| Global
Pet Foods Website Privacy Policy
Global
Pet Foods is committed to respecting
the privacy concerns of its visitors to globalpetfoods.ca (“the
Website”). Global Pet Foods has
created this privacy policy (the “Policy”) to establish
guidelines that will govern the collection, use, protection
and disclosure of the personal and non-personal information
of its visitors.
Global Pet Foods collects
three kinds of information from this Website: (1) your voluntarily
provided personal information;
(2) anonymous non-personal information; and (3) “cookie” based
information.
(1)
Personal Information: Global Pet Foods does
not automatically collect personal information, such as name,
address, phone number, email address and other personally identifiable
information, from its visitors (“Personal Information”).
From time to time, Global Pet Foods will
collect Personal Information that is voluntarily provided by
its visitors
in filling out contest entry forms and subscribing to newsletters
and other activities carried out on the Website. Global Pet Foods will
only collect and use such Personal Information solely for the
purpose(s) disclosed by Global Pet Foods at
the time of collection and only after the visitor has voluntarily
agreed to such collection and use, by clicking “I agree” on
the online form or in writing if entering via faxed or mailed
form. Global Pet Foods also sometimes
use email addresses that have been voluntarily provided by
its visitors
to respond to visitors who communicate with us, to inform winners
of contests or to subscribe to newsletters. All emails from
Global Pet Foods to its visitors include
instructions on how to discontinue receipt of emails, newsletters
and other
communication from GLOBAL Pet Foods and
visitors can discontinue such communication at any time. Email
addresses
from visitors who wish to discontinue receipt of Global Pet Foods emails
will be removed from Global Pet Foods distribution
list and data bases. All Personal Information that may identify
a visitor and has been collected with the visitor’s consent
by Global Pet Foods is not disclosed
in any identifiable form to any other party outside the company
except for the
fulfillment of the specific purpose identified to the visitor
at the time of collection. However Global Pet Foods may
disclose such information in anonymous, aggregated and non-personally
identifiable form to other parties for marketing, advertising
or other purposes and to better understand visitor’s
use of the Website. To request that Personal Information be
changed, removed or updated in the Global Pet Foods databases,
please click here and fill out the form provided.
Visitors
should exercise caution when they disclosed personally identifiable
information on
bulletin boards or chat rooms on
this Website or any other website. Such areas are accessible
by anyone and may result in the visitor receiving unsolicited
messages from other people and/or companies. Although Global Pet Foods is
committed to protecting the Personal Information provided to
it by its visitors in compliance with this Privacy Policy,
it cannot guarantee the security of information, whether personal
or otherwise, that visitors disclose online to publicly accessible
bulletin boards or chat rooms.
(2)
Anonymous Non-Personal Information: When visitors visit the
Website, anonymous, non personal
information about their
visit is automatically collected. Such information may include
the length and date of the visit, how the visitor navigated
the Website, what pages the visitor viewed, the type of browser
being used by the visitor, the type of operating system used
by the visitor and the domain name of the visitor’s Internet
service provider. Global Pet Foods uses
this Anonymous Non-Personal Information to track the success
of
its Website with its visitors and to better tailor the Website
to visitors’ needs and interests. This Anonymous Non-Personal
Information may be shared with other parties, such as broadcasters,
advertisers, sponsors and partners.
(3)
Cookie-based Information: Global Pet Foods may
use cookies on its Website. “Cookies” are pieces
of information that a website transfers to a visitor’s
hard drive for record keeping and identification purposes.
Cookies are used to make the visitor’s use of a website
easier by saving visitor preferences and passwords and to identify
which areas of the Website are popular and which areas need
improvement and how to target certain advertising to its visitors.
Global Pet Foods does not use cookies
to collect personally identifiable information except in connection
with
a password protected online registration for a contest or newsletter
or other service and only with the visitor’s informed
consent. Visitors may visit the Website with its cookies turned
off to avoid the collection of Cookiebased Information.
Protection
of Visitors’ Personal Information: Global Pet Foods protects
the Personal Information it collects with appropriate technological,
physical and administrative safeguards to protect if from unauthorized
disclosure or use. Access to Personal Information collected
by Global Pet Foods is limited to
authorized individuals and stored on its databases, which are
protected
by firewalls and are password-secured. Global Pet Foods retains
the Personal Information only for as long as is required for
the purposes identified at the time of its collection and consented
to by the visitor providing it or as otherwise required by
law. Once Personal Information is no longer necessary for the
purposes consented to by the visitor, it is Global Pet Foods practice
to delete it from its data bases or systems or make it anonymous.
Linked
Websites: This Website may be linked to other websites. These
linked websites are
not under the control of Global Pet Foods and
are required to have their own privacy policies. Visitors should
ensure that they read and understand how their Personal Information
may be collected, used, and disclosed by the linked websites
as Global Pet Foods is not responsible for and
shall not be held liable for any procedures, policies or activities
of any websites linked to the Website.
Visitor’s Consent to Privacy Policy: By visiting and
using this website, the visitor agrees to the Privacy Policy
and the terms of use (“Terms of Use”) linked to
this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy
do not use this Website or provide Personal Information to
Global Pet Foods. If you wish to amend, update
or remove the Personal Information already provided, please
click here and fill out the form provided.
Accountability:
Global Pet Foods. takes its
commitment to securing privacy very seriously. From time to
time, Global Pet Foods may amend or
update this Privacy Policy to comply with visitor concerns,
best practices
and/or the law. Global Pet Foods has
appointed a member of its management team to act as Global Pet Foods Privacy
Officer and who is responsible for reviewing, approving and
administering this Privacy Policy and Global Pet Foods commitments
hereunder. If you have any questions, concerns or comments,
please click here and fill out the form provided.
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