Privacy Policy For Website
Effective Date: 07/03/2020
Applicable To The Following Website:
medvita.ca
Article 1 - DEFINITIONS:
a) APPLICABLE WEBSITE: This Privacy Policy will refer to and be applicable to the
Website listed above, which shall hereinafter be referred to as "Website." Any listed
Website may also refer to a corresponding mobile application, should one be currently in
use or hereinafter developed.
b) EFFECTIVE DATE: "Effective Date" means the date this Privacy Policy comes into
force and effect.
c) PARTIES: The parties to this privacy policy are the following data controller: MedVita
Inc ("Data Controller") and you, as the user of this Website. Hereinafter, the parties will
individually be referred to as "Party" and collectively as "Parties."
d) DATA CONTROLLER: Data Controller is the publisher, owner, and operator of the
Website and is the Party responsible for the collection of information described herein.
Data Controller shall be referred to either by Data Controller's name or "Data Controller,"
as listed above. If Data Controller or Data Controller's property shall be referred to
through first-person pronouns, it shall be through the use of the following: us, we, our,
ours, etc.
e) YOU: Should you agree to this Privacy Policy and continue your use of the Website,
you will be referred to herein as either you, the user, or if any second-person pronouns
are required and applicable, such pronouns as 'your", "yours", etc.
f) PERSONAL DATA: "Personal DATA" means personal data and information that we
obtain from you in connection with your use of the Website that is capable of identifying
you in any manner.
Article 2 - GENERAL INFORMATION:
This privacy policy (hereinafter "Privacy Policy") describes how we collect and use the
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Personal Data that we receive about you, as well as your rights in relation to that
Personal Data, when you visit our Website and interact with it in any way, including
passively.
This Privacy Policy does not cover any information that we may receive about you
through sources other than the use of our Website. The Website may link out to other
websites or mobile applications, but this Privacy Policy does not and will not apply to any
of those linked websites or applications.
We are committed to the protection of your privacy while you use our Website.
By continuing to use our Website, you acknowledge that you have had the chance to
review and consider this Privacy Policy, and you acknowledge that you agree to it. This
means that you also consent to the use of your information and the method of disclosure
as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not understand the Privacy Policy or do not
agree to it, then you agree to immediately cease your use of our Website.
Article 3 -CONTACT:
The Party responsible for the processing of your personal data is as follows: MedVita
Inc. The Data Controller may be contacted as follows:
admin@medvita.ca
The Data Controller and operator of the Website are one and the same.
Article 4 - LOCATION:
The location where the data processing activities take place is as follows:
Montreal, Canada
Article 5 - MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS:
We reserve the right to modify, revise, or otherwise amend this Privacy Policy at any
time and in any manner. If we do so, however, we will notify you and obtain your consent
to the change in processing. Unless we specifically obtain your consent, any changes to
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the Privacy Policy will only impact the information collected on or after the date of the
change. It is also your responsibility to periodically check this page for any such
modification, revision or amendment.
Article 6 - THE PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE FROM YOU:
Depending on how you use our Website, you will be subject to different types of
Personal Data collected and different manners of collection:
a) Registered users: You, as a user of the Website, may be asked to register in
order to use the Website in a legal manner.
During the process of your registration, we will collect some of the following
Personal Data from you through your voluntary disclosure:
Email Address
Personal Data may be asked for in relation to:
I) Interaction with our representatives in any way
II) receiving notifications by text message or email about marketing
III) receiving general emails from us
By undergoing the registration process, you consent to us collecting your Personal
Data, including the Personal Data described in this clause, as well as storing, using
or disclosing your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
b) Unregistered users: If you are a passive user of the Website and do not register
at all, you may still be subject to certain passive data collection ("Passive Data
Collection"). Such Passive Data Collection may include through cookies, as
described below, IP address information, location information, and certain browser
data, such as history and/or session information.
c) All users: The Passive Data Collection that applies to Unregistered users shall
also apply to all other users and/or visitors of our Website.
d) Email Marketing: You may be asked to provide certain Personal Data, such as
your name and email address, for the purpose of receiving email marketing
communications. This information will only be obtained through your voluntary
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disclosure and you will be asked to affirmatively opt-in to email marketing
communications.
e) User Experience: From time to time we may request information from you to
assist us in improving our Website, such as demographic information or your
particular preferences.
f) Combined or Aggregated Information: We may combine or aggregate some of
your Personal Data in order to better serve you and to better enhance and update
our Website for your and other consumers' use.
We may also share such aggregated information with others, but only if that
aggregated information does not contain any Personal Data.
Article 7 - THE PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE AUTOMATICALLY:
Cookies: We may collect information from you through automatic tracking systems
(such as information about your browsing preferences) as well as through information
that you volunteer to us (such as information that you provide during a registration
process or at other times while using the Website, as described above).
For example, we use cookies to make your browsing experience easier and more
intuitive: cookies are small strings of text used to store some information that may
concern the user, his or her preferences or the device they are using to access the
internet (such as a computer, tablet, or mobile phone). Cookies are mainly used to adapt
the operation of the site to your expectations, offering a more personalized browsing
experience and memorizing the choices you made previously.
A cookie consists of a reduced set of data transferred to your browser from a web server
and it can only be read by the server that made the transfer. This is not executable code
and does not transmit viruses.
Cookies do not record or store any Personal Data. If you want, you can prevent the use
of cookies, but then you may not be able to use our Website as we intend. To proceed
without changing the options related to cookies, simply continue to use our Website.
Technical cookies: Technical cookies, which can also sometimes be called HTML
cookies, are used for navigation and to facilitate your access to and use of the site.
They are necessary for the transmission of communications on the network or to
supply services requested by you. The use of technical cookies allows the safe and
efficient use of the site.
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You can manage or request the general deactivation or cancelation of cookies
through your browser. If you do this though, please be advised this action might
slow down or prevent access to some parts of the site.
Cookies may also be retransmitted by an analytics or statistics provider to collect
aggregated information on the number of users and how they visit the Website.
These are also considered technical cookies when they operate as described.
Temporary session cookies are deleted automatically at the end of the browsing
session - these are mostly used to identify you and ensure that you don't have to log
in each time - whereas permanent cookies remain active longer than just one
particular session.
Support in configuring your browser: You can manage cookies through the
settings of your browser on your device. However, deleting cookies from your
browser may remove the preferences you have set for this Website.
For further information and support, you can also visit the specific help page of the
web browser you are using:
- Internet Explorer:
- Firefox:
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Log Data: Like all websites and mobile applications, this Website also makes use of
log files that store automatic information collected during user visits. The different
types of log data could be as follows:
- internet protocol (IP) address;
- type of browser and device parameters used to connect to the Website;
- name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
- date and time of visit;
- web page of origin of the user (referral) and exit;
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- possibly the number of clicks.
The aforementioned information is processed in an automated form and collected in an
exclusively aggregated manner in order to verify the correct functioning of the site, and
for security reasons. This information will be processed according to the legitimate
interests of the Data Controller.
For security purposes (spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), the automatically recorded
data may also possibly include Personal Data such as IP address, which could be used,
in accordance with applicable laws, in order to block attempts at damage to the Website
or damage to other users, or in the case of harmful activities or crime. Such data are
never used for the identification or profiling of the user, but only for the protection of the
Website and our users. Such information will be treated according to the legitimate
interests of the Data Controller.
Article 8 - THIRD PARTIES:
We may utilize third-party service providers ("Third-Party Service Providers"), from time
to time or all the time, to help us with our Website, and to help serve you.
We may use Third-Party Service Providers to assist with information storage (such
as cloud storage).
We may provide some of your Personal Data to Third-Party Service Providers in
order to help us track usage data, such as referral websites, dates and times of
page requests, etc. We use this information to understand patterns of usage of, and
to improve, the Website.
We may use Third-Party Service Providers to host the Website. In this instance, the
Third-Party Service Provider will have access to your Personal Data.
Some of our Third-Party Service Providers may be located outside of the United
States and may not be subject to U.S. privacy laws. The countries or regions in
which our Third-Party Service Providers may be located include:
Canada
We only share your Personal Data with a Third-Party Service Provider if that
provider agrees to our privacy standards as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Your Personal Data will not be sold or otherwise transferred to other third parties
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without your approval.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Privacy Policy, we may provide your
Personal Data to a third party or to third parties in order to protect the rights,
property or safety, of us, our customers or third parties, or as otherwise required by
law.
We will not knowingly share your Personal Data with any third parties other than in
accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If your Personal Data might be provided to a third party in a manner that is other
than as explained in this Privacy Policy, you will be notified. You will also have the
opportunity to request that we not share that information.
In general, you may request that we do not share your Personal Data with third
parties. Please contact us via email, if so. Please be advised that you may lose
access to certain services that we rely on third-party providers for.
Article 9 - SOCIAL NETWORK PLUGINS:
This Website incorporates plugins and/or buttons for social networks, in order to allow
easy sharing of content on your favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed
so as not to set any cookies when accessing the page, to safeguard the privacy of
users. Cookies may be set, however, if you make voluntary use of the plugin. Please
note that if you browse while being logged into the social network, then you have already
consented to the use of cookies conveyed through this Website at the time that you
registered with the particular social network.
The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are governed
by the respective privacy policies of the social networks, which can be found below:
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Article 10 - HOW PERSONAL DATA IS STORED:
We use secure physical and digital systems to store your Personal Data when
appropriate. We ensure that your Personal Data is protected against unauthorized
access, disclosure, or destruction.
Please note, however, that no system involving the transmission of information via the
internet, or the electronic storage of data, is completely secure. However, we take the
protection and storage of your Personal Data very seriously. We take all reasonable
steps to protect your Personal Data.
The systems that we use to store your information include but are not limited to:
We utilize Google Cloud Platform and make sure to encrypt all user data before it
enters the cloud. Google Cloud has state-of-the-art security capabilities and we
make sure to use all of those as best we can.
Personal Data is stored throughout your relationship with us. We delete your Personal
Data upon request for cancelation of your account or other general request for the
deletion of data.
In the event of a breach of your Personal Data, you will be notified in a reasonable time
frame, but in no event later than two weeks, and we will follow all applicable laws
regarding such breach.
Article 11 - PURPOSES OF PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA:
We primarily use your Personal Data to help us provide a better experience for you on
our Website and to provide you the services and/or information you may have
requested, such as use of our Website.
Information that does not identify you personally, but that may assist in providing us
broad overviews of our customer base, will be used for market research or marketing
efforts. Such information may include, but is not limited to, interests based on your
cookies.
Personal Data that may be considering identifying may be used for the following:
a) Improving your personal user experience
b) Communicating with you about your user account with us
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c) Marketing and advertising to you, including via email
d) Providing customer service to you
e) Advising you about updates to the Website or related Items
Article 12 - DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA:
Although our policy is to maintain the privacy of your Personal Data as described herein,
we may disclose your Personal Data if we believe that it is reasonable to do so in certain
cases, in our sole and exclusive discretion. Such cases may include, but are not limited
to:
a) To satisfy any local, state, or Federal laws or regulations
b) To respond to requests, such discovery, criminal, civil, or administrative process,
subpoenas, court orders, or writs from law enforcement or other governmental or
legal bodies
c) To bring legal action against a user who has violated the law or violated the terms
of use of our Website
d) As may be necessary for the operation of our Website
e) To generally cooperate with any lawful investigation about our users
f) If we suspect any fraudulent activity on our Website or if we have noticed any
activity which may violate our terms or other applicable rules
Article 13 - OPTING OUT OF TRANSMITTALS FROM US:
From time to time, we may send you informational or marketing communications related
to our Website such as announcements or other information. If you wish to opt-out of
such communications, you may contact the following email: admin@medvita.ca. You
may also click the opt-out link which will be provided at the bottom of any and all such
communications.
Please be advised that even though you may opt-out of such communications, you may
still receive information from us that is specifically about your use of our Website or
about your account with us.
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By providing any Personal Data to us, or by using our Website in any manner, you have
created a commercial relationship with us. As such, you agree that any email sent from
us or third-party affiliates, even unsolicited email, shall specifically not be considered
SPAM, as that term is legally defined.
Article 14 - MODIFYING, DELETING, AND ACCESSING YOUR INFORMATION:
If you wish to modify or delete any information we may have about you, or you wish to
simply access any information we have about you, you may reach out to us at the
following email address: admin@medvita.ca.
Article 15 - ACCEPTANCE OF RISK:
By continuing to our Website in any manner, use the Product, you manifest your
continuing asset to this Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge, agree and accept that
no transmission of information or data via the internet is not always completely secure,
no matter what steps are taken. You acknowledge, agree and accept that we do not
guarantee or warrant the security of any information that you provide to us, and that you
transmit such information at your own risk.
Article 16 - YOUR RIGHTS:
You have many rights in relation to your Personal Data. Specifically, your rights are as
follows:
- the right to be informed about the processing of your Personal Dat
- the right to have access to your Personal Data
- the right to update and/or correct your Personal Data
- the right to portability of your Personal Data
- the right to oppose or limit the processing of your Personal Data
- the right to request that we stop processing and delete your Personal Data
- the right to block any Personal Data processing in violation of any applicable law
- the right to launch a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the
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United States or applicable data protection authority in another jurisdiction
Such rights can all be exercised by contacting us at the relevant contact information
listed in this Privacy Policy.
Article 17 - CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way we collect information
from you, or if you would like to launch a complaint about anything related to this Privacy
Policy, you may contact us at the following email address: admin@medvita.ca.
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