Welcome to Express online streamed reading program.
These terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern your access
to and use of this website, including any content, functionality and
services offered by us on or through this site (such content, services
and the site are collectively referred to as the “Express Service”).
The Express Service is operated by RK Publishing Inc. (“RK Publishing”,
“us”, “our” or “we”), which is located at 3089 Bathurst Street, Suite
308, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2A4. E-mail:
frenchtextbooks@rkpublishing.com
BY USING THE EXPRESS SERVICE AND WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE
BOUND AND COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHICH INLCUDE OUR
PRIVACY POLICY.
Content and License
Upon your access of the Express Service using a valid username
(generally an email address) that was provided to you by us, or by a
school or school board authorized to do so, and upon entering your
valid password, we provide you with a non-exclusive license to view and
display the readers and other content on the Express Service for as
long as your account remains active.
All content that is made available by us to you on the Express Service
is licensed and not sold to you.
The readers and content that are made available to you, as well as the
period of time during which they will be available, are determined by
you, your school or your school board, based on the separate license
and agreement that you, your school or school board has entered into
with us (the “Purchase Order”). Note that the Purchase Order may not be
terminated by the purchaser prior to the expiry of the subscribed-for
term and is non- refundable.
The information and material on the Express Service may be changed,
withdrawn, or terminated at any time in our sole discretion without
notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of
the Express Service is restricted to users or unavailable at any time
or for any period.
Your use of the Express Service and Security
The security of your personal information is very important to us. We
use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to
secure your personal information from accidental loss and from
unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Users
are responsible for
obtaining their own access to the Express Service.
Any username, password, or any other piece of information chosen by
you, or provided to you as part of our security procedures, must be
treated as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other
person or entity.
Your account is personal to you and you agree not to provide any other
person with access to the Express Service or portions of it using your
username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify
us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or
password or any other breach of security.
Privacy
RK Publishing collects your name and email address.
By using the Express Service you are also consenting to the use of
cookies which allow a server to recall previous requests or
registration or IP addresses to analyze website use patterns. You can
set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you
the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your
browser to turn off cookies. If you do, however, some areas of the
Express Service may not function adequately.
The Express Service may provide information to us about your use of the
Express Service.
Information provided to us may be stored on servers outside the country
in which you live.
RK Publishing may collect non-personal information that does not
directly or indirectly reveal your identity or directly relate to an
identifiable individual, such as statistical or aggregated information.
Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific
person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data
from personal information. For example, we may aggregate personal
information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific
Express Service feature.
RK Publishing may also collect certain technical information, including
login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser
plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, or
information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to
access our Express Service, and usage details.
We welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding our privacy
policy and our privacy practices. Please contact us at
frenchtextbooks@rkpublishing.com
Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership
The Express Service and its entire contents, features, and
functionality, are owned by RK Publishing or its licensors and are
protected by intellectual property laws including without limitation,
copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights.
You may only use the Express Service for your own personal and
non-commercial use. You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute,
reproduce, compile for an internal database, distribute, modify,
publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or
transmit any of the content on our Express Service, in any form or
medium whatsoever except as expressly contemplated by the Express
Service.
For greater clarity, given that any Personal Recordings made by you or
your students are recordings of licensed written content provided by us
to you under license, you may not under any circumstances download,
store, transmit or post copies of Personal Recordings. All Personal
Recordings must remain on the Express Service.
By making a Personal Recording, you grant us and our licensees,
successors, and assigns the right to a world-wide, royalty free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive licence to reproduce and store
the Personal Recordings as a part of the Express Service, and to
perform and play back those Recordings to students, your school and
school board, as the case may be, for the purposes expressly
contemplated by this Agreement and the Express Service.
Geographic Restrictions
RK Publishing and the Express Service is based in Canada. We provide
the Express Service for use only by persons located in Canada.
Disclaimer of Warranties
OUR CONTENT AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION WHATSOEVER BY RK PUBLISHING,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION: (A) OF
MERCHANTABILITY; (B) OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; OR (C)
AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY;
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE, OR OTHERWISE.
WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES OR DATA AVAILABLE
FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR THE EXPRESS SERVICE
WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE SOLELY AND
ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE EXPRESS SERVICE AND YOUR
COMPUTER, INTERNET, AND DATA SECURITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED
BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY
DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK,
OVERLOADING, FLOODING, MAILBOMBING, OR CRASHING, VIRUSES, TROJAN
HORSES, WORMS, LOGIC BOMBS, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL
THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR
OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE EXPRESS SERVICE OR
ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH THE EXPRESS SERVICE OR
TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY EXPRESS
SERVICE LINKED TO IT.
Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT WHERE SUCH EXCLUSIONS ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW, UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCE WILL RK PUBLISHING OR ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS,
LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUPPLIERS, OR SUCCESSORS BE LIABLE FOR
NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION, FUNDAMENTAL
BREACH, DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND
SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS
OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS
OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF
CONTRACT, BREACH OF PRIVACY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE PARTY WAS
ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE ON, THE
EXPRESS SERVICE, ANY SHOPS, LINKED WEBSITES OR SUCH OTHER THIRD-PARTY
WEBSITES, NOR ANY EXPRESS SERVICE CONTENT, MATERIALS, POSTING, OR
INFORMATION THEREON EVEN IF THE PARTY WAS ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD
REASON TO KNOW.
Governing Law and Choice of Forum
The Express Service and these terms of use will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and
the federal laws of Canada applicable in Canada, without giving effect
to any choice or conflict of law provision, principle, or rule (whether
of the laws of the Province of Ontario or any other jurisdiction) and
notwithstanding your domicile, residence, or physical location.
Entire Agreement
The Terms and Conditions constitute the sole and entire agreement
between you and RK PUBLISHING regarding the Express Service and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements,
representations and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such
subject matter.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about these our Terms of Service as
outlined above, you can contact us at:
RK Publishing Inc.
3089 Bathurst Street
Suite 308
Toronto, ON M6A 2A4 Canada
Email: support@rkpublishing.com
