A. USER AGREEMENT Pet Entertainment
Products Inc. (“PEPI”) welcomes you to its website. Using this website
indicates your consent and agreement to be bound by this User Agreement
and any policies or practices contained herein.
B. 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"). Policy: This policy is designed to inform you of how and
why PEPI gathers personal and non-personal information about you. This
website(s) is connected by "hyperlinks" to other website(s).
We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices on other
website(s) and suggest that you review the privacy policies on those
linked website(s) before using them ( We protect the personal
information we gather and it is used or may be used or disclosed only
to PEPI, its affiliates and related companies, agents, suppliers, sponsors
and advertisers to enhance products or services and our marketing to
you. We are accountable for our Privacy Policy and our practices on
our website(s). What Information Is Collected? PEPI collects three kinds
of information from our website(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 website(s) you're
most interested in.
1. Your Personal Information:
During normal Website usage, you can
visit our site without communicating any personal information. However,
to make use of certain features on our site, such as contests, quizzes,
promotions, personalized services, purchases, subscriptions or newsletters,
users may need to register with the PEPI website. As part of this voluntary
registration, PEPI 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 to us with your consent. By voluntarily
providing this personal information to us by sending us a comment or
suggestion, by entering a bulletin board, or by entering a contest that
is posted on our website, you will be consenting to the collection,
use and distribution of your personal information by PEPI for the purposes
of running the contest and/or for distribution to sponsors who manage
the contests and for purposes of marketing (for example the sponsor
may directly contact the contestant to promote products and services).
You are under no obligation to provide us with this personal information
and can access and enjoy many parts of the PEPI website without providing
us any personal information. However, for clarity, please understand
that by volunteering this personal information you are also agreeing
to its collection, use and distribution for the purposes stated below.
We will or may at our discretion, use the personal information collected
in the following ways: 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 chat rooms, discussion groups and
bulletin boards; To keep aggregate information on website use. You should
be aware that when you share personal information in public areas of
our website, 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 Website. We also may share this information with our affiliates,
suppliers, sponsors and advertisers. We collect the following non-identifiable
information when you visit our website: 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.
How Is My Personal Information Protected?
PEPI is committed to protecting your
personal information and has developed policies and procedures to ensure
our compliance with our own Security and Privacy Policy and with applicable
Federal and Provincial laws. We also understand your concerns about
online security and we do our best to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration
of information under our control. We encourage parties linked to our
site to follow similar practices, however we have no control over how
other websites fulfill their obligations and conduct their privacy policies.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on the websites
linked to our website.
Will PEPI Share My Information?
When you voluntarily provide PEPI with
personally identifiable information online, that information is kept
within the PEPI family of website(s) and may be shared or distributed
to our affiliates, partners, sponsors or advertisers. As a general rule,
the non-identifiable information and passive information we collect
on our website(s) will or may be shared with our affiliates, partners,
sponsors or advertisers. Our Website contains hyperlinks to other websites.
While we encourage these organizations to follow similar security practices,
PEPI is not responsible for the policies or content of such Website(s).
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, PEPI asks that any concerned
parent or guardian of the child contact us.
Can I Opt Out?
By visiting our website and voluntarily
providing personal information to the PEPI website, you agree to the
terms of this online User Agreement and the Privacy Policy contained
herein. If you do not want to be contacted for product, service or marketing
initiatives, or do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not provide
us with any personal information. If you have already provided us with
personal information and you would like to be removed from any direct
marketing initiatives, or direct mail or e-mail list, please e-mail
us or call * to remove your personal information from our lists.
How Can I Correct Errors In My Information?
You can correct errors in your personally
identifiable information by sending an e-mail to us or by contacting
us at info@PEPI.com (
What If I Do Not Agree With Your Privacy
Policy?
By visiting our website and voluntarily
providing personal information to the PEPI website, 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 website 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.
C. TERMS OF USE
All content and information (including,
but not limited to, guides, promotional contests, press releases, articles,
plans, reviews, photos, images, illustrations, audio clips, and video
clips) displayed on our website is owned or licensed by PEPI and is
protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Any names,
titles, logos and designs displayed on the website that contain PEPI
names, titles, logos, or brands are the exclusive property and trademarks
of PEPI. You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer, sell, reproduce,
re-post or alter any such content. PEPI 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 website(s). Any other use
or reproduction of this website in whole or in part, will be considered
to be a violation of PEPI's intellectual property rights. Your use of
this website constitutes your agreement to abide by these terms of use
included in this online User Agreement. PEPI 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 PEPI website.
D. DISCLAIMER
You are visiting this website at your
own risk. PEPI, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, agents,
officers, directors, employees, representatives and licensors shall
not be responsible for any damages of any nature arising out of or relating
to the use of this website or any hyperlinked website(s). The materials
in this site 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,
PEPI 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 website. Neither PEPI nor its
subsidiary companies nor their affiliates operate or control in any
respect any information, products or services on hyperlinked third party
sites. PEPI 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 PEPI
website or any hyperlinked websites. PEPI does not warrant that the
functions contained on its website 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 website available are free of viruses
or other harmful components. By visiting this website you are agreeing
to save PEPI, 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 website.
E. JURISDICTION
PEPI is a Canadian company with headquarters
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Consequently, by visiting this website
you agree that in all matters relating to this website 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 website if law prohibits you
from doing so in the country in which you reside.
F. SUBMISSIONS
PEPI does not condone any lewd, defamatory,
offensive or discriminatory submissions of its users. PEPI monitors
the contents of its discussion groups and bulletin boards and reserves
the right to pull any submissions from the site at its sole discretion.
PEPI reminds you to check this User Agreement from time to time as it
may change without notice.
BY CONTINUING TO USE THE PEPI WEB
SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ABIDE BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET
OUT IN THIS USER AGREEMENT