PRIVACY POLICY
This statement discloses the privacy
practices of SmallPond Hosting Company.
By using SmallPond Hosting or by agreeing
to the Terms and Conditions in
SmallPond Hosting's
Terms of Service, you consent and
agree, without limitation or
qualification, to the collection, use
and disclosure of personal information
and to the privacy practices set out in
the Privacy Policy and to any other
privacy or data collection policy which
is displayed or is included as a link in
any individual
This statement
discloses the privacy practices of
SmallPond Hosting. By using SmallPond Hosting or by
agreeing to the Terms and Conditions in
SmallPond Hosting's
Terms of Service, you consent and
agree, without limitation or
qualification, to the collection, use
and disclosure of personal information
and to the privacy practices set out in
the Privacy Policy and to any other
privacy or data collection policy which
is displayed or is included as a link in
any individual SmallPond Hosting web site. The
following is a list of our current
Privacy Policy items. We suggest you
check back from time-to-time, to see
what has been updated. Questions or
concerns regarding our use of your
information and this statement should be
directed to SmallPond Hosting's
Privacy Coordinator.
Transmission of Personal Data:
When
you order from SmallPond Hosting, all your
personal information is protected. We
use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), the
industry standard, for encrypting all
personal information, including name,
address and credit card numbers.
About
Cookies and Web Beacons:
Nowadays, cookies are used on most major
web sites. Most browsers are initially
set up to accept cookies. If you prefer,
you can reset your browser either to
notify you when you have received a
cookie, or to refuse to accept cookies.
You should understand that while
SmallPond Hosting does not require you to use
cookies, certain pages may not function
properly if you set your browser to not
accept cookies.
A cookie is a
small text file containing a unique
identification number that is
transferred from a web site to the hard
drive of your computer so that the web
site may identify you. This unique
number identifies your browser, but not
you, to SmallPond Hosting's servers whenever
you visit SmallPond Hosting. A cookie will not
let a web site know any personal
information about you, such as your real
name and address. The coding in the
cookies lets us know that you are using
a particular computer but nothing more.
Since cookies are only text files, they
cannot run on your computer, search your
computer for other information or
transmit any information to anyone.
To
help serve you better, SmallPond Hosting uses
cookies to:
-
Help us
remember who you are through your
browser settings so that we can
offer and provide personalized
services. SmallPond Hosting uses cookies to
store and sometimes track
information about what is done and
seen across SmallPond Hosting. Cookies also
allow us to save passwords and
preferences for you so that you will
not have to re-enter them the next
time you visit.
- Measure
traffic patterns. Without cookies,
it could be difficult for us to know
that certain services are more
popular than others are. This
information helps us to better
understand when to offer new
services.
- Estimate
audience size. Cookies help us know
whether or not users have seen
particular displays, including
advertisements.
- Displaying
advertisements. SmallPond Hosting and third
party advertising networks used by
SmallPond Hosting may use cookies when
serving advertisements.
SmallPond Hosting may
contain electronic images known as Web
beacons, which are sometimes called
single-pixel gifs, that allow SmallPond Hosting
to count users who have visited those
pages and to deliver co-branded
services. Web beacons are not used to
access your personal information on
SmallPond Hosting. They are a technique used to
compile statistics about SmallPond Hosting
usage. Web beacons collect only a
limited set of information including a
cookie number, time and date of a page
view, and a description of the page on
which the Web beacon resides. SmallPond Hosting
web pages may also contain Web beacons
placed there by our advertising partners
to help SmallPond Hosting determine the
effectiveness of our Internet
advertising campaigns.
How
does SmallPond Hosting Use the Information?
Any personal information you provide to
SmallPond Hosting is maintained and accessible
only by SmallPond Hosting, unless specifically
stated otherwise. SmallPond Hosting requests
information from its users so that users
can enjoy customized experiences across
SmallPond Hosting. We may use the information
collected as follows:
- To offer
users the ability to customize or
personalize content.
- To deliver
products and services requested.
- SmallPond Hosting
uses the anonymous, aggregate data
collected to inform our sponsors and
advertisers as to numbers of people
who have certain demographic
characteristics and the number of
those people who have seen and
"clicked" on their advertisement(s).
SmallPond Hosting will also disclose to
those third-party sponsors and
advertisers the overall demographics
available regarding who saw and
"clicked" on their advertisement. No
personal information will be
disclosed to these sponsors and
advertisers as part of this process;
only information in an anonymous,
aggregate form will be disclosed.
- SmallPond Hosting
also uses the anonymous, aggregate
data to perform statistical analyses
of the collective characteristics
and behavior of our registered users
and visitors, to measure user
demographics and interests regarding
specific areas of SmallPond Hosting, to
describe our services to third
parties such as prospective business
partners and advertisers and to
analyze how and where best to use
our resources. Without such data, we
would not know what the most popular
areas of SmallPond Hosting are, and we
would not be able to change and
update the content and services
appropriately. SmallPond Hosting also uses
such data to monitor and improve the
operation of SmallPond Hosting and to
maintain the quality of the Products
and Services made available through
SmallPond Hosting. No personal information
will be disclosed during these
activities.
- SmallPond Hosting
may, from time to time, use your
personal information to contact you
about changes or enhancements to
Products and Services on SmallPond Hosting.
If you indicated that you were
interested in receiving offers or
information from selected SmallPond Hosting
sponsors and advertisers, SmallPond Hosting
will send you email publications and
mailings about products and services
that we feel may be of interest to
you. For those who elect to receive
such materials from SmallPond Hosting or
third parties, and who indicate that
they do in their profile, SmallPond Hosting
will release personal information.
Personal information released
includes name, email address and
other necessary information supplied
in SmallPond Hosting registration process.
If at any time you would like to end
your subscription to any email
materials, follow either the
directions posted at the bottom of
the email material, or the
directions at the email newsletter
company's web site.
- If you
enter a contest on SmallPond Hosting, we
will use the personal information
you provided to contact you in the
event you win. All SmallPond Hosting
contest entry forms provide a way
for you to opt-out of any
communications that is not related
to awarding prizes for the
promotion. These entry forms also
provide users with a choice on
whether to receive email marketing
materials from third parties. Any
information you provide will not be
shared with such third parties
unless you agree through the
appropriate consent box on the entry
form. If you enter a contest, you
may be asked, under the rules of the
promotion, to agree that the
promotion sponsor may use your name
in relation to announcing and
promoting the winners of the
promotion.
- SmallPond Hosting
may also use personal information if
it has reasonable grounds to believe
the information could be useful when
investigating a contravention of a
federal, provincial or foreign law;
for an emergency that threatens an
individual's life, health or
security; if the use is clearly in
the individual's interest and
consent is not available in a timely
way; or if knowledge and consent
would compromise the availability or
accuracy of the information and
collection is required to
investigate a breach of an agreement
or contravention of a federal or
provincial law.
- SmallPond Hosting
may disclose personal information:
(i) to a lawyer who is representing
it; (ii) if required to comply with
a subpoena or warrant issued or an
order made by a court, person or
body with jurisdiction to compel the
production of information, or to
comply with rules of court relating
to the production of records; (iii)
to a government institution or part
of a government institution that has
made a request for the information,
identified its lawful authority to
obtain the information and indicated
that: (A) it suspects that the
information relates to national
security, the defence of Canada or
the conduct of international
affairs, (B) the disclosure is
requested for the purpose of
enforcing any law of Canada, a
province or a foreign jurisdiction,
carrying out an investigation
relating to the enforcement of any
such law or gathering intelligence
for the purpose of enforcing any
such law, or (C) the disclosure is
requested for the purpose of
administering any law of Canada or a
province; (iv) to a person who needs
the information because of an
emergency that threatens the life,
health or security of an individual;
(v) for purposes related to
investigating a breach of an
agreement or a contravention of the
laws of Canada or a province; or
(vi) where otherwise required by
law.
Does
SmallPond Hosting Share the Information that is
Collected?
In order to provide you with content and
services that match your interests,
SmallPond Hosting may have relationships with
services and other companies on the
Internet. These also may require
registration to make them function
properly. You can recognize most of
these sites by the joint branding of
SmallPond Hosting and such companies. As well,
if you see a logo on the page that says
'Powered by third party"', you are on a
co-branded site. Other third-party
relationships are "private label"
relationships where another entity
provides SmallPond Hosting with technology,
services and/or content under SmallPond Hosting
branding. These sites form part of
SmallPond Hosting if pages at the site display
SmallPond Hosting branding bar and a link to
the Terms and Conditions or to this
Privacy Policy. If you provide, or if
SmallPond Hosting collects, personal
information on a co-branded or private
label site that forms part of
SmallPond Hosting, that data may be shared with
the partners for the purpose of
providing the products and services
available at the site.
In addition to
finding co-branded sites that form part
of SmallPond Hosting, you will find direct
links on SmallPond Hosting to sites offered by
third parties that are not part of
SmallPond Hosting. Some of these sites are
authorized to use SmallPond Hosting brands
and/or logos. In some cases the
operators of such sites may disclose
personal information collected by them
to SmallPond Hosting. Such information will be
used by SmallPond Hosting solely in connection
with the products and services of such
third party. This Privacy Policy does
not, however, apply to the privacy
practices of such sites
SmallPond Hosting may
disclose personal information to its
agents, suppliers and service providers
in conjunction with providing you with
Products and Services or operating
portions of SmallPond Hosting. Such entities
will be required to use personal
information provided solely for such
purposes. In addition, SmallPond Hosting may
share data with trusted partners to help
us perform statistical analysis. All
such third parties are prohibited from
using your personal information except
to provide these services.
SmallPond Hosting does
not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties. SmallPond Hosting may,
from time to time, contact you on behalf
of external business partners about a
particular offering that may be of
interest to you. In those cases, your
personal information (e-mail, name,
address, telephone number) is not
disclosed to the third party.
Can
you Access, Edit or Delete your
Information?
SmallPond Hosting provides its customers the
ability to access and edit the personal
information in their user profiles or
password-protected web-based management
tools. SmallPond Hosting also offers all users
who have volunteered any personal
information to SmallPond Hosting, the
opportunity to review the information
provided and to rectify any
inaccuracies. Please contact the
Privacy Coordinator, for more
details.
Can
you Opt-out?
You can
opt-out of providing personal
information and from receiving
information on SmallPond Hosting updates and
new services, as well as direct email
offers from selected SmallPond Hosting partners
and sponsors. This is done either at the
point of initial collection of
information or during the editing or
updating process. The process to opt out
of most SmallPond Hosting email materials is
the same as the process for editing user
information profiles described above. In
addition, all such email materials have
easy-to-follow unsubscribe directions
posted at the bottom of the email. If
you have any questions or concerns,
please
contact us.
What
Security Procedures are in Place?
SmallPond Hosting has security measures in
place to attempt to protect against the
loss, misuse and alteration of your user
data under our control. SmallPond Hosting
attempts to keep such information in
secure facilities, protected from
unauthorized access and kept only as
long as is reasonably required. Only
persons who have a need to know your
personal information for the purposes
described in this Privacy Policy have
access to the user data you choose to
provide to us. SmallPond Hosting has imposed
strict rules on SmallPond Hosting employees who
have access to the databases that store
user personal information or to the
servers that host our services. While
SmallPond Hosting cannot guarantee that loss,
misuse or alteration to data will not
occur, we make reasonable efforts to
prevent such occurrences. Any other
particularly sensitive information, such
as credit card numbers, is encrypted
prior to transmission. SmallPond Hosting is not
liable for any use or disclosure of your
personal information that is beyond its
reasonable control.
You are
responsible for the security of your
SmallPond Hosting login ID and password. Please
take care when using and storing them.
SmallPond Hosting recommends that you do not
divulge your password to anyone. You
should log out of your browser at the
end of each computer session to ensure
that others cannot access your personal
information and correspondence,
especially if you share a computer with
someone else or are using a computer in
a public place like a library or
Internet cafe.
Links
to Other Sites:
Please note that SmallPond Hosting's sites may
contain links to other sites. We cannot
and do not represent or guarantee that
their privacy practices will be the same
as those set out in our Privacy Policy.
So bear in mind that sites that are
linked to SmallPond Hosting sites may have
privacy policies which differ from that
of SmallPond Hosting.
Also, be aware
that SmallPond Hosting sponsors and other
advertisers have links on our sites that
take you to other sites that may collect
personal information about you. This
Privacy Policy does not cover third
party data collection practices and
SmallPond Hosting does not assume any
responsibility for the actions of such
third parties.
