This Privacy Policy covers the following topics:
“Personal information” means information about an identifiable individual as described under Canadian privacy laws.
Personal information does not generally include any business contact information that is solely used to communicate with you in relation to your employment, business or profession, such as your name, position name or title, work address, work telephone number, work fax number or work e-mail address.
We may collect, use, and disclose different types of personal information, depending on our relationship with you. Generally, we collect the following types of personal information (not all of which may apply to you):
We may also create, use, and share anonymized data for any purpose. Anonymized data is generally not considered personal information because it cannot be used to identify you.
We generally use your personal information for the following purposes:
We generally identify to whom, and for what purposes, we will disclose your personal information (and we obtain your consent to such disclosure) at the time we collect your personal information.
We may disclose your information when we believe such disclosure is required or permitted by law. In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
We also rely on service providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as payment card processors, technical support providers, and data storage and processing service providers.
We may collect, use, and disclose your personal information with your consent. How we obtain your consent, including whether it is express or implied, will depend on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the personal information in question. Generally, we will seek your consent at the time we collect your personal information, either orally, electronically, or in writing.
If you provide personal information about another individual to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual to enable us to collect, use and disclose their information as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you wish to withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us using the contact information below. We will accommodate your request to withdraw consent, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. Withdrawal of your consent may mean that we will no longer be able to provide you with certain products or services.
In certain circumstances, we may collect, use, and disclose your personal information without your consent to the extent permitted or required by law.
A “cookie” is a small text file that contains information and is stored on your computer. We generally use cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, to automatically collect information about your use of our Platforms and your interaction with our emails. Information we collect may include your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, pages and files viewed, searches, operating system and system configuration information, and date/time stamps associated with your usage.
We may use this information to facilitate the use of our Platforms, for our business or analytical purposes (including to assess website traffic and track search criteria), and to personalize web pages according to your choices and interests.
We may also use this information to engage in interest-based advertising (also known as targeted or behavioral advertising) in connection with your use of our Platforms, and across third-party websites or service offerings when you leave our website. Interest-based advertising means that your preferences and interests are collected through cookies or similar technologies and then used to provide you with advertising and marketing materials that are relevant to you, based on those preferences and interests.
If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can adjust your web browser settings so that you automatically deny the storage of cookies or are informed each time a website requests to store a cookie. Previously stored cookies can also be deleted through your web browser. Please refer to your web browser’s help pages for more information. Some areas or features of our Platforms rely on cookies and may not work if you delete or decline cookies. For more information about cookies generally please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our Platforms may use Google Analytics, a service from Google LLC (“Google”), which uses cookies. The information collected by the cookies (which includes your IP address) is transferred to Google who stores and processes the information in the United States. Google uses the information to provide us with an analysis of your use of our Platforms, overall use of and traffic on our Platforms. You can opt out of Google Analytics by downloading and utilizing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. By using our Platforms, you understand and acknowledge our use of Google Analytics.
If you no longer want to receive marketing-related e-mails from us, you may opt out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any e-mail you receive from us. You may also opt out by contacting us directly using the contact information below.
If you opt out from receiving marketing-related e-mails, we may still need to send you communications about your use of our products or services, or other matters.
We generally will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, and for a longer period when permitted or required by law. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when used to strengthen security, improve functionality, or when we are legally obligated to retain it for longer periods.
We may transfer your personal information outside of Canada to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it, including for processing and storage by service providers. While your personal information is outside of Canada, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, which may have different data protection laws than Canada. Those laws may require disclosure of your personal information to authorities in that country. For more information about our policies and practices regarding service providers outside of Canada, contact us using the contact information below.
We have implemented physical, organizational, contractual, and technological security measures in an effort to protect your personal information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will always be effective. A breach of security safeguards can result in risks such as phishing and identity theft. We will address such breaches as required by law.
We may also require that you assist us in safeguarding your personal information. For example, if you create an account through our Platforms, you should use a unique and strong password and not share your password with others.
If you have reason to believe that your personal information is no longer secure, please contact us immediately using the contact information below.
We expect you to supply us with updates to your personal information, when required. We will not routinely update your personal information unless such a process is necessary.
You may make a request to review any personal information about you that we have collected, used, or disclosed, and information about those uses and disclosures, and we will provide you with any such personal information to the extent required by applicable laws.
You may also challenge the accuracy or completeness of your personal information in our records. If you demonstrate that your personal information in our records is inaccurate, incomplete or equivocal, we will amend or delete your personal information as required. We may transmit the amended information to third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information.
We may require that you provide sufficient identification to fulfill your request to access or correct your personal information. We will not charge you any fees to access your personal information in our records without first providing you with an estimate of the approximate fees, if any.
We may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. We may also make opportunities available to you to purchase, subscribe to, or use other products or services from third parties with different privacy practices. Those other websites, products, or services are governed by the privacy statements and policies of the respective third party. This Privacy Policy does not extend to any websites, products, or services provided by third parties. We do not assume responsibility for the privacy practices of third parties and we encourage you to review all third-party privacy statements prior to using third-party websites, products, or services.
Our services and Platforms are not intended for children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 should not use our services or Platforms and should not provide us with their personal information.
The Privacy Policy was last revised as of the date that appears at the top of this page. To review a summary of recent changes, click here.
From time to time, we may make changes to this Privacy Policy. When changes are made, they will become immediately effective when published in a revised Privacy Policy posted on our website, unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes to this Privacy Policy by other means.
All comments, questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal information or our privacy practices should be forwarded to our Privacy Officer as follows: info@unitedservicesgroup.com