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Arore Communications, (“Arore Communications or “us” or “our”) operates this website, www.victorialifestyles.com, www.vancouverlifestyles.com, www.surreylifestyles.ca and several other online lifestyle magazines throughout North America. the mobile and touch versions and any individual sites or merchant-specific, city-specific, or other area-specific sites we have now or in the future. The website and links contained within or otherwise available through external hyperlinks within our Site (the “Microsites”) will be collectively referred to as the "Site" in these Terms of Use. By using our Site and Arore Communications's services through the Site, you (“you” or, “End User”) agree to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Statement, and any additional terms applicable to certain programs in which you may elect to participate or with respect to any Microsite, as any of the same may exist from time to time (collectively, the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING THE SITE AND DO NOT USE ANY ARORE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE.

1. Permitted Uses

The Site provides an interactive online service operated by Arore Communications, consisting primarily of promotion and marketing services on behalf of certain merchants (“Merchants”) making Lifestyle Deals for Merchant goods and services (“Lifestyle Deals”) available to its users. Lifestyle Deals may be purchased by Arore Communications account holders and exchanged for goods and services from the issuing Merchants or other parties identified in the terms of the offer and subject to the Terms of Sale set forth below. As a condition of your use of this Site, you agree that:

You are an individual person at least 18 years of age; You possess the authority to create a binding legal obligation; Your use of this Site will at all times comply with the terms of this Agreement; If you elect to create an account: You may create only one account for your personal use; You may only make legitimate purchases that comply with the letter and spirit of the terms of the respective offers; You may only make purchases on the Site for your own use and enjoyment, or, when offered, as a gift for another; You must safeguard your password and supervise the use of your account, and understand and agree that you are responsible for your own use and the use of your account by anyone you allow to access it. You have the right to provide any and all information you submit to the Site, the information is only about yourself, and all such information is accurate, true, current and complete.

2. Availability of the Site

You acknowledge that there may be interruptions in service or events that are beyond our control. While we use reasonable efforts to keep the Site accessible, the Site may be unavailable from time to time for any reason including, without limitation, routine maintenance. You understand and acknowledge that due to circumstances both within and outside of our control Site access may be interrupted, suspended or terminated. Arore Communications retains the right at our sole discretion to deny service, or access to the Site to anyone or an account, at any time and for any reason.

3. Ownership of the Site

The content and information on this Site as well as the infrastructure used to provide both, is proprietary to us or our Merchants and other partners. You agree not to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products or services obtained from or through the Site.

4. Transmission of Information

Because we do not control the security of the Internet or other networks you use to access the Site or communicate with us, we can’t be, and are not responsible for, the security of information that you choose to communicate with Arore Communications and the Site while it is being transmitted. In addition, Arore Communications is not responsible for any data lost during transmission.

5. Your Conduct on our Site

Our Site is private property. All interactions on this Site must be lawful and must comply with these Terms of Use. To the extent your conduct (as judged by us in our sole discretion), restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying any part of this Site, we may limit your privileges on the Site and seek other remedies. PLEASE DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES, they are prohibited on the Site and constitute express violations of this Agreement:

Submitting any purposely inaccurate information, committing fraud or falsifying information in connection with your Arore Communications account or in order to create multiple Arore Communications accounts; Attempting to, or actually accessing data not intended for you, such as logging into a server or an account which you are not authorized to access; Attempting to scan, or test the security or configuration of the Site or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; Tampering or interfering with the proper functioning of any part, page or area of the Site and any and all functions and services provided by Arore Communications; Attempting to interfere with service to any user in any manner, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to our Site, or attempts at overloading, “flooding”, “spamming”, “mail bombing” or “crashing” the Site; Using the Site or any of its contents to advertise or solicit, for any other commercial, political or religious purpose, or to compete, directly or indirectly with Arore Communications; Reselling or repurposing your access to the Site or any purchases made through the Site; Using the Site or any of its resources to solicit Site End Users, Merchants or other business partners of Arore Communications to become users or partners of other online or offline services directly or indirectly competitive or potentially competitive with Arore Communications, including without limitation, aggregating current or previously offered deals; Using any End User or Merchant information from the Site for any commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, marketing; Exceeding or attempting to exceed quantity limits when purchasing Lifestyle Deals or otherwise using any Arore Communications account to purchase Lifestyle Deals for resale, or for speculative, false, fraudulent or any other purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement and the terms of a specific offer on the Site; Accessing, monitoring or copying any content or information from this Site using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission; Violating the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Site or bypassing or circumventing other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Site; Taking any action that places excessive demand on our services, or imposes, or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or other portion of our infrastructure (as determined in our sole discretion); Aggregating any live or post-feature content or other information from the Site (whether using links or other technical means or physical records associated with purchases made through this Site) with material from other sites or on a secondary site without our express written permission. Deep-linking to any portion of this Site (including, without limitation, the purchase path for any Lifestyle Deal) without our express written permission; Acting illegally or maliciously against the business interests or reputation of Arore Communications, our Merchants or our services; or Hyperlinking to the Site from any other website without our initial and ongoing consent.

6. Creating an Account on our Site

If you create an account on our Site, you may only create and hold one account that you are solely responsible for managing. Your account is non-transferrable and may not be sold, combined or otherwise shared with any other person. If you violate any of these limitations we may terminate your account and, without limitation, you may forfeit any pending, current or future promotional account credits and any unredeemed Lifestyle Deals in your account. If we terminate your account, you may not re-enroll or join under a new account unless we formally invite you. If you commit fraud or falsify information in connection with your use of the Site or in connection with your Arore Communications account, your account will be terminated immediately and we reserve the right to hold you liable for any and all damages that we suffer, to pursue legal action through relevant local and national law enforcement authorities and to notify your Internet Service Provider of any fraudulent activity we associate with you or your use of the Site.

6. Terms of Sale

Lifestyle Deals you purchase through our Site as a Arore Communications account holder are special promotional offers that you purchase from participating Merchants through our service. The Lifestyle Deals are redeemable for certain goods, services or experiences offered by, or facilitated through, the Merchant identified on the Lifestyle Deal. The Merchant is solely responsible for redeeming the Lifestyle Deal. The Merchant is the issuer of the Lifestyle Deal and is fully responsible for all goods and services it provides to you and for any and all injuries, illnesses, damages, claims, liabilities and costs (“Liabilities”) it may cause you to suffer, directly or indirectly, in full or in part, whether related to the use or redemption of a Lifestyle Deal or not. You waive and release Arore Communications and its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees and agents from any Liabilities arising from or related to any act or omission of a Merchant in connection with your use of a Lifestyle Deal or the services/goods it provides in connection with it.

By purchasing any Lifestyle Deal you agree to the terms of this Agreement and these Terms of Sale. By purchasing, viewing a mobile version, printing, accepting, using or attempting to use any Lifestyle Deal, you agree to these Terms of Sale specifically (“rules”) the terms on the Lifestyle Deal itself and any additional, deal specific terms advertising the Lifestyle Deal at the time of purchase (collectively, the “fine print” regardless of how labeled). These rules apply to all promotional Lifestyle Deals that we make available, unless a particular Lifestyle Deal’s fine print states otherwise, and except as otherwise required by law. In the event of a conflict between these rules and a Lifestyle Deal’s fine print, the Lifestyle Deal’s fine print will control.

Arore Communications is a service provider for the Merchant identified on the Lifestyle Deal and the Merchant is the sole issuer of the Lifestyle Deal. Lifestyle Deals have two separate values: (a) the “amount paid” and (b) the promotional value. The “promotional value” is the additional value beyond the amount paid. Together, the amount paid and the promotional value equals the “full offer value” of the Lifestyle Deal. For example, if you pay $20 for a Lifestyle Deal that gets you $50 of goods or services from a Merchant, the full offer value is $50, the amount paid is $20 (this amount does not expire until it is used or is refunded), and the promotional value is $30 (this amount expires on the date stated on the Lifestyle Deal unless expiration of the promotional value is prohibited by law).

If a Merchant or venue refuses to honour any Lifestyle Deal, Arore Communications will refund the amount paid upon request in the original form of payment, or will credit the Arore Communications account of the purchaser with an equivalent number of Arore Communications “Bucks” for future purchases on the Site. Arore Communications Bucks do not expire. Need a refund or have a question? contact us here or call 1 (877) 731-7227 (Monday through Friday, 9-5 pacific time). Lifestyle Deals are not redeemable for cash, unless required by law. Unauthorized or unlawful reproduction, resale, modification or trade of Lifestyle Deals is prohibited.

7. Modification of this Agreement

We reserve the right at all times to discontinue or modify any part of this Agreement as we deem necessary or desirable. If we make changes that materially affect your use of the Site or our services we will notify you by sending you an e-mail to the e-mail address that is registered with your account and/or by posting notice of the change on the Site. Any changes to these Terms of Use will be effective upon the earlier of our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you or our posting of notice of the changes on our Site, provided that, these changes will not apply to Lifestyle Deals purchased prior to the effective date of such changes. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Site and for all Lifestyle Deals purchased after the effective date of the change. We suggest that you revisit our Terms of Use from time to time to ensure that you stay informed of any such notifications of changes to the Site. Your use of the Site after we update these Terms of Use will constitute acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.

We also reserve the right to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of our services or the Site including, but not limited to, requirements for access or use.

8. Copyright and Trademarks

Everything located on or in this Site is the exclusive property of Arore Communications or is being used with permission. ANY COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, TRANSMITTING, POSTING, LINKING, DEEP LINKING, OR OTHERWISE MODIFYING OF THIS SITE OR ANY OF THE MICROSITES WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF ARORE COMMUNICATIONS IS PROHIBITED. Any violation of this requirement may result in a copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right infringement that may subject you to civil and/or criminal penalties.

This Site and any Microsite contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Site are protected by copyright as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Arore Communications owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. You may download, print, and/or save copyrighted material for your personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly stated under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material without the express permission of Arore Communications or the copyright owner is permitted. If copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material is permitted, you will make independent attribution and/or agree to make no changes in or deletion of any author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

You will not upload, post or otherwise make available on this Site any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. Arore Communications does not have any express burden or responsibility to provide you with indications, markings or anything else that may aid you in determining whether the material in question is copyrighted or trademarked. You will be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of this Site, you warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted Arore Communications the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. You also permit any other end user to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that End User's personal use. You also grant Arore Communications the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material that you make available on this Site.

9. Unsolicited Ideas

We do not accept or consider, directly or through any Arore Communications employee or agent, unsolicited ideas of any kind, including without limitation, ideas or suggestions relating to new or improved products, enhancements, names or technologies, advertising and marketing campaigns, plans or other promotions. Do not send us (or any of our employees) any unsolicited ideas, suggestions, material, images or other work in any form (“unsolicited materials”). If you send us unsolicited materials, you understand and agree that the following terms will apply, notwithstanding any cover letter or other terms that accompany them:

Arore Communications has no obligation to review any unsolicited materials, nor to keep any unsolicited materials confidential; and
Arore Communications will own, and may use and redistribute unsolicited materials for any purpose, without restriction and free of any obligation to acknowledge or compensate you.

14. Disclaimer of Warranty

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER Arore Communications, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MERCHANTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS, OR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, WARRANT THAT USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO (I) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THIS SITE, OR (II) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS), SERVICE, PRODUCTS OR Lifestyle Deals PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE. THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT, STATEMENTS (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE, AND PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ACCESSIBLE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE ARE MADE ACCESSIBLE OR AVAILABLE ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. Arore Communications HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, STATEMENTS OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE, OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE OF TITLE NON INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

10. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL ARORE COMMUNICATIONS, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MERCHANTS, PARTNERS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS, OR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT, STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE. IN NO EVENT WILL ARORE COMMUNICATIONS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH A LIFESTYLE DEAL OR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID FOR SUCH LIFESTYLE DEAL, PRODUCT OR SERVICE. TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU DURING THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE BRINGING OF ANY CLAIM, OR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

11. End User Communications

Arore Communications in some instances allows you and other End Users to use the Site to express opinions and communicate through forums, bulletin boards, discussion groups, chat rooms or other communication facilities that may be offered on or through the Site from time to time (collectively “Communities”). Arore Communications shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content within the Communities at any time, for any reason, including to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by Arore Communications, as well as to satisfy any applicable law, regulation or authorized government request. Without limiting the foregoing, Arore Communications shall have the right, but not the obligation, to remove any material from the Communities that Arore Communications, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of this Agreement or otherwise objectionable. Any opinions, advice, ratings, discussions, comments, and/or other messages or postings of any kind made by you or any other End User to the Communities (collectively, “Statements”), are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Arore Communications.

12. Websites of Others

The Site contains links to websites maintained by other parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not because we endorse or have an opinion about the contents on such websites. We expressly disclaim any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such websites or the privacy practices of those websites. If you decide to access websites maintained by other parties, you do so at your own risk

13. Public Nature of Your Statements

You understand and agree that all Statements are public and not private. Any other person (whether or not a user of Arore Communications’s services) may read your Statements without your knowledge. Please do not include any Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Statement) in your Statements. Arore Communications does not control or endorse any Statement found in any part of the Communities, and we specifically disclaim any liability concerning the Statements and the Communities and any actions resulting from your participation in any part of the Communities, including any objectionable content. Any and all Statements you post to our Site are not confidential.

14. License Grant

By posting Statements or other information on or through the Communities, you grant Arore Communications a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the Statements alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed without territorial or time limitations, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees. Your license of any Statements or information submitted above extends to use for promotions, advertising, market research or any other lawful purpose, without limitation.

15. Indemnification/Release

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Arore Communications, its subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to any products or services purchased by you in connection with the Site or any use of the Site in violation of these Terms.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with Merchants and other users of the Site. To the extent permitted under applicable laws, you hereby release Arore Communications from any and all claims or liability related to any product or service of a Merchant, any action or inaction by Merchant, including Merchant’s failure to comply with applicable law and/or failure to abide by the terms of a Arore Communications, and any conduct or speech, whether online or offline, of any other user.

16. Termination

Arore Communications may terminate these Terms of Use at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, Arore Communications shall have the right to immediately terminate or suspend any of your passwords or accounts in the event Arore Communications considers, in its sole discretion, any of your conduct to be unacceptable, or in the event you breach this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, these Terms of Use will survive termination of this Agreement.

17. Choice of Law

Any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms of Use and/or any Use by you of the Site or Arore Communications’s services shall be governed by the internal laws of the Province of British Columbia, without regard to its choice of law rules and without regard to conflicts of laws principles except that the Arbitration provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

18. Additional Disclosures

No waiver by either you or Arore Communications of any breach or default or failure to exercise any right allowed under this Agreement is a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default or a waiver or forfeiture of any similar or future rights under our Agreement. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall be of no legal force or effect. If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of our Agreement invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions contained in this Agreement, and the remaining portions of our Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

If you reside in Canada, Arore Communications Communications Correspondence should be directed to:

Arore Communications,
402 - 820 Short Street,
Victoria, BC V8X 2V5

The provisions of these Terms of Use apply equally to and are for the benefit of Arore Communications, its subsidiaries, affiliates, Merchants and its third-party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.