At Wellnessnews.ca, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information received and collected by Wellnessnews.ca and how it is used.
Our Commitment to Privacy: Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its employees, officers, directors, franchisee(s), and independent contractors, respects the privacy of users on the Internet and has developed this privacy policy to protect user privacy on its Web sites. The purpose of this policy is to explain the types of information Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. obtains about the users of the contests, online subscribers’ site, how the information is obtained, how it is used, how it may be disclosed to others, and how users can restrict its use or disclosure.
Personally Identifiable Information: Online privacy concerns focus on the protection of “personally identifiable” information which an individual or customer reasonable expects to be kept private. As the term suggests, “personally identifiable” information is information that can be associated with a specific individual or entity.
The only personally identifiable information Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. obtains about individual users through our web sites is information supplied voluntarily by the user. Users interacting with our sites may provide Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. with name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, domain name or URL or other personally identifiable information that Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. may use for its own business purposes. Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. will collect and use this information for the ability to provide and change service, to anticipate and resolve problems with your service, or to create or inform you of products and services that better meet your needs.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information: Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. does collect some non-personally identifiable generic information about our users as a means of measuring the effectiveness of our web sites. Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. identifies certain user information in the normal course of operation, but such information does not reveal a user’s personal identity. We collect this information only in the aggregate and use it to evaluate and improve our web sites. The following are examples of non-personally identifiable generic information:
IP Addresses: Like many other Web sites, Wellnessnews.ca makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Computer settings: Settings, technical and other information from your computer, such as your operating system, browser version, connectivity, various communication parameters and other information related to the operation and interaction of Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. web sites may be collected by Wellnessnews Canada, Inc.. Except as otherwise provided in this policy, Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. will use such information solely in order to provide technically appropriate formatting of information provided by Wellnessnews Canada, Inc.. The collection of this information will not include any personally identifiable information about you or any individual user.
Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that are used for record keeping purposes. Cookies allow Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its franchisee’s to save certain information about a user, such as individual preferences, in order to facilitate and enhance the user’s future activity on the Wellnessnews.ca web site. Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its franchisee’s will not use cookies to retrieve information from a user’s computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except as otherwise provided in this policy, Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its franchisee’s shall not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, and shall not share that information with any third parties for any reason. A user may refuse cookies by turning off that feature on their web browser.
Log Files: Like many other Web sites, Wellnessnews.ca makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Double Click DART Cookie Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on Wellnessnews.ca. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to Wellnessnews.ca and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on Wellnessnews.ca send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.Wellnessnews.ca has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Wellnessnews.ca privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Disclosure: Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its employees, officers, directors, franchisee(s), and independent contractors, will not sell, trade, or disclose to third parties any personally identifiable information derived from registration for or use of a Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. service without the consent of the customer, except as required by subpoena, search warrant, or court order pursuant to applicable law, regulation or legal process or in the case of imminent physical harm to the customer or others.
Non-Participation: Any user who does not wish to receive further contacts from Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. may write to 221-3336 Portage Ave., Winnipeg MB. Canada, R3K 2H9
Data Security: Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its employees, officers, directors, franchisee(s), and independent contractors, will protect the confidentiality of its customer’s personally identifiable information to the fullest extent possible and consistent with law and legitimate interests of Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. and its franchisee’s and employees. To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of such information, Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. has appropriate physical, electronic and management procedures in place.
Contact Us: If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact us by writing to Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. may write to 221-3336 Portage Ave., Winnipeg MB. Canada, R3K 2H9
Should Wellnessnews Canada, Inc. modify its practices regarding the collection and use of information obtained from users in the future, this privacy policy will be amended to reflect such modifications.
