Terms & Conditions for Canadian Customers
Website Terms of Use
last updated: July 23, 2024
I. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your access or use of Floorcoverings International, Ltd (“Floor Coverings International,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) website located at www.floorcoveringsinternational.com (the “Website”). Please read these Terms and our Privacy Policies located at https://floorcoveringsinternational.com/privacy-policy-ca/ and (collectively, the “Privacy Policies”) carefully before use of the Website, as they constitute a legal agreement between you and Floor Coverings International governing your access and use of the Website and the services accessible via the Website or through your offline interactions with us (collectively, the “Services”). Your use of the Services will be deemed to be your acceptance of these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, do not use the Services.
III. Intellectual Property Rights
All information, text, photographs, graphics, images, videos, logos, data, software and other materials including Floor Coverings International trademarks, service marks and copyrights (collectively the “Content”) found through the Services are owned or licensed by Floor Coverings International and may not be used, copied, broadcast, distributed, uploaded, posted or shared in any way without the express written consent of Floor Coverings International.
Floor Coverings International expressly reserves all intellectual property rights in the Content. Nothing contained on the Website grants or should be construed as granting any license or right to use the Content for any purpose without the express written consent of Floor Coverings International.
IV. Content Ownership, Responsibility, and Removal
Definitions. For purposes of these Terms: (i) “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, works of authorship of any kind, and information or other materials that are posted, generated, provided or otherwise made available through the Services; and (ii) “User Content” means any Content that users of the Services (including you) provide to be made available through the Services.
Our Content Ownership. Floor Coverings International does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. Subject to the foregoing, Floor Coverings International and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services or Content.
Rights in User Content Generated by You. By making any User Content available through the Services, you hereby grant to Floor Coverings International a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, modify (for formatting purposes only), distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content in connection with operating and providing the Services to you.
Your Responsibility for User Content. You are solely responsible for all your User Content. You represent and warrant that you own all your User Content or you have all rights that are necessary to grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. You also represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use and provision of your User Content to be made available through the Services, nor any use of your User Content by Floor Coverings International on or through the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Removal of User Content. User Content may continue to exist on the Services. We are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any of your User Content.
Rights in Content Granted by Floor Coverings International. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Floor Coverings International grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to access and use the Content solely in connection with your permitted use of the Services and solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes.
V. Prohibited Uses
You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not use the Services or the Website directly or indirectly:
- to violate any applicable law or regulation;
- to infringe the rights of any third party, including without limitation, intellectual property, privacy, and contractual rights;
- for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
- to cause harm or damage to any person or entity;
- to disable, overly burden, impair or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the Services or Website;
- to attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website;
- to use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods, or copy, modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble, or decompile the Services or the Website or any part thereof or otherwise attempt to discover any source code;
- to send, upload, collect, transmit, store, use, post, publish, or otherwise communicate on the Website any data, information, pictures, videos, music or other materials or content that: (i) contains any computer viruses, worms, malicious code, or any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (ii) is false, intentionally misleading, or impersonates any other person; (iii) is bullying, harassing, abusive, threatening, vulgar, obscene, or offensive, or that contains pornography, nudity, or graphic or gratuitous violence, or that promotes violence, racism, discrimination, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; or (iv) is harmful to minors in any way or targeted at minors; or
- to upload, post or transmit any material that violates any law, infringes on the rights of any third party or contains defamatory, libelous, otherwise objectionable material as determined by Floor Coverings International in its sole discretion).
VI. Third Party Websites
The Services may contain links to other websites or resources. These links are for your convenience only and are not under our control and are not subject to Floor Coverings International’s Privacy Policies. We recommend that you check the privacy policies of each such website to determine how your information will be used.
VII. Privacy Policies
All information we collect through the Services is subject to our Privacy Policies. By using the Services, you consent to all actions taken by Floor Coverings International with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policies. For a detailed description of Floor Coverings International’s information collection practices, please see our Privacy Policies, which are incorporated herein by reference.
VIII. Disclaimers
THE LAWS OF CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR CERTAIN DAMAGES FOR CONSUMERS. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE BELOW LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Floor Coverings International DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY, USE, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING, THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE. ANY MATERIAL VIEWED, DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL, OR USE OF THE WEBSITE. INFORMATION PUBLISHED AT THIS SITE MAY REFER TO PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR JURISDICTION.
IX. Limitation of Liability
THE LAWS OF CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR CERTAIN DAMAGES FOR CONSUMERS. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE BELOW LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
IN NO EVENT WILL Floor Coverings International BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, LINE FAILURE, AND ALL OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE WEBSITE, OR THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION OR SERVICES CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH WEBSITES, WHETHER
BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES FROM THE WEBSITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ALL COSTS THEREOF. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FLOOR COVERINGS INTERNATIONAL’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR LINKS, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE.
X. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and the Privacy Policies shall be construed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, which shall control without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Any action arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be commenced and concluded only in the Province of Ontario
XI. Termination
Floor Coverings International, in its sole discretion, may terminate or restrict your use or access to the Services for any reason, including, without limitation, if Floor Coverings International believes you have violated or acted inconsistently with these Terms. Upon any termination, discontinuation, or cancellation of the Services, the following provisions of these Terms will survive: Sections II, IV, VIII, IX, and X.
XII. Waiver
Floor Coverings International’s failure to enforce any portion of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any of its rights under these Terms.
XIII. Severability
In the event that any provision or part of any provision in these Terms is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, the unenforceable or unlawful provision or portion thereof shall be severed from these Terms and all other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
XIV. Indemnification
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW (WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC), YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS Floor Coverings International AND ITS PRESENT AND FORMER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, FRANCHISEES, AGENTS, SERVANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS FROM AND AGAINST ANY ACTUAL OR THREATENED CLAIMS, ACTIONS OR DEMANDS, LIABILITIES AND SETTLEMENTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING FEES) RESULTING (OR ALLEGED TO RESULT) FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IN ANY MANNER THAT VIOLATES OR IS ALLEGED TO VIOLATE ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR THESE TERMS.
XV. Delays and Accessibility
The Services may be subject to limitations, delays, failures or other problems associated with the use of the Internet and electronic communications. From time to time, we may restrict access to all or some parts of the Services. Floor Coverings International is not liable if the Services are unavailable at any time for any Reason.
XVI. Changes to Terms
From time to time, we may change these Terms to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements or for other purposes in our sole discretion. You are advised to check the Terms regularly, as continued use is deemed to be approval of and consent to all such changes.
XVII. Changes to Website
We may update the content on the Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. The materials and services at the Website may be out of date, and Floor Coverings International makes no commitment to update the materials and services at this Website.
XVIII. Entire Agreement
These Terms and the Privacy Policies constitute the entire integrated and exclusive agreement between you and Floor Coverings International with respect to the Services and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Services.
XIX. Comments and Questions If you have a comment or question about these
Terms, please contact us at info@floorcoveringsinternational.com.
Last Modified: 7/23/2024