The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association ("OSSGA") 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 the OSSGA collects, uses, discloses and manages your personal information. When we refer to "personal information" within this policy, we mean any information about an identifiable individual, such as your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
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. In most cases, these purposes will be clearly identified in writing. In other cases, depending on the circumstances, the purposes will be implied. For instance, if you sign up to receive the OSSGA newsletter, you implicitly give us your permission to use your personal information to administer and deliver this service to you. 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 except where inappropriate. 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.
Sometimes, but only regarding non-sensitive personal information, your consent may be implied. For instance, by entering one of our on-line contests, your consent to our use of your personal information to administer the contest is implied by your completion of the on-line entry form. Also, with non-sensitive personal information (i.e. name, address, phone number and e-mail address) only, we may use it to send you information about the OSSGA, its business and upcoming events until you advise us that you no longer wish to receive such information. However, when using this "opt-out" method of consent, we will provide you with a clear and simple process for having your name removed from such mailings.
Typically, we will seek your consent at the time your personal information is collected. 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.
Understand, you may withdraw your consent at any time to any of the uses contemplated in this Privacy Policy. Simply, contact a representative at the following e-mail address to have your consent withdrawn: xxx@xxx.com. Please note, however, that withdrawing your consent to some of the contemplated uses may render it impossible to continue to provide a service which you have currently requested.
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, sign up for our e-newsletter, or complete an on-line Contact or Ask An Expert form. For the most part, the type of personal information we collect from you includes the following: name, email address, and personal opinions. When you enter one of our contests or promotions, we will also collect your address and phone number.
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 purposes.
A brief word on "cookies". When you visit the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website, 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. Also, if you submit personal information to the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website (such as your name, address, phone, email address), we may use cookies to keep track of such information so that you will not need to re-enter this information during subsequent visits. We use cookies to customize delivery of the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" content. You may set your Internet browser preferences to notify you when you receive a cookie or decline acceptance of cookies. If you decline acceptance of cookies, however, you may experience less than optimal performance of the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website.
While using the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website, 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 the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website or to assess the amount of traffic to the website. 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.
The OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website contains links to other third party sites. OSSGA 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) To provide you with services or information that you have requested from us. This would include e-mail newsletter services, contest information, or personal response to questions or comments submitted to OSSGA;
(ii) 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 user complaints/feedback.
5. Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set out below, we will not sell, rent, transfer, or disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent:
(i) We may disclose certain personal information to third parties solely for the purpose of administering, processing, or fulfilling a service you have requested on our behalf, such as 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.
6. Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. OSSGA takes technical, administrative, and physical security steps to protect the personal information that you provide to us. We instruct our employees with access to your personal information that it is to be used only in adherence with the principles set forth in this privacy policy and the laws applicable to each specific business.
7. Information Requested from Children
At the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website, we take our responsibilities to our younger visitors seriously. In addition to the steps we take to safeguard the privacy and integrity of personal information submitted by adults, we adhere to the following principles and practices regarding personal information requested from children under 13 years old.
We will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (such as full name, home address, e-mail address, phone number, etc.). If, at any time, we determine that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personal information, or if a parent or legal guardian informs us that his or her child has submitted personal information to the OSSGA "theholestory.ca" website, we will promptly remove such information from our database.
If you have any comments or questions on policies related to children's data or about our commitment to protecting your and your children's privacy, please contact our office at the email address identified below.
8. Access to Your Information
We will give you 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. Simply send us an e-mail at admin@ontariossga.com, and we will fulfill your request.
If you have any questions, comments, complaints or suggestions about this privacy policy or OSSGA's privacy practices, or wish to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information for any of the purposes contemplated herein you can contact our office either via e-mail at admin@ontariossga.com or by mail at:
Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
365 Brunel Road, Unit 2
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1Z5
