We are committed to respecting the privacy of
our Web site users. The following standards are integral components of our
privacy policy:
• We do
not keep any personal information including your name, address, telephone
number, or e-mail address when you visit our Web site. This information is only
collected if you provide it voluntarily when you sign up to our mailing list
(email Newsletter), when you submit a request for information, or fill out an
online form.
•The
personal information you provide is protected under the federal Privacy Act.
This means that you will be notified when any information about you is
collected, and informed of the purpose of the collection and your right to
access the information.
• We
however collect information about traffic on our Web site for purposes of
improving the site to better suit your needs. We do not collect personal
information about you, although we collect technical data such as:
• the
name of your Internet service provider, its IP address, and the name of the services
provided;
• the
length of each visit;
• the
number of requests per visit;
• your
operating system (Windows, MacIntosh, Unix, etc.);
• your
Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.).
Canadians are protected by two federal privacy
protection Acts, namely the Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection
and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). PIPEDA is based on the Canadian
Standards Association's model privacy code, which is incorporated into the Act.
Organizations in Québec are subject to the Québec Private Sector Privacy Act.
The authority for enforcing this Act is the Commission d'accès à l'information.
The following standards are part of our Privacy
Policy :
1. Accountability :
We are responsible for the personal information in our possession. Our chief
executive officer is responsible for implementing and ensuring compliance with
our privacy policies and practices.
2. Identifying Purposes : Before or during collection of personal information about
you, we will inform you of the purposes for which the information is collected,
explain how the information will be used, and the circumstances under which it
may be communicated.
3. Consent : We will not
collect, use, or disseminate personal information without your consent.
4. Limiting Collection : Personal information about you will only be collected if
it is necessary for the identified purpose and only if it is reasonable and
appropriate to do so under the circumstances.
5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention : Personal information shall not be used
or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except
with your consent or as required by law. Personal information shall be retained
only as long as necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.
6. Accuracy : It is important
that the personal information about you in our possession be accurate,
complete, and up-to-date. Please contact us if you believe that the information
is not accurate.
7. Safeguards :
Personal information is protected by security safeguards appropriate to the
sensitivity of the information. The security safeguards will include physical,
organizational, and technical measures.
8. Openness : We will provide you
with a copy of this Privacy Policy upon request.
9. Individual Access : You have the right to request access to personal
information about you in our possession. You may also challenge the accuracy
and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.
10. Challenging Compliance : You may address challenges concerning compliance with any
of the above principles to our CEO.
Re-targeting technologies
Our websites and (mobile) applications use re-targeting
technologies within the internet. This enables us to show our visitors, who
were already interested in our shop and our products, advertisements from us on
partner websites. We believe that the display of a personalised, interest-based
advertising is more interesting for our customers than advertising that does
not have a personal connection.?We also work with other companies who use
tracking technologies to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet. These
companies may collect non-personally identifiable information about your visits
to our websites or (mobile) applications and your interaction with our
communications, including advertising.? Re-targeting technologies analyse
your cookies and display advertisement based on your past surfing behaviour.
We do not store any personal information data
about you with this technology and the usage of our retargeting technology is
in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
Users can opt-out of the Advertising Features that we use on our
websites and (mobile) applications, including through Google Ads Settings and
Ad Settings for mobile apps, or any other available mean, such as the consumer
opt-out tool pertaining to interest-based advertising developed and offered by
the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”). In case you do not wish such
a data transfer between Facebook and our website and (mobile) application,
please log off in Facebook before you enter our website. We cannot influence
this data collection and data transfer by the Facebook Plug-ins. For detailed
information about the collection and processing by Facebook, what rights you
have and how you can achieve a satisfactory privacy setting, please visit
Facebook’s Privacy Policy : http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Social networks
Our
websites and (mobile) applications provide you Social Plug-ins from various social
networks. If you choose to interact with a social network, your activity on our
website or via our (mobile) applications will also be made available to social
networks such as Facebook and Twitter. ?
If you are logged in on one of these social
networks during your visit to one of our websites or (mobile) applications the
social network might add this information to your profile. If you are
interacting with one of the Social Plug-ins, this information will be
transferred to the social network. In case you do not wish such a data
transfer, please log off on your social network before you enter one of our
websites or (mobile) applications. ?
We cannot influence this data collection and
data transfer via the Social Plug-ins. Please read the privacy policies of
those social networks for detailed information about the collection and
transfer of personal data, what rights you have and how you can achieve
satisfactory privacy settings.?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy
Google +: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
