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Facebook Disclaimer Rules of the Game: Fans are welcome to post comments on our wall however we expect everyone who participates in online commentary with us to follow a few simple rules. Please keep your comments clean and respectful. The City reserves the right to remove any posts or content that do not meet the guidelines noted below: We do not allow comments that do not meet the following criteria: • Provides the personal information of individuals. • Promotes, perpetuate or foster discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, nationality, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. • Is a personal attack on an individual or specific group. • Is profane or abusive. • Is sexually explicit or link to content that is sexually explicit. • Conducts or encourages illegal activity. • Is commercial in nature and is attempting to advertise, promote or sell products or services of an individual or an individual business • Is for the purposes of promoting a candidate for municipal, provincial or federal election. • May tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems. • Violates a legal ownership interest of another party. • Does not comply with municipal, provincial or federal legislation. • Promotes an individual religion or religious service. Notwithstanding the criteria listed above, the City reserves the right to post, refuse to post, or remove, any event from its Facebook page at any time, without notice. These rules might sound strict and contain a bit of legal-sounding jargon, but please keep in mind, the overall goal is simple: to ensure that we can all participate online in a respectful, relevant way. Community events:: Members of the public are also welcome to submit event information for inclusion on the City’s Facebook page if that event is open to the general public, occurs within the boundaries of the City of Greater Sudbury and meets one of the following criteria: • Organized or funded by another order of government. • Organized by a government-funded agency or board. • Organized by a City of Greater Sudbury affiliated group. • Funded in full, or in part, by the City of Greater Sudbury. • Sponsored by the City of Greater Sudbury. • Organized by a charitable organization with a registered charitable number and operating within the City of Greater Sudbury. • Organized by a service club operating within the City of Greater Sudbury performing work that benefits Greater Sudbury residents. • Organized by a business improvement area for general promotional purposes. • Located in a facility owned or leased by the City of Greater Sudbury. Events deemed by the City of Greater Sudbury to be political in nature will not be posted after the writ has been issued for a federal or provincial election, or after the 1st day of a municipal election year. To protect your privacy. Please review this page https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ for an extensive review of facebook's privacy policy. What may happen to content posted to our page. While the City of Greater Sudbury will always take a balanced approach between reaching out to citizens in the ways that you’re used to – through venues like public meetings, and opportunities to provide feedback on our website – we also recognize that real-time platforms, like Facebook, provide us with a great way to reach you where you are – rather than you coming to us. • We will post topics and updates on City activities and, from time to time, we’ll ask for your feedback. This information will be reported back to staff, and sometimes Council, and will continually be monitored. • We will strive to be current, responsive to comments that contain inaccurate or inappropriate content. Please be advised that by posting here on you may be providing personal information to the City. Such information is collected and used by the City pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001 and more specifically section 10 thereof to improve communication with its residents and promote good governance. Please address any questions relating to this collection of this information to Kelli Sheppard, Communications/e-Media Officer, City of Greater Sudbury, 705-674-4455 ext 4618 or email kelli.sheppard@greatersudbury.ca We look forward to hearing from you, online.