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June 2005
CE Communications
Limited and its divisions, affiliates and subsidiaries respects
the privacy and the integrity of any information that you
provide us as a user of this Site. Under the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000 c.5. (the "Privacy
Act") we have created the following Privacy Policy.
1. APPLICATION
OF THIS POLICY
This Privacy
Policy applies to our CE Communications Limited only. It will
tell you how and why we gather personal and non-personal information
about you.
This Site
is connected by "hyperlinks" to other websites.
We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices
on other websites and suggest that you review the privacy
policies on those linked websites before using them.
2. WE
ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU
We have
designated an officer of the company to be accountable for
our policies and practices with respect to the management
of personal information. Any questions, comments or complaints
that you might have about our privacy practices should be
forwarded in writing to:
Attention:
Privacy Officer
CE Communications Limited
#206B - 1055 West Georgia St
Vancouver BC
V6E 3P3
Canada
3. COLLECTION
OF INFORMATION
Personally
identifiable information or personal information is defined
as information that identifies you, as an individual, and
includes your name, home address, home telephone number, and
e-mail address.
We only
collect personally identifiable information about you after
you have specifically and knowingly provided such information
to us. By voluntarily providing this information to us at
various points when using our Site, including, sending us
a comment or suggestion, entering a chatroom or bulletin board,
or entering a contest that is posted on our Site, you will
be consenting to the collection and use of your personal information
by us for that online activity. You are under no obligation
to provide us with this information and can access many aspects
of the Site without providing us any personal information.
4. THE
PURPOSE OF OUR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM YOU
If you
participate in an online activity, your personal information
will only be used for the purposes of that online activity,
unless you otherwise provide us with your consent. For example,
we will collect and use personal information for the following
purposes:
To run contests, select entrants, and choose prize winners.
To respond to your questions, or comments you forward
to us.
To run chatrooms, bulletin boards or other areas of
interaction with other members.
To keep aggregate information on Site use.
5. DISCLOSURE
OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will
not sell or rent your personal information to any other party
without your consent. However, we may disclose your personal
information in the circumstances set out below.
If you
have entered into and won one of our contests, your name and
city of residence may be published by us or one of the sponsors.
Please check the specific contest rules for details.
We may
also be required by law to disclose personal information without
your consent in the event of emergency situations or when
required by government or other legal authority.
We may
also disclose personal information to third parties in connection
with a corporate re-organization, merger or amalgamation,
or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, provided
that the personal information disclosed continues to be used
for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity
acquiring this information.
Please
be advised that when you voluntarily disclose information
on the bulletin boards or in the forum or chat areas of our
Site, your personal and other information disclosed in your
communication shall become public information and can be collected
and used by other parties. We cannot control what third parties
in the bulletin board or chatroom do with your personal information.
6. NON
PERSONAL INFORMATION
In addition,
we collect non-personally identifiable information, which
is information that does not identify you personally, but
becomes available to us as a result of your visit to our Site.
This information includes; your IP address, a number automatically
assigned your computer when you visit the Site; your Internet
Service Provider; and your Web Browser.
One way
we use this non-personal information is as a diagnostic and
administrative tool for identifying system problems and administering
the Site. From time to time we use cookies on this Site. Cookies
are small text files that your web browser leaves on your
hard drive to recognize you as a repeat user of our Site.
If you do not want cookies to be used, you should access the
features of your web browser for the procedure to disable
the cookies.
We collect
personal and non-personal information in a non-identifying,
anonymous and aggregate form to enhance our Site design, to
share with advertisers and for statistical purposes. These
statistics and reports will contain only aggregated and no
personally identifiable information.
7. SAFEGUARDS
WE HAVE IN PLACE
We employ
reasonable managerial and technical measures to ensure that
your information is secure. For example, all personally identifiable
information is maintained behind a firewall.
8. CHILDREN
Minors
in the country, province or state in which they live, can
only use this Site with the approval of a parent or guardian.
9. CHANGES
TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may
change this policy as new services are added or old ones are
changed. Such changes will be effective when a notice of the
change is posted on the Site. Please check this Privacy Policy
from time to time for updates by checking the date of the
Last Update at the top of this document.
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