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PRIVACY POLICY
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com strives to offer its visitors the
many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an
interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally
Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street
address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this
privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email
address to any unauthorized third party. Period."
How
we gather information from users
How we
collect and store information depends on the page you are
visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and
the services provided. For example, you may be asked to
provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site or request certain features, such as
newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide
information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests,
message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of
our site. Like most Web sites, VictoriaBusinessTalk.com also
collects information automatically and through the use of
electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For
example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider
or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information
from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your
user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter
that information each time you visit, or may control the
number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while
visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may
also gather information through other means. In certain cases,
you can choose not to provide us with information, for example
by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if
you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the
site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password,
and we may not be able to customize the site’s features
according to your preferences.
What
we do with the information we collect
Like
other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your
visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising.
We respect your privacy and do not share your information with
anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may
combine information about your usage patterns with similar
information obtained from other users to help enhance our site
and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or
what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may
occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business
partners. Again, this information does not include any
Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone
to identify you individually.
We may
use Personally Identifiable Information collected on
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com to communicate with you about your
registration and customization preferences; our Terms of
Service and privacy policy; services and products offered by
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com and other topics we think you might
find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com may also be used for other purposes,
including but not limited to site administration,
troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions,
administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other
communications with you. Certain third parties who provide
technical support for the operation of our site (our Web
hosting service for example) may access such information. We
will use your information only as permitted by law. In
addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our
business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such transactions, user
information may be among the transferred assets. We may also
disclose your information in response to a court order, at
other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do
so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you
may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever
we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not
provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com expects its partners, advertisers and
affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware,
however, that third parties, including our partners,
advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own privacy and data
collection policies and practices. For example, during your
visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame
on a VictoriaBusinessTalk.com page, certain content that is
actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com you may be introduced to, or be able
to access, information, Web sites, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties. VictoriaBusinessTalk.com
is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third
parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of
those third parties when providing information on a feature or
page operated by a third party.
While on
our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third
parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to
identify some of your preferences or retrieve information
about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by
third parties and may include cookies that enable the
advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular
advertisement before. Other features available on our site may
offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies
or other technology to gather information.
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com does not control the use of this
technology by third parties or the resulting information, and
is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third
parties.
You
should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose
Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in
chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be
collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and
may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or
third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com and this policy.
Children
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com does not knowingly collect or solicit
Personally Identifiable Information from or about children
under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have
received any information from a child under 13 in violation of
this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If
you believe VictoriaBusinessTalk.com has any information from
or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address
listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can
be reached by contacting:
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com
(250)881-1154
Email: info@victoriabusinesstalk.com
Changes
to this Policy
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com reserves the right to change this
policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting
of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected prior to the time any change is posted
will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at
the time the information was collected.
Governing law
This
policy and the use of this Site are governed by British
Columbia law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree
to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually
agreed-upon mediator in the following location: British
Columbia. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees
associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each
of us.
If it
proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to
binding arbitration at the following location: British
Columbia, under the rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to
do so.
VictoriaBusinessTalk.com is controlled, operated and
administered entirely within British Columbia. This statement
and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do
not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on
behalf of any party. |
