No Risk to the Business Owner

Safe and Trusted Canada is a consumer site.

Safe and Trusted Canada provides consumers with information about businesses through an Information Only Profile.  Information-Only profiles are based on what consumers would readily find about the business online. It may include the company's contact data, if available, as well as links to social media and review sites that include the business profile.

Users are responsible for viewing all links, ratings, and reviews. The review sites can be positive or negative.   View the Better Business Links if they are available.  The links can change at any time.  The Site adds Information Only profiles as they are found on the internet and does not restrict profiles based on the quality of the links.

As a consumer, remember that Safe and Trusted Canada does not accredit, validate, or endorse any business.  A business with an Information Only profile is exactly as it is labelled: "Information Only."

As a business, if your Information Only Profile needs updating, the company can contact the Site Admin by email. The business may apply for a free Basic Subscription, which allows the business owner to add content and update their profile at any time. As a matter of policy, we remove Information Only profiles when we receive information that the business is no longer in operation.   Our goal is to attract companies that can showcase their business credentials to consumers through account status.  The Site will remove businesses upon request or if they are unable to obtain account status.

Archiving of the business occurs if the company is no longer in operation or no longer on our Site.

There are only three areas of concern.  They are as follows:
a) The business owner places credentials into their profile that they do not possess.  Placing credentials into a business profile that you do not have as a business owner is fraud.
b) the business approves reviews from those connected with the business.  This is considered fraud.
c) the business is no longer in operation.  Consumers have to know that your business is closed.
We place an alert on the business profile for one year in all three cases. 

The Site provides a free Basic Account to most businesses seeking customers and looking to expand their reach to consumers. There are no refunds for paid subscriptions.     

If the subscription is cancelled, the site automatically reduces it to an Information Only profile. The company may also be archived.
See When We Archive a Business.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE PLACE THE FOLLOWING CONTENT INTO EVERY PROFILE

• • • Information Only Profiles are advertised to the public on the internet.
    • As a matter of policy, the Site does not recommend, accredit, suggest, promote, or validate any business. Consumers do that through reviews.
    • The Site provides public links to review sites that permit us to publish those links.
    • The Site provides private links to all other trademarked review sites about the business directly only through their account access.
    • Subscription types give business owners different advertising options, but the Site does not suggest that credibility determines the subscription level.
    • Users can use the Credentials Search's advanced features to determine the degree of reliability for each business.
    • It is the responsibility of the user to check the credentials advertised by the business.
    • Notify Site Admin immediately where the business is advertising credentials they do not have or information is not current.
    • The company and the consumer entirely determine transactions with each other.
    • Safe and Trusted Canada does not mediate complaints, issues, or concerns.
    • Seek legal advice for complex transactions.
    • Protect your interests, as the removal of the business, may occur at any time.
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