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September 2005
Kerrisdale Figure Skating Club and
its divisions, affiliates and subsidiaries (hereinafter
Kerrisdale Figure Skating Club.) respects
the privacy and the integrity of any information that
you provide us as a user of this Site. Under the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act,
2000 c.5. (the "Privacy Act") we have created
the following Privacy Policy.
1. APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to Kerrisdale
Figure Skating Club. only. It will tell you how and
why we gather personal and non-personal information
about you.
This Site is connected by "hyperlinks"
to other websites. We are not responsible in any way
for the privacy practices on other websites and suggest
that you review the privacy policies on those linked
websites before using them.
2. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU
We have designated an officer of the
company to be accountable for our policies and practices
with respect to the management of personal information.
Any questions, comments or complaints that you might
have about our privacy practices should be forwarded
in writing to:
Attention: Privacy Officer
Kerrisdale Figure Skating Club
Kerrisdale Arena
5670 E. Boulrvard
Vancouver, BC
V6M 3V2
3. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Personally identifiable information
or personal information is defined as information that
identifies you, as an individual, and includes your
name, home address, home telephone number, and e-mail
address.
We only collect personally identifiable
information about you after you have specifically and
knowingly provided such information to us. By voluntarily
providing this information to us at various points when
using our Site, including, sending us a comment or suggestion,
entering a chatroom or bulletin board, or entering a
contest that is posted on our Site, you will be consenting
to the collection and use of your personal information
by us for that online activity. You are under no obligation
to provide us with this information and can access many
aspects of the Site without providing us any personal
information.
4. THE PURPOSE OF OUR COLLECTING INFORMATION
FROM YOU
If you participate in an online activity,
your personal information will only be used for the
purposes of that online activity, unless you otherwise
provide us with your consent. For example, we will collect
and use personal information for the following purposes:
To run contests, select entrants,
and choose prize winners.
To respond to your questions, or comments you
forward to us.
To run chatrooms, bulletin boards or other areas
of interaction with other members.
To keep aggregate information on Site use.
5. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not sell or rent your personal
information to any other party without your consent.
However, we may disclose your personal information in
the circumstances set out below.
If you have entered into and won one
of our contests, your name and city of residence may
be published by us or one of the sponsors. Please check
the specific contest rules for details.
We may also be required by law to
disclose personal information without your consent in
the event of emergency situations or when required by
government or other legal authority.
We may also disclose personal information
to third parties in connection with a corporate re-organization,
merger or amalgamation, or the sale of all or substantially
all of our assets, provided that the personal information
disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted
by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring this
information.
Please be advised that when you voluntarily
disclose information on the bulletin boards or in the
forum or chat areas of our Site, your personal and other
information disclosed in your communication shall become
public information and can be collected and used by
other parties. We cannot control what third parties
in the bulletin board or chatroom do with your personal
information.
6. NON PERSONAL INFORMATION
In addition, we collect non-personally
identifiable information, which is information that
does not identify you personally, but becomes available
to us as a result of your visit to our Site. This information
includes; your IP address, a number automatically assigned
your computer when you visit the Site; your Internet
Service Provider; and your Web Browser.
One way we use this non-personal information
is as a diagnostic and administrative tool for identifying
system problems and administering the Site. From time
to time we use cookies on this Site. Cookies are small
text files that your web browser leaves on your hard
drive to recognize you as a repeat user of our Site.
If you do not want cookies to be used, you should access
the features of your web browser for the procedure to
disable the cookies.
We collect personal and non-personal
information in a non-identifying, anonymous and aggregate
form to enhance our Site design, to share with advertisers
and for statistical purposes. These statistics and reports
will contain only aggregated and no personally identifiable
information.
7. SAFEGUARDS WE HAVE IN PLACE
We employ reasonable managerial and
technical measures to ensure that your information is
secure. For example, all personally identifiable information
is maintained behind a firewall.
8. CHILDREN
Minors in the country, province or
state in which they live, can only use this Site with
the approval of a parent or guardian.
9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this policy as
new services are added or old ones are changed. Such
changes will be effective when a notice of the change
is posted on the Site. Please check this Privacy Policy
from time to time for updates by checking the date of
the Last Update at the top of this document.
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