4u2go.ca
Policies
Your privacy is of
utmost importance to 4u2go. Any personal information that you provide to us
through, or on, our websites will be governed by this privacy policy (the
"Policy"). Therefore, it is important that you read and understand this Policy
prior to providing any personal information about yourself.
Personal Information Defined
Personal information is
information that distinctively refers to you, such as your name, address, birth
date, gender, marital status, financial information etc. Keep in mind that if
you identify yourself as an employee of an organization, your name, title,
business address or business telephone number would not be considered personal
information.
We collect and use personal information supplied by you in
order (a) to keep track of your online orders, (b) to contact you in case of
failure of your online order, (c) account for your accumulated 4u2go points, (d)
to improve our products, offers and services, (e) to initiate, maintain and
develop our relationship with you.
Customer Option
to "Opt-Out"
You may decide that you would prefer that we do not use
or disclose your personal information for 4u2go related marketing purposes or as
otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy, in particular, for some or all of the
following:
- 4u2go Special Events and Promotions
that may include information for golf, tennis or ski events, new offers,
coupons, etc.
- Satisfaction Surveys such as
product and/or service surveys.
- Marketing Surveys such as customer
research surveys etc.
If you choose to
"opt-out" as outlined above, you will no longer have access to product or
service information that may be of value to you. However, if you wish to
"opt-out", you may do so at any time by contacting us. Be assured that your
decision to "opt-out" will not affect your business relationship with
us.
Collection of Personal
Information
Within our website, you may be asked to provide personal
information about yourself. 4u2go
will collect personal information only when you voluntarily provide it.
Be assured that the personal information you provide remains strictly
confidential and will be used or disclosed only for the purposes for which it
was collected and will not be used or disclosed for any other reason unless you
have given us consent to do so.
We collect personal information for
registration on our mailing list, for eligibility to participate in a contest,
survey or promotion, or simply for informing you of upcoming events or special
offers. In certain parts of this website where we require that you provide us
with personal information such as credit card information, we will protect the
security of your personal information during transmission by using industry
standard encryption technology.
We do, however, discourage you from
sending any sensitive personal information (that is, credit card information)
via regular email and limit such disclosure to the secure area within the
website where it may be specifically requested.
4u2go will not knowingly
encourage children under the age of 13 to register at its website.
Sharing of Information
The information that you
provide to us will only be used by 4u2go. It will assist us in providing offers
and services to you that will benefit you as a valued customer. Under limited
circumstances, we may be required to disclose personal information to comply
with the law.
Collection of Non-Identifiable
Information
In order to allow you easy and convenient access to our
websites, certain non-identifiable information is collected, as described below.
We may share this information with our website providers to allow us to
continually improve our website.
Site Traffic Monitoring
During
each and every visit to our website, we will collect non-identifiable
information by tracking Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on an aggregate basis.
IP addresses do not track personal information about you. They simply allow us
to monitor how our sites are being used and what information is being accessed.
4u2go will use this information to ensure its website remains useful and
convenient, in order to meet and satisfy your
needs.
"Cookies"
When a user interacts with our website,
"session-cookies" are used to collect information anonymously and to track user
patterns. They do not permanently record data and are only available during an
active session, therefore, once a session is terminated, the "session-cookie"
disappears. A session cookie is a small text file which contains a unique
identification number that identifies your browser, not you personally, to our
computer each time you visit our website. A session cookie can tell us which
pages were visited and how often. We use this anonymous information in an effort
to improve our website's usefulness to you - primarily for technical reasons,
such as providing seamless navigation. If you do not want your browser to accept
cookies, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received
a cookie, or to refuse to accept them altogether.
Access to your Personal
Information
At your request,
we will let you know what personal information we have in our possession about
you, what it is being used for. We will also provide you with access to your
personal information that is in our possession, however, some exceptions may
apply. We will respond to your inquiry within thirty (30) days. There may be
reasonable costs associated with your request. Please direct your request to the
Privacy Officer as noted above.
Correcting or
Updating Personal Information
4u2go will keep the personal information
in its possession accurate, complete, current and relevant, based on the most
recent information available to us. If you have provided information about
yourself, in order to receive emails or product mailings, and would like to
modify your information, please use “Edit my profile” option to do so.
Retention
of Personal Information
4u2go will retain your personal information
for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and
to comply with applicable laws.
Security
At 4u2go we are committed to protecting the
personal information in our possession. A number of security measures are used
by 4u2go to maintain the safety of your personal information. We have
implemented security measures such as passwords and encryption
technology.
In addition, we encourage you to observe safe computing
practices. It is your responsibility to keep confidential the user-ID and
password that you use to register with us and not share them with anyone. If you
believe that your user-ID and password have been compromised, you can change
them by editing your profile.
Third Party
Links
Even though our website may include links to other websites, we
are not responsible for the content, links or privacy practices of those sites.
We provide access to these linked sites for your convenience only and you access
them at your own risk. However, we will welcome any comments you may have
regarding these linked websites.
Customer
Suggestions
We welcome your comments and emails but please note that
any information, including but not limited to suggestions, ideas or submissions
you make through and onto 4u2go website will become the exclusive property of
4u2go.
By visiting our website you are agreeing to our privacy policy as
outlined above. 4u2go reserves the right to change this Policy from time to time
and will provide notice of any significant changes on this website.
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2005 4u2go.