Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is important to us ("the Web Site").
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose the personal information you may provide while using the Web Site.
CONSENT
By using the Web Site, you signify your consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Web Site.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
1. Non-Identifiable Information
- As is typical with many sites, the Web Site server
automatically collects certain non-identifiable information regarding Web Site
users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP
address of your Internet Service Provider, the date and time you access the Web
Site, the Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to the Web
Site, the operating system you are using, the sections of the Web Site you
visit, the Web Site pages read and images viewed, and any content you post to or
download from the Web Site. We use this non-identifiable information for Web
Site and system administration purposes and to improve the Web Site. We may
disclose such non-identifiable information to others and archive it for future
use.
2. Cookies - The Web Site uses "cookies," a
technology that installs information on a Web Site user's computer to permit the
Web Site to recognize future visits by that computer. Cookies enhance the
convenience and use of the Web Site. For example, we use the information
provided through cookies to recognize you as a previous user of the Web Site, to
offer personalized Web page content and information for your use, to track your
activity at the Web Site, to prepopulate online forms with your personal
information to respond to your needs, and to otherwise facilitate your Web Site
experience.
Advertisements
displayed on the Web Site may also contain cookies or other technologies. Those
advertisements may be provided by third party advertising companies, and we do
not have any control over, or any responsibility or liability for, the cookies
or other technologies used in the advertisements or for the use and disclosure
of information collected through advertisement cookies.
You may choose to decline
"cookies" if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Web
Site and your ability to access certain features of the Web Site.
PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE
1. Your Personal
Information - When registering for one or more of our services, you may be
asked to provide certain personal information (such as your name, email address,
postal address, telephone number, and credit card information) for purposes such
as facilitating communications with you, applying for access to certain special
features or areas of the Web Site, or carrying out transactions. It is always
your choice whether or not to provide personal information. If you choose not to
provide requested personal information, you may not be able to access certain
features of the Web Site. Additionally, if you contact us, we may keep a record
of your correspondence.
(i) Sweepstakes and Contests - If and when we sponsor sweepstakes, contests or other promotions, or third parties sponsor such promotions in conjunction with us, either we or the third party may post relevant privacy information in the official rules and/or registration area for the promotion. If we post such additional privacy information, to the extent it conflicts with this Privacy Policy, it will govern that particular promotion.
(ii) Purchases - If you purchase products or services on the Web Site, we or our service providers may collect additional personal or other information from you, such as your address, phone number, payment information or shipping information. Such information will be released to third parties as necessary to complete the transaction or to otherwise fulfill your order. For example, credit card transactions are handled by a third-party service provider, which requires access to the credit card number and other personal information to verify the credit card number and process transactions.
2. Our Use of Your Personal Information - We may
use your personal information to contact and correspond with you, to respond to
your inquiries, to process transactions and charge for services, to facilitate
and enhance your use of the Web Site and as otherwise permitted by law. We may
develop a confidential personal profile for you, which we use to provide the
very best service to you. We may also disclose information if you have given us
permission to do so, for example by voluntarily entering a contest or making a
purchase on the Web Site, where we provide the information required to register
for the contest, or to ship your purchases, to the appropriate third-party
service provider. We may share your personal information with our contractors,
consultants, or professional advisors to the extent necessary for them to
perform services on our behalf and subject to reasonable confidentiality
obligations. We may also send to you, from time to time, email or other
communications containing information about us or other matters (including
third-party products or services) we believe will interest you. At any time you
may ask us to stop sending you email and other information by contacting the Webmaster. Also, each unsolicited email we send will
tell you how to decline further email. Please note that, from time to time, we
may e-mail our users important information regarding the Web Site and/or their
accounts; our users may not opt out of receiving such information.
3.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information -
It is our general policy to not voluntarily disclose your personal information
to third parties without your consent, except for disclosures required or
permitted by law or reasonably necessary to protect our interests. However, due
to the nature of the Internet, Internet technologies, and the existing
regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that your personal information will not
be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
4.
Consent to Disclosure - By using the Web
Site, you signify your consent to the disclosure of your personal information in
the following circumstances:
(i) Disclosure to Third Parties Regarding Your Use of the Web Site - When you post photographs or other materials to the Web Site, your user name and email address will be disclosed on the Web Site as the source of such materials. Materials, including photographs and other graphics, posted to the Web Site are generally available to all Web Site users, except that materials subject to an album password will be available only to Web Site users with the password, this site, or its service providers.
(ii) Disclosure to Trading Partners, Service Providers and Content Providers - We may provide your personal information to certain of our trading partners, service providers and content providers. Before personal information is disclosed, the recipient organization will agree with this site to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Recipient organizations may use your personal information to provide you with email or other information about their products and services and other matters. A list of our trading partners, service providers and content providers to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time to time, may be found by clicking here. If at any time you do not wish us to provide your personal information to any or all of those organizations, please notify the Webmaster.
We may use tracking information to create aggregate reports on user demographics, Web Site traffic patterns, and purchasing patterns, and then provide these reports to our advertisers and partners, enabling them to better target their advertisements to our users. None of the tracking information we provide them can be connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users. We also may link tracking information with personal information. Once we make such a link, all of the linked information is treated as personal information. We may use such information to provide you with an enhanced or customized experience. If in any instance we intend to use or disclose any personal information collected from users in a manner that would otherwise conflict with the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will provide additional privacy information at such instance, which will govern any information so collected.
(iii) Law Enforcement and Legal Disclosure - We may disclose your personal information to a government institution that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information or where we have reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or to comply with court rules regarding the production of records and information, or to our legal counsel.
5. Location of Information - The web site will
store and process your personal information in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
6. Securing Your
Information - The web site uses reasonable security methods to
protect the data that reside on our servers. But because no security system is
impenetrable, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers. It is also
possible that information you supply to us may be intercepted during
transmission.
7. Accessing Your Personal
Information - You may request access to your personal information
and information about our collection, use and disclosure of that information by
contacting us at Privacy Subject to certain
exceptions prescribed by law, you will be given reasonable access to your
personal information within a reasonable time, and will be entitled to challenge
the accuracy and completeness of the information and to have it amended as
appropriate. The Web Site attempts to keep its records as accurate and complete
as possible. You can help us maintain the accuracy of your information by
notifying us of any changes to your personal information.
8. Other Sites
9. Leaving the Web Site - The Web Site may also contain links to other sites or Internet resources. Third parties may collect information about you, through cookies or other technologies, when you link to their sites through the Web Site. You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of these or any other third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their sites, including their use of any information collected when you click through to their sites. You should review the privacy policies of such third parties to understand how they collect and use information.
10. Web Site Use Agreement - The Web Site Use
Agreement (which may be viewed by clicking here) contains important
provisions, including provisions disclaiming, limiting or excluding the
Company's liability for your use of the Web Site and provisions determining the
applicable law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes
regarding the Web Site. Each of those provisions applies to any disputes that
may arise in relation to this Privacy Policy or our collection, use and
disclosure of your personal information, and are of the same force and effect as
if they had been reproduced directly in this Privacy Policy.
11. Former Registrants - If you cease to be an
active user of the Web Site, we will continue to treat any personal information
you have provided to us in connection with the Web Site in accordance with this
Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time.
12. Privacy Policy Changes - This Privacy Policy
may be changed from time to time in our sole discretion and without any prior
notice. Your continued use of the Web Site subsequent to changes to this Privacy
Policy will mean that you accept the changes. Revised Privacy Policies will be
posted here, and will be reported in our weekly Members' Newsletter. We suggest
you bookmark this page and periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure
familiarity with the most current version. You can receive notice of changes by
e-mail as well. To sign up, contact the Webmaster
13. Your Comments - If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact the WebmasterThe Web Site and this Privacy Policy, © 2004. All rights reserved.