DIRECT MAIL TEMPLATES TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By accessing and using the Direct Mail Templates site you agree to the following terms and conditions. These terms and conditions may change from time to time without prior notice and at Canada Post’s sole discretion. Canada Post’s general terms and conditions apply to this site and such terms and conditions can be found by clicking here. Canada Post’s privacy policy applies to this site. To access the Canada Post’s privacy policy, please click here.

Subject to your compliance with these terms and conditions, Canada Post grants to you a royalty free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use the Direct Mail Template to create a custom piece for you or your company to take advantage of in a direct mail campaign (“Direct Mail Piece”). You can make or have made any number of copies of the Direct Mail Piece as long as the Direct Mail Piece is distributed for free.

Direct Mail Templates contain graphics, images, document layouts, fonts and artwork, and other information that are the copyrighted property of Canada Post. The photographs in the Direct Mail Templates are for illustrative purposes only and are the copyrighted property of their respective owners. You do not acquire any right to use these photographs by virtue of accessing and using this site or downloading a Direct Mail Template; you must secure rights to such photographs yourself.

You cannot sell or re-distribute a Direct Mail Template or Direct Mail Piece to a third party. You do not acquire any right or claim to, or any part of, a Direct Mail Template. Others may use the same Direct Mail Templates to create Direct Mail pieces as you. Direct Mail Templates are subject to change and deletion without notice. All imagery and text submitted to be incorporated into Direct Mail Templates must be suitable for family audiences.

Canada Post is not responsible for printing your Direct Mail Piece. Variations in colour, image quality and position may occur in the Direct Mail Piece when printed by you or a printing company.

Using a Direct Mail Template indicates neither that Canada Post approves of the Direct Mail Piece nor that the Direct Mail Piece complies with applicable requirements set out in the Canada Postal Guide and the Canada Post Corporation Act. Canada Post retains the right to refuse any Direct Mail Piece that Canada Post in its sole discretion, deems unacceptable.

Make sure you have the legal right to use and make copies of the photograph you will incorporate into the Direct Mail Template. This includes any corporate logo, trademark or other commercial symbol. You will be solely responsible for trademark and/or copyright infringement and agree to indemnify Canada Post for all expenses Canada Post incurs as a result of your infringement of any trademark rights and/or copyright.

If the photograph has someone other than yourself in it, you must receive written permission from all such persons before incorporating into the Direct Mail Template. You will be solely responsible for obtaining these permissions and agree to indemnify Canada Post Corporation for all expenses Canada Post incurs as a result of your failure to do so.

The license granted to you above is terminated upon any breach of these terms and conditions by you becoming known to Canada Post. If your license is terminated, you must stop distributing the Direct Mail Piece, and making or having copies made.