Terms & conditions of access

Desjardins Securities, at our discretion, provides you with services including, but not limited to, news and information services. You agree to comply with the conditions imposed on your use of said services, as set out in these Terms and Conditions of Access and elsewhere in our services platform. Said services may be outside our control or provided by a third party, in which in case we cannot take responsibility for their content, or for any delays, interruptions or errors in the provision of said services, provided we have exercised reasonable care and diligence in the selection of such providers.

Certain data accessible through our services are the intellectual property of the relevant news and information services provider, or of third parties that provide such data to the relevant service provider, or of Desjardins Securities. Said data are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws, and all ownership rights remain with the information service provider, or the third party, or Desjardins Securities, as the case may be.

You may only use the data retrieved from our services for your own personal and non-commercial purposes while accessing our services. Such use shall be in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Access and the requirements set out elsewhere in our services platform. You may not copy, distribute or redistribute the data, including by caching, framing or similar means, or sell, resell, re-transmit or otherwise make the data retrieved from our services available in any manner to any third party. You may not store the data for the purposes of creating a historical database or historical data product. You may not use any of the data in connection with the issuance, trading, marketing or promotion of investment products (derivatives, structured products, investment funds, investment portfolios, etc. where the price, return and/or performance of the investment product is based on or related to the data) without a separate written agreement with Desjardins Securities, the information service provider, or third party, as the case may be, that has ownership rights to the data (e.g. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., S&P).

The data is provided "as is." Desjardins Securities, any information service provider, or any third party shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any loss or damage, direct, indirect or consequential, arising from (i) any inaccuracy or incompleteness in, or delays, interruptions, errors or omissions in the delivery of the data or any other information supplied to you through our services or (ii) any decision made or action taken by you or by any third party in reliance upon the data. Nor shall Desjardins Securities, any information service provider, or any third party be liable for loss of business revenues, lost profits, or any punitive, indirect, consequential, special or similar damages whatsoever, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages incurred by you or by any third party.

Where the information consists of pricing or performance data, the data contained therein has been obtained from sources believed reliable. Data computations are not guaranteed by any information service provider, third party, Desjardins Securities or any affiliates and may not be complete. Neither Desjardins Securities, nor any information service provider, nor any third party give any warranties as to the accuracy, adequacy, quality or fitness, timeliness, non-infringement, or title of any information for a particular purpose or use, and all such warranties are expressly excluded to the fullest extent that such warranties may be excluded by law. You bear all risk from any use or results of using any information. You are responsible for validating the integrity of any information received over the Internet.

Transmission may be subject to arbitrary delays beyond our control, which may delay the provision of our services and the execution of your orders. You acknowledge that neither Desjardins Securities, nor any information service provider, nor any third party shall be liable to you or to any third party for any losses arising from such delay.

In no event shall Desjardins Securities, any information provider, or third party be liable for any consequential loss, including but not limited to special, incidental, direct or indirect damages resulting from delay or loss of use of our services. Desjardins Securities is not responsible for any damage to your computer, software, modem, telephone or other property resulting from your use of our services.