Privacy & Terms of Service
East Coast Lubricant Ltd — effective as of the date of your account creation or first use of the Site.
1. Licence Grant
East Coast Lubricant Ltd grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Site and the Services for the term for which you have created an account and/or use the Site and Services (the "Term") solely for your own personal or business purposes. You agree to solely use the Site and the Services and agree to not share your East Coast Lubricant Ltd account, username, password or any other login or registration information (collectively, "Your Account") with any other user. In addition, your login information and access to the Site and the Services may not be transferred to any other person.
2. Your Content
2.1 You shall own Your Content (defined below) that you enter into the Site while using the Site and the Services. You grant Us and Our service providers, associates, affiliates, agents, licensors, and partners (collectively, "Affiliated Parties") a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, sub-licensable license to exercise and use the copyright, publicity, commercial advertising, and database rights you have in Your Content, and any media now or in the future, in connection with the Site and the Services and for our business purposes.
2.2 You are solely responsible for all materials, data, media, and information, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that you upload, post, text, email, transmit, or otherwise make available on the Site or through the Services. Such content, which excludes Feedback and User Posts, is collectively defined in these Terms as "Your Content". You have the sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, and appropriateness of Your Content. Except as permitted in this Agreement, We will not edit, delete, or disclose Your Content unless authorized by you, required to do so by law, or We believe that such action is necessary to:
- (a) conform with applicable provincial laws, federal laws, regulations, by-laws, foreign laws, directives, and any implementing or amending legislation as may be enacted from time to time ("Applicable Laws") before or during the Term;
- (b) protect and defend Our rights or Our property;
- (c) enforce this Agreement; and/or
- (d) ensure the safety of Our users and integrity of our Site and Services.
2.3 You warrant that you own or have sufficient legal rights to Your Content, including Intellectual Property Rights (defined below), and that by collecting and uploading Your Content to the Site, you are not violating Applicable Laws or the rights of any third party.
2.4 We have the right, but not the obligation, to remove any content that may, in Our sole discretion, infringe someone's Intellectual Property Rights, violates this Agreement, or that is otherwise objectionable or offensive.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1 All right, title, and interest in and to the Site, the Services, and any and all logos, designs, trademarks, and creative works on the Site and affiliated with the Site and Services (excluding Your Content) are and will remain Our exclusive property, and we maintain worldwide copyright rights, trade secret rights, and other intellectual property rights in such property (collectively, "Intellectual Property Rights"), even if We incorporate any of your Feedback (defined below) and Your Content into subsequent versions of the Site or Services. You will not use our Intellectual Property Rights (or anything that is confusingly similar to our Intellectual Property Rights) for any purpose.
3.2 All feedback, comments, and suggestions for improving the Site and the Services (the "Feedback") that you provide to Us, and any contributions you make to the Site by posting content and communicating with other users via post or forms that may be available on the Site ("User Posts"), will be Our exclusive property. You hereby irrevocably transfer and assign to Us and agree to irrevocably assign and transfer to Us all of your rights, title and interest in and to all of your Feedback and User Posts, including all worldwide Intellectual Property Rights therein.
4. Privacy
4.1 Any information you provide to East Coast Lubricant Ltd, including but not limited to Your Content, is subject to Our Privacy Policy, which governs our collection and use of personal information. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as set forth in the Privacy Statement.
4.2 In providing Services through the Site you acknowledge that your personal information may be collected and retained by non-resident service providers hired by East Coast Lubricant Ltd to provide services to East Coast Lubricant Ltd. As such, by using any portion of the Site you acknowledge that your personal information may be disclosed in accordance with laws of foreign jurisdictions, and you hereby consent to such collection and possible disclosure.
4.3 East Coast Lubricant Ltd may use cookies to collect personal information on the Site. These cookies are used to remember your location preferences, to provide social media features, to authenticate your identity, to analyze traffic to and maintain the Site.
4.4 In the event of a breach of security safeguards involving personal information under our control, we will assess whether the breach creates a real risk of significant harm. Where required by applicable law, we will notify affected individuals and report the breach to the appropriate regulatory authority as soon as feasible.
4.5 We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Updated versions will be posted on our website with the effective date.
4.6 While we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.
5. General Policy For Purchases
When making purchases or other transactions through Our Site, you may be asked to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment details. You agree that all 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 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 Our Site.
6. Registration Information
If We request registration information from you, you will provide Us with true, accurate, current and complete information. During the Term, you will promptly update Your Account to keep it accurate, current, and complete. If We issue you a password, you may not reveal it to anyone else. You may not use anyone else's username and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your Account and passwords. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may result if you fail to comply with these requirements.
7. Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws. When personal information is no longer required, it will be securely destroyed or anonymized.
8. Accountability
East Coast Lubricant Ltd is responsible for personal information under its control and has designated a contact person responsible for compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws.
9. Service Communications
You understand and agree that the Site and the Services may include communication such as service announcements and administrative messages from Us or Affiliated Parties. You may not be able to opt out of receiving these service announcements and administrative messages while using the Site and the Services. You also understand that the Site and the Services may include advertisements.
10. Third Party Sites, Products and Services
The Site may contain links to other internet sites owned by third parties. Your use of each of those sites is subject to the conditions, if any, of those sites. We have no control over sites that are not Ours, and We are not responsible for any use of such sites or content on them. Our inclusion on the Site of any third-party content or link to a third-party site is not an endorsement of that content or third-party site.
11. Term; Termination; Service Cancellation
We may immediately terminate or suspend your use of the Site or the Services or terminate Your Account and this Agreement if you breach or otherwise fail to comply with this Agreement.
12. Indemnification
12.1 You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Us and all of Our officers, directors, owners, employees, Affiliated Parties, suppliers, and licensors harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, costs, and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with any claim arising out of: (a) your use of the Site and the Services; (b) any use or alleged use of your passwords by any person, whether or not authorized by you; (c) your connection to the Site; (d) your violation of this Agreement; or (e) your violation of the rights of any other person or entity.
12.2 You shall be responsible for compliance with all obligations imposed by any and all applicable provincial laws, federal laws, regulations, by-laws, foreign laws, directives, and any implementing or amending legislation as may be enacted from time to time before or during the Term and you shall indemnify and hold Us harmless from and against any third party claim against Us resulting from your violation (intentional or otherwise) of the Applicable Laws.
13. Disclaimer
13.1 We are not responsible for the deletion, loss, damage, destruction, failure to store, mis-delivery, or the untimely delivery of any information on the Site or through the Services. We are not responsible for any service outages that are caused by Our maintenance on servers, problems inherent in the use of the internet and electronic communications, failures of Our service providers, problems due to a significantly high volume of users, computer viruses, natural disasters, or other cause, whether or not beyond Our reasonable control.
13.2 The Site and the Services, our software, content and other materials, are provided on an "as is, as available" basis. Any material that you download or otherwise obtain through the Site and the Services is done at your own discretion and risk.
13.3 We do not make any warranties or representations that: (a) the Site or the Services will meet your requirements; (b) the Site or the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; (c) any information obtained from the Site will be accurate or reliable; or (d) any errors you encounter while using the Site or the Services will be corrected.
13.4 We make no warranties, representations, guarantees or conditions of any kind as to title, non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the Services, the Site or any of its content, products, software or other materials available through the Site.
14. Limitation of Liability
14.1 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for any direct or indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages suffered by you in connection with or arising out of your use of the Services or the Site, even if We have been advised of the possibility of such damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use or loss of Your Content, passwords, or other intangible losses.
15. Miscellaneous
15.1 Our failure to exercise or enforce any right available to us pursuant to this Agreement or Applicable Laws will not constitute a waiver of such right.
15.2 This Agreement is not assignable.
15.3 This Agreement, including all terms, conditions, and policies incorporated into these Terms by reference, constitute the entire Agreement between you and Us and govern your use of the Site and the Services, superseding any prior agreements.
15.4 This Agreement will be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and applicable federal laws of Canada.
15.5 If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to Applicable Laws, the invalid or unenforceable provision will be severed and deleted from this Agreement, and all other Terms which remain valid and enforceable will survive and remain in full force and effect.
16. Artificial Intelligence
We may use automated tools or artificial intelligence to assist in providing services. Any information generated through such tools is provided for general informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as professional advice.
17. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.
Customer Privacy Policy
East Coast Lubricant Ltd recognizes the importance of protecting our customers' privacy. The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) governs how we collect, use and disclose our customers' personal information. By using our website or applying for our services, you accept the terms set out in this policy.
What is Personal Information
Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, such as a person's name, address, or credit card information. It does not include information about organizations and businesses, or information that has been aggregated or de-personalized.
Why We Collect Personal Information
The type of personal information which we collect and maintain includes:
- Name
- Premise Address and Mailing Address
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Identifying information such as your date of birth and information from government issued identification
- Banking information and/or credit card information
- Credit history
- Transaction history
We ensure that the purposes for collection, use and disclosure are limited to purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances. Some of these purposes are:
- To provide products and services to our customers;
- To manage our business and operations;
- To create and maintain effective business relationships with our customers;
- To facilitate account, billing, credit, collections, and customer services;
- To contact you and respond to your inquiries and requests;
- To understand customer needs and preferences; and
- To meet legal requirements.
We do not sell or rent our customers' personal information.