![]() |
![]()
|
PRIVACY POLICY:
WHAT USER INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? WHY?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IP Address:
As you browse our Site, we may automatically collect information about your
computer configuration, such as your browser type, operating system, IP address
or ISP domain name. This information will not reveal or be associated with your
personal identity. We use this information to:
Administer the technical and operational aspects of the Site.
Evaluate, improve and enhance the Site for the benefit of all users.
Contact Information.:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
When you use our Site, we may request your name, street address, telephone number,
email address, or other contact information. This information may reveal or
be associated with your personal identity. We use this information to:
Complete and support the online activity (usually to fulfill orders) for which
you supplied the information. Evaluate, improve and enhance the Site for the
benefit of all users.
Contact you regarding updates to the Site or to promote a product or service
we believe may interest you.
Financial Information:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We may ask you to enter a credit card number or other information that associates
a financial status with your personal identity. We use this information to:
Complete and support the online activity for which you supplied the information.
Administer the technical and operational aspects of the Site.
Interactive Data:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
You may decide to input data while using certain interactive features at our
Site, such as queries submitted to a search engine, purchases initiated at the
Site and so forth. This information may reveal or be associated with your personal
identity. We use this information to:
Complete and support the online activity for which you supplied the information.
Evaluate, improve and enhance the Site for the benefit of all users.
TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE USER INFORMATION?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We do not sell or provide information we collect to any other entities except
to process orders.
Information that would allow you to be contacted online, such as your email
address, may be aggregated with similar data in a manner that does not reveal
your personal identity and may be disclosed only to our staff.
Computer information, such as your browser type, operating system or IP address,
may be aggregated with similar data in a manner that does not reveal your personal
identity and may be disclosed only to our staff.
Interactive data, such as queries submitted to a search engine, may be aggregated
with similar data in a manner that does not reveal your personal identity and
may be disclosed only to our staff.------------------------------------------------------------------------
We may disclose user information in exceptional situations. For example, disclosure
may occur if we consider it necessary to protect our legal rights or if the
information relates to actual or threatened harmful conduct. Disclosure may
be required by law or if we receive legal process, such as a search warrant,
subpoena or court order.
HOW IS CUSTOMER INFORMATION PROTECTED?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We offer secure web pages to collect certain kinds of user information and we
store certain kinds of data in encrypted form. Financial information is protect
through the use of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) during the ordering process.
HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN USER DATA?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Generally, we retain user data on our server or in our archives for as long
as we reasonably need it. We may alter this practice according to legal and
business requirements. For example, we may shorten the retention period for
certain data if needed to free up storage space. We may lengthen the retention
period for other data if needed to comply with privacy standards or applicable
law. Credit Card, but not the credit card number, information submitted
by the user is retained on the servers for a period of thirty days.
MANAGEMENT OF CONTACT-RELATED INFORMATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some features of the Site may require you to provide personal contact-related
information as a condition of using those features (see specific collection
screens for details or exceptions). This means that you cannot use these features
without supplying the requested information. Generally, our system does not
allow you to access personal contact-related information about you stored at
our Site.
You may modify or update personal contact-related information about you stored
at our Site.
CERTAIN EXCEPTIONAL DISCLOSURES
Contact us with changes at pipes2smoke.com
Our system does not allow you to remove personal contact information about
you from our Site.
MANAGEMENT OF NON-CONTACT INFORMATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some features of the Site may require you to provide certain types of personal
information as a condition of using those features. This means that you cannot
use these features without supplying the requested information. Our system generally
does not allow you to access information collected from you that is stored at
our Site.
You may modify or update information collected from you that is stored at our
Site.
Our system does not allow you to remove information collected from you from
our Site.
YOUR CONSENT TO THIS POLICY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By using our Site, you agree to this Policy. This document supersedes any prior
communication on this topic and reflects the entire and exclusive Privacy Policy
for this Site. We may change our Policy by posting a new version of it on our
Site.
LEGAL STUFF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are posting this Policy to be a good web citizen. This Site operates in good
faith, but on an AS-IS, AS-AVAILABLE basis. ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, QUALITY,
TITLE, FITNESS OR MERCHANTABILITY ARE DISCLAIMED. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR EVENTS
BEYOND OUR DIRECT CONTROL.
This Policy is governed by Canadian law, excluding conflicts of law principles.
Any provision of this Policy that is illegal or unenforceable shall be deemed
automatically conformed to the minimum requirements of law. Any legal actions
against us must be commenced in Ontario, Canada within one year after the claim
arose, or be barred.
IF YOU HAVE A PRIVACY QUESTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have a question about this Policy or about our privacy practices, please email: Maxim Engel , engelw@sympatico.ca
Pipes2smoke.Com
Attn: Maxim Engel
377 Ridelle Avenue, # 1721
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6B 1K2
1-888-782-1410