PLEASE READ
THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING
THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.
INTENDED AUDIENCE/USE:
Tropics
North provides this website subject
to our Terms of Use. The Terms of Use may
be updated by Tropics North from time-to-time
without notice to you.
You can review the most
current version of the Terms of Use at: www.Tropics
North.com/terms.htm. This Web site and other
Tropics North Web sites that are linked to
this site or affiliated with this site (collectively "the
Site") and all the information, communications,
software, scripting, photos, text, video,
graphics, music, sounds, images and other
materials and services found on the Site
(collectively "Content"), is intended
for the lawful use of Tropics North's customers,
employees and members of the general public
who are over the age of 13, and citizens
of the United States or Canada. The Site
is controlled and operated in whole or in
part by Tropics North from its office within
Canada. Tropics North makes no representation
that these materials are appropriate or available
for use in other locations. Those who access
the Site from other locations do so at their
own risk and are responsible for compliance
with applicable local laws. You acknowledge
that Tropics North reserves the right in
its sole discretion to refuse or terminate
access to the Site by you at any time.
ACCEPTANCE OF
TERMS:
You acknowledge you have read, and agree
to be bound by these Terms of Use and to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations,
including without limitation Canada export
and re-export control laws and regulations
regarding the transmission of technical data
exported from Canada or the country in which
you reside. You further agree to comply with
all local laws, regulations and rules regarding
online conduct and acceptable Content. You
represent you have the legal authority to
accept these Terms of Use on behalf of yourself
or any party you represent. IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE
SITE.
RESTRICTIONS ON
USE OF CONTENT:
© Copyright Tropics North All Rights Reserved. THE UNAUTHORIZED COPYING,
DISPLAYING OR OTHER USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS A VIOLATION OF THE
LAW. You acknowledge having been advised by Tropics North INC. that the Content
is protected in Canada and internationally by a variety of laws, including
but not limited to, copyright laws and treaty provisions, trademark laws, patent
laws, and other proprietary rights laws (collectively "Rights").
In addition to Tropics North's Rights in individual elements of the Content,
Tropics North or its licensors own a copyright in the selection, coordination
and arrangement of the Content. You are hereby granted permission to access
the Content from the Site in whole or in part, solely for your personal, non-commercial
use of viewing and browsing through the Site or ordering products or services
from the Site. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of
the Web Site Terms of Use. If pursuant to an authorization from Tropics North,
you download software from the Site, the software, including all code, files,
images, contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data, are
deemed to be licensed to you by Tropics North. Neither title nor intellectual
property rights are transferred to you, but remain with Tropics North, who
owns full and complete title. You may not resell, decompile, reverse engineer,
disassemble, or otherwise convert the Software to a perceivable form. Tropics
North does not grant you any permission to use the Content other than the permission
expressly stated in these Terms of Use. All other use of Content from the Site,
including, but not limited to uploading, downloading, modification, publication,
transmission, participation in the transfer or sale of, copying, reproduction,
republishing, creation of derivative works from, distribution, performance,
display, incorporation into another web site, reproducing the Site (whether
by linking, framing or any other method), or in any other way exploiting any
of the Content, in whole or in part, or downloading and using software repeatedly
for uses other than those expressly permitted may not be made without Tropics
North's prior express written consent.
TRADEMARKS AND
SERVICE MARKS:
There are a number of proprietary logos,
service marks, trademarks, slogans and product
designations found on this Site. By making
them available on this Site, Tropics North
is not granting you a license to use them
in any fashion. Access to this Site does
not confer upon you any license under any
of Tropics North's or any third party's intellectual
property rights. Tropics North INC, and the
Stylized A Logo are registered in the US
Patent & Trademark Office.
SUBMISSION OF
INFORMATION:
Although Tropics North provides certain encryption
in an effort to protect the electronic transmission
of personal information ("Personal Information")
that you submit to Tropics North through
the Site, Tropics North does not guarantee
the security of any information transmitted
to or from the Site. You understand and agree
to assume the security risk for any information
you provide using the Site.
PARTICIPATION
IN PROMOTIONS AND OTHER SITE ACTIVITIES:
If you choose to participate in a promotion
or other Tropics North-sponsored activity
("Website Activity"), you agree
to comply with any rules or regulations governing
such Website Activity. Additionally, as a
condition of your continued participation
in the Website Activity, you agree not to:
1) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise
make available any content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous,
invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
2) harm minors in any way; 3) impersonate
any person or entity or falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with
a person or entity; 4) forge headers or otherwise
manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any Content transmitted through
the Website Activity; 5) upload, post, email,
transmit or otherwise make available any
content that you do not have a right to make
available under any law or under contractual
or fiduciary relationships (such as inside
information, proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part
of employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements); 6) upload, post, email, transmit
or otherwise make available any content that
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright or other proprietary rights of
any party; 7) upload, post, email, transmit
or otherwise make available any unsolicited
or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain
letters," "pyramid schemes," or
any other form of solicitation; 8) upload,
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any material that contains software viruses
or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications equipment;
9) interfere with or disrupt the service
or servers or networks connected to the service,
or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected
to the service; 10) "stalk" or
otherwise harass another person or entity;
or 11) collect or store personal data about
other users. You agree that violation of
any of the foregoing will result in your
immediate disqualification from participant
in the Website Activity, and may result in
additional legal actions being taken by Tropics
North.
LINKS TO THIRD
PARTY WEB SITES:
This Site may provide links to other third-party
World Wide Web sites or resources. Tropics
North makes no representations whatsoever
about any other web site which you may access
through this Site. Because Tropics North
has no control over such sites and resources,
you acknowledge and agree that Tropics North
is not responsible for the availability of
such external sites or resources and is not
responsible or liable for any Content, advertising,
products, services or other materials on
or available from such sites or resources.
It is up to you to take precautions to ensure
that whatever you select for your use is
free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan
horses and other items of a destructive nature.
References on this Site to any names, marks,
products or services of any third parties
or hypertext links to third party sites or
information are provided solely as a convenience
to you, and do not constitute or imply an
endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation
of, or affiliation with the third party or
its products and services. Tropics North
makes no representation or warranty as to
any third party Content, products or services,
and you agree that Tropics North shall not
be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,
for any damage or loss caused or alleged
to be caused by or in connection with use
of or reliance on any such third-party Content,
products or services available on or through
any such site or resource.
NOTICES:
Notices to you may be made via either email
or regular mail. Tropics North may also
provide notices of changes to the Terms
of Use or other matters by displaying notices
or links to notices to you generally on
the Site.
REVISIONS:
Tropics North may modify, suspend, withdraw
or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Content, in whole or in part, at any
time without notice. You agree that Tropics
North shall not be liable to you or to
any third party for any modification, suspension,
withdrawal or discontinuance of the Content.
Tropics North may at any time revise these
Web Site Terms of Use by updating this
posting. By using the Site, you agree to
be bound by any such revisions and you
agree to periodically visit this page to
determine the then current Web Site Terms
of Use to which you are bound.
TERMINATION:
You agree that Tropics North, in its sole
discretion, may terminate or restrict your
use or access to this Site (or any part
thereof) for any reason, including, without
limitation, that Tropics North believes
you have violated or acted inconsistently
with the letter or spirit of these Terms
of Service, or the terms, conditions, or
rules of a sweepstakes, contest, or other
promotion contained within the Site.
VIOLATIONS:
Please report any violations of these Terms
of Use to Tropics North at http://www.Tropics
North.com/contactus/feedback.htm
COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY:
Your personally identifiable information
is kept secure. Only authorized employees,
agents and contractors (who have agreed
to keep information secure and confidential)
have access to this information. All
emails and newsletters from this site
allow you to opt out of further mailings.
Privacy Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or
comments about our privacy policy you
may contact us using the information
below:
By e-mail: info@tropicsnorthstudios.com
By Phone: 1-866-461-0702
We reserve the right to make changes to
this policy. Any changes to this policy
will be posted.
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