Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Exploring Alternatives Inc.

Thanks for visiting our website! By using our website, you are agreeing with these terms.

We at Exploring Alternatives Inc. (“we” or “our”) enjoy creating and sharing videos about our

own lifestyle experiments and about people and products that are related to alternative

lifestyles. We strive to ensure accuracy in the material posted here but we cannot guarantee

its accuracy or completeness. The material found on our channel and our website is intended

for your general information and entertainment purposes only. It does not replace professional

advice. Please do not act or fail to act on anything based on any of the content without first

consulting a professional.

Unfortunately, given the nature of the internet, we cannot promise that our website will be

available without interruption, error or omission or that the website and the server(s) that

make it available are free from viruses or other harmful components. Our materials are being

provided to you “as is” and “as available”. We are not liable for any damages arising out of the

use of, or the inability to use the website, the content on the website or any sites linked to it.

Sponsors

We occasionally include paid sponsor messages or integrations in our videos to help fund our

work. We do our best to work with companies and organizations that offer products or

services that are in line with our values, and that we think would be interesting and useful to

you, our viewers. That being said, any reference or link to or from our channel or website to

any third-party product, service or website is provided to you for your convenience only and

does not constitute or imply its endorsement or recommendation by us. We will always

disclose if we’re promoting products that were given to us for free, or if we’re including a

sponsored message in a video.

Copyright and permitted uses

We typically create and edit the footage and music in our videos, but occasionally we will

include photos, footage or music provided by freelancers, by the subject we feature or that we find

from other authorized sources.

We respect people’s creative works and do our best to include appropriate credits on our

website for any works that are featured in our videos. Unless otherwise noted, all content on

this website are copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual properties owned or licensed

by or to us. You may view and download our content to your personal computer or hyperlink

to our content for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all

copyright and other proprietary notices that are on that material. Please do not use the

content on this website in any other way without our permission.

If you notice that a credit is missing, are concerned that we may be using your content without

your permission, or would like to seek permission to use our content, please let us know by

email to danielle.is.exploring@gmail.com.

Comments

We want our channel, our website and our comments sections to be open, inclusive spaces

where everyone feels welcome to watch, read and contribute. For this reason, comments that are

inappropriate or hateful will be reported and/or deleted.

Privacy and protection of personal information

We are committed to respecting your right to privacy and protecting your personal information.

By using this website, and providing us with your personal information, you agree that we may

use it in accordance with these terms.

In your dealings with us, you may be asked to provide us with personal information about

yourself. As examples, we collect names and email addresses for our newsletters and payment

information for our online store. We may collect user data for analytics and we use affiliate

links and discount codes to track purchases and earn affiliate revenue.

We may monitor site usage, traffic patterns and related site information through our website.

Our website host collects IP addresses and may use a “cookie” to track usage

patterns and to optimize your visit to our website. We may use the information collected from

our website to help diagnose problems with our server and for systems administration

purposes. We do not link your IP address or cookies to other personally identifiable

information. Your IP address may be used in an aggregate manner to gather broad

demographic information so that we may improve the site to better suit users’ needs.

Only our designated employees and service providers have access to your personal information

for these purposes. If required, we will provide your personal information to third parties for

tax reporting and for other legal, regulatory or professional obligations that may arise.

We will retain your personal information only as long as it is required for the reasons it was

collected and in accordance with our legal, regulatory and professional obligations. We use all

reasonable commercial efforts to protect your personal information under our control from loss,

unauthorized use, access, alteration or disclosure.

You have the right to access all personal information that we have collected from you that is

retained by us. You may update, modify or delete this information at any time by contacting us

at danielle.is.exploring@gmail.com.

We may need to update our Privacy Policy in order to enable us to collect, use and disclose

personal information as may be required to better serve you or to reflect changes to privacy

legislation. We encourage you to periodically review these terms so that you are properly

informed at all times.

Ontario law applies

The laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein govern the use of

this website and the interpretation, validity and effect of this agreement.

Updated: May 2019