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General Principles |
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The Style Spy Media Inc. ("The Style Spy") has established this privacy policy to comply with regulation and with the highest possible standards for safeguarding information security and privacy. This privacy policy governs the use of any information you provide to us through the www.thestylespy.com website. The privacy policy also describes how we will use such information and the limited circumstances in which such information may be disclosed.
Your information will be stored on computers located in Canada and is subject to regulation under the laws of Canada.
If you object to your personal information being transferred or used as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the website or view any of the content on the website.
Please note that this privacy policy does not apply to any information you supply to third party sites which may be linked from the website.
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Notification of Changes |
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If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the amended policy prominently on our website so you may review such changes. Any changes will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to such changes then please contact us and we will not use your information in the new manner. We will only use information in the accordance with the privacy policy under which your information was collected and to which you agreed. |
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What Personal Information We Collect |
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Information We Collect |
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We collect the following personal information from you.
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Shopping Buzz or Ask The Style Spy: To deliver The Shopping Buzz e-newsletter or reply any Ask the Shopaholic questions, we will require your email address. We will not sell, rent or share your personal information, including your email address to any third parties without your permission. |
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Surveys: Occasionally, we will send out surveys asking for information, including your age, location, income, education and shopping habits. This data is used to better understand our readers and tailor the site to your needs. |
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Prizes: If you are chosen as a winner for a prize, we will require your name and mailing address to ship the prize to you. This information will not be shared with any outside source and is only collected to deliver the prize to the lucky winner. |
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Style Spy of the Week: By submitting your application and picture to our Shopaholic of the Week feature, you are giving us approval to edit, post and distribute the information. |
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Ask The Style Spy: When submitting a question to us you are giving us approval to edit, post and distribute the question on the Dear Style Spy page of our website. With your written email approval, we may also post your first name and last initial and general location. |
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Transaction Information |
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To help prevent fraud, or errors and to provide you with transaction reports, we retain the following information about any information you buy through the The Style Spy store:
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Information about every transaction you conduct; and |
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The IP address of whatever device you use to access your account. |
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Website Traffic Information |
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Due to the technical nature of web-browsing, when you visit our website, we obtain the following information:
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The web address of the website that you came from or are going to; |
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Which pages of our website you visit; the type of browser you use; and |
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The times you access our website. |
We use this information only to try to understand your preferences better and to manage the load on our servers, so as to improve our service, analyze trends, administer the site, improve site performance, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not track the websites that you visit before or after you leave our site.
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Use and Disclosure of Collected Information |
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Internal Uses
We use the information we collect about you in order to:
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Verify your identity |
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Provide our services |
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Process your transactions |
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Improve our services |
We limit access to personal information about you to those employees and agents who need to know the information to provide products and services to you. |
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Disclosure to Third Parties
We will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information to third parties except in the limited circumstances described below, or with your express permission. These third parties are limited by law or by contract from using the information for secondary purposes beyond the purposes for which the information is disclosed. We disclose information appropriate to the circumstances as determined in our sole unfettered discretion.
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We disclose information in response to a subpoena, warrant, court order, levy, attachment, order of a court-appointed receiver or other comparable legal process, including subpoenas from private parties in a civil action. |
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If we merge or are acquired by another company then the successor company would have access to your information but would continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy. |
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Occasionally, we may share non-identifiable information such as age, location and shopping habits to our advertisers. This is to ensure advertisers understand who our readers are, providing more direct and tailored promotions, events and information. |
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Updating Your Information |
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You can review the personal information you provided us and make changes to some information by emailing us at contact@thestylespy.com.. |
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Contacting Us |
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If you have any questions regarding this policy, please email us at contact@thestylespy.com.. |
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