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| Privacy Policy Freedman Shoes respects the privacy of our customers and is committed to protecting privacy rights of identifiable individuals. In this regard, Freedman Shoes has prepared this website privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") to detail how Freedman Shoes collects, uses, and discloses any Personal Information collected about you on the Freedman Shoes website, www.freedmanshoes.com (the "Website"). Freedman Shoes is affiliated with Sterling Shoes, Joneve Shoes, Shoe Warehouse, and The Shoe Club (the "Affiliates"). The Privacy Policy has been created to inform our customers and all visitors to the Website of the manner in which Freedman Shoes maintains the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. The Privacy Policy for the Website sets out the following:
What is "Personal Information"? Your "personal information" as defined at law, including without limitation, as defined under the Personal Information Protection Act of British Columbia, as amended from time to time (the "Act"), means all information about an identifiable individual ("Personal Information"). This Personal Information means information that can identify an individual (for example, your name, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, home address, personal email address, personal fax number, social insurance number, driver's licence number, physical description, and credit card or other financial information specifically about you). However, Personal Information does not include business "contact information", which is defined under the Act as information to enable an individual at a place of business to be contacted for business purposes, such as name, position name or title, business telephone number, business mobile telephone number, business address, business email, or business fax number of an individual. Our Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information Freedman Shoes collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information obtained on the Website for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates solely for the following specified purposes:
To better service your needs and to provide the ultimate shoe shopping experience, Freedman Shoes will share any Personal Information obtained from you on the Website or otherwise only with its Affiliates from time to time, including Sterling Shoes, Joneve Shoes, and Shoe Warehouse. You should be aware that Freedman Shoes will not share or sell your Personal Information to any third parties or organizations other than its Affiliates. Freedman Shoes may communicate with you by email, mail, and various other means of communication for the specific purposes set out above. Your Consent to Our Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information By using the Website to register with Freedman Shoes, you expressly acknowledge that you will be providing Personal Information to Freedman Shoes and its Affiliates from time to time, and therefore you voluntarily consent to collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information by Freedman Shoes and its Affiliates from time to time for the specific purposes set out in the Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that Freedman Shoes and its Affiliates may disclose your Personal Information without your consent if required by law and in accordance any applicable exceptions under the Act. The Website is directed for use by adults and Freedman Shoes does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose any Personal Information from children under the age of 13 without the consent of parents. Freedman Shoes requests that parents monitor their children's use of the Website and to contact Freedman Shoes in the event of any such usage by children under the age of 13. If you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information by Freedman Shoes and its Affiliates from time to time under this Privacy Policy, you may, at any time, withdraw your consent, unsubscribe, and request to decline to have your Personal Information collected, used, or disclosed for any or all of the specific purposes set out in the Privacy Policy. Please refer to "Contacting or Communicating with Us" of the Privacy Policy below in connection with the withdrawal of your consent. Use of Technology on the Website In order to enhance your shopping and personalize your interactive experience, the Website uses "cookie" technology. A "cookie" is a small bit of data that gets stored your computer. Like many commercial websites, we automatically collect other information by way of electronic means, using "cookies" which are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our products and services. This information includes the address (or "URL") of the website that you came from before visiting the Website, which web pages you visit on the Website, which browser software you use to view the Website, your IP address, and any search terms you have entered on the Website or in order to access the Website. This data is not used individually, but is aggregated and only used to tailor the Website to better meet your interests and preferences. Most browsers automatically accept "cookies", but you can usually refuse "cookies", or selectively accept "cookies", by adjusting the preferences in your browser. If you turn "cookies" off, there may be some features of our site that will not be available to you. The Website may contain links to other websites that may or may not be the Affiliates of Freedman Shoes from time to time. Any such links are not intended to be referrals by Freedman Shoes and are posted for the purposes of convenience only. You acknowledge that Freedman Shoes has no responsibility, liability, or obligation to control or maintain the websites you visit via such links. You should ensure that you familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policies and terms of use of all other websites before using the same. Security of Personal Information Freedman Shoes and its Affiliates are committed to adopting and maintaining appropriate measures and safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to protect against any loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, copying, use, modification, or disclosure. Freedman Shoes exercises care in the secure transmission of your Personal Information; however, no transmission of Personal Information over the Internet is 100% secure. Freedman Shoes is unable to guarantee that Personal Information collected, used, or disclosed through the medium of the Internet cannot be intercepted by third parties. Requests for Access to Personal Information The Act permits individuals to submit written requests to us to provide them with:
Freedman Shoes will respond to requests in the time allowed by the Act and will make a reasonable effort to assist applicants and to respond as accurately and completely as reasonably possible. All requests may be subject to any fees and disbursements the law permits us to charge. Requests for Correction of Personal Information The Act permits individuals to submit written requests to us to correct errors or omissions in their personal information that is in our custody or control. Freedman Shoes will:
Contacting or Communicating with Us If you have any questions with respect to the Privacy Policy concerning the handling of your Personal Information, wish to withdraw your consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your Personal Information, or if you wish to request access to, or correction of, your Personal Information under our care and control, please contact our Privacy Officer at: Privacy Officer If you are dissatisfied with our handling of your personal information, we invite you to contact our Privacy Officer in writing, setting out the reasons for your concern. If, after our Privacy Officer has reviewed and responded to your concern, you remain dissatisfied, you may wish to contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia at: P.O. Box 9038, Stn. Prov. Govt., |
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