Terms of Use — Appendix B
Formal Terms
Version: 1.0 Last updated: 2026-04-13 Companion to: Terms of Use
This Appendix sets out the formal legal framework underlying the Terms of Use. The plain-language Terms of Use describe the same arrangement in everyday terms; this Appendix provides the formal contract clauses.
In the event of any conflict between this Appendix and the plain-language Terms of Use, the plain-language Terms of Use govern your relationship with Bounty.
1. Parties and definitions
This agreement is between you ("you", "User") and 1905106 Alberta Inc., an Alberta corporation with its registered office in Calgary, Alberta ("Bounty", "we", "us", "our").
For the purposes of this Appendix:
- "Service" means the Bounty mobile and web application, related websites operated under bountyapp.ca, and all features, content, and functionality offered by Bounty.
- "Account" means a registered user account on the Service.
- "User Content" means any content submitted to the Service by a User, including without limitation scan photographs, scan handles, and any text or metadata associated with scans.
- "Subscription" means a paid recurring subscription to a Bounty paid tier.
- "Points" means the non-monetary recognition units awarded by Bounty for User contributions, as described in Section 6 of the Terms of Use.
- "Rewards" means goods or services (including third-party gift cards) made available by Bounty for redemption against Points.
- "Scout Program" means the opt-in higher-contribution program governed by a separate Scout Agreement.
2. Eligibility and account formation
To create and maintain an Account, you represent and warrant that:
a) You are at least 13 years of age, or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction if higher; b) You have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement; c) You are not barred from using the Service under applicable law; d) The information you provide to Bounty in connection with your Account is accurate and complete; and e) You will maintain the security of your Account credentials and the email address associated with your Account.
Bounty may refuse to create or may suspend or terminate any Account at its discretion, including without limitation where Bounty has reasonable grounds to believe the Account has been used in violation of these Terms.
3. Licence to User Content
By submitting User Content to the Service, you grant Bounty a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, store, reproduce, display, modify (for technical purposes such as resizing, cropping, format conversion, and metadata stripping), aggregate with other User Content, and use the User Content solely for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and improving the Service.
This licence:
a) Does not transfer ownership of the User Content to Bounty; b) Does not authorize Bounty to use the User Content for marketing, advertising, or any purpose outside the operation of the Service, except with your separate consent; c) Survives termination of your Account only with respect to User Content that has been irrevocably aggregated into the community dataset such that it can no longer be linked to you (anonymized scan and price records); and d) Terminates with respect to identifiable User Content (such as photographs linked to your Account) upon Account deletion or upon your written request to remove specific User Content, subject to reasonable processing time.
You represent and warrant that:
a) You are the author of all User Content you submit; b) The User Content depicts a real shelf tag photographed by you in person; c) The User Content does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any third party; d) The User Content does not contain false, misleading, manipulated, or staged information; and e) Your submission and Bounty's use of the User Content under this licence does not violate any applicable law.
4. Bounty's intellectual property
The Service, including all software, design, content created by Bounty, the aggregated community price dataset (in its aggregated form, distinct from any individual contribution), trademarks, service marks, logos, and the Bounty name, are the property of Bounty or its licensors and are protected by Canadian and international intellectual property law.
Nothing in these Terms grants you any right, title, or interest in Bounty's intellectual property except for the limited licence to use the Service in accordance with these Terms.
You may not, without Bounty's prior written consent:
a) Copy, modify, or create derivative works of the Service or the aggregated community price dataset; b) Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code of the Service, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law; c) Use any data mining, robots, scrapers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Service; d) Frame, mirror, or otherwise incorporate the Service into any other product or service; or e) Use Bounty's trademarks, logos, or branding in any manner suggesting endorsement of you or your products by Bounty.
5. Subscription terms
5.1 Pricing and billing
Subscription pricing is displayed in Canadian dollars and is inclusive of applicable taxes (including GST collected by Bounty under its registered GST account). The price displayed at the time of subscription is the total amount you will be charged.
Subscriptions automatically renew on a monthly cycle until cancelled by you. Each renewal charge will be processed by Stripe, Inc. on or about the same day of each calendar month as the original subscription start date.
5.2 Cancellation and refunds
You may cancel your Subscription at any time through your Account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you retain access to paid features until that date.
Bounty does not offer prorated refunds for partial billing periods. Bounty may, in its discretion, issue a refund where a charge was made in error, where Bounty has been unable to deliver the Service for an extended period, or where required by applicable law.
5.3 Past-due payments
If a renewal payment fails, Bounty will retry payment in accordance with Stripe's standard retry schedule. Your Account will remain in a past-due grace state during this period. If payment cannot be successfully completed within the retry window, your Subscription will lapse and your Account will revert to free-tier access. No data is deleted as a result of a Subscription lapse.
5.4 Price changes
Bounty may change the price of any Subscription tier at its discretion. For existing Subscribers, Bounty will provide at least 30 calendar days' notice by email and in-app of any price increase before the new price takes effect on that Subscriber's renewal cycle. You may cancel your Subscription before the new price takes effect to avoid being charged the new price.
5.5 Payment processor
All payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. Bounty does not collect, store, or have access to your payment card details. Your relationship with Stripe is governed by Stripe's own terms of service and privacy policy.
6. Points and Rewards
6.1 Nature of Points
Points are a form of community recognition awarded by Bounty in its discretion. Points:
a) Are not currency, securities, stored value, or a financial product of any kind; b) Do not constitute a debt, obligation, or liability of Bounty until and unless Bounty has accepted a specific Reward redemption request and confirmed it to the User; c) Have no monetary value outside the Service; d) Are non-transferable, non-assignable, and non-inheritable; e) Cannot be sold, traded, gifted, or moved between Accounts under any circumstances; f) Are tied to the Account on which they were earned and are forfeited on Account deletion.
For greater certainty, the awarding of Points does not create a creditor-debtor relationship between the User and Bounty.
6.2 Earning rates
Bounty determines the rate at which Points are awarded for various activities. Bounty may modify earning rates, introduce monthly earning caps, apply diminishing-returns mechanics, vary rates by product category or store, or introduce or discontinue earning categories at its discretion.
Changes to earning rates do not constitute changes to redemption values for the purposes of Section 6.4.
6.3 Redemption
Reward redemption is currently performed through a manual process. Bounty may modify the redemption process, the Rewards available for redemption, the Point cost of any Reward, the minimum Point thresholds for redemption, and any other redemption parameter, subject to Section 6.4.
Bounty's determination of Account Point balance, eligibility for redemption, and acceptance of any redemption request is final, subject to Bounty's good-faith error-correction practices.
Bounty may refuse a redemption request where Bounty has reasonable grounds to believe:
a) The Points were earned through fraud, manipulation, or violation of these Terms; b) The redemption request is itself fraudulent or made by a person other than the Account holder; or c) Acceptance of the redemption would violate applicable law.
6.4 Changes to redemption values
The redemption values in effect at the time Bounty receives a valid redemption request are the values that apply to that redemption. Bounty will not retroactively alter the values of an accepted in-process redemption.
For changes to redemption values that affect future redemptions, Bounty will provide at least 30 calendar days' notice by email and in-app before the change takes effect.
This 30-day notice obligation applies only to changes in the Point-to-Reward conversion rate. It does not apply to:
a) Changes to earning rates, caps, or diminishing-returns mechanics (Section 6.2); b) Changes to the catalogue of available Rewards (additions, removals, or substitutions); c) Limited-time promotional rates; d) Suspension or refusal of individual redemption requests under Section 6.3; or e) Discontinuation of the Points program as a whole, which is governed by Section 6.6.
6.5 Inactivity and forfeiture
If an Account has no User-initiated activity (such as a scan submission, login, or redemption) for 24 consecutive months, all unredeemed Points on that Account are forfeited and the Account may be flagged as dormant.
Bounty will send a warning email to the registered Account email address at the 18-month inactivity mark, providing at least 6 months' notice before forfeiture.
6.6 Discontinuation of the Points program
Bounty may discontinue the Points program in whole or in part at its discretion. In the event of full discontinuation, Bounty will provide at least 60 calendar days' notice by email and in-app, during which Users may redeem any unredeemed Points subject to Reward availability.
After the close of the wind-down window, all unredeemed Points are forfeited and Bounty has no further obligation in respect of them.
6.7 Tax
User-level tax treatment of Rewards is the responsibility of the User. Bounty does not provide tax advice. Bounty will issue tax slips (such as a T4A) only where required by Canadian law to do so, based on the dollar value of Rewards redeemed by a User in a given calendar year.
6.8 Third-party Reward issuers
Where a Reward is issued by a third party (such as a gift card from a third-party retailer or service), the third party's terms apply to the use of that Reward. Bounty makes no warranty regarding the acceptance, redemption, or value of Rewards issued by third parties beyond the act of providing the Reward to the User.
7. Scout Program
The Scout Program is governed by a separate Scout Agreement entered into between Bounty and the Scout at the time of Scout opt-in. The Scout Agreement supplements but does not replace these Terms.
In the event of any conflict between the Scout Agreement and these Terms with respect to a Scout's use of the Service, the Scout Agreement governs.
Scout-program payouts, where offered, are separately documented in the Scout Agreement and are subject to their own tax-reporting requirements.
8. Acceptable use
In addition to the prohibitions in the Terms of Use, you may not, while using the Service:
a) Submit User Content that infringes any third party's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or moral rights; b) Submit User Content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or hateful; c) Use the Service to harvest or collect information about other Users; d) Use the Service in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Service; e) Use any robot, spider, or other automated device or process to access the Service for any purpose; f) Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, or other malicious or technologically harmful material; g) Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service or the systems or networks connected to it; h) Use the Service to send unsolicited commercial communications (spam) of any kind; i) Encourage or facilitate any other person to do any of the foregoing.
9. Suspension and termination
Bounty may suspend or terminate your Account, in whole or in part, with or without notice, if:
a) You materially breach these Terms; b) Bounty is required to do so by applicable law or by a lawful order of a court or regulatory authority; c) Bounty has reasonable grounds to believe your continued use of the Service poses a risk to Bounty, other Users, or third parties; d) Your Account has been inactive for 24 consecutive months (per Section 6.5); or e) Bounty discontinues the Service or the relevant feature of the Service.
You may close your Account at any time through Account settings. Closure does not entitle you to any refund of Subscription fees beyond what is provided in Section 5.2.
The following sections survive termination of these Terms or your Account, to the extent reasonably necessary to give effect to their intent: Section 3 (User Content licence, with respect to anonymized aggregate data only), Section 4 (Bounty's intellectual property), Section 6.5–6.7 (Points forfeiture and tax), Section 11 (Disclaimers), Section 12 (Limitation of liability), Section 13 (Indemnification), Section 14 (Governing law and venue), and Section 15 (General).
10. Service availability
Bounty provides the Service on an "as available" basis. Bounty does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure against intrusion, free from malware, or compatible with any particular device or browser.
Bounty may suspend, modify, or discontinue the Service or any feature of the Service at any time, with or without notice. Bounty will use reasonable efforts to provide notice of planned material discontinuations affecting paid Subscribers in accordance with Section 5.4.
11. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR AVAILABILITY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:
a) BOUNTY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT PRICE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THE SERVICE IS ACCURATE, CURRENT, OR REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL PRICE AT ANY GIVEN STORE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. PRICE INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM USER CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH MAY BE OUT OF DATE OR ERRONEOUS. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING PRICES IN-STORE.
b) BOUNTY MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY, SAFETY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, OR ANY OTHER ATTRIBUTE OF ANY GROCERY PRODUCT IDENTIFIED ON THE SERVICE.
c) BOUNTY DOES NOT PROVIDE FINANCIAL, NUTRITIONAL, MEDICAL, OR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. THE SERVICE IS A REFERENCE TOOL ONLY.
d) BOUNTY IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH, ENDORSED BY, OR SPONSORED BY ANY GROCERY RETAILER OR PRODUCT MANUFACTURER UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED. STORE NAMES AND PRODUCT NAMES ARE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.
e) BOUNTY MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING DATA PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PRODUCT CATALOGUES, STORE METADATA, OR LOCATION DATA).
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 11 LIMITS OR EXCLUDES ANY WARRANTY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING UNDER THE ALBERTA CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.
12. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOUNTY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, THE SERVICE, OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF:
a) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID BOUNTY IN SUBSCRIPTION FEES IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR
b) ONE HUNDRED CANADIAN DOLLARS ($100 CAD).
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOUNTY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, LOST GOODWILL, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF BOUNTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 12 LIMITS OR EXCLUDES BOUNTY'S LIABILITY FOR:
a) FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION; b) DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY BOUNTY'S NEGLIGENCE; c) ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING UNDER THE ALBERTA CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.
13. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Bounty, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to:
a) Your violation of these Terms; b) Your User Content, including any claim that your User Content infringes the rights of any third party; c) Your violation of any applicable law in connection with your use of the Service; or d) Your violation of the rights of any third party in connection with your use of the Service.
Bounty reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with Bounty's defence of such matter.
14. Governing law, venue, and dispute resolution
These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Alberta, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta sitting in Calgary, Alberta, for the resolution of any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, subject to the right of either party to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
There is no mandatory arbitration clause in these Terms. There is no class-action waiver in these Terms. You retain your right to bring claims in any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with this Section 14.
The parties agree to attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute through direct discussion (initiated by written notice to [email protected]) before commencing formal proceedings.
15. General
15.1 Entire agreement
These Terms (together with the Privacy Policy and, where applicable, the Scout Agreement) constitute the entire agreement between you and Bounty with respect to the Service and supersede all prior agreements, communications, and understandings.
15.2 Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be severed and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
15.3 No waiver
Bounty's failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision. No waiver of any term of these Terms will be deemed a further or continuing waiver of that term or any other term.
15.4 Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Bounty's prior written consent. Bounty may freely assign or transfer these Terms in connection with a sale, merger, or other transfer of all or substantially all of Bounty's business assets, subject to the assignee agreeing to honour these Terms.
15.5 Force majeure
Bounty is not liable for any failure or delay in performance of its obligations under these Terms to the extent caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, pandemic, internet or telecommunications failure, or failure of third-party service providers.
15.6 Notices
Bounty may provide notices to you by email to the address associated with your Account or by in-app notification. You may provide notices to Bounty by email to [email protected] or by mail to:
1905106 Alberta Inc. Suite 707, 930 16 Avenue Southwest Calgary, Alberta T2R 1C2 Canada
Notices are deemed received on the day of delivery for email and in-app notices, and three business days after sending for notices delivered by mail.
15.7 Relationship of the parties
Nothing in these Terms creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or fiduciary relationship between you and Bounty. Neither party has authority to bind the other.
15.8 Third-party rights
These Terms do not create any rights enforceable by any person who is not a party to them, except where expressly provided.
15.9 Language
The parties have requested that these Terms and all related documents be drawn up in English. Les parties ont exigé que la présente convention et tous les documents y afférents soient rédigés en anglais.
16. Changes to this Appendix
This Appendix may be updated from time to time. Material changes will be:
- Announced in-app at least 30 days before they take effect;
- Notified to you by email at least 30 days before they take effect;
- Reflected in the version number and changelog of both the Terms of Use and this Appendix.
Continued use of the Service after the effective date of a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated Appendix.
Changelog
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2026-04-13 | Initial Appendix B. |