The information presented on this web site is the property of the City of Saguenay. Unless notified otherwise, the rights of the City apply to all documents, data, compilations and other works published on this site. Trademarks held by the City are also protected.

The City of Saguenay signature (logo) is protected under copyright and municipal by-law. In this case, the signature may not be used by other companies, organizations or individuals without written authorization from the Communications Division of the City of Saguenay.

Integrity of information

The City of Saguenay strives to ensure the accuracy of information published on its web site. The City is in no way responsible for any document, data or other content once it has been downloaded, printed, or reproduced in any other way.

In the event of a discrepancy between an official document and the information published on the web site, the official document always takes precedence.

Intellectual property rights

Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights that the City of Saguenay holds over documents which it produces or publishes, whether they be administrative or official documents (laws, regulations, decisions, etc.), or whether they are created by their employees, a service, a community organization, a public agency or a third party who has conceded their trademarks and patents to the City.

A third person's use of objects protected by such rights must, unless indicated otherwise as well as exceptions in relevant Acts, obtain the authorizations, permits, permission or grants of interest from the bearer of rights. This is particularly the case for the reproduction, storage or archiving of information for purposes other than those strictly permitted..

Consequently, anyone who plans or wishes to, for marketing purposes, reproduce, store, download, translate, publicly represent sounds or images or communicate by telecommunications any document, data or other content on this site must obtain prior authorization from the City of Saguenay.

Moreover, when using these works in the broad sense, no one may remove the name of the rightful owner nor modify the content by addition, deletion or otherwise, without infringing moral rights.

Use of photos or other material

Despite the care the City takes to respect the copyright on photos used (generally acquired free of copyright), it undertakes to quickly remove any photo or graphic, in the absence of an agreement, that could be litigious or that contravenes the agreements signed with the alleged author. The municipality does not take responsibility for photos supplied by a third party which illustrate the party's establishment, services or activities and particularly those related to the company's description in the context of specialized areas (in tourism for example).

Material transmitted by users

In general, the City of Saguenay does not guarantee its users' intellectual property rights will be recognized with respect to any information, data or opinions which could be transmitted in any way to the City.

The site user also acknowledges that the City of Saguenay has the irrevocable right to use, reproduce, display, publish, modify, transmit and distribute, free of charge, the material received on its site. The user furthermore acknowledges that the City of Saguenay is free to use, at no cost, the ideas, concepts, knowledge or techniques associated with this material.

Modifications and limitation of liability

Despite all efforts made, the City of Saguenay web site may contain incorrect data or typographical errors. The City of Saguenay accepts no responsibility for any errors, regardless of their nature, that could appear on the site.

The City of Saguenay may modify information concerning the products, services and programs listed on the site without notice.

Hyperlinks to third party sites

The City of Saguenay web site supplies hyperlinks to government, organization and company links. These hyperlinks are offered for free and as complementary information. Although an effort is made to suggest sites of recognized repute and quality, the City of Saguenay cannot be held responsible for the validity of information found on third party sites. These hyperlinks do not constitute assistance, association or membership of the City of Saguenay to the companies or organizations who publish these sites.

Additionally, the City of Saguenay reserves the right to remove any hyperlinks it offers on its web site if these sites become no longer consistent with the City's standards.

When you leave the City of Saguenay web site by clicking on a hyperlink, and you decide to continue consulting that site, you do so under the terms in force for that particular site, and these terms are in no way associated with the City of Saguenay.

Hyperlinks to the City of Saguenay web site

In the spirit of the Web, which is to promote access to information, the City of Saguenay authorizes the hyperlinks towards its site as long as the content and nature of the reference site is not detrimental to the City of Saguenay and its community. The hyperlinks must be in the form of a simple link or an external link (ex: link to the City of Saguenay). The signature of the City of Saguenay may not be used to identify the hyperlink without prior authorization from the City of Saguenay. For this purpose, please communicate with the Communications Division.

The hyperlinks must not cause any confusion between the site where the hyperlink is located and the City of Saguenay site. Framing (pages or page sections within an HTML frame) or incorporating attachments (photographs, images, PDF documents or other, etc.) that enable automatic downloading are not authorized.