This Privacy Statement applies to information collected through this website and any mobile sites, applications, widgets, and other interactive features that link to or refer to this Privacy Statement (the “Site“). Except as specifically provided below, this Privacy Statement does not apply to information collected by Avon by or through any other means, such as information collected offline.
Avon grants independent contractors selling rights to its products (hereinafter referred to as Independent Sales Representatives or Avon Representatives). Independent Sales Representatives are not employed by Avon. Therefore, Avon does not control, and is not responsible or liable for the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information by Independent Sales Representatives, including for their marketing purposes. If you provide information to an Independent Sales Representative through the Site, Avon will have access to it and shall treat it in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Independent Sales Representatives may provide Avon with information regarding their customers, in which case Avon will treat such information, once in its possession, in accordance with this Statement.
If you are the customer of an Independent Sales Representative, you should check with your Representative directly to learn about her data privacy practices.
If you apply to become or are an Independent Sales Representative, in addition to the generally applicable provisions of this Privacy Statement, please review the Independent Sales Representative section at the bottom of this Privacy Statement to see important information about additional privacy practices that apply to you.
Collection of Personal Information. “Personal Information” is information that can identify you such as name, postal address (including billing and shipping addresses), telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number, and user name. We collect Personal Information from you when you choose to participate in our offers and programs or otherwise provide information directly to us, including when you register with us, purchase products, participate in our interactive features or otherwise interact with us on the Site.
Use of Personal Information. We may use Personal Information:
for the purposes for which you specifically provided it including, without limitation, to enable us to contact you, to respond to your inquiries and process and fulfill your requests;
to send you information about your relationship or transactions with us;
to tell you about products, services, programs, and offers that we believe may be of interest to you via e-mail, SMS, telephone or postal mail.
to personalize your experience with us including by presenting products or offers tailored to you;
to allow you to use, communicate and interact with others on our Site;
to help you find an Independent Sales Representative including suggesting a new Avon Representative if your Avon Representative has discontinued selling Avon products, and to facilitate the business activities of an Independent Sales Representative;
for our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing our website, improving our services, identifying usage trends, and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns;
to allow you to participate in sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities (Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your Personal Information, so we suggest that you read these rules carefully);
to complete and fulfill your order, or otherwise provide you with products or services, for example, to process your payments, have your order delivered to you, communicate with you regarding your purchase and provide you with related customer service; and to allow you to send an e-mail to other people through our “send to a friend” type functionality. (By using this functionality, you are telling us that you are entitled to use and provide us with your friend’s name and e-mail address for that purpose. Your friend’s information will only be used to send the forwarding e-mail and is not saved in our databases.);
to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
Sharing Personal Information. We may disclose your Personal Information:
to companies that are affiliated with us, that is, are part of the Avon family of companies, (click here to see a list), but not for their direct marketing purposes. Avon Canada Inc. is the data controller and party responsible for jointly used Personal Information;
to employees of the Avon family of companies who have a need to access your Personal Information in carrying out their employment responsibilities;
to third-party service providers who provide services to Avon, such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, infrastructure provision, information technology services, customer service, e-mail delivery services, credit card processing, collections, auditing, training, and other similar services. (These third parties will be supplied with, or have access to, your Personal Information for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf);
to Independent Sales Representatives, to the extent necessary for them to contact you, fulfill your orders or provide a service to you;
to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings); and
as we believe necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain, or protect the safety or security of individuals.
Collection of Non-Personal Information. “Non-Personal Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity, such as:
Browser information
Information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies
Demographic information and other information provided by you or our Independent Sales Representatives
Aggregated information
We and our third-party service providers may collect Non-Personal Information in a variety of ways. For example, we
collect information such as your computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system version and Internet browser type and version.
collect demographic information, such as your location, education, profession, age, gender, as well as other information, such as your hobbies and special interests when you voluntarily provide this information to us. Unless combined with Personal Information, this information does not personally identify you or anyone else.
Aggregating information. We may aggregate Personal Information so that the aggregated information does not personally identify you or anyone else, such as by using Personal Information to calculate the percentage of our customers who live in a particular area. In some instances, we may combine Non-Personal Information with Personal Information (such as combining your name with your geographical location). If we combine any Non-Personal Information with Personal Information, the combined information will be treated by us as Personal Information as long as it is combined.
Use and Sharing of Non-Personal Information. Because Non-Personal Information does not personally identify you, we may collect, use and disclose Non-Personal Information for any purpose.
Cookies: We and our third-party service providers may use “cookies” on the Site. Cookies allow a web server to transfer data to a computer for recordkeeping and other purposes. We use cookies and other technologies to, among other things, better serve you with more tailored information and facilitate your ongoing access to and use of the Site. We also allow vendors to use cookies on our website. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to decline the use of cookies. To learn more about cookies, please visit the following site, which is not affiliated with Avon: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Local Storage Objects: We and our third-party service providers may use Flash Local Storage Objects (“Flash LSOs”) in certain situations including to recognize you and remember what is in your shopping cart. Flash LSOs are different from browser cookies because of the amount and type of data stored. In addition, you generally cannot control, delete or disable the acceptance of Flash LSOs from your browser. For more information on Flash LSOs, and to learn how to control them, click on the support Page for the Flash Player and choose Global Storage Settings Panel and follow the instructions. To see the Flash LSOs on your computer now, go to the Website Storage Settings Panel and follow the instructions to review and, if you choose, to delete any specific Flash LSO.
Pixel tags and other technologies: Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. However, in contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on website pages. We may use clear GIFs (also known as web beacons, web bugs or pixel tags) in connection with the Site to, among other things, track the activities of our Site visitors and compile statistics about Site usage and response rates. We and our third-party service providers also may use clear GIFs in HTML-formatted e-mail messages to help us track e-mail response rates, measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and identify when our e-mails are viewed or forwarded.
Site Analytics:
Avon may work with third-party service providers who use the technologies described in this section to conduct website analytics to help us track and understand how visitors use our Site. For example, we use Omniture, a third-party web analytics service provider, to help us improve our website performance and user experience. For more information and to review Omniture’s privacy policy for Omniture Technology and its opt-out tool, please see their privacy centre.
Widgets, Applications and similar technologies. If you choose to utilize technology provided by us (such as a widget), any Personal Information or other information you make available through such technology may become available publicly, for example, through social media and other websites and platforms on which you may make the applicable technology available. In addition, some technology may have the capability to be distributed “virally” in other locations (for example, a friend or a customer of yours may post the widget that contains your information to his or her blog). Avon is not responsible or liable for the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information and/or other information that is made publicly available.
How We Collect IP Addresses
Your “IP Address” is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
An IP Address may be identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user visits the Site, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites.
We may use IP Addresses for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, detecting fraud, and administering the Site. We may also use and disclose IP Addresses for all the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information. Please note that we treat IP Addresses, server log files and related information as Non-Personal Information, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law.
Certain features on our Site may give you an opportunity to interact with us and others. These may include blogs, message boards, messaging functionality, chat functionality, and creating community profiles. When you use these features you should be aware that any information you submit, including your name, location and e-mail address, may be publicly available to others. We are not responsible for any information you choose to submit through these interactive features and we strongly discourage you from disclosing any sensitive Personal Information (such as health or credit card information) through these features. If you use these features, your Personal Information may remain on the Site even after you cease use of the Site.
Our Site may link to websites operated by other third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with our Site, or for the privacy practices of third party Internet advertising companies. The inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by us. Avon’s Independent Sales Representatives are solely responsible for their own websites and for any information collected on those websites. If an Independent Sales Representative uses an Avon Site to collect information from you, Avon may have access to that information and shall treat it in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. These companies may use information about your visit to the Site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements to this Site, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit http://networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp.
We use reasonable organizational, technical, physical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information under our control. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the Contact Us section below.
To opt out of receiving marketing and/or promotional offers from Avon you may send us a request at the address in the Contact Us section below.
We will endeavor to comply with all requests as soon as reasonably practicable.
If you would like to review, correct, or delete Personal Information that has been previously provided to us, you may contact us as set out in the Contact Us section below. In your request, please make clear what information you would like to have changed. We will endeavor to respond as soon as reasonably practicable, and in no event no later than 30 days from the time we receive your request. We may, however, seek an extension of an additional 30-day period if:
meeting the initial 30-day time limit would unreasonably interfere with our business operations and procedures;
the time required to undertake any consultations necessary to respond to the request would make the initial 30-day deadline impracticable to meet;
you do not give us sufficient detail to enable us to identify the record containing your personal information, or
a large amount of Personal Information is requested or must be searched.
We also may extend the initial 30-days for a period of time necessary for us to be able to convert Personal Information into an alternative format. In all cases, should we need to extend the time limit beyond the initial 30 days, we will provide you with a notice of extension, advising you of the new deadline, the reasons for the extension, and your right to complain about the extension to the appropriate Privacy Commissioner.
We will retain your Personal Information for the period resonably necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement and for as long required by applicable.
The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that these individuals not provide Personal Information through the Site.
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have operations, and by interacting with us and providing us with any Personal Information, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may provide for different data protection rules than in your country.
From time to time we may change this Privacy Statement. Please take a look at the “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Statement was last revised. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Statement on the Site. Your interaction with us following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us by e-mail at montreal.cpo@avon.com, or by regular mail at 5500 Trans-Canada Highway, Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 1B6, attention: Chief Privacy Officer. Because e-mail communications are not always secure, please do not include sensitive information in your e-mails to us.
The following provisions are applicable only to Avon’s Independent Sales Representatives:
This Privacy Statement applies to the Personal Information of Independent Sales Representatives collected by Avon, whether collected online or offline. This information would be collected in addition to any Personal Information we may collect from you as an Avon customer, as described above.
If you seek to become an Avon Representative we may collect and use your Personal Information including credit-related information to determine your eligibility.
In order to be appointed an Avon Representative, you may be required to enter into a separate Independent Sales Representative agreement with Avon (“Representative Agreement”). If you have entered into a Representative Agreement, we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Statement and the terms of your “Representative Agreement.” We also may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information as necessary to fulfill our obligations under the Representative Agreement including your social insurance number (SIN) for tax reporting and your credit card or bank information for payment of your account by credit card or direct debit. Your payment information may be collected by telephone or other voice telecommunications service offered by Avon. In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Statement and the Representative Agreement, the terms of the Representative Agreement shall apply.
Once you are an Avon Representative (including a sales leader), we may disclose your Personal Information:
to district managers, area sales managers or their equivalent, who may be independent contractors to Avon;
as part of our sales leadership program, to Avon Representatives who are sales leaders;
to current and potential customers who are seeking the assistance of an Avon Representative; and
as necessary to comply with legal requirements such as tax and record keeping obligations.
We may also combine the Non-Personal Information that we and our third-party service providers collect about your use of our Site (as described above) with your unique Representative account number. We may use the combined information for purposes such as to analyze Avon Representatives’ use of our Sites, in order to evaluate and make improvements to our business model, and for other internal analytics purposes.
LAST UPDATED March 1, 2013
This site (together with any successor site(s) and all Services (as defined below), the “AVON WEBSITE”) is operated by Avon Canada Inc.[ (“AVON,” “we,” “us,” and “our”). We provide AVON WEBSITE users with access to content and services related to us and our products, including audiovisual content, images, forums, text, data and other similar content and services (such content and services, collectively, the “Services”). Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Agreement”) carefully before using the AVON WEBSITE. By using the AVON WEBSITE, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not use the AVON WEBSITE. Further, by using the AVON WEBSITE, you affirm that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement or, if you are not, that you have obtained parental or guardian consent to enter into this Agreement. If you are not of legal age to enter into this Agreement and have not obtained parental or guardian consent to enter into this Agreement, then you may not use the AVON WEBSITE.
We reserve the right to change this Agreement, in whole or in part, from time to time at our sole discretion, and to provide you with notice of such change by any reasonable means, including without limitation by posting the revised draft of this Agreement on the AVON WEBSITE. You can determine when this Agreement was last revised by referring to the “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Agreement. Your continued use of the AVON WEBSITE following the posting of changes to this Agreement will mean that you accept those changes, provided that any material change to this Agreement shall not apply retroactively to any claim or dispute between you and us in connection with this Agreement that arose prior to the “LAST UPDATED” date applicable to that version of this Agreement in which we included such material change. If you do not agree to any changes made to this Agreement, you may not use the AVON WEBSITE. We may, at any time, modify or discontinue all or part of the AVON WEBSITE, charge, modify or waive fees required to use the AVON WEBSITE; or offer opportunities to some or all AVON WEBSITE users, subject to any restrictions placed on our exercise of such rights under applicable law.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
• The “AVON Independent Sales Representative Agreement” means the agreement (collectively with any terms and conditions attached thereto or incorporated therein) between AVON and an AVON independent sales representative pursuant to which such individual was appointed as an AVON independent sales representative.
• An “AVON Independent Sales Representative” is an individual (a) who has agreed, pursuant to the terms of an AVON Independent Sales Representative Agreement, to be an AVON independent sales representative and (b) who remains an active AVON independent sales representative in good standing.
If you are an AVON Independent Sales Representative, you acknowledge and agree that your use of the AVON WEBSITE is subject not only to this Agreement, but also to the terms and conditions contained in your AVON Independent Sales Representative Agreement and any applicable Avon policies, codes of conduct or other related guidelines.
1. Content Posted by AVON Independent Sales Representatives
AVON Independent Sales Representatives are independent third party contractors of AVON and are not otherwise affiliated with AVON or any of AVON’s parent companies, subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively “Affiliates”). AVON is not responsible or liable for the statements, acts or omissions of AVON Independent Sales Representatives, whether through or in connection with the AVON WEBSITE or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, although AVON may provide AVON Independent Sales Representatives with certain resources and tools (including without limitation assistance with the creation of personalized online sites that contain AVON branding and content and that may share URLs in whole or in part with the AVON WEBSITE), you acknowledge and agree that neither AVON nor any Affiliate has control over, or is responsible or liable for, any text, images, or other information or materials posted by AVON Independent Sales Representatives to the AVON WEBSITE or such personalized online sites. You further acknowledge and agree that neither AVON nor any Affiliate has control over, or is responsible or liable for, any customizations made by AVON Independent Sales Representatives to the AVON WEBSITE or such personalized online sites, or any materials communicated by an AVON Independent Sales Representative to you. Such information, materials, and customizations shall be referred hereafter as “AVON Independent Sales Representative Content”.
Neither AVON nor any Affiliate (a) has taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of any AVON Independent Sales Representative Content or other materials communicated by an AVON Independent Sales Representative to you, or (b) makes any representations or warranties as to the security of any communications between you and any AVON Independent Sales Representatives undertaken using AVON Independent Sales Representative Content (for example, email links posted by AVON Independent Sales Representatives). In addition, neither AVON nor any Affiliate makes any representations or warranties as to the data privacy or data protection practices of any AVON Independent Sales Representative.
2. Information You Submit Through the AVON WEBSITE
Your submission of information through the AVON WEBSITE is governed by AVON’s Privacy Statement. To the extent that you submit any personally identifiable information to any third party in connection with the AVON WEBSITE (for example, via a Third Party Application, which is defined in Section 12 below), please note that (a) such third party’s collection, use and disclosure of such information will be governed by its own privacy policy and not by AVON’s Privacy Policy, and (b) we are not responsible for the information collection, usage and disclosure practices of such third party or any other third parties, including without limitation AVON Independent Sales Representatives. You represent and warrant that any information you provide in connection with your use of the AVON WEBSITE is true, accurate and complete, and that you will maintain and update such information as needed, such that the information remains true, accurate and complete. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AVON WEBSITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
3. Registration; User Names and Passwords
You may be required to register in order to access certain areas or features of the AVON WEBSITE, for example, to post Submissions (defined in Section 5 below). With respect to any such registration, you may not use (and we may refuse to grant you) any user name or email address that belongs to or is already being used by another person; that may be construed as impersonating another person; that violates the intellectual property or other rights of any person; that is offensive; or that we reject for any other reason in our sole discretion. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password you may use to access the AVON WEBSITE, and you agree not to transfer your password or user name, or lend or otherwise transfer your use of or access to the AVON WEBSITE, to any third party. You are fully responsible for all interactions with the AVON WEBSITE that occur in connection with your user name. You agree to immediately notify AVON of any unauthorized use of your password or user name or any other breach of security related to your account, your user name or the AVON WEBSITE, and to ensure that you “log off” and exit from your account with the AVON WEBSITE (if applicable) at the end of each session. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with any of the foregoing obligations. If you are an AVON employee or an AVON Independent Sales Representative, you agree that AVON may identify you as such (for example, by means of a badge or other identifier) while you use the AVON WEBSITE. If you do not want to be so identified, then you may not use the AVON WEBSITE.
4. Rules of Conduct
While using the AVON WEBSITE you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to respect the rights and dignity of others. In addition, your use of the AVON WEBSITE is conditioned on your compliance with the rules of conduct set forth in this Section 4, and failure to comply with this Agreement and/or these rules of conduct (including without limitation your repeated engagement in copyright infringement through or in connection with the AVON WEBSITE) may result in termination of your access to the AVON WEBSITE pursuant to Section 18 below.
You agree not to:
• Post, transmit, or otherwise make available through or in connection with the AVON WEBSITE:
º Any information or materials that are or may be, or the posting, transmission or use of which is or may be: (a) threatening, harassing, degrading, hateful or intimidating; (b) defamatory or libelous; (c) fraudulent or tortious; (d) obscene, indecent, pornographic or otherwise objectionable; or (e) protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right without the express written consent of the owner of such right.
º Any material that would give rise to criminal or civil liability; that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence; that promotes gambling; or that encourages or provides instructional information about illegal activities or activities such as “hacking,” “cracking,” or “phreaking.”
º Any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, malware, spyware, or other computer code, file, or program that is harmful or invasive or that may or is intended to damage, hijack, disable, interfere with, or disrupt the operation of, or monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment.
º Any unsolicited or unauthorized advertisements, promotional material, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letter,” “pyramid scheme” or investment opportunity, or any other form of solicitation that is not expressly approved by AVON in advance.
º Any unsolicited email messages related to Avon to any individual without his/her prior knowledge and prior consent or otherwise in violation of any law, rule or regulation.
º Any personally identifiable information of another individual, without the prior lawful consent of such individual.
º Any material, non-public information about a company, without the proper authorization to do so.
• Use the AVON WEBSITE for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose.
• Use any invitation functionality on the AVON WEBSITE to invite any person to join the AVON WEBSITE unless you personally know the invitee and know that he or she will agree to receive the invitation.
• Use the AVON WEBSITE to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, “bully,” or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including without limitation others’ privacy rights or rights of publicity, or to harvest or collect information about users of the AVON WEBSITE.
• Impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation any employee, agent or other representative of AVON; including by (a) falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with the AVON WEBSITE; or (b) expressing or implying that we endorse any statement you make.
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the AVON WEBSITE or the servers or networks used to make the AVON WEBSITE available; or violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of such networks.
• Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the AVON WEBSITE (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the AVON WEBSITE).
• Use the AVON WEBSITE to (a) advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, or otherwise promote any services, businesses or opportunities, or (b) solicit AVON WEBSITE visitors or users to visit, become members of, subscribe to, or register with any commercial online service or other organization; in each case, without AVON’s express prior written consent, except to the extent that you are an AVON Independent Sales Representative that has otherwise been authorized or instructed by Avon to use the AVON WEBSITE for such purposes.
• Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, link to or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of, use of, or access to, the AVON WEBSITE, except to the extent that you are an AVON Independent Sales Representative that has otherwise been authorized or instructed by Avon to use the AVON WEBSITE for such purposes
• Except as expressly permitted by applicable law, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the AVON WEBSITE.
• Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from the AVON WEBSITE or from materials originating from the AVON WEBSITE.
• Frame or mirror any part of the AVON WEBSITE.
• Create a database by downloading and storing AVON WEBSITE content.
• Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device to retrieve, index, “scrape,” “data mine” or in any way gather AVON WEBSITE content or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the AVON WEBSITE without AVON’s express prior written consent.
• Place a widget provided by AVON on any third party website in violation of the policies governing the third party website (including the terms of use governing such website).
Additionally, you acknowledge and agree that you (and not AVON) are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telecommunications, broadband, and computer hardware, equipment, and services needed to access and use the AVON WEBSITE, and for paying all charges related thereto.
5. Submissions
a. Generally. The AVON WEBSITE may contain areas where you are able to post information and materials, including without limitation text, images, photographs, graphics, music, videos, audiovisual works, data, information, files, links and other materials (each, a “Submission”). For purposes of clarity, you retain ownership of any Submissions that you post, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the licence grant in Section 5(b) below). You hereby acknowledge and agree that you do not have any rights to use or incorporate into any Submission or other materials, any content or materials owned by us or the Affiliates, or our or their respective licensors or suppliers (“Avon Content”), except to the extent that AVON expressly authorizes you in writing to so use or incorporate such Avon Content. For the sake of clarity, AVON, the Affiliates or our or their respective licensors or suppliers, as applicable, shall retain ownership of the Avon Content.
b. Licence Grant. For each Submission that you post, you hereby grant to us and the Affiliates a world-wide, royalty free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable (through multiple tiers) licence, without additional consideration to you or any third party, to: (i) reproduce, distribute, transmit, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), make available to the public, adapt, modify, edit, translate, make, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise use and exploit (and have others exercise such rights on behalf of us or the Affiliates, through multiple tiers) such Submission, any ideas accompanying, related to, or embodied in such Submission, and any materials embodying, incorporating, or derived from such Submission, in any format or media now known or hereafter developed; (ii) create derivative works from such Submission (including without limitation by incorporating such Submission into any other work, or into our, the Affiliates’ or our or their respective designees’ products or services); (iii) exercise all trademark, publicity and other proprietary rights with regard to such Submission; (iv) use your name, photograph, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising or promotional purposes, whether or not in connection with your Submission; and (v) use your Submission (including the contents thereof and any derivative works thereof) for any advertising or promotional purposes. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO GRANT THE RIGHTS GRANTED IN THIS SECTION 5, PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY SUBMISSIONS ON THE AVON WEBSITE.
c. Disclaimers. It is possible that AVON WEBSITE visitors will post information or materials on the AVON WEBSITE that are wrong or misleading or that otherwise violate this Agreement. We, the Affiliates and our and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors and providers do not endorse and are not responsible for any information or materials made available through the AVON WEBSITE or your use of or reliance on such information or materials. All Submissions will be deemed to be non-confidential and may be (i) disclosed to the general public and (ii) used by us without (A) any confidentiality or other non-disclosure obligations or (B) attribution to you or any third party. We reserve the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to set limits on the number and size of Submissions that may be posted on the AVON WEBSITE or the amount of storage space available for Submissions.
d. Acknowledgement. You hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) you have received good and valuable consideration in exchange for the rights granted by you hereunder in and to any Submission that you post, which consideration includes, without limitation, the ability to participate in activities on the AVON WEBSITE and the possibility that publicity or favourable exposure may arise from our or the Affiliates’ use of such Submission or any derivative works incorporating or embodying such Submission; and (ii) you are not entitled to any further compensation for any use or other exploitation of such Submission by us or the Affiliates or any other party in connection with the rights in such Submission that have been granted hereunder and/or that are available under applicable law.
e. Representations and Warranties. You hereby represent and warrant that: (i) you have the legal right and authority to enter into this Agreement; (ii) you solely own, or otherwise have the full right and permission to exploit, all of the rights in, to, and under any Submission that you post and to grant the rights and licences set forth herein, and with respect to any third party materials that appear in or are otherwise incorporated or embodied in any Submission that you post, you have obtained express, written clearances from all owners of and rights holders in such third party materials as necessary to grant the rights and licences set forth herein; (iii) any Submissions that you post, and the use thereof by us, the Affiliates, our and their respective designees, and other users of the AVON WEBSITE do not and shall not infringe or violate any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party; (iv) any Submission that you post is not confidential and does not contain any confidential information; (v) in creating, preparing and posting any Submission, you (A) have complied and will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules (including without limitation our rules of conduct set forth in Section 4 above), and regulations and (B) have not violated and will not violate any understanding by which you are explicitly or implicitly bound (including without limitation any agreement with any third party) and (vi) you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in any Submission that you post, to use such individual’s name and likeness for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting such Submission(s) in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of majority, you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual’s parent(s) or guardian(s) and from any other entity from whom such consent, release or permission is required (and, in each case, you agree to provide to us a copy of any such consents, releases and/or permissions upon our request). If you do post a Submission that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual, we strongly encourage you not to include any identifying information within such Submission, such as the individual’s name or address.
f. Waiver; Further Assurances. To the extent permitted under applicable law, you agree to forever release, discharge and waive all claims against us, the Affiliates and our and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors and providers from, and covenant not to initiate, file, maintain, or proceed upon any claims, demands, actions, losses, costs, damages, liabilities, judgments, settlements or expenses (including without limitation reasonable legal fees) that relate in any way to this Agreement and/or the use of any Submission in a manner consistent with the rights granted under this Agreement, including without limitation any claim for idea misappropriation. Additionally, to the extent permitted under applicable law, you hereby waive any and all rights that you may have under laws worldwide that concern “moral rights” or “droit moral,” or similar rights, in connection with any Submission (and you hereby represent and warrant that you have obtained clear, express written waivers from any applicable third parties with respect to any and all rights that such third parties may have under such laws in connection with any Submission that you post). At any time upon our request, you shall: (i) take or cause to be taken all such actions as we may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order for us and the Affiliates to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and any licences granted by you hereunder, and (ii) execute a non-electronic hard copy of this Agreement.
g. No Obligation to Use. We may determine in our sole discretion whether or not to exercise any right granted to us under this Agreement, and we shall have no obligation to (i) use or otherwise exploit any Submission or (ii) include any Submission on the AVON WEBSITE or in any other services or materials.
6. Unsolicited Input
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, we and the Affiliates do not accept, invite or consider unsolicited submissions or input of ideas, proposals or suggestions (“Unsolicited Input”), whether related to the AVON WEBSITE, our products or otherwise. You hereby acknowledge and agree that (a) any Unsolicited Input is not confidential and AVON and the Affiliates have no confidentiality obligations with respect to such Unsolicited Input and (b) to the extent permitted under applicable law, any Unsolicited Input will become our and the Affiliates’ sole property. Neither we nor any Affiliate has any obligation with respect to Unsolicited Input, and we and the Affiliates may use Unsolicited Input for any purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person.
7. Monitoring; Reporting of Objectionable Materials
We may, but have no obligation to: (a) monitor, evaluate or alter Submissions before or after they appear on the AVON WEBSITE; (b) seek to verify that any or all rights, consents, releases and permissions in or relating to a Submission have been obtained by you in accordance with your representations above; and/or (c) refuse, reject or remove any Submission at any time or for any reason (including without limitation if we determine in our sole discretion that all rights, consents, releases and permissions have not been obtained by you despite your representations above). You agree to cooperate with us in our verification and inquiries related to the foregoing. We may disclose any Submissions and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to anyone for any reason or purpose, and in accordance with our Privacy Statement. If you become aware of any unlawful, defamatory, offensive or objectionable material(s) on the AVON WEBSITE (other than material that infringes copyright, which is addressed separately in Section 19 below), write to us at Contact Us with a description of the material(s) at issue and the URL or location of such materials.
8. Our Proprietary Rights
We, the Affiliates and/or our and their respective licensors and suppliers own the AVON WEBSITE and the information and materials (including without limitation any Avon Content) made available on or through the AVON WEBSITE. Such information and materials are protected by copyright, trademark, patent and/or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized in advance by us, you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on all or any part of the AVON WEBSITE or any information or materials (including without limitation any Avon Content) made available through the AVON WEBSITE.
We, the Affiliates and/or our or their respective licensors or suppliers own the trade names, trademarks and service marks on the AVON WEBSITE, including without limitation “AVON”. All trademarks and service marks on the AVON WEBSITE not owned by us or the Affiliates are the property of their respective owners. You may not use our trade names, trademarks or service marks in connection with any product or service that is not ours, or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing contained herein or on the AVON WEBSITE should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any trade names, trademarks or service marks without express prior written consent of the owner.
PLEASE NOTE THAT UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE AVON WEBSITE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SOFTWARE USED TO MAKE THE AVON WEBSITE AVAILABLE) MAY SUBJECT YOU TO MONETARY DAMAGES AND OTHER CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
9. Sweepstakes, Contests, and Similar Promotions
Any sweepstakes, contests, raffles, and other promotions made available through the AVON WEBSITE (“Promotions”) may be governed by specific rules that are separate from this Agreement. By participating in any such Promotion, you agree to become subject to those rules, which may vary from the terms and conditions set forth herein. With respect to any Promotion, in the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of a Promotion and the AVON WEBSITE terms and conditions, the Promotion terms and conditions shall govern.
10. Purchases and Pricing through AVON Independent Sales Representatives
You purchase AVON products or services exclusively from your AVON Independent Sales Representative and not directly from AVON. If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the AVON WEBSITE, you will be asked to supply certain personal information such as contact information and preferences to create a customer account, and you will be attached to an AVON Independent Sales Representative in your area through whom you may purchase AVON products or services. Acceptance of orders is at the discretion of the AVON Independent Sales Representative. Any such information provided through the AVON WEBSITE will be treated by AVON in accordance with this Agreement and the Privacy Statement. Verification of your information may be required. Pricing and availability of any product or service identified through the AVON WEBSITE are estimates only and subject to change without notice. Contact your AVON Independent Sales Representative to confirm availability and pricing. Your AVON Independent Sales Representative sets the final selling price and applicable tax, shipping/handling and other fees or charges that may apply.
11. Intended Audience
AVON controls and/or operates the AVON WEBSITE from Canada, and the AVON WEBSITE is not intended to subject AVON to the laws or jurisdiction of any province, country or territory other than those of Canada. Unless otherwise specified, materials made available through the AVON WEBSITE are presented solely for the purpose of providing services and promoting products available in Canada. To the extent permitted under applicable law, AVON makes no, and hereby disclaims any, representations or warranties that the AVON WEBSITE, in whole or in part, or any products, services, or materials made available through the AVON WEBSITE, are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the AVON WEBSITE from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws, rules and regulations, if and to the extent local laws, rules or regulations are applicable. We may limit the AVON WEBSITE’s availability, in whole or in part, to any person(s), geographic area(s) or jurisdiction(s) we choose, at any time and in our sole discretion.
12. Third Party Applications
The AVON WEBSITE may interoperate with or include third party software applications and services (or links thereto) that are made available by our third party service providers (such applications, “Third Party Applications”). Because we do not control Third Party Applications, you agree that neither we nor the Affiliates, nor our or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors or providers, are responsible or liable for any Third Party Applications, including without limitation the performance, accuracy, integrity, quality, legality, usefulness, or safety of, or intellectual property rights relating to, Third Party Applications or their use. We have no obligation to monitor Third Party Applications, and we may remove or restrict access to any Third Party Applications (in whole or part) from the AVON WEBSITE at any time. The availability of Third Party Applications on the AVON WEBSITE does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation with any provider of, such Third Party Applications. Further, your use of Third Party Applications may be governed by additional terms and conditions that are not set forth in this Agreement or in our Privacy Statement (for example, terms and conditions that are made available by the provider(s) of such Third Party Applications themselves in connection with such Third Party Applications). This Agreement does not create any legal relationship between you and provider(s) of such Third Party Applications, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty by us, any Affiliate, or our and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors or providers with respect to any Third Party Application.
13. Third Party Content
The AVON WEBSITE may incorporate certain functionality that allows, via the system or network of which the AVON WEBSITE is a component, the routing and transmission of, and online access to, certain digital communications and content made available by third parties (“Third Party Content”). By using such AVON WEBSITE functionality, you acknowledge and agree that you are directing us to access and transmit to you Third Party Content associated with such functionality. Because we do not control Third Party Content, you agree that we are neither responsible nor liable for any Third Party Content, including the accuracy, integrity, quality, legality, usefulness, or safety of, or intellectual property rights relating to, Third Party Content. We have no obligation to monitor Third Party Content, and we may block or disable access to any Third Party Content (in whole or part) via the AVON WEBSITE at any time. Your access to or receipt of Third Party Content via the AVON WEBSITE does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation with any provider of, such Third Party Content. Further, your use of Third Party Content may be governed by additional terms and conditions that are not set forth in this Agreement or our Privacy Statement (for example, terms and conditions that are made available by the providers of such Third Party Content). This Agreement does not create any legal relationship between you and the providers of such Third Party Content with respect to such Third Party Content, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty by us, or any of the Affiliates, or our or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors or providers with respect to any Third Party Content.
14. Links to or From Other Sites
The AVON WEBSITE may provide links to or feeds from other websites and online resources. Except as otherwise expressly stated by AVON on the AVON WEBSITE, AVON is not affiliated or associated with the operators of any third party websites or resources that link to or are linked from the AVON WEBSITE. AVON expressly disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information found on third party websites or resources that link to or are linked from the AVON WEBSITE. We cannot ensure your satisfaction with any products or services that are available through any third party website or resource that links to or is linked from the AVON WEBSITE, because these third party websites and resources are owned and operated by independent entities. We do not endorse any of the products or services, nor have we taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, made available through any third party websites or resources, and we make no representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including without limitation credit card and other personal information) that you may provide or be requested to provide to any third party, whether through such a third party website or resource or otherwise.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES AND ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE APPLICABLE TO SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES.
AVON shall have the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to block links to the AVON WEBSITE through technological or other means without prior notice.
15. Disclaimer
THE AVON WEBSITE AND ALL GOODS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AVON INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE CONTENT, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 12), THIRD PARTY CONTENT (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 13), INFORMATION AND MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE AVON WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND WE, THE AFFILIATES, AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS AND PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL STATUTORY AND IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. AVON MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE AVON WEBSITE OR ANY GOODS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AVON INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE CONTENT, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INFORMATION AND MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE AVON WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, ERROR FREE OR COMPATIBLE WITH ANY PARTICULAR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE. ANY RELIANCE ON OR USE OF THE AVON WEBSITE OR ANY GOODS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AVON INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE CONTENT, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INFORMATION OR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE AVON WEBSITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AVON MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY (A) REGARDING THE STATEMENTS, ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY AVON INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES; (B) THAT THE AVON WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A TIMELY BASIS, OR THAT ACCESS TO THE AVON WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (C) THAT DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (D) THAT THE AVON WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS OR NETWORKS THROUGH WHICH THE AVON WEBSITE ARE MADE AVAILABLE ARE SECURE OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
Applicable law may not allow for limitations of certain implied warranties and conditions; solely to the extent that such law applies to you, some or all of the above limitations or disclaimers may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.
The AVON WEBSITE may include inaccuracies, errors and materials that violate or conflict with this Agreement. Additionally, third parties may make unauthorized alterations to the AVON WEBSITE. If you become aware of any unauthorized third party alteration to the AVON WEBSITE, write to us at Contact Us with a description of the material(s) at issue and the URL or location on the AVON WEBSITE of such materials.
16. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL AVON, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS OR PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AVON WEBSITE, NOR FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF OTHER INTANGIBLES, LOSS OF SECURITY OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE AVON WEBSITE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR RECEIPT OF ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT), OR UNAUTHORIZED INTERCEPTION OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES, EVEN IF AVON OR SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES. AVON IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR SUBMISSIONS, TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA OR FOR ANY MATERIAL OR DATA SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED. AVON IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONTENT OR CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PARTY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY AVON INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE), OR ANY INFRINGEMENT BY A THIRD PARTY OF ANOTHER’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PRIVACY OR OTHER RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL AVON’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE AVON WEBSITE, OR YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE AVON WEBSITE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR USING OR ACCESSING THE AVON WEBSITE. Applicable law may not allow for exclusions or limitations of certain damages; solely to the extent that such law applies to you, some or all of the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights. For example, in some jurisdictions, a website operator may not exclude or limit liability for personal injury or death directly resulting from the use of such operator’s website or such operator’s negligence.
17. Indemnification
Except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless AVON, the Affiliates, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors or providers from and against any and all allegations, claims, actions, demands, causes of action and other proceedings (“Claims”) arising from or related to any of the following: (a) your use of, inability to use, or activities in connection with the AVON WEBSITE; (b) any violation of this Agreement or any other AVON terms, conditions or policies by you; (c) any Submission or other materials that you make available through the AVON WEBSITE (including without limitation any Claim that such Submission or other materials or the use thereof caused damage to, or infringed or otherwise violated the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of, any third party); or (e) your violation of any rights of any AVON WEBSITE visitor, user, or customer, or any other third party; and you agree to reimburse AVON, the Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors or providers on demand for any damages, losses, costs, judgments, fees, fines and other expenses they incur (including legal fees and court costs) as a result of any such Claim(s).
18. Termination and Enforcement
This Agreement is effective until terminated. You agree that AVON, at its sole discretion, may suspend, restrict or terminate your access to or use of the AVON WEBSITE, at any time and for any reason, including without limitation if AVON believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement (including without limitation your failure to comply with the rules of conduct set forth in Section 4 above), subject to any restrictions placed on AVON’s exercise of such rights under applicable law. Upon any such termination, your right to use the AVON WEBSITE will immediately cease. You agree that any suspension, restriction or termination of your access to or use of the AVON WEBSITE may be effected without prior notice and that AVON may immediately deactivate or delete any user name and/or password used by or provided to you, and all related information and files associated therewith, and/or bar any further access to such information or files. You agree that AVON shall not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension, restriction or termination of your access to the AVON WEBSITE or to any such information or files, and shall not be required to make such information or files available to you after any such termination, suspension or restriction. AVON reserves the right to take steps that AVON believes are necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with this Agreement (including without limitation in connection with any legal process relating to your use of the AVON WEBSITE and/or a third party claim that your use of the AVON WEBSITE is unlawful or violates such third party’s rights). Sections 1, 5-8 and 11-22 of this Agreement shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
You agree that in the event of a breach or threatened breach of AVON's intellectual property, the harm suffered by Avon would not be compensable by monetary damages alone and, accordingly, in addition to other available legal or equitable remedies, AVON will be entitled to apply for an interim injunction with respect to such breach or threatened breach, without proof of actual damages, and without the requirement of posting a bond or other security. You agree not to plead sufficiency of damages as a defence.
19. Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that materials available on the AVON WEBSITE infringe your copyright, you may submit a written Notification to AVON with the following information:
• a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
• identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit AVON to locate the material (in order to expedite the processing of your notice, please include a URL (link) to the webpages or data in question);
• information reasonably sufficient to permit AVON to contact you, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an email address;
• a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the information in the Notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
It is often difficult to determine if your intellectual property rights have been violated; AVON may request additional information before removing any allegedly infringing material. AVON may provide the alleged infringing party with your email address so that that person can respond to your allegations. AVON reserves the right to remove any materials available on the AVON WEBSITE which may infringe the copyright of any person under the laws of Canada upon receipt of such a Notification. Notifications should be sent to Colleen Leithman, Senior Legal Counsel, Avon Canada Inc., 5500 TransCanada Highway, Pointe-Claire, Quebec Canada H9R 1B6; fax: 514-630-8374; email: colleen.leithman@avon.com.
20. Forward-Looking Statements
Statements appearing on the AVON WEBSITE that concern Avon, its affiliates and/or its management and that are not historical facts are “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's reasonable current assumptions and expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement of Avon to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from management's expectations. These factors and risks are described in our current annual report and current quarterly report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other filings we make with the SEC. You can access our most recent SEC filings via the SEC EDGAR system located at www.sec.gov, or you may view these filings on our investor website (www.avoninvestor.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with or furnished to the SEC. We disclaim any obligation or responsibility to update, revise or supplement any Forward-Looking Statement or any other statements appearing on the AVON WEBSITE.
21. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. You agree that any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or your access to or use of the AVON WEBSITE shall be resolved only in the courts located in the judicial district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, and you hereby consent and submit to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such dispute or claim.
22. Miscellaneous
If any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and AVON. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense any or all of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our express prior written consent. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained herein is inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof. This Agreement, together with all agreements and statements referred to herein and incorporated herein by reference, is the entire agreement between you and AVON relating to the subject matter hereof and, except as otherwise provided herein, supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements or understandings between you and AVON relating to such subject matter. Notices to you may be made by posting a notice (or a link to a notice) to the AVON WEBSITE, by email, or by regular mail, at AVON’s discretion. Without limitation, you agree that a printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
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