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Authorized End Users:
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(b) in the case of subscribers that are schools or school systems, only those students who are currently enrolled at and staff who are currently engaged with the subscriber, and their immediate families (provided, however, that Tumblebooks reserves the right to require school access to be via IP authentication in order to prevent, among other things, unauthorized use of their subscription);
(c) in the case of subscribers that are libraries, only those persons who hold a valid and current membership in the subscribing library or library system (as the case may be) and staff currently engaged by the subscriber, and their immediately families;
(d) in the case of Family/Home subscriptions use is restricted to home and family members; and
(e) in the case of all other subscribers, only those individuals or that set of persons identified in writing by the subscriber to TumbleBooks as Authorized End Users.
For greater certainty, in no circumstance may schools or, while such persons are on school premises, their students, staff or their immediate families use the ability of or subscriptions granted to (public) libraries (including, directly or indirectly, using such subscriptions by way of library card log-in and authentication) for any purpose whatever in lieu of such schools, either independently or as part of a school system subscription package, having their own Site subscription. Other than as set out above, the subscription may not be used by institutions.
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Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability:
Access to the Site and Content is provided on an "as is" basis and strictly at your own risk. TumbleBooks makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, of any kind with respect to the Site or Content and disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or the continued availability for use of the Site or Content. In the event of termination of access to the Site and Content, in the case of subscribers, Tumblebooks' liability shall be limited to the refund to a registered subscriber of any pro rata amount of subscriber fees corresponding to any remaining period of a pre-paid subscription. Institutional subscribers such as schools and libraries should independently verify that all Content provided on the Site is appropriate for the intended audience group or educational purpose.
Content Provided by Users:
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Jurisdiction of Ontario
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Privacy Policy:
The Privacy Policy published by Tumblebooks on the Site forms part of the Terms of Use.
Video Terms of Use:
TumbleBooks has partnered with video publishers in order to provide video content to our Site. While most are licensed directly and are hosted on our server, in some cases, in order to provide the best match for our books and to alleviate bandwidth usage, we have embedded content from channels such as YouTube. These videos have been selected by our staff and we have added them for educational use only. All video content is copyrighted to the original owners
General:
If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be found to be unlawful, void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provision shall be severed from these Terms in that jurisdiction without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or of the unlawful, void or unenforceable provision in any other jurisdiction.
The Terms of Use shall continue to the benefit of Tumblebooks, its successors and assigns, and shall be binding upon you, your heirs, executors, administrators, legal personal representatives, successors and assigns, both before and after the termination of your access to the Site and the Content, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, liability limitations and warranty disclaimers.
Any questions regarding the Terms of Use should be directed to info@tumblebooks.com or 416-781-4010 Attention: Ron Zevy