Welcome
to www.alegrohealth.com, the official website of Alegro
Health Corp. and all affiliate websites (the “Website”).
THE
FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY DESCRIBES THE ALEGRO.COM PRIVACY
PRACTICES OF THE WEBSITES AND ALL AFFILIATE WEBSITES.
ALEGROHEALTH.COM
reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy
at any time and for any reason. ALEGROHEALTH.COM will
notify visitors of changes to this Privacy Policy by
providing notice of the change for at least two weeks
on the Website at www.alegrohealth.com.
Please
check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.
Your continued use of the Website following the posting
of changes to the Privacy Policy will mean you agree
to be bound by such changes. We will also update the
Privacy Policy and our privacy practices to comply with
federal and provincial privacy legislation as they each
may apply. This Privacy Policy was last modified on
January 2, 2008.
Your
privacy is important to us and our commitment to safeguarding
your privacy is reflected in this Privacy Policy. Although
our ability to provide certain service may requires
that we collect personal information about our customers,
we take measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality
of that information. At ALEGROHEALTH.COM we are committed
to undertaking reasonable measures to protect the privacy,
accuracy, reliability and security of all of the personal
information that is provided to us and to protect such
information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access,
disclosure, alteration and destruction. Please read
the following description of our policies and practices
regarding your personal information.
A.
Introduction
ALEGROHEALTH.COM will only use personally identifiable
information about you in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. Personally identifiable information is information
about you that can be attributed to you. In this Privacy
Policy, personally identifiable information about you
will be referred to as “Personal Information”.
We do not collect sensitive Personal Information, such
as racial or ethnic origin or health or medical data.
The Websites have various features and services. Many
of these features and services are available to all
visitors to the Website. Some features and services
may only available to those that have registered with
the Website.
B.
Collecting, Use and Disclosure Practices
Wherever possible, ALEGROHEALTH.COM will identify the
purposes for which Personal Information is collected
at or before the time the Personal Information is collected.
For some of our Personal Information collection, use
and disclosure practices you may be given an opportunity
to indicate your wish to limit our collection, use and
disclosure of your Personal Information.
We
may use Personal Information for the purpose for which
it was provided and certain other activities which are
reasonably ancillary to such purpose. For example, if
you send us an e-mail with a question or comment, ALEGROHEALTH.COM
will use your e-mail address to respond to you. Further,
ALEGROHEALTH.COM M may store your e-mail and e-mail
address and a copy of our response for future reference.
We
may request Personal Information from you such as name,
home address, telephone number e-mail address, age,
income, interests and gender for purposes such as newsletter,
chat room, contest and auction registration, and for
participation in other interactive online activities
as well as to enable us to market various goods and
services to you. Despite the fact that the Personal
Information may have been provided or collected for
other purposes, we may use Personal Information provided
to ALEGROHEALTH.COM to better understand your needs
and preferences and provide to you information about
future ALEGROHEALTH.COM events and other items that
ALEGROHEALTH.COM believes that you may be interested
in, including the events of similar organizations, or
to recommend particular products and services. All of
this may be tailored based on your Personal Information.
Unless
you have opted out, from time to time we may share your
Personal Information with other businesses, including
our affiliates, marketing partners and advertisers.
We will only share such information with these third
parties whose policies regarding Personal Information
are consistent with our privacy policies and where we
have your express or implied consent to do so.
ALEGROHEALTH.COM
has engaged agents and certain service providers to
assist with its activities (such as fulfillment companies).
Further, ALEGROHEALTH.COM may work with other organizations
similar to itself towards some common purpose consistent
with its objectives. For these purposes, ALEGROHEALTH.COM
may disclose your Personal Information to these agents,
service providers and other organizations. However,
ALEGROHEALTH.COM will require that these agents, service
providers and other organizations agree that they will
only use and disclose your Personal Information solely
for those purposes, that they will not be permitted
to use it for any other purpose and that they will adhere
to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Unless
you have opted out, we may also use your Personal Information
to send you offers from our corporate marketing partners
and other business partners. In addition, from time
to time we may share your data with certain of these
partners so that they may send you offers directly.
We
may analyse Personal Information and other data in order
to enhance ALEGROHEALTH.COM’s events, services
and the Website.
From
time to time, we may place a “cookie” on
your computer. Our third party service providers and
ad servers may use cookies as well. A cookie is a file
written to your computer's hard drive that can be used
to track your Internet activity. Also, if you submit
Personal Information to the Website (such as your name,
interests or preferences), we may use cookies to keep
track of such information so that you will not need
to reenter this information during subsequent visits.
We may use cookies to customize delivery of our Website
content and advertisements and for other internal site
administration purposes. In addition, our ad servers,
or those of our third party service providers, may use
information about your visits to the Websites and other
websites to customize delivery of advertisements to
the Websites and other websites.
You
may elect not to have such information used by our ad
servers for such purposes by making an e-mail request
to that effect directed to by calling 416-496-6166.
You may also set your Internet browser preferences to
notify you when you receive a cookie or decline acceptance
of cookies. However, if you decline acceptance of cookies
you may experience less than optimal performance of
the Websites.
ALEGROHEALTH.COM
may also use and disclose Personal Information that
is relevant to a legal proceeding or as permitted or
required by law.
In
the event ALEGROHEALTH.COM transfers control of any
or all of its operations or services, ALEGROHEALTH.COM
reserves the right to transfer and disclose your Personal
Information to that party. However, ALEGROHEALTH.COM
will require that party to agree that it will be similarly
bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy and that
it will only use and disclose your Personal Information
as ALEGROHEALTH.COM is similarly entitled under this
Privacy Policy.
In
the event ALEGROHEALTH.COM amalgamates with another
organization, ALEGROHEALTH.COM reserves the right to
permit that amalgamated organization to continue to
use and disclose your Personal Information. However,
ALEGROHEALTH.COM will require that the amalgamated organization
agree that it will be similarly bound by the provisions
of this Privacy Policy and that it will only use and
disclose your Personal Information as ALEGROHEALTH.COM
is similarly entitled under this Privacy Policy.
C.
Consent for Collection, Use or Disclosure
When you voluntarily provide us with your Personal Information,
we assume you consent to its collection, use and disclosure
in accordance with this Privacy Policy, subject to any
collection, uses and disclosures from which you have
opted out. In some circumstances, we may expressly request
your consent to certain collection, use or disclosure
of your Personal Information or provide you with an
opportunity to opt out of such practises. In some limited
circumstances where authorized or required by law, we
may collect, use or disclose your Personal Information
without your consent.
We
respect the right of each fan to control how his or
her Personal Information is used. If, for example you
do not want us to collect your Personal Information,
provide it to our affiliates, or if you do not wish
to receive marketing communications from us, you may,
in some circumstances be able to opt out at the time
the Personal Information is collected. Understand that
you can withdraw your consent at a later date, unless
legal requirements prevent this or give us particular
directions regarding your Personal Information. To do
so, contact us at by calling 416-496-6166. However,
not allowing us to collect or use this information about
you may mean that we may not be able to provide you
with certain products and services.
D.
Limiting Collection
ALEGROHEALTH.COM will limit the collection of Personal
Information to that which is necessary for the purposes
identified by ALEGROHEALTH.COM and pursuant to this
Privacy Policy.
E.
Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
ALEGROHEALTH.COM will not use or disclose Personal Information
for purposes other than those for which it was collected,
except with the consent of the individual to whom the
Personal Information relates in accordance with this
Privacy Policy or as required or permitted by law.
ALEGROHEALTH.COM
will retain Personal Information only as long as necessary
for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was
collected or as required by law. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided
in this Privacy Policy, ALEGROHEALTH.COM will not sell,
rent, loan, trade, lease or otherwise transfer any personal
information, including e-mail addresses, to any third
party and ALEGROHEALTH.COM will treat any Personal Information
you provide as confidential information.
F.
Security Safeguards
Only authorized employees and agents of ALEGROHEALTH.COM
who need access to your Personal Information in the
course of their duties will have access to the information.
We have security measures in place against unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction
of Personal Information under ALEGROHEALTH.COM’s
control. These measures may include technological, physical
and organizational methods of security. However, due
to the nature of the Internet and the limits of technology
ALEGROHEALTH.COM cannot guarantee that these security
measures will not be breached in all circumstances.
G.
Access to your Personal Information
Upon request, you have the right to confirm whether
or not ALEGROHEALTH.COM maintains or controls any Personal
Information relating to you and whether such Personal
Information has been used or disclosed by ALEGROHEALTH.COM.
Further,
if ALEGROHEALTH.COM does maintain or control any Personal
Information relating to you, you have the right, upon
request, to access such Personal Information and to
request correction of any erroneous or out-of-date Personal
Information about you. In some limited circumstances
as prescribed by law, we may not be able to grant you
access to your information.
ALEGROHEALTH.COM
pledges to investigate any complaint you may have regarding
our use of Personal Information and to comply fully
with the legal or regulatory supervisory authorities
responsible for enforcing our adherence to the privacy
principles stated above.
H.
Third Party Links
Please note that the Websites and affiliated websites
contain links to websites that are not operated by ALEGROHEALTH.COM.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or
the content of such websites, and we recommend that
you view the privacy policy posted on each site and
that you confirm that the site's policies are acceptable
to you.
I.
General
The Website is operated by and for the benefit of ALEGRO
HEALTH CORP., our affiliates and corporate sponsors.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “ALEGROHEALTH.COM”
shall mean ALEGROHEALTH.COM.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the “Website”
shall mean http://www.alegrohealth.com.
Nothing
contained in this Privacy Policy is intended to create
a contract or agreement between ALEGROHEALTH.COM and
any user visiting its website or providing Personal
Information in any form.
This
Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario
and those of Canada applicable therein, without reference
to their conflicts of laws. If any provision of this
Privacy Policy is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such provision shall be severed from this Privacy Policy
and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force
and effect. Headings are for reference purposes only
and shall not be used in the interpretation of this
Privacy Policy.
J. Contact Us
If you have any comments or questions about our privacy
or security practices or about your Personal Information
in our control, including its accuracy or integrity,
or if you wish to change your preferences as to how
we use and disclose your Personal Information, contact
us by calling 416-496-6166.
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