Our Privacy Policy
DON BEST SPORTS IS COMMITTED TO YOUR PRIVACY
We
value your patronage and respect your privacy rights. As part of the normal
operation of our services, we collect and, in some cases, may disclose
information about you. We have created the following Privacy Policy to let you
know what information we collect when you visit our web site, why we collect
it, and how it is used. This Privacy Policy applies to all information that you
provide to us and is maintained electronically, whether you provide the information
through our website located at www.donbest.com (the "Site"), or
through other means. Additionally, this Privacy Policy applies to any Personal
Information (defined below) obtained from your use of the Site. This Privacy
Policy does not apply to any information that you may provide to third parties;
for example, other sites linked to this Site. You should contact such third
parties directly to determine their respective privacy policies.
This Privacy Policy is governed by our Terms of Use found at www.donbest.com.
We may periodically make changes to this Privacy Policy. It is your
responsibility to review this Privacy Policy frequently and remain informed
about any changes to it, so we encourage you to visit this page often. If you
believe we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy or if you have any other
questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at webmaster@donbest.com
.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN
This
Site is targeted primarily for use by adults. We do not currently market to or
create special areas for use by children. Accordingly, we do not knowingly
collect age identifying information, nor do we knowingly collect any Personal
Information from children under the age of 13 years. However, we hereby advise
all visitors to our site under the age of 13 not to disclose or provide any
Personal Information on our website. In the event that we discover that a child
under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to us, in accordance with
the United States Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (please see the
Federal Trade Commission's website at www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy
for more information about this Act), we will delete the child's Personal
Information from our files to the extent technologically possible.
WHAT
PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND WHY?
We collect and maintain a variety of Personal Information about you to enable
us to provide you with the best service. "Personal Information" is
information about you by which you may be identified. We currently collect
Personal Information through e-mail and the various online inquiry forms on the
Site. The Personal Information we collect and maintain about you includes:
- your name, your phone number and
address (street and e-mail)
- information about your preferences
regarding sports and entertainment
We
only collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us or
voluntarily provide to our Partners (defined below) who share that information
with us. We also use your Personal Information for other things that may
include, but are not limited to, the following:
We
use your Personal Information to communicate with you in the event we have any
questions with regard to your online inquiry. We may also contact you to tell
you about products and services provided by our Partners, other affiliates and
other third-party organizations.
Each
time you interact with our Site, the details of your interaction are collected
and retained.
We
intend to retain any correspondence, including facsimiles, mail and e-mails,
set to us. We also may retain correspondence such as customer service e-mails
from us to you. We may delete such records over time.
IP
addresses are numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer, and, if
associated with other individually identifiable information, could be
considered personal information. Your user IP address information is used only
for our internal tracking purposes.
Cookies
are a standard technology used by commercial web services to store small pieces
of information on your hard drive by sending a small string of text to your
browser. They make your use of this Site more pleasing and efficient by
"personalizing" your Site experience and gathering Site statistical
data, such as which parts of the Site you have previously visited, what
material you downloaded, your Internet provider's domain name and country, and
the addresses of websites you visited immediately before and after our Site.
They enable us to tailor the information you receive and to assist our Partners
or other third party organizations with whom we have strategic alliances by
identifying you as our customer or Site user. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies, unless you have configured yours not to accept them. Typically, we do
not use cookies, however, if we so chose to use cookies in order for us to
provide you with services on our Site, your browser must accept cookies, as
they are essential for site administration and security. We do not use cookies
either to collect individually identifiable information or to collect
non-individually identifiable information using a cookie that is combined with
a personal identifier.
- Provision of Personal Information
to Third Parties
It
should be clearly understood that the contact coordinates relating to each
person which accesses our (or any of our affiliates') websites or purchases any
of our (or any of our affiliates') services and which we access to their
respective contact coordinates may be provided to third parties (in exchange
for compensation or otherwise) for an indefinite period of time without any
compensation being payable to the subject person. Such third parties may be
using this personal information to contact you to solicit, advertise or market
their products and/or services to you.
Should you have any questions, concerns or disagree with the possible provision
of your personal information in the manner that is described herein, please
contact our Chief Privacy Officer ("CPO") at the contact coordinates
noted below.
WHAT
GENERAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND WHY?
"General
Information" is information about you or your activities on our Site that
do not identify you personally. When you use the Internet, your web browser or
software may communicate certain information to the host website you visit.
This information may include the unique number assigned to your server or
Internet connection, the capabilities and features of your computer, you
geographic location, and your movement and activity within a particular
website. We collect the same information on our Site. We use this General
Information to generate statistics about visitors to our Site.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
The
information we collect is used to (i) to respond to your inquiries; (ii)
provide customer services and resolve any complaints; (iii) improve the Site
and service and resolve any technical problems; (iv) communicate with you
concerning the services offered on the Site by us or any of our Partners; (v)
cross-reference with other Personal Information that we have acquired about you
or may acquire about you through other sources; (vi) create aggregate data;
(vii) ensure compliance with the Site Terms of Use; and (viii) comply with any
applicable laws and regulations. We may provide your information to government
officials and agencies as required by law, and Partners as part of business
operations, transaction processing, and marketing efforts, as identified below.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Partner" shall mean any person
or entity with whom we enter into any kind of business transaction who is under
an obligation to us to use reasonable care to keep Personal Information
confidential.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Except
as provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell, trade, or disclose to
third parties any Personal Information obtained by us through this Site or from
our Partners about you, without your consent. We may disclose Personal
Information (i) to companies that help process the transactions you request, in
order to protect your transactions from fraud and verify your identity; (ii)
that we in good faith believe is necessary or appropriate to cooperate in
investigations of fraud, intellectual property infringements or other activity
that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability, or to conduct
investigations of violations of the Site Terms of Use; (iii) when required by
law or to comply with a court order, subpoena, search warrant or other legal
process; (iv) to comply with legal, regulatory or administrative requirements
of governmental authorities (including, without limitation, requests from the
governmental agency authorities to view your Personal Information); (v) to
protect and defend us, our subsidiaries and affiliates and any of their
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, contractors and partners, in
connection with any legal action, claim or dispute; (vi) to prevent imminent
physical harm; (vii) to share aggregated statistical or demographic data with
our affiliates, business partners or for public relations (this aggregated
information is not tied to Personal Information); (viii) to provide data,
including Personal Information about you, with our parent, affiliates,
subsidiaries and Partners; (ix) to sell or otherwise provide to third parties
in the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation; and (x) to sell or otherwise
provide to third parties in the event of a future merger or acquisition by
another company. In the event we merge or are acquired by another company, the
successor company will have access to your Personal Information in order to
continue to provide services, but would continue to be bound by this Privacy
Policy unless and until it is amended as described in the subsection labeled
"Changes to this Privacy Policy" below.
HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We
offer secure web pages to collect certain kinds of user information and we
store certain kinds of data in encrypted form. We follow reasonable technical
and management practices to help protect the confidentiality, security and
integrity of data stored on our system. Although no computer system is
completely secure, we believe the measures implemented on our Site reduce the
likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data
involved.
HOW LONG WE KEEP USER INFORMATION
We
generally keep user data on our server or in our archives for as long as we
reasonably need it. We may alter this practice according to changing
requirements. For example, we may delete some data if needed to free up storage
space. We may keep other data for longer periods if the law requires it. In
addition, information posted in a public forum could stay in the public domain
indefinitely. Data management requests are administered in an orderly manner to
the extent feasible and within our direct control. Please note that we have
greater control over recently collected data than over archived data. Once data
is removed from the system and archived, it may not be feasible to accommodate
specific requests. In those cases, our general data retention policy applies.
PERSONAL
CHOICE IN THE DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
If
you do not want us to share your Personal Information with our Partners for
marketing purposes, or if you do not want to receive certain communications and
offers from us you can "opt out" of such sharing, communications by
contacting us via email at webmaster@donbest.com , or write
us at:
Don Best Sports
1311 Howe Street, Suite 401
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2P3
If you believe that any Personal Information collected by us about you is not
correct or has changed, please send an e-mail message to webmaster@donbest.com
explaining the correction or change and providing any relevant confirmation or
reference number.
DISCLOSURE
OF PRIVACY PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO CANADIAN RESIDENTS
We
are committed to operating pursuant to applicable Laws and respecting the
privacy of individuals. We recognize the rights of the people with whom we do
business and of our employees concerning the appropriate management and
protection of any personal information, which we receive or which is provided
to us.
With
respect to the collection, storage, use and retention of your personal
information, we operate pursuant to the following Privacy Management Guideline:
Collection
: We collect personal information about individuals (clients, customers,
employees, etc.) in order to better manage its business. In appropriate
circumstances, we will make all reasonable efforts to fully inform such
individuals about the planned use/disclosure. We will limit the collection and
use of personal information to that required for valid business purposes or to
comply with applicable legislation.
Accuracy
: We will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the personal information
it collects and uses is accurate and complete. Upon written request to our CPO,
individuals will have the opportunity to review and correct their personal
information and we will modify the information required.
Storage
: We will store personal information using hard copy and/or electronic means in
such a way as to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent
unauthorized collection, access, use, disclosure, or disposal of the personal
information.
Retention
: From time to time, we will establish a retention period for all personal
information collected. This period may be related to legislated obligations.
Disclosure
: Except as provided herein, we will not disclose personal information
unnecessarily to employees or any third party, unless the affected individual
consents.
Access
: We promote an individual's right and access to personal information about
themselves and our CPO will provide access to such information upon request.
Access will be provided according to an established procedure, which is in
place from time to time. Please note that access to a record may be subject to
the payment of any fee required, according to applicable our policy.
Care
: In addition to the care that we take directly, we also
work with the third parties that lease the personal information and all of our
partner organizations that may, at some point, handle personal information
gathered by us in the course of their relationship with, and service to, us to
ensure they also use their commercially reasonable best efforts to meet these
Guidelines and our standards of privacy, confidentiality, and security.
Management
: All employees and third-party staff who in any way handle or manage personal
information have been made aware of this Privacy Management Plan and the
supporting procedures. Our CPO: For further information concerning our privacy
policy, please contact:
Chief
Privacy Officer
Subject: Privacy Policy Inquiry
webmaster@donbest.com
or write the CPO at
Don Best Sports
1311 Howe Street, Suite 401
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2P3
Attention: Chief Privacy Officer
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
By
using this Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to
change, modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. When this Privacy
Policy is changed, modified or amended, the revised Privacy Policy will be
posted on this Site. Any revised Privacy Policy will only apply prospectively
to Personal Information collected or modified after the effective date of the
revised policy. It is your responsibility to periodically check and review our
Privacy Policy for changes.
IF YOU HAVE A PRIVACY QUESTION
If
you have a privacy question about this Site, please email: Customer Service at webmaster@donbest.com
Or
write to:
Customer
Service
Don Best Sports
1311 Howe Street, Suite 401
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2P3
DATE LAST MODIFIED: September 30, 2009
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