Vorona Ventures Inc. (“VVI”) maintains a web site currently located at yaronvorona.com or voronaventures.com (the “Site”) which provides articles, publications, information, data and other materials (the “Content”). The Site is provided to you subject to your compliance with these terms and conditions of use (“Terms and Conditions”). By accessing or using the Site you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, please do not access or use the Site.

Modifications to the Terms and Conditions: VVI reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued access to or use of the Site after such changes indicates your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as modified. It is your responsibility to review these Terms and Conditions regularly.

Legal, Investment, Psychological, or Professional Advice Not Provided: The Content is current as of its original date of publication, but should not be relied upon as accurate, timely or fit for any particular purpose. Content is provided solely for informational purposes. It is not intended to be Legal, Investment, Psychological, or Professional advice. You are advised to seek specific advice by contacting appropriately regulated professionals in relation to your specific issues.

Viruses: The downloading of Content is done at your own risk. VVI cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that the Site or the Content are compatible with your computer systems or that the Site or the Content will be free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or disabling devices or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing safeguards to protect the security and integrity of your computer system and you are responsible for the entire cost of any service, repairs or connections of and to your computer system which may be necessary as a result of your use of the Site.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability: THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. VVI DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT. VVI DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VVI DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND THE CONTENT WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OR THAT THE SITE OR THE CONTENT ARE OR WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. IN NO EVENT WILL VVI BE LIABLE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, FOR ANY DAMAGES OR ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, PERSONAL INJURY, FINES, FEES, PENALTIES OR OTHER LIABILITIES), WHETHER OR NOT VVI IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO MAKE USE OF, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.

Communications Not Confidential: VVI does not guarantee the confidentiality of any communications made by you via e-mail or otherwise through the Site.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use: You agree that you will not, without our prior written permission, use the Site and the Content for purposes other than your own personal non-commercial use and benefit. You may not frame the Site or the Content or any part thereof on any commercial or non-commercial internet web site. You acquire absolutely no rights or licences to the Site or the Content other than the limited right to use the Site and the Content in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. You agree that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful. Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, any reproduction, retransmission, distribution, sale, republication, modification, translation of or creation of derivative works based on the Site or the Content, in whole or in part, and any decompilation disassembly, reverse engineering or other exploitation of the Site, without prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.

Ownership: All Content, designs, graphics, pictures, illustrations, software, artwork, video, music, sound, names, words, titles, phrases, logos and marks displayed on the Site or in the Content are owned or legally licensed by VVI and may be protected by copyright, trade-mark and other intellectual property laws and treaty provision laws.

Third Party Sites: The Site may provide links to third party web sites. VVI does not endorse the information contained in those web sites or guarantee their quality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for any purpose. The content in any linked web site is not under VVI’s control and if you choose to access any such web site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Governing Law: These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the applicable laws of Canada and these laws apply to the use of the Site or the Content by you, notwithstanding your domicile, residency or physical location. The Site and the Content are intended for use only in jurisdictions where it may lawfully be offered for use.

General Provisions: These Terms and Conditions, including any documents referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between VVI and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and VVI with respect to the Site. A printed version of these Terms and Conditions and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms and Conditions to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. VVI’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provisions or right. If any of the provisions contained in these Terms and Conditions are determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions contained herein.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADE-MARK NOTICES

©2024 Vorona Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the Site or the Content may be reproduced, modified, distributed, sold, published, broadcast, retransmitted or circulated in any form without the prior written consent of VVI, except to the extent that such use is for your personal, non-commercial use. All copies must include this copyright notice.

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Last Update: January 13, 2025

Introduction: Vorona Ventures Inc. (“VVI” or “we”) are committed to protecting the personal information that we collect, use and disclose in the course of providing legal services and operating our law firm, in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements, including applicable privacy legislation.

This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, and disclose the personal information of our clients, other individuals and our web site visitors (“you”).

Personal Information: Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. In general, personal information does not include business contact information that we use to contact you in your business capacity, including your name, title or position, business, telephone or facsimile number.

Accountability and Privacy Governance Policies and Procedures: VVI may be responsible under applicable privacy legislation for the personal information in our possession or control. We are committed to protecting personal information and have established policies and procedures that govern our treatment of personal information. These policies and procedures include, among other things, the following:

• We have implemented policies and procedures to protect personal information in our custody and control from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
• We have implemented processes to respond to data subject requests and complaints in a timely and effective manner.
• We have implemented a privacy framework that defines the roles and responsibilities for our employees with respect to the treatment of personal information.

Means of Collection of Personal Information: In most cases, we collect personal information directly from individuals. However, we may also receive information indirectly such as background screenings for job applicants. We also collect personal information through automatic means through our Websites as described below.

What Personal Information Do We Collect and Use?

Provision Services: VVI collects, uses and discloses personal information for the primary purpose of providing our clients with professional services, including for the following purposes:

• to establish and manage client relationships;
• to establish and maintain commercial relationships with clients, suppliers and other third parties, including to issue invoices, administer accounts, collect and process payments, and to fulfil contractual obligations;
• to contact and communicate with clients and other individuals for the purpose of conducting market research, and evaluating client service and satisfaction;
• to maintain, develop and manage our information systems, such as file transfer, document management, knowledge-management, and databases;
• to detect and protect against error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft and other illegal activity, and where necessary to meet our insurance requirements;
• to develop and manage our business and operations; and
• as permitted by, and to comply with, applicable legal or regulatory requirements or provisions.

We keep records of the work performed and services provided by us. These records may include personal information. Our records are stored with safeguards against inappropriate or unauthorized access (see Safeguards). We may ask you to update your personal information, contact information or preferences from time to time. Clients are encouraged to contact us to update the personal information we maintain in our client files.

Newsletters, Publications, Seminars: If you sign up to receive our newsletters or other information from VVI, we collect your first and last name, email address, preferred language, job title, company, city, province/state, and country in order to send you newsletters and event information. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of each email. Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving email marketing communications by contacting us using the contact information provided in the “Contact Us” section below. To opt-out of receiving our print publications, please contact us using the contact information provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

Please note that you may continue to receive services-related or account-related communications from us.

Events: If you attend one of our events (or visit a booth at an event), we may collect business contact information such as your first and last name, company name, work email address, phone number, dietary restrictions, and accessibility requirements. We collect this information so that we can service you appropriately at our events and contact you about future events, promotions, offers and information about our services. We may contact you by email after an event with a survey for the purpose of evaluating your satisfaction with an event.

Job Applicants: If you apply for a job with us, we collect personal information you provide in connection with a job application or related inquiry, such as information contained in a resume, cover letter, or similar employment-related materials. We use this information for the purpose of processing and responding to your application for current and future career opportunities, conducting interviews and facilitating the on-boarding process in the event you accept a position at the firm. With your consent, we may also obtain personal information from third party job references or former employers, or conduct background checks.

Consent: We will obtain a client’s consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information about the client, and the consent of other individuals where required by applicable privacy legislation. We assume that an individual has consented to our reasonable collection and use of personal information consistent with the purposes for which the information was given, when the individual initiates contact with us or voluntarily provides personal information to us. We also assume that clients who retain us consent to the reasonable collection, use and disclosure of their personal information by our professionals and agents for purposes of provision of services to our clients. If you provide us with personal information about a third party, we rely on you to obtain all necessary consents to permit us to collect, use and disclose the personal information for the purposes for which the information was collected and as set out in this Privacy Policy.

We do not collect, use or disclose personal information without consent unless authorized or required by law to do so, such as in the following circumstances:

• when the information is publicly available within the meaning of applicable privacy legislation, such as in professional or other directories, in public registries, publicly-filed court records or information appearing in published form;
• if we are required to disclose personal information to a lawful authority; or as otherwise authorized by law.

Sharing of Personal Information

Service Providers: We rely on affiliated and unaffiliated companies, agents and contractors to assist us with the provision of our services, including: hosting our data; providing billing support; document storage; software support; delivering webinars; sending our communications; conducting background checks; managing job applicants; and facilitating secure file transfers.

We provide our service providers with access to your personal information as necessary for them to provide services to us. We require our service providers to protect the confidentiality and security of personal information, and our service providers are not authorized to use personal information for other purposes.

Legal Requirements: We or our third-party service providers may disclose personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, to other organizations in the case of investigating a breach of an agreement or contravention of law or detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise required or permitted by applicable Canadian, US or other law (which may include lawful access by Canadian, US or other foreign governmental authorities, regulators, courts or law enforcement agencies in the jurisdictions in which we or our service providers operate).

Transfer of Personal Information:We and our service providers (including affiliates) may access, store and otherwise process personal information outside of Canada (including, for Quebec individuals, outside of the province of Quebec), including in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and other foreign jurisdictions.

Information about our Websites:

Visiting our Website: In general, you can visit our Website without telling us who you are or submitting any personal information. However, we may collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand our Website activity and to monitor and improve our Website.

Cookies: Our Website uses a technology called “cookies”. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website sends to a user’s browser, which may then be stored on the user’s hard drive so that we can recognize the user’s computer or device when they return. Other similar files such as clear GIFs, web beacons and pixel tags work in the same way and we use the word ‘cookie’ in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Website features.

Analytics: We may use a third party such as Google Analytics to help us gather and analyze information about the areas visited on the Website (such as the pages most read, time spent, search terms and other engagement data) in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the Website. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information about Google Analytics or to prevent the storage and processing of this data (including your IP address) by Google, you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can also obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ data privacy and security at the following links:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and

https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631

Interest-Based Advertising: We work with third-parties such as ad networks and other advertising companies that use their own tracking technologies (including cookies and pixel tags) on our Website in order to provide you with tailored advertisements across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your activity on our Website and third-party websites (such as web pages you visit and your interaction with our advertising and other communications) and use this information to analyze your behaviours to make predictions about your interest and preferences, develop personalized content and deliver ads that are more relevant to you on third party websites. This process is known as “behavioural advertising” or “interest-based advertising”. This information may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns.

Interest-Based Advertising:

For information about interest-based advertising and to understand your options, including how you can opt-out of receiving behavioural ads from third-party advertising companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada website at http://youradchoices.ca/choices.

• Please note that if you opt-out of interest-based advertising by a third party, these tracking technologies may still collect data for other purposes including analytics and you will still see ads from us, but the ads may be less relevant to you and your interests.
• To successfully opt out, you must have cookies enabled in your web browser (see your browser’s instructions for information on cookies and how to enable them). Your opt-out only applies to the web browser you use so you must opt-out of each web browser on each computer you use. Once you opt out, if you delete your browser’s saved cookies, you will need to opt-out again.

Third Party Links: Our Website may contain links to other websites that VVI does not own or operate. We provide links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. The linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, notices and terms of use. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure and otherwise treat personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Safeguards: We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical measures in an effort to safeguard the personal information in our custody and control against theft, loss and unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure.

Your Choices: As indicated above, if you have signed up to receive our email communications, you can unsubscribe any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of the email. Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving our marketing communications by contacting us at the contact information under Contact Us section below.

Your Rights: You may have the right to access, update, rectify and correct inaccuracies in your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of personal information (subject to legal and contractual restrictions). You may also request that we cease dissemination of your personal information or de-index your personal information where we are required to do so by applicable law.

To exercise these rights, please send a written request using the contact information as set out in the Contact Us section below.

Such requests will be processed subject to exceptions under applicable privacy legislation. Examples of such exceptions include information generated in the course of a formal dispute resolution process; information about another individual where disclosure would reveal confidential commercial information; or information disclosed to the police or other lawful authorities where we are required to withhold disclosure.

Updates to the Privacy Policy: We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our privacy practices. We encourage you to periodically review this page to ensure you are familiar with those changes. We will indicate at the top of this privacy policy when it was most recently updated.

Contact Us: If you have any questions, complaints or comments about this privacy policy or the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information, or to request access to our collection of your personal information, please contact us at: hi@yaronvorona.com