Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the peacecountrycyber.ca website (the “Site”) and the free educational resources we publish here. They do not govern paid engagements between you and Peace Country Cyber Inc. — those are governed by separately executed agreements (Master Services Agreement, Statement of Work, and any applicable Engagement Letter).

By using the Site you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the Site.

The Site provides educational content about cybersecurity, including the Security Risk Report, Compliance Checklist, blog posts, and other resources (collectively, the “Resources”).

The Resources are provided for informational and educational purposes only. They are not:

• Professional cybersecurity advice tailored to your specific business or situation
• A substitute for a formal cybersecurity assessment
• Legal advice or a substitute for consulting legal counsel
• Insurance advice or a substitute for consulting your insurance broker
• A guarantee that following the recommendations will prevent a cybersecurity incident

THE SITE AND THE RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT IT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PEACE COUNTRY CYBER INC. AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR BUSINESS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE RESOURCES, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE RESOURCES WILL NOT EXCEED CAD $100.

The Site, the Resources, and all underlying text, graphics, logos, code, and design are owned by Peace Country Cyber Inc. and protected by Canadian and international intellectual property law.

You may:

• Read and view the Resources for personal or internal business purposes
• Take and complete the Risk Report for your own organization
• Download and use the Compliance Checklist within your own organization
• Share links to the Site with attribution
• Quote short passages of our published content with attribution and a link back

You may not:

• Republish or redistribute the Resources commercially without our written permission
• Remove or alter attribution, copyright notices, or trademarks
• Use our content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models
• Use automated tools to scrape the Site beyond reasonable indexing

You agree to use the Site lawfully and respectfully. Specifically, you will not:

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or any underlying systems
• Conduct vulnerability scans, penetration tests, or load tests without our written permission (we're happy to authorize coordinated research — email us)
• Use the Site to transmit malware, spam, or other malicious content
• Impersonate Peace Country Cyber or any other person or entity
• Interfere with the Site's normal operation

Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

The Site may link to third-party websites (vendors, regulatory bodies, partner organizations). We do not control these sites and are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Links do not constitute an endorsement.

We may modify the Site, the Resources, or these Terms at any time. For material changes to these Terms, we will update the “Last updated” date and, where appropriate, post a notice on the Site. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Alberta. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Alberta, with venue in Edmonton.

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of future enforcement.

Questions about these Terms?

Email: legal@peacecountrycyber.ca
Mail: Peace Country Cyber Inc., La Crete, Alberta, Canada