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DAWN WATTIE LAW CORPORATION (“DWLC”) is a British Columbia law firm, committed to protecting the privacy of users to this Website.

This is the privacy statement of DWLC and details how DWLC collects and uses of personal information of users of this Website and outlines our privacy commitment to you as well as our privacy practices. DWLC wants all users of its Website to understand the purposes and uses for our collection of user personal information and we want to ensure that DWLC has your consent to continue to collect, use and disclose your personal information for those purposes and uses as set out below.

At the same time, DWLC wants its privacy statement to meet the highest commercial standards that establish trusting relationships based on respect for personal identity and information by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site www.dawnwattielawcorp.ca and sub-domains.

We want this Web site to demonstrate our commitment to its users’ privacy, and therefore we want you to know what our information and privacy practices are with respect to the following matters:

1. What personally identifiable information DWLC collects.
2. What personally identifiable information third parties collect through the Web site.
3. What organization collects the information.
4. How DWLC uses the information.
5. With whom DWLC may share user information.
6. What choices are available to users regarding collection, use and distribution of the information.
7. What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under DWLC’s control.
8. How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the Webmaster by the following email: and if you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed, they should then contact DWLC directly by the following contact number(s): (604) 874-7204.

Information Collection and Use

Information Collection

DWLC is the sole owner of the information collected on www.dawnwattielawcorp.ca including all sub-domains. DWLC collects personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our Web site. This information allows us to market and promote our services.

User Password and Login

Currently, there is no password or login necessary to use our Web site. A password may be used on our site in the future if we extend our services to offer online services and or products. Where a password is used, the password will enable users to access particular service offerings of this Web site, the user will be assigned unique identifiers such as a login, user and password to fully utilize our Web site. The username will not be related to a user’s email address and DWLC will not send out usernames or passwords via email, except to the user, following registration for their records only. If we use a login and password, the login and password will be used to track the activities of users and to contact the user about programs and services on our site for which he/she has expressed interest. We will have the ability to resend a password but willnot see it. A user will be free to choose their own username and password which we then verify through email.

We may disclose personal information if legally required to do so such as to protect our rights and property, take emergency action regarding personal safety or where required by operation of law.

Information Use

We collect and use the information to improve the features of the Web site, to customize our services or delivery of information to you on the Web site to make the users’ use of the Web site more effective and efficient, to troubleshoot problems and enforce this privacy statement. We automatically track certain information based on the user’s use of our Web site. We use this information to modify our services and to better understand the users base. We track information regarding the URL that the user came from (whether from our site or not), which URL the user may go to next (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser is being used and the user’s IP address.

We use information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to improve our content, and to customize our site’s content, layout and services to better meet the needs of users. We collect information to generate statistics and aggregate reports for internal use only. These statistics and aggregate reports will not contain any personally identifiable information. Personal identity is kept anonymous.

We collect and use information from messages, users who chose to post information on our site. We also collect and use personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send correspondence about your activities or postings on the Web site.

DWLC does not sell or rent any information collected from users to other third parties.

Profile

We store information that we collect through cookies, log files, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile with other third parties.

Throughout the site, the user is identified by their user name. We do not use robot exclusion hardware and therefore, others may illegally attempt to automatically collect a user’s email address from our site.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while a user is on our site. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A cookie can stay active for up to twenty minutes of inactivity. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.

We use cookies on certain pages of our site to help analyze our Web site flow, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety. We offer certain features that are available through the use of a cookie. Cookies may also be used in the future to help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are “session cookies”, meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. A user is always free to decline our cookies if their browser permits, although in declining a cookie, you may not be able to use certain features of our Web site.

Third Party Advertising

We do not do any external advertisement. We do not aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts) information and provide information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third party for promotional purposes.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by www.dawnwattielawcorp.ca only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. We use third party software to analyze our log files, such as Google analytic and therefore a user must comply with third party information requirements and DWLC has no control over these requirements. We also use logs including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable information to enable our Web-based service. We use a tracking utility called Awstats to track and interpret log files and to analyze user movement.
Communications from the Site

Newsletter

Users may access a monthly newsletter as an optional feature on the Web site. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to access or not access this type of communications
Other communication

We may offer other communications to user from the Web site. Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. (Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections of the www.sanctuaryforall.com Website to opt out of receiving these types of communications)

Service Announcements

On occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly program or service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)

We do not share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.

Third Party Advertisers

We do not share Web site usage information about users with third party advertisers.

Sharing of Personal Information with Third Parties

We DO NOT share personal information with third parties.

Third Party Intermediaries

We do not use any outside credit card processing company or other third party intermediaries.

Business Transitions

In the event DWLC goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users’ personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

We may disclose personal information of a user to an agent when in the reasonable judgment of DWLC, the individual is seeking information as an agent of the user.

We may disclose personal information of a user to a public agency when in the reasonable judgment of DWLC, there is imminent danger to person or property to which such disclosure would avoid or minimize the danger.

Choice/Opt-out

We do not use our users’ information for other purposes other than related to our site.

We would like to continue to have you, the user’s consent for the purposes and uses of personal information as set out in this privacy statement, however, you may choose to refuse or withdraw your consent by refusing to give us personal information or withdrawing such consent subject to any applicable contractual or notice provisions by emailing us at .

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following instructions given in the footer of the email or email us at . Or if user wishes to no longer receive our communications, the user can do so by going to the appropriate page and unchecking the boxes beside the specific communication or by sending an email to use at .

Links

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, DWLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
We protect personal information and the user’s right to privacy by:

1. Only collecting personal information for the purposes set out in this privacy statement.

2. Ensuring appropriate security measures are in place.

3. Ensuring appropriate confidentiality measures are in place for personal information when dealing with third party.

4. Ensuring that personal information is kept up-to-date and current for the purposes in which it is being used.

5. Honouring any user request for access to their personal information.

If we will not ask users to provide sensitive information. We also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information is reviewed only by employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. As well any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can to do to ensure our users’ information is protected. Finally, the server that stores personally identifiable information is in a secure environment.

If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to .

Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information

If a user’s personally identifiable information changes, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by going to the profile page or by emailing .

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy statement and or practices, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. The posting of changes to the privacy statement shall be effective within 30 days.

If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Contact Information

If users have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Phone (604) 874-7204
Fax (604) 874-7205
Email:
Web site URL www.dawnwattielawcorp.ca

Otherwise, we assume that you, the user of our Website, have granted consent to us to collect, use and disclose your personal information for the purposes and uses identified in this privacy statement.