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Conditions of Use

Welcome to www.amazon.ca (the "Amazon.ca site"). The services on this site are offered to you by Amazon.com.ca, Inc. ("Amazon.ca"), and its affiliates subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at the Amazon.ca site, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. When you use any current or future Amazon.ca service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with Amazon.ca, whether or not included in the Amazon.ca site, you will be subject also to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. BY USING THE AMAZON.CA 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 AMAZON.CA SITE.

Privacy

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

Electronic Communications

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

Trademarks

AMAZON.CA, AMAZON.COM, AMAZON.CO.UK, AMAZON.CO.JP, AMAZON.DE, AMAZON.FR, AMAZON ASSOCIATES, AMAZON ANYWHERE, AMAZON HONOR SYSTEM, AMAZON OUTLET, "AND YOU'RE DONE", EARTH'S BIGGEST BOOKSTORE, EARTH'S BIGGEST SELECTION, 1-CLICK, LISTMANIA, NEW FOR YOU, PAYPAGE, PURCHASE CIRCLES, UNPAY, zSHOPS, and other marks indicated on our site are trademarks or registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates, in the United States and other countries. Amazon.ca graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Amazon.com's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Amazon.com's or its affiliates', in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Amazon.com or its affiliates. All other trademarks not owned by Amazon.com or its affiliates that appear on the Amazon.ca site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Amazon.com or its affiliates.

Patents

One or more United States and international patents apply to the Amazon.ca site, including without limitation: US Patent Nos. 5,715,399; 5,727,163; 5,826,258; 5,960,411; 5,963,949; and 5,999,924.

Licence and Site Access

Amazon.ca grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of the Amazon.ca site, and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of Amazon.ca. This licence does not include any resale or commercial use of the Amazon.ca site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca. 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 Amazon.ca and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Amazon.ca's name or trademarks without the express written consent of Amazon.ca. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or licence granted by Amazon.ca. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Amazon.ca, so long as the link does not portray Amazon.ca, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Amazon.ca logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

Your Account

If you use the Amazon.ca 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. Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Amazon.ca and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

Reviews, Comments, Communications, and Other Content

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content; send e-cards and 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. Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. Amazon.ca has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. Amazon.ca takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

Copyright Complaints

Amazon.ca and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

Risk of Loss

All items purchased from Amazon.ca 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.

Product Descriptions

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

Other Businesses

Parties other than Amazon.ca and its affiliates may operate stores, provide services, or sell product lines on the Amazon.ca site. In addition, 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. Amazon.ca 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 AMAZON.CA SITE IS PROVIDED BY AMAZON.CA ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. AMAZON.CA 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, AMAZON.CA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AMAZON.CA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE AMAZON.CA SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM AMAZON.CA ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. AMAZON.CA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE AMAZON.CA 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 Amazon.ca site, you agree that the laws of the state of Washington, 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 Amazon.ca or its affiliates.

Disputes

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Amazon.ca site or to products you purchase through Amazon.ca shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Seattle, Washington, United States, except that, to the extent that you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate the intellectual property rights of Amazon.ca or its affiliates, Amazon.ca or its affiliates may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Washington, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's 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.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

Please review our other policies, such as our Pricing policy, posted on the Amazon.ca site. These policies also govern your visit to the Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca site. Your use of the Amazon.ca 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 Amazon.ca 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 AMAZON.CA 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

Amazon.com.ca, Inc.
PO Box 81226
Seattle, WA 98108-1226
USA
http://www.amazon.ca/

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