BEE Marketing Solutions Inc. (“BEE Marketing Solutions”) understands how important your privacy is to you and is committed to protecting and safeguarding the personal information, which you have entrusted us with. This Privacy Policy outlines the manner in which BEE Marketing Solutions (and its associated branded website) collects, uses, discloses and manages your personal information. This Privacy Policy is based upon and adheres to the Ten Privacy Principles set out in the federal government's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. This policy will govern and be posted upon our website www.beemarketingsolutions.com.
We recommend that you review this policy in its entirety and revisit it periodically, as it may change from time to time. All changes will be posted on www.beemarketingsolutions.com.
1. Purposes for collection, use and disclosure
We will identify the purposes for which we collect, use or disclose personal information at or before the time of collection. The purposes will be limited to those related to our business and to those that a reasonable person would consider appropriate. These purposes will be clearly identified in writing. If we intend to use this personal information for purposes not previously identified, we will identify this new purpose before such use.
2. Consent
We will obtain your consent for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. How we obtain your consent (i.e. the form we use) will depend on the circumstances, as well as the sensitivity of the information collected. We may seek your consent orally or in writing.
Where we want to use your personal information for a purpose not previously identified to you at the time of collection, we will seek your consent prior to our use of such information for this new purpose.
You may withdraw your consent at any time to any of the uses contemplated in this Privacy Policy. You may contact our office at the following e-mail address to have your consent withdrawn: privacy@beemarketingsolutions.com.
3. Information we collect and use
We collect your personal information in a number of different ways.
For instance, we collect information from you when you register for one of our contests or promotions or complete market research studies conducted by us from time to time. We also collect your information when you purchase products or services from us. We may also collect your personal information when you request information from us. For the most part, the type of personal information we collect from you includes the following: name, title, company, address, phone number and other contact information, personal preferences and opinions. When you purchase products or services from us, we will collect relevant financial information from you that is necessary to process any such purchases or administer such accounts.
We will limit the amount and type of personal information collected from you to that which is necessary for the purposes we have communicated to you. Further, we will retain your personal information only for so long as is necessary to fulfil our stated purpose(s).
When you visit www.beemarketingsolutions.com, we may place a "cookie" on your computer. A cookie is a file written to your computer's hard drive that records certain technical information about your internet usage, such as your IP address, browser type, or domain name. You may set your internet browser preferences to notify you when you receive a cookie or decline acceptance of cookies.
While using www.beemarketingsolutions.com, we (through certain third party service providers) may collect information about which pages you visit, as well as your IP address or domain name. We may use this information, for example, to tailor your experience on www.beemarketingsolutions.com or to assess the amount of traffic to www.beemarketingsolutions.com. We may also provide this information on an aggregated, anonymous basis to our marketing partners and/or advertisers. This aggregated information does not contain personally identifiable information.
www.beemarketingsolutions.com contains links to other third party sites. BEE Marketing Solutions is not responsible for the privacy policies or content on such sites.
4. Use of personal information
We may use your personal information in any of the following ways:
(i) Provide you with services or information that you have requested from us.
(ii) To better understand your interests or preferences, so that we may recommend particular products, offers or services that are consistent with these interests and preferences. On www.beemarketingsolutions.com we may use this personal information to personalize the content or layout to enhance the experience of your visit.
(iii) Conduct market research.
(iv) Administer promotions and contests conducted by us for which you have registered to participate.
(v) Process customer feedback.
5. Disclosure of personal information
(i) Except as set out below, we will not sell, rent, transfer, or disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent.
(ii) We may disclose certain personal information to third parties solely for the purpose of administering, processing, or fulfilling an order or service you have requested on our behalf, such as mailing houses, contest administration, etc. We will insist that any such third parties maintain the confidentiality of the personal information we provide them and to implement appropriate safeguards to prevent its unauthorized disclosure.
(iii) Where you have given us your explicit consent to do so, we may provide non-sensitive personal information (such as name, address and other contact information) to our partners so that they might send you offers and information relating to those products and services that may be of interest to you. Again, we will ensure that any such third parties maintain the same high standards regarding the protection of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy and that their use of such information be limited only to the purposes which you have consented to.
(iv) We may also disclose your personal information in connection with a corporate reorganization, merger or amalgamation or pursuant to a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of BEE Marketing Solutions, provided that the use of such personal information so disclosed continues to be the use permitted by this Privacy Policy.
6. Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. BEE Marketing Solutions takes technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps to protect the personal information that you provide to us.
In certain areas, such as when you provide credit card information to us, we work to help protect the security of your credit card information during transmission by using the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
7. Openness, accuracy and access to your information
We will provide you with access to the information we retain about you. We will make every reasonable effort to keep your information accurate and up-to-date. Upon your request, you shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of your information. You may verify the accuracy and completeness of your information, and may request that it be amended, if appropriate. For assistance with such requests please e-mail privacy@beemarketingsolutions.com and we will look after your request.
8. Challenging compliance
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or BEE Marketing Solutions’ privacy practices, or wish to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information for any of the purposes stated herein please contact our office by e-mail at privacy@beemarketingsolutions.com or by mail at:
BEE Marketing Solutions Inc.
Privacy Office
5 Willows Lane
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 6E7
