PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
Last Updated: August 21, 2009
This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") covers our treatment
of personally identifiable information collected by or submitted to
Prive International ("we," "us," or "our"),
including information submitted via the Internet, by telephone, mail
or otherwise. We understand and respect your desire for privacy and
will make reasonable efforts to use personal information in accordance
with this Privacy Policy. Because this Privacy Policy addresses our
use of personally identifiable information, we suggest that you review
this Privacy Policy carefully.
Please note that to the extent any portions of the following Privacy
Policy are inconsistent with applicable law or regulations, or to the
extent you provide your express consent for uses not specifically described
below, then such laws or regulations, or your express consent, will
govern our use of your personal information.
CONTACT INFORMATION
You may contact us at any address or number that we have provided to
you, or, as a general matter, at the following:
Prive International Corp
250 Manitoba St.
Toronto, ON.
M8Y 4G8
info@priveinternational.com
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Information Collection - General
Generally, it is our policy not to request or collect especially sensitive personal information, such as religious preferences, racial or ethnic background or other similar forms of data.
We collect personally identifiable information that you provide to us over the Internet (especially via our websites, generally located within our addresses under the domain www.priveinternational.com (our "Sites")), by email, regular mail, or by phone, from third parties that give your information to us and through other legal means. For the purposes set forth in greater detail below, we may collect information in any of the following categories: your name, physical address, email address, phone numbers, date of birth, personal interests, information regarding your interest and use of our services, your occupation, background information relevant to your applications (if you submit any) and other information relevant to responding to your inquiries and providing services to our members and business partners. If you are a member or prospective member, we may also collect personal information about you or your family (e.g., names and ages of family members, travel preferences, etc.) that will help us provide a more complete membership experience (e.g., arranging proper accommodations, charter requests, etc.). If you are a member, we may collect financial information from you, such as credit card numbers, billing addresses, expiration dates, and etc., in order to facilitate the billing and payment of your accounts. If a third party provides us your information, we generally take reasonable steps to establish that the third party had the authority to provide such information to us.
For information you submit to us, we attempt to notify you which categories of information are required and which are optional. If you do not wish to provide us information that we request, then you should not provide such information. However, please be aware that if you do not provide us with certain information that we require, then we may not be able to respond to your requests, process your applications, bill or pay you in accordance with your proposed contracts with us, or provide you complete services. If you have any concerns about the nature of the information we collect, you may contact us at the above address, or as set forth below.
Certain Other Forms of Information Collected on the Internet
Use Data
If you use our Sites, we may collect non-personally identifiable information about your use of the Sites (such as IP addresses, domains, browser type and version, and operating system) ("Use Data").
Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on a user's computer that contains information about the user. We may use either session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once a user closes the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on a user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. By showing how and when you use our Sites, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not and help in targeting information based on your interests. Cookies also allow us to store the personal preferences that you set during each visit to our Sites, which in turn allows us to speed up your future activities at our Sites. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie, giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it. You have the option to reject our cookies and still use our Sites, but you may not be able to access or use some of the features we offer on our Sites (including certain members-only functions and functions with respect to our referral programs).
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.
Clear GIFs (Web Beacons/Web
Bugs)
We employ a software technology called clear GIFs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web
Bugs), which help us better manage content on our Site by informing
us what content is effective. Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique
identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the
online movements of users. The main difference between the two is that
clear GIFs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the
size of the period at the end of this sentence. In
addition, we may use clear
GIFs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been
opened by the recipients.
USE OF INFORMATION
Use to Fulfill Our Obligations and Your Requests
We will use your personal information to provide you with any information
you request from us, including sales and marketing materials, and to
address any communications that you may have initiated or authorized.
We will also use your information to fulfill our obligations to you
pursuant to any contracts or agreements that you may enter into with
us, or in connection with any of our programs, events or promotions
in which you register or participate. As examples, please consider:
If you are a prospective member, we use information you submit in connection
with your application to process your application (which may include
a background check), establish your account and activate your membership.
If you are a member, we use your information to provide you services
and administer your account, including as necessary to make travel arrangements
and reservations and to bill you. If you are a participant in one of
our sales or marketing programs, we will send you information relevant
to your participation, such as marketing materials or announcements
about upcoming events related to the program.
We may also use your information to provide assistance or support with
respect to your use of our services or Sites, to troubleshoot problems
and to resolve disputes that may arise. Further, we may use your information
to improve our content, advertising or services, or to analyze trends
or to customize the display or format of our marketing content or Sites.
From time to time, we may send you information about our services and
offerings, and about certain products and services of selected third
parties, in which we think you may be interested.
We will not use your information or send you information if you have
notified us of your preference not to have your information so used,
or not to receive such information, or when we are prohibited by law
from doing so.
Sharing of Information
For the purposes described above and to the extent permitted by law
and regulations, we may share your personal identification information
with the following categories of entities:
- Third parties that perform information processing on our behalf, such as companies that manage our membership-wide emails, that conduct surveys for member satisfaction, that perform background checks, that help us send information regarding companies, products or services in which we believe you may be interested, or that provide analyses of use of our services or Sites.
- Third parties that perform on our behalf, or that help us perform, our contractual obligations to you.
- Our corporate affiliates and other entities that operate websites for Prive International.
- In response to a request by law enforcement or other governmental personnel or court order or subpoena; if we are under a legal obligation to do so; to protect the integrity of our company if we believe that a user has committed unlawful or otherwise harmful acts; to protect our interests in connection with a legal proceeding; in emergency situations to protect health or safety; if we believe such disclosure is in your vital interest; or if we obtained your information from public sources.
- On rare occasions, third parties with whom we have advertising or promotional relationships (provided that we are not otherwise restricted from making such disclosures).
- In connection with any merger or consolidation with, or sale of substantially all of our assets to, an affiliated entity or third party, provided that such party agrees to comply with our Privacy Policy or you are given a choice if such party would like to use such information in a manner materially different from that disclosed in our Privacy Policy.
Use of Use Data and other
Internet-Based Information
We use aggregated (i.e., non-personally identifiable) Use Data for purposes
of site administration and to compile information about usage of our
Sites and services. We may share aggregated information (which does
not contain your personally identifiable information) with third parties,
such as advertisers and marketing partners.
We may combine personally identifiable information with Use Data to
help us serve you better in connection with your use of our services
or Sites, and to respond to your requests for technical assistance (e.g.,
we may record which web browser you use in order to help respond to
your questions with difficulties using our Sites).
International Transfer of Information - Residents of Countries
outside Canada and the United States
If you are a resident of a country outside the Canada or the U.S., then
by your submission of information through this website, you confirm
that you know www.priveinterantional.com is a website operated by Prive
International Corp. in Canada and the U.S., and you consent to the transfer
of your personal data to the Canada and the U.S., where your personal
data will be subject to U.S. and Canadian laws and where the level of
data protection is different compared to your country. You also agree
to the Prive International Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy
which describe how your personal data will be used.
SECURITY
We have taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to help
prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and to make proper
use of the information that we collect; however, no transmission of
data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure and we
cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide to us.
For example, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions
or private communications. Therefore, although we use industry standard
practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise or guarantee, and
you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information
or communications with us will always remain private.
MODIFYING OR DELETING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We intend to keep your information accurate and up to date. You have
the opportunity to review and correct any of your information that we
may have, or to restrict the uses we make of your information.
In order to review or correct your information that we have on file,
please take the following steps:
- Contact us via email at info@priveinternational.com
- Give us your name and email address, together with any information that might help us more effectively serve or communicate with you
- Let us know how we can help you - if you would like to review your information, etc.
- Let us know the most convenient way for us to communicate with you (email, phone, etc.)
If you request that certain information be amended, we will use reasonable efforts to accommodate your request in a timely manner. If you are a member or otherwise have established a contractual relationship with us, there is certain information that we must maintain in order to properly service your account. We retain certain information in our sole discretion that we need to process your information in order to fulfill your requests and our contracts with you, to maintain our records in accordance with industry practices, to resolve disputes, to troubleshoot problems, to enforce this Privacy Policy, or for other valid business reasons; it is not our policy to retain more information for longer than is necessary. Please note that we will not remove your non-personally identifiable Use Data from our aggregated files. Furthermore, please be aware that even if you request that your information be removed from our systems, such information may never be completely removed due to technical and legal constraints, including backup and disaster recovery systems, as well as the need to keep some information to track and record your requests.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may, at our sole discretion, revise this Privacy Policy at any time
in a manner consistent with applicable law and regulations. When we
revise this Privacy Policy, we will incorporate the revisions into this
Privacy Policy and will revise the "last updated" date at
the top of this web page. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically
for the most current version of our Privacy Policy to confirm your continued
agreement with its terms, which will be inferred by your continued association
with us following any such modifications.
MINORS
Our Sites and services are not directed toward individuals under eighteen
years old ("Minors") nor do we knowingly collect information
from Minors.
LINKS
Our Sites may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally
identifiable information.
ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy,
please contact us at the addresses or phone numbers listed above. If
you have any technical questions or comments regarding the website itself,
you make direct your inquiries to webguru@priveinternational.
Effective date of this policy: August 1, 2006.
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