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PRIVACY STATEMENT
F.A. Dance Studios (Canada) Ltd. ("FADS")
Consumer Privacy Policy
- General Principles
FADS is committed to preserving and safeguarding your right to privacy. As evidence of this commitment, we have implemented the following Privacy Policy (the "Policy"), which complies with or exceeds the requirements of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, also known as "PIPEDA". This Policy sets out the manner in which FADS collects, uses, discloses and manages your Personal Information. References in this Policy to "we", "our", or "FADS" are references to F.A. Dance Studios (Canada) Ltd., its affiliated corporations and its franchisees unless otherwise indicated.
This Policy is designed to assist our franchisees, employees, and customers in understanding how we collect, store, use, disclose, protect and ensure the accuracy of information collected and controlled by FADS. It also applies to all Personal Information held in FADS' databases and utilized by our franchisees and employees.
- Information We May Collect
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act became enforceable in respect of the public sector in Canada on January 1, 2004, to ensure that information that individuals provide in commerce as any form of "record", including photographs, commentary, or factual information, is used in an appropriate manner, with their consent, and properly protected by those to whom the Personal Information is given. The legislation defines Personal Information as "information about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization". In other words, it is information particular to an individual that would allow them to be identified. This would include your name, residential address, and e-mail address (as), telephone number, credit card particulars, and your personal purchasing history.
Below, you will find particulars about how and what kind of Personal Information we collect. These descriptions are of a general nature and are not intended to be comprehensive nor to limit the scope of the definition of Personal Information as used by PIPEDA.
Website: FADS may collect information about you when you register to become a registered user of the Website. In addition, FADS keeps a record of the e-mall addresses of those who communicate with us via the various e-mail sections of the site. FADS also collects both aggregate and user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information, general inquiries, enrollment, franchising and employment information and applications.
Purchases: FADS may also collect information about you when you purchase products from it by telephone, mail, fax or on-line. The information collected may include your name, address, company name, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and credit card information.
Complaints: FADS may collect information about you if you contact FADS with a consumer complaint or request. This information may include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth and specific facts regarding the complaint or request.
Contests and Promotions: FADS may collect information about you if you participate in any FADS contest or promotion. The information collected may include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, and any other specific facts relevant to the contest or promotion participation.
- Use of Personal Information
FADS uses your Personal Information for one or more of the following purposes (1) to identify who you are; (2) improve the content of the Website; (3) to personalize the content or layout of the Website for consumers; (4) to notify consumers of updates to the Website; (5) to contact consumers for marketing purposes; (6) to improve its products and services; (7) to process and ship your order for products; (8) to determine a potential franchisee's credit-worthiness or for the preparation and/or registration of documents needed to grant a franchise to an individual; or (9) process consumer complaints and requests.
- Use of Cookies
Cookies are simple text files that web browsers place on a computer's hard drive when sites are visited. Cookies cannot damage files, nor can they read information from the user's hard drive. FADS uses cookies to help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other statistics relating to use of our Website, and all use of cookies by us is consistent with this Policy. Our cookies pose no security risk to you, as they contain no Personal Information, only a special link that tells us that you are a past user of the Website, and no Personal Information is stored within the cookies once you accept them. Please note that certain features of the Website may not function if you do not accept cookies. Therefore, we recommend that you accept the cookies that FADS send to your computer. You can turn off the cookie warning by selecting "preferences" or "options" from your browser's menu, and turning off the warning toggle.
- Consent
We try to ensure that you understand how we use your Personal Information. One of the ways this is done is by obtaining your consent. Consent may be either express or implied. Express consent is given when we specifically ask you if it acceptable to you that we gather certain information and you explicitly agree that it is. Implied consent occurs when you provide information that may be Personal Information without objection. As we obtain only the information necessary to assist you with the transaction you require, we operate under the understanding that you have agreed to provide us with this Personal Information voluntarily and with knowledge of this Policy whenever you do so.
To ensure that the Personal Information you provide to us is accurate, complete, and up-to-date, we urge you to provide us with updates regarding such information and to inform us of any errors affecting the Personal Information we may hold.
- Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set forth herein, FADS will not sell, transfer, rent, barter or otherwise disclose any of your Personal Information to any third party without your consent. Certain Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties solely for the purpose of processing or arranging delivery of your order or processing your complaint or request. FADS may also disclose Personal Information to third parties who administer contests, promotions and on-line activities on its behalf. FADS may be required to provide your Personal Information in response to a search warrant, legislation, any legally valid inquiry or binding court order, to an investigative body in the case of breach of agreement or contravention of law, or otherwise as required by law or government regulation. FADS may also disclose Personal Information to assist it in collecting a debt owed by you to us.
- Security
FADS understand the importance of protecting your Personal Information and use the latest Internet security protocols to protect Personal Information collected through the Website. However, you should be aware that the Internet is not a secured medium. Therefore, FADS does not represent or warrant the complete security of the Personal Information provided by you to FADS through the Website. You understand you are providing such information to FADS at your own risk.
We employ ongoing security measures in an effort to protect Personal Information held by us from unauthorized use, access, disclosure, distribution, loss or alteration. Your Personal Information is protected by implementing the following kinds of safety precautions, as may be required:
- physical, such as the locking of filing cabinets or restricting access to certain areas of our offices to appropriate personnel;
- administrative/organizational, such as the implementation of proper policies to be followed by all FADS employees, agents, franchisees and affiliates, and to ensure that they are trained to know their ongoing obligations to you. Employees, agents, franchisees and affiliates are provided with only the Personal Information that is necessary for them to perform their duties properly and with no other Information or for any other purpose, and
- technological, such as the utilization of passwords, encryption, and secure servers on all of our computers and/or electronic databases.
Personal Information is stored on-site at our franchisees' places of business, on-site at the locations of any corporate-owned studio locations, and/or at FADS' head offices in London, Ontario, Canada.
- Amendment to the FADS Privacy Policy
FADS reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, modify the Policy at any time without notice to you. The then-current Policy shall be posted on the FADS website located at www.fredastaire.ca and any other website (individually and collectively, the "Website" operated by or affiliated with FADS.
It is your responsibility to be aware of the terms of the then-current Policy. You agree that your use of the Website will at all times be subject to the terms of the posted Policy and that such use constitutes your consent to the Policy. The Website may contain links to other websites not necessarily endorsed by FADS, and as such, FADS will not be responsible for the privacy practices of any site that you choose to view that are not subject to the Policy, nor any damages or losses that may be suffered by you as a result.
- Access
You are entitled to know what Personal Information about you that we have collected, as well as how it has or will be used. If you provide a written request for this information, we will provide it to you within 60 days of confirmation of your identity. We will inform you whether or not we hold Personal Information about you and, when possible, the source of the Information, its use, and any parties to which it may have been disclosed.
You may be required to provide sufficient proof of your identity at the time of making a request to ensure the safety and security of the Information we hold and that it is provided to select individuals in accordance with this Policy. In the event that we cannot provide a complete list of the Personal Information that we have collected about you, we will provide you with the reasons why your access to this information is being denied. This usually takes place in only limited circumstances, where we may not be able to supply Personal Information as a result of legal requirements as discussed elsewhere in this Policy. Whenever possible, we will give you given appropriate reasons as to why this is the case. Notwithstanding the above, in certain instances, such as in certain criminal investigations, we may not be able to provide you with any reasons as to why your Personal Information cannot be provided.
- Contacting Us
If you do not want to receive e-mail from FADS, please either modify your communication preferences on the Website or go to "contact us" on the Website and send an e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If you would like to review or update your Personal Information in your customer record or withdraw your consent for the collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, or if you have any inquiries, please contact:
F.A. Dance Studios Canada Ltd.
Privacy Officer/Legal Department
400 Dundas Street, Suite One
London, Ontario, N6B 1V7
Fax: 519-673-3962
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