1. Acceptance of these terms
By accessing or using this website, submitting an application or nomination, or interacting with TrueNorthCTO through the website, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
2. About TrueNorthCTO
TrueNorthCTO is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit community for senior technology leaders with a meaningful connection to Canada. The website is provided to share community information, support applications and nominations, and connect visitors with TrueNorthCTO resources.
3. Applications, nominations, and membership discretion
Submitting an application or nomination does not guarantee acceptance, invitation, response, event access, or ongoing membership. TrueNorthCTO may accept, reject, defer, or remove applications, nominations, or members at its discretion, including to preserve community fit, trust, confidentiality, and the senior peer nature of the community.
4. Information you submit
You are responsible for ensuring that information you submit is accurate and that you have permission to provide it. Do not submit confidential, sensitive, proprietary, or third-party information that you are not authorized to share. Information submitted through the website may be used to review applications, nominations, eligibility, community fit, and related communications.
5. Community conduct and confidentiality
TrueNorthCTO is designed for candid, respectful, senior-level peer exchange. If you participate in community activities, you agree to act professionally, respect confidentiality, avoid harassment or abusive conduct, and avoid using the community primarily for solicitation, spam, recruiting pressure, or sales activity. You must not share private member discussions, contact details, or community materials without appropriate permission.
6. No professional advice
Website content and community discussions may involve technology, product, security, AI, governance, leadership, operational, legal, financial, or business topics. They are provided for general informational and peer-learning purposes only and do not constitute legal, financial, security, professional, or other expert advice. You should obtain appropriate professional advice before relying on any information for a specific decision.
7. Intellectual property
The TrueNorthCTO name, website design, text, graphics, branding, and other website materials are owned by or licensed to TrueNorthCTO unless otherwise indicated. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or reuse website content except for ordinary personal, non-commercial viewing or with written permission. You retain ownership of information you submit, but grant TrueNorthCTO permission to use it for application review, nomination review, community administration, and related communications.
8. Acceptable use
You agree not to misuse the website, interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, submit false or misleading information, scrape or harvest information, upload malicious code, impersonate another person, or use the website for unlawful, harmful, abusive, or disruptive purposes.
9. Privacy
TrueNorthCTO's handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy. By submitting information through the website, you acknowledge that TrueNorthCTO may collect, use, disclose, store, and protect that information as described in the Privacy Policy.
10. Third-party services and links
The website may link to or use third-party services, including LinkedIn, hosting providers, form handlers, email tools, event platforms, analytics providers, or other service providers. TrueNorthCTO is not responsible for third-party websites, services, content, policies, or practices. Your use of third-party services may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
11. Website availability and changes
TrueNorthCTO may update, suspend, remove, or change the website, community materials, application process, or these terms at any time without notice. The website may not always be available, secure, complete, accurate, or error-free.
12. No warranty
The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the extent permitted by law, TrueNorthCTO disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties of accuracy, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, security, and availability.
13. Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by law, TrueNorthCTO and its volunteers, organizers, contributors, and representatives will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for loss of data, goodwill, opportunities, profits, or business, arising from or related to your use of the website or participation in community-related activities.
14. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada. Any dispute relating to these terms or the website should be handled in the courts of Ontario, Canada, subject to applicable law.
15. Changes to these terms
TrueNorthCTO may update these Terms of Service from time to time. The "Last updated" date will indicate when the latest version was posted. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.
16. Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent through the .