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USER AGREEMENT
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. and its related and affiliated companies
("Alliance Atlantis") welcomes you to its family of web site(s).
Using this web site(s) indicates your consent and agreement to be bound
by this User Agreement and any policies or practices contained herein.
A. PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy and the integrity of any information you provide are important
to us. We have developed the following policy pursuant to the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000 c.5. (the "Privacy
Act").
We're Here To Protect You - What This Policy Is About:
This policy applies to the family of Alliance Atlantis web site(s) only.
It is designed to inform you of how and why Alliance Atlantis gathers
personal and non-personal information about you.
This web site(s) is connected by "hyperlinks" to other web
site(s). We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices on
other web site(s) and suggest that you review the privacy policies on
those linked web site(s) before using them.
We are accountable for our Privacy Policy and our practices on our web
site(s), including the Privacy Code set out below. If you have any questions
or concerns regarding the privacy practices on this web site(s), please
address them, in writing to the following e-mail address: privacy@allianceatlantis.com
What Information Is Collected?
Alliance Atlantis collects three kinds of information from our web site(s):
(1) your voluntarily provided personal information; (2) anonymous information
about your visit, and: (3) "cookie" based information to help
us track which pages on our web site(s) you're most interested in.
1. Your Personal Information:
- During normal Web site(s) usage, you can visit our site without communicating
any personal information. However, to make use of certain features on
our site(s), such as contests, quizzes, promotions, personalized services,
subscriptions or newsletters, users may be asked to register with the
Alliance Atlantis web site(s). As part of this voluntary registration,
Alliance Atlantis may request contact information (such as name, mailing
address, e-mail address, etc.) and other data required for operating
these services. The only way we can collect personal information from
you is if you voluntarily provide it. By voluntarily providing this
personal information to us by sending us a comment or suggestion, by
entering a chatroom or bulletin board, or by entering a contest that
is posted on our web site(s), you will be consenting to the collection,
use and distribution of your personal information by Alliance Atlantis
for the purposes set out. You are under no obligation to provide us
with personal information and can access and enjoy many parts of the
Alliance Atlantis web site(s) without providing us any personal information.
Among other things, the following is a representative list of reasons
we may ask for your personal information:
- To run contests, select entrants, and choose prize winners;
- To respond to your questions or the comments you e-mail to us;
- To provide you with newsletters or other information about our programming,
special offers or services;
- To distribute to sponsors and advertisers who run the contests and/or
for purposes of marketing by our sponsors and advertisers;
- To run chatrooms, discussion groups and bulletin boards;
- To keep aggregate information on web site(s) use.
You should be aware that when you share personal information in public
areas of our web site(s), such as chat rooms, discussion groups or bulletin
boards, this information might be seen and used by other members of the
public. We urge you to exercise good judgment when sharing personal information
in these forums.
2. Anonymous Information About Your Visit:
When you visit our site, information about your visit (e.g. how you navigate
the site) may be collected and stored. This information may include the
length of your visit, the date and time of your visit, the pages you look
at and the sites you visit before and after leaving our site. It does
not include personally identifiable information such as your name, mailing
or e-mail address or telephone number. We use this non-identifiable and
aggregate information to better design our Web site(s). We also may share
this information with our affiliates, suppliers, sponsors and advertisers.
We collect the following non-identifiable information when you visit our
web site(s):
- Your IP address
- Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Your Web Browser
3. "Cookie"-Based Information:
To tailor our site to the needs and interests of our visitors, we keep
track of the pages visited by our users by placing a small entry-in text
file, called a "cookie", on your hard drive. A cookie is transferred
to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that
gave it to you.
Cookies do not reveal personal information. The only personal information
a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself such as passwords,
purchases and preferences. Cookies cannot read data from your hard drive.
You may visit the site with your cookies turned off. However, you may
not be able to access some of the areas of our site, which require cookies
for customization and personalization.
This site uses the services of a supplier for the serving and/or targeting
of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. To do this, this supplier
collects anonymous data about your visit to this and other Web sites,
typically through the use of cookies.
How does the Privacy Policy deal with Children?
Children should always get permission from their parents before sending
information about themselves (such as their names, e-mail addresses, and
phone numbers) over the Internet. We will not knowingly encourage any
minor to register with our site or to access those features which require
registration. If a child has provided us with personal information, Alliance
Atlantis asks that any concerned parent or guardian of the child contact
us.
What If I Do Not Agree With Your Privacy Policy?
By visiting our web site(s) and voluntarily providing personal information
to the Alliance Atlantis web site(s), you agree to the terms of this online
User Agreement and the Privacy Policy contained herein. However, we welcome
your comments and/or suggestions on improving our web site(s) and policies.
If you do not agree to these terms, or wish to limit the use of any of
your personal information that we may have, you may contact us at privacy@allianceatlantis.com.
Alliance Atlantis Privacy Code
We have implemented a complementary protocol we call our Privacy Code,
which applies to any individuals about whom we collect, use or disclose
personal information. It also sets out our respective rights and obligations
as they relate to privacy laws and Alliance Atlantis' own policies. It
can be viewed by clicking the following link: Privacy
Code
B. TERMS OF USE
All content and information (including, but not limited to, broadcast
schedules, guides, promotional contests, press releases, articles, plans,
recipes, reviews, photos, images, illustrations, audio clips, and video
clips) displayed on our web site(s) is owned or licensed by Alliance Atlantis
and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Any
names, titles, logos and designs displayed on the web site(s) that contain
Alliance Atlantis names, titles, logos, or brands are the exclusive property
and trademarks of Alliance Atlantis or its partners. You may not modify,
publish, transmit, transfer, sell, reproduce, re-post or alter any such
content. Alliance Atlantis hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive,
non-assignable and non-transferable license to use and display, for home,
noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any content that you
may download from this web site(s). Any other use or reproduction of this
web site(s), in whole or in part, will be considered to be a violation
of Alliance Atlantis's intellectual property rights.
Your use of this web site(s) constitutes your agreement to abide by these
terms of use included in this online User Agreement. Alliance Atlantis
reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this User Agreement
at any time and visitors are encouraged to review this User Agreement
from time to time.
If you disagree with any of the above terms of use or any part of the
User Agreement, do not use this Alliance Atlantis web site(s).
C. DISCLAIMER
You are visiting this web site(s) at your own risk. Alliance Atlantis,
its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors,
employees, representatives, licensors or licensees shall not be responsible
for any damages of any nature arising out of or relating to the use of
this web site(s) or any hyperlinked web site(s).
The material that appears on this web site(s) is for informational purposes
only. Despite our efforts to provide useful and accurate information,
errors may appear from time to time. Before you act on information you've
found on this web site(s), you should confirm any facts that are important
to your decision. Alliance Atlantis and its information providers make
no warranty as to the reliability, accuracy, timeliness, usefulness or
completeness of the information on the web site(s). Any opinion, view
or idea contained in any article, story or column published on the web
site(s) is the author's own and does not reflect or represent the views
of Alliance Atlantis or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors,
assigns, agents, officers, directors, employees, representatives, partners,
or licensees.
Alliance Atlantis is not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the performance
of, goods and services provided by our advertisers or others to whose
sites we link. A link to another web site does not constitute an endorsement
of that site (nor of any product, service or other material offered on
that site) by Alliance Atlantis or its licensors, affiliates, information
providers, advertisers, sponsors or partners. The materials on this web
site(s) and the hyperlinked third party sites are provided "as is"
and without warranties or representations of any kind either express or
implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of timeliness,
merchantability, fitness or non-infringement. Further, Alliance Atlantis
does not represent warrant or endorse the accuracy, reliability, completeness
or timeliness of any information, content, views, opinions, recommendations
or advertisements distributed through or accessed from any of the services
contained on this web site(s). Alliance Atlantis does not represent, warrant
or endorse any product, information or material that is displayed, purchased
or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any other information
or offer displayed on Alliance Atlantis web site(s) or any hyperlinked
websites.
Alliance Atlantis does not warrant that the functions contained on its
web site(s) or the third party hyperlinked websites will be error-free
or accessible on an uninterrupted basis, that defects will be corrected,
including Discussion Groups or bulletin boards, or that the server that
makes the web site(s) available are free of viruses or other harmful components.
By visiting this web site(s) you are agreeing to save Alliance Atlantis,
its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors,
employees, representatives and licensors harmless from any damages, actions
or causes of actions that may now or hereinafter arise out of your use
of the web site(s).
D. JURISDICTION
Alliance Atlantis is a Canadian company with headquarters in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Consequently, by visiting this web site(s) you agree
that in all matters relating to this web site(s) you shall be governed
by the laws of the province of Ontario or Canada, as applicable, and further,
that you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Ontario.
You may not use this web site(s) if law prohibits you from doing so in
the country in which you reside.
E. SUBMISSIONS
Alliance Atlantis does not condone any lewd, defamatory, offensive or
discriminatory submissions of its users. Alliance Atlantis monitors the
contents of its chatrooms, discussion groups and bulletin boards and reserves
the right to pull any submissions from the site at its sole discretion.
Alliance Atlantis reminds you to check this User Agreement from time to
time as it may change without notice.
BY CONTINUING TO USE THE ALLIANCE ATLANTIS WEB SITE(S), YOU ARE AGREEING
TO ABIDE BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS USER AGREEMENT.