Gift cards

Description

Gift cards purchased in Alberta are no longer subject to expiry dates and fees that lower their value over time. Refer to the Gift Card Regulation, part of the Fair Trading Act. The regulation also includes other rules to improve consumer protection, use of the cards and disclosure of terms and conditions.

Updated

October 1, 2022

Resources

Gift cards [October 2022]

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Downloads: 1178
[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [April 2019]

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Downloads: 2677
[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [November 2017]

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Downloads: 1175
[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [December 2012]

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Downloads: 232
[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [October 2009]

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Downloads: 256

Title and publication information

Type

Fact Sheet

Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator

Service Alberta

Publisher

Service Alberta

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic

Business and Industry

Resource Dates

Date Created

2009-10-01

Date Added

2016-07-12T14:29:31.183041

Date Modified

2022-10-01

Date Issued

2009-10-01

Audience information

Consumers General Public

Language

English (Canadian)

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Licence

Open Government Licence - Alberta

Contact

Contact Name

Consumer Contact Centre

Contact Other

Phone: 1-877-427-4088

Available Fields

title | Title
```
Gift cards
```
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```
gift-cards
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owner_org | Publisher
```
6a7ee95a-a46e-4a12-993e-f580e9d755b9
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alternatetitle1 | Alternative Title
alternatetitle2 | Alternative Title
alternatetitle3 | Alternative Title
seriestitle | Series Title
```
Consumer tips
```
seriestitle2 | Series Title
```
Consumer tipsheet
```
seriestitle3 | Series Title
```
Consumer infosheet
```

notes | Description

pubtype | Type
```
Fact Sheet
```
creator | Creator
```
Service Alberta
```
contributor | Contributor
contributor2 | Contributor
contributor3 | Contributor
contributor4 | Contributor
contributor5 | Contributor
contributor6 | Contributor
contact | Contact Name
```
Consumer Contact Centre
```
email | Contact Email
contactother | Contact Other
```
Phone: 1-877-427-4088
```
placeofpub | Place of Publication
```
Edmonton
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identifier-ISBN-print | ISBN (print)
identifier-ISBN-pdf | ISBN (pdf)
identifier-ISBN-html | ISBN (html)
identifier-ISBN-cdrom | ISBN (CD-ROM)
identifier-ISBN-dvd | ISBN (DVD)
identifier-ISSN-print | ISSN (print)
identifier-ISSN-online | ISSN (online)
identifier-AGDEX-number | AGDEX number
identifier-ALIS-catno | ALIS catalogue number
identifier-NEOS-catkey | NEOS catalogue key
identifier-local | Local Identifier
published_date, | Publish on this future date.
review_date | Review Date
createdate | Date Created
```
  2009-10-01
```
issuedate | Date Issued
```
  2009-10-01
```
date_modified | Date Modified
```
  2022-10-01
```
updatefrequency | Frequency
```
Irregular
```
topic | Topic
```
Business and Industry
```
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subject | Subject (LCSH)
subject2 | Subject (LCSH)
subject3 | Subject (LCSH)
subject4 | Subject (LCSH)
subject5 | Subject (LCSH)
subject6 | Subject (LCSH)
time_coverage_from | Start Date
time_coverage_to | End Date
spatialcoverage | Spatial Coverage
spatialcoverage2 | Spatial Coverage
spatialcoverage3 | Spatial Coverage
audience | Audience
```
Consumers
General Public
```
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Extent2 | Extent
Extent3 | Extent
replacedby_title | Is Replaced By - Title
replacedby_uri | URI
replaces_title | Replaces - Title
replaces_uri | URI
hastranslation_title | Has Translation - Title
hastranslation_uri | URI
istranslation_title | Is Translation Of
istranslation_uri | URI
archivedate | Date Archived
usageconsiderations | Usage Considerations
language | Language
```
English (Canadian)
```
license_id | Licence
```
Open Government Licence - Alberta
```
sensitivity | Sensitivity
```
Unrestricted
```

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Description

Updated

Tags

Resources

Gift cards [October 2022]

Downloads: 1178

[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [April 2019]

Downloads: 2677

[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [November 2017]

Downloads: 1175

[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [December 2012]

Downloads: 232

[ARCHIVED VERSION] - Gift cards [October 2009]

Downloads: 256

Title and publication information

Type

Series Title

Series Title

Series Title

Frequency

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator

Publisher

Place of Publication

Subject Information

Topic

Resource Dates

Date Created

Date Added

Date Modified

Date Issued

Audience information

Language

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Contact Other

Available Fields

Pkg Data