PRIVACY POLICY Your privacy online is very important to us. Sun Products Canada Corporation (“Sun Products Canada”) has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The privacy policy below discloses our practices regarding information collection and use solely for this web site. By using or accessing or using the Web sites, you signify your agreement to be bound by our Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SERVICE. Personally Identifiable Information that we collect: We do not collect personally identifiable information from you on the Web sites unless you voluntarily provide it to us, such as by registering for a contest or completing an inquiry form or if you otherwise choose to share your personally identifiable information with us. The personally identifiable information which you may provide to us could include your name, email address, phone number, physical address and other personal information that can identify you.Non-personal or Aggregate Information that we collect: When you access our Web sites, we may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information from you, such as IP host address, web pages viewed, browser type, referring web site, usage and browsing habits on the Web sites and similar data. We may also aggregate demographic information collected from our users (such as the number of female users or the number of users in a particular Province) in a manner which does not identify any one individual.Information Usage: We will only use your personally identifiable information as described below, unless you have specifically consented to another type of use, either at the time the personally identifiable information is collected from you or through some other form of consent from you:
Non-personal or aggregate information may be shared with any number of parties, provided that such information shall not specifically identify you. Cookies: "Cookies" are pieces of information that may be placed on your computer by a web site for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing your communication and interaction with that web site. Many web sites use cookies for these purposes. We may use cookies (and similar items such as clear gifs, web beacons, tags, etc…) to customize your visit to the Web sites and for other purposes to make your visit more convenient or to enable us to enhance our service. In addition, our advertisers and business partners may set cookies and similar items on your computer when you use our Web sites. You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or flush them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences, in which case you may still use our Web sites, but it may interfere with some of its functionality. Cookies and similar items are not used by us to automatically retrieve personally identifiable information from your computer without your knowledge.Security: The security of your personally identifiable information is very important to us. We attempt to provide for the secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers by utilizing encryption software. However, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and Sun Products Canada or information stored on the Web sites or our servers, will be free from unauthorized access by third parties such as hackers. Your use of the Web sites demonstrates your assumption of this risk. We have put in place reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard the information we collect. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to perform their duties are authorized to have access to your personally identifiable information.Your disclosures in blogs and other social media: You should be aware that personally identifiable information which you voluntarily include and transmit online in a publicly assessable blog, chat room, social media platform or otherwise online may be viewed and used by others without any restrictions. We are unable to control such uses of your personally identifiable information, and by using such services you assume the risk that the personally identifiable information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for any number of purposes.Protection for Children Some of our Web sites may be specifically targeted to children. We may collect your child’s contact information in order for him or her to enter into our contests. We will contact you directly so that we may fulfil the prize. All of your child’s information collected for contests is deleted from our system once the contest ends and prizes have been fulfilled, except if you have authorized us to maintain that information for future email communication. We may offer the opportunity for your child to send an electronic postcard to a friend. In order to send electronic postcards, children will be asked to provide their name and email address as well as the recipients' names and email addresses. All information collected for electronic postcards is used only to send the requested electronic postcard and is deleted from our system once the electronic communication is sent. In order for your child to register to receive email communications from Sun Products Canada regarding future promotions, contests, surveys, games and green initiatives, we may collect the following information about your child: first name, last name, date of birth, gender, and email address. Residents of Quebec who are under 13 years of age may not register to receive such email communications. We will ask your child to provide us with your e-mail address so that we can obtain your permission for your child to receive such communications and so that we can notify you about any changes in our privacy policy or to your child’s account. You can withdraw your consent, change any information or change your child’s opt-in settings at any time by logging into your child’s profile and changing the “consent” settings. Other Web Sites: As a convenience to you, we may provide links to third-party web sites from within the Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. When you link away from our Web sites, you do so at your own risk.Communications: By providing your email address to us, you expressly consent to receive emails from us. We may use email to communicate with you, to send information that you have requested or to send information about other products or services developed or provided by us, provided that, we will not give your email address to another party to promote their products or services directly to you without your consent or as set forth in this policy. You will always be given the opportunity to request that we stop e-mailing you. You expressly agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us without compensation and for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services using such information. Changes to policy: We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time. However, if at any time in the future we plan to use personally identifiable information in a way that materially differs from this policy, we will post such changes here and provide you the opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. Your continued use of the Web sites following the posting of any changes to this policy means you accept such changes.Opt-Out Process: If you have previously allowed us to send you offers from third parties or to share your personally identifiable information with third parties to market their own products and services to you, you may opt-out of any future sharing of your personally identifiable information with third parties you should send an unsubscribe request to us at consumer.relations@sunproductscorp.com. To opt-out of any future messages from us completely, click on the following link for brand contact information: Sun Products Unsubscribe Contact Information. We will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. However, we are not responsible for removing your personally identifiable information from the lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this policy or your consent. Terms of Use: Use of the Web sites, and this Privacy Policy, is subject to our Terms of Use.United States of America: Our Web sites are maintained in the United States of America. You understand that the data protection laws in the United States differ from those in Canada. By using the Web Sites, participating in any activities on the Web Sites, and/or providing us with your personally identifiable information, you consent to the collection, transfer and processing of your personally identifiable information to and from both the United States and Canada and agree that your personally identifiable information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts or law enforcement in the United States according to the laws of Canada.Contact: For questions or concerns relating to privacy, we can be contacted at: consumer.relations@sunproductscorp.com.Effective Date: This privacy policy was last updated on February 25, 2010 |