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Privacy
Protection and respect of your
privacy on TOOLreviews.ca
TOOLreviews.ca respects the concerns you may have with respect to
the collection and circulation of personal information and we feel
it is important that you fully understand the type of information we
collect from you when you visit our Web site, why we collect that
information, its intended use, and your ability to tell us what
information we're allowed to collect and how it can be used. Please
read the following sections carefully, and feel free to contact us
if you have any concerns about what is being said and any omissions
you feel should be part of this section. We also strongly suggest
you refer to this section periodically for changes or updates.
TOOLreviews.ca does not collect any personal information or share
any information without your prior consent.
The collection and processing of
personal information
Why is personal information collected?
The collection of personal information allows TOOLreviews.ca to
provide services you have requested, such as a subscription to our
update service, or if you win one of our contests, it allows us to
reach you and arrange for prize pick-up or delivery. It also allows
us to send you by e-mail, at times and under circumstances dictated
by you, information you had previously requested or approved.
If information is ever requested for any other purpose, you will be
notified by e-mail when such information is requested and explicitly
informed of its intended use. You will, of course, have to grant
permission for that information to be shared.
When and how is personal information collected?
The collection and processing of personal information takes place
under very precise conditions and at specific times. When
subscribing to our review update service, you are asked to provide
TOOLreviews.ca with a name and e-mail address through an online
form. You can change this information at any time or request to be
removed from the newsletter list at any time. The names and e-mail
addresses collected for the purpose of mailing the updates will not
be used for any other purpose and will not be shared with any one.
The updates may, from time to time, contain advertising or messages
from sponsors, but the list of names and addresses will not be
shared with advertisers or sponsors without your explicit consent.
TOOLreviews.ca also collects personal information while conducting
occasional contests and surveys. Names, phone numbers and e-mail
addresses are collected through an online form to prevent abuse and
to contact a contest winner in order to deliver the contest prize.
You may also be asked to provide additional information that helps
us to understand who our audience is and how we can better serve
them. However, none of this information can be used to identify
individuals. Only with your explicit agreement and permission will
your e-mail address be provided to the sponsor of the contest.
Information collected in a contest or survey will not be provided to
any other third party without your explicit consent.
The information you provide to TOOLreviews.ca is collected through
an online form and stored in a database by TOOLreviews.ca. It is
used strictly for the purpose intended and will never be used to
send you unsolicited materials from TOOLreviews.ca, a contest
sponsor or any other party, without your expressed consent at the
time you submit the form.
It should be noted, though, that TOOLreviews.ca contains links to
third-party Web sites, provided solely for viewers' convenience,
outside TOOLreviews.ca. TOOLreviews.ca has no control over these
third-party sites and does not accept liability for these sites at
any time. Consequently, personal information you provide to a Web
site outside TOOLreviews.ca is subject to the privacy protection
policies of that site and not those of TOOLreviews.ca. Therefore,
TOOLreviews.ca cannot be held responsible at any time, in the event
of abuse by such sites. We strongly urge you to familiarize yourself
with the privacy protection policies of all third-party sites you
choose to enter.
Who has access to information collected by TOOLreviews.ca?
Personal information collected by TOOLreviews.ca is used for the
sole purpose of offering you relevant content and services based on
your indicated preferences.
Your personal information stays exclusively within TOOLreviews.ca
and is, at no time, shared with clients, partners, sponsors or other
outside parties, without your explicit prior consent. And at any
time, you can request TOOLreviews.ca to end its use or planned use
of your personal information.
Contrary to the above, TOOLreviews.ca may disclose your personal
information upon request by a legal authority or in good faith when
such action is deemed necessary in order to:
1. abide by applicable laws or regulations or to intervene in a
lawsuit against TOOLreviews.ca;
2. protect or defend the legal or property rights of TOOLreviews.ca;
or
3. under extreme circumstances, protect the personal safety of
TOOLreviews.ca users or the safety of the general public.
How TOOLreviews.ca protects your personal information
Your personal information can only be accessed by TOOLreviews.ca and
all personal information collected is stored in server sectors that
are inaccessible to the public, for protection against its loss or
unauthorized use. To further this protection, TOOLreviews.ca servers
are equipped with firewall technology. Despite these measures, and
given that no technology is completely foolproof, there will always
remain a certain amount of risk that your personal information may
be disclosed, without your consent, unintentionally and without
fault on the part of TOOLreviews.ca. TOOLreviews.ca declines any
responsibility in the event that such confidential information is
disclosed, unless caused by negligence on the part of
TOOLreviews.ca.
Advertising served by third parties
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you
visit our website. These companies may use information about your
visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements
about goods and services of interest to you. The information
collected does NOT include your name, address, email address or
telephone number. If you would like more information about this
practice and to know your choices about not having this information
used by these companies, click here.
"Cookies"
The use of cookies on the Web has become standard practice and most
Internet browsers accept them by default. You may, at any time,
change your browser preferences to disallow the use of cookies
(however, in so doing, you may be unable to access the full features
of certain sites) or delete some or all of the ones your browser has
stored.
What is a cookie?
"Cookies" are little bits of information sent to your computer when
you visit a Web site. They are saved, either temporarily or
permanently, on your hard drive, leaving a trace of your passage. In
many cases, a "cookie" allows you to navigate through a site without
having to enter the same information continuously. "Cookies" are
harmless and can be deleted at any time by you. If you return to a
site that needs that "cookie", a new one will be set at that time.
The information in a "cookie" can include such things as the date
and time of your last visit, a given answer to an online question,
your location (usually by postal code), personal information, etc.
The use of cookies on TOOLreviews.ca
TOOLreviews.ca uses cookies in two ways - (1) to limit the display
of certain kinds of advertising that might otherwise be intrusive
and (2) to prevent the submission of multiple contest entries.
The information cannot be used to identify a visitor. Should
TOOLreviews.ca determine that a cookie be used for any other
purpose, this Privacy Policy will be updated.
We hope this information has provided you with a better
understanding of our strict privacy protection policies. Please note
that TOOLreviews.ca reserves the right to modify these policies at
any time. Thus, we invite you to periodically consult this section
for possible updates and changes.