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At SendtoNews Video Incorporated (referred to as "SendtoNews", "we", "us or "our", below), we own and operate the SendtoNews.com website (the "Website"). We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy, and we support a general policy of openness about how we collect, use and disclose your personal information.

This Privacy & Security Policy (the "Policy") informs you how SendtoNews collects, uses and discloses the personal information that you provide to us through use of our Website and subscription to our services.

We recommend that you take the time to read this Policy so that you understand how we handle and process information, including personal information. As we develop and expand our services, this Policy may also change. We will include a "last amended" date on the Policy as displayed on the Website. We strongly encourage you to refer back to the Policy periodically.

This Policy also explains how you can contact us if you have a question about our privacy practices, want to change or update your personal information or change your preferences concerning our use and disclosure of your personal information.

For the purpose of this Policy, "personal information" means information about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee or volunteer of an organization. SendtoNews will not collect, use or disclose your personal information in a way that is incompatible with this Policy.

How We Collect and Use Personal Information

Account Creation and Service Delivery

When you sign up for an account with SendtoNews we ask for your full name, email address, employer, job title, telephone number, state/province, country, zip/postal code, and a password. We use this information to process and maintain your account request or facilitate the provision of other services you request from us.

For example, we use your email address and telephone number to answer inquiries that you send to us, and to communicate with you when necessary concerning the administration of your account and the processing of your requests. As these functions are necessary to the proper administration of your account and our related services, we do not offer an opt-out from providing your email address and telephone number for such communications.

We use your state/province, country, and zip/postal code information in order to ascertain your location and time zone, which allows us to provide information localized for your needs and interests.

Optionally, we also invite you to provide a street address, a website address, mobile telephone and facsimile numbers. We use this information to answer inquiries that you send to us, and to communicate with you when necessary. We also invite you to submit a corporate logo and / or a personal picture. However, you may elect not to provide any of this information if you would prefer not to do so.

Except as may be required by law or provided herein, we will not use this information for third party marketing or any other purpose.

Email for Marketing Purposes

As a SendtoNews user, you may receive email communications from us that inform you about new functionality or news about our site. You will only receive emails communication after giving consent to do so. You may opt-out of receiving such email communications by contacting us at support at sendtonews dot com. If you do not opt-out, we will use your personal information for these purposes.

Cookies and Web Logs

When you visit the Website, cookies are placed within the memory of your internet access device. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store via your internet access device for later retrieval. We use sessional cookies to assist in the log in to your account. SendtoNews uses Google Analytics, including Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, to help us track the use of our Website.

Most browsers will allow you to disable cookies, or allow only sessional cookies to be placed. If your browser is set to allow sessional cookies only, your use of the Website will be unaffected. If your browser is set to disable sessional cookies, you will not be able to log in to the Website.

SendtoNews collects aggregate information concerning usage of the Website through automatically logged information (for example, statistics that identify our most popular pages). SendtoNews does not use any personal information while generating this information, nor does it relate any of this information to an individual member or user.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to the Website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the ads preference manager.

Updating Your Personal Information

You may update or change your personal information anytime by sending an email to support at sendtonews dot com or by logging into the "Account" tab of the "Settings" menu on the website.

Knowledge and Consent

SendtoNews collects personal information about you only when you voluntarily provide it. We will seek consent for the use or disclosure of your personal information at the time of collection. In certain circumstances, consent may be sought after the information has been collected but before use (for example, when we want to use information for a purpose not previously identified).

The form of consent that we seek, including whether it is express or implied, will largely depend on the sensitivity of the personal information and the reasonable expectations of the individual in the circumstances.

You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, please contact us at support at sendtonews dot com. We will inform you of the implications of withdrawing consent.

We will not, as a condition of the supply of a product or service, require you to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of information beyond that reasonably required to fulfill the explicitly specified and legitimate purposes for which the information is being provided.

User Rights

Your retain the right to access your personal data and information and be informed on how it is being processed. If requested STN will provide an overview of the categories of data being processed, a copy of the actual data and details about the processing including purpose, how the data was acquired and with whom it was shared, without fee.

You retain the right to have your personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete. That rectification must be disclosed to any and all third-party recipients involved in the processing of the data in question – unless doing so is impossible or disproportionately difficult.

You retain the right to object to certain processing activities in relation to their personal data carried out by the SendtoNews. In a nutshell, the user can object to the processing of their data whenever the processing is based on the controller’s legitimate interest, or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority, or for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics. The user has to motivate their objection, unless the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, in which case no motivation is needed to exercise this right.

You retain the right to obtain your personal data for the purpose of transferring it from one controller to another, without being prevented from doing so by the data processor.

When data is no longer relevant to its original purpose or where users have withdrawn consent or where the personal data have been unlawfully processed, you have the right to request that your data be erased and all dissemination ceased. The right to erasure can be refused where the personal data is processed for archiving purposes in the public interest, where data is necessary for legal defense, to comply with a legal obligation, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest. The right to erasure can also be denied where the data is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression, or where the data is being processed for health purposes in the public interest.

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in cases where you have contested its accuracy; where you have objected to the processing and SendtoNews is considering whether it has a legitimate ground which overrides this right; where the processing is unlawful but the user requests restriction instead of erasure; or where the data is no longer needed but the user needs it to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim. The restriction must be disclosed to any and all third-party recipients involved in the processing of the data in question – unless doing so is impossible or disproportionately difficult. If requested by the user, SendtoNews must also inform the user about these third-party recipients.

When We Disclose Your Personal Information

SendtoNews will not sell, license, trade or rent your personal information. SendtoNews will not otherwise disclose your personal information except as described below.

SendtoNews may also disclose personal information about its members to a third party if (a) a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order legally requires or authorizes us to do so; (b) necessary to enforce and protect the terms and conditions of our agreement(s) with you or the Terms of Use applicable to our Website; or (c) if necessary to collect on outstanding accounts.

SendtoNews also reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal or financing of all or any portion of SendtoNews or of any of the business or assets or shares of SendtoNews, PROVIDED THAT the third party represents that it will continue to use the information for the purposes set out in this Policy and in accordance with applicable privacy protection laws.

Retention of Your Personal Information

We retain your personal information, including contact, account and usage history for the period that you remain a user for the purposes described above, and following the termination or suspension of your subscription for such further periods as required by applicable laws or limitation periods and as necessary to allow us to guard against fraud. In the event you decide to suspend and then reactivate your subscription with SendtoNews, you may be prompted to confirm your personal information at that time if your personal information continues to be retained by SendtoNews for the purposes described above.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

SendtoNews uses commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from loss, unauthorized access, misuse or theft. Only SendtoNews staff who have a legitimate business purpose for accessing the personal information collected by SendtoNews are authorized to do so. Unauthorized access to or use of personal information by anyone affiliated with SendtoNews is prohibited and constitutes grounds for disciplinary action.

Links to Third Party Sites

The Website contains links to other third party websites. You should be aware that operators of linked websites may also collect your personal information (including information generated through the use of cookies) when you link to their websites. SendtoNews is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use or disclose your personal information, so it is important to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of these websites before providing your personal information on those sites.

Contacting Us

In the event that you have any questions about this Policy or if you have reason to believe that we may have failed to adhere to this Policy, you may contact us by sending an email to support at sendtonews dot com.

Last Modified: May 23, 2018

General Terms

These General Terms and Conditions (the "General Terms")-together with the other documents referenced and linked below (collectively, the "Agreement")-describe your rights and responsibilities concerning your receipt of services from SendtoNews Video Incorporated ("SendtoNews"). Your use of the website located at www.sendtonews.com (the "Website") constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement. Therefore, please take the time to review them carefully.

If you do not agree with some or all of these General Terms, do not use the Website.

Operator

The Website and all associated services are provided by SendtoNews. The mailing address for SendtoNews is 1111 Wharf Street, Victoria, Canada, V8W 1T7. In this Agreement, the terms "we", "our" and "us" refer to SendtoNews.

Modifications and Updates to These Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to update or modify (collectively "change") the terms of this Agreement (including those documents that are incorporated herein by reference) at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to you. Your use of the Website following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by such changes. For this reason, we encourage you to review this Agreement (and all documents incorporated by reference, as set out below) whenever you visit the Website. We will include a "last revised" date on this Agreement as displayed on the Website.

Termination of Your Use of the Website

In addition to any other rights or remedies available to us, in our sole discretion we may terminate or restrict your access to this Website or any component thereof at any time, without notice or liability to you.

Ownership

All of the content on or made available via the Website, including without limitation all of the page headers, images, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, multimedia clips, interfaces and text (collectively "Material") is the property of SendtoNews or its licensors-as are all trade-mark, copyright, patent and/or other intellectual property rights arising therefrom.

The Material is protected under copyright, trade-mark and other laws of Canada and other countries, and SendtoNews owns all copyright in the selection, co-ordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Material.

SENDTONEWS™ and the Arrow Logo™ are trade-marks and/or trade names of SendtoNews. All other company names, brand names, trade-marks and logos are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Website will be construed as granting any license or right to use any trade-marks (whether by implication or otherwise), including SendtoNews' trade-marks, except with the express written permission of SendtoNews or such other party that may be the owner thereof.

Permitted Use of the Website; Prohibitions

You may download, print and store selected portions of the Material provided that you: (1) only use these copies of the Material for your own personal, non-commercial use; (2) do not copy or post the Material on any network computer, or broadcast or redistribute the Material in any media or through any other channel; (3) do not modify or alter the Material in any way; and (4) do not delete, obscure or change any copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary notice contained in the Material.

Your use of any of the Material (whether in whole or in part) is strictly prohibited, except only and to the limited extent expressly permitted above. Without limiting the foregoing, you must not frame, mirror, scrape, or mine any of the Material except with our prior written consent. (To request permission to do any of the above, please contact SendtoNews at support at sendtonews dot com). Except as indicated by our robots.txt or similar file, you may not use any robot, spider, other automatic device or manual process to monitor or copy web pages or the Material. You may not, whether directly or indirectly, use any device, software or routine or otherwise interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website. You will not take any action that places a disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Website.

We may enforce our rights to the fullest extent of the law should you breach any of these terms and conditions.

Feedback

We welcome your comments and other feedback regarding the Website, and SendtoNews products and services. In the event you provide us with any communication or material (whether through this Website, by electronic mail or otherwise) including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, testimonials or the like (all of which are collectively called "Feedback"), you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to delete, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, share, rent, lend, create derivative works from, distribute, commercialize, communicate by telecommunication, display and otherwise use such Feedback throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter developed for any purpose, and you waive any and all moral rights in the Feedback. You also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. You also grant us the right to use the name you submit (if any) with such Feedback, in connection with our rights hereunder. Additionally, at our request you agree to sign and deliver to us all further documents and assurances that we may request in connection with the licenses, assignments, transfers, releases and waivers contemplated by this section.

By providing Feedback, you warrant that the content of such Feedback is not subject to any third party copyright or any other proprietary rights, and that you have full capacity and authority to provide such Feedback.

You must not submit, publish or otherwise disseminate to SendtoNews or through the Website anything which: (a) defames, libels or invades the privacy of any person; (b) is obscene, pornographic, abusive or threatening; (c) infringes on any intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (d) has contaminating or destructive properties (i.e. software viruses); (e) violates any law; (f) advocates or describes any illegal activity; or (g) advertises or solicits funds for goods or services. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Privacy

You have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy Policy, the terms of which appear on the Website and are incorporated by reference into this Agreement, and agree that the terms of such Privacy Policy are reasonable. You consent to the use of your personal information by SendtoNews and/or third parties in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in our Privacy Policy.

Links

The Website may contain links to other web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, investigation or verification by SendtoNews of the linked web site or information contained therein. Your use of such sites and your dealings with the owners or operators thereof are at your own risk.

Errors and Inaccuracies; Corrections

The Website may contain typographical errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. We therefore reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior or any notice to you.

All Material is provided "as is", "where is", "as available", without representations or warranties of any kind. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SENDTONEWS, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, MEMBERS AND SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENTS AND ALL SERVICES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OR ARISING BY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not represent or warrant that the Material is accurate, complete, reliable, useful, timely or current or that the Website will operate without interruption or error. We assume no responsibility, and are not liable for, any damages to your computer equipment, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing on the Website or your downloading of any Material, or inability to do any of the foregoing. We make no representation that the Material provided on the Website is applicable or appropriate for use in locations outside of Canada.

Limitation of Liability

Your use of this Website is undertaken at your own risk. Under no circumstances will SendtoNews, our members or agents be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of this Website, your reliance on any Material, or any consequences flowing therefrom. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS OR FAILURE TO REALIZE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (INCLUDING FUNDAMENTAL BREACH), TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any reason we are found liable for any loss or damage which arises out of or is in any way connected to your use of (or inability to use) the Website or Material, then our total aggregate liability under such circumstances will not exceed $10.00 (Canadian funds), in aggregate.

If you are dissatisfied with the Website, any Material or with this Agreement, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Website.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and save harmless SendtoNews, our affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, agents, members and suppliers (in this section, "we" and "us") from and against any claim, cause of action, demand, cost, loss, expense or liability (including without limitation reasonable professional fees) brought against or suffered or incurred by us as a result of your use of the Website or your breach of this Agreement. When we are threatened with suit or sued by a third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered by us to be a material breach of this Agreement. In addition, in the event we are made a party to any claim, suit or action relating to or arising from any services offered by us that is: (a) initiated by you, which is unsuccessful; or (b) initiated by a third party, who Is suing you; you will reimburse us at a reasonable rate for all personnel time and expenses expended by us in response to such claim, suit or action including without limitation, all attorney fees and expenses incurred by us with respect to such response. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive termination of this Agreement and your cessation of use of the Website.

Governing Law and Courts; Timing of Claims

This Agreement and your use of the Website will be governed by and interpreted exclusively in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia, and the federal laws of Canada applicable in British Columbia, excluding its conflict of laws rules and all private international laws. You irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts located in the Province of British Columbia in all disputes arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the Website, the services and this Agreement. You agree that any claim or cause of action you may have arising from, connected with, or relating to this Agreement, the Website or our services must be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of British Columbia within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises, after which time the claim or cause of action is forever barred.

Severability

The terms of this Agreement are severable. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, then such provision will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination will not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

Other Jurisdictions

Use of the Website and consumption of the services is unauthorized in jurisdictions that do not give effect to this Agreement or where access to or use of Website or the services may be illegal or prohibited. Those who choose to access the Website or use the services from such locations do so on their own initiative, at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Waiver

No consent or waiver by either party to or of any breach or default by the other party in its performance of its obligations under this Agreement will be deemed or construed to be a consent to or waiver of a continuing breach or default or any other breach or default of those or any other obligations of that party. No consent or waiver will be effective unless in writing and signed by both parties.

Enurement

The provisions of this Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of SendtoNews and its successors and assigns and related persons, and you and your heirs, executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns, and personal representatives. You may not assign this Agreement or your rights and obligations under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of SendtoNews which may be withheld in SendtoNews's sole discretion. SendtoNews may assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations under this Agreement without your consent or notice to you.

Survival

The provisions of Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 will survive termination of the Agreement, howsoever occasioned.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement, together with those documents incorporated or referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between you and SendtoNews relating to your use of the Website and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether electronic, oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and cannot be amended or modified except by the express and explicit agreement of SendtoNews to modify this Agreement in writing, or by SendtoNews making such amendments or modifications available to you pursuant to a modification of this Agreement as permitted herein. No SendtoNews employee or agent has the authority to vary this Agreement.

Contacting Us

In the event that you have any questions about this Policy or if you have reason to believe that we may have failed to adhere to this Policy, you may contact us by sending an email to support at sendtonews dot com.

Last revised August 28, 2015.