PRIVACY POLICY
Veterans and First Responders Foundation of Canada
Veterans and First Responders Foundation of Canada
PRIVACY POLICY
CONSUMER PERSONAL INFORMATION WE TAKE PRIVACY SERIOUSLY
At Veterans and First Responders Foundation of Canada , we respect your privacy and value our relationship with you. Your personal information will be protected, and unless we advise you in advance, will be used only by us, our affiliates, our partners and service suppliers (only to provide services). Our goal is to enhance your product and service experience with us. By submitting this personal information to us, you are consenting to its use and disclosure for the following purposes:
- Meeting safety, security, legal and regulatory requirements;
- Providing you with general marketing, product, service and business partner information and offers;
- Conducting market analysis;
- Maintaining the accuracy of our records to respond to your inquiries and provide you with warranty or other customer service communications, and otherwise manage our or our dealers/retailers’ relationship with you; and
- Satisfying other reasonable, legitimate business interests (such as collecting outstanding debts).
If these intended uses are not reasonably obvious from the circumstances in which personal information is collected, we will provide you with an opportunity to withhold your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of the information. Keep in mind, however, that there are limited situations in which applicable laws require or allow us, our affiliates, suppliers, business partners and our community partners to collect, use/disclose personal information without consent. They include, for example, safety and compliance activities.
CONSUMER PERSONAL INFORMATION
WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT ME IS COLLECTED BY VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA AND HOW IS IT USED?
A/ Personal Information that VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA May Collect About You:
VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA collects personal information about you that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described above. We may collect this information directly from you or from our web sites, veterans organizations, affiliates, service providers, and other, always with your consent when required by law.
VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA also conducts contests, quizzes, surveys, promotions and offers several forms of personalized services in respect of which you may be requested to provide certain contact and eligibility information such as name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, age, date of birth, rank and other information that may be required to provide or administer these services or promotions. We may also ask you to provide additional information about your purchasing patterns and preferences, gender and other financial, and demographic information. The more information you volunteer, and the more accurate it is, the better we are able to customize and improve your experience with VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA.
B/ Visiting One of The VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA Web Sites:
(i) What Information VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA May Collect Through its Web Sites:
During normal Web site usage, you can visit our site without communicating any personal information. However, to make use of certain features on our site, such as free tickets, contests, quizzes, promotions, or personalized services, users may need to register with the site. As part of this voluntary registration, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA may request contact and eligibility information such as name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, age, birthday, rank, and other data required for operating these services or promotions.
As described in paragraph A above, we may also ask you to provide additional personal information. We use this information as described in our list of uses set out above. Again, the more information you volunteer, and the more accurate it is, the better we are able to customize and improve your experience with us.
You should be aware that when you share personal information in public areas of our Web site, such as chat rooms or bulletin boards, this information might be seen and used by others. We urge you to exercise good judgment when sharing personal information in these forums.
(ii) VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA ’s Web Sites – Use of Cookies:
When you visit one of the VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA web sites, we may collect and store information about your visit on an anonymous, aggregate basis using “cookie” technology. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store the cookie on your hard drive. Cookies may tell us the time and length of your visit, the pages you look at on our sites, and the site you visited just before coming to ours. We may also record the name of your Internet service provider. This information allows us to measure site activity to tailor the consumer’s experience within our Web sites. The goal is to save you time and provide you with a more meaningful visit. Cookies used by VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA on its Web sites are solely to facilitate navigation and security across the site, and are not used to capture or reveal personal information.
If you are concerned about cookies, you may modify your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie. If you do not know how to modify your browser settings please consult your browser documentation or the supplier web site. You may visit our Web sites with your cookies turned off. However, you may not be able to access some of the areas of our site, which require cookies for customization and personalization.
We may also use third parties to serve our advertisements on other web sites. In serving VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA advertisements these third parties may place cookies on your browser computer and may collect certain anonymous information about your visits to other web sites. This information includes browser type, IP address, Web activity and time of day and is used to better understand and optimize VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA ‘s online advertising campaigns. To opt-out of these cookies, please review the privacy policies of that web site and follow the instructions on their site.
WILL VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA SHARE MY INFORMATION WITH OTHER PARTIES?
When you provide VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA with personally identifiable information, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA may share that information with ticket donors. VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA also may share your personal information with our business partners solely for use in promoting joint marketing programs. Before we share your information with any of these or other organizations we will ensure we have the consent required under applicable law. For further information about those with whom we may share your information, please contact us.
We may disclose your personal information as required by law, in conjunction with a government inquiry or in litigation or dispute resolution. In addition, if a VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA service provider is located outside of Canada, your personal information may be processed and stored in a country where the laws are different from those in Canada, and where the government (eg. the United States) may be able to obtain disclosure of your personal information under their local laws.
As VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA continues to develop and grow, there may be instances where we may buy or sell business operations. To the extent that the business operation that is sold relates to the management of our relationship with you, we may transfer personal customer information as part of the transferred business assets to ensure a seamless continuation of your related services and product experience.
Finally, our Web sites, does contain links to sites outside of and not controlled by VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA . VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA is not responsible for these sites, their omissions or for the policies or content of their Web sites. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of these sites before making a decision to provide your personal information to the site operators.
HOW IS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTED?
VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA is committed to protecting your personal information in full compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA understands your concerns about online security and about the security of your information otherwise collected by us and we take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control. Your personal information may be stored and/or processed or otherwise used by or on behalf of VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA both inside and outside of Canada. In addition, we employ generally accepted information security policies, procedures and techniques.
We encourage you, the user, to observe the security features built into your browser. Upgrading to the latest version of an Internet browser will often provide increased security.
CAN I OPT-OUT OF VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA MARKETING PROMOTIONS AND INITIATIVES?
If you do not want to be contacted for product, service or marketing initiatives, or if you would like to be removed from any direct marketing initiatives, corporate surveys, telemarketing or direct mail or e-mail lists, or if you would otherwise like to limit our use or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us as indicated below.
Except as required or permitted by applicable law, we will respect your wishes relating to the use of your personal information and we will ensure that your file reflects the limitations that you have requested. Unless they are obvious, we will advise you of the consequences of withdrawing your consent. For example, if you withdraw your consent, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA may not be able to provide you or continue to provide you with the services or information about products or services or related promotions that may be of value to you.
HOW CAN I ACCESS AND CORRECT ERRORS IN MY INFORMATION?
You can access and correct errors in your personally identifiable information by contacting us as indicated below. Note: If a correction involves product service, you may be asked for name, address and additional contact information.
While VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the information we hold about you is accurate, complete and current, we often rely on you to inform us about changes to your contact or other relevant information (e.g., name, address, telephone number, etc.).
HOW DO I CONTACT VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA ?
VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA is committed to continuous improvement, and values your input. We welcome your comments and/or suggestions on improving our Web site and policies. If you have any comments or concerns, or wish to limit the use of any of your personal information that we may have, you may contact VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA at:
Veterans and First Responders Foundation of Canada
1684 Dufferin Street
Toronto, ON
M6H3M1
1-866-829-7926
Or you may contact us by clicking on the “Contact” icon found on a VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA Web site. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information please do not hesitate to contact us.
You may also contact The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at Place de Ville, 112 Kent Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H3, or call toll-free at 1-800-282-1376.
WILL VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA UPDATE ITS PRIVACY POLICY?
We are always looking for ways to improve and update our web site to further enhance its effectiveness. Consequently our policies including this privacy policy will continue to evolve and VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION OF CANADA reserves the right to alter this privacy policy from time to time and such changes will be effective ten days following the date on which this privacy policy is revised.