Terms of Use Agreement

Last updated: October 30, 2024

Effective date: December 21, 2022

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE OR OTHERWISE AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT YOU MAY BE WAIVING CERTAIN RIGHTS.

 

These Terms of Use (the "Terms of Use" or the "Agreement") apply to your use of the websites and other online or mobile services, properties, software, mobile apps or applications that link to this Agreement (each a "Site," and collectively "Sites") and are provided by the company that makes this website available for users (collectively, "Company," "we," "us," or "our").

 

THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WHICH LIMITS YOUR RIGHTS TO BRING AN ACTION IN COURT, BRING A CLASS ACTION, AND HAVE DISPUTES DECIDED BY A JUDGE OR JURY, AS WELL AS PROVISIONS THAT LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU.

 

YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS SITE IS SUBJECT TO YOUR CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THIS SITE.

 

CONTINUED ACCESS AND USE OF ANY SITE AFTER CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE REVISED AGREEMENT THEN IN EFFECT. YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY AND THAT YOU SHALL BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MODIFICATIONS TO IT.

 

We are committed to making Sites accessible for all users, and will continue to take steps necessary to ensure compliance with applicable laws. If you have difficulty accessing any content, feature or functionality of a Site, please contact us.

What's Contained in This Agreement

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Important Legal Terms

  • Termination
  • Children
  • Disclaimer of Warranty
  • Limitation of Liability
  • Indemnity
  • Consent to Communication
  • Severability

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AGREEMENT

This Agreement is a legal agreement exclusively between you and us governing your use of our Sites. By continuing to use our Sites, you agree that such use is legally sufficient consideration under this Agreement.

 

This "Highlights" section is intended to provide you with a basic overview of the contents of this Agreement. However, please read this entire Agreement for a complete understanding of the terms you are agreeing to. The meaning of capitalized words can be found in the full Agreement. If there is a conflict between the terms of this Highlights section and the terms of the full Agreement, the terms of the full Agreement control.

(a) Our Rights

  • All the Content on our Sites is protected by intellectual property rights―you may only make limited use of the Content you find on a Site, as described below.
  • We may block you from accessing our Sites, block or delete your User Content, or terminate your Account for any reason.
  • We are not liable for third-party content hosted on our Sites, external websites linked to or from our Sites, or errors regarding product information, availability or promotional offers.

(b) Your Use of Our Sites

  • Unless otherwise indicated, you only may use our Sites and our Content for your personal use as an individual.
  • While on our Sites, you may not violate any laws, infringe any rights, threaten, harass or impersonate others, or take other actions that harm us or other people or parties.
  • You must not attempt to bypass security protections on our Sites, introduce viruses or other harmful code, or use our Sites to attack other websites or services.
  • If you register for an Account on a Site, you should keep your password confidential and not allow other people to use your Account.

(c) Your Content

  • If you send us or post or upload User Content to our Sites, we may use that User Content for any purpose, including commercial uses, product development and advertising.
  • If you post your name, personal information or other User Content to public areas of our Sites, that information might be seen and used by any visitors to our Sites.
  • You should not send us or post User Content that 1) you want to keep confidential or 2) you do not have the rights to post.

(d) Important Things to Know

  • By using a Site, you consent to the terms of this Agreement. We may update this Agreement from time to time, and we will use reasonable efforts to provide you with notice of these updates if they are material.
  • THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS LIMITATIONS ON OUR LIABILITY TO YOU , IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES , AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS BY YOU.
  • THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WITH US WILL BE HANDLED, INCLUDING USING BINDING ARBITRATION WITH A CLASS ACTION WAIVER.
  • Your use of a Site may be governed by other terms and conditions applicable to certain features or promotions. You should also read our Privacy Policy.
  • This Agreement contains information about how you can contact us regarding complaints, questions or copyright infringement claims.

COMPLETE AGREEMENT

Our Intellectual Property Rights

All names, logos, text, designs, graphics, trade dress, characters, interfaces, code, software, images, sounds, videos, photographs and other content appearing in or on the Sites (the "Content") are protected intellectual property of, or used with permission or under license by, our Company. Such Content may be protected by applicable federal or provincial copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights and laws. This includes the entire Content of each Site, copyrighted and protected as a collective work. All intellectual property rights associated with the Sites, and related goodwill, are proprietary to us or our licensors. You do not acquire any right, title or interest in any Content by accessing or using the Sites. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as set forth below, the use of any Content available on a Site is strictly prohibited.

 

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited license to access and use the Sites and their Content for personal, informational, and shopping purposes. No Content from the Sites may be copied, reproduced, republished, performed, displayed, downloaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without written permission of the rights owner, except that you may download or print one copy of specific Content or software made available for your downloading or printing for your personal, non-commercial home use, subject to your compliance with this Agreement and retain the same solely for as long as you continue to be permitted to access the Sites. To use Content under such an exception, you must (1) keep any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices intact, (2) use such Content pursuant to any licenses associated with such Content, (3) not copy or post such Content on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (4) make no modifications to any such Content, and (5) make no additional representations or warranties relating to such Content. Except as otherwise expressly authorized herein or in writing by us, you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, perform, display, transmit, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based (in whole or in part) on all or any part of a Site or the Content.

Your Authorized Use of Our Sites

While using a Site, you are required to comply with all applicable statutes, orders, regulations, rules and other laws. You may not use a Site for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose, and you may not take any action to interfere with a Site or any other party's use of a Site. In addition, we expect users of the Sites to respect the rights and dignity of others. For example, you may not do any of the following without our consent:

  • Post, upload, share, transmit, distribute, facilitate distribution of or otherwise make available to or through a Site any content that is unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, intimidating, fraudulent, tortious, vulgar, obscene, hateful, pornographic, spam, discriminatory, violative of privacy or publicity rights, infringing of intellectual property or other proprietary rights, or otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion, including unauthorized or unsolicited advertising;
  • Post to or transmit through the Sites any sensitive personally identifiable information about yourself or third parties, such as social security, credit card or bank account numbers, health or medical information, or other information concerning personal matters, unless specifically requested by us;
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, publicly display, frame, mirror, sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of, use of, or access to a Site;
  • Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with a Site, or express or imply that we endorse any statement you make;
  • Violate, or attempt to violate, the security of a Site;
  • Disseminate on a Site any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or other malicious computer code, file or program that is harmful or invasive or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment;
  • Reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive the method of operation of the Sites;
  • Build a competitive product or service using the Sites, build a product or service using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics as the Sites or determine whether the Sites are within the scope of any patent;
  • Interfere in any manner with the operation or hosting of the Sites or monitor the availability, performance or functionality of the Sites;
  • Use any data mining, bots, spiders, automated tools or similar data gathering and extraction methods, directly or indirectly, on a Site or to collect any information from a Site or any other user of a Site; or
  • Assist or permit any persons in violating this Agreement or other applicable laws or rules governing the use of the Sites.

 

Linking: You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create text hyperlinks to the Sites for informational purposes, provided such links do not portray us in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner and provided that the linking Site does not contain any material that is unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, intimidating, fraudulent, tortious, vulgar, obscene, hateful, pornographic, spam, discriminatory, violative of privacy or publicity rights, infringing of intellectual property or other proprietary rights, or otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion, including unauthorized or unsolicited advertising. Additionally, notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to compliance with any instructions posted in the robots.txt file located in a Site's root directory, we grant to the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy Content from the Site for the sole purpose of (and solely to the extent necessary for) creating publicly available, searchable indices of such Content, but not caches or archives of such Content. We may revoke these permissions at any time.

Downloads

Sites may allow you to download certain Content, applications, software and other information or materials. The Company makes no representation that such download will be error or malware free or fit for a particular purpose. Certain downloads may be subject to a separate agreement either with the Company or a third party, for example an agreement with a mobile application store.

Mobile Applications

Some of our Sites may be mobile or other applications that you can download to your phone, tablet or other device ("Mobile App") via a third-party service such as an application store. Your use of the third-party service may be subject to additional terms related to that service from the service provider ("App Store Provider"). WE ARE NOT LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR, AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO, ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY SERVICE OR ANY CLAIM OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF SUCH THIRD PARTY SERVICE.

 

You acknowledge that this Agreement and your use of a Mobile App is between you and us only, and not with any App Store Provider or its affiliates or subsidiaries. As between us and an App Store Provider, we are solely responsible for the Mobile App and its Content. If anything in this Agreement conflicts with any usage rules for the Mobile App from an App Store Provider, such terms from the App Store Provider control (only so far as those terms conflict with this Agreement, and then exclusively for your use of the Mobile App). All rights you have to use the Mobile App are for use only on appropriate products (which may require branding from the App Store Provider or other entities) and are non-transferable, except that the Mobile App may be accessed and used by other accounts associated with the you via features like Apple's Family Sharing (or similar features from other App Store Providers) or volume purchasing. We are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the Mobile App, as specified in this Agreement or as required under applicable law. No App Store Provider has any obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services for the Mobile App, nor any warranties for the same.

 

WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES RELATED TO ANY MOBILE APP. However, in the event that the Mobile App fails to conform to any applicable warranty that we cannot disclaim according to applicable law, you may have the right to notify the App Store Provider, and the App Store Provider may refund the purchase price for the Mobile App. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NO APP STORE PROVIDER WILL HAVE ANY OTHER WARRANTY OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE MOBILE APP, AND ANY OTHER CLAIMS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, COSTS OR EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY FAILURE TO CONFORM TO ANY WARRANTY IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

 

We, not the App Store Provider, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the Mobile App, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the Mobile App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation, (iv) claims that the Mobile App infringes a third party's intellectual property rights as well as the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim. By using the Mobile App, you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. or Canadian Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. or Canadian Governments as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. or Canadian Government lists of prohibited or restricted parties. You acknowledge and agree that the App Store Provider, and its subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and your use of the Mobile App, the App Store Provider will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this Agreement against you as a third party beneficiary thereof.

Content Submitted By You

You are responsible for any information, text, reviews, posts, images, videos or other materials or content that you post on a Site, upload to us, or transmit through our Sites ("User Content"). You agree, represent and warrant that any User Content you post on a Site or transmit through our Sites is truthful, accurate, not misleading and offered in good faith, and that you have the right to transmit such User Content. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on or through a Site any User Content protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any third party without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from such User Content.

 

PLEASE DO NOT POST OR SEND US ANY USER CONTENT, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS OR OTHER USER CONTENT THAT YOU WISH TO KEEP PRIVATE OR PROPRIETARY OR FOR WHICH YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION. By sending any ideas, concepts, know-how, proposals, techniques, suggestions or other User Content to us, you agree that: (i) we are free to use such User Content for any purpose, (ii) such User Content will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary (iii) we may have something similar already under consideration or in development, and (iv) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from us under any circumstances unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by us. Be aware that we have no obligation to keep User Content confidential unless explicitly stated.

 

User Content License: By submitting User Content to us directly or indirectly (including through any use of third party social media platforms directed at us), you grant to us (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to us) a royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, irrevocable, and unrestricted right and license: (a) to use, reproduce, display, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, transmit and distribute or otherwise make available to others such User Content (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide; (b) to incorporate such User Content in other works in any form, media, product, service or technology now known or hereafter developed for any purpose, including sale, manufacture or advertising (and to exercise all intellectual property rights associated with such products or other works); and (c) to use your name, screen name, location, photograph, avatar, image, voice, likeness and biographical information provided in connection with the User Content in any and all media and for advertising or promotional purposes. Additionally, you irrevocably waive any "moral rights" or other rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of your User Content that you may have under any applicable law or legal theory. Notwithstanding the foregoing, please note that any personally identifiable information you submit to us through our "contact us" forms, product order pages, job application portals or other forms that are intended to be confidential will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and will not be publicly disclosed, except as described in our Privacy Policy or otherwise approved by you.

Text Message Marketing

BY PARTICIPATING IN A TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE DISPUTES, ARBITRATION, AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER OF THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE TERMS HEREIN, INCLUDING THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

 

We offer our customers mobile alerts regarding sales, promotional events, new product releases, loyalty program alerts, cart reminders, and order and shipping alerts by SMS message (each a “Text Message Program”). By participating in a Text Message Program, you acknowledge your personal information is subject to our Privacy Policy.

 

Signing Up and Opting Into a Text Message Program

Enrollment in a Text Message Program requires you to provide your mobile phone number and to agree to this Agreement. You may not enroll if you are under eighteen (18) years old (or the applicable age of majority in your home state) or if you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement. We reserve the right to stop offering a Text Message Program and/or terminate your participation in a Text Message Program at any time with or without notice.

 

By opting into a Text Message Program, you:

  • Authorize us to use auto dialer or non-auto dialed technology to send recurring text messages to the mobile phone number associated with your opt-in (i.e., the number listed on the opt-in form or, if none, the number from which you send the opt-in, or, if none, the number on file for the account associated with your opt-in).
  • Acknowledge that you do not have to consent to receive text message advertisements as a condition of purchasing goods or services.
  • Confirm that you are the subscriber to the relevant phone number or that you are the customary user of that number on a family or business plan and that you are authorized to opt into the Text Message Program.
  • Consent to the use of an electronic record to document your opt-in.

 

While you consent to receive messages sent using automated technology, this Agreement shall not be interpreted to suggest or imply that we send any or all of our text messages using an automatic telephone dialing system (or other automated technology, as defined under applicable laws).

 

Content You May Receive

Once you opt-in to a Text Message Program, your message frequency may vary. You may receive alerts about:

  • Marketing, Offers and Coupon Programs
  • Promotional Events and New Product Releases
  • Service Appointments and Reminders
  • Informational Services or Alerts
  • Order Tracking and Delivery Alerts
  • On-Demand Text Message Reply Services

 

Opting Out and Seeking Assistance: You may opt out of receiving text messages from us at any time by texting “STOP,” “END,” “UNSUBSCRIBE,” “CANCEL,” “QUIT,” or “PLEASE OPT ME OUT” to any of the text messages you have received from us. For a Text Message Program operated through a different number, text STOP to that number to opt out. Your opt-out request may generate either a confirmation text or a text request to clarify the Text Message Program to which it applies (if you have subscribed to more than one). To complete your opt-out, please provide the requested clarification. You acknowledge that the text message platform may not recognize and respond to unsubscribe requests that do not include the “STOP,” “END,” “UNSUBSCRIBE,” “CANCEL,” “QUIT,” or “PLEASE OPT ME OUT” keyword commands and agree that we and our service providers will have no liability for failing to honor such texts that do not contain such keyword commands. You understand and agree that the foregoing options are the only reasonable methods of opting out. You also understand and agree that any other method of opting out, including, but not limited to, texting words other than those set forth above or verbally requesting one of our employees to remove you from a Text Message Program list, is not a reasonable means of opting out. If you unsubscribe from one of our Text Message Programs, you may continue to receive text messages from us through any other programs you have joined until you separately unsubscribe from those programs. This Agreement will still apply if you withdraw the consent mentioned above or opt out of a Text Message Program.

 

If you need assistance at any time, or you forget what keywords are supported, just text “HELP” to the number sending the text message you received.

 

Cost and Frequency of Messages: Message and data rates may apply. Please consult your service agreement with your wireless carrier or contact your wireless carrier to determine your phone’s pricing plan and the charges for sending and receiving text messages. You acknowledge that you are responsible for any message, data, or other charges incurred (usage, subscription, etc.) as a result of using a Text Message Program.

 

Text Message Programs are offered on an “as-is” basis and may not be available in all areas at all times and may not continue to work in the event of product, software, coverage, or other changes made by your wireless carrier. We will not be liable for any delays or failures in the receipt of any mobile messages connected with a Text Message Program.

 

Carriers: A Text Message Program may not be available on all wireless carriers. We may add or remove any wireless carrier from a Text Message Program at any time without notice. We and mobile carriers are not responsible for any undue delays, failure of delivery, or errors in messages.

 

Changing Your Phone Number: If you change, forfeit, or deactivate the phone number you provided to us for a Text Message Program, you agree to notify us immediately of such change or to unsubscribe from the Text Message Program prior to changing, forfeiting, or deactivating the phone number. Failure to do so constitutes a material breach of this Agreement. To notify us or find out more information on our text message marketing programs, please Contact Us.

Accounts

Some of our Sites allow you to register for accounts specific to you for ordering, and other purposes ("Account").

 

In general, you are not obligated to register for an Account in order to access the Sites. However, certain sections and features of some of the Sites are available only to users who have registered for an Account ("Registered Users"). We may reject, and you may not use, a user ID (or email address) for any reason in our sole discretion. For example, we may reject a user ID (or email address) that is already being used by someone else; that may be construed as impersonating another person; that belongs to another person; that violates the intellectual property or other rights of any person; or that is offensive. You may only have one active Registered User Account on each Site at any given time and you may not allow other people to use your Account to access a Site.

 

If you are a Registered User, we expect you to accurately maintain and update any information about yourself that you have provided to us. You agree that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, and for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and restricting access to your computer so others may not access a Site in violation of this Agreement. In addition, you agree to sign out from your Account at the end of each session if you are using a device that is shared with other people.

 

You agree to notify us of any unauthorized use of your Registered User username, log-in ID, password or any other breach of security that you become aware of involving or relating to a Site by contacting us as soon as possible. We reserve the right to take any and all actions we deem necessary or reasonable to maintain the security of our Sites and your Account, including, without limitation, terminating your Account, changing your password or requesting information to authorize transactions on your Account. WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.

Descriptions and Opinions

Descriptions and graphic representations of products on Sites are for informational purposes only and may not completely reflect the current product or its packaging. We reserve the right to change product descriptions at any time, and we are not responsible for variations between a product description and the actual product. Technological issues, such as your device settings, may alter how a product appears on a Site.

 

Sites may contain expert opinions or other opinions on the benefits of products or services on our Site. These opinions cannot be relied upon or taken with complete accuracy as there are a number of risks, uncertainties, variables, and other important factors that may change the opinion being presented on the Site. While we will do our best to update our Site if circumstances change regarding the opinions presented, we are under no obligation to change such opinions. Information on Sites accessed from this Site by hyperlink, represents the opinions of these respective experts, which are not necessarily those of the Company.

 

WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY CONTAINED IN ANY REVIEW TESTIMONIAL, DESCRIPTION OR OPINION POSTED ON ANY SITE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW AND ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INACCURATE, FALSE, WRONG, OR MISLEADING OPINIONS PRESENTED ON THE SITE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.

Third-Party Content And Links

Any information, statements, opinions or other information provided by third parties and made available on our Sites are those of the respective author(s) and not us. We do not guarantee the validity, accuracy, completeness or reliability of any opinion, advice, service, offer, statement or other third party Content on our Sites.

 

We may provide on the Sites, solely as a convenience to users, links to websites, social media pages, mobile applications or other services operated by other entities. If you click these links, you will leave our Sites. If you decide to visit any external link, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. We do not make any warranty or representation regarding, or endorse or otherwise sponsor, any linked Sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that we are legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links; or that any linked Site is authorized to use any of our trademarks, logos or copyright symbols.

 

We may maintain a presence on and link to social media websites, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and Instagram, and others (collectively, "Social Media Pages"), to provide a place for people to learn more about us and our products and to share experiences with our products. When you visit these Social Media Pages, you are no longer on our Site, but rather a website operated by a third party. All comments, visuals and other materials posted by visitors to our Social Media Pages do not necessarily reflect our opinions, values or ideas. All visitors to our Social Media Pages must comply with the respective social media platform's terms of use.

 

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, APPLICATIONS, SERVICES AND RESOURCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH THIRD PARTIES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE APPLICABLE TO SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES.

Copyright Infringement Notices

It is our policy to expeditiously respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Canada’s Copyright Act. This section describes the information that should be present in these notices and the take down procedure we follow with respect to allegedly infringing material. If we receive proper notification of claimed copyright infringement, our response to these notices may include removing or disabling access to the allegedly infringing material and/or terminating or suspending users. It is our policy to accommodate and not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect their copyrighted works that we determine are reasonable under the circumstances.

 

If you believe that any Content on a Site infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, you may send a written notification to our designated copyright agent (the "Designated Agent"), identified below, with the following information as identified in R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42, s.41.25(2):

  1. Your name and address, and any other particulars prescribed by regulation that may apply;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed, or a list of works, if the claim involves multiple copyrighted works;
  3. A statement describing your interest or right with respect to the claim at issue;
  4. Identification of the location of material you believe to be a copyrighted work;
  5. Description of the infringement that is claimed, including the date and time if applicable, of the claimed infringement; and
  6. Any other information that be necessary as outlined in applicable regulations.

 

Your notification to us must not contain any of the following items as identified in R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42, s.41.25(3)

  1. An offer to settle the claimed infringement;
  2. A request or demand relating to the claimed infringement for payment or for personal information;
  3. A reference, including by way of hyperlink, to such an offer, request, or demand; or
  4. Any other information that may be prescribed by regulation that we may advise you of.

 

Designated Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Email: DMCAAgent@gtlaw.com

Address: 1144 15th Street, Suite 3300 | Denver, Colorado 80202

 

To notify the provider of the allegedly infringing material to which we have removed or disabled access, we may forward a copy of your infringement notice, including your name and email address to the provider of the allegedly infringing material.

 

We may terminate users who, in our sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers. Knowingly misrepresenting in a notification that material is infringing can subject you to damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by us or the alleged infringer.

Updates To This Agreement

We may revise or otherwise change or update this Agreement from time to time. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of such changes. However, please check the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page to see when this Agreement was last revised. When changes are made to this Agreement they will become immediately effective when published on this page unless otherwise noted. We encourage you to periodically review this Agreement―there may have been changes to our policies that may affect you. If you do not agree to the Agreement as modified, then you must discontinue your use of our Sites. Your continued use of a Site will signify your continued agreement to this Agreement as revised. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of material changes to this Agreement. Such efforts might include posting notice on the Site, an email to the address we have on file, or a message in your Account.

 

We may assign this Agreement at any time with or without notice to you. You may not assign or sublicense this Agreement or any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our prior written consent.

Other Policies

This Agreement applies exclusively to your access to, and use of, the Sites and does not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with us for products, services, programs or otherwise. Additional policies and terms may apply to use of specific portions of a Site and to the purchase of certain merchandise or services and are included as part of this Agreement whether they reference this Agreement or not.

 

Other types of agreements and policies that you may be subject to include, but are not limited to:

  • Policies for retailers and distributors
  • Rebate Rules
  • Privacy policies
  • Employment agreements

 

Other policies and agreements are typically found by navigating the Site, typically by checking Site headers and footers and by reviewing hyperlinked terms at the point of sale.

 

Any coupons, rebates or other promotions made available through a Site may be governed by specific rules that are separate from this Agreement. By participating in any such promotion, you will become subject to those rules, which may vary from the terms set forth herein and which, in addition to describing such promotion, may have eligibility requirements, such as certain age or geographic restrictions. It is your responsibility to read the applicable rules to determine whether your participation, registration, submission and/or entry are valid; you agree to read and abide by the applicable rules.

 

We have also adopted a Privacy Policy that you should refer to in order to fully understand how we use and collect information. To learn about our privacy practices, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

 

Should we employ you, none of the materials provided on a Site constitute or should be considered part or of an employment contract or an offer for employment.

Important Legal Terms

Termination

The Sites and this Agreement are in effect until terminated by you or us. We may terminate this Agreement by notifying you using any contact information we have about you or by posting such termination on a Site, including in your Account. You may terminate this Agreement by providing written notice of termination, including your detailed contact information and any Account information or other Site credentials, to us using the information in the Contact Us section. In addition to any right or remedy that may be available to us under applicable law, we may suspend, limit, or terminate all or a portion of your access to a Site or any of its features at any time with or without notice and with or without cause, including, without limitation, if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. We may be protected for liability from these actions under the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230.

 

The provisions of this Agreement concerning protection of intellectual property rights, authorized use, user submitted content, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity and disputes, as well as any other provisions that by their nature should survive, shall survive any such termination.

 

Upon any such termination, (i) you must destroy all Content obtained from the Sites and all copies thereof; (ii) you will immediately cease all use of and access to the Sites; (iii) we may delete or disable access to any of your User Content at any time; (iv) and we may delete your Registered User Account at any time. You agree that if your use of a Site is terminated pursuant to this Agreement, you will not attempt to use that Site under any name, real or assumed, and further agree that if you violate this restriction after being terminated, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur therefore. Your use of a Site after termination will be a violation of this Section, which survives any termination.

 

Even after the termination of this Agreement or of your Account or access to a Site, any User Content you have posted or submitted may remain on a Site indefinitely.

Language

This Site is available in both official languages, French and English. In the event of a legal action, such as arbitration, that arises out of this Agreement, English shall govern those legal proceedings, unless applicable law says otherwise.

Children

Our Sites are not designed to appeal to minors, and we do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children under thirteen (13) years of age. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE TO ACCESS AND USE OUR SITES. If you are under the age of majority in your home state, which is eighteen (18) years in most provinces, you may not establish a registered Account with us, and you should use our Sites only with the supervision of a parent or guardian who agrees to be bound by this Agreement. Additionally, certain Sites or sections of our Sites, as well as promotions, programs and commerce we may offer on a Site, may be explicitly limited to people over the age of majority. If you are not old enough to access our Sites or certain sections or features of our Sites, you should not attempt to do so.

Disclaimer of Warranty 

WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON A SITE OR ANY OTHER SITES LINKED TO OR FROM A SITE. DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING ANY CONTENT THROUGH A SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT OF A SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Limitation of Liability

WE AND OUR AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS AND RELATED COMPANIES AS WELL AS OUR AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RETAILERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "RELEASEES") WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE A SITE, A SITE'S CONTENT OR EXTERNAL LINKS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR FAILURE.

 

RELEASEES WILL ALSO NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OF DATA OR PROFITS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. RELEASEES ALSO SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTS, OMISSIONS OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.

 

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. REGARDLESS OF THE PREVIOUS SENTENCES, IF WE ARE FOUND TO BE LIABLE, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE ACTUAL TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED BY US FROM YOU OR THE LOWEST LIABILITY LIMITATION ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and the Releases and all of our directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, successors, assigns and contractors harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, suits, actions, liabilities, judgments, losses, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (i) your breach of any provision of this Agreement; (ii) your activities in connection with a Site; or (iii) the Content or other information you provide to us through a Site. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

Consent To Communication

When you use a Site or send communications to us through a Site, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive electronically any communications related to your use of a Site. We may communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that are provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. All notices from us intended for receipt by you shall be deemed delivered and effective when sent to the email address you provide to us. Please note that by submitting User Content, creating a Registered User Account, or otherwise providing us with your email address, postal address or phone number, you are agreeing that we or our agents may contact you at that address or number in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be replaced in interpretation by a valid and enforceable term that most closely aligns with the intent of the original provision. If that is not possible, the provision shall be removed, and the rest of the Agreement will be enforceable.

Disputes, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY – IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.

 

ARBITRATION USES A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR INSTEAD OF A JUDGE OR JURY, ALLOWS FOR MORE LIMITED DISCOVERY THAN IN COURT, AND IS SUBJECT TO VERY LIMITED REVIEW BY COURTS. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO BE REPRESENTED BY A LAWYER IN ARBITRATION OR PROCEED WITHOUT ONE. THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION SHALL SURVIVE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Except as may be otherwise described herein, any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, other agreements on the Site, or the Privacy Policy, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be referred to and finally determined by arbitration in a tribunal that consists of a sole arbitrator and in accordance with JAMS International Arbitration Rules. The location of the hearing shall occur in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If the arbitrator finds this location to be unreasonably burdensome to you, a new location may be selected or arbitration may be conducted over the phone, using video conferencing, or similar. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having appropriate jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. Reasonable discovery will be allowed during arbitration in accordance with these rules. The JAMS Rules are available at www.jamsadr.com or by emailing JAMS at globalteam@jamsadr.com.

 

No Class Actions: EXCEPT FOR COORDINATED CLAIMS (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE THAT ANY CLAIMS OR ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS; YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING; CLASS ARBITRATIONS AND CLASS ACTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED, AND YOU AND WE ARE AGREEING TO GIVE UP THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ARBITRATION OR CLASS ACTION. Further, except for Coordinated Claims (defined below), unless both you and we agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims with your or our claims respectively, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

 

If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void, and shall be severed from the remainder of this Agreement.

 

The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's individual claim.

 

Seeking Arbitration: If you believe you have a dispute with us, prior to initiating arbitrationor filing a claim in small claims court, you must first call our customer servicerepresentatives and present your claim or dispute to allow us the opportunity to resolvethe claim or dispute. Similarly, if we believe we have a dispute with you, our customer service representatives will first contact you in an attempt to resolve the dispute. If the dispute cannot be resolved by customer service and either you or we intend to seek arbitration, the party wishing to initiate arbitration must send to the other party, a written notice of the claim ("Notice"). Your Notice to us must be delivered by certified mail and addressed to: HD Legal Department, 55 West 46th Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10036. If we initiate arbitration, we will send a written Notice to an email address or other contact information you have previously provided to us, if available. We may also use any other means to contact you, including a message in your Account. A Notice, whether sent by you or by us, must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the specific relief sought ("Demand"). If you and we do not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within thirty (30) days after the Notice is received, you or we may commence an arbitration proceeding or file a claim in small claims court. Arbitration forms can be downloaded from www.jamsadr.com. Except in the event of a Coordinated Claim (as defined below), if you are required to pay a filing fee, after we receive Notice that you have commenced arbitration, we will promptly reimburse you for your payment of the filing fee, unless your claim is for greater than US$10,000 or the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous, in which event you will be responsible for filing fees.

 

Hearing: If your claim is for US$10,000 or less, we agree that you may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic or video hearing, or by an in-person hearing as established by the JAMS Rules. If your claim exceeds US$10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by the JAMS Rules. In the event that the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of submitted documents, the arbitrator's decision and award will be made and delivered within six (6) months of the selection of the arbitrator, unless extended by the arbitrator. Except as expressly set forth herein, the payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the JAMS Rules.

 

Coordinated Proceedings: If twenty-five (25) or more individuals initiate Notices of dispute with us raising similar claims, and counsel for the individuals bringing the claims are the same or are coordinated for these individuals ("Coordinated Claims"), the claims shall proceed in arbitration in a coordinated proceeding. Counsel for the individuals and counsel for Company shall each select five (5) cases to proceed first in arbitration in a bellwether proceeding ("Test Cases"). The remaining cases shall not be filed in arbitration until the first ten (10) have been resolved. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining cases after the conclusion of the Test Cases, each side may select another five (5) cases to proceed to arbitration for a second bellwether proceeding. This process may continue until the parties have determined an objective methodology to make an offer to resolve each and every outstanding claim. A court will have authority to enforce this clause and, if necessary, to enjoin the mass filing of arbitration demands against Company. Individuals bringing Coordinated Claims shall be responsible for up to US$250 of their filing fees or the maximum permissible under the applicable arbitration rules. All applicable statutes of limitations and defenses based upon the passage of time will be tolled while the Coordinated Proceedings specified in this Section are pending. We will take such action, if any, required to effectuate such tolling.

 

Injunctive Relief: Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and we both agree that you or we may sue in court to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights or in other scenarios where injunctive relief is appropriate. In the event a court or arbitrator having jurisdiction finds any portion of this Agreement unenforceable, that portion shall not be effective and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain effective. No waiver, express or implied, by either party of any breach of or default under this Agreement will constitute a continuing waiver of such breach or default or be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.

 

Confidentiality: The parties shall maintain the confidential nature of the arbitration proceeding and the Award, including the hearing, except as may be necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, or except as may be necessary in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy, a judicial challenge to an award or its enforcement, or unless otherwise required by law or judicial decision.

 

Governing Law and Rules: This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada exclusive of conflict or choice of law rules. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the provision in the preceding paragraph with respect to applicable substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C., Secs. 1-16). In any arbitration arising out of or related to this Agreement, the arbitrator is not empowered to award punitive or exemplary damages, except where permitted by statute, and the parties waive any right to recover any such damages. In any arbitration arising out of or related to this Agreement, the arbitrator may not award any incidental, indirect or consequential damages, including damages for lost profits. The parties adopt and agree to implement the JAMS Optional Arbitration Appeal Procedure (as it exists on the effective date of this Agreement) with respect to any final award in an arbitration arising out of or related to this Agreement.

 

Severance of Arbitration Agreement:  If the clauses concerning and describing the procedures and obligations related to the agreement to arbitrate disputes, Coordinated Claims and Test Case procedures is or becomes invalid or unenforceable due to applicable law, then the remaining entire arbitration agreement and any clauses concerning, relating to, specifying, or otherwise describing the arbitration agreement shall be severed from this Agreement. However, any duty of confidentiality whether or not such duty is connected with arbitration shall survive such severance.

Special Terms For Users In Quebec

THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO YOU, AND SUPERSEDE CONFLICTING TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF QUEBEC OR TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

 

L'acheteur confirme son intention expresse que cet accord, ainsi que tous les documents connexes, soient rédigés en langue anglaise uniquement, y compris tous les avis et la correspondance.

 

Quebec Customers: For Quebec customers (or customers from other Canadian provinces where applicable) we will, if required, send at least 30 days before the amendment comes into force, a written notice drawn up clearly and legibly, setting out the new clause only, or the amended clause and the clause as it read formerly, the date of the coming into force of the amendment and the customer's right to refuse the amendment and rescind or, in the case of a contract involving sequential performance, cancel the contract without cost, penalty or cancellation indemnity by sending us a notice to that effect no later than 30 days after the amendment comes into force, if the amendment entails an increase in the customer's obligations or a reduction in our obligations.

Contacting Us

If you have questions about this Agreement, or if you have technical questions about the operation of a Site, please contact us by writing us at HD Legal Department, Attention TOC, 55 West 46th Street (27th Floor), New York, NY 10036 or contacting us at (845) 664-7000. If you have any questions or comments about our Company or our products or have other customer service needs, please contact our customer service department.