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WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY
THIS VERSION IN EFFECT SINCE JANUARY 1, 2003
Protecting your privacy is important to APV Inc. (referred to as "apv-photo.com
"). This Policy explains how apv-photo.com collects, uses, and discloses the
personal information you may provide while using the apv-photo.com Web site
(the "Web Site"). It is always your choice whether or not to provide personal
information through the Web site. Any personal information you provide will be
treated with care, and subject to this Policy will not be used or disclosed in
ways to which you have not consented. Also, you may opt-out certain uses and
disclosures of your personal information, as explained in this Policy.
YOUR CONSENT
1. By using the Web Site, you signify your consent to apv-photo.com's
collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with
this Policy.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
2. Non-Identifiable Information
- Like many other Web sites, the Web Site automatically collects certain
non-identifiable information regarding Web Site users, such as the Internet
Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service
Provider, the date and time you access the Web Site, the Internet address of
the Web site from which you linked directly to the Web Site, the operating
system you are using, the sections of the Web Site you visit, the Web Site
pages read and images viewed, and the content you download from the Web Site.
This non-identifiable information is used for Web Site and system
administration purposes and to improve the Web Site. apv-photo.com may also use
non-identifiable information to initiate interactive, real-time discussions
with users. Your non-identifiable information may be disclosed to others and
permanently archived for future use.
3. Cookies
- The Web Site uses "cookies", a technology that installs a small amount of
information on a Web Site user's computer to permit the Web Site to recognize
future visits using that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of
the Web Site. For example, the information provided through cookies is used to
recognize you as a previous user of the Web Site (so you do not have to enter
your personal information every time), offer personalized Web page content and
information for your use, track your activity at the Web Site to respond to
your needs, and otherwise facilitate your Web Site experience. Advertisements
displayed on the Web Site may also contain cookies or other technologies. Those
advertisements may be provided by third party advertising companies, and
apv-photo.com does not have any control over, or any responsibility or
liability for, the use and disclosure of information collected through
advertisement cookies. You may choose to decline cookies if your browser
permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Web Site and your ability to
access certain features of the Web Site or engage in transactions through the
Web Site.
4. Tracking Information
- apv-photo.com may use non-personal information to create aggregate tracking
information reports regarding Web Site user demographics, Web Site traffic
patterns, and Web Site purchases, and then provide those reports to advertisers
and others. None of the tracking information in the reports can be connected to
the identities or other personal information of individual users. apv-photo.com
also may link tracking information with personal information voluntarily
provided by Web Site users. Once such a link is made, all of the linked
information is treated as personal information and will be used and disclosed
only in accordance with this Policy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE
5. Your Personal Information
- During your use of the Web Site, you may be asked to voluntarily provide
certain personal information (such as your name, email address, postal address,
telephone number, or credit card information) for purposes such as facilitating
communications with you, applying for access to certain special features of the
Web Site, or carrying out transactions. It is always your choice whether or not
to provide personal information. If you choose not to provide requested
personal information, you will not be able to use certain features of the Web
Site and you will not be able to engage in transactions through the Web Site.
6. Use of Your Personal Information
- apv-photo.com may use your personal information to contact and correspond
with you, to respond to your inquiries, to process transactions and payments,
and to facilitate and enhance your use of the Web Site. apv-photo.com may
develop a confidential customer profile for you, which will be used to provide
the very best service to you.
7. Email from apv-photo.com
- apv-photo.com may send to you, from time
to time, email or other communications containing information about
apv-photo.com, and other matters apv-photo.com believes will interest you. At
any time you may ask apv-photo.com to stop sending you email and other
information by contacting support@apv-photo.com.
Also, each unsolicited email apv-photo.com sends to you will tell you how to
decline further unsolicited email. From time to time apv-photo.com may also
send to you email containing important information regarding the Web Site,
which you may not opt out of receiving.
8. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
- apv-photo.com may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
(i) Disclosure to Service Providers - In order to process transactions,
apv-photo.com must disclose some of your personal information to certain
service providers, such as your credit card issuer, a third party credit
verification company, the product handler, the delivery service, and Future
Shop Ltd. Before personal information is disclosed, the service provider will
agree with apv-photo.com to protect the privacy of your personal information in
a manner that is consistent with this Policy. A list of apv-photo.com's service
providers to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time
to time, may be found here. If you do not wish apv-photo.com to provide your
personal information to those service providers, you may not use the Web Site
for transactions.
(ii) Disclosure to APV Inc. - apv-photo.com and APV Inc.
are different entities, but have a close business relationship. apv-photo.com
may disclose your personal information to APV Inc. in order to enable
APV Inc. to provide you with the best possible in-store shopping
experience and provide you with information regarding its products and
services. APV Inc. has agreed with apv-photo.com to protect the privacy
of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Policy.
If at any time you do not wish apv-photo.com to make any further disclosure of
your personal information to APV Inc., please notify apv-photo.com at
support@apv-photo.com.
(iii) Disclosure to Trading Partners - apv-photo.com may provide your
personal information to certain of its trading partners. Before personal
information is disclosed, the recipient organization will agree with
apv-photo.com to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner
that is consistent with this Policy. Recipient organizations may use your
personal information to provide you with email or other information about their
products and services and other matters. A list of apv-photo.com's trading
partners to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time to
time, may be found here. If at any time you do not wish apv-photo.com to make
any further disclosure of your personal information to those organizations,
please notify apv-photo.com at support@apv-photo.com.
(iv) Disclosure in Business Transfers - apv-photo.com may be involved in
the sale or transfer of some or all of its business. As part of that sale or
transfer, apv-photo.com may disclose your personal information to the acquiring
organization, but will require the acquiring organization to agree to protect
the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with
this Policy. If at any time you do not wish apv-photo.com to disclose your
personal information as part of the sale or transfer of some or all of
apv-photo.com's business, please notify apv-photo.com at
support@apv-photo.com.
(v) Law Enforcement and Legal Disclosure
- apv-photo.com may disclose your personal information to a government
institution that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information or
where apv-photo.com has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be
useful in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena
or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to
compel the production of information, or to comply with court rules regarding
the production of records and information, or to apv-photo.com's legal counsel.
9. Location of Information
- apv-photo.com will store and process your personal information in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
10. Securing Your Information
- To help protect the
confidentiality of your personal information, apv-photo.com employs security
safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. Nevertheless, due
to the nature of the Internet and Internet technologies, security and privacy
risks cannot be eliminated and apv-photo.com cannot guarantee that your
personal information will not be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in
this Policy.
11. Accessing Your Personal Information
- You may request access to your personal information and information about
apv-photo.com's collection, use and disclosure of that information by contacting
apv-photo.com at support@apv-photo.com.
Subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law, you will be given reasonable
access to your personal information, and will be entitled to challenge the
accuracy and completeness of the information and to have it amended as
appropriate. You can help apv-photo.com maintain the accuracy of your
information by notifying apv-photo.com of any changes to your personal
information.
12. Interactive Web Pages
- Certain pages of the Web Site facilitate real-time interactive discussions
between users and apv-photo.com employees regarding products available for
purchase through the Web Site. Those discussions are initiated by apv-photo.com
employees based upon non-identifiable information automatically collected about
Web Site users. You are not obliged to engage in interactive discussions with
apv-photo.com employees or provide any personal information during those
discussions. Personal information you provide during interactive discussions
through the Web Site will be used and disclosed in accordance with this Policy.
13. Contests and Promotions
- If contests or promotions are made available through the Web Site, the
applicable contest or promotion rules may include rules regarding the
collection, use and disclosure of personal information. To the extent that
those specific rules conflict with this Policy, the particular contest or
promotion rules will govern regarding personal information collected in
connection with the contest or promotion.
14. Other Web Sites
- The Web Site may contain links to other Web sites or Internet resources. When
you click on one of those links you are contacting another Web site or Internet
resource. apv-photo.com has no responsibility or liability for or control over
those other Web sites or Internet resources or their collection, use and
disclosure of your personal information.
15. Web Site Use Agreement and Web Site Transaction Agreement
- The Web Site Use Agreement governing your use of the Web Site (which may be
viewed by clicking here) contains important provisions, including provisions
disclaiming, limiting or excluding apv-photo.com's liability for your use of
the Web Site and provisions determining the applicable law and exclusive
jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes regarding your use of the Web
Site. Each of those provisions applies to any disputes that may arise in
relation to this Policy and apv-photo.com's collection, use and disclosure of
your personal information, and are of the same force and effect as if they had
been reproduced directly in this Policy.
16. Former Users
- If you stop using the Web Site or your permission to
use the Web Site is terminated, apv-photo.com may continue to use and disclose
your personal information in accordance with this Policy as amended from time
to time. However, if you want apv-photo.com to stop sending you unsolicited
email and other information, or you do not wish apv-photo.com to disclose your
personal information to APV Inc., trading partners or in business
transactions, please notify apv-photo.com at
support@apv-photo.com.
17. Policy Changes
- To accommodate changes in the Web Site, changing technology, and legal
developments, this Policy may be changed from time to time in apv-photo.com's
sole discretion and without any prior notice or liability to you or any other
person. New versions of this Policy will be posted here. apv-photo.com's
collection, use and disclosure of your personal information will be governed by
the version of this Policy in effect at that time. Accordingly, when you use
the Web Site you should check the date of this Policy and review any changes
since the last version.
18. Your Comments
- If you have any comments or questions about this
Policy or your personal information, please contact apv-photo.com at
support@apv-photo.com.
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