OnlineWatches.ca Privacy Statement
OnlineWatches.ca has created this Privacy Statement in order to demonstrate
our company's commitment to privacy. Your right to privacy and data security
is a primary concern.
When you visit our Web site,
we help you maintain control over your personal data on the Internet.
Below are the guidelines we use for protecting the information you provide
us during a visit to our Internet sites.
Information
Gathering and Usage
OnlineWatches.ca gathers information about you from data that you provide
through such things as optional or mandatory registration, on-line surveys,
and contests. The types of personal information collected can include
name, mailing address, phone number, email address, transaction and credit
card information. We may also ask you to provide us with demographic information
such as your job function, industry, application, contact preferences
or experience with our products. OnlineWatches.ca may enhance or merge your
information collected on our site with other operational data as well
as data from third parties for purposes of marketing products or services
to you. Such information enables us to better tailor our content to your
needs.
The information you provide will be used to support your professional
relationship with OnlineWatches.ca and our products. Among other things,
we want to help you quickly find information on OnlineWatches.ca Web
sites and alert you to information on our products, services and programs.
We also use this information to help you complete a transaction and to
contact you for market research.
Message Boards/Forums
This Web site may make forums and message boards available to you. Please
remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes
public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose
your personal information.
Electronic Newsletters
OnlineWatches.ca offers various free electronic newsletters. Users may remove
themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in each
electronic newsletter or
e-mailing privacy@onlinewatches.ca.
Contests
OnlineWatches.ca offers contests in which we request certain personal information.
At a minimum, the required information includes name and email address.
In some cases, the entrant must answer mandatory survey questions about
a range of technical interests and personal data. The information gathered
in the entry form is used to verify the entrant's identity and eligibility,
to contact winners or prize recipients, and to market and sell our products.
Because the rules and terms of each contest can vary, all information
about each contest is clearly posted during the event.
Cookies
Cookies are used to enhance your experience on our sites by allowing us
to tailor our content based on your interests. A cookie is a small data
file that is saved on your hard drive when you visit certain Web sites.
A cookie file can contain information, such as a user ID, which the site
uses to personalize content and track the pages you've visited. The only
personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself.
A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created
by other sites.
If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will
receive the warning message with each cookie. Cookies are required by
many Internet commerce applications supporting online stores. You can
refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to
have cookies turned on to browse the majority of the OnlineWatches.ca site.
Cookies may be required to be "enabled" if you choose to enter
areas of our site that require registration or log on.
Information Sharing
OnlineWatches.ca will not disclose your personal information to any outside
organization unless it is affiliated with OnlineWatches.ca. Distributors,
affiliates, contractors, or other business partners of OnlineWatches.ca who
have access to your personal information use the information in connection
with your customer relationship with OnlineWatches.ca and our products. Contractors
use the information to fulfill OnlineWatches.ca's requirements for such things
as processing credit card purchases, shipping goods to customers, and
providing information to potential customers.
Legal Requirements
OnlineWatches.ca may be required to disclose personal information in response
to a court order or other legal requirement.
MANAGING YOUR INFORMATION
Information Correction and Updating
OnlineWatches.ca offers you the ability to correct or change the information
collected during registration for any site. You may change this information
by returning to that site or emailing privacy@onlinewatches.ca. You may
also unsubscribe to any of our electronic newsletters by following the
link provided in each electronic newsletter or emailing privacy@onlinewatches.ca.
Deleting/Deactivation
Policy
OnlineWatches.ca does not offer you a means by which to completely delete
personal information, but you can deactivate your identity within our
database. To deactivate an identity, email privacy@onlinewatches.ca.
Security
OnlineWatches.ca operates secure data networks protected by industry standard
firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies
are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized
individuals have access to the information provided by you. Any particularly
sensitive information, such as a customer's credit card number collected
for a commerce transaction, is encrypted prior to transmission.
Children's Privacy
Protection
OnlineWatches.ca's Web sites do not target and are not intended for children
under the age of 13. OnlineWatches.ca's Web sites will not knowingly collect
personal data from children, and will delete such data upon discovery.
Sale of Business
OnlineWatches.ca may transfer personal information to a third party that
acquires a business from OnlineWatches.ca where the information is provided
as an important asset of that acquired business.
Contact
OnlineWatches.ca
For Privacy Policy questions, email privacy@onlinewatches.ca or via postal
mail at:
OnlineWatches.ca
79 Denlow Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M3B 1P8
Notification
of Change
All updates to this Privacy Statement will be posted on this statement.
Last updated March 28 2011. If we make a material change to this statement
with respect to the use of personal information, we will place a notice
on our Web site.
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