Conditions of Use

Welcome to www.aboutcanada (the "About Canada site"). The services on this site are offered to you by About Canada. ("About Canada"), and its affiliates subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at the About Canada site, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. When you use any current or future About Canada service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with About Canada, whether or not included in the About Canada site, you will be subject also to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. BY USING THE ABOUT CANADA SITE AND THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH IT, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE CONDITIONS OF USE AND ALL RELATED POLICIES, CONDITIONS, AND GUIDELINES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE THE ABOUT CANADA SITE.

Your Account

If you use the About Canada site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, as well as for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. About Canada does sell products for children, but it sells them to adults who are permitted to purchase products with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may use About Canada only with involvement of a parent or guardian. About Canada and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

Product Descriptions

About Canada and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, About Canada does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of the About Canada site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by About Canada itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

Gift Messages

If you order a product or service as a gift for a friend or relative, we may offer you the opportunity to add a gift message to your purchase. If you choose to use the gift message service, you acknowledge and agree that:

• the gift message service is provided for your own personal and non-commercial use only;
• the gift message you instruct us to send on your behalf to a third party will not contain anything which could be construed as harassing, threatening, vulgar, abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist or which may cause embarrassment or distress to any person or which is otherwise unlawful or objectionable;
• you will not impersonate any person, including but not limited to any of our employees or customers;
• you are entirely responsible for the text and other content of your gift message and About Canada accepts no liability for any such content;
• we have the right to refuse to send messages and to terminate access to the gift message service at any time and without liability to you.

Reviews, Comments, Communications, and Other Content

As the About Canada site develops more functionality will be added. Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. About Canada reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant About Canada and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicencable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant About Canada and its affiliates and sublicencees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify About Canada or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. About Canada has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. About Canada takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

Acceptance of your order

Please note that completion of the online checkout process does not constitute our acceptance of your order. Our acceptance of your order will take place only when we dispatch the product(s) or commencement of the services that you ordered from us. We will notify you by email as soon as possible to confirm that we have shipped your order. All products that you order through the Website will remain the property of About Canada until we have received payment in full from you for those products. If we cannot supply you with the product or service you ordered, we will not process your order, inform you of this in writing (including e-mail) and, if you have already paid for the product or service, refund you in full as soon as reasonably possible.

International Delivery

Due to customs, legal, regulatory and certain practical restrictions applicable to orders placed for international delivery, some of our products may not be available for delivery to certain international destinations. About Canada reserves the right to, but is not responsible for or required to, define what can and cannot be delivered to which destination. About Canada products are sold on a delivery duty unpaid basis. The recipient may have to pay import duty or a formal customs entry fee prior to or on delivery. Additional taxes, fees or levies may apply according to local legislation and customers are required to check these details before placing an order for international delivery.

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to the About Canada site, to understand our practices.

Electronic Communications

When you visit the About Canada site or send e-mail to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the About Canada site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Copyright

All content included on the About Canada site--such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software--is the property of About Canada or its affiliates or content suppliers, and is protected by international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on the About Canada site is the exclusive property of About Canada and protected by international copyright laws. All software used on the About Canada site is the property of About Canada or its affiliates or its software suppliers, and protected by international copyright laws.

Licence and Site Access

About Canada grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of the About Canada site, and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of About Canada. This licence does not include any resale or commercial use of the About Canada site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the About Canada site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools. The About Canada site or any portion of it may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of About Canada. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of About Canada and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing About Canadas name or trademarks without the express written consent of About Canada. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or licence granted by About Canada. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of About Canada, so long as the link does not portray About Canada, or its affiliates products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any About Canada logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

Risk of Loss

All items purchased from About Canada are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items passes to you upon our delivery to the carrier.

Other Businesses

We provide links to the sites of affiliated companies and certain other businesses. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content of their Web sites. About Canada does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties. You should review their privacy statements and other conditions of use carefully.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE ABOUT CANADA SITE IS PROVIDED BY ABOUT CANADA ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ABOUT CANADA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, ABOUT CANADA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ABOUT CANADA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE ABOUT CANADA SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM ABOUT CANADA ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ABOUT CANADA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE ABOUT CANADA SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE LAWS OF CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MIGHT NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Applicable Law

By visiting the About Canada site, you agree that the laws of the Province of Alberta, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and About Canada or its affiliates.

Disputes

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the About Canada site or to products you purchase through About Canada shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The arbitrators award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Pricing

We offer you consistently low prices on every item in our store. All prices are listed in Canadian dollars. We do not have a currency converter in our store, but there are several Web sites that provide this service.
We do not have a price-matching policy at this time, but we offer additional discounts on large orders of a single title or on large orders of many individual items.
Oversized and extremely heavy items are marked on their product detail pages as requiring a special surcharge. The surcharge varies and depends on the size and weight of the item. This charge will be included in the Shipping & Handling subtotal of your order. We cannot confirm the price of an item until you order, but please note that we do not charge your credit card until your order enters the shipping process. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalogue are mispriced. Rest assured, however, that we verify prices as part of our shipping procedures.
If an items correct price is lower than our stated price, we charge the lower amount and ship you the item.
If an items correct price is higher than our stated price, we--at our discretion--will either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

Please review our other policies, posted on the About Canada site. These policies also govern your visit to the About Canada site. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. Any changes or revisions will be effective immediately upon their posting on the About Canada site. Your use of the About Canada site will be subject to the version of the Conditions of Use posted on this site at the time of such use. Accordingly, you are advised to review the Conditions of Use prior to using the About Canada site. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS SITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY CHANGES OR REVISIONS WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES OR REVISIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO THESE CONDITIONS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE THE ABOUT CANADA SITE AND ARE TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE IMMEDIATELY. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Our Address

About Canada

• P.O. Box 1507
• 105 Banff Avenue
• Banff
• Alberta
• T1L 1B4
• Canada
  
• Tel :- (403) 760 2996
• Fax :- (403) 760 3075
• www.aboutcanada.ca
• info@aboutcanada.ca