Privacy Policy
Introduction
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully prior to using the website. By using this website, you accept the terms of the Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information
Under PIPEDA, personal information includes any any information by which an individual can be identified.
We collect personal information only when it is provided by you. If you sign up for the email list, register for the Freebie Library or other resources, and/or purchase a product or service from us, we may collect your email address, name, and other personal information you provide. If you fill out a survey and identify yourself, contact us through email, social media, or the contact forms on this site, we may collect additional information from you. We use this information to deliver products or services to you, keep you informed about related products or services, and to track your preferences.
Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies used by our service providers
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
We publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996
Use of Information
Before forwarding us any personal information, please be advised that any information gathered on our Sites may be used in the aggregate for research and development relating to our Sites and/or for future site development and, if you ask us to, to send you promotional materials. In particular, we may use information gathered about you for the following purposes: to monitor interest in our range of products and to assist us to tailor the content of our Sites to your needs by collecting information about your preferences through tracking of patterns page views on our Sites; to create a profile relating to you in order to show you the content that might be of interest to you and to display the content according to your preferences; and, in circumstances where you have indicated that you wish to receive additional information, to send you information about us and promotional material about our products together with details of any offers we may have available from time to time.
Disclosure of Information
The Company will not disclose personal information that you provide on its Sites to any third parties other than to a Company agent except: i) in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, or ii) to comply with legal requirements such as a law, regulation, warrant, subpoena or court order, and/or iii) if you are reporting an adverse event/side effect, in which case the Company may be required to disclose such information to bodies such as, but not limited to, Canadian and/or international regulatory authorities. Please note that any of these disclosures may involve the storage or processing of personal information outside of Canada and may therefore be subject to different privacy laws than those applicable in Canada, including laws that require the disclosure of personal information to governmental authorities under circumstances that are different than those that apply in Canada.
Cookies
The Company, in common with many web site operators, may use standard technology called “cookies” on its Sites. Cookies are small data files that are downloaded onto your computer when you visit a particular web site. You can disable cookies by turning them off in your browser; however, some areas of the Sites may not function properly if you do so.
Use by Minors
We considers the protection of children’s privacy, especially online, to be of the utmost importance. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children nor do we allow them to become registered users of, or to request information through, our website.
Disclosure
This site contains affiliate links. When you purchase an item through one of these referral links, I may receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I include affiliate links for products that I love and recommend because this allows me to keep this site up and running by covering some of the cost associated with it (hosting, domain, material, my time, etc.)
Amazon
The Crafty Beaver is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.ca and www.amazon.com.
Comments
Comments are loved and welcome on any post, however, I retain the right to delete any comment that contains defamatory, racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, otherwise offensive content or spam.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our disclaimer and agree to its terms.
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION:
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place physical, and electronic procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. We do not sell, rent, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer any information we collect to external parties.
Storage of Information
Personal information you share with us is stored on our database servers, which is hosted in Canada, or hosted by third parties who have entered into agreements with us that require them to observe our Privacy Policy.
POLICY CHANGE:
If we alter our Privacy Policy, any changes will be posted on this page of our Site so that you are always informed of the information we collect about you, how we use it and the circumstances under which we may disclose it.
Privacy Officer
Shanley Weston
Halifax, NS, Canada
You can contact Shanley by e-mail at shanley@thecraftybeaver.ca
or by using our website contact form.