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Lat Updated September 15, 2008
Privacy policy of bean services Inc.
(“we”, “us” or “our”)
Overview
Our Privacy Policy, guidelines and processes are subject to applicable Canadian government laws. We comply with the applicable privacy laws of Canada.
You have access to edit your personal information at any time on request to us.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of personal information of identifiable individuals. When you join us as a customer or are joined as a user of our Services (the “Services”), we ask for personal information that will be used to activate your account, provide the Services to you, communicate with you about the status of your account, and for any other purpose set out in this Privacy Policy.
Consent & Information Collection and Use
By providing personal information to us and by retaining us to provide you with the Services, you voluntarily consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information as specified in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, we may on occasion ask you to consent when we collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information in specific circumstances. Sometimes your consent will be implied through your conduct with us if the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure is obvious and you voluntarily provide the information.
When you join us as a customer of the Services, you will be asked to provide some required account information and to create your account to use the Services offered by us. Your administrator will provide users of your account with usernames and passwords to access your on-line application. You will also be asked to create a user name and private password, which will become part of your account information.
When you join us as a customer, your e-mail address, mailing address, personal computer and third party services (collectively your “Personal Information”) is required by us to provide the Services. Your administrator is also required to provide us with his/her e-mail address and phone number too.
You are responsible, when providing the personal information of any third party to the Company, to ensure that you have all of the necessary rights to do so for the purposes of the Services.
We may use your account information for the following purposes:
- to provide the Services to you;
- to create, manage and control your account information;
- to communicate with you for the purpose of informing you of changes or additions to the Services, or of the availability of any Services we provide;
- to assess Service levels, monitor traffic patterns and gauge popularity of different Service options;
- to verify access rights to the Services and software;
- to allow you to access our current and future Services and software;
- to carry out our marketing activities;
- to enforce the Terms of Service;
- to respond to claims of any violation of our rights or those of any third parties;
- to respond to your requests for customer service;
- to protect the rights, property or personal safety of you, us, our users and the public; and
as required or authorized by law.
We may occasionally communicate with you regarding our products, services, news and events or post such communications on your account. You have the option to not receive this information. We provide an opt-out function with all communications of this nature, or will cease to communicate with you for this purpose if you contact us at info@beanservices.com, and tell us not to communicate this information to you. The only kind of these communications that you may not “opt-out” of are those required to communicate Service-related announcements, including, without limitation, information specific to your account, planned Service suspensions and outages, and changes to the Services. We will attempt to minimize this type of communication to you.
Age of Consent
We do not knowingly provide the Services to, and will not knowingly collect the personal information from anyone under the age of consent.
Rights to Your Information
You have the right to access and edit your personal information at anytime by signing into your on-line application.
Disclosure
We will keep confidential all of your personal information, records and data collected and imported into your on-line application.
We will only share your personal information with third parties in accordance with your instructions or as necessary to provide you with a specific Service or otherwise in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy legislation. You understand, acknowledge and agree that under urgent or emergency circumstances, and/or as required by court order, official authority, police or other law enforcement authority, or any applicable law or regulation, we may make available your information or data to the relevant third party. Under such circumstances, where permitted we will notify you as soon as we become aware of such a request. As a general rule, we do not and will not sell, rent, share or disclose your personal information without first receiving your permission or as permitted in this Privacy Policy, or by law.
You further agree that we may disclose and share your personal information or data with our parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and contractors for internal purposes, including uses related to the Services, improvements to the Services and extending special offers to you. We will ensure all persons or entities under our control that have access to your data will have executed non-disclosure agreements.
Notwithstanding the above, any publicly available information such as a vendor’s address and phone number and invoice field spacing, may be disclosed to other users of the Services who share the same vendor in using the Services.
Aggregated Data
We may also use your personal information to generate Aggregated Data for internal use and for sharing with affiliates, subsidiaries, business partners and third parties for planning and marketing purposes. “Aggregated Data” means records that have been stripped of personal information potentially identifying individuals, and which have been manipulated or combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information will not be discoverable in Aggregated Data.
User Communications
We may contact you to confirm and verify the personal information on your account. We may also communicate with you by e-mailing your administrator and/or posting information on your account to provide Service notifications, account information, and information in regard to any issues with your account.
Links
Our web site may contain links to other sites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of linked sites. Their privacy policies and practices may differ from our policies and practices.
Cookies and Log Files
We use cookies and log files to track user information. Cookies are small amounts of data that are transferred to your Web browser by a Web server and are stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to monitor traffic patterns and gauge popularity of Service options. We will use this information to deliver relevant content and services to you.
If your browser is set to not accept cookies, you will not be able to use our Services. However, most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, providing you with the chance to accept it.
Change of Ownership or Business Transition
In the event of a change of ownership or other business transition, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred. Your information will be transferred in accordance with applicable British Columbia privacy laws.
Contact Bean Services Inc.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer at:
Bean Services Inc.
Suite 220 – 425 Carrall St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 6E3
Tel: 604-637-7170
Fax: 604-357-1431
email: info@beanservices.com
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