PRIVACY
POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This
site is owned and operated by Duncan-McPhee Inc. Your privacy on the Internet is
of the utmost importance to us. At Duncan-McPhee Inc., we want to make your experience
online satisfying and safe.
Because
we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully
understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use
of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather
and how we use it.
INFORMATION
Duncan-McPhee Inc. GATHERS AND TRACKS
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. gathers two types of information about users:
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Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are
voluntary submissions to order our Gift Baskets or to contact us.
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Information Duncan-McPhee Inc. gathers through aggregated
tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites.
This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to
help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.
Under no circumstances does Duncan-McPhee Inc. divulge any information about an
individual user to a third party.
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
Optional
Voluntary Information
We
offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission
of personal information by users:
1.
Gift Basket Ordering Users
of the site may order Gift Baskets through the order online section. During ordering
the user is required to supply a Full Name, Phone, Fax, Email Address, and Delivery
Address.
2.
Contact Us Form Our
site users can choose to electronically contact us through an online form. The user must provide their Name, Phone, and email address. This information is used only in the case of a needed reply to the contact
request. The information is not used
for any other purpose.
Children
Consistent
with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will
never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the
age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage
tracking
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not
correlate this information with data about individual users. Duncan-McPhee Inc.
does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser
type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information
contained in every user's browser).
USE
OF INFORMATION
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience
in our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site
or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
When
we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and
don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users
read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to
build a better service for you.
SHARING
OF THE INFORMATION
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. will not share information about individual users with any third party, except
to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal
safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Duncan-McPhee
Inc. 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 our customers.
TO ADD, REMOVE OR AMEND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If,
at any time, you wish to amend your personal information with us or remove your
name from our mailing, or newsletter mailing lists, simply inform us in writing
at the addresses below.
One Quebec Street Guelph, Ontario N1H
2T1
Tel: (519) 821-1260
Fax:
(519)
TOLL
FREE: 1-888-262-7787
YOUR
CONSENT
By
using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Duncan-McPhee
Inc. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this
page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances we disclose it.