Privacy Policy - www.ethicalconsumer.ca

This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered on ethicalconsumer.ca. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the www.ethicalconsumer.ca web site. Usage of the ethicalconsumer.ca website is conditional upon you agreeing to be bound by this privacy policy.

Please read each provision in this Privacy Policy. However, you must note that by using the ethicalconsumer.ca website you agree that if you disclose your personal information to us then you are deemed in agreement with this privacy policy; you agree for us to contact you with information about products and services which may be of interest to you and your continued use of the website indicates your agreement with any future changes in the www.ethicalconsumer.ca Privacy Policy.

1. Collecting information about you

ethicalconsumer.ca collects information for its directory listings from publicly available sources and from businesses themselves. ethicalconsumer.ca will not otherwise collect or monitor any personal information about you without your consent. When you submit information on our website, we ask for you to provide an email address and collect your Internet Protocol number which indicates the server through which you are accessing the internet. We collect this information in order to verify any details, which you provide to us.

2. Using and disclosing your personal information

Our purpose in collecting information about you or your business is to provide you with a listing profile and with customer contacts through listing this information in a directory. By submitting information to our website you agree for this information to be listed in the directory on our website.

3. Contacting you

We may from time to time contact you at the email or other address, which you provide to us in order to:
* Provide you with updated information about our website
* Provide you with other information about our products and services, which may be of interest to you.

If you are receiving promotional information about ethicalconsumer.ca and do not wish to receive this information any longer, you may email us at support@ethicalconsumer.ca and ask to be removed from our mailing list. Please allow 2 weeks for this request to be processed.

4. You can access the information we keep about you

The directory shows what information we hold about you. You are welcome to check if we hold any other personal information about you by e-mailing us at support@ethicalconsumer.ca. Our record of your information will be made available to you within 2 weeks.

5. Changing and deleting the information we have about you

If at any time you wish to change a listing that is inaccurate or out of date, then:
* If you have your email and password you can login and change your information.
* Request your password by entering your email in the forgot password function under 'my account' on the top right hand corner of the page
* Send an email to listings@ethicalconsumer.ca and request a password.

6. Storage and security of your personal information

ethicalconsumer.ca will do our best to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date.

7. ethicalconsumer.ca and links to other websites

ethicalconsumer.ca provides links to websites outside of the ethicalconsumer.ca service. These linked sites are not under the control of ethicalconsumer.ca, and we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our website.

8. What to do if you have a problem or question

If ethicalconsumer.ca becomes aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with sites on our website, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to our Privacy Policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us at support@ethicalconsumer.ca.

9. Site Visitors

Visitors to ethicalconsumer.ca may choose to supply an email address to www.ethicalconsumer.ca when participating in activities made available by www.ethicalconsumer.ca. www.ethicalconsumer.ca will collect these emails and use them to send information in form of emails or e-newsletters from time to time.

Further ethicalconsumer.ca collects information about site usage, which may include leaving a cookie on site visitors web browser to assist in tracking site usage.

Ethicalconsumer.ca also collects content created by site visitors including but not limited to ratings, reviews, comments and any other content. Ethicalconsumer.ca may use this content in any form including promotion without compensation.

Ethicalconsumer.ca will not sell, trade, share, or otherwise distribute personal information about site visitors to any person or organization without prior consent.

If at any time a site visitor decides to no longer receive information from ethicalconsumer.ca, then s/he can send an email to info@ethicalconsumer.ca requesting to be removed from the mailing list. Please allow 2 weeks for this request to be processed.

10. Future changes

Our commitment to be a leading provider of online directory services for socially responsible business means that our business will continue to evolve as we introduce new services and features to our website. Because of this, from time to time, our policies will be reviewed and may be revised. ethicalconsumer.ca reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on its website. The amended Privacy Policy will apply between us whether or not we have given you specific notice of any change.

Latest update: May 2008