How We Collect and Use Information

Our site includes functionality that allows you to request additional information from us. This requires, however, that you provide us with various types of personal information so that we might respond to your inquiry. In providing any such information, you understand and acknowledge that said information is being voluntarily disclosed by you.

You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g. your name, your email address) on non-secure areas of this web site, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the your communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond our control.

We do not knowingly collect any personal information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18) and furthermore encourage any minors visiting our site to consult their parents beforehand for permission.

We furthermore receive and store other non-personal information, such as your IP address or browser type. This information is used at an aggregate level to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the website.

We sometimes also employ agents to fulfill functions on our behalf, such as providing marketing assistance, analyzing data, preparing and maintaining site content, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. These agents have access to customer information as required in order to help them perform their functions on our behalf, but they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not sell, trade, or exchange personal information with third parties, except where required by law, in which case we will release the required information to the appropriate authorities. We will also release such information to collect monies owing to us or if we feel it is necessary in order to protect our rights or the rights, privacy or safety of any other group or individual.

Transfer of Personal Information

The information collected through this website, personal or non-personal, is an asset to our business that we reserve the right to transfer as a business asset in the event we divest ourselves of our business assets in the future.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the any personal information collected. Please note, however, that no method of storing or transmitting data is completely secure.

Use of Cookies

Please be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through this web site by the use of standard technologies, such as "cookies". “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the web site.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, please contact us at info@storesmart.ca. Any dispute arising between with respect to our privacy policy is subject to the Terms of Use Agreement for this web site and this privacy statement, including limitations on damages, arbitration, and application of the laws of the Province of Alberta. The foregoing policies are effective as of June 15, 2008. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by updating our privacy statement as published at www.storesmart.ca/privacy.html. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.