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YOUR
PRIVACY |
Privacy of personal information
is an important principle to Corporate Kinetics
Inc. We are committed to collecting, using and
disclosing personal information responsibly
and only to the extent necessary for the services
we provide. This document describes our privacy
policies.
WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Personal information is information about an
identifiable individual. Personal information
includes information that relates to: an individual's
personal characteristics (e.g., gender, age,
income, home address or phone number, ethnic
background, family status); health (e.g., health
history, health conditions, health services
received by them); or, activities and views
(e.g., religion, politics, opinions expressed
by an individual, an opinion or evaluation of
an individual). Personal information is different
from business information (e.g., an individual's
business address and telephone number). This
is not protected by privacy legislation.
WHO WE ARE?
Our organization, Corporate Kinetics implements
lean manufacturing, create enterprise excellence
and enhance competitive capabilities for manufacturing
companies. Corporate Kinetics assists manufacturers
to achieve significant tangible top- and bottom-line
results by eliminating non-value added "waste"
activities, reducing operating costs and boosting
productivity.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION
DO WE COLLECT?
Like all Internet Application Development and
Hosting organizations, we collect, use and disclose
personal information in order to serve our clients.
For our clients, the primary purposes for collecting
personal information are as follows: to hold accurate
and current contact information, along with methods
of payment for our services. Examples of the type
of personal information we collect for those purposes
include the following: Home address and phone
number (if a home based business); banking information
(for PAP processes); and credit card information.
HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
We collect information only by lawful and fair
means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.
In all circumstances, we collect your personal
information directly from you, at the set up
of our services and in the course of our business
relationship.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use your personal information to administer
our client (time and billing databases) and
to include you in any direct newsletter or marketing
activities. If you tell us that you no longer
wish to receive information about our industry
or our services, we will not send further material.
Corporate Kinetics does not disclose your personal
information to any third party to enable them
to market their products and services.
WHAT ABOUT COOKIES?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that organizations
transfer to your computer's hard drive through
your Web browser to enable their systems to
recognize your browser and to provide features
such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart
between visits. The Help portion of the toolbar
on most browsers will tell you how to prevent
your browser from accepting new cookies, how
to have the browser notify you when you receive
a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
However, cookies allow you to take full advantage
of some of the Internet's coolest features.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Under certain circumstances, Corporate Kinetics
will disclose your personal information:
- To our bank, to process monthly Pre-Authorized
Payments
- To our credit card clearing company, to process
credit card transactions
UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
Since we use your personal information for contact
and payment purposes, it is important that the
information be accurate and up-to-date.
If during the course of our
business relationship, any of your information
changes, please inform us so that we can make
any necessary changes. When you update information,
we usually keep a copy of the prior version
for our records.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We understand the importance of protecting personal
information. For that reason, we have taken
all reasonable precautions to ensure that your
personal information is kept safe from loss,
unauthorized access, modification or disclosure,
including the following steps:
- Premises security;
- Restricted file access to personal information;
- Deploying technological safeguards like security
software and firewalls to prevent hacking or
unauthorized computer access;
- Internal password and security policies;
- Staff is trained to collect, use and disclose
personal information only as necessary to fulfill
their duties and in accordance with our privacy
policy
HOW SECURE IS INFORMATION
ABOUT ME?
You must ensure, when entering personal information
through an Internet Application that the security
of your information during transmission is protected
by the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software,
which encrypts information you input. It is
important for you to protect against unauthorized
access to your password and to your computer.
Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared
computer.
ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may ask for access to any personal information
we hold about you.
If you believe there is a mistake in the information,
you have the right to ask for it to be corrected.
This applies to factual information and not
to any professional opinions we may have formed.
COMMUNICATING WITH US
You may ask for access to any personal information
we hold about you.
If you believe there is a mistake in the information,
you have the right to ask for it to be corrected.
This applies to factual information and not
to any professional opinions we may have formed.
DO YOU HAVE A CONCERN?
Our Information Officer can be reached at Corporate
Kinetics Inc. 176 Westmount Blvd, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 7W2 to address any questions
or concerns you might have. If
you wish to make a formal complaint about our
privacy practices, you may make it in writing
to our Information Officer. He will acknowledge
receipt of your complaint; ensure that it is
investigated promptly, and that you are provided
with a formal written decision with reasons
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