Model provisions for protection of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec property rights

The material on this site is owned by the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec and all intellectual property rights therein are held by the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec. Unless indicated otherwise, such rights extend to all documents, data, compilations and other works disseminated on this site. The Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec trademarks are also protected.

The documents, data, compilations or other works contained in this site may be reproduced in any manner or downloaded for non-commercial purposes, without authorization and at no cost, and the search engine may be used, provided the source is acknowledged. No commercial use may be made of the material without prior authorization by the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.

Accuracy and reliability of information

The Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec warrants the accuracy and reliability of information at the posting time but not subsequent thereto and accepts no liability whatsoever for the accuracy of any document, data or other material after it has been altered or modified in any manner, after downloading or otherwise. Moreover, in the event of a discrepancy between an official text and the content of this site, the official text prevails.

Intellectual property rights

The Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec holds exclusive intellectual property rights over the documents it produces and publishes, including all administrative texts and official texts whether produced by Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec employees, a government department, a public agency or a third party having assigned the rights or granted a user licence to the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec. Intellectual property rights include copyright, trademarks and patents.

The information and compilations contained in the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec site are protected by copyright in the same manner as multimedia, literary, musical and artistic works.

Unless otherwise indicated and subject to exceptions provided by statute, no material that is subject to intellectual property rights may be used without the appropriate authorizations, licences, permissions or grant of interest from or by the holder of the rights. This applies notably to reproduction or storage for any purpose other than those strictly permitted.

Anyone wishing to reproduce, store, download, translate, communicate to the public by telecommunication or make a public audio or video presentation of any document, data or other content of this site or use the search engine must obtain the prior authorization of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.
Moreover, the removal of the name of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec from the material used or any modification of the contents by addition, deletion or otherwise constitutes an infringement of the moral rights of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.