Effective: September 9, 2021
Core Business Intelligence (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to the confidentiality and security of the personal information that we collect. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual, either alone or when combined with other information.
GoDaddy Inc. hosts the website domain www.corebusinessintelligence.ca.
We developed this privacy policy to inform users of our ‘Services’ and any other visitors to our website (“you”, “your”) about our privacy practices.
Please read this policy carefully as it contains important information about our privacy practices. This policy explains what personal information may be collected through our website, how that information may be used, disclosed and safeguarded, and how long the information may be stored by us or the website host.
Collection of Personal Information
While using our Services, you may be asked to provide personal information. The table below describes the categories of personal information collected, the specific types of personal information collected and the purpose and source of the collection.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Use of Personal Information
We will not use personal information for purposes other than the identified purposes of our Services, including:
- to provide and maintain our Services, in general to monitor the usage of our Services and identify improvements.
- for the performance of a contract, including the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the services you have purchased.
- to contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application push notification. We communicate with you about contracted services, when necessary.
- to provide you with news, special offers and general information about other services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
- to manage your requests to better address your service needs and provide you with timely and relevant assistance.
- for other purposes, including data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our services, marketing and your experience.
De-identified or Aggregated Data
Our Company may collect, use and share de-identified and aggregated data generated from users who interact with our Services, for research and analytical purposes and/or to improve user experience on our website.
De-identified and aggregated data may be derived from your personal information but are not considered personal information in law as this data do not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect the data with your personal information so that they can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal information, which will be used in accordance with this policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
The Company may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With our affiliated partnership entities: We may share your personal information with our affiliates, in which case we contractually require those affiliates to honour this privacy policy. Affiliates may include joint venture partners.
- For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred.
- As required by law: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required by law to disclose personal information in connection with a legal proceeding or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and other similar technologies to track the activity on our Services and store certain information. Some of the tracking technologies we use, described below, include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information for the purpose of improving and analyzing our Services.
● Cookies or browser cookies. A cookie is a small file that our website may place on your device as a tool to remember your preferences. You may be able to instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Services.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Choice/Opt-out Settings
Our Company may communicate with you regarding Company information. Any marketing communications is on an opt-in basis. Should you decide that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications, you may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of our e-mails, or by contacting us by email with the subject line Attention: Privacy. However, we may still contact you for administrative purposes. Withdrawing consent will not apply to actions we have already taken based on your prior consent.
Retention of Personal Information
The Company will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy and as detailed in any contractual agreement we have with the website hosting service provider. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you have left comments, you can request to receive a file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
International Transfers
Information held by the Company, including your personal information, is processed in Canada. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, territory, country, in jurisdictions where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including to safeguard your personal information.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
By using our Services, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of your jurisdiction for the purpose of storing or processing your personal information.
European Economic Area (“EEA”): we may transfer your personal information to the following countries outside the EEA and using the following safeguards:
- Canada: European Commission Adequacy Decision
Where your personal information is transferred outside the EEA, we will take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is subject to appropriate safeguards, and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Safeguarding Your Personal Information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We are committed to implementing security safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information we hold. As part of the Company’s commitment to privacy, we take appropriate and reasonable technical, physical and administrative security measures to safeguard the personal information in our custody and control from such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or destruction.
This protection includes but is not limited to:
- security in the computer system
- passwords to protect databases
- locked filing cabinets and restricted access to offices
- limiting members of the Company with access to personal information
Please note that no method of data transmission over the internet or otherwise, or method of electronic storage, can be guaranteed to be completely secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
If you have a security related concern, please contact us by email. We will work closely with you to ensure a quick and personal response to your concerns.
Children’s Data
We do not knowingly collect children’s data. Our Services are intended for persons 18 years of age and older and are not directed towards or meant to be used by children. If you think a child may have created an account with us without your consent, you may request the deletion of any information provided to and retained by us by writing to us by email.
Links to Other Websites
Our Services may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website at your own risk. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every third-party website you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Legal Rights
As a service provider, we will comply with all our obligations to facilitate satisfaction of your legal rights under applicable data protection laws and as otherwise contractually bound. For more information about your rights or to lodge a complaint, please visit the data protection authority in your jurisdiction.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We update our privacy policy from time to time. We may notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on our Services, prior to the change becoming effective and update the effective date at the top of this privacy policy. You should review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or a complaint about our privacy practices, please contact us by email. If we are unable to resolve the concern, or if there is a further complaint, you have the option to contact the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at (www.privcom.gc.ca) or at 112 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 1H3, Toll Free: 1-800-282-1376, Fax: (613) 947-6850.
If you are in located in the EEA, you also have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority in the EEA.
In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk/).