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Research Innovation Commercialization Centre (“RICC”) provides to individuals or groups of individuals (“Clients”) mentoring and educational, and informational services including, but not limited to, information about business planning, sales, marketing, financing and funding strategies (the “Services”). The Services, effective as of the date first provided to a Client, are subject to the following terms and conditions.

1. The Client agrees to co-operate with RICC in the performance of the Services and to provide such support and information as may be reasonably required. All decisions and actions taken by the Client in connection with its business or otherwise that may rely on any information or opinion received from a RICC advisor during the provision of the Services are solely the responsibility of the Client. The Client acknowledges that any information provided as part of the Service is for business and educational purposes only and is not intended to constitute financial or legal opinions of any kind. RICC shall not be deemed to have made any representations, warranties or undertakings of any kind to a Client in relation to the Services. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as precluding or limiting in any way the right of RICC to provide similar Services to any person or entity as RICC deems appropriate.
2. The Client is required to provide to RICC information about its business and milestone achievements including, but not limited to, business address, ownership, capital raised, jobs created, revenue generated, number of patents filed and dates patents filed. RICC will request regular updates to ensure it has the most up-to-date and accurate Client information. When requested, Clients are required to complete surveys and provide feedback to RICC in a timely manner. Failure to respond to reasonable requests for information may result in the termination of RICC services.
3. RICC employees, contractors and volunteers are under obligations of confidentiality. Both RICC and the Client will keep confidential all information disclosed by one to the other that is not in the public domain provided that RICC may use certain confidential or personal information as disclosed herein. Despite the foregoing, the Client acknowledges and agrees that RICC, in providing the Services, leverages its network (including for example external advisors, mentors, business contacts and investors). The sharing of high level information disclosed by Client regarding its business or technology by RICC with its network, for the purpose of providing the Services or supporting the provision of services to Ontario startups and innovative companies generally, shall not constitute a breach of these Terms and Conditions. RICC may disclose more detailed information: (a) to external advisors that are legally obligated to maintain the confidentiality of this information, or (b) to others with the verbal or written consent of the Client.
4. RICC respects the Client’s privacy and will comply with applicable privacy laws with respect to the Client’s personal information, as defined in applicable legislation, including all information provided in this document and subsequently provided by the Client. The Client expressly consents to RICC including personal information collected from the Client in its files and to the disclosure of the Client’s personal information in order to provide the Client with the Service. The use of the Client’s personal information by RICC shall otherwise be limited to that which is reasonably necessary to provide the Service improve its services, create aggregate information that does not identify the Client or the Client’s company, or to provide the Client with related information that RICC believes may be of interest. RICC may disclose personal information to its employees, contractors, suppliers, agents, consultants and advisors on a “need to know” basis, provided that such individuals or organizations are required to maintain the privacy of the information. RICC may also disclose such information where required by law.
5. RICC may use aggregate information gathered from Clients, that does not identify Clients, combined with third party information for commercial and non-commercial purposes including, without limitation, its reporting requirements to government and other funders, to improve its services, coordinate services with business partners and promote innovation. Aggregate reporting may include analysis by time, sector, business stage, financing type or geography.
6. RICC and the Client will promptly disclose to each other any conflicts of interest of which either becomes aware during the provision of the Services.
7. RICC requests that the Client acknowledges RICC as a source of support in any publicity, where appropriate. The Client agrees however that it shall not, without prior written consent of RICC in each instance, use the trademarks or logo of RICC in any advertising, publicity or otherwise. RICC reserves the right to publicly identify the Client as a client of RICC.
8. Either party has the right to terminate the provision of the Services, without thereby incurring any liability to the other, by notice to such effect given orally or in writing to that other. In the event of any termination before any Services shall have been completed, the terminating party undertakes to provide the other with reasonable explanation of the underlying reasons for so doing.
9. The Client agrees to indemnify, defend and hold RICC and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers and licensors harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, costs and expenses (including costs and legal fees) incurred in connection with any use of the Service. RICC reserves the right, at the Client’s expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any claim or other matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the Client, and in such case, the Client agrees to cooperate with RICC’s defense of such claim. RICC shall have no liability to a Client or its business for any loss or damage whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, which arises in contract, tort, by statute or otherwise.
10. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario. The parties irrevocably agree to bring any action to enforce this Agreement solely and exclusively in the courts of Ontario.
11. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. All provisions hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement as well as any other revisions which by their terms or sense are intended to survive any such termination.
12. RICC may, in its sole discretion, modify or update these Terms and Conditions from time to time, and post the update online at riccentre.com. Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions.