Privacy Protection Policy
We understand the importance of protecting the personal information of our customers and our employees. To earn and maintain your trust we have designed our policy to meet or exceed the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the ten principles set forth in the Canadian National Standard for the Protection of Personal Information. In addition, we are constantly looking for new and better ways to secure your personal information and to ensure that it is used in a responsible and respectful manner.
Statement of Policy
It is the policy of spiralgiant.com to control the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in accordance with all requirements set out in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. In certain circumstances personal information may be collected, used, or disclosed without the knowledge and consent of the individual. Exemptions include, but are not limited to personal information gathered for:
Legal, medical, or security reasons.
Detection and prevention of fraud or for law enforcement.
Journalistic, artistic or literary purposes if its use is confined to those purposes.
1.1 Requirements The following requirements shall be met by spiralgiant.com unless exempted by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
1. Accountability spiralgiant.com is responsible for personal information under its control and shall designate a Privacy Coordinator to be accountable for the spiralgiant.com's compliance with the Act.
2. Identifying Purposes The purposes for which personal information is collected shall be identified by spiralgiant.com at or before the time the information is collected.
3. Consent The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information.
4. Limiting Collection The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by spiralgiant.com.
5. Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as permitted by law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
6. Accuracy Personal information shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.
7. Safeguards Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
8. Openness spiralgiant.com shall make readily available to individuals specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
9. Individual Access Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information. An individual shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.
10. Challenging Compliance An individual shall be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with the above principles to the designated individual or individuals accountable for the spiralgiant.com's compliance.
1.2 Responsibility All spiralgiant.com employees, who collect, maintain and/or use personal information, are responsible for insuring that the collection, use and disclosure of this information is carried out in accordance with this policy and relevant procedures.
Spiralgiant.com is responsible for supervising compliance with the legislation and for initiating procedures, guidelines and schedules that will be developed to effect this policy.
We are accountable for spiralgiant.com's policies and practices, with respect to the management of personal information, and is the individual to whom complaints and inquiries can be forwarded.
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