You are free to remove your own contributed content at any time.

Confidentiality

  1. Confidentiality of Content Contributions. We encourage members to share information, resources, and learnings on Inspire and Sharing Circle. This type of sharing fosters co-learning amongst our members and community, and opportunities to improve our practice and be the best we can be. By sharing videos, photos or other learning materials on website, you agree that these will not be considered confidential and are submitted with the intention of posting and sharing within The LOVIT Way community. A signed AHSABC Publication Release will be required for each person that appears in submitted photos and/or videos, to ensure that the person is aware that their image will be shared on The LOVIT Way.

    Content shared to Inspire or Sharing Circle is only available to The LOVIT Way users, members who have accessed the website via secure login, and therefore your content and personal information is protected from use by outside parties for the development of any software program, including training of artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
  2. Confidentiality of Feedback. AHSABC may ask for your feedback to make improvements to The LOVIT Way website. This feedback will be considered confidential and will not be shared outside of AHSABC or used for any other purpose without your active consent.
  3. AHSABC Confidential Information. You may be given access to AHSABC confidential information through The LOVIT Way. You may not disclose AHSABC confidential information to any third party without the written consent of AHSABC. AHSABC confidential information includes, but is not limited to, all non-public information regarding The LOVIT Way, its intellectual property or its products, design, content, resources and graphic images.
  4. Submission of Data for Research. You may be contacted about sharing results from your PEP with AHSABC for research purposes. When this type of research is conducted, no identifying information from individuals involved in PEP completion will be included. You will be provided with details regarding the purpose of the work, be given the opportunity to ask questions, and then choose whether or not to participate with no consequence to you or your staff. Read further details about this in our Privacy Policy.

Limitation of Liability & Indemnification

  1. Account Access. AHSABC will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your username, password or account, either with or without your knowledge.
  2. Links. This website may contain links to other websites not owned or managed by AHSABC; we do not endorse the content of linked websites, and we are not responsible for the terms of service or privacy of such websites.
  3. No Warranty. AHSABC makes no warranty regarding the operation or moderation of The LOVIT Way. In allowing the posting of member-contributed content, AHSABC does not endorse or prove any warranty with regards to the content. AHSABC may make changes to the content on The LOVIT Way. You acknowledge that your use of any information through The LOVIT Way is at your own risk.
  4. Release. By using The LOVIT Way, or submitting any resource ideas and/or related materials to The LOVIT Way, you are hereby agreeing to release AHSABC from any and all claims, debts, obligations, damages (actual or consequential), costs, and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, that you may have against AHSABC arising out of or in any way related to The LOVIT Way or to any disputes regarding use of ideas and/or related materials submitted to The LOVIT Way.
  5. Limitation of Liability. In no event will AHSABC, or its partners or sponsors be liable to you or any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or exemplary damages, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages, for any use of this website, or on any other linked website, including, without limitation, any loss of data on your information handling system or otherwise. In no event will AHSABC, or its partners or sponsors be liable to you or any other person or entity for any damages whatsoever arising from any act or omission by AHSABC in the moderation of The LOVIT Way, or from any act or omission by any other person including, without limitation, in relation to any content provided on The LOVIT Way.
  6. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify AHSABC and hold AHSABC, its partners, directors, and employees harmless for any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party relating to your breach of these Terms of Service or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Questions or Comments

These Terms of Service are intended to help promote respect within The LOVIT Way community and protect its members, and will be updated to reflect ongoing feedback and improvements. If you have any questions or comments about these Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy, or the LOVIT Way Community Guidelines, please do not hesitate to contact:

Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC
PO Box 20158
Duncan, BC   V9L 0C2
250-709-7592
support@thelovitway.ca

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