1. User Agreement

THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL DESCRIBES THE TERMS UNDER WHICH YOU MAY ACCESS AND USE THIS WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE THUS AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. CURIOCITY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TITLE, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CURIOCITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. CURIOCITY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

CurioCity reserves the right to change any and all content contained on this website at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply sponsorship, endorsement, or recommendation by CurioCity.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CURIOCITY, INCLUDING ITS WRITERS, CONTRACTORS, OR SUPPORTERS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND THAT RESULTS DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY, CONSEQUENCIALLY, INCIDENTALLY OR SPECIALLY FROM THE ACTION, NEGLIGENCE, OR INACTION OF THE CONTENT, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL CONTAINED IN, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, MISTAKES, DEFECTS, OMISSIONS, DELETIONS OF FILES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE.

YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND/OR LIABILITY AGAINST CURIOCITY ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE CURIOCITY WEBSITE. YOU ALSO AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS, CURIOCITY FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR LIABILITY, INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEYS FEES, ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF CURIOCITY OR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL LAWS.

The materials found on this site may be retrieved, downloaded, viewed or printed solely for educational purposes (herein referred to as "Approved Uses"), provided that such Approved Uses do not include posting, publication, broadcasting, or distribution of such materials in digital or electronic form by way of the World Wide Web (the Internet), e-mail, online services or any other medium which currently exists or will be developed in the future.

The materials found on this site are copyright of CurioCity. No materials found in this website may be copied, altered, published, broadcast, or distributed without the prior written permission of CurioCity. The design and layout of the CurioCity website as well as its content (including the logo, graphics, images, text) may not be copied or reproduced in any way unless used as described above or by written approval by CurioCity.

Links to other web sites found on the CurioCity website are provided as a convenience to its users. CurioCity is not responsible for the materials or information contained at any website linked from the CurioCity website.

2. Privacy Policy

CurioCity is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors, supporters and writers. Our policy is to use the information we obtain from those involved with CurioCity for internal purposes only. This policy describes our practices regarding personal and account information collected from you through the website.

We will occasionally review this privacy policy and may make any necessary changes that we feel are appropriate. Any modifications made to the privacy policy will be posted along with the date of revision.

CurioCity does not automatically gather your personal information. Access to our website can be anonymous and personal information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily, i.e. by correspondence via email or post. The information provided to us will be used for the purpose in which it is provided (i.e. First name, grade, city and province will be posted along with your "Ask Us" question if your question was selected to be answered and featured on our site) and will not be supplied to any third parties. If you prefer that your messages not be posted on the site or published in any print materials (and you tell us so) we will honor your request and will even delete those messages from our files.

We do however keep track of the IP addresses from which people visit us, browser identity and cookies to a limited degree (A cookie is information a Web site puts on your computer's hard drive so that the site can remember your preferences or which pages you visited on that site) to allow us to identify trends and to collect data for statistical purposes and will not be distributed to any third parties. No personal information is ever stored in a CurioCity cookie or obtained from your IP address. We will also monitor movements through our website to measure our website traffic in order that we can serve our readers better.

If you have any questions about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us by email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last updated: November 1, 2009