Privacy Policy
Use of this website signifies your acknowledgement and consent to this privacy policy. Please read this privacy policy carefully before using this website.
We take your privacy seriously and [Organization] is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Because this website gathers certain types of personal information from visitors (e.g. name, e-mail address, etc.), we have developed this privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of your personal information. This Privacy Policy discloses the types of personal information we gather, how it is used, and how you can gain access to and edit any data that we've collected about you at any time.
Guiding Principles
We collect personal information online primarily to provide our visitors with a more relevant experience on this website. When doing so, we will make every reasonable effort to avoid excessive or irrelevant collection of data. Our business will take reasonable physical, electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and secure any personal information you provide to us (e.g. data will be stored in protected databases on secured servers with restricted access). However, given that electronically submitted data is not 100% secure, we make no representations or warranties as to the security of any personal information you submit online, which you do at your own risk.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade consumer personal information to third parties other than as described in this Privacy Policy. Our business may disclose certain personal information as follows:
- To business partners, such as third party service providers, agents and affiliated entities in connection with the services that they perform for our business, such as providing certain services necessary for the administration of this website and the provision of certain interactive functionalities. Please note that some of our agents and contractors are located outside of Canada and, as such, are subject to foreign laws, including laws that may require disclosure of personal information to government agencies in those countries
- To law enforcement agencies for the purposes of investigating fraud or other offences
- To legal, financial, and other professional advisors or in connection with the sale or reorganization of all or part of its business or operations.
Except as provided above, our business will not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent, as required or permitted by law, and to provide the features and service(s) you've requested. At the time you register for any such feature or service, you will be notified of, and asked to consent to, the sharing of your personal information necessary for the provision of these requested features or services.
Non-Personally Identifiable Data
Anytime you visit this website, we may gather certain non-personally identifiable information regarding the means you use to access our site. This information may include the type and version of your browser, your service provider, your IP address and any search engine you may have used to locate the site. We use this information to help diagnose problems with our server, administer the website, and compile broad statistical data. In addition, we gather certain navigational information about where you go on this website. This information enables us to determine which areas of the websites are most frequently visited and helps us to tailor the sites to the needs and interests of our online visitors. Such information is gathered by us in the aggregate and will not be associated with a specific individual without that individual's consent.
Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information on our Website
There are instances where we request personal information such as name, address, phone number and e-mail address on our site, such as to provide you with a service, coupon, or correspondence (promotions and mailed brochures), during contests or promotions or where you participate in interactive online activities such as e-newsletter registration or form submission. At times we conduct voluntary online surveys to obtain your feedback. You may decide to send to us personally identifying information in an email. Any personal information collected is used as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Please keep in mind that if you disclose personally identifiable information through a chat room or message board or other public online forum, this information may be collected and used by others.
Cookies, Web Beacons and Advertisements
Our websites may use session and/or persistent "cookies", session logs, spot light ads/web beacons/GIF/pixel tags/banner ads or links to collect aggregate or other non-personally identifiable information about site visitors. We may also use third party advertising networks that serve ads to collect aggregate or other non-personally identifiable information about site visitors.
How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file sent to your browser from a web server to be stored on your computer. A cookie cannot grant access to your computer or any information stored on your computer. We use cookies to allow our site to respond to you as an individual by gathering and remembering information about your preferences when using our site. Cookies are also used to personalize the content you view on our site (such as which areas you visit most). You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent your from taking full advantage of the website.
Online Advertising We Use
We use Google Ads to advertise across the internet. Google Ads Remarketing may display ads that have been tailored to you based on what parts of our website you have visited. They so do by placing a cookie in your machine. This cookie does not identify you or give access to your computer in any way. The cookie is used as a way to know what pages you have visited, and to allow us to show you only ads that are relating to those pages you have visited. This means we will continue to show ads to you across the internet, specifically on the Google Content Network (GCN). As always, we respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other 3rd party remarketing system.
You may also be directed to our site through banner ads or site links. Banner ads or site links that are placed by us use cookies or web beacons to deliver metrics on the effectiveness of the ads or links but do not collect any personally identifiable information.
Customer Data
We may use customer information (e.g. name, email address, phone number) you share with us to improve and better measure our advertising.
This may include data provided when:
- Purchasing an item from our site
- Registering to receive marketing messages from us
This data
is not sold or traded, and is only shared with third parties to assist with the above goals.
How to Opt Out of Remarketing & Advertising
If you do not wish to participate in our Google Ad Remarketing, you can opt out by visiting Google's Ads Preferences Manager. You can also opt out of any third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of all sites which you visit, including those whose links are provided, so that you can understand how those sites collect, use and share your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements, content or data handling practices on other websites.
Passwords
The personal data record created through your registration with this web site can only be accessed with the unique password associated with that record. To protect the integrity of the personal information contained in this record, you should not disclose or otherwise reveal your password to third parties.
Public Forums
This web site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users at various times. Please remember that, unless otherwise stated, any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change and update this Privacy Policy. These changes will be made when appropriate, in a timely manner. We encourage you to examine our Policy from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes we may have made.
Contacting the Website Administrator
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy or the practices of this web site, please [Contact Us].