Welcome
to www.centricHealth.ca, the official website
of Centric Health Corporation and all affiliate
websites (the “Website”).
THE FOLLOWING
PRIVACY POLICY DESCRIBES THE centricHealth.ca
PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THE WEBSITES AND ALL
AFFILIATE WEBSITES.
centricHealth.ca
reserves the right to modify or amend this
Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.
centricHealth.ca 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.centricHealth.ca.
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 centricHealth.ca 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
centricHealth.ca 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, centricHealth.ca 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, centricHealth.ca will
use your e-mail address to respond to you.
Further, centricHealth.ca 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 centricHealth.ca
to better understand your needs and preferences
and provide to you information about future
centricHealth.ca events and other items that
centricHealth.ca 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.
centricHealth.ca
has engaged agents and certain service providers
to assist with its activities (such as fulfillment
companies). Further, centricHealth.ca may
work with other organizations similar to itself
towards some common purpose consistent with
its objectives. For these purposes, centricHealth.ca
may disclose your Personal Information to
these agents, service providers and other
organizations. However, centricHealth.ca 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 centricHealth.ca’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.
centricHealth.ca
may also use and disclose Personal Information
that is relevant to a legal proceeding or
as permitted or required by law.
In the event
centricHealth.ca transfers control of any
or all of its operations or services, centricHealth.ca
reserves the right to transfer and disclose
your Personal Information to that party. However,
centricHealth.ca 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 centricHealth.ca is similarly
entitled under this Privacy Policy.
In the event
centricHealth.ca amalgamates with another
organization, centricHealth.ca reserves the
right to permit that amalgamated organization
to continue to use and disclose your Personal
Information. However, centricHealth.ca 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 centricHealth.ca 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
centricHealth.ca will limit the collection
of Personal Information to that which is necessary
for the purposes identified by centricHealth.ca
and pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
E.
Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
centricHealth.ca 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.
centricHealth.ca
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, centricHealth.ca will
not sell, rent, loan, trade, lease or otherwise
transfer any personal information, including
e-mail addresses, to any third party and centricHealth.ca
will treat any Personal Information you provide
as confidential information.
F.
Security Safeguards
Only authorized employees and agents of centricHealth.ca
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 centricHealth.ca’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 centricHealth.ca
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 centricHealth.ca maintains
or controls any Personal Information relating
to you and whether such Personal Information
has been used or disclosed by centricHealth.ca.
Further, if
centricHealth.ca 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.
centricHealth.ca
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 centricHealth.ca. 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 Centric Health Corporation, our affiliates
and corporate sponsors. For the purpose of
this Privacy Policy, “centricHealth.ca”
shall mean centricHealth.ca.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the
“Website” shall mean http://www.centricHealth.ca.
Nothing contained
in this Privacy Policy is intended to create
a contract or agreement between centricHealth.ca
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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