Website
Witness otherwise referred to as WW throughout this document.
Unless otherwise
indicated, this Web Site and its contents are the property of WW,
and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or assigns. The site and its
contents are protected, without limitation, pursuant to Canadian and
foreign copyright and trademark laws.
Website
Witness Privacy Policy
We respect and
are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted
this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal
information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps
to use your personal information only in ways that are compatible
with this Privacy Policy. The following policies are only in effect
for the Web pages, newsletters, and opt-in announcement lists owned
and operated by Website Witness, (“WW”). The following
discloses our Privacy Policy.
What information
are you collecting and how are you collecting it?
Every computer
connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers,
that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address.
When a visitor requests a page from any Web site within the WW Network,
our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name
and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal
about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our
site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate,
and to investigate misuse of the WW Network, its users, or to cooperate
with law enforcement. See also Will you disclose the information
you collect to outside third parties? We do not collect and
evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our Web servers
do not automatically record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
What are
cookies?
WW may send a
"cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of
data that is sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored
on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off of your
computer hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites.
Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to identify which
areas of WW's Network you have visited or customized, so the next
time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible. You can choose
whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet
browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow
your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose
not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and other
Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
What information
do you collect when I register for something?
WW offers access
to some services that require registration. We may use your registration
contact information to send notification to you of WW products and
services by e-mail and/or postal mail.
What other
information do you request?
We may also request
your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting
a survey or to provide additional services (for example, subscriptions
to e-mail newsletters, announcement lists or information about WW
products). Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will
clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information
is requested. We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that
means that we do not sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address
to a third-party, without your consent or as permitted by this Privacy
Policy.
We may from time
to time send e-mail announcing new WW products and services. Except
as stated above, WW will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed
to receive.
When you register
for a contest or other promotion, we may ask for your name, address,
and e-mail address so we can administer the contest and notify winners.
What information
do you collect when I purchase something?
If you are purchasing
something from WW, we need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing
address, credit card number and expiration date. This allows us to
process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status.
This information may also be used by us to notify you of related products
and services. Credit card information is NOT retained on file. This
means should you purchase additional services from us in the future,
you will need to provide your credit card information for each and
every additional transaction.
WW uses a shopping
cart feature that safeguards this information by using industry standard
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted servers. SSL codes the information
transferred between you and the server, rendering it unreadable to
anyone trying to intercept the information.
Will you
disclose the information you collect to outside third parties?
WW will disclose
personal information and/or an IP address, when required by law or
in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
1) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities
and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on WW,
2) Protect and
defend the rights or property of the WW Network of sites and related
properties, or visitors to the WW Network of sites and related properties,
3) Identify persons
who may be violating the law, the WW legal notice and Web site User
Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the
WW Network or its related properties,
4) Fulfill a
user's order or request.
WW uses reasonable
precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. WW reserves
the right to transfer all such information in connection with the
sale of all or part of WW's capital stock or assets. Furthermore,
we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions
of any third parties that receive the information. We are not responsible
for such third party privacy policies or how they treat information
about their users. See below, What else should I
know about my privacy when online? See What information do you collect
when I register for something.
What data
do you collect when I use WW software and/or services?
No data is collected
by us when you use our software. Our software is not "spyware".
We have no way of knowing what sites you visit, where you surf of
to whom you send emails. We are not interested in this information.
We consider it to be a matter of your privacy.
What else
should I know about my privacy when online?
The WW Network
may contain hyperlinks to third party Web sites. WW is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such third party Web sites
or advertisers. WW does not share any of the individual personal information
you provide WW with the third parties to which WW links, except as
stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although WW may share
general, aggregate data with such third parties (such as how many
people use our site). Please check with those Web sites to determine
their privacy policy.
Please keep in
mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online
- for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that
information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you
post personal information online that is accessible to the public,
you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you
are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal
information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Your
Consent To This Agreement
By using the
WW Network, you consent to the collection and use of information by
WW as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy,
we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances
we disclose it.
Please use the
Contact Us link above to inquire further about our Privacy Policy.