Terms of Use
Welcome to L.C. Cariou Studio. The lccariou.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by L.C. Cariou. lccariou.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of llcariou.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
L.C. Cariou (and lccariou.com) offerings Fine Art Paintings, Commissioned Paintings, Reproductions, Other Products & Goods.
Rights to Artwork and Images
All artwork, images, and graphics are the sole property of L.C. Cariou and may not be used by any third party without written permission.
Copying or reproducing artwork created by L.C. Cariou (as seen on lccariou.com, or elsewhere) is strictly prohibited without written permission from the artist.
L.C. Cariou retains all rights to all artwork until it has been purchased by a private or public collector at which time the collector receives the right to display the artwork in their home or business.
L.C. Cariou retains all rights to the image of all artwork including the rights to the image of sold & commissioned original paintings.
L.C. Cariou retains the right to make REPRODUCTIONS OF ANY AND ALL ARTWORK CREATED BY L.C. Cariou UNLESS THE COLLECTOR HAS PURCHASED THE FULL OR PARTIAL RIGHTS TO THE ARTWORK in addition to purchasing the original painting.
If you own an original painting and would like to discuss purchasing further rights, displaying the work in a public space, or nullify my right to reproduce, please contact lucycariou@shaw.ca
Collectors of reproductions have the right to display the artwork in their home or business but retain no other rights to the artwork.
Any image of the interior which includes the artwork in a 3rd party publication (such as social media, magazine, or book) must come with attribution (artwork title, artists name).
All other uses must be agreed to in advance in writing.
lucycariou@shaw.ca
Electronic Communications
Visiting lccariou.com or sending emails to L.C. Cariou constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that L.C. Cariou is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. L.C. Cariou and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Reproductions and non-original products: You may cancel your order within the first 24 hours. After 24 hours a 15% restocking fee will be applied. Returns and exchanges are handled on a case by case basis. We are not liable for any mishandling or failed delivery by the shipping service (USPS or UPS). Please contact lucycariou@shaw.ca within 7 days of receiving your artwork.
Original Paintings: All sales of original artwork are final. Orders canceled within the first 24 hours will incur a 20% restocking & re-marketing fee. Returns or exchanges of original work are not available except for the most extreme situations.
Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
lccariou.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of L.C. Cariou and L.C. Cariou is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. L.C. Cariou is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by L.C. Cariou of the site or any association with its operators.
Certain services made available via lccariou.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the lccariou.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that L.C. Cariou may share such information and data with any third party with whom L.C. Cariou has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of lccariou.com users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use lccariou.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to L.C. Cariou that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair L.C. Cariou or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of L.C. Cariou or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. L.C. Cariou content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of L.C. Cariou and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of L.C. Cariou or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
International Users
L.C. Cariou (and lccariou.com) is controlled, operated and administered by L.C. Cariou from our studio in Canada. If you access the site from a location outside of Canada, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the L.C. Cariou Content accessed through lccariou.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.
SECURITY
Payment information is not retained by L.C. Cariou and we take precautions to protect your information during this process. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way through a Payment Processing System (Stripe or Paypal, depending on our preference at checkout).
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. We do not share any personal, demographic, or financial data with any third party. We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or another direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
By using the L.C. Cariou website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, L.C. Cariou may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
-First and Last Name
-Mailing Address
-E-mail Address
-Phone Number
When you purchase L.C. Cariou’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction but is help in an encrypted and secure payment processing service (Stripe.com or Paypal). L.C. Cariou has no access to this information.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
L.C. Cariou collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
L.C. Cariou may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from L.C. Cariou and its affiliates.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Changes to Terms
L.C. Cariou reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which lccariou.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. L.C. Cariou encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.
Contact Us
L.C. Cariou welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
L.C. Cariou Studio
916 21st Ave N.W
Calgary, AB, Canada
T2M 1K6
lucycariou@shaw.ca
Effective as of April 10, 2024