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ATV CANADA WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
ATV Canada ("ATVC") is committed to respecting
the privacy concerns of
its visitors to ATV Canada ("the Website"). ATVC has
created this
privacy policy (the "Policy") to establish guidelines that will govern
the collection, use,
protection and disclosure of the personal and non-personal information of
its visitors.
ATVC collects three kinds of information from this Website: (1)
your voluntarily provided
personal information; (2) anonymous non-personal information; and (3) "cookie" based
information.
(1) Personal Information: ATVC does not automatically
collect personal information,
such as name, address, phone number, email address and other personally identifiable
information, from its visitors ("Personal Information"). From time
to time, ATVC will collect Personal Information that is voluntarily
provided by its visitors in filling out contest entry forms, registering on our forums, subscribing
to newsletters and other activities carried out on the Website.
ATVC will only collect and use such Personal Information solely
for the purpose(s)
disclosed by ATVC at the time of collection and only after the
visitor has voluntarily
agreed to such collection and use. ATVC also sometimes use email
addresses that have
been voluntarily provided by its visitors to respond specifically back to those same visitors who communicate
with us,
to inform winners of contests or to subscribe to newsletters. All emails from
ATVC to its
visitors include instructions on how to discontinue receipt of emails, newsletters
and
other communication from ATVC and visitors can discontinue such
communication at
any time.Email addresses from visitors who wish to discontinue receipt of ATVC’s
emails will be removed from ATVC’s distribution list and
data bases. All Personal
Information that may identify a visitor and has been collected with the visitor’s
consent
by ATVC is not disclosed in any identifiable form to any other
party outside the company
except for the fulfillment of the specific purpose identified to the visitor
at the time of
collection. ATVC will NEVER disclose such information in ANY form to other parties for marketing, advertising
or other
purposes. At any
time, a visitor
may send an email to webmaster at atvcanada dot ca to request
that Personal
Information be changed, removed or updated in ATVC’s databases. You can also edit this information in your account profile yourself.
Visitors should exercise caution when they disclosed personally identifiable
information
on bulletin boards or chat rooms on this Website or any other website. Such
areas are
accessible by anyone and may result in the visitor receiving unsolicited messages
from
other people and/or companies. Although ATVC is committed to protecting
the Personal
Information provided to it by its visitors in compliance with this Privacy
Policy, it cannot
guarantee the security of information, whether personal or otherwise, that
visitors
disclose online to publicly accessible bulletin boards or chat rooms.
(2) Anonymous Non-Personal Information: When visitors visit
the Website, anonymous, non personal information about their visit is automatically
collected. Such
information
may include the length and date of the visit, how the visitor navigated the
Website, what
pages the visitor viewed, the type of browser being used by the visitor, the
type of
operating system used by the visitor and the domain name of the visitor’s
Internet
service provider. ATVC uses this Anonymous Non-Personal information
to track the
success of its Website with its visitors and to better tailor the Website to
visitors’ needs
and interests. This Anonymous Non-Personal Information may be shared with other
parties, such as broadcasters, advertisers, sponsors and partners.
(3) Cookie-based Information: ATVC may use cookies on its Website. "Cookies" are
pieces of information that a website transfers to a visitor’s hard drive
for record keeping
and identification purposes. Cookies are used to make the visitor’s use
of a website
easier by saving visitor preferences and passwords and to identify which areas
of the
Website are popular and which areas need improvement and how to target certain
advertising to its visitors. ATVC does not use cookies to collect
personally identifiable
information except in connection with a password protected online registration
for a
contest or newsletter or other service and only with the visitor’s informed
consent.
Visitors may visit the Website with its cookies turned off to avoid the collection
of Cookie-based Information but may see some issues with website operation and can expect the site to behave in a possible abnormal fashion if done so.
Protection of Visitors’ Personal Information: ATVC protects
the Personal Information it
collects with appropriate technological, physical and administrative safeguards
to protect
if from unauthorized disclosure or use. Access to Personal Information collected
by
ATVC is limited to authorized individuals and stored on its databases,
which are
protected by firewall's and are password-secured. ATVC retains the
Personal
Information only for as long as is required for the purposes identified at
the time of its
collection and consented to by the visitor providing it or as otherwise required
by law.
Once Personal Information is no longer necessary for the purposes consented
to by the
visitor, it is ATVC’s practice to delete it from its data
bases or systems or make it
anonymous.
Linked Website's: This Website may be linked to other website's.
These linked website's
are not under the control of ATVC and are required to have their
own privacy policies.
Visitors should ensure that they read and understand how their Personal Information
may be collected, used, and disclosed by the linked website's as ATVC is
not responsible
for and shall not be held liable for any procedures, policies or activities
of any website's
linked to the Website.
Visitor’s Consent to Privacy Policy: By visiting and
using this website, the visitor agrees
to the Privacy Policy and the terms of use ("Terms of Use") linked
to this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy do not use this Website or provide
Personal
Information to ATVC. If you wish to amend, update or remove the
Personal Information
already provided, please go to your account settings and profile pages to edit any information you wish to change or delete.
Accountability: ATVC takes its commitment to securing
privacy very seriously. From
time to time, ATVC may amend or update this Privacy Policy to comply
with visitor
concerns, best practices and/or the law. ATVC has appointed a member
of its
management team to act as ATVC’s Privacy Officer and who
is responsible for
reviewing, approving and administering this Privacy Policy and ATVC’s
commitments
hereunder. If you have any questions, concerns or comments, feel free to contact
the
Privacy Officer by using our contact link on the bottom of each forum page.
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