LivABLE Canada understands your privacy is important and is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information collected when you use our website livableCanda.com and via the emails we collect through both paid and non-paid ticket registrations.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal information
We collect personally identifiable information through voluntary submissions you make via the website, surveys, including through entering registration data to attend the LivABLE Canada and through registering to be on our mailing list.
Signing Up for our mailing list
When registering to to be on our mailing list we require that you provide a valid e-mail address. If you register or log in using Facebook or Twitter or any future social media platforms, we may receive information from your Facebook or Twitter profile, which is publicly available. You are responsible for managing your privacy settings on Facebook and Twitter.
Registering to attend
When you register for any of our Summit events or on the LivABLE Canada website through our newsletter or our Subscription portal, your data is collected by, processed by and stored with, a third-party registration vendor, and we have access to that information. The information we collect during the registration includes both business and individual information.
The personal information we collect from individuals may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, social media addresses (i.e., “pages” or “handles”). We may also collect your industry affiliations. The information we collect from businesses includes the company name, address, phone number, we also collect certain information regarding individuals associated with the company as described above. We use this information to help us review applications from companies who wish to register to attend our LivABLE Canada produced events, as they may at a future date be interested in participating as an exhibitor, sponsor and/or speaker.
Other information
When you use the LivABLE Canada website, the hosting vendor may collect and aggregate information indicating, among other things, which pages were visited, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks were “clicked.” Collecting such information involves the logging of IP addresses, operating system and browser software used by each user. Although such information is not personally identifiable, we can determine from the IP address a visitor’s Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.
No children under 16
The website is not directed at or intended for use by children under 16 years old. Those under the age of 16 are not permitted to register to attend any in-person or virtual LivABLE Canada events.
Users outside of Canada
Please be advised that if you are located in the US or the European Union or another region with laws related to data collection and use that they may differ from Canadian law. Your personal information submitted through the website or third party ticket registration and transferred to Canada may not have the same legal data protection as in your jurisdiction. This Web site is not specifically targeted at users outside of Canada and the U.S.
HOW WE USE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you provide or submit personal information to us through the website or registration, we may use your e-mail address provided in the registration process to deliver newsletters, alerts and other information requested by you.
We also may share your personal information in the following ways:
We may share your personal information with certain third parties, including but not limited to event management firms, technology and cloud and web hosting firms, data security firms, marketing/public relations firms, and content service providers, in order to assist the team at LivABLE Canada in providing event registration, event management, and services relating to the website.
We may share your name, e-mail address, and telephone number with certain third parties who offer products or services that we believe may be relevant to your interest with our LivABLE Canada “Preferred Partners”. We do not share any other personal information with those Preferred Partners. We may also share corporate information with our Preferred Partners, including company name, address, phone number, statistics regarding the company’s size and the products and/or services that it offers, and the name and contact information (i.e., e-mail address and telephone number) of specific individuals associated with the company.
We share your personal information with third parties who collect and process your personal information through the registration process. Those parties separately maintain your personal information, and we retain access to that information as well.
We also may disclose your personal information:
to comply with a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, legal process, or requests by law enforcement or governmental entities to investigate or defend against third-party claims against us to detect, prevent, or investigate fraud or other illegal activity to repair or resolve technical issues in the operation of this website
to respond to a request by you to disclose the information, including your requests to allow access to your account and personal information by third-parties designated by you, with your knowledge and consent to address emergencies or respond to any threats, scams etc.
How we use non-personally identifiable information
We use non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher quality, more effective, and more useful website by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of the users of the website, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas and features of the website. The authority or our third-party providers may provide statistical information based on this data to advertisers, affiliates, and other current and potential business partners. The company or our third-party vendors may also use the aggregate data to inform these third-parties as to the number of people who have seen and clicked on links to their web sites.
TRACKING POLICY – COOKIES AND ANALYTICS
Cookies, pixels, and related technologies are data components stored on the user’s computer or other digital platforms tied to information about the user. The website may use cookies, pixels, and related technologies to deliver content specific to your interests, analyze how visitors interact with our website, analyze user browsing and navigation patterns, and for other purposes. You are not required to accept cookies to use this website. However, if you elect not to accept cookies, certain functionalities of this website may not work as effectively or at all. Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies and/or pixels to analyze how users use our website. We review the aggregated data provided to us through Google Analytics to analyze website usage and improve our website. Google Analytics has its own privacy policy. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described here and in the Google Analytics privacy policy.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
This website contains links to other website service providers. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other website services. This Privacy Policy applies solely to personal information collected by this website. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our website. If you provide information to us through social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, the collection of information over those platforms is governed by the social media site and not by this Privacy Policy. You can find the privacy policies for Facebook and Twitter on their respective sites.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
LivABLE Canada takes the security of your personal information seriously. We implement commercially reasonable technical, physical, and administrative security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction of personal information collected through this website. However, we cannot and do not guarantee that your personal information will never be accessed by an unauthorized party or otherwise breached.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will retain your personal information for as long as we deem reasonably necessary or desirable unless a different retention period is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. We may retain different types of personal information on a different retention schedule. We reserve the right to delete or destroy any information collected, including personal information, at any time.
Access to your personal information and how to contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to correct, update, amend, or delete/remove personal information that you have provided to us, you may contact us by email at hello@livableCanada.com. You may choose to stop receiving our communications, alerts, or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included any emails or you may contact us at hello@livableCanada.com
UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update or change our privacy practices and this policy from time to time. If we update the policy, we will publish an announcement on our website. The date at the top of this policy reflects the date of the most recent update. It is strongly recommended that you check the website often. If you object to any change to the Privacy Policy, you must cease using the website and can request that we remove your personal information from our database. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all personal information that we currently have for you.