BeaverTails User Generated Content – Terms and Conditions
Thank you for recently visiting a BeaverTails location and enjoying a yummy pastry. BeaverTails are a delicious tradition and we are happy to see the way you’ve used our products in your memorable moments and we want to share your content with our fans. With your permission, sharing your love for BeaverTails is easy! Please review the terms and conditions below. If you agree with the fine print, respond to our request with #yehbeavers
By responding to our request with the hashtag #yehbeavers, you hereby grant BeaverTails Canada Inc, its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, its successors, assignees, advertising and promotional agencies, agents, representatives and their employees, directors, officers, suppliers, administrators, franchisees/licensees (collectively “BeaverTails”), a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, and irrevocable license, unrestricted and irrevocable rights to be used at its discretion, royalty free, perpetually and world wide, to publish, reproduce, convert, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, translate, adapt, modify or otherwise use and or link to the Content (as defined below) or a portion thereof, without compensation, the voice, video, image, or any social media publication (ie Post, Story, Reel®, etc.) made by you and for which you responded with the hashtag #yehbeavers ( the “Content”) including those bearing your name , voice, image, likeness, and/or any other identifiable representation of yourself (collectively “your Likeness”) in any and all media (now or hereafter know) without limitation to time or territory. The Content may be used without compensation or further notice, at any time and from time to time in any advertising or publicity carried out by BeaverTails or their agents, in any manner of media now known or hereafter devised, unless prohibited by law, including but not limited to, in any video, signs, truck/vehicle wraps, used in its stores, place of business and/or on any food truck, trailer, container.
For greater certainty, you hereby understand and consent that BeaverTails can use (including without limitation, by reproduction, publication, adaptation, translation, modification, exposition, transmission, distribution and online) the Content and your Likeness in connection with any merchandising and service provided by BeaverTails, at its point of sales, website, online contest, social media, print, audio-visual or online advertisements and promotions, events, and any other commercial exploitation worldwide, advertisement or other and that BeaverTails alone retains the proceeds thereof. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all moral rights that you possess or could possess in relation to the Content. You acknowledge that should BeaverTails choose to use the Content in any way, as is or modified, it shall automatically become the sole owner of the property rights (including any copyrights) of said Content as used by BeaverTails. BeaverTails reserves the right to alter, change or modify the Content, in its sole discretion. You hereby waive any right you may have to inspect or approve the finished content or any part or element thereof that incorporates your Likeliness and/or Content.
Representations and Warranties:
By responding to our request with the hashtag #yeahbeavers, you warrant and represent that:
- You are of the legal age of majority in your province or territory of residence.
- You are the sole creator/author of the Content and own all rights to use it or, alternatively, have the right to grant us the license and rights described above;
- You have waived any and all moral rights in and to the Content and/or any testimonial or Likeness accompanying same and irrevocably waive any right of approval of the use of said Content, testimonials and/or Likeness and agree that the choice of such use, if any, is at the sole discretion of BeaverTails;
- All Content and any information, facts and/or declarations provided herein are accurate and true;
- The Content does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person, entity or other third party;
- Publication of the Content via various media including Web posting and/or social media, will not infringe on the rights of third parties;
- You have obtained permission from all person whose name, voice, image, likeness and/or other identifiable representation contained in the Content and in the event that the Content contains the image and or likeness of any minor, you have the authority as parent, tutor or guardian of said minor to grant all required consent and hereby grant all required consent to use the Content as more fully stipulated herein;
- In consideration of the opportunity given to you by BeaverTails to appear or have your Content appear in its promotional materials, you acknowledge that you have fully read, understood and agree with the terms and conditions of this licence, waiver and release, and that you have had any questions regarding its effect or the meaning of its terms answered to your satisfaction; and
- You hereby understand and agree that this agreement is binding on you and yours heirs, executors, administrators, assignees and/or any legal representatives.
You irrevocably release, indemnify and hold harmless BeaverTails from any and all claims , demands and damages (actual and consequential) of any kind and nature, known and unknown, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of the use of the Content and Likeness, including, without limitation, any and all claims or demands based on privacy, personality, defamation, copyright, trade-mark or any other cause of action as well as arising out of any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, your violation of any terms herein, your violation of any laws or rights of third party. This indemnification will survive any termination of these terms and conditions. If properly notified that the Content allegedly infringes on another’s intellectual property rights, BeaverTails will remove the Content. Under no circumstances will BeaverTails be liable in any way for (i) any Content containing any errors or omissions; or (ii) any loss or damage (including, without limitation, personal injury or property damage) of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted to BeaverTails.
You hereby provide this waiver and release to BeaverTails on the basis that no compensation of any kind whatsoever is paid or payable to you for the Content freely and voluntarily. You claim no right to compensation or benefit arising out of the use of the Content, your Likeness and/or testimonial, if any, that you provided, as the case may be.
Except to the extent that the laws of the Canadian province or territory in which you reside require the laws of such jurisdiction to apply to these terms and conditions, the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada, will govern these terms and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. BeaverTails reserves the right to make changes to these terms and conditions at any time.
Except to the extent that the laws of the Canadian province or territory in which you reside prohibit this choice of forum provision, any claim or dispute between you and BeaverTails that arises in whole or in part from the Content shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in the City of Montreal, Quebec. If any provision of these terms and conditions is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these terms and conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and BeaverTails’ failure to assert any right or provision under these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
It is the express wish of the parties that these terms and conditions and all related documents be drawn up in English. C’est la volonté expresse des parties que la présente entente ainsi que tous les documents s’y rattachant soient rédigés en anglais.
BeaverTails Canada Inc.
3700 St. Patrick St., Suite 106
Montreal, Quebec, H4E 1A2
(514) 392-2222
privacy.officer@beavertails.com
Effective Date: March 31, 2025.