Privacy Policy - Molson Canadian

General Principles
Molson is committed to preserving and safeguarding your right to privacy. Molson voluntarily adheres to the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information. This Consumer Privacy Policy (the "Policy") sets out the manner in which Molson collects, uses, discloses and otherwise manages your personal information. You agree that Molson may, in its sole discretion, modify the Policy at any time with or without notice to you. The revised Policy shall be posted on the Molson website located at www.molson.com and every other Molson website (individually and collectively, the "Website"). You should review the Policy on a regular basis for any such changes. You agree that your continued use of the Website after the revised Policy has been posted constitutes your consent to such revised Policy. The Website may contain links to other non-Molson websites. Molson is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites.
Information We Collect
Website. Molson may collect information about you when you register to become a member of the Website. In addition, Molson keeps a record of the email addresses of those who communicate with us via the Feedback tool. Molson also collects both aggregate and user-specific information on what web pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and contest application information.

Purchases. Molson may also collect information about you when you purchase products from it by telephone, mail, fax or on-line. The information collected may include your name, address, company name, telephone number, fax number, email address and credit card information.

Complaints. Molson may collect information about you if you contact Molson with a consumer complaint or request. The information collected may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth and facts regarding the complaint or request.

Marketing Research. In addition, Molson may collect information about you if you participate in any Molson marketing research. The information collected may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, gender, income and facts regarding your consumer habits and preferences.

Contests and Promotions. Lastly, Molson may collect information about you if you participate in any Molson contest or promotion. The information collected may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, and facts relevant to the contest or promotion participation.
Use of Personal Information
Molson uses your personal information for one or more of the following purposes: (1) identify who you are; (2) improve the content of the Website; (3) personalize the content or layout of the Website for consumers; (4) notify consumers of updates to the Website; (5) contact consumers for marketing purposes; (6) improve its products and services; (7) process and ship your order for products; or (8) process your consumer complaint or request.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are simple text files that web browsers place on computer hard drives when sites are visited. Cookies cannot damage files, nor can they read information from a user's hard drive. Molson uses cookies to help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other statistics relating to use of our Website. Our Cookies pose no security risk to you as they contain no personal information, only a special string that tells the service that you are a past user of the Website. No personal information is stored within the Cookies. Please note that certain features on the Website may not function if you do not accept Cookies. Therefore, please accept any Cookies that Molson sends to your computer. You can turn off the Cookie warning by selecting preferences or options from your browser's menu, and turning off the warning toggle.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set out below, Molson will not sell, transfer or disclose any of your personal information to any third party without your consent.

Certain personal information may be disclosed to third parties solely for the purpose of processing or arranging delivery of your order or processing your complaint or request. Molson may also disclose your personal information to third parties who administer contests, promotions and on-line activities on its behalf. In addition, Molson must provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid enquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by law. Molson may also disclose personal information to assist it in collecting a dept owed by you.
Security Safeguards
Molson understands the importance of protecting your personal information and uses the latest Internet security protocols to protect personal information collected through the Website. However, you should be aware that the Internet is not a secured medium. Therefore, Molson does not represent or warrant the complete security of the personal information provided by you to Molson through the Website. You understand that you are providing such information to Molson at your own risk.
How to Contact Molson
If you do not want to receive email from Molson, please either modify your communication preferences on the Website or go to the "contact us" link on the Website and send an email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If you would like to review or update the personal information in your customer record or withdraw your consent for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, or if you have any inquiries, please contact:

Molson Legal Department - Privacy Officer
Molson Canada 33 Carlingview Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M9W 5E4
Fax: (416) 679-0630

Molson Legal Department - Privacy Officer
Molson Canada
1555 Notre Dame Street East
Montreal, Quebec
H2L 2R5
Fax: (514) 590-6358

Terms of Use

This website is offered to you conditional upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out below, as well as any amendments or additional terms, policies or procedures published on this website from time to time by Molson. You should check these terms and conditions from time to time to keep informed of any such amendments or additions. By accessing and using this website, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions. Molson shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of this website, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.

Copyright © 2000-2005 Molson Canada. All rights reserved.

Molson Canada ("Molson") either owns the intellectual property rights in the underlying HTML, text, audio clips, video clips and other content on our website (including the organization and layout of this site), or has obtained the permission of the owner of the intellectual property in such content to use the content on our website. No reproduction, distribution, or transmission of the copyrighted materials at this site is permitted without the prior written permission of Molson.

Limited Licence

Molson grants to you a strictly limited licence to display on your computer, print, download and use a single copy of the underlying HTML, text, audio clips, video clips and other content on our website, for non-commercial (personal or educational) purposes only, provided that:

(a)	you do not modify any such content; and
(b)	you include with and display on each copy of such content the associated copyright notice and this limited license.

No other use is permitted. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, you may not:

(a)	make any commercial use of such content;
(b)	include such content in or with any product that you create or distribute;
(c)	copy such content onto your or any other person's website; or
(d)	distribute it to anyone whatsoever.

Notwithstanding the above, nothing contained in this licence shall be construed as conferring any right under any copyright of Molson or any other person who owns the copyright in content provided on our website.

Trade-Marks

This website contains various trade-marks which are owned by Molson Canada. The names of all products and services mentioned on our website are the trade-marks of their respective owners. The display of trade-marks or trade-names on this website does not convey or create any licence or other rights in these marks or names. Any unauthorized use of them is strictly prohibited.

Liability Disclaimer

You use this website and any content you choose to download at your own risk. If your use of this website or the materials therein results in any loss or damage to data or results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material or equipment, or any other damage whatsoever, Molson is not responsible for those costs. MOLSON DOES NOT WARRANT THE QUALITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CLAIMS, STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. FURTHER, MOLSON MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR PRODUCT CONTAINED OR OFFERED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. IN NO EVENT SHALL MOLSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH OR IF MOLSON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

Links to Third Party Sites

This website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than Molson. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. Molson does not control such websites and is not responsible for their content. No endorsement of any third-party products or services is expressed or implied by any information, material or content referred to or included on, or linked from or to this website. Your access and use of such sites, including information, material, products and services therein, are solely at your own risk. Furthermore, our privacy policy statement is applicable only when you are on our website. Once linked to another website, you should read that site's privacy policy before disclosing any personal information.

Submissions

Molson welcomes your comments regarding this website. Unfortunately, Molson will not accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions or materials other than those it has specifically requested. Accordingly, we ask that you do not send us any such materials. If, despite this request, you do send us creative materials or other information, you agree not to assert any ownership right or legal right to or control over your submission (including, but not limited to, copyright, trade mark, moral rights, or implied contract) and you waive the right to receive any financial or other consideration in connection with such unsolicited submission including, but not limited to, an acknowledgment or credit.

Use of Bulletin Board, Chat Site, etc.

You agree to use any bulletin board or other forum for communication solely to send and receive messages and material that are related to the particular forum. You acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by you or any other person are not endorsed by Molson, and such communications should not be considered to have been reviewed, screened, or approved by Molson. If you rely on information posted by other users, you do so solely at your own risk. You agree that upon posting material on the Molson website, you grant Molson and its successors and assigns a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual right and licence under your copyright to use, adapt, publish, distribute, translate, reproduce and create works derived from or based upon such material in any and all media, without any duty to account to you. In addition, you irrevocably waive all of your moral rights as author in respect of such information, however arising. You shall use this website for lawful purposes only. You shall not use this website to do any of the following:

(a)	post, store, transmit, download or distribute any threatening, abusive, libellous, defamatory, obscene, or legally objectionable materials of any kind, including anything constituting or encouraging a criminal offence, giving rise to civil liability, or otherwise violating any laws;
(b)	post any non-public information about companies without the proper authorization to do so;
(c)	provide false information on your registration, or impersonate someone else;
(d)	post, transmit or otherwise distribute any materials that contain a virus, trojan horse, worm, or other harmful or disruptive component; or
(e)	upload, post, transmit or otherwise distribute or reproduce any information, software or other material protected by copyright, or other intellectual property right, without the permission of the copyright owner or the holder of the right.

Molson reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any content of this website received from you, including without limitation bulletin board postings. Molson reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deny any person access to this website or any portion thereof without notice. Molson reserves the right to edit any notices of postings for clarity and length.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Molson, its affiliates and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including lawyers' fees, arising out of your use of this website.

Monitoring

Molson shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of this website, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with these terms of use and any operating rules established by Molson and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. Molson shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on this website. Without limiting the foregoing, Molson shall have the right to remove any material that it, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

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Termination

Without limiting the foregoing, Molson shall have the right to immediately terminate your access to this website in the event of any conduct by you which Molson, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of any of these Terms of Use.

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Governing Law

This site is created and controlled by Molson in the Province of Ontario, Canada. As such, the laws of the Province of Ontario, and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, shall govern these disclaimers, terms and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Molson reserves the right to make changes to its site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time.

Privacy Statement

Molson respects your right to privacy on the Internet. We voluntarily adhere to the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information.

1.	Information We Collect We collect the domain name and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to our website, the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat areas, aggregate information on what web pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what web pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.
2.	Use of Information The information we collect is used to: (i) improve the content of our website; (ii) personalize the content and/or the layout of our website for each individual consumer; (iii) notify consumers about updates to our website; and (iv) contact consumers for marketing purposes. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us at www.molson.com and telling us that you do not want to receive e-mail from our company. If you supply us with your postal address on-line, you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address. Molson will never wilfully disclose individually identifiable information about you to any third party without first receiving your permission. Molson does not rent, trade or sell your personal information to others. Information collected is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.
3.	Security Safeguards When you register with Molson or place orders, we offer you a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. All user information we collect is protected against unauthorized access and protected by the latest Internet security protocols.
4.	Use of Cookies In order to analyze site traffic and to provide personalized services, we use a feature of your browser called Cookies. Our Cookies pose no security risk to you at all. They contain no personal information, only a special string that tells our service that you are a past user of our site. No personal information is stored within the Cookies. Please accept any Cookies that we wish to send to your computer. You can turn off the Cookie warning by selecting preferences or options from your browser's menu, and turning off the warning toggle.
5.	Your Consent By using Molson's website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Molson. Our privacy policy statement may be changed from time to time. Any changes in the policy will be posted on this website so that you will always be aware of the information we collect on you, how it is used and under what circumstances we disclose such information. The Molson website contains links to other websites. Molson is not responsible for privacy practices or the content of these websites.

Terms of Use for Molson's Electronic Mail Service

The above Terms of Use are sufficient to govern users' registration and use of Molson's e-mail service. The following wording should appear on the same page as the registration box: BEFORE REGISTERING, PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE OF THIS WEBSITE. REGISTRATION ON THIS WEBSITE WILL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Products and Services by Molson Canada

In addition to the general Terms of Use set out on this website, you agree to the following terms and conditions governing the offering by Molson of the Products and Services available on this website.

1.	Molson Canada ("Molson") agrees to provide the products (the "Products") and/or perform the services (the "Services") described on this website in accordance with the provisions hereof and as set out in the Order Form.
2.	Molson shall have the sole right to supervise and direct the performance of the Services and shall in all respects act as an independent contractor.
3.	Molson shall be paid for the Products and/or the Services in accordance with the terms set out on the website or on the Order Form delivered to you electronically, in response to your [Request for Products/Services].
4.	Molson represents and warrants to you that it shall carry out the Services in a workmanlike manner using reasonable care and diligence and, that at the time title passes, you will have good and clear title to the Products being sold hereunder, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances. All Products provided to you shall have such warranty, if any, as the manufacturer thereof provides. Molson's sole responsibility under any such warranty will be, at Molson's option, to either repair or replace any Products which fail during the warranty period due to a defect in workmanship and/or material. The above warranty is contingent upon proper use of the Products in accordance with the published specifications with respect to such Products. THESE EXPRESS WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS (EXPRESS AND IMPLIED AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED ARE GIVEN. MOLSON AND YOU AGREE THAT FOR ANY BREACH OR DEFAULT BY MOLSON IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN FOR A BREACH OF CONDITION OR FUNDAMENTAL TERM OR FOR A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH OR BREACHES, YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE PAYMENT BY MOLSON OF YOUR DAMAGES, TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. In no event shall Molson have any liability for your loss of profits, loss of business revenue, failure to realize expected savings, other commercial or economic loss of any kind whatsoever or for any indirect, special or consequential damages even if advised of the possibility thereof. Nor shall Molson be liable for failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder where such failure arises by reason of any cause beyond its reasonable control.
5.	When making purchases or other transactions through this website, you may be asked to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanisms. You agree that all such information you provide will be accurate and complete. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or other users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanisms at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for paying all applicable taxes, if any, relating to purchases on the website. You agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions on this website and on any applicable order form.
6.	This website is controlled and operated by Molson from its offices in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Products accessed through this website will be delivered directly to you. For Products delivered outside of Ontario, you will be responsible for paying a delivery charge.
7.	You agree that under no circumstances shall Molson be held responsible or liable for situations where the data stored or communicated through this website are accessed by third parties through illegal or illicit means, including situations where such data is accessed through the exploitation of security gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown to Molson at the time) which may exist in the network. Molson simply stores and facilitates the transmission of private electronic communications. Electronic communications on this website are private, and only under situations where explicitly required or allowed by law will such communications be accessed, intercepted, disclosed, or used without the consent of at least one of the parties to the communication.
8.	Your agreement with Molson is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. This excludes the application of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
9.	The parties have required that this agreement and all documents related hereto be prepared in English. Les parties ont demandé que cette convention ainsi que tous les documents qui s'y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.
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