Netiquette

The various online platforms of the Corporation du Défilé du Père-Noël de Gatineau were created with openness and transparency in mind. The website, blog, Facebook page, TikTok account, and Instagram account are spaces where users can engage and exchange. To improve communication across these platforms, the Corporation du Défilé du Père-Noël de Gatineau has established a netiquette policy.

Netiquette refers to a set of guidelines accepted by both users and the organization to promote respectful interactions across digital platforms. Below are the standards adopted by the Corporation du Défilé du Père-Noël de Gatineau regarding online communication:

• Everyone has the right to express their opinion, regardless of sex, age, ethnic background, or sexual orientation;
• Polite and respectful language is encouraged in all communications made on the Corporation’s online platforms;
• Any content that strays from the topic or is deemed unrelated may be removed;
• Irrelevant hyperlinks will be removed by the organization without prior notice;
• Any advertising not authorized by the Corporation will be removed without prior notice;
• Hateful, racist, sexist, insulting, defamatory, homophobic, or xenophobic comments will be removed without prior notice;
• Any content related to pornography, harassment, or obscene material will be removed without prior notice;
• Writing in bold, all caps, or underlined text is considered shouting. As such, the Corporation reserves the right to remove any content written in this manner. Spam of any kind will not be tolerated;
• Lastly, online communication is not so different from face-to-face communication. Comments unacceptable in person will not be tolerated online. The Corporation du Défilé du Père-Noël de Gatineau reserves the right to delete comments or content, ban users from its online pages, and modify its netiquette policy.