By accessing or using the Directory, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the site. Mandatory consumer rights that cannot lawfully be waived remain unaffected.
1. The service
An independent research directory
Catholic Schools Near Me provides searchable, source-referenced information about Catholic schools and education institutions, location-based sorting, maps, external links and correction tools. We are independent and are not an institution, diocese, bishops’ conference, Catholic education authority, government agency, accreditor, Google or OpenStreetMap.
2. Eligibility and supervision
Using the site responsibly
Public directory pages may be browsed without an account. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, use the site with a parent or guardian. Children under 13 must not submit personal information through a form. A parent or guardian may contact us about information submitted by a child.
3. Reference information only
Confirm important facts directly
Directory content supports initial research and is not educational, admissions, accreditation, legal, financial, immigration, safeguarding or professional advice. Before relying on a listing, confirm admissions, tuition, financial aid, programs, accreditation, religious status, safety, calendars, accessibility and current operations with the institution and responsible authority.
The separate Directory Disclaimer forms part of these Terms.
4. No endorsement
Inclusion is not approval
Inclusion, order, distance, a verification label or the display of a third-party rating does not constitute a ranking, endorsement, accreditation decision, canonical recognition or guarantee. Exclusion does not imply disapproval. Institution names and marks belong to their respective owners.
5. Acceptable use
What you may and may not do
You may use the Directory for lawful personal, family, educational, research and institution-verification purposes. You must not:
- interfere with the site, probe security, bypass access controls or introduce malicious code;
- use automated requests at a rate that disrupts service or imposes unreasonable infrastructure cost;
- misrepresent affiliation with us or a listed institution;
- use the service to harass, discriminate, deceive or violate another person’s privacy;
- submit confidential student information, unlawful content, false evidence or material you have no right to provide;
- copy the site’s design, original writing or compiled database presentation for a competing service; or
- use content in a way that violates source licences, intellectual-property rights or applicable law.
Reasonable search-engine indexing that honours robots directives and ordinary citation or linking are permitted.
6. Corrections and other submissions
Your responsibility for what you send
You represent that a submission is accurate to the best of your knowledge, lawful, relevant and does not contain confidential student records or another person’s sensitive information without authority. You retain ownership of material you create, but grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to review, store, reproduce and use the submission as reasonably needed to verify, document and implement the request.
We may accept, reject, edit, quarantine or request more evidence for a submission. Submission does not guarantee a listing change, response or publication.
7. Intellectual property and public facts
Different rights apply to different material
The Directory’s original design, code, branding, selection, organisation and explanatory text are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. Public facts about institutions may come from third-party sources with their own licences or usage terms. Nothing in these Terms transfers rights owned by a school, authority, publisher, Google, OpenStreetMap contributor or other third party.
8. External services and links
Independent third parties
Institution websites, source documents, Google Maps, Google Places and OpenStreetMap are independent services. Their terms, privacy practices, availability and content apply when you use them. Google Maps Platform content is governed by the Google Maps Platform Terms. We are not responsible for an external site, transaction or communication merely because it is linked.
9. Availability and changes
The service may evolve
We may add, change, suspend or discontinue a feature or listing, enforce limits, repair errors, update sources or block harmful traffic. We do not promise uninterrupted availability or that a particular institution, category or country will remain listed.
10. Disclaimer of warranties
Service provided “as is”
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Directory is provided “as is” and “as available,” without express or implied warranties, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, currency, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or uninterrupted operation. Nothing excludes a warranty that applicable law does not permit us to exclude.
11. Limitation of liability
Reasonable allocation of risk
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Catholic Schools Near Me and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss, lost opportunity, lost data or loss arising from reliance on a listing, an external site, a map, an institution decision or service interruption. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the minimum extent allowed by law.
Nothing limits liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that applicable law prohibits us from limiting.
12. Indemnity
Claims caused by misuse
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Catholic Schools Near Me and its operator from third-party claims and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful misuse of the service, your breach of these Terms or material you submit in violation of another person’s rights. This does not apply to the extent a claim was caused by our own unlawful conduct.
13. Governing law
Ontario and Canadian law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to mandatory consumer protections and any right to bring a claim elsewhere that cannot be waived, courts located in Ontario have jurisdiction. Before filing a claim, the parties should attempt in good faith to resolve the matter through the contact process.
14. General terms
Entire agreement and enforceability
These Terms, the Privacy Policy and the Directory Disclaimer form the agreement concerning use of the service. If one provision is unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the minimum extent necessary and the rest will remain effective. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not transfer your obligations without our consent; we may transfer these Terms as part of a legitimate reorganisation or service transfer.
15. Updates and contact
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms to reflect service, legal or security changes. The effective date identifies the current version. Continued use after a change means the updated Terms apply from their effective date, subject to applicable notice requirements.
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