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Winmar®
Website Privacy Policy
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We at Winmar
Franchise Corp. (“Winmar”) know that privacy is a major
concern of visitors to our web site (“Site”). This
policy describes the personal information we collect on
our Site, how we use it, and when we share it with third
parties. This policy applies only to personal
information collected via this Site, as well as personal
information collected offline (such as information you
may provide over the phone, via fax).
By using this
Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy and to the Terms
and Conditions governing its use. If you have questions,
comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please
contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at
tombrodhurst@winmar.ca
Our Business
Structure
The WINMAR®
name, design, logos and related marks are registered
trademarks of Winmar Franchise Corp. WINMAR® franchises
are owned and operated by independent franchisees.
Winmar Franchise Corp., an Ontario corporation, licenses
independent franchisees to provide WINMAR® services to
the public. This Site is presented by Winmar Franchise
Corp. Winmar assumes no responsibility for the privacy
practices of our franchisees in their handling of your
personal information they collect from you online or
offline. If you have questions or concerns about the
privacy policy of a WINMAR franchisee, please contact
that franchisee directly. If you need assistance
reaching a franchisee, please contact us at
tombrodhurst@winmar.ca
Information
We Collect and How We Use It
You do not have
to provide any personal information to us in order to
use our Site. You control how much or how little
personal information you submit to us. If you
communicate with us by email or through an online form
on this Site, we may collect your name, email address,
and the additional information that you provide. Online
email links allow you to send email containing questions
or other content that you input to a number of our head
office staff, as well as any one of our franchisees. We
will use the information that you provide to answer the
questions you pose, or to initiate discussions with you
regarding the sale of a franchise, unless you reside in
a jurisdiction that requires registration of a franchise
offering prior to any sales activity by us, in which
case we will not initiate or continue any form of
discussion whatsoever, and will retain your name and
contact information only in the event that we
subsequently become qualified to offer franchises in the
jurisdiction in which you reside.
We use third
party suppliers and service providers to facilitate our
Site and may make personal information available to them
to the extent necessary for them to host our Site or to
provide other services to Winmar. Whenever we do this,
we require that our third party suppliers and service
providers agree to maintain the confidentiality of the
personal information we provide to them.
We do not sell
or rent to third parties any of the personal information
that consumers provide to us online, but we may share
your information with our affiliates, our WINMAR
franchisees, and lenders to or investors in our company.
Primarily, we share information with these third parties
only to respond to your specific request or to obtain
their advice on how to improve our business or meet your
service requirements. We do not authorize third parties
unaffiliated with Winmar to make independent use of your
information for their own purposes, such as for direct
marketing.
Site Usage
Information
Like most web
sites, this Site gathers traffic patterns, site usage
information and other aggregated data in order to
evaluate our visitors’ preferences and the effectiveness
of our Site. This aggregate usage data does not identify
you individually. We may share anonymous, aggregated
statistics about visitors to our Site with others
outside our company, or we may allow third-parties to
collect aggregate data through our Site. Our web site
does not use cookies or web beacons.
Protecting
Our Community
To protect our
user community, we may use and disclose any information
about you to law enforcement, other government
officials, or other third parties, as we in our sole
discretion believe necessary or appropriate to address
or resolve inquiries or problems.
Children’s
Privacy
Winmar
recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of
children. We do not knowingly collect any personally
identifiable information from children under the age of
thirteen years. This Site is directed to adults at least
eighteen years old, and when a user discloses personal
information on this Site, the user is representing to us
that he or she is an adult. If a child has provided this
Site with personally identifiable information, we ask
that a parent or guardian e-mail us at
tombrodhurst@winmar.ca and we will promptly delete
the child’s information from our records.
Security of
Your Personal Information
Winmar operates
secure data networks protected by industry standard
firewall and password protected systems, and maintains
physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard
the integrity and privacy of these servers and of your
Personal Information. Although we can’t guarantee that
there will never be a security problem, we and our
agents that have access to your information carefully
guard against the loss, misuse or alteration of the
information we collect on our Site.
Changes in
Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the
right to change our Privacy Policy from time to time —
for example, by altering our policy on sharing personal
information. Be sure to check this page periodically for
updates.
Sale of
Company or Assets
The compilation
of information collected through our Site is considered
a trade secret of Winmar. As the owner of such
information, we may disclose, transfer or sell the
information as an asset of the company in conjunction
with due diligence for or completion of a merger,
reorganization or sale to a third party of our company
or a major portion of our assets. Although we do not
currently anticipate such an event, changes to this
Privacy Policy might result from changes in our
corporate status.
Links to
Other Sites
Our Site may
provide links to web sites not operated by Winmar.
Winmar assumes no responsibility for the privacy
practices of these third-party sites. We recommend that
you review a third-party site’s privacy policy before
submitting information.
Although we
endeavor to open a new browser window when you click on
a link to a third party site, Winmar does not guarantee
that you will receive this alert when you leave our
Site. It is your responsibility to determine when you
have left this Site.
Governing
Law
Winmar controls
and operates this Site in Canada. Our online privacy
practices are governed by the laws of Canada and
Ontario, which may differ from privacy laws in your
province or home country. By submitting your personal
information to this Site, you consent to the transfer of
your personal information to any country and its use and
disclosure in accordance with Canadian and Ontario law
and with this Privacy Policy.
This
English-language Privacy Policy is Winmar’s official
statement of its online privacy practices. In case of
any inconsistency between this English-language Privacy
Policy and its translation into another language, this
English-language document controls.
For More
Information
If you have any
questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact
us by sending an email to
tombrodhurst@winmar.ca or writing to us at Winmar
Franchise Corp., 175 Stronach Crescent, London, Ontario,
N5V 3G5.
© Winmar
Franchise Corp., 2007. WINMAR® name, design, logos and
related marks are registered trademarks of Winmar
Franchise Corp. All rights reserved.
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