Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY
Protecting the confidentiality of
our client’s
personal information has always been an important
part of the way we do business. To ensure that we protect
their
privacy,
Baby Brands Gift Club.
has
created this
Privacy Policy
. This
Policy
sets out how and why we collect and use personal
information about our
clients
. It also explains
the
circumstances under which we
will
be required
to disclose it.
“Personal information” means information that identifies you as a specific individual, incl
ud
ing
but is not limited to:
Name;
Spouse’s or Partner’s Name;
Address;
Telephone number (s);
Email Address;
Date of birth or expected date of birth and gender of your child (ren).
The federal Protection of Personal Information and Electronic Documents Ac
t (PIPEDA) and
similar provincial legislation in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta
set out the
rules and
principles for the use and disclosure of personal information based on the ten privacy principles
developed by the Canadian Standards Association.
Under the
legislation, an organization may collect, use or disclose personal information only for
the
limited purposes that a reasonable person would consider to be appropriate in the
circumstances.
Our Privacy
Policy sets out
how we comply with these pr
inciples
.
It explains how we ensure
that your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information are protected.
The Ten Privacy Principles
Principle #1: Our Accountability for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal
Information:
W
e are responsible for maintaining and protecting your personal information while it is under
our control. This includes any personal information
we disclose to third parties (our “Partners,
Sponsors and Advertisers”)
.
To help ensure the confidentiality of
your personal information, we have established policies and
procedures to ensure that we comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act
and substantially similar provincial legislation
. We have designated a privacy
officer wh
o is responsible for our company’s compliance with the ten privacy principles.
If you have any questions or inquiries about how your personal information is stored, or when it
may need to be disclosed to others, our privacy officer is there to assist and
explain our policies
to you.
Principle #2: Identifying Our Purpose for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal
Information:
Non
financial, basic contact information is maintained by Baby Brands Gift Club systems
for
past and current
clients who ha
ve registered with Baby Brands Gift Club (“
Registrants
”)
. Each
Registrant’s
basic contact information such as name,
spouse’s or partner’s name,
address, email
address
,
telephone number
(s) and/or age and gender of child (ren)
will only be supplied to
Baby
Brands Gift Club Partners, Sponsors
or Advertiser
s, current or future
. Such basic contact
information is provided to the
Partners, Sponsors and Advertisers
under strict contractual
agreement that the information is for their sole use in informing the clien
t of offerings regarding
their products and/or services.
Baby Brands Gift Club may receive compensation from its
Partners, Sponsors or A
dvertisers for sharing registrant information
.
A
complete list of our
Partners, Sponsors and Advertisers can be viewed a
t
http://www.babybrandsgiftclub.ca/brands
Principle #3: Obtaining
you
r Consent for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal
Information:
By completing a Baby Brands Gift Club registration card or by registering online on the Baby
Brands Gift Club website, you consent to the use of your personal information for the purposes
described in Principle 2, above.
Unless we are required by law,
Ba
by Brands
will not use or disclose any personal information
that has been collected
for any other purpose
without
documenting the new purpose and
obtaining your consent. If you have any questions about these purposes, our privacy officer will
be pleased to
explain them to you.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act recognizes that when
information is being collected for the detection and prevention of fraud or for law enforcement,
seeking the consent of an individual may defeat th
e purpose of collecting the information.
Seeking consent may also be impossible or inappropriate when the individual is a minor,
seriously ill, or mentally incapacitated.
Principle #4: Limiting Our Collection of Personal Information:
We will always limi
t the
personal information
that we collect
to that which is necessary for the
identified purposes.
Principle #5: Limiting the Use, Disclosure and Retention of Personal Information:
Personal information will not be used or disclosed for purposes other t
han for which it was
collected, except with your consent or as permitted or required by law.
Your
personal
information will be retained only as long as it is necessary to fulfill those purposes.
Contact information is maintained online in perpetuity; unl
ess and until,
you specifically request
in writing (email from the registered email address being acceptable) or by verifiable telephone
contact via the toll free
or office
telephone number to remove
your
records.
Then your
record is
red flagged to any Spo
nsor and Advertiser having access as “Please Remove
No Further
Contact!” and after one (1) complete six (6) month cycle, permanently removed from the Baby
Brands Gift Club systems.
Registrants of the systems may also elect to “Opt
Out” of the Baby Brands Gift Club Sponsor
and Advertiser contact for additional future
while remaining with Baby Brands Gift Club in
order to be eligible for future Club offerings and draws. This may be don
e by
specifically
requesting
that
in writing (email from the registered email address being acceptable) or by
verifiable telephone contact via the toll free
or office
telephone number. Again, the client’s
record is red flagged to
all Partners, Sponsors and
Advertisers
as “Please Remove
No Further
Contact!” but the record remains within the system for the client’s own access and use.
Principle #6: Keeping
you
r Personal Information Accurate:
Baby Brands
makes every effort to ensure that personal information about
you
is as accurate,
complete, and up
to
date as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
If you have any questions about the accuracy and completeness of the personal informati
on that
we have collected or retained, please do not hesitate to contact our privacy officer. If you need to
update some aspect of your personal information, please contact
us
.
It is our intent to provide
you password protected access so that you may in f
act review and update your information no
later than the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Principle #7: Safeguarding
you
r Personal Information:
Baby Brands
takes steps to protect personal information with security safeguards appropriate to
the sensitiv
ity of the information.
Specifically, we have stringent security measures in place to protect personal information against
such risks as loss or theft, computer hackers, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use,
modification or destruction.
Baby Bra
nds
protects your personal information regardless of the format in which it is held. We
also protect personal information we disclose to
Partners, Sponsors and Advertisers
by
contractual agreements stipulating the confidentiality of the information and the
purposes for
which it is to be used.
All our employees
and any outside contractors
with access to personal information are required
as a condition of their employment
or contract
to
keep any and all
personal information
confidential
.
Principle #8: Open
ness Concerning our Privacy Practices:
Baby Brands
pursues a policy of openness about the procedures it uses to manage personal
information. We will make specific information about our policies and practices relating to the
management of their personal i
nformation available
to you
upon request.
We ensure openness by providing you with the following information:
a) the title and address of the privacy officer accountable for our compliance with the policy;
b) the name of the individual to whom inquiri
es or complaints can be forwarded;
c) the means of gaining access to personal information held by
Baby Brands
; and
d) a description of the type of personal information held by
Baby Brands
, including a general
account of its use.
Baby Brands
makes infor
mation available to help
you
exercise informed choices regarding the
use of
your
personal information.
Principle #9: Policyholder Access to Personal Information:
Baby Brands will inform
you
of the existence, use, and disclosure of their personal informa
tion
upon request and provides access to that information.
You
are able to challenge or correct the
accuracy and completeness of their personal information and have it amended when appropriate.
When a request is made in writing, we will inform you in a ti
mely fashion, of the existence, use,
and disclosure of your personal information and you will be given access to that information. In
order to safeguard your personal information, we may require you to provide sufficient
identification information to permi
t us to authorize access to your file.
You
can obtain information or seek access to
your
individual files by contacting our designated
privacy officer at the address described below.
It is our intent to provide you password protected access so that you m
ay in fact review and
update your information no later than the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Principle #10: Challenging Compliance:
You have
the right to challenge
Baby Brand
‘s compliance with the above principles by
contacting the privacy officer
accountable for our compliance with the policy.
Baby Brands
maintains strict procedures for addressing and responding to all inquiries or
complaints from its customers about its handling of personal information. We inform our
customers about our privacy practices as well as availability of complaint procedures, if
necessary.
Our privacy officer will investigate all complaints concerning compliance with the privacy
policy. If a complaint is found to be justified, we will take appropriate measures to resolve the
complaint including the amendment of our policies and
procedures.
Adopted: July 2012
Last Updated:
February
of 201
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Privacy Officer