Privacy Policy

March 8, 2023

By submitting your personal information and using Creditpicks (“Website”), you consent to the collection, use, reproduction, hosting, transmission, and disclosure of any such user content submissions in compliance with our Privacy Policy as we deem necessary for the use of the Website and provision of services. By using this Website, you consent to the use of cookies that allow a server to recall previous requests or registration and/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. However, if you do, some areas of the Website may not function adequately.

Third-Party Websites

For your convenience, this Website may provide links or pointers to third-party sites, including affiliate links. We do receive certain remuneration from some of these affiliates but are in no way associated or related to any third-party site. We make no representations about any other websites that may be accessed from this Website. If you choose to access any such sites, you do so at your own risk. We have no control over the contents of any such third-party sites and accept no responsibility for such sites or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You are subject to any terms and conditions of such third-party sites. You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a fair and legal way and do not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Website other than the homepage. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The Website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the User Submissions and Site Content Standards. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to immediately stop.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the Province of Alberta in Canada. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in Canada. This Website is not intended for use in any jurisdiction where its use is not permitted. If you access the Website from outside Canada, you do so at your own risk, and you are responsible for compliance with local laws of your jurisdiction.

Contest Guidelines

Each contest entrant (“Entrant”) agrees to be bound by the following contest guidelines (the “Contest Guidelines”):

General

Each contest is governed by the contest rules (the “Short Rules”) located on the individual contest page (a “Contest Page”) and these Contest Guidelines. The Short Rules and Contest Guidelines may be amended at any time without prior notice to Entrants.

Eligibility

  • Only Entrants who abide by the Short Rules and these Contest Guidelines are eligible to win a prize.
  • Each contest is open to legal residents of Canada, who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence.
  • Contests are not open to employees of Creditpicks or members of their immediate families.

How to Participate

  • NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY to participate in a contest.
  • Entrant(s) are required to enter the contest in the manner indicated on the Contest Page.

Winning

  • Entrants are selected by a random number generator.
  • Odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries received.
  • Winning Entrants are notified within 24 hours of selection through the @creditpicks account on Instagram (unless specified otherwise on a Contest Page).
  • Winning Entrants must reply to @creditpicks within 7 days of being notified.
Beware of contest scams and false accounts impersonating Creditpicks. Creditpicks will not contact contest winners first through Direct Message (DM) on Instagram, nor will Creditpicks ever ask for a winner’s credit card number or personal financial information. All communication from Creditpicks on Instagram is conducted through our account @creditpicks, and we are not affiliated nor are liable for the accounts impersonating Creditpicks.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand and agree that your use of the Website, its content, and any services or items found or attained through the Website is at your own risk. The Website, its content, and any services or items found or attained through the Website are provided on an “As is” and “As Available” basis, without any warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. Neither the Company nor its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, or successors make any warranty, representation, or endorsement with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, suitability, accuracy, currency, or availability of the Website or its contents. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, or successors represent or warrant that the Website, its content, or any services or items found or attained through the Website will be accurate, reliable, error-free, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that our Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files or data available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are solely and entirely responsible for your use of the Website 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 Website or any services or items found or attained through the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Limitation on Liability

Except where such exclusions are prohibited by law, under no circumstance will the Company nor its parent, subsidiaries, 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 Website, any linked websites or such other third-party websites, nor any Website content, materials, posting, or information thereon even if the party was allegedly advised or had reason to know.

Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service providers, contractors, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees and accounting fees) arising out of or relating to your breach of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Submissions, third-party sites, any use of the Website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms.

Governing Law and Choice of Forum

The Website and these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision, principle, or rule (whether of the laws of the Province of Alberta or any other jurisdiction) and notwithstanding your domicile, residence, or physical location. Any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Website and under these Terms will be instituted in the courts of the Province of Alberta and/or the Federal Court of Canada, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to the venue of such courts.

Waiver

No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power, or privilege arising from these Terms operates or may be construed as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder precludes any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.

Severability

If any term or provision of these Terms is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of these Terms or invalidate or render unenforceable, such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

Entire Agreement

The Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such subject matter.

Reporting and Contact

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to [email protected].