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Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting our web site. This web site belongs to and is operated by Belvedere International Inc. Belvedere is committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy on the Internet. This Privacy Policy outlines the information Belvedere may be collecting from visitors and how we will use and protect that information.
1. Consent to this Privacy Policy
By using our web site in any way, such as browsing or interacting, you signify that you agree with the terms of our current Privacy Policy as posted here. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use this web site. Belvedere reserves the right to change or remove this Privacy Policy at its discretion. We encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed. To make this policy easy to find, we make it available on our home page and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
2. What Information Is Collected
We collect two types of information about visitors:
Personally Identifiable Information: Personally identifiable information is any information which can be used to identify an individual, such as a name, address, telephone number, social security number, billing and shipping information, credit card information or e-mail address. When you visit our web site, we will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it to us voluntarily. You can visit our web sites without telling us who you are or revealing personally identifiable information about yourself, in which case you may however be unable to participate in certain product promotions or receive product information. From time to time, Belvedere may offer sweepstakes, contests and surveys. Participation in these promotions is completely voluntary and the user has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. In the event you wish to enter a sweepstakes, contest or survey but do not wish us to maintain your personal information for any purpose unrelated to the sweepstakes, contest or survey, you may notify us, and provide a description of the specific sweepstakes, contest or survey to us. If you otherwise do not agree with any term in this Policy, please do not provide any personally identifiable information on this site or participate in any Belvedere surveys, promotions, or other activities requiring this information. If you do submit personally identifiable information, we may also combine that personally identifiable information with other information collected, such as what areas of our web site you visit and any downloads or transactions that you make from our site.
Aggregate and Statistical Data: Belvedere may collect certain non-personally identifiable aggregate data called web log information (such as your web browser, operating system, pages visited, etc.) and use cookies or web beacons when you visit some of our web pages. For instance, when you visit one of our web sites, our webserver will automatically recognize some non-personal information, including but not limited to the date and time you visited our site, the pages you visited, the referrer (the website you came from), the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS) and the domain name and address of your internet server (e.g., AOL). We also may collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. The IP address data that we collect does not contain any personally identifiable information about you and is used to administer our site, to determine the numbers of different visitors to the site and to gather broad demographic data. We do not use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to your visit to or your interaction with this web site.
In some cases we may also collect information that you voluntarily submit and which is anonymous, such as general statistical information (e.g., age, gender, household size, zip/postal code, preferences or interests).
How Information Is Collected:
Personally Identifiable Information: Belvedere collects personally identifiable information from our web site visitors only on a voluntary basis. Such information may be collected from you if you choose to participate in the following via our web site: web site registrations, contests, sweepstakes, questionnaires, surveys, consumer service contacts, employment inquiries, product purchases, or other similar activities requiring the submission of personally identifiable information.
Aggregate and Statistical Data: Cookies and web beacons are used to collect non-personal information automatically from visitors to our site. A "cookie" is a small piece of data that can be sent by a webserver to your computer, which then may be stored by your browser on your computer?s hard drive. Cookies help us in many ways to make your visit to our web site more convenient and meaningful to you. For example, cookies allow us to tailor a web site or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences, or to save you the trouble of reentering certain information in some registration areas.
Most Internet browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to utilize or learn more about these functions. If you disable cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain personalized functions of this web site.
Statistical non-personally identifying information (e.g., gender, zip code, etc.) is only collected if you voluntarily submit it to us.
3. Use of Information
Personally Identifiable Information: We collect, maintain and use personally identifiable information you have voluntarily submitted to our web site for the following purposes:
- helping to establish and verify the identity of users;
- opening, maintaining, administering and servicing users accounts or memberships;
- processing, servicing or enforcing transactions and sending related communications;
- providing services and support to users;
- improving the web site, including tailoring it to users' preferences;
- providing users with product or service updates, promotional notices and offers, and other information about Belvedere;
- responding to your questions, inquiries, comments and instructions;
- maintaining the security and integrity of our systems.
Aggregate and Statistical Data: Belvedere uses web log information (such as your web browser, operating system, pages visited, etc.) to help us design our web site, to identify popular features, and for other managerial purposes. However, such information may also be used if necessary to help identify any person attempting to break into or damage our web site. We may share such information, possibly along with personally identifiable information, with law enforcement agencies if we believe that we have evidence of a violation of computer security or other laws.
4.Data Sharing and Storage
Belvedere will not give or sell your personally identifiable information to any business, other than the business to which you submitted your information (or a purchaser of such business), without your consent unless required by law or disclosed to you at the time when the information is collected. However, Belvedere may use unaffiliated companies such as agents or contractors to help it maintain and operate its web site or for other reasons related to the operation of its business, and those companies may receive your personally identifiable information for that purpose. These companies are restricted from using this data in any way other than to provide services for Belvedere. Finally, please note that we will release your personal information if required to do so by law, search warrant, subpoena, court order or upon request of government authorities.
Your personally identifiable information will be stored for a reasonable amount of time in Belvedere databases located in Canada.
5. Security
Belvedere is committed to keeping secure the data you provide us and will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or alteration. Agents or contractors of Belvedere who have access to your personal information in connection with providing services for Belvedere are required to keep the information confidential and are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for Belvedere. If transactions are offered on this site, transaction information is transmitted to and from us in encrypted form using industry-standard secure connections to help protect such information from interception. Please be aware, however, that any email or other transmission you send through the Internet cannot be completely protected against unauthorized interception.
6. Children
Belvedere has no intention of collecting any personal information from individuals under 13 years of age, and users under age 13 should not submit any personal information to us. Where appropriate, Belvedere will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on our web sites or advertisements. If a child has provided us with personal information, a parent or guardian of that child may contact us at the e-mail address or address listed in Section 7 of this Privacy Policy if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will use reasonable effort to delete the child's information from our databases.
7. Contacting Us Regarding Your Personal Information
You are in control of the personally identifiable information you provide to Belvedere via our web sites. If you have submitted personally identifiable information through a Belvedere web site and you would like to have that information deleted from our databases, please contact us in writing if you would like to request access or correction of your personal information. We will then use reasonable efforts to remove your personal information from our files. You may also contact us through either of the above methods to request the personal information that Belvedere has collected about you through its web sites. Belvedere will use reasonable efforts to supply you with this information and correct any factual inaccuracies in this information, upon receiving credible information that demonstrates an error was made.
8. Links to Other sites
Our sites may contain links to other sites. Belvedere is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the other web sites. Please note that the privacy policies applicable to such third party sites may differ significantly from the Belvedere Privacy Policy, so we advise you to please read them carefully before using those sites.
9. Complaints
Belvedere is committed to working with consumers to obtain a fair and rapid resolution of any complaints or disputes about privacy. Please send us your questions or comments regarding our privacy practices by belvedereprivacy@belvint.com, or send us a letter to:
Belvedere Privacy Inquiries
Communications Department
Belvedere Canada Inc.
5675 Keaton Crescent
Mississauga, ON L5R 3G3
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