This Privacy Policy describes the collection of information from its websites and its use by Compass Marketing International Ltd. of which About Vaccinations is an operating division.
This Privacy Policy refers to About Vaccinations as “we,” “us,” or “our,” and refers to the reader as “you” or “user.” If you access or use our websites, our mobile applications, our Web client or Professional client, and/or any of our other sites, products, or products and services offered that link to this Privacy Policy (“Products and services offered”), you consent to our collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, including that your information may be transferred to and stored in Canada.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.
This Privacy Policy explains:
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT
To provide the Products and services offered, we need to know certain information about you and other users with whom you interact. The types of information we collect depends on how you use the products and products and services offered offered. Several categories of information are collected from you, as described below:
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU
Information that you may provide to us includes, but is not limited to:
Name, email addresses (including yours and any authorized user’s), mailing address, phone number, billing and financial account information
For example, we may collect information from you when you:
Log in or create an account Start or sign a contract Create or edit your user profile Complete an online form Request certain features (e.g., newsletters, demos, and other products) contact customer support Provide a user testimonial
You may also choose to provide the following:
User Generated Content: If you choose to comment on our blogs or in our community forums or otherwise volunteer information, you provide us with that information and it may be available to other users and even the public. This means that it can be read, collected, and used by others without our knowledge, including sending unsolicited communications.
Profile Information: Our Products and services offered may allow users to search for other users and view those users’ public profile information. To change the information appearing in your public profile or to make this information private, please visit your account settings.
INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
We may automatically collect certain information about your use of the Products and services offered, including when you use our websites without logging in.
Device and Usage information: We may collect information about: (i) the computers or devices (including mobile devices) you use to access the Products and services offered; and (ii) how you use the Products and services offered. Examples of the information that we may automatically collect and analyze include, but are not limited to:
IP Address: also known as internet protocol address which is your point of access to the Internet. IP address can reveal a web user’s general location (city/province/state/country).
Location Information, including the Geo-location of your device: If you use our mobile apps, you will be asked to give the apps access to your mobile device’s Geo-location data. If you grant such permission, we may collect information about your precise geo-location information (i.e., your real-time geographic location), and may use that information to customize the Products and services offered with location-based information and features. If you access the Products and services offered through a mobile device and you do not want your device to provide us with location-tracking information, you can withhold permission to access that data or you should be able to turn off the GPS or other location-tracking functions on your device by visiting settings or privacy settings or settings for location products and services offered;
Unique Device Identifiers: including, but not limited to, MAC Address, IDFA, IDFV, IMEI, and Advertising IDs;
Device Attributes: including browser types, browser language, and operating system;
Usage Data: including information related to the ways in which you interact with the Products and services offered, such as: web log data, referring and exit pages and URLs, platform type, the number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages and content viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time you used the Products and services offered, the frequency of your use of the Products and services offered, error logs, and other similar information; and
Transactional Data relating to the contracts you upload or sign on the Products and services offered, such as: envelope metadata, envelope subject, authentication method used, and envelope history.
As described further below, we may use third-party analytics providers and technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to assist in collecting this information.
Cookies and Related Technologies: We use “cookies” and other “tracking” technologies for a variety of purposes. The technologies we may use include, but are not limited to: (i) browser cookies; (ii) web beacons; (iii) tracking pixels; and (iv) local shared objects (“flash cookies”). Our uses of cookies and related technologies include, but are not limited to: storing your username and password; analyzing usage of the Products and services offered by collecting the device/usage information discussed above; customizing the Products and services offered; and personalizing and delivering the advertising displayed by or within the Products and services offered or our emails, as well as advertisements that may be displayed on other sites or mobile applications. As we adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through other methods.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies by visiting the Help portion of your browser’s toolbar. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in, customize, or use some of the interactive features of the Products and services offered. Flash cookies operate differently than browser cookies, and cookie management tools available in a web browser will not remove flash cookies.
To learn more about how to manage flash cookies, you can visit the Adobe website and make changes at the Global Privacy Settings Panel.
We may obtain information about you from other sources such as marketers, partners, and affiliates under common ownership or control with Compass Marketing International Ltd., researchers and others. For example, if you register for Compass Marketing International Ltd. on another website or use a website that facilitates your activity on Compass Marketing International Ltd. that website may provide information about you and your transactions to us.
In general we use the information we collect to provide and administer the Products and services offered. More specifically, we might use the information we collect to:
We may combine information that we collect or receive through the products and services with information we obtain from other sources and use it as described in this Privacy Policy.
Aggregated or De-Identified Data – We may aggregate and/or de-identify the information we collect to limit or prevent identification of any particular user or device. Our use and disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy.
We do not rent, sell, or share your information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy. We may share your information with the following types of recipients and for the following purposes:
Other Users Designated by You. If you invite other users to access, use, or edit content you create through the products and services (for example, if you invite others to view or sign a document), we will make such content available to the individuals you invited.
Service Providers: We do not share your information with other service providers
Affiliates: We may share your information with other companies under common ownership or control with Compass Marketing International Ltd.
Safety, Security, and Compliance with Law: We may share your information when we believe in good faith that such sharing is reasonably necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities or to comply with legal process (e.g. a subpoena). We may also share your information in situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of this Privacy Policy or our user agreements or terms; or to respond to the claims of violation of the rights of third parties and/or to protect the rights, property and safety of Compass Marketing International Ltd. our employees, users, or the public. This may involve the sharing of your information with law enforcement, government agencies, courts, and/or other organizations.
Business Transactions: As we develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses, or sell some or all of our assets. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. If Compass Marketing International Ltd. is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email, fax and/or a prominent notice on our websites of any change in ownership or uses of your information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your information.
Consent: We may share your information in other ways and for new purposes if you have asked us to do so or have consented to such sharing. For example, we post customer testimonials on our Products and services offered that may identify you if we have received your consent.
Online Analytics: We may use third-party web analytics products and services offered on our Products and services offered, such as those of Google Analytics. These providers use cookie-related technologies (described in the “Information that is Collected Automatically” section above) to help us analyze how users use the Products and services offered, including by noting the third-party website from which you arrive. The information collected will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers, who use the information to evaluate your use of the Products and services offered. To prevent Google Analytics from using your information for analytics, we recommend you install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser.
Tailored Online Advertising: If you are interested in more information about tailored browser advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being put on your computer or mobile browser to deliver tailored advertising (i.e. not just for the products and services offered), you may visit the following pages/sites to learn more and opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate in those programs.
To opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize Google Display Network ads, you can visit the Google Ads Settings page.
Please note that to the extent advertising technology is integrated into the products and services offered, you may still receive advertising content even if you opt-out of tailored advertising. In that case, the advertising content will just not be tailored to your interests. Also, we do not control any of the above opt-out recommendations and are not responsible for any choices you make using these mechanisms or the continued availability or accuracy of these mechanisms.
When accessing the products and services offered from a mobile application you may also receive tailored in-application advertisements. Each operating system: iOS, Android and Windows Phone provides its own instructions on how to prevent the delivery of tailored in-application advertisements. You may review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating systems in order to opt-out of tailored in-application advertisements. For any other devices and/or operating systems, please visit the privacy settings for the applicable device or operating system or contact the platform operator.
Data Retention: We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as necessary for legitimate business purposes.
Reviewing and Updating Your Account: We offer you the ability to change certain information about you (such as your profile information, update bio metric signature, financial information, and user preferences) by logging into your account and visiting your Profile. You can also make a request to modify information that you cannot amend or delete in your account by contacting us using the contact information below in Section 12. We will take reasonable steps to permit you to modify information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Closing Your Account: If you wish to close your account please visit your account settings. Upon your request, we will close your account and delete your contact information, billing information and shipping information from our active databases. You may also request to close your account by emailing us at the contact information provided below in Section 12. Your account will be closed as soon as reasonably possible based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law. However, please note that even after you close your account, we may retain and use certain of your information e.g. information regarding the transactions where you purchased our products and services offered, so as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our user agreements and terms and comply with legal requirements. If you have shared content or information through our products and services with other users, such content or information may still be available to those other users if they have not also deleted it or closed their accounts.
We provide opt-out information in all commercial email messages we send via an “unsubscribe” link. We reserve the right to send one message confirming your opt-out from a messaging program. Please note that it may take us some time to process your requests consistent with applicable law. You do not have the ability to opt-out of transactional or relationship messages such as signing notifications or account notifications that we send if you are a registered user of our website or if you have engaged in transactions with us. To opt out of other direct marketing from us, please contact us using the email below in Section 12.
We employ physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access to your information. We choose these safeguards based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect, process and store and the current state of technology. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, the Internet is not 100% secure so we cannot assure you that information we collect or store will be protected from all unauthorized access and thereby used in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Our Products and services do not contain links to third-party websites or apps.
Compass Marketing International Ltd. and its operating division About Vaccinations undertakes to comply with all requirements as set out by established website standards for the collection and use of information supplied by users of our website and any products or services they may purchase. Further, we undertake to the best of our ability to adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access and enforcement.
The products and services offered by us are not designed for and are not marketed to minors. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from minors and we do not knowingly allow such persons to use the products and services offered. If you are a minor, please do not attempt to use the products and services offered or send any information about yourself to us. In the event we learn that we have collected personal information from a minor without verified parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we may have information from or about a minor, please contact us using the contact information below.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, the features of our products and services, or advances in technology. Please check this page periodically for changes. Our use of the information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes here and may notify you by email or other means before the change takes effect. Please review changes carefully. Your continued use of our products and services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you consent to and accept those changes.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us as follows:
Telephone: 1.250.391.9948 or 1.206.661.1993 (both in Pacific Time Zone)
Email: support@aboutvaccinations.com
Fax: 1.800.430.0331
Postal mail: Compass Marketing International Ltd.
1009 Glen Forest Way, Victoria, BC, V9C 3X7 Canada
Our website address is: https://aboutvaccinations.com.
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