Online Privacy Policy
PERSONAL INFORMATION POLICY
Our Commitment
It is our commitment to maintain the principles of integrity and trust
with respect to the protection of personal information. As part of
our commitment, we will protect the privacy of personal information
of employees, clients, customers and others individuals whose personal
information we collect, use and disclose. We are committed to complying
with British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (the "Act")
and all other applicable privacy laws.
Definitions
"business contact information" means information
that enables an individual to be contacted at work, including his/her
name, title, business address, business telephone number, fax number
and e-mail address.
"employee personal information" means personal
information about an employee that is collected used or disclosed solely
for the purposes reasonably required to establish, manage or terminate
an employment relationship, but does not include other personal information
about the employee.
"personal information" means any information
that personally identifies an individual, but does not include business
contact information or work product information.
"work product information" means information
prepared or collected by an individual or group of individuals as part
of their employment or business responsibilities or activities related
to their employment or business.
Responsibility
We are responsible for all personal information under our control,
even if it is not in our possession. We have developed policies and
procedures to deal with the proper collection, use and disclosure of
personal information.
We have appointed the following person to answer any questions or
to handle requests for access to personal information or complaints:
Name: Jaime Kowal
Phone: 604-988-0442
Email: info@jaimekowal.com
Purposes
We collect personal information for the following purposes:
* to individualize your experience on our website;
* to communicate separately with you;
* to facilitate your movements throughout our website;
* to be able to selectively send you communications that may be of
interest to you, either electronically or otherwise;
* other
Consent
We require the consent of individuals to collect, use or disclose
personal information. Unless required by law or otherwise authorized
by the Act, we will not use or disclose personal information already
collected for other purposes unless we obtain the consent of the individual
to whom it belongs. Generally, we will seek consent to use and disclose
personal information at the same time as we collect the information.
We will affirmatively ask to join our mailing lists using the forms
provided on this website or other means expressly sanctioned by us.
Subject to contractual or legal arrangements, you may withdraw or
refuse consent provided that we are given reasonable notice. We will
inform you of the consequences of withdrawing your consent, if any.
Unsubscribe Policy
We strive to only send e-mails to those who want to receive it. If
you would not like to receive future e-mails from us, reply to any
email with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject or click the UNSUBSCRIBE link
at the bottom of every email.
Collection
We will only collect personal information for the purposes we have
identified above and that are reasonable in the circumstances. We will
only collect personal information through methods that are lawful,
will not collect information indiscriminately and will try to collect
personal information directly from the individual concerned unless
authorized by that individual to collect it from a third party or otherwise
as permitted by the Act.
Depending on how you have configured your browser, when you access
our website, a small file - a "cookie" - may be created
by our server and stored on your computer. The cookie contains a unique
session identification number and is used to:
* keep track of your online order;
* ensure that you see the correct products and pricing applicable to
the province in which you are located;
* personalize your experience by alerting you to features and information
that might interest you;
* other
A cookie cannot be used to access or otherwise compromise the data
on your hard drive. If you arrive at our website with your browser
configured to disable cookies, you will not be identified until you
register and sign-in. Please be advised that cookies may be required
to complete certain functions on this website, such as making purchases
or placing orders at our online store.
Aggregate Information
We collect certain aggregate information, such as tracking the Internet
address of the domains from which you visit our site and analyzing
this data for trends and statistics, tracking your IP address (the
number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are
using the Web), and tracking your browser type.
We use this aggregate information to help diagnose problems with our
servers, to administer our website, and to gather broad demographic
information. None of this information is connected with your personal
information. We may also generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles
from personal information provided during registration (such as the
total number, but not the names, of clients).
Use of IP Addresses
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you're surfing the Internet. Web servers automatically identify
your computer by its IP address. We may collect IP addresses for the
purposes of system administration, to report aggregated information
to our advertisers, and to audit the use of our website. When clients
request pages from our website, our servers log the requesting clients'
IP addresses. We normally will not link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable, which means that clients' sessions will be logged, but
client identity remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses
to identify a client when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance
with our rules or terms of service or to protect our service, website,
or any person, or where it is otherwise authorized or required by law.
Use, Disclosure and Retention
We will only use or disclose personal information for the purpose(s)
for which it was collected.
We may disclose the personal information to:
(i) a person who in our reasonable judgment is seeking the information
as an agent of the individual;
(ii) a company or individual engaged by us to perform functions on
its behalf, such as research or data processing;
(iii) a credit reporting agency;
(iv) a public authority or agent of a public authority, if in our reasonable
judgement, it appears that there is imminent danger to life or property
which could be avoided or minimized by disclosure of the information;
or
(v) where you consent to such disclosure or it is required or authorized
by law.
We may use and disclose employee personal information for a variety
of purposes related to commencing, managing or terminating the employment
relationship.
We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information
collected at our site, including contact forms, download requests or
email lists.
We will retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill
the purposes stated above, as required for legal or business purposes
or as required by law. Subsequently, we will destroy, erase, or make
anonymous such information. However, we will retain for at least one
year personal information that has been used to make a decision about
a client, customer or employee.
Accuracy of Personal Information
We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that personal information
in our control is accurate and complete. You may request corrections
to your personal information. If your request for a correction is rejected
by us, we will make a notation of such request and rejection on your
file or personal information.
Safeguarding Personal Information
We will protect personal information in your control against risks
of loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, modification
or destruction by security safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity
and format of the information.
Access
Upon reasonable written notice from you, we will, within 30 days or
such longer period in the event we obtain an extension, provide access
to all your personal information in our possession and tell your what
the information is being used for and to whom it has been disclosed.
We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for providing access
to personal information.
If we refuse your request for access, we will notify you in writing,
documenting the reasons for refusal, the relevant provision of the
Act on which we rely and resources for redress available to you, including
from the British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Complaints
If you have complaints about how your personal information is being
handled by us, you may file a written complaint with our designated
representative at the contact address listed above. Such complaint
must clearly state the nature of the dispute and contain all necessary
contact information for you.
We will acknowledge receipt of a complaint, investigate such complaint
and notify you of the outcome of the complaint, including any relevant
steps taken.
If a complaint has not been resolved to your satisfaction, you may
seek redress with the British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Links to Other Sites
We are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of
websites to which our website may link and our privacy policy does
not apply to those websites. These other websites may send their own
cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Please
keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online
(for example, via message boards or chat lines), that information can
be collected and used by people you don't know. While we strive to
protect our clients' personal information, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you disclose online, you disclose such
information at your own risk.
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
Protecting children's privacy is especially important to us. It is
our policy to comply with applicable laws. We recommend that children
ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to
us or to anyone else online.
Revisions to this Policy
To ensure that this Policy is up to date and complies with the Act,
we reserve the right to make changes, which will become effective 30
days following our providing notice thereof.
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