Scope
These terms apply to this website, website content, contact forms, email enquiries started through the website, and early discussions about possible services. They are intended for business visitors and prospective business clients.
These terms do not replace an applicable proposal, statement of work, service agreement, or other written agreement with Dot Cloud. If there is a conflict, that written agreement controls for the work it covers.
Using This Website
You may use this website for lawful business information, evaluation, and contact purposes. You agree not to misuse the website, interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, submit malicious code, scrape content at unreasonable volume, or use the website in a way that could harm Dot Cloud, its systems, or other visitors.
Dot Cloud may update, suspend, or remove parts of the website as its content and business change.
Website Content
The website is provided for general business information. It is not legal, accounting, tax, security, procurement, or other professional advice. You should make business and technical decisions based on your own context, appropriate professional advice, and any written recommendations or agreements prepared for your organization.
Dot Cloud aims to keep website content accurate and useful, but the content may not always be complete, current, or suitable for your specific situation.
Enquiries and Early Discussions
Submitting a contact form, sending an email, booking a discussion, or sharing project context does not create a client relationship, professional advisory relationship, exclusive relationship, confidentiality obligation, or binding project commitment. Neither party is required to proceed unless a commitment is confirmed in writing.
Dot Cloud may decline, pause, or end a discussion where the request is not a fit, cannot be assessed responsibly, creates a conflict, presents unacceptable risk, or would require expertise or capacity that Dot Cloud is not prepared to provide.
Please do not send passwords, credentials, regulated data, sensitive personal information, or confidential business information through the website contact form. Confidentiality obligations apply only where they are included in a written agreement or expressly confirmed in writing by Dot Cloud.
Services and Project Work
Dot Cloud provides strategy, assessment, data, software, automation, cloud, reporting, product, and technical partnership services. The details of any paid work, including scope, deliverables, fees, timelines, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, intellectual property rights, support, confidentiality, warranties, and payment terms, must be set out in a written agreement.
Unless a written agreement says otherwise, any estimates, timelines, budgets, recommendations, or examples discussed before an agreement is signed are planning information only and are not binding commitments.
Dot Cloud Products and Third-Party Services
Dot Cloud may describe products, operated systems, prototypes, or past work on this website. Product access, subscriptions, licences, data use, support, service levels, and commercial terms are governed by the applicable product terms or written agreement, not by this general website page.
Dot Cloud work may involve third-party platforms, hosting providers, APIs, software, data sources, analytics tools, payment providers, or cloud services. Those third-party services are controlled by their own providers and may be subject to separate terms, privacy practices, availability limits, pricing, and changes.
Intellectual Property
This website, including its text, layout, design, graphics, logos, code, and other content, is owned by Dot Cloud or used with permission. You may view and share links to public pages for ordinary business evaluation. You may not copy, republish, resell, modify, or create derivative works from website content without Dot Cloud's written permission, except where allowed by law.
Ownership of intellectual property created during a project is handled in the applicable written agreement.
Privacy and Electronic Communications
Dot Cloud handles personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy. By contacting Dot Cloud, you consent to Dot Cloud using the information you provide to respond, assess the enquiry, discuss possible work, and administer related business communications.
Dot Cloud may send service, project, administrative, or business relationship messages connected to an enquiry or engagement. If Dot Cloud sends commercial electronic messages for marketing purposes, it will aim to do so in accordance with Canada's anti-spam requirements, including consent and unsubscribe obligations where applicable.
Links to Other Websites
This website may link to third-party websites or services. Those links are provided for convenience or context. Dot Cloud does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, or terms.
Disclaimer
This website and its public content are provided for general business information. Dot Cloud does not promise that the website will always be available or error-free, or that its content will be complete, current, or suitable for every situation. Any specific commitments about client work are set out in the applicable written agreement.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, Dot Cloud is not responsible for indirect or consequential losses resulting from ordinary use of, or inability to use, this website, reliance on its general content, or use of third-party links. This limitation applies only to the website and initial enquiry interactions covered by these terms. Liability relating to a client project or paid engagement is governed by the applicable written agreement.
Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot legally be limited.
Governing Law
These terms and your use of this website are governed by the laws of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada, without regard to conflict of law rules. Any dispute related to these terms or this website will be handled by the courts located in Ontario, unless applicable law requires another forum.
Changes to These Terms
Dot Cloud may update these terms as the website, legal requirements, or business practices change. The updated date at the top of this page shows when the terms were last revised. Updated terms apply to use of the website from the date they are posted.
Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact form.