Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 29, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to [Your Website Name] (“we,” “our,” “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website [https://businesspeople.ca] (the “BusinessPeople.ca”).
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.
- Business Information: Business name, address, phone number, email address, and other relevant business details.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our Site, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our services.
- To improve and personalize your experience on our Site.
- To communicate with you, including sending updates and promotional materials.
- To analyze usage patterns and improve our Site.
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except as described below:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Site and conducting our business.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
5. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
6. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this businesspeople.ca may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
7. Analytics
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment on businesspeople.ca, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on businesspeople.ca, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
9. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Request the correction of inaccurate information.
- Request the deletion of your personal information.
- Object to the processing of your personal information.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
[contact@businesspeople.ca]