Online Privacy Policy
ABS Point of Sale Inc Inc., (ABS POS)
values you as a customer and recognizes the need to safeguard
the personal information that you provide in order to assist us
in providing products or services to you. This Privacy Policy
explains how ABS Point of Sale Inc Inc., collects, uses and
safeguards your personal information.
Use of the Site
Access to and use of the ABS POS Site is subject to all applicable
international, federal, state and local laws and regulations. Unless
otherwise specifically indicated, you may download material
displayed on the ABS POS Site for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, modify, copy, publish, transmit, display,
sell, license, use, reuse or create derivative works of any of the
contents of or material displayed on the ABS POS Site for any public
or commercial purpose without the written consent of ABS POS or any
third party ABS POS deems necessary. You must retain all copyright
and other proprietary notices on downloaded and/or copied material.
Any copy of material from the ABS POS Site you make and distribute
for any purpose must also include these Rules. You may not access or
use the ABS POS Site in any way that could or is intended to damage
or impair the ABS POS Site, or any server or network underlying the
ABS POS Site, or interfere with anyone else's use and enjoyment of
the Site.
Copyrights and Other Proprietary Rights
You should assume that everything on the ABS POS Site is copyrighted
unless otherwise noted and that it must not be used except as
provided in the Rules or with the express written consent of ABS POS
or any third party ABS POS deems necessary. ABS POS neither warrants
nor represents that your use of the material displayed on the ABS
POS Site will not infringe rights of third parties. Any product,
service, program, or technology described on the ABS POS Site may be
the subject of other intellectual property rights (including but not
limited to copyright, trademark, or patent rights) owned by ABS POS.
Any such right that is not expressly licensed herein is reserved by
ABS POS.
Images of people or places displayed on the ABS POS Site are either
the property of, or used with permission by, ABS POS. Use of these
images by you or other third parties is prohibited unless expressly
permitted in the Rules or elsewhere on the ABS POS Site. Any
unauthorized use of these images may violate copyright laws,
trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other
applicable regulations and statutes.
Any product, service, program or technology described in any
document published by ABS POS on the ABS POS Site may be the subject
of other intellectual property rights owned by ABS POS. Any such
right that is not expressly licensed hereunder is reserved by ABS
POS.
The trademarks and copyrights not attributed to ABS POS are the
property of their respective owners.
Trademarks and Brand Names
The trademarks, logos and service marks, whether registered or
unregistered (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the ABS
POS Site are Trademarks of ABS POS and others. Nothing contained on
the ABS POS Site should be construed as granting by implication,
estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark
displayed on the ABS POS Site without the written permission of ABS
POS or such third party that may own the Trademark. Misuse of any
Trademarks, or any other content, displayed on the ABS POS Site is
prohibited. ABS POS aggressively enforces its intellectual property
rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.
Submissions
Apart from your personal information (which is addressed in the
Privacy Policy, any communication or material you send to the ABS
POS Site, electronically or otherwise, including, but not limited
to, data, questions, comments, suggestions, or submissions, is and
will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, unless
otherwise stated in the Privacy Policy. Please note that the ABS POS
U.S.A. Web site has a privacy policy that applies specifically to
it, and may contain different terms.
Anything you send to the ABS POS Site may be used by ABS POS for any
purpose including, but not limited to, reproduction, transmission,
disclosure, publication, broadcast, and posting. By submitting
material to ABS POS.com, you irrevocably transfer and assign to ABS
POS, and forever waive and agree never to assert, any copyrights,
"moral" rights, or other rights that you may have in such material.
ABS POS is free to use, without obligation of any kind, any ideas,
concepts, techniques, or know-how contained in any communication you
send to the ABS POS Site for any purpose whatsoever, including, but
not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products
and services.
By using the ABS POS Site, you may submit, or ABS POS may gather,
certain limited information about you and your usage of the ABS POS
Site. Subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy, ABS POS is free to
use such information for any purpose it deems appropriate.
No Warranties
The information and services provided or referenced on the ABS POS
Site are provided "as is" and with all faults, and the entire risk
as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy and effort is with
the user. This means that although ABS POS uses reasonable efforts
to include accurate and up-to-date information on the ABS POS Site,
ABS POS makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy.
ABS POS makes no warranty, either express or implied, that any
information or service provided or referenced by the ABS POS Site is
either merchantable or accurate, that such information or service
will fulfill any of your particular purposes or needs, or that such
information or service does not infringe on any third party rights.
ABS POS may periodically add, change, or improve any of the
information, products, services, programs, and technology described
on the ABS POS Site without notice. ABS POS assumes no liability or
responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the ABS
POS Site.
Limitation of Liability
Your use of the ABS POS Site is at your own risk. To the maximum
extent allowed by law, neither ABS POS nor any other party involved
in creating, producing, or delivering the ABS POS Site, will be
liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or
punitive damages (including, without limitation, lost profits, cost
of procuring substitute service or lost opportunity), however
caused, arising out of your access to, use of, or reliance on the
ABS POS Site, even if ABS POS has been advised of the possibility of
such damages. Without limiting the foregoing, ABS POS assumes no
responsibility for, and will not be liable for any damages relating
to or caused by any viruses which may affect your computer equipment
or other property on account of your access to, use of, or
downloading from, the ABS POS Site. ABS POS cannot and does not
guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the ABS POS
Site.
Links
ABS POS has not reviewed all of the sites which are linked to the
ABS POS Site, and the fact of such links does not indicate any
approval or endorsement of any material contained on any linked
site. ABS POS is not responsible for the contents of any site linked
to the ABS POS Site. Your connection to and use of any such linked
site is at your own risk.
Canada, the United States and International Information
Most of the information on the ABS POS Site applies internationally,
but a significant amount of information applies only to certain
countries or regions. For instance, if you see the following
indication in connection with information on the ABS POS Site:
"The information on this page applies to businesses in Canada and
the United States."
then the information on that page applies only to businesses
operating in Canada and the United States. Although ABS POS makes
reasonable attempts to indicate which information is country- and/or
region-specific by including this type of statement, it does not
warrant or represent that the information without this type of
statement applies internationally. You should check the
applicability of any information on the ABS POS Site to you or your
organization. The fact that you have access to such Canada and the
United States-specific information does not mean that such
information applies or ever will apply to a country or region
outside the Canada or the United States.
Termination
ABS POS reserves the right to deny use of all or part of the ABS POS
Site to any user for any reason without notification. ABS POS may,
in it sole discretion and at any time, modify or terminate the ABS
POS Site and remove or refuse to post any information, content or
materials.
Additional Legal Information
The Rules will be governed by and construed under the laws of Canada
and the United States, excluding only its conflict of law
provisions. Each user of the ABS POS Site hereby submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts within their Provice or State,
and waives any jurisdictional venue or inconvenient forum objections
to such courts.
Any failure by ABS POS to enforce any of its rights under the Rules
or applicable laws shall not constitute a waiver of such right. If
any provision of the Rules is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, you, ABS POS, and the court shall
endeavor to give effect to the intent reflected in that provision,
and the remaining Rules provisions shall retain their full force and
effect.
You agree to follow any applicable laws in your use of the Site.
Among other things, Canada, United States and foreign export control
laws regulate the export and re-export of technology originating in
Canada,the United States and such foreign countries. You will abide
by these laws and regulations as applicable and will not transfer,
directly or indirectly, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any
content or software from the ABS POS Site to or from any countries
or foreign nationals in violation of such laws or regulations.
Please note that ABS POS.com is operated by ABS POS International
Service Association and not the various financial institutions that
issue ABS POS cards. None of the terms of any agreement between a
ABS POS cardholder and the financial institution that issued his/her
card has any effect on or relation to these Rules.
Please also read the ABS POS Site Privacy Policy (keeping in mind
the possible differences on ABS POS sites in other countries) which
is part of the Rules and which you accept. If you have any
questions, comments, criticisms, or complaints about ABS POS.com,
please feel free to email us.