Privacy Notice
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for OntarioHotsy.ca. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
It is OntarioHotsy.ca's policy to comply with applicable anti-spam legislation. We require our employees, contractors, agents and other representatives, as well as users of the Site, to do the same. Sometimes, such legislation differs from one jurisdiction to another. These Guidelines cover only those activities that are subject to the provisions of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (“CASL”).
You are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable Canadian laws when acting for or on behalf of OntarioHotsy.ca or using the Site, including for greater certainty all privacy and anti-spam laws.
What is a Commercial Electronic Message?
A “Commercial Electronic Message” is a message sent by any means of telecommunication (including for example, e-mail, text, instant message, etc.) by or on behalf of OntarioHotsy.ca or through the use of the Site that is intended to encourage the participation in a commercial activity. OntarioHotsy.ca interprets CASL as potentially including solicitations for donation as within the scope of the term “commercial activity.”
Sending Commercial Electronic Messages to Third Parties on behalf of OntarioHotsy.ca
You may only send Commercial Electronic Messages to a third party on behalf of OntarioHotsy.ca, or through the use of the Site, if either you or OntarioHotsy.ca has received and recorded the recipient’s consent to receive the Commercial Electronic Message. You may also send Commercial Electronic Messages to a third party on behalf of OntarioHotsy.ca or through the use of the Site if otherwise authorized in writing by OntarioHotsy.ca. Finally, you may send Commercial Electronic Messages to third parties through the use of the Site if you do so in compliance with the Site.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change/correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately.
Registration
A user may be required to complete the registration form on the website to access certain areas of the website. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. At your option, you may also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but it is not required.
Orders
We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we’ll use this information to contact you.
Cookies
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Notice:
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Sharing
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
And/or:
We may use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.
And/or:
We may partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as postal code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.