This Web site is provided by Party Packagers, subject to the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY.
Party Packagers may change the Privacy Policy from time to time. CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEB SITE AFTER ANY CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY. We encourage you to periodically check our web site at ww.partypackagers.com for the current version.
Type of Information Collected
The relationship between you and Party Packagers is based on trust. We value the trust you have placed in us and are taking all appropriate measures to safeguard your personal information. Party Packagers has established this privacy policy to ensure that your personal information is protected and that all our practices and procedures comply with relevant personal information protection legislation.
In Canada, Private Sector business is Privacy is governed by Bill C-6, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). arty Packagers may collect from and use information about the users of this Web site. This information falls into a number of different categories:
When a user fills in an electronic form on the Web site, Party Packagers may collect a user’s name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, business address and position, users birth date as well as the names and birth dates of additional family members.
A user may provide information which personally identifies a user (“Personal Information”) to Party Packagers when completing a registration or placing an order. Unless a user provides the minimum information noted on Party Packagers Web site, the user may be unable to complete transactions.
Party Packagers may collect the e-mail addresses of users who communicate with Party Packagers via e-mail and who wish to receive information from Party Packagers, such as member notices, Party Packagers electronic newsletters, flyers etc.
Party Packagers may collect business information volunteered by users, for uses such as survey information. This information is kept confidential by Party Packagers and is not used for any purposes outside of the stated intent of the survey without the express consent of the participant. Aggregated or anonymized survey results that do not identify individual users may be used and disclosed by Party Packagers.
The Party Packagers Web site may use “Cookies”, which are small data files that are placed on an individual user’s computer. The Cookie identifies your browser and not personal information about you, such as your name.
The Party Packagers Web site automatically collects certain user information which is customarily logged by Internet servers, including the Internet Protocol address (“IP address”) through which users access the Internet, the date and time of access, and the Internet address of the Web site from which a user linked to this Web site (“User IP Information”).
Party Packagers is responsible for personal information in our possession or custody, including information that has been transferred to third parties for processing. We use contractual and other means to ensure that third parties to whom we disclose personal information for processing provide a comparable level of protection with respect to personal information in their possession or control.
How Information is Used
The reason for the collection of information on the Web site and uses which are made of the information which is collected depends on the nature of the information.
Party Packagers may use Personal Information collected on and through this Web site only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or for additional purposes, which are disclosed at the time, the Personal Information is collected. Party Packagers uses Personal Information when users order goods and services from Party Packagers.
Party Packagers will limit the amount and type of personal information collected to that which is necessary for our identified purposes and we will only collect personal information by fair and lawful means.
In general, we collect the following types of personal information from our customers:
name
home address
home or business phone number
email address
Party Packagers may use contact information collected as described above to inform users on a periodic basis by electronic newsletters, flyer and e-mails about events, products and services of interest to you or your business.
The Party Packagers Web site may use Cookies to monitor Web site usage, measure aggregate user traffic and demographic statistics such as number of users, average time spent, and similar statistics. Any user may disallow receiving Cookies at any time through their Web browser settings.
User IP information may be used to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of this Web site, and to help make the Party Packagers Web site more useful to users.
Party Packagers may use User IP Information or Cookie information collected on and through the Party Packagers Web site to improve the design and content of the Web site. User IP Information and Cookie information may also be used for statistical purposes or to evaluate what portions of the Web site are more popular than others, determine where visitors came from, and where they go within the Web site, and how long visitors stay on a particular page, or on the Web site in general.
We will collect, use and disclose personal information only with the knowledge and consent of the individual, except in cases where the applicable laws authorize collection, use or disclosure of personal information without such knowledge or consent. In certain limited circumstances, Party Packagers as permitted or required by law, may collect, use or disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual. Although the following list is not exhaustive, these circumstances include disclosure of information: (i) to a person to whom it is necessary to communicate the information under the law; (ii) to act in respect of an emergency that threatens the life, health or security of an individual; (iii) for debt collection, or (iv) to comply with a subpoena, warrant or court order.
We will not, as a condition of selling you Party Packagers products, require you to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information beyond that which is necessary.
How Your Information is Protected
Party Packagers uses commercially reasonable steps to keep any Personal Information which it collects about users secure from unauthorized access, deletion or alteration, but, as with any communication of information over the Internet, there is a risk that data will be intercepted or otherwise interfered with by third parties. Party Packagers will have no liability to users if Personal Information is intercepted or otherwise interfered with by third parties. Users should take precautions to ensure that others do not access their Personal Information; such precautions include the use of passwords and encryption and turning off the computer when finished using it.
We will protect personal information with safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. We employ appropriate safeguards to protect personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, regardless of the format in which the information is held. We make our employees and business partners aware of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of personal information, and we will exercise appropriate care in the disposal or destruction of personal information to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to the information.
Our methods of protection include physical measures (for example, locked filing cabinets and restricted access to offices), organization measures (for example, limiting access on a “need to know” basis, i.e. authorized employees may have access to personal information only if the information is needed for the performance of their duties or the execution of their mandates), and technological measures (for example, the use of passwords and encryption).
Although Party Packagers uses commercially reasonable steps to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, Party Packagers cannot assure that information it collects will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Transferring of Personal Information
Party Packagers may use third parties to provide services or functionality relating to the Party Packagers Web site. As a result, Personal Information may be transferred to one or more third parties, such as a data processor or fulfillment agency for processing relating to these services or functionality. Party Packagers will ensure that any such third parties do not use such Personal Information for their own purposes and that Personal Information is safeguarded to the same standards as are used by Party Packagers.
Access to Personal Information
Upon request, Party Packagers will provide an individual with details of any Personal Information about him or her, which Party Packagers has in its possession or control. Party Packagers can be contacted at
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or by mail to Party Packagers, 1225 Finch Ave. West, Toronto, ON M3J 2E8 Attention: Privacy Officer.
Party Packagers is responsible for all personal information under our control. Accountability for our compliance with this privacy policy rests with our Chief Privacy Officer; however, other individuals within Party Packagers may have responsibility for the day to day collection and processing of personal information.
If you are not completely satisfied with our privacy policy and wish to submit comments or concerns regarding our privacy practices, we invite you to contact our Privacy Officer. We will thoroughly investigate all written complaints addressed to our Chief Privacy Officer. If we find a written complaint to be justified, we will take all appropriate measures, including, if necessary, amending our policies and practices.
Opting Out and Correcting Your Information
If you would like to remove your name from Party Packagers electronic participation lists please let us know by contacting us at
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or by mail to Party Packagers, 1225 Finch Ave. West, Toronto, ON M3J 2E8 Attention: Privacy Officer. If you wish to correct the information that we have about you, please contact us at
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or by mail to Party Packagers, 1225 Finch Ave. West, Toronto, ON M3J 2E8 Attention: Privacy Officer.
We will respond to an individual’s written request within thirty (60) days of the receipt of the request and we will assist any individual who informs us that he or she needs assistance in preparing a request. We may require an individual to provide sufficient information to permit us to provide an account of the existence, use and disclosure of personal information. While our response will typically be provided at no cost to the individual, depending on the nature of the request and the amount of information involved, we reserve the right to impose a reasonable cost for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of such information. In these circumstances, we will inform the individual of the approximate cost to provide the response and proceed upon payment by the individual of the cost. Requested information will be provided or made available in a form that is understandable. We will indicate the source of the information where such information was supplied by a third person carrying on a business.
Some of our websites link to other sites created and maintained by other public and/or private sector organizations. We provide these links solely for your information and convenience. When you link to an outside website, you are leaving the Party Packagers web site and our information management policies no longer apply.
