 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
www.vendtec.ca Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy for www.vendtec.ca:
This privacy statement is applicable to The Vend-Tec Group Ltd (herein
known as VEND-TEC) and all of its affiliates.
VEND-TEC does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of 13. VEND-TEC policy is to respect and protect
the privacy of our users. VEND-TEC does not collect personally identifiable
information about individuals except when such individuals specifically
provide such information on a voluntary basis. For example, such personally
identifiable information may be gathered from a contest or sweepstakes
registration, the purchase of products or services offered on the site,
the registration process for subscription sites or services and in connection
with content submissions, community postings (e.g., chat and bulletin
boards), suggestions, voting/polling activities and transactional areas.
Personally identifiable information on individual users will not be sold
or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval
of the user at the time of collection but may be shared with the applicable
online partner collecting such personally identifiable information. At
such points of collection, the user may have the opportunity to indicate
whether he or she would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional
and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings
from VEND-TEC and/or any third parties.
Further, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the
user, VEND-TEC reserves the right to contact a subscriber regarding account
status, changes to the subscriber agreement and other matters relevant
to the underlying service and/or the information collected. VEND-TEC may
disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe
that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or
bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference
with (either intentionally or unintentionally) VEND-TEC rights or property,
other users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. VEND-TEC
may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it. VEND-TEC reserves the right to perform statistical analyses
of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and
use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such
information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or
clicked on their advertising banners. VEND-TEC will provide only aggregated
data from these analyses to third parties. Also, users should be aware
that VEND-TEC might sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription
and/or registration-based services through VEND-TEC site. VEND-TEC is
not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and
users should check the applicable privacy policy of such party when providing
personally identifiable information.
Users should be aware that when you are on VEND-TEC site you could be
directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to
other sites from VEND-TEC site that take you outside our service. For
example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement, the "click"
takes you off VEND-TEC site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors
and partners that may use a logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These
other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit
personal information. Always be aware of where you end up. Additionally,
users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable
information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on bulletin boards or in
the chat areas of VEND-TEC site, if any, that information, along with
any substantive information disclosed in the user's communication, can
be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in
unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities
are beyond the control of VEND-TEC.
Users also should be aware that non-personal information and data may
be automatically collected through the standard operation of NetSet Solutions
internet servers or through the use of "cookies." Cookies are
small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate
the user's ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track
usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements
and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user's
system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique
number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users
should be aware that VEND-TEC cannot or does not control the use of cookies
or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data
for VEND-TEC. If a user does not want information collected through the
use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows
the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note
that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features
(e.g., customized delivery of information and ordering on the ecommerce
shopping cart) available on VEND-TEC site. VEND-TEC will use reasonable
efforts to allow users to update/correct personal information previously
submitted which the user states is erroneous to the extent such activities
will not compromise privacy or security interests. Also, upon a user's
request, VEND-TEC will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally
delete the user and his or her personal information from its database;
however, it may be impossible to delete a user's entry without some residual
information because of backups and records of deletions. The importance
of security for all personally identifiable information associated with
our guests is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing
secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers, utilizing
encryption software. Only those employees who need access to your information
in order to do their jobs are allowed access, each having signed compressive
nondisclosure agreements, which provides explicit legal confidentiality
protections. Any employee who violates our privacy and/or security policies
is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination and
civil and/or criminal prosecution.
VEND-TEC reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Substantive
changes to this privacy statement will be noticed by posting notice of
such changed policy on this page. Please check this page regularly. 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. By using this site, you signify your assent to VEND-TEC Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site.
Your continued use of VEND-TEC site following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean you accept those changes. Questions regarding this
statement should be directed to: bobchilton@vendtec.ca
