Terms and Conditions of Use

AIDS Vancouver Island, (AVI) with reluctance, occasionally pulls inappropriate material from our site that it determines to be discriminatory or overly personal with respect to individuals.

AVI always leaves criticism up that is directed to the agency and its work for the purpose of fostering open dialogue and continually learning and improving the agency services.

When a person creates an account on this site you are given the opportunity to read the Terms and Conditions for the use of this site, which states our agency’s commitment to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy, unless harm is directed to a person or agency or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

People’s comments have clarified the need to be succinct about the policies for the use of this site. AVI is developing a policy for the use of this site that respects the rights of individuals. A posting, with details of this process, will go up within the next few weeks.

The primary reason for this site is to link people to this site for the purpose of exchanging or gathering information. With an average of 25,000 hits per month, this site is being well utilized. Having said that, this is AVI’s site. We need to ensure that the site is managed in a respectful way.

AVI appreciates your constructive criticism and positive input.

Kealey Pringle
Communications