Detailed Privacy Policy
This Policy was last updated on January 2, 2007.
Pure Know How, Inc is committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared a Detailed Privacy Policy to describe to you our practices regarding the personal information and anonymous data we collect from visitors to our website and subscribers to our e-communication service.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, and in accordance with Canadian privacy legislation, "personal information" is generally defined as information about an identifiable individual, or information that allows an individual to be identified.
If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information.
Your Consent
By using this site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
About Children
This site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via this site from children. Children should not use this site unsupervised.
Information We Collect
Personal information and anonymous data is collected from you when you visit the Pure Know How, Inc website, subscribe to the Pure Know How, Inc e-communications service, respond to a survey or questionnaire on specific topics and/or you communicate directly with us via e-mail, and/or feedback forms. "Personal information" means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name or e-mail address, as well as any information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data. "Anonymous data" means data that is not associated with or linked to your personal information; anonymous data does not permit the identification of individual persons.
Personal Information You Provide Us
The personal information collected by Pure Know How, Inc may include contact information, such as name, postal code and e-mail address and demographic information, such as age and gender.
We also collect information that you provide to us voluntarily, for example, when you respond to surveys and questionnaires. If you provide us feedback regarding our site or services via e-mail, we will collect your name and e-mail address in order to send you a reply.
We may ask you to voluntarily complete confidential surveys in order to improve our services to you. We do not ask you to provide us any personally identifiable information in association with these surveys although there is an association with your responses with personal information. If you do not wish to participate in a survey, however, simply decline to participate when asked.
Personal Information Collected Via Technology
To make our services more useful to you, we use technological means to collect personal information from you, including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) you just came from, the URL you go to next, your browser type, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address. We may also use cookies to collect personal information from you about your use of our site or e-mails we send you. You expressly consent to our use of cookies when you use our services.
An "IP Address" is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer Internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session to session. We track IP addresses solely in conjunction with session cookies to analyze our Web page flow.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing a Web site. Pure Know How, Inc uses both session cookies (which expire once you close your Web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our site. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. You may set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent or to refuse cookies altogether, but certain features of this site might not work without cookies. Pure Know How, Inc does not store any Personal Data in cookies on your computer (other than the cookie itself).
Personal Information That We Collect From You About Others
If you decide to invite a friend or family member to subscribe Pure Know How, Inc via the "Tell a Friend" button on the website homepage, or other means in the future, we will collect your name and e-mail address as well as your friend's or family member's e-mail address in order to send this e-mail. This information is used once only and is not saved in our database.
Personal Information Collected By Third Parties
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Privacy Statement, only Pure Know How, Inc collects personal information through the services provided solely by Pure Know How, Inc; this Privacy Statement applies only to the use and disclosure of Personal Data that we collect while you use our services.
Any personally identifiable information provided to Pure Know How, Inc may combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection. We also may disclose personally identifiable information you provide via this site to third parties, but only:
(i) to carefully selected partners who have offers that may be of interest to you, provided you have requested such offers, in which case we will require such partners to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes.
(ii) to contractors we use to support our business (such as technical support and delivery services), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes.
(iii) Pure Know How, Inc also reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual purchase, sale, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, in order for you to continue to receive the same products and services from the third party.
Use Of Personal Information And Anonymous Data
Pure Know How Inc. uses personal information and anonymous data collected to:
- improve the content and organization of the Pure Know How, Inc website site and e-communication services;
- send Pure Know How, Inc electronic communications and promotional e-mails, if you have subscribed and requested to receive such communications;
- notify you about updates to our services;
- ensure any products or services we note on our website or e-communications resonate with you;
- respond to your requests for information and reply to your input on feedback form;
- promote the use of our site or the purchase of products or services that may contain advertisements for third parties;
- compile and analyze statistics and trends of users' aggregate behavior so that we may enhance the content of our services, improve site navigation, and otherwise administer the site for your use;
- Pure Know How Inc. reserves the right to use and disclose anonymous data to third parties in its discretion. Pure Know How, Inc retains full ownership of data stored by third parties (such as an website analytics company) and controls how that data may and may not be used.
Correction and Deletion of Personal Information
To keep personal information that you provide via this site accurate, current, and complete, please contact Pure Know How, Inc with any changes and we will update your information. If you ever decide to unsubscribe; your personal information will be deleted.
Security
Pure Know How Inc. is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We take reasonable steps to protect personal information as you transmit it to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure.
Links to Other Web Sites
This site contains links or references to other Web sites. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these sites. We, therefore, encourage you to read the Privacy Policy of every Web site you visit.
This site contains sponsored links and advertisements. When you click on the links provided by our sponsors or advertisers, you will leave our site and go to another site. During this process, a third party (including a third party advertising service that may provide services to an advertiser) may collect personal information or anonymous data from you, such as the URL you just came from, the URL you go to next, your browser type, and your IP address. Our display of advertisements or links to any other company or site is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such company or site (or the contents of the site). We have no control over, we do not review, and our Privacy Statement does not apply to these other companies, sites, or content, or to any collection of data after you click on an advertisement of or link to a third party.
Unsubscribe
If you would like to cease receiving any communications from Pure Know How Inc., you may click on the unsubscribe button on the website homepage or any e-communication and follow the instructions to remove your email from the subscriber list.
How to Contact Us
To keep your personal information accurate, current, and complete email us.